Blemished Love - Season 1 - Episode 21

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Blemished Love - Season 1 - Episode 21

Ep 14

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‘Aunty, don’t you think you were too hard on her?’
‘Too hard you say. Do you know how much this will destroy your brother?’
‘I know but I think you should have listened to her side of the story.’
‘So she could lie to my face?’ Julia glared.
‘Somehow she deserves the worse and that was why I never liked her but spending a night in their home, I realized she probably just made a mistake so I let her off the hook.’
‘Mistake? I can’t believe you knew all these while and said nothing.’ Julia gave her a scornful look.

Melisa scoffed. ‘As if anything I say ever made sense in this house.’
Julia and Melisa both sat on the steps in front of the room while still exchanging words.

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Melisa overheard the conversation between Jessy and Julia when she came around which she confirmed to her Aunt was the truth.
They had earlier moved back inside and had their dinner when Tom’s number popped on Julia’s phone.
‘Do you think he knows?’
‘I’m not sure, besides you told Grissel not to say a word to him.’ Melisa replied her with a worried tone.

Julia sighed heavily and picked up the call.
‘Tom, how are you.’
‘Where’s my wife? That was the first thing he asked instead of answering her question.
‘She left my end over four hours ago.’ Julia raised her brows in shock.
‘Grissel is not home yet and it’s unlike her not to call me. You were the last to see her, what was the meeting about.’
Julia froze on the phone.
‘Julia, I’m talking to you. What happened to my wife?’ He yelled at her.
‘Calm down, I asked her here to pick up some muffins for you.’
‘Then where is she. She’s not answering her phone either.’
‘Let me reach out to her and call you back.’
‘Okay but make sure you find her.’ He yelled again and hanged up.
Melisa gave her the look that her aunty understood she wants to know what has happened.

‘I don’t know Lisa, he said Grissel wasn’t home yet.’
‘Oooh, that’s understandable due to how she left here. I’m sure she will go home.’ She touched her cheeks involuntarily. ‘Probably waiting for Tom to sleep so she could sneak inside in order to avoid facing him.’
‘But it’s almost ten in the evening.’ Julia sounded worried.
They were still trying a few numbers when Melisa’s phone rang.
‘Not now, Henry.’ She quickly said answering it and glancing at Julia.
‘Can you come down to Seattle Emergency center?’
‘Henry I’m not in the mood for your chit chats.’
‘Grissel is here at the hospital.’
‘Grissel? Hospital?’ Melisa raised her voice.
‘She was run down by a truck.’
‘What? How long ago?’ She asked pacing around probably forgetting she only needed to hang up and rush off.
‘Around seven pm.’
‘And how do you know all this.’ She further asked.
‘Just come down here and stop asking all these questions.’ He flared up.
‘I guess I know. We will be on our way now and you better leave there before Tom arrives.’ She hanged up and realized Julia was already at the door with her car keys.
‘Come on, I’ve called Mike to pick up Tom since he’s closer to his place.’ Julia probably was eavesdropping.
‘That’s good, we all know how Tom can drive under pressure.’
‘Let’s go already.’ Julia went out of the door and Lisa followed.
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Melisa and Julia got there and met Henry pacing around.
‘Where’s she?’ Julia asked looking around.
‘In the intensive care unit. Surgery was successful but she’s unstable.’
She heaved a sigh of relief and held on to Melisa who slowly walked her to the seat behind the nurses.
‘Aunty you got to relax, you heard she will be okay.’

Julia nodded reaching out for her phone while Melisa walked up to Henry and dragged him to a corner.
‘Start talking before I flare up.’
‘Relax, I was on my way to your place when I saw her driving away so I decided to follow. I guess she thought I was stalking her again so she pulled out of her lane.’
‘Were you stalking her?’
‘I knew she stopped because of me so I decided to park as well. The next thing I heard was a bang. ’ Henry stated with a weak tone. ‘I guess she didn’t see the car coming towards her but the driver said it looked like she didn’t care if she got knocked down.’
‘So all these was your fault and you were still sitting around here.’
‘I had to, because I signed the consent form as her husband and the doctor wants to see me in some few minutes.’
‘You did what?’ You are not meeting anyone.’ She smoldered. ‘Get out of here before Tom gets here because he will strangle you alive.’
‘But I have to be here.’
‘I said get out.’ Melisa yelled unconsciously and realized all eyes were on her.
Henry hasn’t seen her that angry and serious before so he quietly walked away to the nurse’s area, spoke with them for a few minutes and left.
He was lucky not to meet Tom and Mike on the way.
Melisa saw him rushing towards the nurses table and gave him way while Julia watched from a far.
He however ignored them while Mike walked towards their direction.
‘I heard Grissel has been brought to this hospital.’
‘Sir, can I have the patient’s full name.’
‘Grissel Addison.’

‘I can’t see that here though I have Grissel Bannerman.’
‘Yes, that’s my wife.’
‘Wife?’ The nurse with the name tag Pamela asked surprised.
‘Can you just give me her room number or get me the doctor on her case.’
‘Hold on, someone else signed as her husband. Let me just confirm from the doctor.’
‘What are you talking about?’
Melisa realized his brother was going to cause a scene so she met the nurse half way and explained to her Henry was a family friend while pointing to Tom.
‘So where is she?’ He asked impatiently when it looked like whatever Melisa told her worked.
‘ICU but you need to see the doctor now since you are the husband.’ Pamela said and gestured him to follow her.
He followed and walked pass Julia without another word.
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