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Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace (Dexter and Phoebe) novel Chapter 190

Chapter 190 

I stumbled backward as Zoe lunged at me with a force I hadn’t anticipated. She pushed me so hard that I lost my footing and toppled over

My head struck the edge of Zoe’s footstool, and darkness crept into the edges of my vision

It’s all your fault, you killed them! You stole Colin away from Carter, and then you just threw him away. You’re so horrible.Zoe wailed, her voice a haunting echo in my dazed state

Memories, long buried under layers of dust in my mind, began to resurface

Hi, I’m Phoebe Caldwell. What’s your name?” 

Are you hurt?” 

In the grassy field behind the orphanage, a frail, biracial boy with bruises all over cowered in

corner

A little girl in a red dress spotted him and reached into her tiny purse to pull out a bandaid. Does it hurt?she asked

The boy shook his head, looking lost

Halfbreed, blue eyes! Never cries, never laughs, never feels pain!” 

A gaggle of orphans laughed and jeered, pelting Colin with stones. They taunted him for being a halfbreed because of his strikingly beautiful eyes that shone like stars

Who you calling halfbreed?the girl in the red dress stood defiantly in front of the boy. scooping up stones from the ground. “If you bullies don’t stop, I’ll hit you!” 

Who are you? Are you new here? Don’t you know the rules of the orphanage?” 

Look at her dress; it’s so pretty.” 

It’s new!” 

If we take off her dress, it becomes ours.” 

The other girls coveted the red dress, commanding the few boys they had to rip it from the little girl

The girl stood rooted to the spot, crying

Watching her tears, something in the boy snapped. He grabbed a stone and pounced on one of the attackers, slamming it down on the bully’s head again and again

Terrified, the girl in the red dress screamed for her father

A shadowy figure approached from the distance, and the faces in my memory grew clear

The girl in the red dress was me as a child. The boy fighting was Colin

Chapter 190 

And the figure running towards us was my dad, along with the head of the orphanage

What’s going on here?Colin was thrown into solitary confinement, ordered by the head to reflect on his actions

The girls who had bullied us said they liked my dress, so my dad promised to bring each of them one the next time he visited

I was cradled in my father’s arms as we left, and as we walked away, I caught sight of a boy peeking from behind a window

It was Colin, with those eyes I could never forget

I had known Colin long before I thought I did. But I had forgotten that memory

Colin, I like you but I need to focus on my college entrance exams. After graduation, we can be together, okay?” 

Colin, can you wait for me?” 

Colin

Colin… 

Phoebe!” 

The door burst open, and familiar voices rushed in Stella and Robin, andDexter

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