The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

"Don't get too close. Just make sure we don't lose sight of the car in front of us," instructed Melody.

Melody had wondered if she was being overly cautious after being frightened by those thugs. Maybe Stella was just in a bad mood this morning. However, all her doubts vanished when she saw Stella turning into the police station.

'What could this scheming woman need to do at the police station?' wondered Melody. She had no idea how Stella got in touch with Wendy.

'Ugh, that stupid Wendy! She's so easily manipulated. I bet Stella only had to say a few words for her to get rid of me!'

Melody sat quietly in the car, organizing her thoughts. 'Only Lucas and some of the crew members knew I was going to the bookstore yesterday... So how did those three thugs know I'll be there?'

She found it difficult to believe that the three thugs could kidnap her without any of the crew members telling them where she would be.

is, who leaked the information?' she

none other than Stella, of course. That much was evident when Melody saw her

the morning to Stella unexpectedly turned out to be true. It seemed that Stella had been secretly coveting the role she

seek justice for herself since she found out it was Stella scheming behind the scenes

she found out Wendy was the one who hired the thugs to kidnap her. Yes, they had never been close, and Melody was well aware that Wendy disliked her. She was not too fond of

expected that Wendy would go to such extremes by employing such a ruthless tactic against her. Her own sister actually

sadness and irony in her heart. It was laughable that she had once hoped Wendy could treat her a bit

restraint. Melody would not have to suffer, and Wendy would not be so domineering and spoiled-thinking that everything Melody had should be hers-if Helen had

to endure all the hardships.

thugs

it meant she would never