Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 18

Robin couldn’t hear me, but I knew he wanted to crack the case fast to prevent any more women from getting hurt.

Maybe it was a cop’s intuition, but right now, it seemed like Robin was the only one who believed something had happened to me.

“You guys have to investigate so many people and so many cases. That must be exhausting. huh?” I muttered to myself, probably because I was truly desperate.

“Robin! Here’s everything on Phoebe. Her phone is pretty banged up, sent it off to tech for recovery. Might take a while. Data from Phoebe’s phone will be recovered and exported once it’s fixed.

“I cringed internally. That meant they could see everything–my browsing history and my diary

notes.

Robin had me thoroughly investigated.

To be honest, I was curious about the type of person I would be in someone else’s

investigation.

Robin glanced over my file, noting how I had watched my parents die in a car crash at eighteen. The first photo in the file was from the accident scene.

I instinctively shut my eyes, not daring to remember.

“The Fitzgeralds took Phoebe in. You’d think they had a good relationship, but the way Dexter talks about her, you’d think they were enemies,” a young officer muttered under his breath.

Robin stayed quiet, studying my file intently.

drawing; they could find all my artwork. They’d find my top grades, my campus forum photos, my awards, and

a plane heading off to study abroad right about. now.” Robin glanced

my chest. Yeah, if I hadn’t died, I’d be far away from

now.

Nocturne Club. Says he remembers Phoebe, hard to forget a figure like hers. Mentioned she hooked up with Dexter there

ears numbly, but I couldn’t stop myself hearing the invasion of my privacy.

Dexter’s entourage left early. Whether

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under his breath. “A bunch

to believe

I hadn’t expected a stranger, someone I’d only met once, to trust me.

seemed that he was

followed him to the

in Sea City had cast a dark shadow over the

Kyle, bruised and battered, was dragged from the hospital by the

people? Can’t you see I’m the victim here? Why aren’t you going after

then pressed on. “You’re suspected of sexual assault

the collar and hauled him into the interrogation room.

Robin’s hands was my

had a habit of keeping a diary. Afraid I’d forget how these

mirror. Touching her was doing her a favor,” Kyle blurted out. The guy was not the sharpest tool in the shed; he was spoiled by money and thought

marked down Kyle’s admission of guilt toward me on the interrogation record.

relief.