The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Melody had never used the card Lucas gave her, and her first purchase was for a sum of a million dollars. 'What on earth did she buy?' he wondered.

A million was a mere blip in Lucas' coffers, but that same amount was an utterly out-of-character purchase for Melody. He knew her well enough to know she would never touch his money unless it was an emergency.

Sensing that something was amiss, he dialed Melody's number. The silence on the other end was not normal.

He frowned and contacted the film crew to ask if Melody was at the set.

The crew member answered, "The shooting ended early, so she left. I think she mentioned wanted to visit a bookstore."

Lucas hung up and wondered why Melody would switch off her phone on a trip to the bookstore.

He called home and was told that Melody was not there. The situation was getting more and more difficult.

He got up, flung open his office door, and barked out an order to Edmund, "Locate Melody's phone! I need to know where she is!"

"Yes, sir!" Edmund answered when he sensed the urgency in Lucas' voice. Though he did not know what happened, he felt that it was not the time to ask questions and swiftly directed the technicians to start searching.

Melody's phone despite being school dropouts. However, it never occurred to

at the bank balance on his phone.

one million was already a fortune to him. However, BD and the guy with the buzzcut saw things from a different perspective. They felt

quietly and calculated her options. She believed that they would ask her for more,

and she believed that he

a gargantuan amount of effort to

"Sir, we've found her!"

on satellite images, your wife's phone seems to be at this unmarked location. I did a quick check and found out that this is an abandoned

it, and how

to an hour's drive at the

long! Is

would do to Melody! Lucas could not afford to wait that

technician warned. "The safer route would be to take the elevated highway and then the

danger and had decided

risk was a small price to pay for