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 you so late,” the

took the card, and left

out Dexter. His connection to Phoebe

did you figure it out,

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

cop gulped, shocked. “He looks

let’s dig deeper!”

I couldn’t bear to see him and Melody

limp away and hoping to find my

injured leg to an abandoned orphanage and deftly

quickening as I

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met my end! He was the one who had brought me here

Colin, hoping to

didn’t head to the scene of the murder. Instead, he entered a decrepit dormitory and curled up in a corner of

was clear he lived here,

orphanage for a long time without finding the

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

“Bang!”

gate was suddenly rammed open by a

out to eye