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.”

to Phoebe, her best friend, her confidante.

covered my mouth with

they finally

it was the shock, but my

felt

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

was too clever for the cops to use Melody as a lure. He would’ve seen through it right away. Inside the police’s watchful eye, the

Melody went off on her own, acting crazy at the orphanage, that was a different story. A

Chapter 201

murderer?” My voice

was silent for a long while before she finally spoke. It’s that Dorian.

frozen

Dorian?

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

to the hospital eager to

security footage

them, Dorian was

Dorian caught, it was only a matter of time before