"Well welcome to Lawrence Miss Melanie." Melanie smiled at the welcome and raised her wine glass to him, like he did with his beer. "I hope you find what you're looking for." Then Shay welcomed her,
"Well, nice to meet you, Melanie," Melanie smiled back, nodding her head in response before speaking up.
“It’s nice to meet you too, Shay.” They may have been more likely to kill her than any French hunter, but they were definitely friendly enough to her, but that only made Melanie feel more vulnerable. ‘They know, they’re just trying to give me a sense of false protection.’ She thought to herself, paranoia setting in, but she took a deep breath and smiled back at Shailene, who was holding a bottle of wine in front of her, Melanie didn’t even hear the name of the wine.
"Not the most expensive one here, but nothing to sleep on either. I personally like it. It's a really full-bodied flavor - sweet and smooth. You even taste a little cinnamon When you're done with that glass, I'll let you try it. Something tells me you'll enjoy it."
Melanie giggled slightly and nodded, “I think I’ll give it a try.” She smiled at Shay before taking another sip from her wine.
“Photography?” Melanie heard Wes scoff and she looked over her shoulder at him, her face visibly dropped, ‘They aren’t buying it.’ The paranoia started to creep again. “So, you came all the way from France just to take pictures around this place?”
“Oui,” Melanie decided to keep the façade up for as long as possible. “I needed some peace and quiet, I heard this was a quiet town and had amazing photography,” She was now messing up the entire backstory but she had to keep going. “Going somewhere no one had heard of, especially this far from France seemed like peace enough.”
”Hey, you guys to go back to the house after Shay gets off work? Have a few drinks or something?” Melanie let out a slight sigh of relief, was this his way of telling her that he was backing off. “I could text and invite the others back to the house, too.” Melanie looked up at him, sure there was going to be more hunters, but how many more. Melanie could feel her heart really start to pump as she got worried about what she was walking into, ‘I should have listened to mum, it’s too dangerous.’