Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 8

“Dexter, that guy… he’s freaking me out: he’s staring at me.

Melody’s voice trembled as she hid behind Dexter.

I glanced back and breathed a sigh of relief; the creep wasn’t leering at me, but at Melody.

He was glaring at Melody with a rage that simmered in silence.

“His name’s Colin, from the local orphanage,” a cop spoke up for him. “Caught him once snatching someone’s sandwich. Probably not a bad egg.”

I shook my head vehemently, “No, he’s bad news, a murderer!”

The police let go of Colin.

Colin scrambled to his feet, his lanky legs making his pants ride up above his ankles.

I saw the ghastly scars on his shins. They were reminiscent of burn marks from electrocution. Despite my fear that he’d keep killing, I followed him. He stopped beside Melody, his voice gravelly. “It’s you…”

Melody looked at the man in shock, her whole body quaking.

I was equally stunned. Did Colin know Melody had deliberately lured me to him?

Fitzgerald, please contact us as soon as you have any information related to Phoebe. Sorry to disturb

huffed, took the card, and left with

walk away, Robin spoke up. “Check out Dexter. His connection to Phoebe

out, Robin?”

on her chest or a birthmark on her pelvis?”

cop gulped, shocked. “He

let’s dig deeper!”

go back with Dexter because I couldn’t bear

Colin instead, watching him limp away and hoping

an abandoned orphanage and deftly climbed inside.

my breath quickening as I scanned

Chapter B

had brought me here and then killed me. This

Colin, hoping to find where my body was

he entered a decrepit dormitory and curled

here, in this

a long time without finding the basement where the murders

police had been searching for so long without any

“Bang!”

gate was suddenly rammed open

out to eye those uninvited