“Phoebe…” Dexter tried to get another word in, but I had already instructed the butler to close the door.
Ste and Robin blocked Dexter’s path, “Mr. Fitzgerald, if you really kick the bucket out here, It’s going
to be a nightmare for the docs.”
Face ashen, Hailey looked at Dexter with a mix of frustration and disappointment, “Dexter, you’ve truly
lost it.”
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Hailey was the epitome of a modern, independent woman. I could see the exhaustion in her eyes, and
even disbelief. She probably never imagined her son turning out like this.
With a helpless shake of my head, I walked into the living room.
After I left, Ste texted me.
[Hailey was nearly driven mad by Dexter’s antics, wondering if her son was possessed by some evil
spirit or had lost it. She even asked the assistant to find out who the best exorcist in Seal City was,
wanting them toe and cleanse her home of bad juju.]
I paused for a long time, myughter tinged with helplessness.
Everyone knew that dead didn’te back to life, but Hailey was Dexter’s mother, after all. Even now,
she wanted to me external forces for his troubles.
I guessed Hailey probably hated me now. Regretted bringing me into the Fitzgerald family. med me
for her son’s downfall. Because of me, her son had ended up like this.
Sure enough, I hadn’t even reached the spot Finn had arranged to meet when Ste sent another
message.
[Hailey had taken an exorcist to Phoebe’s gravesite.]
She was performing some sort of ritual to exorcise spirits, and it was me she was trying toy to rest.
She wanted me to find peace, so I wouldn’t haunt her son any longer.
“Mrs. Langley, we’ve arrived.”
I didn’t dwell on since when the Langley family’s driver had started considering Colin as the eldest son
of the family..
After all, Samuel Langley had be a vegetable, unlikely to ever wake up, and the old man Brendan
was now an invalid, struck down by a stroke, incapable of even the most basic self–care and decision–
making. The Langley family was indeed in Colin’s hands now.
Stepping out of the car, I took a look around.
Kingstone University, straddling Sea City and Kingstone City, was the nation’s top university, the only
one to offer a Genius ss for exceptional students.
08.06
Thad no clue why Finn wanted to meet here, but I was getting somewhat irritated. The traffic had made
me three minuteste, and I’d thought Finn would be annoyed. Yet, he was nowhere to be seen!
I’d always disliked people who couldn’t keep time. Dexter was punctual to a fault, his timings precise to
the second. If I was everte or disappointed him, he had creative ways to punish
That made me sensitive about time. If I promised to meet someone, their absence would set me on
edge.
Was I being yed again? Pulling out my phone, I called Finn, “Didn’t you say to be at the ce written
on the paper at the specified time?”
Through the phone, Finn’s voice was tight with anger, “And I also told you not to tell Caleb, that tunatic.
I was taken aback, “I didn’t tell him. I threw the note away in the hospital trash right after reading it. No
one saw it, not even Caleb.”
“Ha…” Finnughed bitterly, and then inhaled sharply as if in pain, “I knew I couldn’t fool that maniac.
He must have seen it: had someone beat me up good. I’m too embarrassed to show my face now!”
On the other end, Finn cursed, “It had to be him. There’s an unspoken rule about not hitting the face,
but he knows that’s what I prize most. He had them target my face on purpose!”
I was upset, “Don’t nder my husband like that. He needs assistance for the most basic tasks of
living. If he could arrange for someone to beat you up, he wouldn’t be the one getting pushed around.”
If Colin had the means to have Finn beaten, he wouldn’t have allowed Brendan and Samuel to bully
him so ruthlessly.
Sometimes I wonder if he really wasn’t the culprit. What kind of murderer, with such capability, would
allow himself to be tormented like that?