I blinked, shocked, and bolted upright. “I… didn’t get any missed calls from you guys.”
“Last night, Melody and Dexter went rogue trying to lure the murderer. Melody almost got herself killed,
and Dexter wound up getting stabbed trying to save her. He’s in critical condition now…” Ste
sounded frantic. “Did that witch Melody call you? Thank God you didn’t show up, or else…”
Ste didn’t finish her sentence, but the implication hung heavy in the air. I would’ve been walking right
into the same nightmare that had imed Phoebe.
I gasped, the cool realization hitting me. Melody and Dexter had conspired against Colin, and it had
backfired, bringing a real murderer onto their trail and leaving Dexter injured?
“I’m on my way.”
Regardless, Hailey was still in the hospital, and ording to Ste, she had just woken up. And now
Dexter was in trouble.
“Did they catch the murderer?” I found myself asking instinctively.
I had called Robin right awayst night. Dexter, the scumbag he was, frequented the gym; it wouldn’t
have been easy for the murderer to take him down.
Robin and the team were stationed at Tangle Lane, a stone’s throw from the orphanage. They could
make it in five minutes. Surely, the murderer couldn’t have gotten far?
“They caught him.” Ste’s voice rxed over the phone, then turned emotional, almost tearful.
“Phoebe… they got the murderer.”
She was speaking to Phoebe, her best friend, her confidante.
My eyes unexpectedly moistened, and I covered my mouth with a trembling hand.
Had they finally caught him?
Perhaps it was the shock, but my fingers were shaking uncontrobly.
It all felt so sudden.
“As much as Dexter deserved to die… this time, he actually yed a part in drawing out the murderer.
Robin said the guy was smart, left no traces, and had a knack for evading detection. Dexter had been
staking out the orphanage since yesterday, using Melody as bait, making her atone for her sins.”
The murderer was too clever for the cops to use Melody as a lure. He would’ve seen through it right
away. Inside the police’s watchful eye, the murderer wouldn’t bite.
But if Melody went off on her own, acting crazy at the orphanage, that was a different story. A fish
jumping right into the. The murderer wouldn’t miss such an opportunity.
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“Who… who is the murderer?” My voice was hoarse as I asked.
Ste was silent for a long while before she finally spoke. It’s that Dorian. After we let him go. he struck
again.”
I was stunned, frozen in ce.
Dorian?
I’d always suspected something was off about him. A minor, fifteen or sixteen, but with eyes too cold for
his age.
After hanging up, I hurried to the hospital eager to get the police’s take.
It wasn’t a solo act; the security footage had caught at least three different suspects.
Among them, Dorian was definitely one.
With Dorian caught, it was only a matter of time before the others would be interrogated and found.
As I descended the stairs, Colin was in the yard, trimming flowers. He picked a few white roses and
handed them to me.
I took the flowers, my vision blurring. Sniffling, I managed a smile at Colin. It was a relief; the murderer
wasn’t him.
Although I couldn’tpletely rule him out as a suspect yet, I realized I was starting to hope it wasn’t
him.
“Colin,e with me.” I reached out to him. “They’ve caught the murderer. Dexter’s in trouble. Let’s go
to the hospital”
Colin’s hand stiffened, and then he looked up at me. “Really?”
“Yeah.” I nodded, my excitement making my hands tremble. “The police got him. It was Dorian. We
were all fooled by him.”
I hoped Colin had been fooled, too. The police knew about Colin asking Eric to fund Dorian: I feared
Colin might also be a suspect.
On the way to the hospital, Colin was silent, lost in thought. Just before we got out of the car, he shook
his head abruptly. “No… something’s not right.”
I paused, puzzled, looking at him. “What’s not right?”
“It’s not right; the timing isn’t right. He wouldn’t let himself get caught now.”