Blemished Love - Season 1 - Episode 32

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Blemished Love - Season 1 - Episode 32

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Henry had followed Melisa from the house to Paige’s end. He got out of the car when Melisa was about to ring the bell on the wall.
‘Lisa.’ He called out.
Because it was dark she was scared to look back at who was calling her even when she recognized the voice. Melisa kept pressing the bell quickly until Henry caught up with her. He wrapped his hands around her waist while Melisa struggled to get him off her body.
‘Get off me Henry.’ She knocked him off in the stomach with her free elbow.
‘Easy girl. I come in peace.’
‘I told you to leave me alone. I’ve moved on.’
Henry laughed. ‘Moved on with that looser who is still in love with his Ex-wife.’
Melisa realized Bryan hadn’t told him she knew about his shady deals.
‘Are you any better?’ Melisa retorted.
‘Of course, we had a good thing going on and you ruined it.’
‘Henry don’t pretend here, I’m aware of the men that sleep with me without my consent.’
‘Ohh you found out?’ He said boldly and wasn’t bothered about the harm that he had caused.
‘Seriously, you are that calm right now?’
‘Yes, but you sleep around all the time so I don’t see the reason why you should bother about this.’
‘You are really out of your mind. Stay away from me.’ She yelled at him and the gate to Paige place opened.
Paige came out and met Melisa sweating. She rolled her eyes at Henry and dragged her friend along with her.
‘Lisa, If I don’t have you and Grissel no one else dares.’ He threatened while Melisa ignored him.
‘You are nuts.’ Paige replied him and shut the gate in his face.
She patted Melisa on the back and led her in.

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Tom who shut his family off, and has been off work for a while decided to put it all behind him.
‘Finally, he decided to show up for work.’ Stella confronted him.
‘I’m sorry, I just needed some time off.’
‘Sorry? This is work Tom not some kind of school that you do what pleases you.’
Tom waited for a minute so she could calm down. He stood up from his desk and walked towards her.
‘Are you done?’ He asked with a smile. Tom knew Stella loves to see him smile when she is angry.
Stella looked at him and shook her head. ‘Where did you vanish to? Are you okay?’
‘Yes, I’m fine. I’ve been home all weeks and I’m sorry once again.’
‘You look better than we presumed.’
‘We?’ He said with the hope that Grissel came back.
‘Yes, Melisa was scared. We came to the house several times and there was no one.’
‘I saw you two through the window.’ He sighed and laughed.
‘OMG, you are heartless. We stood there for hours.’
‘I don’t know why you two came to the house, I was having my quiet time.’
‘Really.’ She moved towards him. ‘You owe me lunch then.’ Stella changed the topic as she didn’t want to bring up Grissel which might make him sad.
‘Great, let me grab my car keys.’ He rushed off to his table while Stella looked on.
***
Julia and Gina were about to have lunch without Melisa the same afternoon that Tom had decided to show up when the doorbell rang. Anna from his office called them earlier when he arrived at the office as Melisa requested of her. Julia quickly went to get it and found Dane smiling at him.




Melisa however, wasn’t handling losing Dane very well for the past two weeks since Grissel left with him.
‘You shouldn’t be here.’ Julia said quietly while Gina looked on from the couch. She didn’t know when Gina had left the dinning to the couch.
Julia was holding on to the door contemplating if she should let him in. She knew her niece was still so much in love with him.
‘I know everyone is angry with me right now but I need to see Lisa.’
‘Even though I don’t like you right now, Lisa is still my blood and I want to do right by her.’ Julia told him thinking Lisa would want to see him because she mentioned it a few days ago.
‘I’m sorry I disappointed you.’ He said remorsefully.
Julia stared at him for a while and realized he’s just a confused man who didn’t know what he was doing.
‘Come in, let me get her.’
‘Thank you Julia.’ He responded and entered.
Gina greeted him and tapped her side of the couch for him to make himself comfortable.
He hesitated for a second and then sat opposite her.
‘Is my daughter fine?’ She asked when she saw him stealing glances at her.
‘Ye..s, she..’s o..kay.’ He stammered.
‘Good.’ Gina responded once and stood up when her eyes caught Melisa coming down.
‘Who let him?’ She yelled.
Julia froze at her spot as she was about to go upstairs and call her. Gina on the other hand gave her way when she saw her coming down with speed.
‘Lisa, I ca..’ Dane was saying when she cut her off.
‘Get out, you heartless being.’ She yelled.
Julia regained her composure and blocked her way. ‘Just calm down and listen to him.
‘Did you just say listen? What does he possibly have to tell me?’
‘I still love you.’ He said sadly and pushed his tears back. Dane didn’t understand why Melisa’s rant made him sad.
‘You still love me right?’ She said calmly while her aunty was still holding on to her. Julia and Gina was surprised she calmed down.


