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.

brow, “So,

Phoebe is the type to pull off her own fingernail and

was curious too–had I become so unhinged

his voice low and

watched Dexter in shock. Even now, with my nails torn off, he still didn’t believe I was dead!

I screamed at him, rushing forward to grab

old me would never dare to do. But it was useless; it

put rat poison in Melody’s cake… there’s nothing she can’t do.” Dexter’s eyes were bloodshot. It

because you said Phoebe wasn’t missing that the police delayed the investigation until now. Don’t you know that? It’s

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did so many disgusting things to Phoebe and I won’t call you

there, accepting Stella’s blows.

hitting Dexter?” Melody

Melody was

to catch her, but could only watch

quick to catch Stella.

have any evidence for

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