Humming to a K-pop song playing on a mobile device are Melanie and Archie, they are singing along with the artiste as she is seen weaving Archie’s hair in a French style.They were sitting outside of the cottage which is very close to the kitchen. Every movement going on in the front yard could be easily seen from the kitchen.Mr Gordon glares at them from the kitchen as he's making barbecue on the barbecue net. He hates the fact that Melanie is busily occupied weaving Archie’s hair while leaving him alone by himself in the kitchen to prepare a meal for them.“Do you think this hairstyle will look good on me?” Archie asks a thousand times, moving his hand to touch the hair but Melanie slaps his hand off.“Stop complaining and sit right. Don't touch until I'm done,” she warned, using her finger to part his hair. “Your hair is long and I love playing with long hair.” Melanie smiles as she weaves his long brown hair.“Really?” Archie gasp in surprise. “I was worried you might not like it
The car pulls to a halt inside the carport. Ben undid his seatbelt and step down from the car. He walks over to the passenger side of the car and opens the door for Kayla, letting her get off the car with his help.Kayla got discharged from the hospital after confiding with the Doctor that she wouldn't be staying in the hospital for the night. After several checkups on her, the Doctor agree to discharge her to go home, since the smoke didn't affect her greatly.Ben suggest he take her home since she can't drive herself back home and he didn't want her to board a cab. Kayla had declined his help but Ben stood his ground, saying it was either she remains in the hospital or he takes her home.Having no strength to bicker with him, she agreed that he should take her home since she was left with no choice.She unlocks the door and they step inside her living room. She presses the switch and the light in the living room comes to life.“You should go back now, I can take it from here.” Kayl
Melanie sits on the picnic mat at the back of the cottage, she has a bowl of flowers in-between her legs. Her face constantly lit up in a bright smile as Mr Gordon play a melodious song with a brown acoustic guitar in his hand.He rests the guitar on his lap and places his fingers on the string. He stares at Melanie as he plays the songs.Melanie raises her head to steal a glance at what Archie is drawing. She grins happily when she sees him drawing his father, as he is operating the guitar.“Oh,” she chuckles, as she continues with the flower crown she was making. ‘Why is he that good, without being trained’? She thought with a smile on his face.‘Does he know too’? She shrugs as she didn't want to ask Archie if his father knows about what he's drawing.“Guys, we are taking pictures once I'm done with these crowns,” she says to them without raising her head to look at the expression on their faces.“Okay, mom!” Archie utters.Melanie raises her head to steal a glance at her man, upon
After taking tons of pictures in the garden, they all left for their various rooms to have a clean bath.Melanie strides inside her room and grabs a towel from the wardrobe. She walks to the bathroom and strips naked, before getting under the shower.She smiles as the cold water streams down her body. She picks a shampoo and conditioner and applies it on her head, she dips her fingers inside her hair and massages her scalps.The shampoo smells great that she applies some more to her hair, not wanting the scent to fade just yet.After she was done washing her hair, she proceed to her body and scrub it gently with a smooth sponge.They press a button on the wall and the water rushes down to her head in full force. She loves afternoon baths, it always strengthens her joint.She step out of the shower when she was done bathing. She walks out of the bathroom and enters her room. She strides to the dresser and picks up her body lotion. She loses the tip of the towel and lets it falls to he
The ray of light flashes inside the room through the parted curtains. Kayla moves on the bed and her arms rest on something soft, yet hairy. She opens her eyes when she hears honey meow piteously.“Oh, honey!” she exclaimed and pick the white kitten from the bed.“Good morning.” she yawns and places her gently on her chest. “Did you sleep well?” she asks the cute little kitten as she rubs her head.With a meow, the white kitten jumps down from her chest. “Are you hungry?” Kayla asks worriedly. She rolls down the duvet from her body and places her feet on the ground.Honey hops in excitement as Kayla stands up to her feet. Kayla grins when she realises that the kitten is a morning pet. “You love morning, don't you?” she asks, crouching down to the floor and picking honey up and then placing her in her arms.“Let go and brush before having breakfast,” she says to honey and she started walking towards the bathroom.She places honey on the counter before picking up her toothbrush from t
The crinkling of Archie going about is the only sound that could be heard in his room. He picks up his shirt from the table and walks back to his bed, he folds the shirt and places it inside the luggage.He look sad and a bit forlorn when he realise they would be going back home by noon. He like it here and didn't want to return to the city. He wishes his father would just allow them to remain at the vacation house.“Then what about school and all the things in the city?” he groans when he remembers all the stuff that he needs to take care of.“Here can just wait until my school is vacated. I would do anything to come back here.” He smiles as he recalls all the fun he had during their week's vacation.It's been a week already since they got here, which seems like yesterday that the chopper dropped them at the front of the house.“Never knew here could be that fun. I need to apologise for saying trash.” he chuckle as he remember what he had said to himself on their way to the vacation
