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

card, and left with

to Phoebe is not as simple

figure it out, Robin?”

know if your sister has a mole on her chest or a birthmark on her

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

dig

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

watching him limp away and hoping to find my own

dragged his injured leg to an abandoned orphanage and

quickening as I scanned

Chapter B

had brought me here and then killed me. This orphanage

close to Colin, hoping to

he entered a

lived here, in this run–down

the basement

the police had been searching for so long without any success.

“Bang!”

suddenly rammed

out to eye those uninvited guests.