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.

after year, the dresses he bought were never

at Dexter, too exasperated to argue.

frowned. “There’s something

please hurry?” Stella barely held herself together as she entered the

elevator.

I can’t bear to think what Phoebe might be

go with you to get the dress, then you’ll leave this hotel pretending to be Melody. You can trust me;

clenched tight. “We

couldn’t hear

Melody, straightened her hair, and

followed, anxious

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she’d encounter

at a bar, drinking until she was

mess.

for the sake of authenticity, she really drank.

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

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

every precaution to ensure

Stella made her way down Tangle

Click.