Chapter 359



"Right from the get-go, I knew he was on edge, keeping everyone at arm's length. And now, it looks like he's on a cleaning spree, silencing one after the other..." Hailey murmured under her breath, her voice barely above a whisper.

The veins on her neck stood out, a testament to the fury she was struggling to contain.

"Six o'clock, at Shore Dine. Meet me there, we'll discuss new terms. If you're a no-show, don't say I didn't warn you," Hailey threw down her ultimatum before driving off.

Once her car disappeared around the corner, I dashed to the dumpster, rummaging through it for the envelope Colin had discarded earlier. It contained photos that Melody had brought over.

Despite Colin having torn them to shreds, I managed to piece them back together.

The photos captured secret meetings between Foebe and Damian, and Foebe taking a homeless kid to meet a stranger.

But no, not a stranger.

After piecing the photos back together as best as I could, my breath hitched.

The man Foebe took the homeless kid to see was the second victim in the string of murders, rumored to be involved in some import-export business. Considering Hailey's ominous words, it seemed Foebe was far from the simple figure I had imagined.

Six o'clock rolled around.

Dine, and Hailey was

family was practically carried on her shoulders alone. Her husband, Dexter's father, might as well have been

absence, with Mr. Fitzgerald rarely home after Dexter's birth. In all my years with the Fitzgerald family, I could

into selling the Langley Group, destroying the Langley family in the process?" Hailey asked coolly. "Are

by the accusation but by the weight of her words. She believed I was Damian's pawn,

talking about," I responded, my voice

family, the Langley family, why were

it, Foebe

really think I was off on vacation all this time?" Hailey scoffed. "Damian's cleaned house,

I frowned, remaining silent.

he chose

me reeling. "What

a smirk playing on her lips. "For a fair

"I... I can't remember. But there was this classmate, James, he

'Mister' was

over you," Hailey said gravely. "Typical Damian, I suppose. Brainwashing you, then planting Phoebe's

mad," she murmured more to herself than to

quiet, pondering over the shared

of conceiving. Anthony was sterile, meaning it was impossible for them to have biological children in the traditional sense," Hailey explained softly, her

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