Chapter 306

"Phoebe..." Dexter's voice carried an edge of desperation, the sting of mistrust tasted all too familiar now. "Why can't you just trust me once? Caleb is dangerous, and you should be running the other way, not... not falling for him. He's deceiving you, playing on the fact that you've forgotten your past. Dr. Damian told me that Caleb is a psychopath; he lacks empathy, incapable of love. His mind, his vision, it's all consumed by obsession—not a soul in sight."

I tuned Dexter out. He was relentless in his bad-mouthing of Colin.

"Foebe?" As I stepped into the hospital, Robin caught sight of me. "What happened? Are you hurt?"

I shook my head, pointing a thumb at Dexter. "Him."

A nurse approached to assess Dexter's injuries and ushered him off to the treatment room.

I whispered, "Henry's men."

Robin nodded in understanding. "Stay inside if you can."

"Why are you here?"

on, fighting for his life. The assailant was sloppy,

if the victim wakes up,

suspect there's a puppet master behind all

findings with me. "This person, another parent searching for his child, an eighteen- year-old

paused, looking at Robin. "The common thread... the killers are parents driven to the brink

killer were one and

the same time?" I wondered aloud,

the same time, but there is a commonality—the missing kids all had... issues,"

challenged, or...?"

surroundings. "The so-called 'genius disease.' They say these kids are touched

Both extremes.

a deep breath, facing Robin.

my head pounded as if it would

all diagnosed with Asperger's

it was written that I too was a 'problem'

sense. Aside from being a bit of a loner, I was neither

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