Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

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.

but year after year, the

glanced at Dexter, too

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

Stella barely held herself together as she entered the

elevator.

can’t bear to think what Phoebe might

with you to get the dress, then you’ll leave this hotel pretending

clenched tight. “We have

muttered incessantly, knowing full well Robin couldn’t hear me but unable to stop myself. “You just have to

Melody, straightened her hair, and left the hotel wearing a face

followed, anxious and vigilant.

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she’d encounter danger.

she was

mess.

for the sake of authenticity,

her, my eyes red with worry. “Stella, don’t be afraid, I’m

be her guardian angel, to protect

every precaution to

her way down Tangle Lane, just

Click.