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.

in. He had left just as I fell asleep.

He had had more than enough time to do something terrible in

hurried out of the hotel, and when I looked around with a twirl of emotions, I suddenly felt lost.

if Colin was really mixed up in

I stumbled forward with a

It was Robin.

had caught Colin at the crime scene, or that another murder had taken place?

said, steadying my

down to the Amber River Road police station,”

station?” I stuttered.

supposed to keep an eye on him? Why let him go out in the middle of the night picking fights?” Robin’s voice was

weren’t old buddies of his, Colin would’ve been

hailed a cab, puzzled.

Dexter, smashed up Dexter’s car, and the icing on the cake, he rallied a

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Dexter’s bodyguards bitten.” Robin was practically grinding his teeth, “Do you get that if

was bombarded with

was beating up Dexter in the middle of the night? He also smashed his car and set

the reason he had insisted I stay in

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 caught

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