Healer - S01 E08

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Healer - S01 E08

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“Why didn’t you tell me all about it, Kendra?”

Aliyah said to her, four days later at the

hospital. Kendra lowered her gaze.

“Look at you. You look like shit!”

I’m sorry, Aliyah. I know I should have told

you but I just couldn’t.”

“Kendra, I am your friend. We could have

worked something out. I can’t believe that

bastard would raise his hands on you like

this. And to think that you’ve been going

through this for three years. Its too much

o,Kendra. You could have died, I hope you

know that.”

Kendra nodded.

“But I didn’t.”

“You didn’t because Alex happened to be

there…no, he was actually passing by and

what if he hadn’t seen you? Or worse,what

if he had passed by at all?”

Kendra said nothing. Aliyah was mad at her

for keeping quiet but with all her scolding,

she actually made a point. The thought of

not seeing Alex at that time. She would have

died there and no one would know of how

she died or who caused her death.

Alex had been nice enough to her and she

was beginning to wonder what she would

do now. She didn’t want to go back to her

parents place just yet. She wanted Connor

far from.her for now. And he had been

calling her persistently as if he expected her

to still be alive after the beating he gave her.

“Have you told your parents?”

Aliyah said and she looked sharply at her.

“No. I don’t want to tell them.”

“Kendra, you have to stop this. You can’t

keep it away from them. They’re your

parents. And look where your silence has led

you. You’re still young. Too young to be

traumatized about marriage.”

“I’ll tell them but I can’t stay with them. I

need to find a place to stay. I don’t want him

to find me just yet.”

“Why don’t you come over to the house. You

can stay with us.”

Kendra thought over it and shook her head.

“I can’t. It’s too easy. Besides I don’t want to

be a burden to you and Ben..”

“Who says?”

Kendra smiled. “With your honeymoon

things.”

She teased and Aliyah chuckled.

“You still find a way to be funny in this

state?”

Kendra smiled. “I’m serious,Aliyah. I don’t

want to be a bother. And if he doesn’t find

me, he’ll come there.”

“Yeah, you’re right. But where will you go?

Will you lodge in a hotel?”

Kendra shrugged.

But when she had said her plans if a hotel to

Alex, he had kicked against it, saying that

she needed to be at a place where she can

be on constant watch daily. He had a point

in that too and he had offered to take her to

his mother’s. She almost refused but then

that was the only place Connor didn’t know.

**********

She had been with Alex’s mother for four

more days where she was recuperating

slowly and getting herself back.

But she

hadn’t heard or seen Connor, apart from his

persistent calls and text messages telling her

how sorry he was and how he wanted her

back to him. Kendra stared at his last

message for what seemed like an eternity.

The man wasn’t even sure if she was still

alive or if he had killed her with his beatings

and he still kept calling and texting her. Alex

came from time to time to check on her and

visit. His mother wasn’t a problem.

“Its a good thing, you’re here,dear.”

His mother had said, few days later when

she had joined her in the kitchen. The house

was very big, almost like the one she lived in

with Connor but the woman still made her

meals herself. She was younger than a

woman who had given birth to someone

like Alex and Lisa.

She smiled.

“Its a good thing because that young man if

a son I have rarely visits. And now he comes

here frequently like he kept a secret bag of

money he doesn’t want anyone to touch.”

Kendra laughed.

“I’m grateful that you’re harboring me in

your home,ma. I’m really grateful.”

“Oh, don’t be like that. Alex has taken in a lot

if women into his own house but he has

never brought one to me with earnest

pleading that I take good care of her like he

did in your case. So I’m not uncomfortable.

At least I can talk to someone. Lisa, that

girl?” She shook her head. “She’s something

else. She hardly stays at home and she

always hangs around with friends.”

The woman smiled. Kendra smiled back. This

woman could make great friends with her

mother. The both if them had the same

difficulty in being reserved. Someone

stepped into the kitchen and Kendra looked

up and smiled. Alex smiled back as he went

to give his mother a kiss on the cheek.

“Oh, you came early, dear.”

His mother said.

“We were about making dinner. Do you

mind sticking around a little more?”

He looked at his wristwatch.

“Don’t you dare, son.”

She said to him. Kendra knew he was only

doing that to pull her legs and he smiled and

then laughed. She laughed along with him.

This family was the best after hers.

He joined at the sink where she was

washing the cabbage. She smiled up at him.

They were nearly at kissing level and she

was very aware if his nearness and how his

heart was beating. The truth was that she

was beginning to like this guy. Alex had

hinted to her of his feelings even if he knew

that she was married but she knew that he

wasn’t going to court a married woman. He

was just the kind of person who loves to be

outspoken.

“Hey.” He said and smiled. She returned the

smile. “Hey.” She said.

“How have you been?”

He said and washed his hands too so he

could take the cabbage from her. She

laughed when he went for the knife.

“You don’t want to do that.”

She said.

He looked at her and grinned.

“Why? Surprised that I’ll cut it better than

you?”

“No. I’m surprised because i know you can’t

cut it better than me.”

He gave her a challenging look.

“Really? I can cook too. You’d be surprised.”

She looked at his mother when he winked

at her and the woman averted her attention

immediately to the cooking pot on the gas

as if she didn’t even know what was

happening. As if she didn’t know that

Kendra had caught her smiling. She went

closer to Alex and whispered.

“Stop it, your mum is here.”

He looked at his mother and whispered

back to her,

“Who says she isn’t listening to us right

now?”

He placed a quick kiss on her cheeks and

laughed as she hit his arm, blushing. Her

beauty was coming back again and she

seemed to be glowing more than the first

day they met.

“Oh, I forgot my phone upstairs. I’ll be right

back.”

His mother said and left the kitchen with

Alex grinning as she left. He turned to

Kendra.

“That’s her way of saying I saw you both

but carry on any way.”

“You’re impossible.”. She said and collected

the cabbage from him turning to cut it.

“So you can cook,huh? I swear,Alex. You are

so full of surprises.”

She said with her back to him. She shook

when she felt the heat of his body so close

behind her. When she tried to turn, he

placed his hands on her waist and kept her

back to him. He brought his lips to her right

ear.

“You’ll be more than surprised to know that

there are so many other things I can do.” He

whispered.

His voice was seductive. And enticing,she

almost lost herself. She paused what she

was doing and turned her face to look at

him. But his gaze went down to her lips.

Kendra swallowed hard. He leaned forward

and brushed his lips over hers. She sighed.

She looked up at him. His gaze was

watching her as if he expected her to start

floating that minute. He moved to give her a

real kiss but someone cleared her throat,

bringing both her them back to planet earth.

His mother passed a look to her son as she

entered and he winked at her, and smirked.

But for Kendra, she focused on cutting the

cabbage. But she wasn’t really focusing, she

trying to gain her composure and deal with

the butterflies in her stomach….