Melanie stare into space, standing across from Archie with the sketchbook in her hand. Her heart beat louder than a drum as Archie stare keenly at her face, pausing for an answer.Melanie open her mouth to talk but to her utmost surprise, nothing came out of her mouth.Archie stands still, with his hands crossed over his chest. “What do you think about the sketch, Mom?” he inquires, hiding his smirk with a cheerful smile that creeps up his face afterwards.“It’s… It's kinda… Cool.” Melanie stutter as her gaze drift to the sketch.“Any idea who that little girl is? Think I've seen her somewhere but I can't remember where, so I decided to sketch my illusion.” he chuckles loudly.Melanie fondles the book in her hand, she stares at the sketch for a while, then shakes her head nervously. “I don't think… I'm not sure if. Perhaps…”The door creeps open, halting Melanie from completing her speech. Mr Gordon stepped in, smiling widely at the two. Melanie hides the sketch behind her back as she
The chopper hovers noisily as it lands on the grasslands at the back of the mansion. Archie is the first person to get off the chopper as soon as the door creeps open. He glances at his pet cage for a while and smiles at the little bunny before striding inside the house without waiting for the rest.Mr Gordon steps down next, he turns around and stretches out his arms for Melanie to jump into his open arms.“Come on, you can't stand over there forever. Let me help you down,” he yells to her when she seems reluctant to get down from the chopper.The air from the chopper blade blows heavily, making Mr Gordon's hair scattered all over his face.“Are you sure you can carry me? I'm quite heavy you know,” she yells back to him, dabbing her face with her palm.Mr Gordon scoffs loudly. “As if I haven't carried you before. You're lighter than the passing wind.” he cracks as he flips his head backwards.“Okay. But if you fall, know you brought it upon yourself,” she warns, getting ready to jump
TWO WEEKS LATERMelanie got discharged from the hospital a week earlier, she has been told by Alfred everything that happened that night and what happened after.She cried bitterly after hearing that her only friend, Kayla lost her life in the fight.Today, she choose to spend her day with her friend and let her know how much she misses her.The car pulls to a halt at the front gate of the police cemetery. Melanie opens the door before Alfred could get the door for her. She adjusts her sunglasses and steps down from the car.She walks over to the back seat and fetches a box. Alfred walks over to her and takes the box from her, guarding her to where Kayla’s body was lying to rest.Getting there, Melanie bursts into tears as she sees the burial stone of her dear friend. She goes on her knees, wailing profusely as she caresses the name on the burial stone with her thumb.“My dear Kayla, is this you?” she grips her chest as more tears roll down her cheeks.“Idiot?!” she sniffs, wiping her
A MONTH LATERMelanie’s eyes flutter open, slowly adjusting to the bright light of the hospital room. Her sights are groggy and disoriented, trying to make sense of where she is and what had happened. Her body feels heavy and weak, her limbs moving slowly and with difficulty. As her senses return, she becomes aware of the beeping machines around her, the scent of antiseptic in the air, and the bustling activity of the medical machines around her.She turns her head sideways to see Alfred, sitting on a chair beside her bed with his back to the wall. He seemed to be asleep.Melanie smiles, seeing how cute he looks even when he's asleep.“Alfred?” she calls out to him, her voice so low that she could not hear her own voice.Since she finds it hard to talk, she presses a button beside her bed which makes a loud noise.Alfred jerks up and rushed up to her, he seems shocked to see her staring at him with a smile on her face.“Melanie? You're awake?” Alfred gasps, he goes on his knees and w
“March?!” Kayla laughs wildly, she grabs hold of the pillar and pulls herself up. She staggered and chuckles lightly. She rests her palm on the wall to steady herself.March stands there, watching Kayla like she's in a movie. She doesn't understand why Kayla's laughing so hard, even though she just got shot in her thigh.“You…?” Kayla burst into a pearl of laughter, tears roll down the break of her eyes and she hastily wipes them off. “What is the meaning of this, detective?” she looks everywhere for her gun, but it is too dark that she couldn't see where she had dropped it.March scoff, she find it insulting to be called that title after all she's been doing.“Detective? Yes!” March grin, “Currently? Nope!” she beams as if what she's saying makes any sense to her, she tilts her head and puffs out air.“I got fired!” she whines, rubbing the bottom of the gun on her head. “After all the excellent work that I did, it only took one scheme from my colleagues to get me fired!” she scoffed
