Chapter 210: Threats
"But I will promise you one thing... The only murder I will be doing my time for is... yours."
The threat managed to make Spencer go pale but in the next moment he rallied and instead gave her a smile as he stepped forward and said," You know, Mel, you’re walking a very thin line. Keep going down this path, and you’ll end up with Adam. Dead. Gone. Just another name etched into a slab of stone."
Spencer paused then letting the words settle in. "You should be begging me to save you instead. I could still make this all disappear. Make the charges vanish. The police might listen to me better than they might listen to you..."
He reached up and mockingly brushed a strand of hair off her shoulder, his fingertips not quite touching her. "Come on. Say the word. Show me you still know how to be smart. Show me the old Mel who would smile at me and bat her eyelashes, believing that I will listen to her. I just might, Mel... for old times’ sake..."
She didn’t move. Simple staring at him. And just when he started to feel uncomfortable from her stare, she stepped forward, until there was barely a breath between them, her eyes locked onto his. "You think I’m afraid of you? You think I don’t know exactly what you’re doing, what you’ve done? But here’s the thing, Spencer, I;m not the old Melanie... And I won’t spare you for old times’ sake. Now, unless you would like to experience what a stay in this hospital feels like, I suggest you get out from here."
Spencer glared at her but something in her gaze must have warned him off because he started to move away. However, just before he could step out, Melanie’s cold voice echoed in the room," You want to scare me with talk of Adam’s death? You want to dangle that over me? Then listen carefully—if Adam is really gone, then you’ve already lost. Because I’ve got nothing left to lose. And a woman with nothing left to lose... is a goddamn nightmare. Your nightmare."
The moment Spencer stepped out of the room, the weight of everything Melanie had been holding up came crashing down.
Her shoulders sagged, her jaw trembled, and the fire that had burned so hot in her eyes a moment ago faded into exhaustion. She stumbled back, catching herself on the edge of the nearby chair before finally slumping into it.
Her breaths came in shallow gasps, fingers clutching the armrests as a violent shiver overtook her body. Her hands were ice-cold. The adrenaline that had fueled her confrontation was gone, leaving behind the crushing aftermath of fear and fury.
The only questuon repeating in her head was if Adam was really gone. She could not imagine the future without him. His mischievuous smile and him always getting into her space... The shivering inside her increased and so did the coldness. No no.. Adam could not be gone...
Without knowing, tears started to fall and she felt the world around her fade away... as she almost broke down... Adam could not be gone. She didn’t know when he had become the centre of her world and now...
"Melanie..." a voice said gently behind her and she looked up to see Elais Kramer standing there as he said," I am sorry for your loss..."