Chapter 43

When Melody had first mentioned that a killer was on her tail, she had no qualms about sending me in her stead to lure the murderer out.

Melody was selfish, and it was clear as day to everyone. Everyone, that is, except Dexter..

Robin gave Dexter a meaningful look. Was he really that naive? Or was there something her wasn’t sharing?

“Sorry… I, I don’t have a red dress anymore,” Melody stammered, her reluctance to help obvious. She just didn’t want to give the cops anything to go on.

Dexter paused, confused. “But I thought…”

He remembered the red dress he had bought for her, one that she had claimed to adore.

“That one… it got ruined in the wash. The colors bled so I threw it out,” Melody faltered.

Dexter didn’t press further.

Stella’s eyes were rimmed with red, anger boiling within her as she confronted Dexter. “Tell me the brand and style of the dress, and I’ll go buy it myself.”

After a long silence, Dexter finally spoke. “It’s from L&Y’s fall collection, the only long red dress they had.”

Hearing Dexter’s words, my heart ached anew. When I was eighteen, I had asked him for a dress as a gift, admitting my fondness for L&Y’s design aesthetic.

year after year, the dresses he bought were never for

Dexter, too

out, Robin frowned. “There’s something off about this Melody.”

hurry?” Stella barely held herself together as she

elevator.

to try. I can’t bear to think what Phoebe might be going through. Please.”

took a deep breath and nodded. “Alright, I’ll go with you to get the dress, then you’ll leave

“We have to catch this bastard.

knowing full well Robin couldn’t hear me but unable to stop myself.

on the same model of dress as Melody, straightened her hair,

anxious and

Chapter 43

was terrified she’d encounter danger.

first stopped at a bar, drinking until she was

mess.

avoid detection and for the sake of authenticity, she really

sat by her, my eyes red with worry. “Stella,

to be her guardian angel, to protect her, but I was helpless.

police had taken every precaution to ensure

made her way down

Click.

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