Eerie silent take over the room as they stare at Kayla in shock. “What the fuck are you doing here?” Harley gasp, her hold on Granny Vera tighten, piercing her nails into her rough skin.The old woman’s whimpers which make Kayla bite her lips in anger.“Huh, what do you mean by that? you held my friend and her family hostage, it's natural that I should be here to take them, don't you agree with me?” Kayla replies with a shrug, her aim on the trigger tightening as she gives Mia a dark stare from the corner of her eyes.Mia runs her hands through her hair. “Shit, you caused this. Why the hell did you let your little cousin get involved?” She stumps her foot on the floor, sending Harley a death glare. She grabs Melanie from the floor, her palms curling around Melanie's neck and presses her neck until her fingers leave an imprint on her skin. She spits on Melanie’s face and pushes her to the wall.Melanie whimper as soon as her head collided with the wall. She groans in pain and quickly c
“Miss Officer, I think Mom is in danger.” Archie cries out, he hugs Kayla tightly, ruining her shirt with his tears.Kayla put her hand on his back, rubbing her hand on his back, trying to calm him down. “Hey, I don't know how you get to know about this but that's why we’re here, we are here for her and we will do everything to get her out of there.” Kayla exhales heavily, she releases Archie from the brief hug and stares deep into his eyes.“What’s going on, do you know what happened to her?” Archie whispered, his brown eyes staring deep into Kayla’s forest green eyes, searching for an answer from her eyes.“Um, I kind of know what happened and I think I could sort everything out if you quietly stay here and wait here for us.” Kayla clears her throat, she takes a few steps backwards but Archie grabs her hand and she arches her brows. “What? Don't you want to stay here?” she asks, wondering why he's holding her hand when he ought to hop into the car.“I can't stay here, I want to go
Alfred cries bitterly while listening to the confession Mia and Harley were making, through the bug. Kayla smirked and tighten her grip on the steering wheel. None of them could believe that their closest person was the one behind everything.“Who would think my cousin could do such a thing!” Kayla laughs in amusement. Right now all she's feeling is rage.“Kayla, I trusted her with everything. I've loved and adored her all these years and I never for once had the thought that she might be behind her death. She always talked about Selena with a smile on her face.” Alfred sobs quietly, clutching tight at his phone in his hand.“Mia too?! I never thought someone that I took as my sister would plant my death because of a mere fortune, why?” he ask no one in particular. “If she should have sat me down and narrated everything to me, I would have told my uncle to forget about giving me anything, I've had enough, I don't need any of my father's properties, I should have told them to take eve
Melanie's p.o.v“Hello, my dear, Melanie!” a cheerful, yet deadly voice says my name by the door, followed by a pair of legs walking in.I glance at the door and the sight before me left my mouth hanging open in shock.I feel a sickening chill run through my body and blood draining from my system as I drop to my knees from the shock of what I'm seeing. “You!” I scream in terror as I watch Harley enter the room with my baby, Skye in her grips.“What are you doing here with my child, Harley?” I yell, I try breaking free and run up to save my child from these demons, but again, I couldn't break free from the rope that tied me down to the iron chair.“Relax baby girl, nothing is going to happen to your family, only if you do what we want,” Harley smirks down at me and I feel the urge to punch her in the face.Terror is visible on my baby's face, she's afraid of the scene before her and fears they might do something to her if I let her remain in their possession. The tears on her face call
Melanie woke up to the sound of a heavy booth thumping on the floor, she groans and opens her eyes only to meet with blurry faces in the room. She tries moving her hands but she feels her hands have been tied to her back.“Ahh,” she groans. Shaking her head to steady her vision but it seems impossible.“Guess someone is finally awake after being asleep for over an hour.” A voice chuckles beside her which makes her almost jump from her seat.Melanie twirl her face to where the voice is coming from, she could swear she has heard that voice before but she doesn't remember where.“Who… Who are you?” She grumbles and then a bucket of chill water was poured on her head from the back, the water dripping down from her head to her toes.Melanie shiver as her vision become clear and her eyes met with the clear face of the lady in front of her. “Mia Gordon!” she gasps in shock, moving back a little on her seat which makes the iron chair make an awful noise.“Yes,” Mia chuckle standing up from th
It has been a while since Melanie left the house to get groceries at the nearby store. Archie who has been waiting outside for her return gets tired of waiting and decides to go look for her at the store.He walks into the living room to see Granny Vera pacing to and fro in the living room. Archie moves his gaze to the couch to see Skye sleeping soundly on the couch. He carefully walks up to Granny Vera in an attempt to not wake the girl up from sleep.“Granny Vera, didn't you say the store is just a stone's throw from here?” he ask the poor woman who has been worried sick about her daughter, who has went to get groceries exactly an hour ago.“Yes, the store is just a few blocks away from here and she ought to have gotten back by now.” She replies, her voice breaks due to how cold she feels.“Oh,” Archie sighs for the nth time. “Have you tried calling her? I call her here and she's not picking up,” he complains, showing his phone to the woman.“I tried calling, but her line was not r