Sacrilege - Season 1 - Episode 15

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Sacrilege - Season 1 - Episode 15

Catherine replaced the plaster with the calm expertise of a doctor. She gave a few soothing massages. “How do you feel?”

Laura withdrew her fist from Catherine’s hold, giving her plastered wrist a blank look. “I feel stupid”

A small sympathetic smile touched Catherine’s face as she stood from the bed. “Don’t be too hard on yourself, girl. You were hurt” she sat on a chair.
“And I hurt myself” Laura added.

Cat smiled. “But… it wasn’t intentional”
Laura turned to give Catherine a direct look. “What makes you so sure?”
A deep brown creezed Cat’s face. “You are not suicidal, are you?”

The door opened and Tito walked in. “You would be if you were in her shoes.”
Catherine shook her head. “It is stupidity to maim yourself for a man” she mouthed.
Tito slanted her an odd look. “And if it is a pregnant woman? Can you maim yourself then?”

“It’s complicated, I know. Personally, I would rather maim the woman” she assured.

Laura swallowed as she listened to the ladies squabble on about her. She didn’t think she was ready for the conversation they were headed. She pushed herself to a lying position. “It was an accident” she finally said.

“I knew it was” Catherine said and and Tito grunted. “What are you going to do, Laura?” Catherine finally mouthed what they had desisted from saying for the past four days. “About Deolu”

Laura felt her heart skip at the mention of Deolu. She closed her eyes briefly.

“I don’t think we should talk about this” Tito said, looking at Laura.

“It’s been four days, we can’t avoid this forever. The situation grows with each passing day”

Laura didn’t need to ask to know she was referring to the unborn child. She closed her eyes. “So, what do you think I should do?”
“Fight” Catherine said without a second thought. “I personally would not leave my matrimonial home and my husband for another woman”

“So, basically, you want her to stay with her husband and the baby mama under the same roof?” Tito snapped.

“Wait… You don’t expect her to leave her husband for Teju, do you?” Cat seemed appalled. “She can’t just abandon her husband because of a s--t who couldn’t close her legs. She has the ring and I bet, she has Deolu’s heart in totality”

“Hello ooo, the s--t is pregnant. Do you honestly want Laura to endure all the pain, fighting for a man who broke his vows?” Tito had never believed in marriage, seeing her cousin go through the pain that came with it made her exceedingly angry. She was probably angrier because she had actually harboured the hope that Laura’s family would work out.