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.

all my artwork. They’d find my top grades, my campus forum

on a plane heading off to study abroad right about.

a pang of pain hitting my chest. Yeah, if I hadn’t died, I’d

now.

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

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

night, the VIP room was packed. Dexter’s entourage left early. Whether Phoebe was willing… that’s

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his breath. “A bunch

to believe

grateful. I hadn’t expected a stranger, someone

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

to the police station.

the serial killings in Sea City had cast a dark shadow over the town.

his cronies were hauled in for questioning; even Kyle, bruised and battered, was dragged from the hospital by the cops.

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

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,

grabbed Kyle by the collar and hauled him into

was my diary.

Afraid I’d forget how these people hurt

Kyle blurted out. The guy was not the sharpest tool in the shed; he was spoiled by money

of it, and he marked down Kyle’s admission of guilt toward me on

felt a sense of relief. This way, Kyle would get