Chapter 157

My heart was suddenly in a vice grip of fear.

Could he have slipped away while I was asleep?

In that case, could he be… involved in this recent spate of murders?

I shot out of bed, threw on my clothes, and dashed out of the hotel room to the front desk.

“Hi, did you happen to see my husband leave the hotel?” I asked.

The young clerk shook her head, “I’m sorry, it’s been so busy…”

“He’s half–and–half, a really handsome man,” I said, trying to jog her memory.

Her mouth cracked open, “Oh, you mean that handsome dude? He should have been…“.

She quickly pulled out her phone and whispered, “He was so good–looking that I sneakily took a photo and posted it on Facebook.”

“He left around midnight,” she said with certainty.

The time stamp on her Facebook post read 12:03 AM.

left just as I fell

than enough time to do something terrible in more than three

the hotel, and when I looked around with a twirl of

I supposed to do if Colin was really mixed up in

stumbled forward with a messy head, my phone

It was Robin.

I afraid the police had caught Colin at the crime scene, or that

I said, steadying my breath.

down to the Amber River Road police

station?” I stuttered.

let him go out in the middle of the night picking

cops there weren’t old buddies of his, Colin

hailed a cab, puzzled.

and the icing on the cake,

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“Do you get that if he were

bombarded with

beating up Dexter in the middle of the night? He also smashed his car and set dogs on people?” I needed a moment to process.

reason he had insisted I stay in a hotel last night–to

or planning something against you,” Robin continued with a sigh. “They got away, so let’s call it self–defense for now. But Dexter and his driver were waiting at the Langley’s gate for you. They got

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