Broken and bruised - Season 1 - Episode 38

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Broken and bruised - Season 1 - Episode 38

TWO DAYS LATER
Tobi drives Melanie to a supermarket a to pick some few things, Mac had told Mel to not stay dehydrated and drink a lot and also eat enough, Mel says he
has done a lot for her already but Tobi doesn’t even want to hear it
” I’m taking you back home and I promise to be visiting you almost everyday but you need to keep up with the doctor’s instruction, the drugs you’re taking
are very strong….. they finish their shopping and head towards the direction of her home in a bumpy dusty road that leads straight to her home…..he
pretends not to know where she stays as she directs him seated besides him
They arrive at the road leading to the small but always neatly kept house and Mel stops him and wants to get out

“You can stop here…I’m already home and I can continue on my own”

“Is there something you didn’t tell me Melanie? she shakes her head and says no
” Apart from still not telling you what happened, every other thing I told you is all true”

“Then let me take you home and present you to your worried mother…is it OK”
“Fine… let’s go”

Tobi drives his expensive car in the compound where he can clearly see four women seated listening attentively to a woman seated in the middle…..two of
the women are Ofelia’s sisters who had cut ties with her when things were tough on her side but they only surfaced to attend the very lavish wedding of
their niece when they heard she was marrying a billionaire’s only son….they have no idea how Mel looks like because they have never met her and Mel doesn’t
also have any idea who the two women are…..the other two women are the market vendors she normally buys her things from……the five women all look
at the car with hope in their eyes…..

Tobi packs the car and steps down to open the door for Mel….. she comes down and runs into the waiting arms of her mother who has tears of joy in her
eyes so unbelievable
“My Angel…. my baby Fina, is this really you…are you really fine”

“Yes mother it’s me your Fina and I’m very fine” she spots the cannular and takes her arm

“Have you been hospitalised… what’s with the cannular”

“Don’t worry….just clean your tears because I don’t want to start crying again….I’m tired of doing it….. this cannular is just nothing, I was only
put on bed rest and I’m very fine now”
“Come ……come with me” her mother leads her to where the others are but she stops her mother to ask her a question
“Mother….did Ron come look for me?…. did he call at all” her mother’s heart breaks in to pieces because she was also in shock herself when Ron could
not come in all these days
“I’m sure he’s going to come… just don’t think about it” she nods
“Come greet your aunties …Anita and Jessica” Mel doesn’t even understand aunties from where but she greets them anyways, she shares brief hugs with the
other two from the market as they tell her how grateful they are now that she’s safe and back home…. Tobi starts to get out what they had bought and
it’s at this point Mel realises she has not introduced him to her mother….. Mel comes to his side pulling her mother along
“Mother forgive me for not introducing him earlier…. he’s called Tobias… the man who has been helping me all these days from that day, without him I
would have taken my own life” Ofelia wants to kneel in front of Tobi as a sigh of respect…. it’s a common practice in east Africa…. Tobi catches her
midway

“It’s OK madam….you don’t need to do this”

“Thank you for saving my daughter’s life and helping her when I couldn’t that day”
“I will continue to do that as long as necessary” she wants to offer him a seat but he declines saying he will sit the next time he visits, they talk briefly
and Tobi greets the other women… he gives Mel a goodbye hug and leaves to go face his tigress mother…….