Chapter 133

Melody glared at me with a venomous intensity, a silent threat hanging in the tension between

  1. us.

“Make my life hell, and I’ll drag you down with me,” her eyes seemed to say.

Her confidence in tarnishing my name and linking me to a murderer made me waver a bit.

I knew all too well that Foebe, the woman whose life I had inexplicably stepped into, had some shady dealings with the murderer.

And there I was, stuck in Foebe’s shoes.

“If that’s the case, I’m gonna need you both to stay put here in Sea City for the time being,” Robin said, glancing at me as he prepared to leave.

Suddenly, he paused. “You claim to be best friends with Phoebe. Did you know about that close call she had at the Nocturne bar, where some creep nearly took advantage of her?”

Robin was fishing for something, I could tell.

look. “Yeah, Phoebe told me about it. Hank.texted her, saying that Dexter got smashed at Nocturne. It was pouring that night, and she was all panicky

up, guilt written all

hung his head low, fists clenched tight. “Stop

to hear it.

was determined to

bone, hopped in a cab and dashed over to Nocturne only to find Dexter sober as a judge. It was all a sick bet with his cronies to see how fast ‘loyal little Phoebe‘ would

they

me Dexter’s lapdog, they wagered on my response time–ten minutes, twenty, whatever. They jeered and used every filthy word and trick to provoke and ridicule me.

was wasted, braving the thunder and lightning, facing my worst fears, only to be met

if pleading for me to shut

driving in the rain since her folks died in a crash on a

just had

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scared out of her wits, crying over the phone, she was afraid for you, Dexter. And she still went! And what did she get? You let Kyle molest her! You watched your pack of fair–weather friends whoop

Dexter’s breaths came in ragged gasps, on the brink of madness.

been too graphic, striking a nerve.

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