Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 47

Stella followed Robin, her whole body trembling uncontrollably.

Dexter trailed behind the group, silent, his face a ghastly shade of pale.

I glanced at Dexter and couldn’t help but laugh.

The police had finally found my body. With that discovery, Dexter was truly free at last. He probably couldn’t wait for me to be out of the picture.

“Are you sure you want to do this?” Robin asked Stella again before they got into the car.

Her complexion was ashen, and her legs nearly gave out as she climbed into the car.

I instinctively reached out to steady her, but it was futile: my hands passed right through her body.

I couldn’t touch anyone.

“She’s not dead.” Dexter said, furrowing his brow as if he still held onto some hope.

Stella shot Dexter a look full of loathing before getting into the car.

I sat next to Stella, staring blankly out the window.

expectation I had for Dexter had long since evaporated. He and Melody had done me in, and whatever love or loyalty there was had been

been cordoned off by

nearby, though they seemed rather superfluous.

clear this was the scene of the

I

to myself, What good were

higher–ups were

has been deserted for ages. Without any blueprints, that cellar was

about the cellar, located beneath a small storage shed behind the abandoned yard, with a wooden floor concealing the clandestine space below and an air of

the time I came to, I was already in that dim

to spot, even if

Cory said, puzzled. “Strange… I was here several times

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Chapter 47

if he had simply not been observant enough the day before. “My bad for

us to find it,” Robin said, his expression grim as he lit at cigarette. This killer

killer, right?” Cory asked, intrigued.

up to take the fall,” Robin said, shaking his head. There were too many unanswered

the mouth of the cellar, hesitant