Chapter 15 ~ Fleeting warmth
Chapter 15 - Fleeting warmth
Athena
"Mr. King, what-" Mr. Dalton starts, but Alexander's cold voice cuts through.
"I suggest you think carefully before uttering another word, Dalton."
A heavy silence falls.
Melanie's father pales "Mr. King? Do you know this cri- young lady?"
Alexander doesn't even spare him a glance. His focus is solely on me, his eyes locking onto mine like he can read everything I'm thinking.
I try to figure out what he's thinking but I come up empty. He gives nothing away.
“Get up.” His voice is commanding. Making all the hairs on my body rise.
I remain frozen, my body is unwilling to obey.
Mr. Dalton clears his throat.
"Mr. King, this is a serious matter-'
Alexander's gaze finally shifts to him, sharp as a blade. "Serious? You mean this pathetic attempt at framing my-"
My heart pounds even harder. Hope is starting to grow like a balloon.
"Framing an innocent lady?"
And it pops.
Painfully so.
Melanie's sobs long ended. Her face is horrified. I bet she didn't
see this coming. Neither did I.. Her father turns red, but before he can explode, Alexander pulls
out his
phone and tosses it onto the desk. The screen lights up with a paused video.
"Play it," he commands.
Mr. Dalton hesitates before pressing play.
On the screen, grainy footage from a security camera shows Melanie in the parking lot. She's alone-
until a guy in a hoodie steps up to her. They exchange a few words, then suddenly, she throws herself onto the ground. She punches her own face.
Gasps fill the room. My own stomach twists in disbelief.
This little bitch! I even felt guilty..and sorry. What kind of insanity is
she's willing to put herself through such kind of pain just
breathes,
continues, showing the hooded guy sprinting off while
ice.
are all sure his gaze alone is enough to
you?"
father turns to her, his fury now redirected. "Melanie," he hisses.
this isn't true.'
eyes darting everywhere but at her
"I-I-”
humiliated me!" he roars. "You
wails. "She doesn't belong here! She's just some orphan playing
forward, his
who won't be belonging here anymore. You'll be a
daughter playing house. You
favor." He cocks his head to the
on the receiving end of
gesture to your father too." He says
and the old man
he's seeing his worst nightmare come to
I didn't mean
"I'll make
Please..." Her father joins in and I watch with no words forming in my
get the footage so
chest. Something that shouldn't even be done because when he swallows these three, it's
exhales shakily, rubbing his temples again. "I
board.
"I expect more than
on this case myself." Alex speaks and Mr.
record it for you since
Melanie breaks down into
on her. Alexander,
me, his expression
he says. "Let's
My feet finally obey,
my pulse still erratic. I still can't believe what just
hallway is deathly silent as we walk. My footsteps
too uneven.
presence beside me is a force
suffocating. His expression remains cold, his
fixed straight ahead.
He
a word. But I can feel the weight of his fury pressing against my skin, making it hard to
the
outside. The afternoon air is cool, but I feel
front of us seems ominous, like a trap waiting
He moves first,
The sound of it unlocking
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