Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 11

“I didn’t do it, how many times do I have to say it before you’ll believe me? I didn’t push her…” Without any evidence, Dexter always took Melody’s word as gospel. He trusted her unconditionally.

As for me? I might as well have been trash.

“Phoebe, you really deserve to die.”

The phrase he loved to throw at me was, “Phoebe, you deserve to die.”

That day, he didn’t let me off the hook. He slept with me in the club’s VIP room just to humiliate

1. me.

“Phoebe, do you have any idea how much those barflies charge for a night? Eight hundred…”

“Phoebe, you’re not even worth that much.”

“Phoebe, maybe I should’ve just let them have their way with you, huh?”

I lay on the couch numbly, feeling like my soul had been shredded to pieces.

“Dexter, please, just leave me alone…”

recall how long he

straightened his clothes with a look of disgust. He

glance as if disgusted that he’d lost control and touched something as filthy as me while

me behind. Please.”

and slammed the door behind him, not caring

rag that was crumpled on the floor and slowly getting up. Stepping on broken glass, the pain and the sight of blood snapped me back to reality.

of my shirt, hugging the tattered fabric to my body as

down, and Dexter was nowhere in

How much for the night? You look like you’ve been through the wringer,” the waiter asked about

didn’t respond, just ran out

blocked my way, his words laced with mockery. “Why run? Playing the innocent? After being used like

and muttered, “Don’t touch me. I’ll call the cops…”

laughed derisively. “The streets are full of drunks. You think you’ll still be back home in one piece if you go out like that? You might

could

dangerous to leave me alone,

waiter, tears

No sooner had I left the club than I was cornered in an alley.

waited for the moment of

love him

had to survive.

escape as far away