When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 117

Chapter 117



"Put Melanie on the phone. I need to make sure she's okay." Clyde's voice was emotionless, and Kayla nodded at me, urging me to talk. "I'm fine. Don't worry about me."

I tried to keep my voice steady, but Clyde got frantic. "Melanie, are you okay? Did she hurt you? Where are you...'

"Clyde, are you out of your mind? How can I let her tell you where she is?" Kayla waved a knife in front of me as a warning to keep quiet. "Just clear things up on Twitter. I can't leave the country with a warrant on me. It was not my fault, anyway. Tell people you did it all. Tell them Kayla is the woman you deceived, the woman whose child you made her lose, the most innocent one. Remember?"

Clyde's response was terse, and I could sense his

some good comments about

half hour was

me alone in the room. I had chicken soup, which gave me the strength to look around. It seemed to be an abandoned quarry, a place I vaguely remembered being

tone was mocking, filled with bitterness. "Clyde loves you. Look how he's taken all the blame. He's such

he had previously said. Not only did he claim the child was his, but

heaven and forced into a difficult situation. Some condemned him, suggesting I should get the entire

was satisfied as long as she was innocent. And she had

"Pretty impressive, huh? Mr.

He's just a jerk. Now that you're nearly out of the picture, he decides to play the loving partner? What's next, love from

just looked at her,