Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 8

“Dexter, that guy… he’s freaking me out: he’s staring at me.

Melody’s voice trembled as she hid behind Dexter.

I glanced back and breathed a sigh of relief; the creep wasn’t leering at me, but at Melody.

He was glaring at Melody with a rage that simmered in silence.

“His name’s Colin, from the local orphanage,” a cop spoke up for him. “Caught him once snatching someone’s sandwich. Probably not a bad egg.”

I shook my head vehemently, “No, he’s bad news, a murderer!”

The police let go of Colin.

Colin scrambled to his feet, his lanky legs making his pants ride up above his ankles.

I saw the ghastly scars on his shins. They were reminiscent of burn marks from electrocution. Despite my fear that he’d keep killing, I followed him. He stopped beside Melody, his voice gravelly. “It’s you…”

Melody looked at the man in shock, her whole body quaking.

I was equally stunned. Did Colin know Melody had deliberately lured me to him?

us as soon as you have any information related to Phoebe. Sorry to disturb you so late,” the leading

huffed, took the card, and

connection to Phoebe is not as simple as

it out, Robin?” another

has a mole on her chest or a birthmark on her pelvis?”

the younger cop gulped, shocked. “He

dig

with Dexter because I couldn’t bear to see him and Melody

away and hoping

to an abandoned orphanage and deftly climbed

breath quickening as

Chapter B

the one who had brought me here and then killed me. This orphanage was the initial crime scene

stuck close to Colin, hoping to find where my body

head to the scene of the murder. Instead, he entered a decrepit dormitory and curled up in

lived here,

time without finding the

the police had been searching for so

“Bang!”

gate was suddenly rammed open