Mr Johnson looked up from the television when he did not hear the noise of the door closing only to see his daughter still standing in one position.
" What are you still doing there? Did I not ask you to go and get me some food?”
" I don't have any money” she will be damned if she uses her savings to cook for him, never. She will rather be beaten up than do that.
She can't touch that money now because she has come to the conclusion that she needs to leave her father before he kills her. Furthermore, she won't be stupid like her mother. She could already feel her body depreciating day by day. Even if she can't finish high school , she will manage. After all, she doesn't even have enough money to pay for her last year in high school. She will rather use it to run away to the city.
" You don't have what?”
" I don't have any money” she repeat
" Good, then I will have to search your room” .
He stood up and walked to her room. She didn't even follow him or try to stop him because she knew that he wouldn't be able to find any money. She hid her savings inside a box and buried it in the backyard. Any time she wants to add another amount of money, she will dig It out and put it inside the box and bury it before rolling a big stone over it to mark the position. She is not as stupid as everyone thinks.
After some minutes, he came back and began to search her in a rough manner and when he did not find anything on her, he punched her angrily, sending her to the floor.
" Where is all the money?”
She kept mute as he punched her repeatedly and after some time her dragged her and pushed her outside
" Don't come back to this house if you don't have any money”
Melody knew that if she did not bring any food, she wouldn't be able to enter the house. Her father can even lock her outside for a week. She still needed to go to school, even if she won't be able to complete her studies. She has only one choice. Not only that, but she needs to go to Miss Betty's house and collect what her father gave to her.
Her father is going to kill her if he hears of it, but she has no other choice after all she bought those things with her hard-earned money!
With determination, she walked the little distance to Miss Betty's house, but when she got there, she hesitated. Miss Betty will surely spread rumors if she does not tell her father and her father was a proud person who hates disgrace and if he finds out that she was the one who brought the disgrace? Hah!!
She was tired of thinking for her father alone. She needed to start thinking for herself, she had to get the foodstuff. And damn the consequences.
She lifted her hand and knocked and after some seconds the door was opened but not by Miss Betty. It was Madison.
" Look who we have here, Melody Johnson. Hmm, after being saved by Mrs. Simpson you still came back, am sure that she will be disappointed” Madison was still angry that she didn't get the chance to bully Melody at school the other day, and she had really been escaping. It was like she suddenly got lucky.
" I am looking for Miss Betty” Melody ignored her because she was here to collect the food stuffs not to get in trouble with Madison
" What do you want with my aunt?' Madison scowled.
" Maddy, who is there?” Miss Betty's voice came from inside the house.
" No one important”
" Melody"
The both of them chorused, making Madison's face turn red with anger.
Melody was more scared of what her father could do to her than what Madison could do to her. The only thing Madison could do was pull her hair, make fun of her, and those things were little compared to what her father could do.
Miss Betty was surprised to hear that Melody was looking for her. Did she have a message from her father? She ran to the door.
" What are you doing, Maddy? Come in Melody”. Miss Betty opened the door wide for Melody after shoving Madison away
Melody walked into the house and looked around, the house was cozy. The way she felt was difficult from what she felt in her house.
" Did your father send you to me?” Miss Betty asked expectantly.
Melody was almost sorry for Miss Betty, she did not know the man she was falling for. She can do this. Madison stood at one side watching Melody and her aunt with a scowl on her face.
" Miss Betty, I'm truly sorry, but I need those foodstuffs my dad sent to you” Melody avoided looking up.
Miss Betty's face changed. What was Melody talking about? Foodstuff? But her father gave them to her. Why would she need it back?
Melody couldn't bear the silence, so she rushed to explain
" It's me who wants it back, not my father. You see Miss Betty, I bought them with my hard-earned money, not my father's, so I need them back. I can't stay hungry. That foodstuff can last me until I get paid again” she explained briefly. She just hopes that Miss Betty will understand and even if she chooses not to, she won't be leaving without her foodstuff
" What is she talking about, Aunty?” Madison asked.
