Chapter 223

“Phoebe…” Dexter tried to get another word in, but I had already instructed the butler to close the door.

Stella and Robin blocked Dexter’s path, “Mr. Fitzgerald, if you really kick the bucket out here, It’s going to be a nightmare for the docs.”

Face ashen, Hailey looked at Dexter with a mix of frustration and disappointment, “Dexter, you’ve truly lost it.”

Hailey was the epitome of a modern, independent woman. I could see the exhaustion in her eyes, and even disbelief. She probably never imagined her son turning out like this.

With a helpless shake of my head, I walked into the living room.

After I left, Stella texted me.

[Hailey was nearly driven mad by Dexter’s antics, wondering if her son was possessed by some evil spirit or had lost it. She even asked the assistant to find out who the best exorcist in Seal City was, wanting them to come and cleanse her home of bad juju.]

I paused for a long time, my laughter tinged with helplessness.

Dexter’s mother, after all. Even now, she wanted

bringing me into the Fitzgerald family. blamed me for her son’s downfall. Because of me,

spot Finn had arranged to meet when Stella sent another

exorcist to Phoebe’s

spirits, and it was me she was trying to lay to rest. She wanted me to find peace, so I wouldn’t

Langley, we’ve arrived.”

dwell on since when the Langley family’s driver had started

become a vegetable, unlikely to ever wake up, and the old man Brendan was now an invalid, struck down by a stroke, incapable of even

I took a look

straddling Sea City and Kingstone City, was the nation’s top university, the only one to offer

08.06

but I was getting somewhat irritated. The traffic had made me three minutes late, and

his timings precise to

If I promised to

being played again? Pulling out my phone, I called Finn, “Didn’t you say to be at the place written on the paper at

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