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broken and bruised episode 47-48

Created by Valentine Valentine in broken and bruised 16 Oct 2019
BROKEN AND BRUISED

Episode 47

Ronald drives his car with Melanie in it for close to one hour and finally they get to his destination....... a well furnished house built far away from town, it's a surprise house he had wanted to move into with Melanie after their wedding and Mel never got to know about it.......when he pulls up at the gate, the gateman sees his car and happily runs to open the gate for him........Ron drives his car inside with a very confused Mel seated by his side, he packs the car and gets down

"Ronald..... it's been a very long time, welcome back" the gateman no doubt is so happy to see him

"I'm very fine and thank you.....how is everything around here"

"Fine very fine....the house is intact" Ron dismisses him and all this while Mel is still seated inside, Ron comes to her side and opens the car

"Welcome to my crib gorgeous" Mel rolls her eyes and ignores his hand that's stretched out to her and steps down

"Take me back Ronald..... I need to go back right this minute"

"I shall take you back but only after we have talked"

"Thank you.....but you know what, I know I can find my way back using public means" she starts to walk away from from him and he just makes one order

"Job......don't open this gate until I tell you to do so" Mel reaches the gate and the man can't even move

"Open this damn gate and let me out of here" she screams

"Sorry madam a boss's order is always the order I follow" Mel looks back at Ron and he makes faces also shrugging his shoulders..... she's so frustrated as Ron starts walking towards her

"Don't make this more difficult sweetheart, we are both adults here.....adults who love themselves so come with me to the house instead of embarrassing yourself out here"

"Did you listen to yourself saying that Ronald.... like seriously, do you think I was made only to love you and no one else"

"Yes....yes, you're supposed to love me only and you do that, you're just with your companion because you feel grateful to him for all that he has done to you, remember he even went as far as employing you so tell me why wouldn't you be grateful and accept to be his wife" she didn't wait long but gives him a long overdue slap , instead of frowning he takes her hand and drags her along with him to the house and she screams at him to let her go, he pays deaf ears to her and continues dragging her, he single handedly opens the door and drags her in........leaves her hand and turns around and locks the door

"Let me go.....let me get out of here Ronald" he walks past her without a word and goes to a room that seems to be a kitchen, Mel is so frustrated to even care, she's so hungry given she never had food last night, and no breakfast this morning, her stomach has started complaining but that's not the issue here, the issue here is her phone is with Ron switched off and she imagines her husband must be calling her by now...............

Tobi knew after last night's encounter with David, it was only going to be a matter of time before they start hunting him down but today finding them waiting for him in his office this Early morning is definitely something he didn't prepare for, when Eddy said Hello to him, he did not only refuse to reply but he walks past them headed to his office and they all got up to follow, they get to his office and he throws his bag on the table

"What do you all want...I thought I made myself clear five years ago that I didn't want anything to do with either of you much less see you"

"At least offer us seats Buddy..... we were best of friends after all" says Clems and they sit down

"We can see you have done tremendously well in our absence" adds David.... Eddy sees something that catches his eyes and walks over, it's a picture of Melanie during a vacation in US......she looked so happy in the picture, and so beautiful, Eddy picks the picture and walks back with it in hand, he sits down and turns the picture to face Tobi

"She's pretty huh"

"Let me have a look" David takes the picture away from Eddy

"Who could have imagined, that little girl, she wasn't even dressed well....who would have thought she would be the queen of this place..... Hahahaha" Tobi finally looses his head

"You all are a bunch of annoying idiots.....people go to school to learn and become better people but I can see your problem is right from the families you come from, no wonder you three don't have any other friend apart from yourselves..... but guess what, my word still stands I don't want to have anything to do with you, maybe I was scared of you five years ago but not now"

"Bravo....... you deserve some handclap and accolades for being so brave but let's see if you shall say the same thing if we meet with your little beautiful wife"

"David don't even think about involving Melanie in this"

