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?

have any information related to Phoebe. Sorry to disturb you so late,” the leading cop,

the card, and

Phoebe is not as simple as it

did you figure it out,

your sister has a mole on her chest or a birthmark on her pelvis?”

the younger cop gulped, shocked. “He looks so… normal.”

let’s dig

didn’t go back with Dexter because I couldn’t bear to see him

limp away and hoping to find

dragged his injured leg to an abandoned orphanage and deftly

quickening as I scanned the surroundings.

Chapter B

where I’d met my end! He was the one who had brought me here and then

stuck close to Colin, hoping to find

head to the scene of the murder. Instead, he entered a decrepit dormitory and

was clear he lived here, in this

time without finding the basement where the murders and my death took place.

police had been searching for so long without any success.

“Bang!”

gate was suddenly rammed open

stepped out to eye those