The Lies Behind Her Marriage novel Chapter 199

Never In Line.

“Tell Sterling, I want to talk to him!”

“I want answers!”

“I want to know!”

Melvin’s screams echoed in the narrow cell of Fort Calder Military Correctional Facility — a place designed not to break bones, but to break minds.

“Tell him! I want answers!”

Melvin had been locked up in isolation for three days after he went head-to-head with Victor Kline.

Nathaniel Thorne truly was calculated, putting him in a prison cell together with Victor. From what Melvin had heard, his wife, Jean, was in the same cell as Vanessa Holt in the women’s wing.

Melvin had also met Mathew Holt, and whatever passed between them wasn’t pleasant.

They blamed each other — attacked each other, not just with words but with fists.

Mathew blamed Victor for lying about Serena’s identity.

Victor blamed Mathew and his wife for not taking care of Serena’s best friend.

And as for Melvin? Of course, he blamed Victor for telling on him!

After screaming for hours from within his isolation, Melvin retreated to the floor, curling down to hug his knees.

It had been more than a week since his arrest. The last words Sterling had said to him still lingered in his head.

‘You were never a Vander.’

Melvin never got the answer that day.

Sterling did not give him the satisfaction, and that was why, ever since he had been locked up in the most secure military prison in the country, he had been begging for the truth.

Following his solitary confinement, Melvin was subjected to relentless interrogations — sleepless nights, blinding lights, the same questions asked over and over until his voice turned hoarse.

He gave them names.

Every single one.

Only to discover they had known all along.

The soldier had merely said, “We just wanted it to come out of your own mouth.”

It was cruel and unnecessary torture.

***

“How is prison treating you?” Sterling asked.

It was already Melvin's second week in prison when Sterling finally came.

Not as a brother.

But as a man who had been wronged.

There was no warmth in his voice. Sterling wanted to see his suffering.

Melvin forced himself to lift his head.

The movement felt heavier than it should have.

His eyes felt heavy from the lack of sleep.

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