Chapter 145

“Still alive…” Colin pushed past the onlookers and rushed over to check the man’s pulse, “But beyond saving…”

Robin punched in 911.

Dexter was visibly shaken by the gruesome scene, instinctively stepping back a few paces.

The others ran outside, likely losing their lunch, and the scene was all but trashed,

“He timed this guy’s death to the minute…” Colin crouched by the body, his voice edged with panic. “He knew when we’d arrive, when we’d find him. He wanted us to watch this man die…”

Just like what happened to Phoebe.

Numbly, I stepped forward to look at the corpse. “It’s the husband of the orphanage’s director.”

I had seen this man in Colin’s photographs.

“To stuff a big, middle–aged man into a shoe cabinet…” Robin spoke in a grave tone. “The murderer has to be an adult, someone strong.”

That would be the only way to move the body, to stuff a man not yet fully dead into such a small

space.

Colin pointed at the footprints, now smudged beyond recognition

murderer doesn’t leave fingerprints, hair, or any clues. Even if caught on camera, facial recognition is useless. Can’t ID him.” The man I’d seen at my house that day had severe burns on his face, a

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murderer is too clever,” Robin admitted, clearly frustrated by being

murderer.

the hell are you doing,

irked by my question. “These are my wife’s

up to him and slapped him across the face. “Have some decency, for

property is mine now. The ones trespassing

good explanation for moving furniture at this ungodly hour, or I’ll have every

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restless. He told me to burn her familiar furniture before

Mr. Rational,

eyed Robin skeptically. “This psychic

seemed a bit too

this

at the cemetery

Phoebe’s grave

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