Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 170

the cops any of this?” I asked, my voice laced with anxiety.

James’s face flickered with emotion, and he nodded. “I told them everything when they came to me. They had their sights set on Carter, but the thing is, Carter died in that fire years ago.”

So that lead was a dead end.

I took a deep breath and looked at James. “What about Colin…”

“Colin was at the orphanage even before Fanny arrived. He was abandoned really young, dropped off at the doorstep of the home. He’s always been a loner, never mixed with others, didn’t have any friends. But he had his ways of getting back at bullies. Fanny wanted to bully him but simply didn’t dare to.”

James took a moment to reminisce. “I remember Fanny tried to provoke Colin once. Colin, who always kept to himself, suddenly stepped in to save Carter. After that, Carter just clung to him, and Colin always had his back. Fanny couldn’t get to Carter, so she got her revenge by putting worms in Colin’s spaghetti.”

I clenched

my fists.

That Fanny was truly vicious.

“You know what happened next?” James said, a mischievous glint in his eyes. “Colin didn’t say a word. In front of everyone, he dunked Fanny’s head onto his plate and made her eat the whole thing. After that, she was terrified of him and would scurry away whenever she saw

him.”

I nodded in understanding.

saw him

were geniuses from the orphanage, handpicked

victim was Laverne, Fanny’s little sidekick, the most nauseating person in our class. She was the one who collected those worms for Fanny and did a lot of her dirty work. So, when she died, her hands were chopped

second victim had been tortured to

tightly and took a

was an understatement. It’s a natural

victims, I realized something: all

people from the orphanage but hasn’t touched Colin…”

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death, I was sure the murderer

connection to Colin.

strongly suspected Carter.

Carter really dead?

that charred body truly

that guy. From the first time I saw him, I

anything about Phoebe Caldwell?” I asked,

mention of Phoebe, James’s coffee drinking paused, and he fell silent.

a good person.” That was all he had to say about

knew me, but I

the orphanage, but Phoebe’s dad was always there for

bring her to the orphanage