Depressed, yes but suicidal
(In the bedroom, Rere collects drip with an IV stand close to her bed. She sleeps soundly as a male doctor checks her pulse. Alex stands close to the bed)
Alex: how is she?
Doctor: she is going to be fine
Alex: she does not looks fine to me
Doctor: it is fatigue, give her time and her colour will come back (he packs his stuffs up then he stretches a medicine bottle to Alex) you should give this to her
Alex: thanks you doctor
Doctor: she need to stay in bed for at least a week
Alex: God help me with that
Doctor: she can only regain her strength if she rest. You need to let her know that this is for her own good
Alex: I will try my best doctor, thank you. I will walk you out (he walks the doctor to the sitting where Roti is pacing) thanks once again
Doctor: you are welcome (the doctor leaves. Roti walks towards Alex)
Roti: how is she?
Alex: the doctor said she is going to be fine that she just needs bed rest
Roti: good luck with that
Alex: I told the doctor that too
Roti: anyway it is good that she is going to be fine. I need to go (he starts to leave)
Alex: what happened today at work?
Roti: what do you mean what happened today?
Alex: no matter how tiring the job is, have never seen Rere like this before
Roti: like what? Emotional, depressed, suicidal
Alex: depressed, yes but suicidal, no Rere will never be that person, no matter how tiring her job is. I know her, she is not that person
Roti: do you?
Alex: what?
Roti: (moves closer to Alex) can you really look into my eyes and tell me that you know who your wife is (Alex gives no response) that was what I thought, you should have tried to look past the mask on your wife’s face before you accepted her proposal. Good night Alex (Roti leaves)
EXT.BAR BEACH, LAGOS- NIGHT
Nate brings out a gun and points it to her father. Fear grips Rere as she holds her mouth. They are still talking even with the gun and then suddenly, Rere hears a gunshot and her father goes down.
BACK TO PRESENT(Rere wakes up instantly and see Alex holding her hand with his head on the bed asleep. She caress his face and removes his hand from hers and goes to the bathroom. She picks up a scissors and start to cut the hair fixing on her head)
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Who will agree with me when I say that even if Alex does not know his wife's past that their marriage will work as long as Rere's mind is in the right place, as long as she is not fixated on getting her revenge
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