Chapter 5

Four days before my death.

Wearing a red dress, I was shaking like a leaf in the alley.

“Act natural,” came Dexter’s voice through the earpiece.

I walked back and forth from one end of the alley to the other, but no shady characters in sight.

“Dexter, maybe the killer Isn’t Into her, eh?”

“Ha–ha, even a murderer has standards.”

The laughter of Dexter and his cronies echoed in my earpiece.

Tears welled up in my eyes as I crouched on the ground. For a moment, I was dying for a good

cry.

That night, I didn’t manage to balt the killer.

They didn’t let up on me, though.

my death. I was back pacing Flare Alley at night. Still no sign of their target.

me, “Phoebe, my bad. I got it mixed up. It wasn’t Flare Alley but Tangle Lane where the stalking happened. Dexter said to head there after work tonight. We’ll set up

for it and went to Tangle Lane after

time, someone was really on my tail.

I was freaking out, calling out over the

was listening. Something felt off, so I kept

Dexter.

Why don’t you just drop dead? Did you get Melody yesterday and tell her we’re engaged to get her off your back?

with fear, I stopped to explain.

nowhere, covering my mouth and

my grasp. I struggled but it was all in vain. Then I quickly lost consciousness.

of the incident.

wooden crate, the kind

saw a tall fours in

hair. Even with strands covering half of his

appropriate word

pair of glacier blue eyes, With chiseled features and ghostly skin, he was obviously mixed–race. And

didn’t dare make a sound.

Then he picked up an ave from the corner and dragged

climbed out of

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