" Her father gave me some food and said that he bought them and …. '' Miss Betty tried to explain everything to her niece
" How could you collect something from that man, aunty? Do you want this idiot to go and start spreading rumors that her father is feeding my family?" Madison could not believe what she was hearing, for God’s sake her family is richer than everyone in county vee!
Miss Betty bowed her head in shame after being reprimanded by her niece. She wanted to brag to her friends that her fiancé gave her some food.
She got furious and rushed into her kitchen and began to pack everything into a bag. She was even ready to start cooking before Melody arrived. Now she will have to go to the market. Dammit.
She pushed the bag into Melody's hands and pushed her outside. Good riddance to nonsense.
Melody looked at the bag in her hands, 'she got them back, they were bought with her money' she kept on telling herself. From how angry Miss Betty appeared, she knew that within an hour, the news would have spread through town, but she didn't care. For now at least, she will deal with the problem's as they come. She walked back home with the heavy bag of foodstuff clutched tightly in her hand's.
**
Hunter stopped when he got a scent of his mate. He decided to take a walk after leaving that café. He finally knew who his mate was. It was Melody, the girl who made the coffee.
His heart still hurt anytime he remembered the bruises he saw on her face. Who could have done that to her? She was still a kid for God's sake and needed to be loved, not beaten up.
He could still remember the way her heart beat sped up when she heard that her father wanted her home. Why was she scared of her father? Was he the one that gave her those bruises? These two questions were what he still could not answer after asking himself repeatedly for hours. That's why he decided to walk to clear his head. He could not run in his wolf form even if he wanted to.
He saw her walking out from a corner. Her head was down again and she was hiding those bruises. He wanted to talk to her, but his mind was blank. What should he say first so as not to scare her?
He began to follow her as she walked quickly like a ghost was after her. Even if he was walking slowly, he could still keep up with her.
He kept on following her until he heard the voice of his beta talking through the mind link
" Repeat what you said”
" Alpha, you have a call from your father”
Hunter looked at his little mate, who was getting farther and farther away from him.
Should he keep on going after her, or should he get back to the hotel to answer his father's call? He knew that his father could never call him unless it was important.
Go after mate
Go after mate
His wolf kept chanting in his head. He really wanted to go after her, but by God what will he say? If he gets close to her, he would be tempted to touch her. He would also get angry if he found any more bruises on her.
He watched as she rounded a corner and disappeared out of his sight. He turned around and walked back to the hotel to answer his father's call.
Melody knocked on the door of her house with her heart in her mouth. She was scared now after doing what she did. What if her father finds out about it and beats her to death, just like her mother? Will her mother be disappointed in her for getting herself killed? The door was thrown open by her angry father; he glared down at her like she was a tiny annoying insect who dared to disturb him. Did he already know about what she did? Her body trembled. She was scared, she would rather not be hit by her father. " Where did you get those groceries? Well, I don't even care now, get your stupid self inside and cook. " he took her hand and dragged her inside, slamming the door. Melody sat in her school library during lunch, eating the cookies she baked before coming to school. She was with that magazine, but this time around she got the shock of her life when she looked at the face on it. It was one of those new guys. The one with black hair. His net worth mentioned in the magazine w
The stupid women won't stop talking, and they won't stop trying to drag him into the conversation when he already made it plain that he did not want to have anything to do with them. The teenager was trying to get his attention by throwing flirty remarks at him. He was really holding back so as not to snap at them, but they were becoming annoying. He blocked them out and concentrated on his mate, who was now sleeping peacefully with her head resting on the counter top. He really wanted to see her face, not catch only a glimpse. He wanted to see her face fully, but he was also scared that he would see bruises on her face and go crazy. Was he cursed? First, he is a twenty-eight year old alpha without a mate, then by some stroke of luck he finds his mate, and she turns out to be human, which is a rare case. She is also a minor if he is not mistaken. . He couldn't just whisk off his mate with him back to the city no matter how much he wants to, he needs permission from her pare
