Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 29

Dexter didn’t head home; instead, he found himsell wandering down Flare Alley and Tangle

Lane.

I had no clue what he was up to, just aimlessly trailing behind him.

Perhaps, I was too eager to witness the look on his face when he confronted the truth.

Would it be regret, relief, or would he defend Melody at that very moment?

“Dexter, did you ever care for me, even the slightest? When you were tormenting me, what were you thinking? A mix of disgust and your unrestrained demand?” I stood behind Dexter, repeating my questions over and over.

I knew full well he couldn’t hear me, yet I stubbornly sought a resolution, an answer.

“Dexter… we really couldn’t find Phoebe. The cops said it’s a fact that we had Phoebe over on the 13th and 14th, and we all admitted to it. But they’re saying the surveillance footage shows Phoebe showing up again on the 15th, heading down Tangle Lane. I saw the tape myself, Phoebe was definitely there, all by herself.”

Dexter’s buddy had arrived with the investigation updates.

with a sarcastic smirk. Were they truly clueless, or just putting on a show? Clearly, I heard their laughter and horseplay through the earpiece

that Phoebe was the kind of woman even a creep wouldn’t look

face was glum as he surveyed the surroundings. “Did the surveillance catch

just this janitor hauling a big trash bin out; no sign of

went white as a sheet, probably starting to panic. “Don’t talk nonsense. She’s

and leaned against the

just stood there watching Dexter. Desolation

but Phoebe was the kind of woman who’d do anything to get her way. She pushed Melody down the stairs, and she’d poison Melody for her own selfish gains. If someone like that is gone, we’re

Dexter’s crew liked me; I always knew that. They all adored

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that Melody might have the knack to convince these guys of her innocence, but their disrespect, their

so naturally, they all

his brows, giving Hank a dark, intimidating look.

had tried to assault me once in the Fitzgerald family’s back garden. But he didn’t succeed; I managed to crack his

quiet about that day. He said

Dexter’s circle

just be another stain on my already tarnished reputation, and even if I spoke out, no one would believe