Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 329

"Phoebe..." His voice trailed off, the words lost in the panic that seemed to seize him.

I was feeling irked, turning away to seek a moment of quiet.

Colin's cell rang - it was Finn calling.

"Melody's gone missing, no leads, just as you figured, a diversion. There's been trouble at the hospital, Robin's injured, but the good news is the assailant's been caught. Get over here. Dexter's causing a scene at the station, insisting we find Melody ASAP. Come help me out."

Colin ended the call with Finn abruptly, making it clear he had no intention of engaging. He just wanted to clear the air with me.

I waited for him to speak.

"Phoebe..." He started to say, but the phone rang again.

Still Finn.

agitated, hung up once more, ready to block the

the call first. You took such a big risk getting close to

fell silent and answered

burning bridges, throwing me under the bus now?" Finn's voice was a roar on the other

accusations,

that Melody, a person under police protection, could vanish right

Colin hung up again.

his

turned it off

isn't important. I'm on it, and all these things are connected. I just... can't be certain, my theories might not be spot on." Colin stumbled over his words, clearly not adept at

definitely had a prime suspect in mind, and he was

didn't know why he was withholding it from me, but from all the evidence we had, it

died, I always thought you were the killer because there were too many things that made me doubt

on the evidence wall, I was pretty sure Colin wasn't the killer,

believe you're not the killer. But if you help the killer get away with it or clear their name, then you're one of the people responsible for my death." My voice was hoarse but

down in panic, his