Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 102

“Stay put at home, Colin, don’t go wandering off, you hear? I whispered to him cautiously.

Henry and his company would stop at nothing to get what they wanted; the Langley family had been turned upside down. With Caleb out of the picture and me and the baby gone too, Henry would easily seize control of everything the Langley name held dear.

We were walking down the sidewalk, a never–ending stream of cars passing us by on the road.

His back was to me as he trudged forward.

I was getting tired and eventually, I dozed off against his back.

In my dream, a flurry of images flashed through my mind.

A little boy with mixed heritage, looking like a

a little girl in a red frock, running for dear life ince straight out of a fairy tale. He was carrying

“Phoebe, it’s gonna be alright; we’re almost home,” he reassured me as he ran. “Phoebe, wake up, don’t fall asleep. Phoebe, wake up, have a bit to eat…”

I jolted awake, my breaths short and rapid as I took in my surroundings, not sure when I had gotten home..

Colin was trying to rouse me, coaxing me to eat something.

I rubbed my temples, looking at Colin. “I don’t want to eat.”

“Just have a little,” he insisted, holding out a plate to me.

don’t want to eat! I’m not hungry!” Isnapped, pushing away his hand, and

there silently, not

got up and walked back to my room, my head throbbing.

moment, I felt like a ‘doll‘ kept by

that I collapsed onto the bed and fell

pregnancy were becoming more apparent the drowsiness, the

I drifted off, I slipped

loves you, right? I’ll make you look just the way

like his favorite doll; I’ll make

deceive him? Why did you

almost killed him with your lies? You forgot about him and got with

You’re filthy. Your heart is filthy, and so

clearer, and the moments before

by the bed, surgical knife in hand, slowly slicing my skin, pulling off my nails, allowing diamonds to fuse with

manically, his laughter twisted. “This way you’re prettier, this way you’ll be

a glass cabinet, his voice like a demon

I’ve made you just the way he likes; he’ll surely be

quickened,

as if I were trapped in

me. Colin,

was calling for Colin to

“Phoebe?”

was calling

I couldn’t wake up; I was trapped in a nightmare.