Chapter 36

“Officer Robin, you think this is where it all started?” his partner queried with a raised brow.

Robin nodded without a word.

Colin’s eyes were glued to a particular door; he turned and began searching the room.

The old orphanage was gigantic, abandoned for many years, and although the police had scoped it out before, they’d never found anything of substance.

Colin picked up a stick and prodded through the debris.

I trailed behind Robin, my nerves on edge.

Was the truth about to surface? The long arm of the law misses nothing; if the cops were diligent, they’d find the original crime scene for sure.

Dexter’s complexion was ashen, and he followed the police, silent as the grave.

“Dexter…” Hank’s voice quivered, choked with words he hesitated to speak.

“Spit it out,” Dexter snapped, eyes narrowing in warning.

“I… in my garage, there’s a surveillance gear… I checked it yesterday, and there’s an audio file from the night of the 15th,” Hank stammered, legs trembling.

He had been wrestling with whether to disclose this information.

Seeing Dexter ditch his own wedding plans today to look for me had thrown Hank into panic.

It was clear as day: Hank was scared out of his wits, terrified the cops would knock on his door

next.

“I’m sorry… I swear I didn’t know. I was clueless…” Hank thrust a USB drive into Dexter’s hand

in a panic.

and he turned to look at

everyone holding their breath.

15th?” Robin murmured, plugging the USB into a

Dexter, where are you? I’m scared…”

afraid of the dark.

catch the killer this time, can I go? Let me leave.”

I have paid off my debt to you? Give

please, just say something.”

Chapter 36

alley, begging for Dexter to speak, to give me some sense

ghostly pale, his breath shaky.

as she glared at Dexter. “You’re a complete bastard! You let Phoebe go to Tangle Lane alone! You

didn’t,” he protested weakly, hands shaking.

tears. You see, Dexter,

scared… I

recording captured my plea to Dexter to let me go, but as

“Mmm… help… help…”

“Dexter…”

“Save me…”

and clamped

out, my voice fading, the

on edge,

clear in that recording; I had been killed.

He spun

find this recording, damn it,

was petrified, his legs weak. “Yesterday… It was yesterday…”

damn truth!” Dexter roared like a wild

about the 15th, when they

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