Chapter 299

My steps faltered, and I turned back to look at Dexter.

“I don’t remember ever having a dog…”

I was lying through my teeth.

Dexter looked taken aback for a second before he swiftly changed the subject. “Phoebe, if you don’t remember, then let it go. It’s not worth dwelling on, and it’s not exactly a fond memory.”

I stepped into my room and quickly shut the door before Dexter could follow.

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Leaning against the door, I pulled out my phone, determined to log into account. I knew my parents had maintained a social media profile to chronicle my upbringing.

“Phoebe…” Dexter’s voice didn’t fade from the other side of the

voor He

ed like he had a world of

things to say.

But I really didn’t want to hear it.

“Phoebe, I’m sorry, I know it’s too late for words now, but I…”

“Mr. Fitzgerald, Miss Melody took a nasty fall from the attic, looks pretty bad.”

had pulled one of her stunts. Her way of vying for attention was nothing short of juvenile.

Dexter’s concern

Busy man indeed.

couldn’t help but find amusement in how he scurried about for Melody, dancing to her tune without a

find out that it wasn’t Melody, but Phoebe who had saved him

Dexter came to, it was Melody he saw I had been discovered by the kidnappers and

was naive enough to take it hard for quite a while.

on my bed, scrolling through the

of my life, my parents documented

the day of my birth, the photo

me was Damian. Despite his smile, he

looking at him.

prodigy, walking so young.” And there Damian was again, lurking in the background. My parents seemed overly comfortable leaving me

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much, not even for Dad’s antics. Doctor says she might be on the autism spectrum, Damian thinks it’s just a personality

matter what, we’re in this together. We

No developmental delays, normal intelligence, but her personality is… off.”

to feed the goldfish to the cat

knife to kill a snake.” That post’s photo showed just me, but I could see a foot

sifted through the records, picking

two–year–old killing a snake? Quite

came by today; he says he’s quite

there was an incident with me before

Coincidence?

a wave of dizziness washed over me.

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