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.

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

the kind of woman even a creep wouldn’t look at

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

this janitor hauling a big trash bin

Dexter went white as a sheet, probably starting to panic. “Don’t

back and leaned

there watching Dexter. Desolation washed

She pushed Melody down the stairs, and she’d poison Melody for her own selfish gains. If someone like that is gone, we’re probably

liked me; I always knew that. They

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

me, so naturally, they

giving Hank a dark, intimidating look.

He 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 sent him running.

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

me among Dexter’s circle

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