Melody (Logan 1)

"Get out of here!" Adam whined. "She wanted

it," he said pointing at me. "She came here, didn't

she?"

Cary gazed at the bottle of vodka on the

blanket.

"You got her drunk, you bastard. You took

advantage of her."

Cary lunged at him and Adam jumped back. "You're crazy!" he cried. "Your whole family's

crazy, including her!" He backed away. "I'm not going

t

o fight over her." He continued to back toward his

boat. Cary stood glaring at him. Then he turned, reached down for the bottle of vodka, and heaved it in Adam's direction. The bottle smashed against the side

of the boat and splattered.

"You're out of your mind! You'll be sorry,"

Adam threatened, but he pushed his boat away from

the shore and quickly jumped into it when Cary

threatened to come after him. "This isn't the end of

this. You'll hear from me!" he screamed.

"Sue me!" Cary retorted, his hands on his hips. Adam started his engine and turned the boat

away. A moment later he was bouncing over the

water, fleeing.

I turned over on my left side and buried my

face in the blanket. I felt Cary kneel down and touch

my shoulder.

"You all right, Melody?" he asked softly. "No," I said. I felt sick and embarrassed and

suddenly very, very tired.

"Come on. I'll help you home," he said. "I don't want to go home. That's not my home!"

I cried. "I don't have a home!"

"Sure you do. You're with us until your mother

comes back."