That was what Melody Summers thought, and it’s what she said aloud. "Sylvia Lancaster, are you out of your mind? Me? Bring you chicken soup? In your dreams. You should take a good long look in the mirror and see yourself for what you really are."
On the other end of the line, Sylvia Lancaster sounded furious. She shrieked, "Melody Summers! You’ve got some nerve, talking to me like that! Aren’t you afraid I’ll tell Mom, Dad, and our older brother?!"
Sylvia Lancaster had also looked through her text history with Melody Summers. There weren’t many messages, though. Most of them were from last year, before the heatwaves started.
In the chat, she had been showing off the villa Simon Lancaster had bought for her, but Melody Summers hadn’t replied much, seeming to just take it meekly.
This was consistent with Sylvia Lancaster’s memories from her past life.
In her past life, when faced with Sylvia’s showing off and bullying, Melody Summers had resisted at first. But the Lancasters had always taken Sylvia’s side, and over time, Melody stopped fighting back, usually just responding with silence.
Sylvia Lancaster had assumed the Melody of this world would be much the same.
Now, faced with this attitude from Melody, Sylvia Lancaster thought, ’Is it because I’ve returned to the Hayes Family and she’s become the Lancasters’ sole daughter? Does she think that gives her the right to stand up to me?’
At this thought, Sylvia Lancaster sneered and continued into the phone, "Melody Summers, do you think you get to be Mom and Dad’s only daughter just because I returned to the Hayes Family? Let me tell you, dream on!"
"The moment I go back to the Lancasters, I’ll still be Mom and Dad’s favorite daughter! You’re just a country bumpkin. Nobody in the Lancaster Family genuinely likes you! They all wish you would just drop dead somewhere and never come back!"
"Melody Summers, bring me that chicken soup now, and I might consider forgiving you for what you just said. Otherwise, the moment I get home, I’ll make Mom and Dad throw you out!"
Melody Summers: "..."
’This Sylvia Lancaster... is she possessed, or did she hit her head?’
’Hit her head...’
At that thought, Melody Summers suddenly remembered—Roman Rhodes had mentioned when he came over this morning that Sylvia Lancaster had injured her head in the fall, causing some of her memories to be jumbled.
’So Sylvia Lancaster really did hit her head!’ Melody Summers thought.
’No wonder she’s acting this crazy!’
Melody Summers sighed, then enunciated each word clearly into the phone, "Sylvia Lancaster, take your parents and get the hell away from me. Your whole family is a curse!"
With that, Melody Summers hung up, refusing to let Sylvia Lancaster spoil her good mood.
She stretched. After being busy here for so long, it was time to go home for lunch with her family!
******
On the other end of the line, Sylvia Lancaster’s eyes blazed with fury as she stared at the phone, disconnected by Melody Summers.
’How dare Melody Summers speak to her like that!’
’How dare she?!’
’Who gave her the nerve?!’
’She deserves to die!’
’Since I already killed Melody Summers once in my past life,’ Sylvia Lancaster thought through clenched teeth, ’I can kill her a second time now!’
’I’ll make sure the Melody Summers of this world dies by my hand too!’
’Unfortunately, the Flynn Adler of this world is already dead. I’ll have to find someone else to help me deal with Melody Summers...’
Just as Sylvia Lancaster was brainstorming how to deal with Melody Summers, Simon Lancaster arrived.
Simon Lancaster opened the hospital room door and strode to Sylvia Lancaster’s bedside. "Sylvia," he asked anxiously, "what’s going on? How did you get hurt? Didn’t the Hayes Family take good care of you?!"
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