"You're too quiet, Mel." Oscar looks at her.
Melodie nods because losing Lucas and finding out he wasn't her dad has opened her eyes to so many things.
"What are you thinking, Mel?" Oscar looks at her, pushing her to talk. She needs to talk.
"That I was his puppet since the day I was born. I was his puppet."
Everyone stares at her, shocked. Jax shakes his head. She has gone back to hating him again, he can tell.
"Melodie, not today. Let's get today out of the way, then you can accuse and hate him."
Melodie laughs slightly, looking up at Jax. "I didn't say that, but I was. I wasn't allowed to go to a college further away. I wasn't allowed to travel alone. If I got a boyfriend, he scared them off. If I made friends, he scared them off. I took that job in the sales centre because he s
