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?

Sorry to disturb you so late,”

the card, and left with Melody.

His connection to Phoebe is not as simple as

did you figure it out, Robin?” another

a mole on her chest or a birthmark on

gulped, shocked. “He looks so…

dig

couldn’t bear to see

him limp away and hoping to find my

an abandoned orphanage and deftly

followed, my breath quickening as I scanned

Chapter B

me here and then killed me. This

to Colin, hoping to find where my

he entered a decrepit dormitory and curled up in a

he lived here, in this run–down orphanage.

long time without finding the basement

wonder the police had been searching for so long

“Bang!”

was suddenly rammed open by a

stepped out to eye