Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 132

I had no choice but to pin everything on the murderer, to spur the cops into action.

It dawned on me that I really had to lay low from now on, not rushing to prove who I really was. I needed to gently nudge the investigation forward under the quise of being Phoebe’s friend.

It had claimed to be Phoebe’s friend from the get–go, maybe Stella and Robin wouldn’t have been so damn suspicious of me.

I’d been too careless; that was clear.

“She’s lying!” Melody squirmed in her attempt to struggle free.

I gave Melody a meaningful look. “Without proof, I’m going to sue you for slander.”

Melody seemed to falter. Her goal wasn’t really to get me locked up but to keep Dexter away from me. Clearly, she had accomplished that.

“The Langleys can afford a good lawyer,” Caleb said, gripping my hand firmly: his gaze on Melody was fierce, murderous even.

the hospital room, Caleb would

at our clasped hands, his knuckles were white, and the veins on the back of

tightly as if to reassure

but I still

being the real Phoebe like Melody suggested – Pretending to be Phoebe, deceiving him, all to secure my place in the

on the surveillance footage,” Stella admitted,

“Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”

now, between Melody and Foebe, I’m more inclined to trust Foebe because she’s right–Phoebe wouldn’t share the location of her house keys with someone she didn’t trust,” Stella said,

saying, “I’m choosing to trust you,

Phoebe to Tangle Lane. It wasn’t manslaughter; it was premeditated murder. You had a motive; you wanted Dexter, believing Phoebe would

out, his voice laden with anger.

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scared that I’d send Melody

fine,” I said, looking at him before continuing. “You claim Phoebe was just your sister, but unfortunately for you, she was the fiancée your mother Hailey picked out. Because of Phoebe, Hailey never accepted Melody and wouldn’t let her into the family easily. So, to marry into the Fitzgerald family. Melody had to get

Phoebe.