Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 337

I stared at Colin, gobsmacked. Was I?

So, that meant the whole spiel about me being the valedictorian of the Genius Contest was real, and tutoring those missing kids was too?

My fingers tingled with numbness as a throbbing headache made me sway unsteadily on my feet.

Colin rushed over and wrapped his arms around me, his voice a soothing whisper. "It doesn't matter. Their disappearance isn't on you, it's just..."

His voice was husky with tension as he glanced nervously at Robin. "The whole Genius Contest thing was just a publicity stunt, a way for the elite to lure in average families with the promise of hefty scholarships, preying on the hopes of those dreaming for their kids to shoot for the stars. Phoebe was a victim too. She was just a pawn, like a mannequin in a store window, with no choice of her own, put on display, an ornament. She's not to blame."

Colin was shaking, trying so desperately to prove something to me as he held me.

"Phoebe..." Stella's voice shook as she rushed over to us.

Robin furrowed his brow but said nothing.

Clearly, everything now was proving that Dexter, Stella, and Colin all saw me as Phoebe.

suddenly come back to life

“Phoebe…”

my mind, a voice familiar

way to fool everyone?" Damian had circled around me, his smile sly as he began to

is true on its own, but strung together, they form a lie, a

have to convince

I love is in the arms of a rich playboy. Each part of that statement is true on its own, but the real order is that I fell for the woman in the rich playboy’s arms."

suddenly took

me, how can you make him love you, to the point of doing anything for you, even giving up his life? Make him believe in you unwaveringly, believe that everything you say is true." Damian’s sudden closeness amplified my

seemed to be teaching me

was he talking

me to

your world," Damian patted my shoulder, his voice insistent.

you can do it. I want you to be his one true love, his only one. Make him marry you, make him hang on your every word, and

pounded as I tried to make sense of who Damian was

Who was it?

I saw the photograph

Dexter...