“I see. She is upstairs, packing.”
Lucinda nodded and let herself into the villa, weaving her way up to the third floor and to Melody’s room.
The door was ajar.
She pushed it open to find Melody sorting her luxury handbags and jewelry. The girl seemed to be in a dilemma over which items to keep.
Lucinda knocked on the open door lightly to announce her presence.
“Those bags of yours will all be confiscated, anyway. The bank will auction them off to pay part of the loan that your family owes. So there’s no need for you to choose which ones to take, because all of them are staying here to wait for the bank employees.”
Melody whirled around at the sound of her voice. The moment she laid eyes on Lucinda, her startled expression twisted into one of pure hatred.
“What the hell are you doing here? Are you here to mock us?”
Lucinda nodded without missing a beat.
“Why else would I be here?
Besides, this might very well be the last time that I see you.”
Melody smirked.
“And here, I thought you would be subtle and continue pretending that you are a good person. I didn’t expect you to be so blunt. I realize now that I shouldn’t have gone easy on you back at Forden. I was too softhearted to let you live then.”
She tossed the bags she had been holding and crossed her arms over her chest, her chin jutting out toward Lucinda in an act of challenge.
Melody would never admit defeat to anyone, especially not to Lucinda.
Lucinda smiled again, amused by the other woman’s haughty display.
She truly was incorrigible.
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“Your parents have worked hard all their lives. But now that they have grown old, they had to settle for tiny living quarters in the stun.
Your upstanding brother’s reputation is in tatters. Despite his good education, no reputable company would hire him. He’ll probably only ever going to get work serving tables or washing cars, which I highly doubt would be enough to support your family.
And all of this is your fault. You did this to them. Don’t you feel the slightest bit of remorse at all? Or even shame, at least?”
Melody scoffed and rolled her eyes.
“In our circle, the winner takes it all. My family lost everything because they were too weak and stupid. They failed me, so they deserve everything they get. You may think you’ve won, Lucinda, but don’t get ahead of yourself. Someone is bound to teach you a lesson one day!”
Lucinda slowly approached her. She never broke eye contact with Melody as she asked in a low voice, “By ‘someone’, are you talking about Valerie?”
Melody was visibly taken aback. She said nothing to betray her feelings, though, and just glared at Lucinda.