The next morning, around three in the morning, Hunter decided to go for a run in his wolf form. He took extra clothes with him and jogged until he got to a forest he saw yesterday while walking around the town. He dropped the cloth on the floor and then the sound of his groaning as his bones were rearranged was heard as he changed into his wolf, the clothing he had on his tore into pieces. After changing into a big white wolf, he took the cloth he brought along with him between his jaws and began to run through the woods. After running for over an hour, he changed back and went to his hotel room. Melody woke up early and did everything she needed to do for him before cooking breakfast and leaving before her father could wake up. She knew that it was too early to go to school, but she needed to leave the house before her father woke up and gave her hell. She walked the familiar path through the woods she always goes to sit down every morning to think and have a breath of fresh a
She decided not to go to the cafeteria but on second thought, she changed her mind because she remembered that she was going to be paid. It was the first day of the month and that's when she is usually paid for the previous month, and she could not stay with the lion at home. She rushed out and got her father a bottle of water and this time, luck was on her side because he was already passed out from all the beers he had drunk. She carefully kept the water on the table and went to her room. Melody wiped the blood on her face and applied a little ointment before running off to the café. When the two city guys came in, guilt consumed her. She wanted to rush home and bring his wallet so that she could return it to him, but she caught herself at the last minute. She squirmed throughout because she could feel both of them eyes on her. It was off but the blonde one at least sometimes took his eyes off her and pressed his phone, but the dark haired one? His eyes followed her all through.
Mr Benson looked at the bag in his hand and the girl who was walking away with her backpack on her back. Why was she out this early, or is she going to school now? He looked at the bag she had given to him, ' what is inside?'. He walked fast into the station. He was curious and wanted to know what was inside. He answered his colleagues' greetings absentmindedly as he walked to his desk and sat down. He immediately opened the bag and saw a big book with an envelope. He opened the envelope and saw a memory card. He dropped it and picked up the book and in it was written, dear diary ''Why would a full-grown man send him a diary, why would he even keep one? Was that little girl trying to play pranks on him? He hoped not. He opened the first page and began to read it with curiosity deep in his eyes. Melody walked away with her heart in her mouth, yeah she was super nervous and feared what she would encounter in the future, but It was better this way. She has to leave unless she will end
The police station in County Vee turned upside down after all the content in the diary was read out and all the videos on the memory card were played. After everything, some policemen were in tears. They could not believe that the little girl at Mrs. Mary's coffee shop that usually makes such delicious coffee had gone through all this, if they were told they would not have believed it. How could a father do all this to his daughter?. Sheriff Benson was the first to get himself back, even if he was still shaken. “ We are going to pay Mr. Johnson a little visit, get the vehicle ready” he barked. He was suddenly overcome by rage. If only he was not a policeman, he would have beaten Mr. Johnson up with his hands and damn the consequences. All the policemen quickly rushed to get the vehicle ready because they wanted to be among the people that would get an evil man like Mr. Johnson arrested, and within minutes they were at Mr. Johnson's house. Sheriff Benson got down first and walked t
The town was small, so the news spread round quickly and soon that was what everyone was talking about. Still no one except for the police knew the whole story, so everyone was just giving their opinion and speculating. A woman whose husband was a police officer began to disturb her husband for the full story, threatening to put him in the dog house if he refused to tell her what happened. Since the husband did not want to be put in the dog house, he told her the entire story and within an hour, the whole town had heard what happened. The women intended to go to the hospital to end Mr. Johnson once and for all, but the news got to the police and more policemen were dispatched to the hospital to guard it. Even the nurses were searched so that they would not harm him, after one nurse nearly stabbed him but was stopped by one of the policemen who followed Mr. Johnson when the ambulances came to pick him from his house. Michael Hunter's Beta was tired of staying in his hotel room, so he