"Oh her name is actually Melanie?....what a beautiful name for a beautiful wife but too bad she's a part of this...actually a center part of this"

"You monsters.....you have no idea how much I regret ever crossing paths with you"

"We regret that too Buddy..... but guess what, there is always a price for everything.....it's called something for something...... you want this to remain like nothing really ever happened, upon you"

"All your blackmail will not work on me......I have lived every single day regretting why I never listened to my mother concerning all of you"

"And you thought by marrying her, all your sins will be forgiven huh"

"Trust me Eddy, I have no obligations or whatsoever to explain my relationship with you"

"Fine.....fine, we should maybe have a little chat with Melanie that's her name right?....the choice is all yours" he finally sits down and looks at David

"Well I'm not scared of you"

"Well then.... I wonder how little Melanie will react when she finally gets to know that the man whom she has been seeing as a perfect husband all these years is nothing but her own rapist"

"Get out......get out and leave my office, your blackmail is not going to work on me because you're not getting any Penny from me.....NEVER!!!"

"Let's see for how Long.....you have not seen the last of us yet..... let's go" the three all get up and leave the office at once......when the door is closed, Tobi gets up and paces up and down

"I have to tell you this today, I have to but where are you" he looks for his phone and gets frustrated when he couldn't find it in his pocket, he fidgets with the bag and finally locates it in his bag......he dials and still nothing, Mel's phone is switched off......he storms out of office and heads down to her office, he opens and there is no Mel.....he spots his own picture she had put infront of her desk, he picks it and looks at it

"Tobi you're not a bad person, you're not a rapist" he leaves the office and almost takes off to go look for Mel but he bumps on Jane

"Hey hey Tobi what's up with you"

"Have you seen my wife" he looks unsettled

"No.....what's up with you"

"Take care of everything here....I don't want to see anyone today and if Mel comes when I'm not here tell her to call me" he runs back to his office without giving Jane a chance to respond to him , he only picks his bag and car keys and runs out of office and drives out at once...............

Ron carries a tray full of food and heads back to the living room where Melanie is now standing by the window looking out side, he puts down the tray and walks over to her and realises she's not even aware he's in the room, he looks at her inviting legs in her not so short body hugging dress, he wonders what she must be thinking about, he's instantly attracted to her and finds himself hugging her from behind, Mel jumps off like he's some wild animal

"Don't come near me" she threatens as she backs away from him and he raises his hands in the air again

"Fine fine....I'm so sorry but I just couldn't keep my hands to myself"

"Well you should learn to" she walks away

"Look I made almost all your favourites"

"I'm not hungry"

"Oh please say that to some stranger, I know you like the back of my hands.....eating doesn't hurt and you know me, I can never hurt you...I have never and I will never"

"Sure you don't.... and you have never" she said sarcastically and he gets the picture.... there is some awkward silence between them but Ron walks back and sits down....he starts to uncover the food

"Mel.... I will never get tired of asking for you forgiveness.... that's why I'm trying to correct my mistakes, let me help you"

"You never did when I needed you most and right now I don't need it because I'm fine" she sits down too and looks so longingly at the food

"Serve yourself... eat as much as you want" she finally grabs a plate and serves herself..... she's maintaining her distance from Ron though, they continue eating in silence but she can tell Ron is eating more of her with his eyes instead of his food on the plate and this makes her so uncomfortable

"Where did you get all these food stuffs....I didn't see you go out and I know you don't live here" she tries to engage him in some talk so he can finally take his eyes off her

"For you I'm so capable of anything beautiful... so the question of where or how doesn't apply when you're involved" not the reply she wanted......Ron continues to eat her with his eyes, he pictures how beautiful she might look especially when she is sleeping, he envies Tobi and feels jealous knowing he has all this full package all night long, just imagining how making love to her feels like, something he never got to experience..... all of a sudden, he feels anger on imagining Tobi's hands all over her soft body, he takes his glass of juice and smashes it on the wall making Mel so scared and she practically jumps off her skin as she stands up....he realises he went too far and apologies

