HOUSE OF THORNS : EPISODE 51 – THE END
EPISODE 54
Vivian had left him to be with Jeremy, and the last he knew of her was that she was married and living with him. Who was this other man? And what happened to Vivian?
Valerie stood with her hand over mouth, trying to suppress the screen that was building up in her heart, as she heard them talk about Vivian more like a non living thing.
“I’m sorry Mr. Pascal, but I don’t think there’s much we can do at the moment.
Her condition has retrogressed so shockingly, and that’s largely because, in her subconsciousness, she’s unwilling to find a reason to regain consciousness. She’s afraid of something so deep.
So even though we’ve been doing our best, even though her vital organs escaped the blow from that knlfe, she’s clearly unwilling to live.
And as it stands now, her body is turning cold because, the lasts breaths are forcing their way to escape her lungs” the doctor explained.
HOUSE OF THORNS : EPISODE 51 – THE END
Valerie was worried that Vivian was in a critical condition, but a greater worry that was rocking her soul was the way Leonard appeared all distraught.
She could almost feel him waiting to see her wake up, hug him, and ask for him to forgive her.
Her mum was still crying and complaining about having to care for Daisy all alone. “Leonard, can you see what Vivian has done to me? Can you see how for the sake of stubbornness, she had put herself in harm’s way?” she began.
“Calm down mummy, she’s going to be okay” Valerie tried to console the old woman. “She’s not! She doesn’t want because she knows how much she had messed up. She regrets letting the roguê into her matrimonial home” Mrs Bradford grunted.
Leonard was feeling so concerned about Vivian’s predicament because he knew the poor Mrs Bradford, who was so nice to him, back then, had.just her. But he wasn’t happy about the way she was sounding.
He knew she was in pains, and that people grieved differently, but if what he was calculating was correct, then, Mrs Bradford shouldn’t be speaking about Vivian’s shortcomings in Pascal’s presence.
“Mummy, you need to stop. Please understand that as humans, we have different shortcomings and strengths.
Your daughter may have made some mistakes, but fate had allowed those things to enable us get to our destined places. Please do not speak of things that shouldn’t be talked about now” Leonard admonished.
Pascal was no f??l, he knew what Leonard was driving at. He was trying to protect Vivian’s interest, even after all he heard she had done to him.
A look at Leonard and some minutes of listening to him speak, Pascal could really tell why Vivian’s mother was angry that she abandoned such a treasure for someone as repugna.nt as Jeremy.
“You don’t have to worry about me, Mr Leonard. I have known Vivian for sometime now, and the very worst of her, I mean the things that people should be worried about people knowing about them, were the reasons we became close.
Yes, she shared the stories and the details behind the g?ry events. I know the stories, but I love her still” Pascal informed them, shocking everyone in the room.
“But you see Mr Leonard, the major problem she’s been having is how to forgive herself for losing everything she had on a platter of gold, and ending up with nothing. And that’s to a large extent my fault.
I was still searching my heart, still trying to know what exactly I felt for her before I told her, so you see, she doesn’t know that I love her with my whole being” he announced miserably.
“But also Mr Leonard, she’s dying of gu!lt. She’s been so sad about the things she did to you, and how she had let you go through so much.
I talked to her about asking for your forgiveness, but she’d been pretty sure you’d never forgive her” Pascal said, looking as beaten as a cat whose owner had just passed on.
“Oh no Vivian. You got it all wrong. I was sad at the initial time things went from bad to worse between us.
I was lost when you eventually left me to be with the roguê, but it was just for a short while, for I came to the understanding that God allowed things go that way for me to meet this wonderful creature here” Leonard said, holding Valerie to himself.
“And though I didn’t really get to telling you this, I’ve been grateful things turned the way it did, so I let the bitterness and grudges I had against you get washed away by the joy I found in my wife to be.
So Vivian, you should let your regrets and pains from your wrong steps get eroded by the obvious love and care Pascal here has for you. . Fate allowed things go the way they did for us to arrive at our better end.
Please don’t just lie there, don’t make those who love you have to always feel pains. Please be back Vivian” he told her, speaking as if she was listening to him.
“Thank you Mr. Leonard. Thank you for having such a big heart. You have done too much already by sparing a moment to ask what’s up with her.
And now that you have forgiven her, now that you have told her how you have let her go in your heart, I’m sure her spirit will be at peace with her soul right now” Pascal said in appreciation.
“I’m going to stay with her here, and when she wakes up, I’ll let her know you were here.
I’ll tell her how you’ve nobly let go” Pascal said in absolute optimism that she’ll wake up.
HOUSE OF THORNS : EPISODE 51 – THE END
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