Broken and bruised - Season 1 - Episode 36

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Broken and bruised - Season 1 - Episode 36

After saying their good nights and heading in to their respective rooms, Tobi finally gets to rest after being up and down almost through out….he lies
on his back just starring at the ceiling, he’s so stuck between the rocks because he’s not really functioning well in the head
“I can’t be like this forever, I know Melanie is just trying to look strong when in reality she’s Broken up….it’s not healthy because in most cases people
who are like her end up taking their own life and people will get to wonder why they did it when they were looking fine and fully recovered…… what
if I tell her the truth, will she ever forgive me because I can’t seem to forgive myself” he processes this and lies still but suddenly, something tells
him go to the window and he does though reluctantly, he thought he saw something move when he looks down at the corner of the house, the security light
in that corner is off and since he was just indoors, he didn’t know it wasn’t working…. he focuses his attention and that’s it, it’s a woman

“We’re only two in this house… could it be that askari (gateman) brings in women here, but then why would Askari’s woman cross over to this side of the
house” he continues to think, maybe askari is sleeping by now and didn’t see someone sneak in…..something tells him to come down but he decides to see
what this mysterious person is all about….the woman scouts down and puts down something, she also has a jerrican in her hand, she pours the content in
the jerrican on what she put down, she lit fire and sets it ablaze, as the fire continues to increase, he can see who is is clearly
“Melanie…. how did you get there” it appears like she’s going to let her own dress she’s putting on to catch the fire as she sinks down with yet something
that he can’t see properly in he hand, Tobi doesn’t remember how but he only slips his feet in the available slippers at the foot of his double bed and
runs out of there bare chested in the cold whether calling out to her, he finds when she’s just starring at the fire and this time without crying, her
wedding gown burns into flames
“Melanie” he calls her and that’s when he sees her holding Long kitchen knife
“Stay away from me….don’t get any close” she threatens pointing the knife at her herself like she’s about to do something crazy

“Please, put it down Melanie…. put it down and let’s talk” he takes another step towards her but she’s getting wild, she’s having flashbacks, he’s not
putting on any shirt and it only appears to her like he’s going to do the same thing to her, like he only wants her body too
“Please don’t hurt me….don’t touch me I swear today I’m going to stub myself or slit my throat if you don’t get a way from me”
“I just want to help you please put it down” he begs and she begins to tremble in fear, her body shaking and she’s loosing balance yet she still has some
strength the defend herself and threaten Tobi ”

“It’s me Tobi Melanie please”
“It was you….it is you, you just want to hurt me again but I won’t let you” she’s shaking and Tobi finally gets to her and Mel who was about to faint
in the fire faints in his strong arms with the long knife falling freely, their voice must have attracted the askari because he comes running
“Boss what happened”
“What happened is you have been sleeping you idiot, this woman almost took her life when you the askari was there only sleeping”

“Sorry boss….I just fell asleep”
“Get off my sight” he tries to get Mel back to the house, she’s really light and he carries her without any problem…..he remembers the morning he woke
up to find her almost lifeless next to him, that day one could conclude she was dead and that’s exactly what he thought until when he checked her pulse……

now he carries her to her bed and puts her down, he’s beginning to tremble too….and he checks her pulse and he’s relived she’s Alive, stands not knowing
what to do next,….he looks for his phone which he gets from his room, he dials the number of Mac his best friend and personal doctor asking him to come
asap, Mac says he’s on his way but Tobi should check for her airways, and leave room for breathing……he fidgets with what she’s putting on but the sight
he met on her upper left breast is something he can never forget in his life….it’s his own long nail leaving a long but painful trail on her upper chest
coming to the left breast… the sight is so painful to watch…..he comes down out of curiosity to check more and there he finds it…. on her left thigh
at the entrance of her Virginia there are black spots that are still trying to heal
“Just how strong are you Melanie??…. how can you live each day starring at these permanent scars and bruises??”…… No way can he take all this in…he
breaks up at the foot of the bed and weeps loudly……..