Chapter 10 - I hope the frequency at which I am updating is making up for the small chapters.
It was very clear that this man who was apparently Melanie's biological father was a few fries short of a happy meal.
"So what now?" Mel asked.
"If your mom promises to behave, I'll untie her and we can finally start our life together"
"And if I don't?" Sarah said, hoping he would just let them go.
"Then, me and my daughter will start a new life" he said, not saying that he would have to kill her whilst his child was in the room.
Melanie hated it when people treated her like her age, the truth was, she was much smarter than she looked. She knew exactly what this man would do to get his way...kill anyone who stood in his way. So she decided to play along, as convincingly as possible.
"Can I have another cookie please?" she asked playing along.
"Course you can darling" he said not batting an eyelid.
The man turned his focus to Sarah.
"Steven if I say that I'll do as I'm told, you'll trust me?" she asked.
"Of course not, you'll have to earn that. But trust me when I say that if you don't behave, you don't want to find out what I will do"
"Will you untie me now?"
"No, I'm not stupid, here you'll run. But once we get to our new home, there will be nowhere you can run, that I can't find you" He emphasised, showing his true colours; one of the many reasons she ran in the first place.
A *SMASH* sound came from the kitchen, not the sound of a window breaking but more like a cup.
Steven bolted into the kitchen, and the sight before him startled him. Melanie was on the floor convulsing.
It was clear to him that all the noise had come from the glass that Melanie had been holding before she collapsed; a pool of orange juice underneath her, and a red colour was beginning to emerge...
I know that the way I revealed Mel's fathers name; Steven, was a little random, but I got sick of saying ''the man''. Anywho TBC...
On another note I was looking at the hits/visitors to each chapter of this fanfic and it makes no sense, it is going up and down, can anyone explain this, or is it simply people skip chapters?