"Are you alright" Mel is still scared

"I'm OK.....I'm sorry I scared you....sit and finish your food" she sits down and still not sure if she can bear another minute in Ron's presence

"Can you help me Ronald" she says fearfully

"Can you stop calling me Ronald please?.... what happened to Ron" she ignores his question

"Give me back my phone...... I need to call my husband"

"Another correction.....your housemate not your husband and No....you're not calling him and I'm so serious about that" he looks dangerous and Mel knows better to shut up

"Have you ever wondered who or where that bastard should be"..... he asks Mel a question she has never wanted to even think about but now there is no way she's going to dance her way out of this topic........

Episode 48

"You have no right to ask me anything Ron.... after all that that you have done to me"

"I know I did wrong, I know I'm the last person to want to know anything that happened in all these five years we have been apart but believe me Melanie..... anyone in my shoes would want to know"

"Oh really, just like me waiting for you to come and explain to me why you decided to run and abandon me on the day of our wedding"

"I know.... i know Melanie let me explain" she throws her plate down

"No no you listen to me Ronald, I'm not some naive little girl you can play with....I'm no longer the helpless little girl you dated five years"

"I know you still have the hots for me"

"Well you're wrong, I don't.... I feel nothing but gratefulness to you and you know why....it's because thanks to you, I met the best man in the whole wide world" this angers him

"No you see....I was right you feel nothing but gratefulness to him not me and you know why, it's because you see him like your saviour for what he did that day"

"Yes....you're right he's my saviour my everything, the love of my life and name it....we have a daughter together and that's one thing you couldn't do"

"If he's all that you claim he is, why not make him official..... as far as there is no ring in that finger, you can tell this cock and bull story to anyone else"

"What is marriage?... huh...is it not two people who love each other living together, starting a family and raising it together?..... is marriage only defined in a piece of paper?....listen carefully, Tobi is everything and you're not even half of what he is....do you know what?.... he was with me very step of the way, he held me when you smashed and destroyed me, he was there for me when I was loosing my head and running mad, he sacrificed it all he had to bring a smile to my face....including forsaking his own mother something you Ron... who claims love for me couldn't do" Mel is beyond mad and Ron is so shocked this isn't the Melanie he knew back then, talking about Tobi this passionately

"I defended you too....all this you're saying, I did them, I wasn't afraid to show you to the whole world as the woman I wanted to spend the rest of my life with"

"But did you?..... the answer is no....so back off, my husband and I are already living the life we ever wanted.... he renewed my faith in men and made me believe true love truly existed....he loved me beyond my brokenness and bruises, he mended all the wounds with his kindnesses, his assurance of a better future I'm living now......don't think getting into your car and coming here with you means anything...... its just as far as it is....if I'm here it's because people can heal, I'm healing and I owe it to my husband"

"You're getting mad for no reason, calm down and let's talk like two adults"

"I don't want to talk to you...... I don't want to see you and this should be the very last time you ever look for me....I don't even know what I'm doing here..." she grabs her bag and she's about to leave but stops

"My phone...." he has no choice but to hand it over to her

"About your offer to find the rapist, thanks for your offer but what you couldn't do five years ago, I don't want it now..... five years ago, Melanie a final year student was brutally raped after being kidnapped, her then boyfriend couldn't stand the fact that she was pregnant for a rapist, her whole world was crumbling but since her boyfriend kept up a fake appearance, she believed in life after hell" Ron starts to shade tears

"Had you told me before that fateful day that you didn't want to continue with the relationship anymore, Ron believe me I would have cried but in the end I would be OK..... I was with you but I was never fine, every night was a torture for me because I was living in hell and fear yet all you ever cared about was finding the rapist, that was the only thing that mattered to you.... you never cared if my soul was OK, if my state of mind was OK" Mel is now fighting her tears but she refuses to let them come out

