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.

and his gang had just enough knowledge to disable Melody's phone despite being school dropouts. However, it never occurred to them that the phone could still be

floor and marveled at the bank balance on his phone. "A million bucks is so much better than that stingy Wendy gave us. What does she

BD and the guy with the buzzcut saw things from a different perspective. They felt that

would ask her for more, and

was a smart man, and she believed that he would notice that

the Rivera Group's tech team was putting in a gargantuan amount of effort to

"Sir, we've found her!"

seems to be at this unmarked location. I did a quick check and found out

is it, and how long will it take for

come to an hour's drive at

too long! Is

no telling what those kidnappers would do to Melody!

safer route would be to take the elevated highway and then the mountain road. This will cut our journey time in half, but the narrow and winding mountain

not care about the danger and had decided to take

was a small price to pay for reaching