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

than enough time to do something terrible

when I looked around with a twirl of emotions, I suddenly

if Colin was really

forward with a messy head, my

It was Robin.

Colin at the crime scene, or that

steadying my

the Amber River Road

police station?”

to keep an eye on him? Why let him go out in

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

hailed a cab,

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

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grinding his teeth, “Do you get that if he were a regular Joe, he’d

bombarded with

the night? He also smashed his car and set dogs on people?” I needed a moment to

I stay in a hotel last night–to have it out with

near the Langley estate, probably surveilling 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 caught in

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