Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 26

Stella cowered behind Robin, too terrified to look.

Colin was the first to walk in. He was limping slowly, each step seeming to take an eternity.

Maybe it was just my imagination, but I felt he was shaking. I couldn’t tell if this trembling was out of fear or excitement.

“Phoebe…” His voice was a hoarse and grating rasp, the ruin of his vocals let out a suffocating

timbre.

“Phoebe?” Robin echoed, frowning as he turned on his phone’s flashlight.

“Thud!”

A dull sound as the woman who had been standing slumped straight onto the floor.

Robin’s expression darkened. He swiftly grabbed a stick nearby, holding it defensively as he scanned the area.

What lay before them was a body.

“Ah!” Stella, atter all was just a med student. Even with a tough exterior, she just never saw a real dead body. She screamed, covering her eyes and crouching down.

It took her a moment to lower her hands. She was crying as she asked Robin, “Robin… my legs have gone numb. I can’t look. Please check for me. Please see if it’s Phoebe…”

She didn’t dare confirm if the body was me.

And honestly, neither did I dare look.

mustered the courage to

the corpse, Robin exhaled

It wasn’t me.

like a man possessed, he ran

watched Colin in horror, unsure if he was in the throes of a psychotic break, the kind with an alternate persona.

he unknowingly be the one

dialed the station, his call quickly followed by the wail

and suddenly broke down

“Phoebe… where’s Phoebe?”

15.01

at the

By the time Robin went out to find Colin, there was no trace of him left.

fighting the sense of defeat and simply slumped to the ground.

would this cycle of

probably dead in no more than ten minutes. And she seems to have been calm at the time of death, which might be caused by drug effects,” the coroner briefly analyzed the scene. “The victim has no ear piercings; the earring was forced through while she was still alive. Her fingernails have been removed and

I laughed weakly. How could it have only been ten

snapped my head up, my whole

there was more than one

there

similar methods?

police back to the station, Robin

spook him. Bring

there was a body at the old orphanage, but not the exact

shivering.

sat beside her, leaning on her shoulder.