HEALER EPISODE 1 βTo love and to hold.β The priest said. βTo love and to hold.β The bride repeated, smiling at her groom as if he was an angel sent from heaven and she had just seen him for the first time. The groom kept smiling back at her and they kept …
EPISODE 2 She looked startled at Connor as she tried to stand up. Her still looked down at her and he looked like one of those pictures in children bible stories she used to read as a child about Goliath. He was the Goliath she saw now. If she were a scientist she would …
EPISODE 3 Kendra stared shocked at the man who had just come out of the car. Was the beating she received from her husband still having effect on her or did she just hit the car of the same guy from the wedding. She couldnβt even remember his name but as if yesterday, before …
EPISODE 4 She smiled at her friend who had come to visit her two days later. Kendra didnβt know why she felt so glad having her friend with her than actually having her husband with her. And Aliyah looked better in just four days. Marriage was really doing her well. She smiled up at …
EPISODE 5 Alex turned to Aliyah. She was smiling at the both of them as they left through the exit. With the way the young lady smiled he was certain she didnβt understand what was going on in her friendβs life at all. βSo, thatβs her husband?β He asked and …
EPISODE 6 Kendra opened her eyes and blinked turning her face away from the light above her. Was she in heaven already? The light was so bright the nearly blinded her. She winced. The pain was still there. Didnβt they teach her in church then that when one was in heaven there was no …
EPISODE 7 Alex came back six hours later probably after the surgery that nurse had announced. She was still shocked that he was even a doctor. He didnβt even look like one and she was still ashamed of the lame lie she told him few hours ago. She knew now that if he hadnβt …
EPISODE 8 βWhy didnβt you tell me all about it, Kendra?β Aliyah said to her, four days later at the hospital. Kendra lowered her gaze. βLook at you. You look like s–t!β Iβm sorry, Aliyah. I know I should have told you but I just couldnβt.β βKendra, I am your …
EPISODE 9 Kendra was beginning to smile again. Alex had counted how many times she had smiled before him and hr had made a calculation of twenty in just three weeks. That was a good start for someone who hardly smiled at all. And her beauty was returning to normal again. The beast was …
EPISODE 10 Ben went to sit on the sofa, pulling his wife with him. She complied. Connor looked at them, then looked around as if he was looking for someone. Search for her all you want, fool. Aliyah said within her. Ben smiled up at him and he smiled back. βConnor, how …
EPISODE 11 Kendra stared at Connor like she hasnβt seen him before. Actually she hasnβt seen him in three weeks almost a month when she would have been dead. Aliyah had visited her and told her everything that had happened when Connor came looking for her at Aliyahβs. She had known it would come …
EPISODE 12 She stepped into her bedroom and looked behind her to see if Alex had followed her. Bit to her dismay he didnβt. She wanted him to follow her. The crazy act in the kitchen earlier was something she had never experienced with anyone else before not even Connor. Connor. She remembered …
EPISODE 13 Alex stared at him like an animal watching his prey. Connor stood there and said nothing. Alex studied this man. Looking at him no one would believe that he was such a person. So calm. βIβm sure you know who I am.β Connor said and Alex smiled. βOf …
EPISODE 14 Kendra hadnβt seen Alex in a week and she was beginning to miss him badly. He called from time to time but she knew all she wanted was just to see him. To hear him tease her as he used to. His mother had hinted about him being extremely busy and Kendra …
Episode 15 She stirred and stretched with her eyes opening after several blinks. She saw him looking down at her resting his head on his palm which was being supported by his elbow. He was smiling down at her. Last night had been awesome to her. She smiled back. Kendra felt wonderful because even …
EPISODE 16 Alex and Kendra were getting inseparable. They spent time together most times and she almost forgot that she was still married to Connor. And her husband was still persistent in coming and sending her flowers early in the morning, with romantic notes on them. He sent her messages of how he loves …
Episode 17 βAre you sure you want to do this?β Her mother asked two days later when she went to visit. Her father, being a very hard to read man had placed himself at one end if the living room, reading a newspaper as if it was none of his business. He had …
EPISODE 18 She stood at the window with her arms folded against her chest staring out the window. She misses Alex like crazy. He had never raised his hands on her like this. And she was the one was refusing his calls. But she still missed him. Last night was like a nightmare to …
Episode 19 βHoly s–t!β Aliyah cursed from the other end of the phone. βWait a secondβ¦.you slept with Alex? Kendra!β βIt just happened,Aliyah. Will you blame me? I was sexually starved and he happened to be there and all the time weβve been dying for each other and we just couldnβt find the …
Episode 20 She was able to pull herself together after three more hours of crying. She hadnβt seen Connor since then and he hadnβt even stepped into the room ever since he left. She sniffed and took the last of the tissue to dry her already swollen eyes. She stood up in shaky legs …
