Karma's a Bitch

*Mel’s POV*

“NO WAY IN HECK!” Mel all but shouted.
Shane was holding up a pair of panties made of lace… Yeah, like that would cover anything up when it was two pieces of string with a thin layer of cloth!
“Oh, come on!” Shane pouted. Mel couldn’t help but giggle.
“I just love it when you pout!” Mel said, a giggle bursting out.
“I know I’m sexy, woman, but no changing the subject. You are getting these!”
“I am not wearing that! It will ride up and I am not hiding behind corners all day trying to pick out a wedgie!”
“The tag says, ‘No ride.’” Shane argued.
“So do Hanes, but trust me, they do sometimes!”
“You are getting them!”
“Are not!”
“Are too!”
“Are not!”
“ARE TOO!” he snarled.
Oh, yeah. What’s he gonna do? Bite me? Been there, done that. Mel thought.
“If you make me buy them, I will change rooms!”
“Like hell you will!”
By now, the store clerks and manager was staring at them, trying to decide if their amusement was worth a possible lose of their jobs.
Amusement won.
Go figure.

*Shane’s POV*

Shane glanced up at the store workers, and glared.
They also had another audience member, a man.
Caramel brown hair cropped high on his low forehead, expressive green eyes shining from a middle-aged face, and he was staring fixedly at Mel.
He better have a damn good reason, pedophile.
Shane marched over to him, a scowl menacing his features.
“Hey, you!” Shane snarled, grasping the man’s arm.
The man’s gaze snapped up to meet Shane’s.
“May I help you?”
“Yeah. Tell me why you are staring at my girl.”
“Your girl?” He asked, confusion written plainly on his features.
“Yeah, my girl.”
“So you are dating her?”
“What do you care?”
“I’m her half-brother.”
“You have got to be kidding me…”

*Back to Mel’s POV. (Don’t kill me)*

“I’m her half-brother.” The strange man said.
To Mel, all the pieces fell into place.
The mysterious pictures of a baby boy in her mom’s arms, a smile on her face even with tear stains. The name, “Jonathan” scrolled across the back.
“Jonathan.” Mel whispered, not meaning to.
He turned his head toward her, surprised that she was now so standing so close to him.
“Melinda? Oh my God. You are so beautiful. Little sister…” He was choked on his tears.
He quickly engulfed Melinda in a hug, and Mel just knew that he was the brother she secretly always wanted.
Ever since Mel was kidnapped by Shane, everything was coming together.
Funny how that worked out…