The only sound in the hotel room was the sound of Hunter's cutlery hitting the plate as he ate and the sound of Micheal's breathing, and it was beginning to irritate Hunter. He wanted to send his beta out, but for some reason his mind asked him not to. He wanted to ask Michael to stop breathing too loud again when….Ding Micheal's phone made a notification sound and his Beta jumped. Hunter furrowed his brow as he watched him read the message and after some seconds, his breathing slowed down and became normal, making Hunter think that whatsoever was making his beta the way he is have been solved. Micheal wanted to do a happy dance when he received a message from the Alpha's father that they had landed, and he quickly typed the name of the hotel and sent it to him. Thank God they used a private jet, so they were not really far from the hotel, but he still could not go out to pick them, so he included their hotel room number.Knock Hunter looked up to ask his Beta if he ordered anyt
Rebecca did exactly as Hunter asked; shut her mouth and not mention anything about that night again. Even when the girls asked her if they would still look for the culprit, she just asked them to let go of it. Rebecca told them not to worry about getting punished again by Hunter when she overheard them talking about it. She also told Morgan that since they couldn't find the video from that night on the CCTV, there was no need to look again. She would keep her eyes on Melody and make sure that morning happens to her. And that's exactly what Melody did; she began to monitor Melody's movement. Even if she knew that she would not be with Melody all the time, she was doing her best and that was how she found out about the guard following Melody everywhere. It made her happy that Hunter was keeping his eyes on his mate but it also made her question when this guard started to follow Melody around. It made her wonder if it was truly Doctor Matthew who had snitched on her or if it was th
As the car Rebecca was seated in flew past different houses in the estate and began to move in the direction of Hunter's mansion, Rebecca felt dread curling in the pit of her stomach. After the call she received from her hacker friend about the CCTV being wiped off, she immediately got a call from Hunter asking her to come home.He sent her a car when she tried to give a flimsy excuse about being far from home and without a car or enough money to get a cab down to their estate gate. She couldn't think of any reason why he would want to see her, except that he wanted to punish her because of the stunt she pulled: carrying Melody to the club.She knew she couldn't escape. Her efforts will be futile. Her steps were heavy as she got down from the car and began to walk inside the mansion.“I'm here”“Argh'' Rebecca jumped, a foot in the air as she twirled around and came face-to-face with Hunter who was standing behind her with his hands shoved in his pockets. Her hand went to pat her ches
“What is the relationship between Hunter and Melody?” Rebecca choked on her food and went into a coughing fit, “thanks” she wheezed out when Morgan handed her a glass of cold water. "Shit” Rebecca cursed as she slapped her hand against her chest after taking the water and then proceeded to start eating without replying to his question.“You still haven't answered my question” Rebecca looked up and blinked innocently, “what question?” She asked.Morgan's lips curl up with a tiny smirk, “don't think I haven't noticed it” Rebecca blinked again, “noticed what?”Morgan frowned at her but went on to explain," I have seen the way Hunter looks at Melody. I didn't notice at first because I thought she was maybe a family friend or something. I first began to notice that Hunter might like her way more than just a family friend when I saw the both of them in the kitchen. The way he looks at her, the way he tries to get into her space while also trying hard not to, the way he wants to touch her
“You can stay if you like. I don't really have anything I want you to do for me”. Melody told him that she wanted to stay with the girls as he had nothing he wanted her to do for him, and that was exactly what she did. Throughout the day, she kept on thinking about why Hunter suddenly came to see her in the morning and what really went down at her club. The girls refused to tell her, and she couldn't understand why they were quiet for most part of the day. It was almost like they had done something wrong and were feeling guilty about it. In the afternoon, Melody left, saying that she had important things to do, and she also wanted to meet up with Morgan for something. “You are late” that was the first thing Morgan told Rebecca as she stepped into the restaurant she wanted to meet with him and walked down to his table “I'm not,” with an eye roll, Rebecca drew out a chair and slid into it. Her stomach growled with hunger as her eyes fell on the table that was filled with her favorite
