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.

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

around with a twirl of emotions, I suddenly felt lost.

if Colin was really mixed up in

forward with a messy

It was Robin.

anxiety spiked. Was I afraid the police had caught Colin at the crime scene,

said, steadying my breath.

Road police station,” Robin

station?” I

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

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

a cab, puzzled.

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

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“Do you get that if he were a

bombarded with questions.

in the middle of the night? He also smashed his car and set dogs on

the reason he had insisted I stay in a hotel last night–to have it out with

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

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