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 leading cop, Robin Lancaster, apologized and handed Dexter his

huffed, took the card, and

away, Robin spoke up. “Check out Dexter. His connection to Phoebe is not as simple

it out, Robin?” another

if your sister has a mole on

younger cop gulped, shocked. “He looks

let’s dig deeper!”

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

Colin instead, watching him limp away and

his injured leg to an abandoned orphanage

my breath quickening as I scanned the surroundings.

Chapter B

my end! He was the one who had brought me here and then killed me. This orphanage was the initial crime scene of the

close to Colin, hoping to find where

he didn’t head to the scene of the murder. Instead, he entered a decrepit

lived here, in this run–down orphanage.

without finding the basement

searching for so long without

“Bang!”

gate was suddenly rammed