Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 40

“Take her own life? Ha… If she really had it in her to bite the bullet, Phoebe would still be alive!” Stella’s voice shattered through the air, thick with scorn for

Melody.

It was probably because she thought I died in Melody’s place.

“Easy there, let’s go see what’s going on first.” Robin stepped in, keeping Stella’s tumultuous emotions in check, and handed her off to the forensic expert. “Take care of her.”

The forensic expert nodded and took hold of Stella. “You’re in the medical field, and you should know better than to let emotions cloud your judgment.”

Stella didn’t respond, just stood there with tears staining her cheeks.

“Mr. Fitzgerald, I’ll go back with you to check on things.” Robin glanced at his watch, wrapped up his instructions, and followed Dexter. “Considering the investigation so far, your wife Melody was also one of the girls who left that orphanage back in the day, so the killer will definitely keep an eye on her.”

Dexter’s stride stiffened at the mention, and he reminded in a deep tone. “She’s not my wife.”

Robin found Dexter’s insistence odd but said no more.

I trailed behind them and got into the car, too.

“The girls who left the orphanage back then are scattered all over the city now, with no pattern to the deaths. The killer seems to be acting out of revenge.” Robin looked at Dexter. “If your wife isn’t even afraid to meet her maker, maybe she could help us out, cooperate with the police so we can catch this killer sooner.”

Robin didn’t want to play it this way, but Melody and Dexter had put Phoebe in the line of fire as

bait.

crown jewels; he’d never use

to that term. “And with

knowing he would

were you thinking when you let Phoebe take the risk as bait, Mr. Fitzgerald? Or is it that in your eyes, Melody’s life is precious, and Phoebe’s just doesn’t count for much?” Robin

sitting rigidly in his

chill run through me, a biting cold..

my lowly life compare to

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her earlier–she tried to kill herself!

silence seemed to

found. To us, that means there’s a good chance she’s still out there breathing. If we don’t find her soon, she’s as good as dead.” After a long silence,

Dexter would convince Melody to lend a hand to the police and, in turn, to Phoebe.

gently. The fastest way to the killer was

But Dexter hesitated.

enough disappointment in Dexter to face it all with a

place of significance, and his choice was within my

and died during its rapid growth into a mighty tree. My love story had ended at the age of eighteen before it had even truly begun.

the hotel, and the

parents were there, looking less than

background, only brought low in recent years by bankruptcy and

head, seemingly

a distance, finding the

turned out like this… making Melody lose face in front of our relatives. You

opening his mouth but