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.

were alone in the

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

tightly as

be a lie… but I still couldn’t bring myself to trust him completely.

might suspect me of not being the real Phoebe like Melody

guy hanging around Phoebe’s place on the

you

right–Phoebe wouldn’t share

she was saying, “I’m choosing

at her, then turned to Melody. “I’ll be contacting a lawyer and the police to discuss how you lured Phoebe to Tangle Lane. It wasn’t manslaughter; it was

called out, his voice laden

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he scared that I’d send

was just your sister, but unfortunately for you, she was the fiancée your mother Hailey picked out. Because of Phoebe, Hailey never

Phoebe.

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