Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 204

“Dexter… Dexter!”

While we were all anxiously awaiting news on whether Dexter would pull through, a wail carried over from a distance.

I frowned. Isn’t it a bit early for a funeral procession? The guy’s not dead yet.

Melody was sobbing her heart out; her wails were legendary.

Clutching a ghostly pale Hailey, Melody stumbled closer, her cries punctuating each step. Professional mourners had nothing on her performance.

I watched her with a furrowed brow. This woman was such a jinx.

“Why the waterworks? He’s not gone yet.” I said, frowning.

At the sight of me, Melody lunged like a rabid dog spotting a steak.

I was just about to retaliate, to knock her into next week when suddenly I was hoisted aside and shielded in a protective embrace.

Colin’s icy stare bore into Melody, his presence alone enough to chill the air.

Melody’s raised hand and her fiery temper extinguished at the sight of Colin, and she recoiled in terror. “It’s him, Hailey, it’s him… He’s the murderer!”

etched across Hailey’s face.

socks off the older generation, and Hailey had already pinned the blame for

was quick to shield me but took the

I stepped in, grabbing her wrist. “Hailey, Melody is one

her eyes rimmed red. “He’s definitely a

because of him, Phoebe too!” Hailey loathed Colin, itching

Colin, determined not to

on. “Dexter got stabbed to save me; I’m so sorry, Hailey.

act had begun. She was seizing every opportunity to curry favor with Hailey, all to secure her approval to marry

time, Melody and Dexter had been the picture of romance. Hailey didn’t dislike her, but knowing how Dexter had mistreated me, Hailey had never given her blessing

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of our

to securing her place in the Fitzgerald family. “You really are a jinx, crying over Dexter like he’s already a goner,” Stella remarked, returning from seeing Robin to the elevator, having caught Melody’s sobfest

one beside you isn’t human; she’s a demon. Dexter didn’t have to be critically injured; it was her stupidity that got him

teeth, barely containing her

all in

name.”

was the murderer, a

him.

the operating room, she looked ready to tear him apart.