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.

of an abandoned building, BD and his gang had just enough knowledge to disable Melody's phone despite being school dropouts. However, it never occurred to

boss! We're rich!" The blonde squatted on the floor and marveled at the bank balance on his phone. "A million bucks is so

However, BD and the guy with the buzzcut saw things from

She believed that they would ask her for more, and she had to delay them for

smart man, and she believed that he would notice that

was putting in a gargantuan amount of effort to locate the

"Sir, we've found her!"

a satellite map. "Based on satellite images, your wife's phone seems to be at this unmarked location. I did a quick check and found

how long will it take for

That'll come to an hour's drive at the

Is there a

was no telling what those kidnappers would do to Melody! Lucas could not afford to wait that long. He needed to go

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 road isn't ideal for nighttime

and had decided to take the quickest option. "Take

risk was a small price to pay for reaching there as quickly