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?

to disturb you so late,”

the card, and

spoke up. “Check out Dexter. His connection to Phoebe is

it out, Robin?”

know if your sister has a mole on her chest

cop gulped, shocked. “He looks

let’s dig

I couldn’t bear to see him and Melody again.

limp away and hoping

injured leg to an

quickening as

Chapter B

brought me here and then killed

to Colin, hoping to find

he didn’t head to the scene of the murder. Instead, he entered a decrepit dormitory and curled up in a corner of a

here, in this run–down orphanage.

the basement where the murders and

wonder the police had been searching

“Bang!”

orphanage’s metal gate was suddenly rammed