"You didn't care.....you didn't Ronald....but Tobi did and he does, he single handedly defended me from all those hungry Media people, he a total stranger ran after me and looked for me all over Town till when he found me......that night I wanted nothing other than ending it all and I did, I was Ready to die in his house but do you know what he did" she can't hold it anymore and burst out, Ron gets up and wants to hold her but she doesn't want him to touch her

"My Brain wasn't functioning well, I was hearing voices, I was loosing it and where we're you huh?...... don't make me hate you Ronald.... today yes I came with you willingly and do you know why?......I did, so I can tell you to your face that you're nothing but a past to me..... a past I have forgotten, move on, start a life with your wife or who ever that woman is to you....... I don't need your help..... don't bother about that so called rapist because he's another past, you never stayed back to fulfil your promise anyway"

"I did.....believe me I did but going away was entirely something I couldn't control"

"Whatever.....five years ago, your family didn't want scandals, and I'm telling you right now, I don't want scandals in my beautiful marriage..... if by any chance in future I decide to dig into my past and try find that man....I will ask my husband's help not yours"............she finally storms out looking like she's drunk, all of a sudden she hates Ronald.... she hates him so much and feels like she has been waiting for all these five years to set her eyes on him and have this kind of talk with him so she can hate him because even after all that he did to her back then she still couldn't hate him......she staggers into the compound and her eyes becoming dark, her head rotating..... she looks back and good enough he isn't following her, the gateman looks at her like she's drunk or mad, this time he didn't protest her going out, she's even shocked and looks back and sees Ron who is not doing better himself waving to the gateman not to stop her.....she finally gets out of the compound and that's when all that she had eaten decide to pour out like she had eaten poison...... she threw up and staggers to the next building where she's sure Ron will not spot her if he decides to come out, she sits down feeling some slight headache, all this while she's holding onto her phone.....she switches it on and could see people passing starring at her and wondering what a well dressed looking rich woman is doing seated like some mad person........her phone takes time to restart the functions and she was getting impatient..... it finally opens and she checks and she's so shocked to see it's coming to 4pm......

"Oh my God!..... where am I" she wonders and stops some guy who is passing and asks which part of town this is, she's told she's in terego.....she's shocked as much as she has spent all her life in this town, she has never been to this part and only hears about it, she doesn't even know where to go from here........she scrawls her husband's number and she's about to dial when she sees Ron drive out and in a slow speed, she's sure he's looking for her especially when he stops and asks some women selling at the road side.... she hides herself properly until when he drives away and finally gives Tobi a Call............

Tobi has looked for Melanie everywhere he thought she could possibly be at and he's already thinking of the worst, he has called Mac with the news and he too has come to be with him......Tobi is sure his bastard ex friends are the ones behind this and wants to go to police station to launch a case of missing person and probably a kidnap too

"Are you sure it's really those guys" Mac has his doubts

"I have my doubt, we have no idea how they would carry out their threats, they need strategic plans to do so....i'm sure Mel is just somewhere"

"Why then can't she call me"

"Maybe her phone is off and there is no way she can charge her phone....calm down and lets think before we make a very big mistake"

"I'm very sure Mac, they were in my office threatening to tell her everything and I'm sure they did it"

"Calm down....I still have my doubts and besides it's not only those guys after Melanie"

"What do you mean"

"I mean.......how about Ronald her ex" Tobi looks like this is a very big possibility he is considering before long a call came in and he fidgets with his phone in his pocket

"It's her...." he didn't wait till long

"Babe....where are you......... whaaaat?.... what are you doing there... where exactly............ I'm on the way....don't move away from there" he fixes back his phone and takes off

"What did she say....where is she"

"Mel is in terego...." all he could say

"Wai......wait for me" Mac takes after him and they get driving to terego at a breakneck speed.....

To be continued

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