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.

fan of drawing; they could find all my artwork. They’d find my top

with foul play, she’d be on a plane heading off to study

hitting my chest. Yeah, if I hadn’t died, I’d be

now.

Mentioned she hooked up with Dexter there about two months ago.” An officer rushed over to share what he had found with Robin.

ears numbly, but I couldn’t stop myself hearing the invasion

was packed. Dexter’s entourage left early. Whether Phoebe was willing… that’s

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Robin cursed under his breath.

seemed to believe me

someone I’d only met once, to trust me.

Robin’s anger. It seemed that he was empathizing with me.

to the police

killings in Sea City had

in for questioning; even Kyle, bruised and battered, was

see I’m the victim here? Why aren’t you going after that psycho instead of me?” Kyle was

issues. He won’t be punished even if he kills you,” Robin warned him coldly, then pressed on. “You’re suspected of sexual assault and harassment, so cut the crap.” Kyle was taken aback, “What? Who the

the collar and hauled him into

was my diary.

a habit of keeping a diary. Afraid I’d forget how these people hurt me, I was writing down every

favor,” Kyle blurted out. The guy was not the sharpest

down Kyle’s admission of guilt toward me on

Robin, I felt a sense of relief. This way, Kyle would get what he