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.

a lunatic. I wonder how long you’ll last by his side, aren’t you

by the late hour. “I’d

me personally.” His initial goal was clear

don’t show, I’ll get a lawyer and have a court mandate to send him back to

and glared

never

satisfied with his threat, got

it definitely wasn’t for anything good. He was out here waiting for me until the wee hours instead of being at the hospital with

Colin, who was still hiding behind the door, fuming.

Chapter 158

his head hung low in

middle of the night instead of sleeping?” I barked at

people…” Colin

away Henry’s thugs, afraid

only responds to your scolding; anyone else says one

how dangerous it is to wander back alone

few stray dogs loitering near the trash cans across the street, “I

off by him,

worse than them,” Colin said with a low, chilling edge to his voice