Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 1

I was dead.

I bit the dust the night he forced me to lure a killer all to protect his new flame. After I kicked the bucket, they turned my body into an exhibit and stuck me in a glass display case for eternity.

But Dexter Fitzgerald just lost his marbles.

Sea City, the Fitzgerald Mansion

couldn’t figure out why my spirit ended up back at this joint after I took a big sleep.

“Still no word from Phoebe? It’s been days,” Dexter’s mother Hailey muttered under her breath as she parked on the couch. “That kid’s always been a goody two shoes; she wouldn’t just ghost my calls. What if something’s happened to her?”

I was the Fitzgerald family’s adopted girl, shipped over to their pad when I was eighteen.

My mom was Hailey’s BFF. After my folks passed away in a car wreck, she scooped me up and brought me to the Fitzgeralds.

“Mom, just let it be. She’s a big girl; what could possibly go wrong?” Dexter was getting antsy and glancing at the time. “Today’s Melody’s birthday bash–I gotta jet.”

Watching Dexter, I couldn’t help but snicker at myself. Like he’d give a damn if I was dead or alive.

Back in the day, we were the childhood sweethearts everybody raved about. Me, always following him around; him, always holding my hand.

ead

He said he dug me, and then like a complete idiot, I fell head over heels for him for a whole decade.

Turned out young love was paper thin. When Dexter met his true love, all the feelings we had went up in smoke in the blink of an eye.

“Dexter… With that serial killer jazz going around targeting young, pretty girls, I’ve got this twitch in my eye and my heart’s racing non–stop. Hit up Phoebe, tell her I miss her,” Hailey was. on edge and pleaded quietly.

Hailey was the only one soothing and caring for me like a mother; she

comfort her, to give her a hug,

worse… I was the reason she was

My voice choked up, arms outstretched, trying to embrace her, but I couldn’t

woman. She shouldn’t have hung up

1/3

1. loaded with disgust as

I played the

right before he passed out, “Phoebe, I’ll

just the ingrate

of him, mocking myself. “Turns out I’ve always been

Phoebe, but you guys were set. from the start and childhood

her just because we grew up together? She’s delusional by using a childhood promise as an excuse to throw

shaking with rage. I swung at him but hit

was him who went nuts and laid hands on me in bed. And he also had the nerve to

but to tag along

as we walked in, Dexter’s buddies started

Mrs. Fitzgerald! Dexter broke the

smiled fondly at Melody, presenting his gift amid

Phoebe?” Melody asked quietly as if something just crossed her

the good guy, huh? Weren’t you the

kill the vibe

sister, after

killed and you’re

too nice.”

all cutesy in his arms. “I don’t

her, and it was her! She’s

hear a thing.

I suddenly felt drained after getting my throat dry