Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 64

I nodded in agreement. “Once we recover the recording on the phone, Melody won’t be able to escape. She knows it all too well.”

“You seem to know a lot,” Stella eyed me suspiciously. “What exactly is your endgame here?”

“To make Melody and Dexter pay,” I stated, my resolve unwavering. “Dexter always thought Melody was some kind of angel, right? Well, it’s time we pull the mask off the saint and show Dexter who she really is.”

“We?” Stella scoffed. “What makes you so sure I’m on your side?”

“You will be. You know what Phoebe went through with the Fitzgeralds, and you know it wasn’t just once that Melody framed her,” I asserted with confidence. “For the sake of your good friend, you’ll help me.”

“So where do we start?” Stella relented, her hatred for Dexter and Melody evident.

I slid a piece of paper across to her. “Phoebe didn’t push Melody down the stairs. Hank saw everything; he was a witness. They lied, made up a story, but Hank saw it wasn’t Phoebe who pushed her.”

“Hank’s in Melody’s pocket. Even if he saw something, he wouldn’t tell the truth,” Stella frowned.

everything. Then we’ll bring Dexter and Melody into the mix,” I plotted. I was set on staging an opening act for Dexter to show him Melody’s true

to crumble their so–called love story, to

to face their reckoning.

Langley family’s bodyguards. I couldn’t be away for too long; the Langleys

Stella asked, her

I said as I stood up, ready to leave.

because you could answer my questions, you know things… it means Phoebe

lump in my throat and nodded. “Wait for

café, I hailed a cab and headed back to the Langley

sour as he stood in the yard. “Where have you been?”

was just so thrilled that I went to the mall near the hospital and got some stuff for the baby. I know

no easy mark; his presence alone sent shivers down

the Langley heir. Complete your mission by

“Of course,

Now rest up in your

they took me to a different room. “I’m not staying with him anymore?”