Chapter 346: Do The Same
Dr. Jung smiled. Of course, no sane person would believe what he had just said. Not right away. Especially not when it was being said by someone like him- a friend of their kidnapper. That label alone was enough to make every word sound like a manipulation.
But Dr. Jung had dealt with enough trauma victims to know how to get through to them. And just with this little incident, he had discovered a way to get to Melanie Collins.
So he softened his voice just enough to force her to listen. "And what if I were to tell you that she will do the same thing to your husband as well? That she might already have started to?"
He saw it immediately- the shift in her posture. Her breathing faltered for a fraction of a second. That caught her attention, exactly like he had expected. He did not wait for her to respond.
"She replaced you quite smoothly, didn’t she? Don’t you find that odd? I mean you were kidnapped and boom, she was Melanie. Do you really think that is a coincidence?"
Just when he would have continued, however, Melanie did something that he had expected. She was holding the shard’s pointed edge to his neck as she threatened, " Talk directly or else.."
Finding himself on the edge of the same piece of glass he had warned her about, Dr Jung could only grimace. But he didn’t flinch. Instead, he raied an eyebrow and said," I will. But you need to understand how she works."
He took a breath before continuing, his eyes never leaving hers as he started in exact detail of what he had studied Melody’s behaviour.
She’s got different persoanlities. The first is the innocent and frail type which she usually wears and raises a man’s protective instincts. Melanie frowned. That was the impression that she’d had of Melody, actually. It was only later when she realized that Melody might be attracred to Adam that she found the entire scene believable.
Dr Jung continued, "But there is another way that she knows and uses quite well. To attract a man’s attention, the first step is to ignore him. Not openly, but deliberately. Once you act as if he doesn’t exist, curiosity takes over. He begins to notice. He wonders why she’s different. Why she isn’t trying. For Cadence, her first approach worked but for your husband, she might use the second one, because the first one seems to have failed."
Melanie frowned and that is when Dr Jung handed her a phone, "See for yourself."
Dr. Jung handed her the phone, and Melanie grabbed it immediately, not bothering to thank him. What did he mean that her first style had failed? Her fingers flew over the screen, and the video started playing.