Betrayed By Husband, Stolen By Brother In Law-Chapter 210: Threats

"But I will promise you one thing... The only murder I will be doing my time for is... yours."

The threat managed to make Spencer go pale but in the next moment he rallied and instead gave her a smile as he stepped forward and said," You know, Mel, you’re walking a very thin line. Keep going down this path, and you’ll end up with Adam. Dead. Gone. Just another name etched into a slab of stone."

Spencer paused then letting the words settle in. "You should be begging me to save you instead. I could still make this all disappear. Make the charges vanish. The police might listen to me better than they might listen to you..."

He reached up and mockingly brushed a strand of hair off her shoulder, his fingertips not quite touching her. "Come on. Say the word. Show me you still know how to be smart. Show me the old Mel who would smile at me and bat her eyelashes, believing that I will listen to her. I just might, Mel... for old times’ sake..."

She didn’t move. Simple staring at him. And just when he started to feel uncomfortable from her stare, she stepped forward, until there was barely a breath between them, her eyes locked onto his. "You think I’m afraid of you? You think I don’t know exactly what you’re doing, what you’ve done? But here’s the thing, Spencer, I;m not the old Melanie... And I won’t spare you for old times’ sake. Now, unless you would like to experience what a stay in this hospital feels like, I suggest you get out from here."

Spencer glared at her but something in her gaze must have warned him off because he started to move away. However, just before he could step out, Melanie’s cold voice echoed in the room," You want to scare me with talk of Adam’s death? You want to dangle that over me? Then listen carefully—if Adam is really gone, then you’ve already lost. Because I’ve got nothing left to lose. And a woman with nothing left to lose... is a goddamn nightmare. Your nightmare."

The moment Spencer stepped out of the room, the weight of everything Melanie had been holding up came crashing down.

Her shoulders sagged, her jaw trembled, and the fire that had burned so hot in her eyes a moment ago faded into exhaustion. She stumbled back, catching herself on the edge of the nearby chair before finally slumping into it.

Her breaths came in shallow gasps, fingers clutching the armrests as a violent shiver overtook her body. Her hands were ice-cold. The adrenaline that had fueled her confrontation was gone, leaving behind the crushing aftermath of fear and fury.

The only questuon repeating in her head was if Adam was really gone. She could not imagine the future without him. His mischievuous smile and him always getting into her space... The shivering inside her increased and so did the coldness. No no.. Adam could not be gone...

Without knowing, tears started to fall and she felt the world around her fade away... as she almost broke down... Adam could not be gone. She didn’t know when he had become the centre of her world and now...

"Melanie..." a voice said gently behind her and she looked up to see Elais Kramer standing there as he said," I am sorry for your loss..."

She shook her head sharply. No! She could not accept this. "I am sorry. I have to find Adam. Could you help me please. I think we need to look at the surveillance cameras..."

He sat down beside her and said," First you need to take a few deep breaths. You are shaking." I can’t—I—" She looked at him, blinking hard as tears continued to at the corner fall. "We need to find Adam."

Elias frowned. "Melanie..."

"No, I mean it. I know you must have seen him flatline. I heard you previously." She said shakily but then continued, "He’s not dead. He’s not. I know it. And I...Look, even if we look at this through common sense. Why would someone need to steal Adam’s body. Even if they were worried about him not dying naturally, the entire incidence was already under investigation for attempted murder. So, even if it was proven that he was murdered in hospital, it would have been okay. Why go to such great lengths to take him away! There can only be one reason! He was alive and they wanted him like that."

"But they could not let him wake up here because then he would be able to vouch for me. Whoever did this, they probably want him in their hands and me out of the way."

As she said this, she raised her eyes and looked at the lawyer," Can you help me find a good private investigator? I need to look for Adam."

Elias shook his head," I do have a few private investigators and of course I will help you find him, but you need to understand that there could be a mistake here... that you might be wrong and Adam is really..."

Melanie shook her head, "I won’t believe that. Not until I have seen for myself."

"But Melanie... even if he’s not dead, Adam could be anywhere. They could’ve taken him outside the country by now. Transported him in a private vehicle. A fake ambulance. We don’t even have a lead...

Melanie’s eyes flashed and she shook her head, "You really think they managed to get Adam out of that building without anyone noticing? That they walked a whole man—conscious or unconscious—past nurses, patients, cameras, and nobody blinked? No. That is impossible. Someone will have noticed something! And we need to find that one person..."

"Melanie... you’re spiraling. You haven’t slept in days. You’re talking like you’re in an action novel."

Her hands curled into fists and she banged against the chair. "Then I’ll be in the novel! So be it! I’ll kick down every door, turn over every stone. I’m not sitting still while he’s out there."

As Elias tried to talk sense into her, his bag that he had placed at the side flipped over and all the papers related to her case, fell onto the floor.

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