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.

bomb, a lunatic. I wonder how

annoyed by the late hour. “I’d advise you

tomorrow to explain things to me personally.” His initial goal was clear – he wanted a

have a court mandate to send him back

and glared at

habits never die hard.

satisfied with his threat, got into his car

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

Dexter had left, and I turned to Colin, who was still hiding

Chapter 158

towards me, his

the middle of the night instead of

bad people…” Colin murmured softly.

back to chase away Henry’s

me scold Colin. He smirked, “Seems like the kid only responds to your scolding; anyone else

forehead, “Do you have any idea how

loitering near the trash cans across the

off by him,

people are worse than them,” Colin said with a low, chilling edge