‘Yes, can we go somewhere and talk?’
She took a deep breathe. ‘Sure.’ She said and snugged out of her auntie’s arms grabbing a baseball bat closer to the couch. Nobody saw it coming because they had no idea, there was a baseball bat in there. Dane saw him in a flash and rushed off to the door.
‘Lisa put that down.’ Julia called out to her and Gina held onto her tightly.
‘Are you running away? I thought you want to talk, stop there and you would see what I’m capable of.’
‘I’m sorry Lisa.’ He said struggling to open the door.
‘Sorry?’ She questioned. ‘Just get out of here. Ungrateful man.’


‘Please, just drop the bat and let’s talk.’ Dane was still hesitant to leave while Melisa struggled to free herself from Gina’s grasp.
‘Are you still talking? She sniffed. You think I would actually want to be with you after what you did.’


‘But you want to be with me.’ He said weakly with a weird expression on his face.
‘Not anymore and for your information, I’m back with Henry.’ She blurted out with anger.


The whole room went silent all of a sudden. Pain registered on Dane’s face, he held on to the door tightly for a minute as Melisa’s word sunk into his brain. Gina still held on to her tightly so she wouldn’t run off with the baseball bat.


Julia on the other hand was just lost in her thoughts. She knew these two were definitely in love but just at a hard time.


‘Do..nt do thi….’ Dane tried to convince her.
‘I shouldn’t do this to us? Was that what you were going to say?’ She tried to wriggle out of Gina’s arms again as she felt like smacking him. ‘Just get out.’ She screamed her head off this time.


Dane opened the door and went out quickly.
Melisa dropped on to the floor immediately he went out and Gina let her out of her arms. Julia sat down with her while Gina walked back to the couch.


‘It’s okay sweetheart. Don’t let this break you.’
‘But aunty I still want him. I said all that out of anger.’ She started to sob.
‘Including the Henry part?’ She was concerned about her niece going back to Henry after she told her what he did with Bryan.


Melisa sniffed and wiped her face. She glanced at her aunty who wrapped her hand around her cuddling her.
‘No, I’m not stupid to go back to a psycho like Henry. I just said that to hurt him.’
‘Good, I’m sure he’s hurt now but can you stop crying, I don’t want to cry too.
‘Okay, Aunty.’ She replied and stood up.
Gina who was watching the two on the floor cuddled earlier sighed when she wiped her face. ‘Believe me Lisa, you and Grissel are two strong women.’
‘Thank you Gina.’ She tried to cheer up.
‘By the way, who owned the baseball bat?’ Julia laughed.
‘It’s for Paige’s nephew. He left it in my car the other time and I brought it in.’
‘It was helpful.’ Gina chipped in poking Melisa’s nose while they all laughed.

***

Grissel felt she wasn’t well and thought it was because she missed Tom. She checked the camera on the wall and chuckled. Dane had left home earlier in the morning after one of their usual quarrels.


She hissed and tossed her phone on her bed after she read the text message she just received. Grissel knew Dane had been watching her since she got into his apartment from court but she didn’t want to fight it. She spotted the camera in her room when she arrived that afternoon and since then she uses the washroom for her dress up.
She went into her washroom and closed the door behind.
‘Don’t you dare take that small girl to our house?’ Grissel read the message she wrote when she got in quietly on her toilet seat and hit send.
Tom read the text over and over again as he recognized it was Grissel though she used a different number. He looked around and there was no sign of her. That was the first time she’s reaching out after she betrayed him during court.
He glanced and smiled at the girl Clive asked to join their table because she was alone.
Tom turned off his phone because he knew she was going to call when she didn’t get a text back from him. He hadn’t heard from her for a whole three weeks as he had turned off his phone not to be bothered. Tom thought he was going to have a rough time losing her all three weeks but he doesn’t feel anything now though the first week was hard for him.
She was still on the toilet seat while trying to reach out to Stella. When she picked up and heard her voice, Grissel ignored her Hello.
‘Where are you Stella?’
‘Emmm home. Grissel?’ Stella sounded unsure of the caller since it was a new line.
‘Yes, it’s me. I got a new line.’
‘I thought Dane had sold you.’
‘No, I just decided to stay off for a while but where are you right now.’ Grissel changed the topic as she was on a mission.
‘Why?’ Stella whispered quietly.
‘Why are you talking under tone? Where are you right now?’
‘I was asl..eep Grissel.’ She lied.
‘I asked you to watch my husband and you are home snoring.’
‘Come on Grissel, I need rest too. I can’t watch your Tom all day and night.’
‘Why? We talked about this Stella’
‘Because he’s not my husband and I d….,’ She stammered and paused. ‘Forget it.’ She concluded.
‘You don’t want to be tempted.’ Grissel ended her statement for her.
‘Yes, thank you and let me remind you he’s not your husband anymore.’ Stella mentioned happily.
‘Well, I still want him to be my husband.’
‘You shouldn’t have left then.’ Stella cautioned.


Grissel went mute. ‘I’m sorry but I gave you heads up.’
‘No you didn’t Grissel, you asked me to watch your husband which to me was an insult.’ She told her exactly what was on her mind.

