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?

Fitzgerald, please contact us as soon as you have any information related to Phoebe. Sorry to disturb

the card, and left with

away, Robin spoke up. “Check out Dexter. His connection to Phoebe is not as simple as it

it out, Robin?” another

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

cop gulped,

dig deeper!”

couldn’t

limp away and hoping to find my own

an

quickening as I

Chapter B

end! He was the one who had brought me here and then killed me.

stuck close to Colin, hoping to find where my

the murder. Instead, he entered a decrepit dormitory and curled

clear he lived here, in this run–down orphanage.

orphanage for a long time without finding the basement where the murders and my death took

had been searching for so long without any success.

“Bang!”

suddenly rammed

cautiously stepped out to eye