Rebirth Into My Second Chance

But now, what he's doing is beyond my comprehension. I can't see through him anymore.

This afternoon, Max didn't even let me catch a break. He called me up and ordered me to get down to the basement and ride with him to the police station's forensic department.

I obediently climbed into the passenger seat of his car. He was silent the whole ride, only handing me a set of tools and saying, "Make sure you protect yourself well. Don't get hurt."

I knew that participating in an autopsy, especially one for the police, required extra caution. Any mistake could be fatal.

But hearing it from Max made it feel different.

"Thanks."

I noticed he had doubled the usual amount of latex gloves in the toolkit for me.

Soon, we reached the police station. As we entered the morgue, a chill crept up from my feet. The sight of bodies covered in white sheets made me look around, wondering if there were souls watching us, souls as defiant as mine. What could her story be?

"Don't space out."

Max's cold reminder snapped me out of it, and I continued to pass him tools.

He did most of the work himself, having me just take notes and hand him what he needed.

"Give these notes to Ronald."

his hands repeatedly. It seemed he was even more of a clean freak than

look. "Don't call me for

back. "But we only call you because you're the

"Out."

before being killed and then

slightly. "I managed to

God! Everyone said it was impossible, that there'd

to hug Max, he was met with

Max's cough stopped him in his tracks, his arms freezing

Max... jealous? He didn't want Ronald hugging anyone

Collins, everything's in

knew we could count

have a next time. Let's

unable to resist looking back at the

en

serial killer. The methods were too similar to those used on the people who tried to burn

the person behind Kate be connected to

ran down my spine, spreading fear throughout my

it's getting dark."

look back, but he

heard