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darling, but…”
    Melody smiled.  Not the
sweet, loving smile she had once awarded him, but instead it was a cruel smile
that never reached the deadened eyes that stared at him emotionlessly.  “This is me, Bradley.  The new me.  The ‘me’ that you made when I found out
my life with you was a total lie.  This is the ‘me’ that was created when I
walked into our dining room and found you rutting like a wheezing pig with my
so-called best friend.  This is the only me you get to see now.”
    “God, I’ve hurt you so
much, Melody,” she heard him whisper raggedly, his good-looking face twisting
with regret.  It was an act, and she knew it, but he did a really good job at
looking crushed by her.   Asshole.  He deserved an Oscar nod for this little
performance, she thought as she watched his eyes fill with crocodile tears.
    Melody released a
hollow laugh.  “Hurt?  Not even close.  You humiliated me, Brad.  You betrayed
me.  And for a while, I thought you had eviscerated me.  But now?  Now, I
realize that you did me the biggest favor of my life.  You showed me your true
colors and you saved me from a lifetime of pain.  So, no, I’m not hurt.  Not
anymore.  I’m just done.  Done with us.  And done with you,” she informed him
evenly, her head held high as she finally stepped out from behind the car door,
closing it with one hand as she held her gun at her side.  “Now, you need to
go,” she reiterated, gleefully noting the astonishment in his eyes when he
noticed the gun she held in her hand.
    “You have a gun?  You
think you need a gun, Melody?” he asked, his voice rising as he pinned her with
his flashing eyes.  “You’d actually shoot me?”
    “Only if I had to,”
Melody responded quickly, eyes narrowing.  “And yes, I have a gun.  I’m a woman
alone now, Bradley.  I have to protect myself.”
    “From me?  You know me,
Melody!”
    “That’s where you’re
wrong, Bradley.  I don’t know you.  You’re just somebody that I used to
know.  Now, you’re a stranger.  One that I want off my property immediately. 
We’ve got nothing left to say to each other,” Melody insisted as she saw two
women walking up the driveway toward them.  Relieved to see one of the women
was Patience McKinnon, Harmony’s sister, she relaxed slightly.  At least she’d
have some witnesses now. 
    “Hey, girl,” Patience
called as she walked toward Melody.  “Harmony called me.  Abel’s in a meeting,
but I dropped the kids with Faith and ran by his office to get you a secret
weapon.  I might not be able to bring you my hubby, but I did snag his
right-hand woman and trust me, Maggie Winstead, here, is twice as dangerous as
Abel ever thought about being,” she added, jerking her head toward the
well-dressed red-headed woman walking beside her while simultaneously nailing Bradley
with an ugly look.
    Melody absently noted
that Patience looked even better than she remembered.  The younger blonde woman
might have recently given birth to triplets and been in a horrible car accident,
but she still managed to look amazing. Her clingy blue hoodie and tight, black
yoga pants hugged her curvy figure and left very little to the imagination. 
The woman Patience had called Maggie was also gorgeous.  With long red hair and
a dusting of freckles across the bridge of her nose, she possessed a fresh-faced,
wholesome beauty.  And, boy howdy, could the woman fill out a dress, Mel
thought as she gazed at the obviously expensive, tasteful black sheath the
auburn haired woman wore.  She barely choked back a laugh as she watched
Bradley openly leer at the two other women.  She supposed he wasn’t going to
bother hiding the fact that he was a faithless prick any longer.
    “Thanks, Patience. 
It’s nice to meet you, Ms. Winstead,” Melody murmured, greeting the pair. “But,
I think I have things under control.  Bradley was just leaving.”  Watching Brad
frown at the two women now staring at