Abigail - S01 E72

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Abigail - S01 E72

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 72

Emma simply laughed and shrugged it off even though she was very curious to hear the full details of what Robert has been telling his friend about her.

“Anyway, it’s nice to meet the both of you and I don’t mean to sound rude but why have you come to visit me?” She asked.

“Since Robert told you about me, I’m sure they weren’t the good stuffs.” Tessa mumbled.

“Not really.”

“Not really? I know you don’t want to hurt my feelings but a plain yes would have do. I don’t mind.”

“Listen,” Emma hesitated. “Robert told me about how he spent his childhood with his amazing sister. He shared a very beautiful memory with you while growing up but things got messy and the boat got rocky when the both of you parents died.” She sighed. “I answered your question with ‘not really’ because even with everything that happened between the both of you, Robert still remember the good times spent with you.”

Tessa swallowed the lump that formed in her throat and hanged her head low, tears rolling down her face.

“I was a bad sister,” She whispered, fiddling with her fingers. “God. I feel so ashamed of myself right now.”

“Can I say something?” Emma asked.

“Yes, please.” Tessa lifted her gaze to look at Emma as she awaited to hear what she has to say.

“Anyone in Robert’s shoes would react exactly how he is. You hurt him pretty badly. When he was opening himself to me, I saw the bitterness and sadness in his eyes and frankly, I wanted to look for that sister of his who hurt him and beat her until she becomes unrecognizable. I wanted to hurt her just as much as she hurt my Robert. I wanted to make her pay dearly for what she did to him. But seeing her right now, I don’t know what to do because she is just as hurt as he is.”

Tessa cried silently, holding her breath because she didn’t want to make a sound.

“I know for a fact that Robert still loves you, Tessa.” Emma mumbled and that was the trigger that made Tessa release her breath and started crying loudly.

Richard instantly wrapped his arms around her and began to console her, stroking her back gently.

“Nobody has ever told me confidently that my brother still loves me,” She said in a broken voice. “I don’t know how to react but I know that I feel super excited hearing it.”

“You know,” Richard paused. “We actually came here to plead with you to help us talk to Robert. I tried talking to him but he wouldn’t listen to me.”

Emma shook her head. “He wouldn’t listen to me too.”

“No, he will.”

“Why are you so sure?”

“Because I know how much you mean to him. The way he talks about you, I’ve never seen him talk about anyone else like that. This might sound crazy but I think Robert has feelings for you but doesn’t realize it yet.”

Emma didn’t know what to say. However, her heart skipped a beat as soon as Richard said that to her.

Robert has feelings for her?

“I… I don’t think so.” She whispered.

“Talk to him and see if he wouldn’t listen to you.”

“What if he hates me, huh? I don’t want to get involved in his personal business.” She stated.

Tessa quickly fell on her knees.

“Wha…what are you doing?” Emma asked in a quiet voice, least expecting to see Tessa kneeling before her.

“Please help me, Emma. I have never met you before and neither have you. But with this few minutes I’ve spent with you, I can tell that you are a good person and you want to see Robert happy. Please help me be a sister to my brother again.

I beg of you. I promise to do anything you want if you do this for me.” She begged.

Emma shockingly stared at the girl, not know what to say.

As if that wasn’t enough, Richard also knelt down alongside his fiancee.

“What are the both of you doing? Please stand up.” She told them but they didn’t. “Fine. I will help you so please stand up.”

“You will?” Tessa excitedly asked and Emma nodded her head as a yes. “Oh my gosh. Thank you, Emma. Thank you so much. I owe you.”

“I am not promising you anything but I will try and see if Robert will actually listen to me.” She said the last sentence, staring at Richard.

Richard gave out a small smile.

“Thank you,” He mumbled.

“You are welcome.” She mumbled back, smiling.

••••

Richard and Tessa were now leaving after spending sometime with Emma.

She saw them off to their car parked in front of the gate.

“You are a good woman, Emma. And I must say, Robert’s description of you is 100percent correct.” Tessa stated.

“Thank you.”

“There is no assurance that Robert will forgive me but can I still be your friend, regardless?” She asked.

Emma nodded her head. “Of course.”

Tessa hugged her and entered the car while Richard who was about to round the car and enter the driver’s seat faced Emma and said,

“Do you realized that you referred Robert as yours.”

“What?”

“You said, ‘I wanted to hurt her just as much as she hurt my Robert.’” He recited.

“I heard it too.” Tessa said from the car window, smiling sheepishly.

“I said that?” Emma blushed, avoiding their gazes.

“I guess the feelings is mutual between the both of you.” Richard grinned. “See you around, Emma.”

He rounded the car, got inside and drove off.

Emma cupped her face, staring after the car until they got out of sight.

“What is wrong with me?” She rushed back into the house, still as red as a tomato.

••••

Sandra was pacing back and forth in the living room, biting her fingernails and mumbling incoherent words.

Margaret, David’s nanny noticed the uneasiness of her boss and decided to approach her.

“Are you okay, ma’am?”

Sandra was a little bit startled on hearing Margaret’s sudden voice.

“Huh?”

“You’ve been pacing back and forth since you you got back from work. Are you okay?”

“Yeah. I am. Sure. Why do you ask?”

“As I’ve said, you’ve been pacing back and forth.” The woman repeated.

“Well, you don’t need to worry about me. I’m completely fine.” She paused. “Although I have a question for you. If you don’t mind.”

“Of course I don’t. Please ask your question.” Margaret stated.

Sandra hesitated. “If someone uses your secret to threaten you, what will you do?”

“Hmm. It depends on the secret, ma’am.”

“How do you mean?”

“If the person have my nudes on their phone and threatens me with it, I am going to report the case to the cop.”

“Oh. What if it isn’t nude and if the case gets to the cop, you will be in trouble?”

“Listen, child, no secret last forever. Someday, the secret you’ve been concealing will be out there in the open for the whole world to see. And if this person keep threatening you with it, they might start using you to do their dirty work and guess what? your sins will only keep increasing and then you will be trapped with no way out. Whatever the secret may be, Sandra. Open up and free your heart of the fear because that is the only way you can win against the blackmailer.”

Sandra thought over Margaret’s words for a few seconds and pulled her phone out of her pocket.

“What are you doing?”

“Exactly what you just said, Margaret. I’m trying to win against the blackmailer. This might be a wrong move but I’m not only doing this for me but for my son as well. If anything happens to me, please protect my son.”

“Wait, ma’am. What are you doing?” Margaret asked again.

“I want to free my heart of the fear and guilt that I have been feeling since that night.”

She sent a text to Abby.

SANDRA: I HAVE A CONFESSION TO MAKE. LET’S MEET IN THE COFFEE SHOP BESIDE THE HOSPITAL TOMORROW.