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.

truly clueless, or just putting on a show? Clearly, I heard their laughter

that Phoebe was the kind of woman

on the 15th?” Dexter’s face was glum

window of Phoebe’s disappearance. There was just this janitor hauling a big trash bin out; no sign of Phoebe…” His friend’s voice trailed off,

“Dexter… you don’t think something really happened to Phoebe, do you?” Dexter went white as a sheet, probably starting to panic.

stepped back and leaned against the wall.

watching Dexter. Desolation washed me over.

kind of woman who’d do anything to get her way. She pushed Melody down the stairs, and she’d

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

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but their

me, so naturally, they

giving Hank a dark, intimidating look.

Fitzgerald family’s back garden. But he didn’t succeed; I managed

He said even if I

rumors and slandered me among Dexter’s circle of friends, all to fear the day I’d reveal the

assault would just be another stain on my already tarnished reputation, and even if I spoke out,