Chapter 56

AMBER'S POV NEXT DAY Melissa's call was the first thing to wake me up that morning, I reached for my phone and fell off the bed, hard. Rubbing my butt that had probably broken, I answered the call and realized her voice was hoarse from too much crying. There was screaming and it sounded like she was running, my heart started racing wildly. I could only make out one thing she kept on screaming, 'Help!" Without thinking of the time or the kids, I rushed out of my nightgown into a pair of pants and a tank top and raced out the door to the car. My only thought was to get to her house and to get there fast, something was different this time around. Ken Duke had changed as the years went by and most times, I wondered if the Ken we met back then was all a charade. People change with time, it's inevitable but the change Ken had undergone was something entirely different. It seemed like we were the ones that were too slow to catch on, mostly Mel, she was the one who had ended up marrying t