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.

two of them with a sarcastic smirk. Were they truly clueless, or just putting on a show? Clearly, I

the kind of woman even a creep

all alone on the 15th?” Dexter’s face was glum as he surveyed the surroundings. “Did the surveillance catch her

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

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

leaned against the wall.

watching Dexter. Desolation washed me over.

offense, 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,

Dexter’s crew liked me; I always knew

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Chapter 29

of her innocence, but their disrespect, their jokes, bullying, and even

Dexter loathed me, so

furrowed his brows, giving Hank a

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

to keep quiet about that day. He said even if I spoke up, no one would

he spread rumors and slandered me among Dexter’s circle of friends, all to

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