Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 158

Dexter stepped forward, lowering his head to look at me. His lip was cut, and there was blood on his forehead undoubtedly Colin’s handiwork.

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“Oops… he didn’t do it on purpose!” The officer chuckled, trying to defuse the situation. “We’ve checked the surveillance video. Someone was causing trouble near his house and riled up him here. In a fit of rage, he mistook Mr. Fitzgerald, who was just standing by his front door, for the culprit.” The officer tried to be impartial. “Both parties are at fault here.”

Dexter clenched his jaw, “How is standing at his doorstep a mistake?”

“You lurked around someone’s house in the dead of night and there you are, encountered crooks. Even a sane person would mistake you for a crook,” the officer quickly winked at Dexter and lowered his voice, trying to mediate. “Come on, why lower yourself to argue with

a lunatic?”

Dexter snorted dismissively.

The officer turned to me, “However, compensation is due.”

I glanced at Dexter’s face. It was ghastly pale under the streetlight.

Dog was his weakest point, and Colin had brought home a whole pack.

There was no way Dexter wasn’t petrified. He was probably quaking in his boots.

again. “He’s a ticking time bomb, a lunatic. I wonder how long you’ll last by his side,

the late hour.

things to me personally.” His initial goal was clear –

lawyer and have a court mandate to send him back to the psychiatric ward,” Dexter threatened once

frowned and glared at Dexter.

habits never die hard.

his threat, got into his car and

definitely wasn’t for anything good. He was out here waiting for me until the wee hours instead of being at the hospital with his ‘kind‘ sweetheart. He’s the real nutcase.

to Colin, who was still hiding

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steps towards me, his head hung low in a pitiful display.

doing back here in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?” I barked at him. I lost

bad people…” Colin murmured softly.

away Henry’s thugs, afraid they’d

me scold Colin. He smirked, “Seems like the kid only

any idea how dangerous it is to wander back alone at night?”

stray dogs loitering near the trash cans across

pissed off by him, “Are

with a low, chilling