Chapter 144

Colin said Stella was one of the innocent ones.

That meant Colin had an inkling of who the real murderer was–one who didn’t kill the innocent. The bedroom door swung open, revealing a void of emptiness.

Not a soul in sight.

I scoured every room in the house, but it was as if the world had swallowed everyone whole.

“Bang!”

The bedroom erupted with noise once more, this time from the depths of the closet.

Exchanging a glance with Robin, we dashed over and flung open the closet door.

Stella was bound and gagged, a makeshift prison of hanging clothes and darkness.

Thankfully, her life wasn’t in danger; she was just a bit dehydrated.

“Stella!” Robin unwrapped her bindings and yanked the cloth from her mouth.

“That bastard… he’s warning us…” Stella’s voice was tinged with shock and panic before she slumped into Robin’s arms.

Robin hoisted her up and bolted

a chill raced up my spine. I whipped around, facing

pierced the air.

photo of me, taken when the psychopath murderer posed me as

noticing the

the bedroom when they first walked in, lights flooding the dark, to notice the photo had already been tampered

eyes, his voice quivering. “Let’s

place, my body refusing to move, as

called his colleagues, telling them to secure the scene.

frame… it’s dripping blood,” I whispered, trembling.

eyes, the

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in the photo was freshly painted with blood,

hasn’t clotted; the murderer is still nearby,” Colin’s voice was hoarse as he surveyed every corner

He knew exactly when we’d come here, when we’d see this photo, A mind that brilliant would be lurking in the shadows, basking in his own twisted masterpiece…” Colin

me to watch over her,

puts his victims in glass cases, monitors their vital signs. He’s got a mind for math, for medicine…” Colin muttered to himself, then turned his gaze to the shoe cabinet by the

shoe cabinet, it shouldn’t fit an adult. But Colin moved toward it nonetheless.

doorway. He had brought a crew

But Dexter’s animosity towards Colin was palpable.

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