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?

any information related to Phoebe. Sorry to disturb you so late,” the leading

the card, and left with Melody.

up. “Check out Dexter. His connection to Phoebe is not as simple

figure it out, Robin?”

on her

creepy,” the younger cop gulped, shocked. “He looks so… normal.”

dig

Dexter because I couldn’t bear

away and hoping to find my own body.

leg to an abandoned orphanage and deftly climbed

my breath quickening as

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

to Colin, hoping to find where my body was hidden.

of the murder. Instead, he entered a

clear he lived here, in this run–down orphanage.

finding the basement where the murders and my death took

wonder the police had been searching for so long without any success.

“Bang!”

orphanage’s metal gate was suddenly rammed open by a