Chapter Four
Ignoring her mental pleas not to follow, Melody forced herself to hurry after Elon. She was in time to see him disappear around a corner. Managing to keep him in view, not seeing Dione once, Melody caught up to him before he entered a door he left open. She remained in the doorway, taking in the elaborate sitting room, a door off to her right leading to an equally elaborate bedroom.
“You do know how to close a door, don’t you?”
She stepped inside, closing the door and remaining beside it.
“I would have thought you’d be more intelligent than this. At least as intelligent as your mother.” He dropped into an armchair and gestured towards the bottle of wine on the small table the armchairs were clustered around. There were several glasses with it. “Pour me a drink.”
She did a
