Hey everyone I'm back with chapter four of secret lover, there is one more chapter that will bring Melanie and Cole's story to and end and I will be bringing it to you very soon. I'd like to thank my wonderfully amazing editor D3licious for all her help with the new chapter! I worked really hard on this and I'm proud to put this up for you guys to read. I hope everyone enjoys this installment and I look forward to your feedback. So read, like, favorite and re-read <3
Jamie sat quietly in her pearl white BMW her thin fingers gripped the steering wheel of her car as she turned down the narrow driveway, while she hadn't expected quite the reaction that she got from Cole she was happy nonetheless that her plan had concluded without a hitch. Despite her pride of having ended their relationship she couldn't help but feel the knowledge that he had every intention on marrying Melanie eating away at her. "Does he really love her that much?" Jamie thought, no he can't she told herself yet not truly believing it. Melanie was becoming more of a hindrance than Jamie deemed necessary, she knew Cole and if he loved her as much as she knew he did, he would do everything in his power to get her back. "Over my dead body," Jamie mumbled to herself before pulling to the side of the road. She reached into the glove compartment and pulled out a small device from inside. In the months that she sat idle Jamie had convinced Evan that they needed dirt on Melanie in the off chance that she wasn't gullible enough to believe her story. Jamie purchased the GPS tracker and paid Evan to install it inside Melanie's car, allowing them to know her location with the touch of a button. As far as Jamie could tell Melanie was a saint, she never led them anywhere worth bringing up. Having come to this conclusion Jamie had grew frustrated that she wasted money on the clunky device until now.
She switched it on and waited while it adjusted and found her location, a crooked smirk lined Jamie's lips as a small dot signified that Melanie wasn't more than fifteen minutes away. The decrepit and twisted wheels in Jamie's mind began to twist and turn as she pulled her car back onto the road, she knew with Melanie in the way there would be no room in Cole's life for her. "This is all that bitches fault, if she would have just kept her filthy hands off him none of this would be happening Cole is mine, he belongs to me I'll show that bitch."
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"I will go down with this ship and I won't put my hands up and surrender. There will be no white flag above my door I'm in love and always will be"
Melanie drove like a bat out of hell through the tears that flooded her vision, she weaved past cars her body shaking from the anger and sadness that gripped the very center of her heart. Had she been blind this entire time, so engrossed in her love for Cole that she didn't see he was using her? Living out some twisted wretched fantasy of bedding the unknowing black girl.
This can't be real, he said he loved me, Melanie thought her heart trying more than her mind to find some shred of innocence in this cluster fuck of events. He lied you idiot, he got what he wanted out of you played you for the fool you are and now look at you. Heartbroken again. Her mind was cruel, calculating and unforgiving. Had she wanted so badly to be needed to be loved that she walked like a babe to the slaughter.
The melancholy tone of dido's voice sickened Melanie, she wanted silence to be alone in this car with her sorrow. She looked down to turn the radio off, her eyes rose back to the street only to be met with the blinding light of another cars headlights. She tried to turn slamming her foot on the break, she heard the tires as they screeched. As Melanie's screams filled the confined space, the sound of metal caressing metal filled her ears, the contents of her car seemed to dance in midair as it turned and flipped. There was a slam and pain, that awful pain then... darkness.
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Jamie's eyes fluttered open, the sound of the continuous horn blare made the throbbing in her head intensify causing her to wince in pain. She lifted her head from the steering wheel and looked around. Further down the road she could see Melanie's overturned car tucked under a bent street light, she could hear voices and immediately became nervous, she had to get out of sight and as far away from the crash as possible. Jamie wasn't certain how damaged her car was but figure there was only one way to find out. She fumbled for a moment before turning the key in the ignition, surprise filled her body when she heard the engine give and start up. Without a second thought she pulled off down the road.
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"Mmmm girl, what you cooking? It smells great," Raul asked sliding out of his jacket.
"Baked ziti," Kandice replied placing the oblong shaped dish into the oven. " You might as well kick up your feet and watch a little TV, it won't be done cooking for another twenty minutes," Kandice said grabbing two wine glasses and a bottle of blue Moscato from her wine fridge and making her way into the living room with her friend.
She poured them both a glass and passed the first glass to Raul, "Oh my God, look at that car!" Raul said landing the channel on the news.
(Police are currently on the scene of a terrible hit and run that has left one woman critically injured. Witnesses say a white car sped down the street hitting the victim's car head on sending it flipping over five times down the street. We were also told that the driver of the suspected hit and run car left the scene shortly after the collision with severe damage to their own vehicle. Right now we are told the victim is being rushed to shock trauma, if anyone has any information involving this accident please call the number listed below.)
The camera flashed images spanned over to the car, its frame twisted and bent into a tight position, shattered glass and rear view lights stained pieces scattered across the street.
Both Raul and Kandice looked at each other both of them feeling the same nagging feeling that something was wrong, the car looked familiar but with the damage it was hard to tell. "The license plate, show the license plate," Kandice whispered her eyes glued to the TV. As if hearing her pleas the reporter stepped to the left forcing the camera to move as well. Behind her she could read the plate (MG1). "Oh my God!" Kandice said aloud her glass falling from her hand and smashing to the floor.
Tears immediately filled her eyes as Raul stepped next to her and pulled her into a hug, "She's going to be alright," Raul said patting Kandice's back. Kandice knew Raul was only trying to help to make her feel better, but all the words that were just spoken, crash, shock trauma, said otherwise.
"We have to find out where she is, I don't understand how someone could just leave her there alone," Raul said.
"Alone? Wait, Melanie told me she was going to spend the weekend with Cole, where is he?"
"I don't know, but if he's not with Melanie that means he doesn't know what's going on, we have to find him and let him know," Raul chimed in. Kandice nodded, she didn't know Cole's number but knew she could get it by accessing the employee registry.
"I can contact him, but first we have to find Melanie," Kandice replied.
"You're right, we'll have to call a few hospitals to see if she's there." Raul didn't waste any time, in less than five minutes he had looked up the numbers to the three major hospitals in the city. The first he called refused to give him any information, boasting their strict HIPAA laws before hanging up. He called John Hopkins hoping he would have better luck "Hello I was contacted by a doctor saying my sister, Melanie Graham was in an accident but we were disconnected."
The woman on the line went quiet for a moment before responding "Yes. Melanie Graham was admitted about fifteen minutes ago, if you'd like I could inform the doctor you are on your way so that you can be taken directly to her."
"That would be great thank you," Raul said. He gave the woman his name and phone number before throwing on his jacket. Kandice entered the living room having already used her laptop to access the jobs site to get Cole's cell phone number. "I know where she is," Raul said.
"Good I'll call Cole on the way," Kandice said before grabbing her keys before hurrying out the door.
