Broken and bruised - Season 1 - Episode 12

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Broken and bruised - Season 1 - Episode 12

“What is it beautiful… talk to me so I can help, do you feel pain and where” he meets her cold stare just, it’s the first time she’s looking at him with no emotion of feeling ever since they started dating, she used to have sparkle in her eyes and they would light and shine every time he looked into them but today, they are gone, they are only replaced by a cold stare, he reaches to touch her face again but he’s met with the same rejection
“Mel, have you been crying…. you’re eyes are swollen” she finally looks away
“Talk to me baby, what’s going on”
“It’s nothing Ron”

“Do you realise that you’re not the same Melanie I fell in love with?…. it’s only the second day of this your attitude but it’s already wearing me down….just a while ago your mum was hot with me thinking we spent the night together” Melanie now turns her back on Ron

“You do realise that we have got to talk right?…. you owe me this explanation and as your boyfriend I demand to know why you lied to me yesterday and still continue to lie to me” she gets up again and faces him
“Please Ronald, I promise I shall tell you everything you wish to know but not now….I need this rest, and I swear I never lied to you, I just didn’t know how to tell you why I couldn’t come with you”

“So where did you put up for the night, with who and in whose house tell me…..I hope you’re not cheating on me”
“I remained in school and spent the night there in the hostel, with Jackie”
“Which Jackie….you don’t have a friend by that name, the only friend in that school you have is Soni she doesn’t stay in the hostel”
“Well you don’t know Jackie….” Ron studies her face and could tell she was hiding something much bigger from him so he pushed further

“Then why weren’t you picking my calls, I called you so many times but you refused to pick, after so many countless times of calling and no picking, I finally called again but your number has been off ever since….since when have you started ignoring my calls”
“I didn’t ignore your calls, I called you but you didn’t pick up, Susan’s room had no power and my battery was running down so I plugged it into the next room thinking it was off… I guess I forgot”

“If so then how did it end up being switched off”

“Maybe the power finally ran down”
“While charging???…. and wait, who is Susan, didn’t you say that friend of yours was called Jackie?” she knows she’s being caught red handed and there is no escape and she goes mute again
“Can I see your phone”
“Huh…”

“The phone” she battles within herself whether to come clean with what really happened to her or not, a part of her urges her to so she tries to sit upright
“OK..I’m going to tell you the whole truth Ron”

“Well I’m listening”
“Would you believe me if I tell you it was your mother I was talking to when you arrived to pick me up from school” she asks starring directly in his eyes
“My mother??…. she always tells me when she is going to call you or after calling you”
“She called immediately after your call telling me she was somewhere close by and asked if I was still in school and I said yes…she said she wanted to have some word with me so she would pick me up”
“Melanie….who is teaching these things, this couldn’t have been true, if truly you were speaking with my mum, I definitely got to your school when you were still on phone, i left you there and came straight home without branching anywhere”

“Didn’t you say you wanted to hear the whole truth, then let me tell you”