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.

if we were alone in the hospital room, Caleb would have killed Melody without

our clasped hands, his knuckles were white, and the veins on the back of his scarred hand stood out as if he was holding back

held my hand tightly as if

say I wasn’t soothed would be a lie… but I still couldn’t bring myself

I thought he might suspect me of not being the real Phoebe like Melody suggested

suspicious guy hanging around Phoebe’s place on the surveillance footage,” Stella admitted,

you tell

to trust Foebe because she’s right–Phoebe wouldn’t share the location of her house keys

was as if she was saying, “I’m choosing to

to Tangle Lane. It wasn’t manslaughter; it was premeditated murder. You had a motive; you wanted Dexter, believing Phoebe would snatch him away because Dexter and Phoebe’s relationship isn’t what it

voice laden with

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that I’d send

the fiancée your mother Hailey picked out. Because of

Phoebe.