Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 148

My jaw dropped in shock – Carter was really dead…

Carter was dead; he definitely couldn’t be the murderer.

But who could it be, then?

I glanced at Colin, whose complexion was off. “Carter’s dead…”

“Carter’s dead…” he kept murmuring.

“Are we certain that body is Carter’s?” For some reason, considering the murderer’s genius, my suspicions could only fall on Carter and Colin.

If Carter was dead, then what about Colin?

I watched Colin nervously. Although we had been together recently and he didn’t have the opportunity to commit the crime, I couldn’t help but wonder.

“I brought Colin down here to get some straight answers from him,” Robin said, taking a long drag from his cigarette and fixing his gaze on Colin. “What’s your connection to the murderer? And why did you go to the police saying you were the murderer?“.

Robin’s gaze was sharp. “I didn’t take you to the station; I’m asking you here because I trust you. You better tell me the truth.”

looked away,

had once asked Colin the same thing, and his answer was vague.

die,” I said, my voice tight

the orphanage… I went to save Phoebe, but I couldn’t find her,” Colin blurted out, suddenly anxious, filled with self–reproach and

to slip as he tugged at his hair. “I lost his game.”

game?” Robin asked, on

day Phoebe disappeared, someone left a letter outside my room. He wanted to play a game with me, to find Phoebe… If I could calculate Phoebe’s exact coordinates within

making Colin calculate coordinates? Locating someone’s

I cursed under my

I figured it out, the coordinates he gave me… I went there,” Colin’s voice trembled. “I went to that cabin, but I couldn’t find Phoebe. At the time, I didn’t think to look for a basement.” Colin was blaming himself, collapsing to the ground, his fingers turning white as he pulled fiercely at his hair.

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had figured it

had rushed over.

he hadn’t found Phoebe.

my fault; I lost,” Colin’s emotions were all over the place. “It’s all my

hold Colin’s hand, stopping him from

finding the second letter he prepared. He told me to go to the crime scene the police suspected, to pretend to be the murderer, and then to turn myself