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.

feeling that if we were alone in the hospital room, Caleb would have killed Melody

veins on the back of his scarred hand stood out as if he

my hand tightly as if to

be a lie… but I still

suspect me of not being the real Phoebe like Melody suggested – Pretending to be Phoebe, deceiving him, all to secure my place in the Langley

a suspicious guy hanging around Phoebe’s place on

frowned. “Why didn’t you tell

wouldn’t share the location of her house keys with someone she didn’t trust,” Stella said, her eyes complex as she looked at

she was saying, “I’m choosing to trust you, don’t let

to Tangle Lane. It wasn’t manslaughter; it

voice laden with anger.

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scared that I’d send

but unfortunately for you, she was the fiancée your

Phoebe.

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