Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 29

Dexter didn’t head home; instead, he found himsell wandering down Flare Alley and Tangle

Lane.

I had no clue what he was up to, just aimlessly trailing behind him.

Perhaps, I was too eager to witness the look on his face when he confronted the truth.

Would it be regret, relief, or would he defend Melody at that very moment?

“Dexter, did you ever care for me, even the slightest? When you were tormenting me, what were you thinking? A mix of disgust and your unrestrained demand?” I stood behind Dexter, repeating my questions over and over.

I knew full well he couldn’t hear me, yet I stubbornly sought a resolution, an answer.

“Dexter… we really couldn’t find Phoebe. The cops said it’s a fact that we had Phoebe over on the 13th and 14th, and we all admitted to it. But they’re saying the surveillance footage shows Phoebe showing up again on the 15th, heading down Tangle Lane. I saw the tape myself, Phoebe was definitely there, all by herself.”

Dexter’s buddy had arrived with the investigation updates.

the two of them with a sarcastic smirk. Were they truly clueless, or just putting on a show? Clearly, I heard

the monitor that Phoebe was the kind of woman even a creep

was she doing there all alone on the 15th?” Dexter’s face was glum

There was just this janitor hauling a

really happened to Phoebe, do you?” Dexter went white

stepped back and leaned against

stood there watching Dexter. Desolation

the stairs, and

Dexter’s crew liked me; I always knew that. They all

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innocence, but their disrespect, their jokes, bullying, and even aggression towards me, it all stemmed from

Dexter loathed me, so

brows, giving Hank a dark,

once in the Fitzgerald family’s back garden. But he didn’t succeed; I managed to crack his skull and

keep quiet about that day. He said even if I spoke up, no one would

Dexter’s circle of friends, all to fear the

my already tarnished reputation, and even if I spoke out, no