FORGIVE ME

When Zach arrived in Paris and went to the police station, he stared at the girl who had set Paige up; she was young, a little below twenty, and he wondered why she'd go to the extent of doing something so sinister.

The officer said to him, "We ran a drug test on her, and it came out positive. She's a user."

"I see," Zach said. "That explains it."

"So, tell me, who's your accomplice?" Zach asked the girl whose name was Melinda.

"I don't have an accomplice," Melinda replied. "I was originally invited to perform at the Stars Gala; I worked so hard for it. You do not want to know what I did to get that opportunity, and then suddenly Paige was called. She came out of nowhere and took the spot that was meant for me. How could I tolerate it?"

"So you decided to set her up?" The police officer responded.

She shrugged, "I didn't mean to; I was just... I just wanted the organizers to regret what they did to me. They already told me I was going to perform, almost a month in advance, and then at