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.

one soothing and caring for

comfort her, to give her a hug,

worse… I was the reason she was in

I’m so sorry…” My voice choked up, arms outstretched, trying to embrace her, but I couldn’t touch

ungrateful woman. She shouldn’t have hung up on

1/3

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

sideswiped by kidnappers. I played the decoy

passed out, “Phoebe, I’ll always be good to

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

hook,” I stood in front of him, mocking myself. “Turns out

wanna tie the knot with Phoebe, but you guys were set. from the start and childhood sweethearts with a solid foundation. You’re already an item; if you don’t marry

childhood sweethearts crap. Why I gottal marry her just because we grew up together? She’s delusional by using a childhood promise as an excuse to throw herself at me,

with rage. I swung at him

laid hands on me in bed. And he also had the nerve to claim

took off, and my spirit had no choice but to

as we walked in, Dexter’s buddies started calling

broke the bank to make your day

at Melody, presenting his gift amid cheers

any news from Phoebe?” Melody asked quietly as if something just

guy, huh? Weren’t you the

vibe by bringing her

“She’s still your sister, after all. Don’t

“She almost got you killed and you’re still sticking up for

too nice.”

hugged Dexter, getting all cutesy in his arms. “I don’t mind…” she

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

Dexter couldn’t hear