Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 44

Stella sat on the floor, her gaze fixed on Colin, “Where’s Phoebe?”

Colin tossed the stick he was holding, as if struck by panic, and turned to run, but Robin pinned him against the wall.

“Where do you think you’re going? What are you doing here? Take him in for questioning!”

Robin’s voice boomed with fury.

It was always Colin!

I knew that Robin’s suspicions about Colin had deepened.

I breathed a sigh of relief. That was good. As long as the truth was uncovered quickly, and my body was found…

The cops took Colin away, and Robin carried Stella off.

I allowed myself a moment of relief, staring blankly at the lollipop Colin had dropped on the ground.

It was fruit–flavored.

Colin was caught, and the police interrogated him for twenty–four hours, but he didn’t utter a single word. Without evidence, the police had to release him for the time being.

I sat in the police station lobby, my gaze numb as I watched Colin being escorted away by the Langley family.

This murderer was far too cunning.

Colin seemed to be of great value to the Langley family, as they had hired Sea City’s best lawyers to bail him out.

killer, would the Langley family still find a way to get him off the

those deceased girls would have been pitifully

station to inquire about the investigation. He seemed eager

guessed he wanted to know

Melody, the mission failed.” Robin began to suspect Colin, believing that he had stopped because Stella wasn’t Melody and didn’t

handkerchief with traces of sedatives in Colin’s pocket, along with

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the crimes,” Robin

Colin had been bailed out,

be with

you’re talking about was bailed out by Brendan Langley who’s got the best legal team. And lastly Colin has a psychiatric evaluation that can prove he suffers from a mental disorder, making it impossible to determine he’s the previous murderer based on the sedatives and sticks in his

warned Dexter not to lose his

the act of

speak, taking

were not to

just have this feeling… Phoebe is right beside me…” Dexter murmured, then spoke again after a pause. “If we keep an eye on Colin, could

but he surely hoped so.

had begun to suspect, keeping

under such close surveillance, he would

bench, looking somewhat forlorn. “Is Colin really the killer? It

Stella, offering her a gentle smile.

turning to look

paused, unsure why I felt like

expression carried a slow loss, and she shook her head.

good at disguising themselves, especially one with a mental illness like him.” Dexter

was a cop, after all, and had his own experiences. “I’ve been in touch with criminal psychology experts. I suspect that Colin might have