Once I am finished eating I head towards the sink. I set my plate in the metallic chamber and head back towards the table.
"Thanks for breakfast, baby," I say as I kiss Blake.
"No problem," Blake answers as he finishes feeding Chelsie, "Hey, I'm going to clean this one up. I'll be back in a few,"
Blake stands up, making sure to push in his chair, and lifts Chelsie out of her seat. He then takes her to the second floor bathroom to wash up.
I sit back down in my seat, reaching for my phone, when I see a sad looking Melody out of the corner of my eye. She is looking down, twiddling her thumbs.
"Melody, sweetheart, are you okay?" I ask nicely.
There was a pause.
"I-... I'm sorry..." Melody mumbles, no longer speaking in the high pitched voice of a five-year-old. She somehow sounded... older.
"Sorry? Sorry for what?" I ask, worried about her at this point.
"For everything... I got you into this mess and... And I... I made you suffer... I'm just... I'm sorry..." she choked out, voice cracking.
She is now crying lightly as she reaches into her pocket and brings out what looks like a television remote. She presses a couple of buttons and my eyes go wide.
She... She changed.
She morphed into the same teenage Melody I saw in my dream. She then attacks me with a bear hug.
"I'm so sorry... Alice..."
This is when I notice one key detail. On her right hand, placed neatly around one of her fingers, is a snake with ruby-red eyes.
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Living In Lies | #OnceUponNow
Novela JuvenilAlice, the girl with the unknown last name, has been stuck in an orphanage, because nine years ago her parents were killed by... herself? Once Alice is finally adopted by a strangely sympathetic couple, Alice realizes her life will never be normal...
