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.

I’m not hungry!” Isnapped, pushing away his hand, and the plate spilled all over the

sat there silently, not

walked back to my room,

like a ‘doll‘ kept by a madman, and that feeling terrified me.

exhausted that I collapsed onto

more apparent the drowsiness, the mood

I drifted off, I slipped back into a

make you look just the way

doll; I’ll

why did you deceive him? Why did you

you know you almost killed him with your lies? You

Your heart is filthy,

scenes in my dream slowly became clearer, and the moments before my death

in hand, slowly slicing my skin, pulling

his laughter twisted. “This way you’re prettier, this way you’ll be his doll forever.”

his

favorite too. I’ve made you just the way he

please help!” My breathing quickened, my heart raced,

as if I were trapped

me. Colin,

calling for Colin

“Phoebe?”

Colin’s voice was calling my

I was trapped in