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.

just enough knowledge to disable Melody's phone despite being

his phone. "A million bucks is so much better than that stingy Wendy gave

the buzzcut saw things from a different perspective. They felt

more, and she had to delay

believed that he would notice that something was amiss from

in a gargantuan

"Sir, we've found her!"

images, your wife's phone seems to be at this

how long will it take for us to

That'll come to an

too long! Is there a shorter

telling what those kidnappers would do to Melody!

a smaller road, but it'll be risky to take that road because it's in very bad condition," the technician warned. "The safer route would be to take the elevated highway and then the mountain

the danger and had decided to take

risk was a small price to pay for