Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 201

I blinked, shocked, and bolted upright. “I… didn’t get any missed calls from you guys.”

“Last night, Melody and Dexter went rogue trying to lure the murderer. Melody almost got herself killed, and Dexter wound up getting stabbed trying to save her. He’s in critical condition now…” Stella sounded frantic. “Did that witch Melody call you? Thank God you didn’t show up, or else…”

Stella didn’t finish her sentence, but the implication hung heavy in the air. I would’ve been walking right into the same nightmare that had claimed Phoebe.

I gasped, the cool realization hitting me. Melody and Dexter had conspired against Colin, and it had backfired, bringing a real murderer onto their trail and leaving Dexter injured?

“I’m on my way.”

Regardless, Hailey was still in the hospital, and according to Stella, she had just woken up. And now Dexter was in trouble.

“Did they catch the murderer?” I found myself asking instinctively.

I had called Robin right away last night. Dexter, the scumbag he was, frequented the gym; it wouldn’t have been easy for the murderer to take him down.

Robin and the team were stationed at Tangle Lane, a stone’s throw from the orphanage. They could make it in five minutes. Surely, the murderer couldn’t have gotten far?

“They caught him.” Stella’s voice relaxed over the phone, then turned emotional, almost tearful. “Phoebe… they got the murderer.”

Phoebe, her best friend, her

unexpectedly moistened, and I covered my mouth with a trembling hand.

they finally

was the shock, but my fingers

all felt so

much as Dexter deserved to die… this time, he actually played a part in drawing out the murderer. Robin said the guy was smart, left no traces, and had a knack for evading detection. Dexter had been staking out the orphanage since yesterday, using Melody as bait, making her atone for her

murderer was too clever for the cops to use Melody as a lure. He would’ve seen through it right

was a different story. A fish jumping

Chapter 201

the murderer?” My voice was hoarse as I

silent for a long while before she finally spoke. It’s that Dorian. After we let

was stunned, frozen

Dorian?

suspected something was off about him. A minor, fifteen or sixteen, but

up, I hurried to the hospital eager to get

footage had caught

Dorian was

Dorian caught, it was only a matter of time before the others would be