"Thalia, the rest of your life should be spent in prison to atone for the life Claudia sacrificed!" said Melody.
Thalia backed away, covering her ears in agony as she screamed, "I don't want to hear it! You're lying! I don't want to listen! Stop it... Ah!"
She stumbled toward Lucas and shook his arm. "All of this must be fake, right? Say that you both are making this up to lie to me! Admit that Claudia has never told you this, so it must be fake! She was such a proud person, always showing off to me. She would've blabbered about it to everyone if it were true!"
Lucas dodged her hands like swatting away a fly. The woman in front of him was someone with the most vicious soul, so how could he treat her as normal?
"It was you who treated Claudia as your imaginary enemy. She has never wronged you. Even to her classmates, she always said you were cute and serious. Ask yourself, have you ever treated your sister fairly? Or was it because she excelled in everything, so you were always jealous of her?"
Thalia could not come up with an answer to the questions. When did their relationship gradually become irreparable? Or rather, when did her jealousy toward her sister start? Why did her impression of her sister turn into that of a malicious wrongdoer, when she remembered her holding her in her small arms and soothing her to sleep with stories from the television? Did none of that matter?
Was she really not her father's biological daughter, not her true sister? Then what had she been holding onto all these years? Thalia could not even figure out if she truly wanted Lucas or if it was just the lingering resentment from years ago, wanting to prove to Claudia that she could be with him too.
Watching Lucas and Melody stand resolute together, Thalia could not help but notice the little protective gestures Lucas had toward Melody, while she subconsciously put up a guard against her.
Lucas nodded. "Thank you all for your hard work. This matter has been drawn out for too long. Some victims have even passed away, but justice should never be absent."
"We understand. Let's go, team!" The captain signaled, and the officers left in an orderly fashion.
Both Melody and Lucas breathed a sigh of relief once there was only them left in the room.
"I won't agree to anything so dangerous in the future," Lucas said as he sat by Melody's bedside, rubbing his temples as a headache crept in.
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: The Day I Kissed An Older Man
This book is a good book, but it’s too short. I hope it has a part two👍🏾...
This book is getting boring now. I loved Jeremy, Corinne, Sonny and Lucas. The story needs to end. or bring back more of Jeremy, etc....
I haven't skipped any chapter at all. Though the story is good, it keeps going back to base one. I think this has no ending at all and somehow after reading more than 2500 chapters it's kinda tiring already. They have drained all the thrills....
Great writing! I almost cried when Helen hit Melody! So sad! 😭 can’t wait to see how the relationship with her and Lucas develops though. So tired of the repetitive problems with different people....
Yikes my body tenses so much, my moods change as the scenes change. It leaves me wanting to continue reading....
my heart breaks for melody, so many ups and downs, i shed a few tears when lucas walked by melody carrying thalia, and melody stayed quiet while watching them leave. i find myself getting into character as if im one. i dont remember ever feeling like that in any other books. im thankful the 10 chapters/day. waiting for the next 10...
We have updated progress from 7 chapters/day to 10 chapters/day.<3...
i love grandma Beatrice, there needs to me more people like her in the world straight forward and to the point, no beating around the bush and worrying about offending anyone, why pretend to be someone your not....
looking forward to more chapters, The same thing is happening to Melody as what happened to Luna, if Luna was back maybe she would set Lucas straight, can't wait to see how Lucas handles the situations that will arrive. Poor Melody....
ya Lucas pay more attention to Melody lets see what happens waiting for more chapters thanks...