Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace (Dexter and Phoebe) novel Chapter 478

I stumbled into the bathroom, letting the shower wash over me, feeling as if my senses were dialed up to eleven. That’s when the panic set in, the creeping suspicion that I was being watched from every corner.

It wasn't long before I started tearing the hotel room apart, my paranoia reaching a fever pitch. I shattered the mirror, convinced I was being spied on through some hidden camera, a cold sneer on my lips as I thought about how invasive they'd become.

After wreaking havoc in the room for what felt like an eternity, I finally crashed, sleeping off the madness for a whole day and night. The next morning, I used Colin’s credit card to cover the damages and checked out.

Colin was waiting for me outside the city hall, his face a storm cloud of emotions.

He was there to tell me he wanted a divorce.

"Are you sure?" I asked, exhausted, wondering if the woman he mentioned was indeed Phoebe.

"I'm sorry... she is Phoebe," Colin said with a resolve that broke my heart.

"You were just as sure when you told me I was Phoebe," I countered, looking deep into his eyes.

He couldn't hold my gaze. "I'm sorry... I was lying to myself."

I scoffed, signing the divorce papers with a heavy heart. The clerk told us to wait a month for the finalization, a standard protocol.

"Can't we just skip the waiting period?" I asked, though I already knew the answer.

"It's the law," the clerk responded firmly.

So, I left without another word, stepping out into a rain-soaked world that seemed to mirror my despair.

It was late when I finally reached Naomi's place, nestled in the hills. She seemed to have expected me.

"I'll come with you... but I need to know the truth," I told her, a mess from the day's events.

"And you're not waiting for the divorce to be final?" Naomi asked with a smirk.

I returned her smirk with one of my own. "As long as I don't sign those papers, the title of Caleb's wife can only belong to me."

"Alright," Naomi nodded, her smile turning serious. "Where would you like to start?"

"The truth about my parents and Ethan's death."