Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 27

Stella’s glass shattered on the floor as she stood up abruptly. Even her lips were ashen when she asked, “What… who does this fingernail belong to?”

After asking. Stella started to lose control. Throwing her coat aside, she ran towards the door, frantic with the dual fears of me being dead or, alive and suffering.

Tears streaming down my face, I opened my arms wide to stop her, “Don’t go, Stella, please don’t go.”

She’s the only one I had.

Robin, quick as lightning, caught Stella by the wrist, “Calm down… maybe, maybe it’s just a red herring by the killer, maybe she’s still alive. Don’t be rash.”

Stella collapsed to the ground, clutching at Robin’s legs and sobbing uncontrollably, “Please, please find Phoebe quickly, I’m begging you… I can do it. I can lure him out; just please hurry.”

Stella’s cries echoed my own as we both begged the police to solve the case quickly.

Around one in the morning, Dexter arrived, looking worse for wear, probably called by Robin.

“We f

found another victim with Phoebe’s fingernail,” Robin said with detached calm.

“So, the

“Do you really think Phoebe is the type to pull off her own fingernail and

too–had I become so unhinged in Dexter’s

voice low and tense, “She’s

Even now, with my nails torn off, he still didn’t believe I

got no humanity?” I screamed at him, rushing

something the old me would never dare to do. But it was useless; it didn’t hurt

me, drug my drinks, and put rat poison in Melody’s cake… there’s nothing she can’t do.” Dexter’s eyes were bloodshot. It seemed that he was somehow losing control.

you spouting? Even now, you are still slandering Phoebe! It was because you said Phoebe wasn’t missing that the police delayed the investigation until now. Don’t you know that? It’s all

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so many disgusting things to Phoebe and I won’t call you a man!” Stella continued to lash out at

there, accepting Stella’s blows.

why are you hitting Dexter?” Melody

tried to protect Stella, but Melody was so

reached out to catch her, but could only watch helplessly as she fell through my

quick

you have any evidence for