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 earpiece on the day of the

the kind of

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

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,

Phoebe, do you?” Dexter went white as a sheet, probably starting to panic. “Don’t talk nonsense. She’s not

leaned against the wall.

watching Dexter. Desolation washed

pushed Melody down the stairs, and she’d poison Melody for her own selfish

me; I always knew that.

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Chapter 29

these guys of her innocence, but their disrespect, their jokes, bullying, and even aggression towards

Dexter loathed me, so naturally,

his brows, giving Hank a dark, intimidating

back garden. But he didn’t succeed; I managed to crack his skull and sent

quiet about that day. He said even if I spoke up,

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

would just be another stain on my already