Chapter 24

For a second, the dressing room was quiet and the atmosphere so tense. From head to toe, Melanie trembled, clenching her fist so tightly that her perfectly manicured nails turned red. "If you don't kneel, I'll take it as you telling me that I can go ahead and do what I want." "No! No, I'll...I'll apologize." Turning, she walked over to where Bellatrix stood. For a second, all she did was just stand there. Then slowly, with her head lowered, she knelt down and apologized. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have...I shouldn't have done that. Please... forgive me..." She wasn't sure if it was out of anger, humiliation or the fact that her career, one she had worked so hard to build up, was now being threatened, whichever one of the three it was, it made tears run down her cheek, leaving her looking like a pathetic child. And Bellatrix, who stared down at her, felt nothing. Even as the girl pleaded, apologized, and cried, Bellatrix felt nothing. If anything, she felt even more disappointed. "Is this