Chapter 205

Hailey’s knees buckled, and she nearly collapsed right there on the spot.

I rushed forward to catch her, but she shoved me away.

Melody wrapped her arm around Hailey, leading her to a nearby bench to sit down.

“Hailey, Dexter only went because he wanted to avenge Phoebe,” Melody choked out, placing the blame squarely on Phoebe’s shoulders.

Even in death, they couldn’t resist dragging my name through the mud.

“It’s my fault…” Hailey’s voice was a hoarse whisper, her face ashen.

I wanted to step forward, but then she spoke again. “I should never have brought Phoebe into our home.”

I stood there, rigid, as the realization hit me–Hailey regretted bringing me into the Fitzgerald family.

Even having died once and feeling numb to the core, her words stung deep.

Suddenly, Colin wrapped his arms around me from behind, his chin resting atop my head as he whispered, “Phoebe, I’ll give you a home.”

He was trying so hard to give Phoebe a home, to rebuild that sense of family she once had.

I stiffened for a moment, then looked up at Colin.

He said he’d give me a home….

“Dexter was hurt because of me, and so was Phoebe,” Hailey continued, her voice trembling.

her face, clutched Hailey’s hand. “Hailey, Dexter will wake up. And if

with him. I love him;

to make

rolled her eyes from where she

was mentally ill

low she could stoop. “You think that just because they’ve got one murderer, nobody can touch you? As far as I know, there’s more than one murderer

and she edged closer

Moraver.

her focus on Dexter, clasped her hands together in a

Dexter would

Mer 2015

Colin on the head. “Let’s go

following me to a

valuable clues on the

could lead us to the rest of them.

the whereabouts

head bowed, eyes fixed on the ground. He seemed to be deep in thought, his mind tirelessly working

up at me, his voice tense. “Robin… the people behind this won’t be caught

away at the perpetrators‘ cake–getting closer to the

so they had

the police station,” Colin’s voice tightened. “Call

maniac was planning a murder

station? That’s impossible.” I stared at Colin, shocked. Who were we dealing with–man or monster?

she completely trusted Colin’s intuition.

there was no answer.

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