Chapter 291

“Huh. Finn squinted his eyes, a mix of disbelief and amusement dancing in them. “You’ve got some nerve, don’t you? Most folks would be puking their guts out at the sight of a half–eaten corpse, and there you are, pregnant and all, not even flinching?”

Swallowing hard, I managed a nervous chuckle. “I didn’t dare look that way, to be honest.”

Finn snorted, his voice taking on a darker edge. “Foebe, you’re not as innocent as you pretend to be..”

I sucked in a sharp breath. “What’s that supposed to mean?”

“I’m gonna catch the bastard myself, Finn replied, sidestepping my question like he was making a solemn vow.

He was dead set on catching the killer. He believed the killer was Caleb.

“So, you think Caleb is the mastermind behind the serial murders, avenging Phoebe Caldwell? So the victims are all somehow linked to Phoebe, bullied her, or messed with Caleb and Carter, right?” I looked at Finn for confirmation.

Finn didn’t respond, but his silence was as good as an affirmation.

she end up dead at the hands of a serial killer? Who killed her? Caleb? But

teeth. “He once said nothing in this world is permanent, not even the stars above us–they’re always shifting. No one can be someone else’s forever unless…

believed that Colin killed Phoebe to preserve her love, like some kind of

a glass display, his and his alone, not

furrowed in irritation at my

no such thing as a perfect murder or a perfect victim, right?” I took a step

murders is either

stride faltered. Why did it have to be one of

gone. If they were both alive, they’d kill without leaving a trace for the police to find…” Finn muttered under

understanding that, in Finn’s mind, without the intellect of Caleb or Carter, no one else could have orchestrated such meticulous

make a move. They must be starting fresh…* I pondered aloud, then paused and turned back to look at Finn. “If the killer sticks to their M.O., they’ve already got their next victim lined up by the time they dump

to find the next crime

was lost.

locked away in a mental institution. “Go find Caleb,” Robin urged, striding over in his traffic cop uniform, clearly having

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