MELANIE
Still ... no. She wasn't using her sister's money to buy a pretty bauble. It was too impractical. Considering all the debt she still had to pay off, buying that ring seemed selfish.
Forget it.
Melanie turned from the display and headed into Chocolate Addicts. She ordered a slice of Devil's Temptation, which had the most chocolate per square inch of any cake made, and a coffee. She took her sugar-and-caffeine sins to a small table in the corner and then pulled Wizard's Heart out of her bag.
Odd advertising, yes, but she liked it. A sense of unaccountable longing wound through her. She had the most insane urge to purchase the ring. Buy something outrageous and useless. Venus' words flowed through her mind, daring her to purchase the ring.
