Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

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.”

stunts. Her way of

enough, Dexter’s concern shifted

Busy man indeed.

help but find amusement in how he scurried about for Melody, dancing to

itching to see the look on Dexter’s face when he’d find out that it wasn’t Melody, but Phoebe

been discovered by the kidnappers and was knocked out cold, landing me in the hospital for days. By the time I came to, Dexter and Melody

a joke. Back then, I was naive enough to take it hard for quite a

on my

one of my life, my parents documented my

little princess has arrived.” On the day of my birth, the photo they posted featured four of us: myself, my parents, and Damian.

Despite his smile, he looked downright

at

And there Damian was again, lurking in the background. My parents seemed overly comfortable leaving me alone with

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antics. Doctor says she might be on the

we’re in this together. We won’t give up on Phoebe

now, and the therapy seems to be working. No developmental delays, normal intelligence, but her personality

feed the goldfish to

everywhere. She’s only two and had used a paring knife to kill a snake.” That post’s photo showed just me, but I could see a foot in the doorway. It was Damian’s, confirming he was there.

sifted through the records, picking

a snake? Quite the fearless tot.

today; he says he’s quite fond of Phoebe.”

tell, every time there was an incident with me before the age of five,

Coincidence?

a wave of