Merlin was chatting with a few friends when he saw Melissa’s call come in. He perked up and answered cheerfully, “Melissa, what’s up?”
Melissa had no interest in playing nice with him right now; all she can think about was putting Queena in her place. So she got straight to the point, “I need you to do something for me. Kidnap Queena. You know who she is, right?”
Merlin hesitated for a moment before replying, “Yeah, I know her. She’s the one your cousin is engaged to. It’s been all over the news lately.”
“But…” Merlin trailed off.
He liked Melissa a lot and would do anything for her, including that whole mess with Monica. But he also felt frustrated by his own behavior; on one hand it could be seen as devotion but on the other hand it just felt like being a lapdog.
And Melissa herself drove him crazy too. Every time he thought they were making progress towards something more than friendship, she pulled away again.
He didn’t want things to stay this way forever though; he wanted Melissa for himself.
There was a long pause on the other end of the line as Melissa grew impatient and snapped at him, “But what? Spit it out already!”
Merlin knew he had leverage over her now though; if she wanted Queena kidnapped then there weren’t many people who could pull that off besides him.
So Merlin took a deep breath and spoke seriously, “Kidnapping someone isn’t exactly small potatoes here… I’ll help you out but I have one condition.”
“What condition?” asks Melissa warily.
“If I succeed,” said Merlin slowly but firmly, “you have to be my girlfriend.”
There was silence on both ends of the phone as they waited for each other’s response. Finally, after some hesitation from both parties, “Okay,” said Melissa begrudgingly.
On the other end of the phone, a man’s voice asked again. Melissa snapped out of her thoughts and reluctantly replied, “Didn’t you say this was something we could discuss after our success? Of course it depends on your performance. If you really get Queena in your hands, then…”
Melissa gritted her teeth and continued, “I’ll agree to it.”
Although she gave an ambiguous answer, Merlin believed that her last sentence was all he needed to hear. He immediately became ecstatic and readily agreed, “You promised me this. Just wait for my message.”
After hanging up the phone, Melissa let out a sigh but quickly regained her confidence.
Queena will soon know how powerful she is!
Tonight was the engagement ceremony and of course Queena will come back to check if everything was ready at the bridal shop. It was currently 4 pm with a few hours left until then; Amy and others had already gone back to the bar.
At 4:30 pm, Queena happily walked out of the bridal shop but was suddenly ambushed by several men who emerged from hiding spots nearby. One man tightly covered Queena’s mouth from behind while two others assisted him while keeping an eye out for any witnesses.
Queena struggled against their strength but could only be taken away in their van.
While inside the van, Queena panicked as she shouted, “Who are you? What do you want? Do you know who I am… Mmmph!”
Before she could finish speaking, someone beside her forcefully sealed her mouth shut with duct tape while another person taped both of her hands together behind her back.
“If anyone is to blame, it’s because you offended someone that shouldn’t have been offended!”
Queena felt anxious as she didn’t know what awaited her next; she wanted to speak but could only stutter incomprehensible sounds.
The van drove further into rural areas until they arrived at an abandoned warehouse. They dragged Queena inside roughly before throwing her onto ground with tires stacked behind her. She looked around frantically trying to figure out what was happening when Melissa stepped forward from shadows with a smug smile on face.
Gesturing towards one of muscular men, she stood nearby and indicated that he should remove duct tape covering Queenas’ mouth.
As soon as Queena saw Melissa appear before eyes, her pupils contracted sharply. Now she understood everything clearly.
The duct tape ripped off roughly leaving marks on skin around lips which caused pain. Yet she was still glaring fiercely at Melissa demanding answers, “Melissa! Have lost your mind?! Let me go! What do want from me?”
“What do I want to do?” Melissa snorted as if Queena had asked a boring joke. “Of course, I want to see what you can do without my cousin.”
A hint of malice flashed in her eyes as she stared coldly at Queena.
Upon hearing this, Queena immediately thought of Patrick and hoped that Melissa would release her if she mentioned Patrick’s name.
“Patrick, Melissa,” Queena said anxiously. “Kidnapping me is illegal. Patrick and I are getting engaged tonight, and he’ll be worried sick if he can’t find me! You better let me go!”
Melissa sneered indifferently. “Who do you think you are? Just a bar hostess who thinks you can enter our family’s door?”
She suddenly changed her expression after saying this, staring at Queena with cold eyes filled with madness and obsession.
“I’m telling you that my cousin belongs only to me,” Melissa said while pulling out a knife from behind her back which glinted menacingly in the light. She looked at the blade thoughtfully before speaking again.
“If your face is ruined…” Her gaze met Queena’s as she spoke in an insane tone of voice while laughing maniacally. “… will my cousin still like you? Ah?”
Queena’s heart raced when she saw the knife; all she could feel was fear and nervousness as there was no way for her to retreat any further behind herself.
“Melissa! Don’t come any closer… What are you doing? I’m telling you it’s illegal!”
[Melissa has gone crazy!]
Melissa approached step by step until they were face-to-face; fierce determination shone in her eyes.
“I will ruin your face so that my cousin will belong only to me forever!”
Queena had nowhere left to run due to fear; even tears started streaming down from her reddened eyes when Melissa stood right before them both – panic-stricken beyond belief.