“Eh? What happened last night?” Melody asked Hunter instead of replying to his question.Hunter's dark eyes locked on to her green one's and his eyes searched hers to see if she was just pretending. She wasn't. She genuinely looked confused.Hunter's heart that has been beating all the way down to this place immediately slowed down. His mate was fine, and she couldn't remember anything, and he hoped that she wouldn't because it would become bad. She was already traumatized enough, no need to add another, but Rebecca has without wanting to, added another.“Come on, take your bath we are going home” Hunter saw her look him up and down before getting up and walking inside the bathroom.Hunter sighed and his shoulder and tensed up muscles relaxed as the door of the bathroom closed behind her.He had not wanted her to go with Rebecca for the girl's night when Rebecca asked for permission, but he saw the glow in Melody's eyes, he knew that she wanted to go with them. He had agreed, thinking
“Why does my head hurt?” Melody groaned as she sat up on Rebecca's bed, holding her head with her hands.“You had too much to drink last night. You are having a hangover. Here” Rebecca stretched out a glass of water and pills to Melody.“Thanks” with a sigh, Melody drank the pill. She squeezed her face in disgust at the taste of the medicine before quickly washing it down with water.Rebecca received the glass of water and kept it on the bedside table. She turned to peer at Melody's face with furrowed brows, checking to see if Melody would ask why she felt hot yesterday.“What happened last night?” Melody asked.Rebecca felt her shoulders slumped in relief. She was scared that Melody would remember and things would go bad.“We went to the club, and you drank too much” Rebecca gave her a short explanationMelody tried to nod but realized that it was a wrong decision when she felt like someone was banging on her head when she moved it, “I have never drank alcohol before. I wonder what I
“ Shit, we are done for,” Arianna muttered as her eyes fell on Melody who was rushing to stand up. She reached over to grab Melody but shrieked the next minute. Melody retched all over her. “The heck!!”“Oh my God” Samantha groaned as she slapped her hand on her forehead and turned away so that she didn't have to see Melody's vomit“I told you all that it was a bad idea to take her along for the party, but of course, no one listened” Zain said as she folded her hands over her chest and leaned against the wall.Arianna grabbed Melody, who was about to collapse back on the bed and carried her into the bathroom. She dumped her into the bathtub and turned it on.Melody sighed as cold water filled the tub to caress her hot skin, which felt like it had been set ablaze. Though she was still biting up inside, it was a little better than before. “It's still so hot inside” she moaned as she slid down in the bathtub, intent on making sure the water covered her head. Rebecca grabbed Melody befor
Melody did not like Paul at all. Not only because of how their first meeting went, but because he rubbed her off the wrong way. Her spirit did not accept him.She tore her eyes from his, cleared her throat, gathered herself together and went over with Rebecca. She planned on pretending like she was unaware of his presence, and that was precisely what she did.After the first initial introduction and greetings, Melody did not interact much with the others at the table because she did not know them. With time, Melody relaxed enough to not have another panic attack. At first, she refused to touch alcohol, but Rebecca told her that it wasn't so bad. She should loosen up and enjoy her time out, so that was undoubtedly what Melody did. She dropped the juice that Morgan got for her and decided to start with beer.Of course, the first taste was bad and very bitter, she instantly hated it. But, when she looked around and saw that everyone was having fun except for her, and they were drinking
Arianna was the first one to recover, “oh fuck, can someone please tell me what the hell just happened?” “ I think she got a panic attack” Zain said as she pushed her brown hair behind her ears and continued to stare at Melody with furrowed brows. “What happened?” Rebecca also asked. She had seen a friend of hers and went over to say hi. She was having a discussion when Samantha came to call her. Her heart nearly left her chest at the condition she met Melody, and the first thought that rang in her mind was how she would explain to Hunter should anything happen to Melody. He would have her head.“I don't know what happened. I just gave her the ID that she would be using to get in, and she panicked. I think she got scared of being caught” Arianna explained.Rebecca nodded before grabbing Melody's hand and taking her to one side, away from the other girls. “What happened?” Rebecca asked Melody in concern. She knew that Melody was a good kid and must not have done all this before. Be