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.

soothing and caring for me like a mother; she was treating me like her own

her a hug, but

reason she was in

voice choked up, arms outstretched, trying to embrace

an ungrateful woman. She shouldn’t have hung up on you even if she was mad at

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1. got a hard–on.” Dexter was loaded with disgust as he mentioned

when Dexter got sideswiped by kidnappers. I played the

he passed out, “Phoebe, I’ll always be

love’s gone, I was just the ingrate he’s griping about.

I stood in front of

know you don’t wanna tie the knot with Phoebe, but you guys were set. from the start and childhood sweethearts with

marry her just because we grew up

rage. I swung at him but hit nothing but air, “Dexter, you bastard!”

him who went nuts and laid hands on me in bed. And

had no choice but to tag along

Dexter’s buddies started

Dexter broke the

presenting his

Phoebe?” Melody asked quietly as if something just

good guy, huh? Weren’t you the one who did

kill the vibe by

your sister, after all. Don’t be like

Dexter scoffed. “She almost got you killed and

too nice.”

hugged Dexter, getting all cutesy in his arms.

and it was her! She’s the one who got me killed!” I

Dexter couldn’t hear a thing.

shouted, explain myself like a madwoman. I suddenly felt drained after getting my