‘Okay, forgive me but I didn’t want you guys to stop me.’

Henry came out from his bathroom interrupting their chat. ‘Hey babes, will you join me in the shower now.’


Stella signaled him to go back inside and he left frowning.
‘Hello, are you there?’ Grissel asked as Stella was suddenly quiet.
‘Yes, I’m here with you.’ She replied.
‘Who was that?’ Grissel with her sharp ears asked.
‘I told you I was home.’
‘Okay, let me talk to your mom.’ She muttered.
‘What do you want Grissel?’ Stella feigned anger.
‘Whose bed are you in right now?’
‘How is that your problem Grissel?’
‘It’s my problem when you intend throwing your life away. I’m sorry my husband is off limit but there are still men out there.’
‘Like your Austin?’
‘Yeah, I know he’s hard dealing with right now but give him time.’
‘Time? The guy just doesn’t want me Grissel.’
‘Should he want you when you keep sleeping with Henry?’ She said harshly.
Stella was quiet for three seconds. ‘How did you know it was him?’
‘I smelt him all the way from my end.’
‘You have a big a nose then.’ She stood up using her earphone so she could dress up.
‘Seriously, you need to stop. Melisa was sleeping with him too. I hope you know that?’
‘Was?’ She still sleep with him. I found some ladies clothes here when I came and I’m sure it’s her size.’
‘Are you sure about that because she’s with Dane now.’
‘I’m sure and you are with Dane not Lisa.’ She chipped in.
‘I did this for Shirley.’ Grissel replied sadly.
‘Don’t go crying on me now. Where did you say Tom was again?’
‘The usual joint. Today is Friday night.’
‘Oh yeah, can’t you call Austin.’ Stella asked fixing her shoe lace.
‘He’s out of town and knowing Clive, he would push that girl on Tom.’
‘But you should allow Tom to mingle now that you are out of the way.’
‘Did you just say that?’ Grissel asked.
‘Yes, I mean you left so he should find someone else.’ She picked up her car keys and went out of the apartment.
Henry who seemed to be enjoying the shower came out when he heard the door bang.
‘He would but it’s too early.’ Grissel said.
‘It’s too early or you want to be the one to do the selection.’
‘Whatever but can you go there now?’ She stressed worriedly.
‘Sure, Henry’s place isn’t that far from there so I should be there in an hour. Hope they would still be there.’
‘They should because I have someone watching them.’
‘Grissel what are you doing. Tom doesn’t need that from you.’
‘He seemed too okay for someone who just got jilted and betrayed for the second time.’
‘It’s been a couple of weeks and I’m sure he’s in a lot of pain and the best way to get over you is what he’s doing now.’
‘I know but I had no other choice.’
‘Alright, are you still in Seattle?’
‘Yes, your brother is keeping us locked up here in his apartment.’
‘Are you and Shirley okay?’
‘Of course, she’s asleep now.’
‘Good, just let me know when you are leaving Seattle.’
‘Are you out of that brothel already?’
She laughed slightly. ‘Yeah, I’m driving there now. You are on speaker out.’
‘Great, give me a call once you get there and please don’t give my number out to anyone.’
‘Alright, Good night.’ Stella said and hanged up.
She hanged up and her phone rang. Grissel checked the caller ID and didn’t recognized it.
She hesitated for a while and answered the call. ‘Hello.’
‘Grissel?’ The caller enquired.
She recognized the deep voice to be that of Dane’s father. That voice always scared her, the more reason why it got stuck in her mind.
‘Judge Reed,’ she mentioned and frowned. She feared the man and never liked him.
‘I hope my son is treating you well. Dani called’
‘You mean Shirley?’ Grissel managed to respond after some seconds.
‘Yes, she told me everything and I really want to help.’
‘Did you say help?’
‘Yes my dear.’ He replied.
‘With all due respect, I don’t need your help.’ Grissel said swallowing the bitterness forming in her throat.
‘I thought you might say that but I’m sorry I had already done that.’
‘Done what?’ Grissel’s heart skipped into her stomach. She knew both father and son were a torn in her flesh when the incident happened.
‘I asked the lawyer to add a clause to the custody section.’
Grissel took off the phone from her ears and checked the caller ID again.
‘A clause? What are you talking about?’ She asked when Judge Reed was quiet at his end.
‘Yes, I was surprised when Daniella called about you moving in with her dad when I had given you your freedom after I spoke with Lisa.’
‘What freedom because I didn’t even read any of those papers.’ And what has Lisa got to do with this.’ She frowned.
‘That makes sense now because if you had read, you would have seen I gave you custody after I met your sister in law at my place.’ He paused to check if Grissel was still listening to him. ‘Hello.’
‘I’m still here with you.’
‘My lawyer assured me the only thing you were left with was the annulment which the court would have agreed to because Sculley said your husband had already reached out to him.’ Mr. Reed continued.