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?

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

card, and left with Melody.

up. “Check out Dexter. His connection to Phoebe is not as simple as it seems. And also check

it out, Robin?” another officer

mole on her

cop gulped, shocked. “He looks so…

dig

Dexter because I couldn’t bear to see him

limp away and hoping to find my own

injured leg to an abandoned orphanage and

quickening as I scanned

Chapter B

end! He was the one who had brought me here and then killed me. This

to Colin, hoping to find

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

he lived here, in this run–down

time without finding the basement where the murders and my death took place.

been searching for so long

“Bang!”

suddenly rammed open by