Murder She Wrote

66

Melissa started to come to as Joe shook her. She was now lying on the hotel suite bed with only her and Joe in the locked room.
Melissa wakes up and see Joe, "What happened? Why are you here?"
Joe, "You passed out."
Melissa, "What did you do to me?"
Joe, "I didn't do anything."
Melissa, "You told me you had cancer and that's all I remember. And that's a new low even for you asshole. Why would you lie like that? Just admit it. You're a coward who didn't want to tell his fiance he no longer wanted to be married. So you ran away and came back with this sissy excuse, "Oh I got cancer". Really Joe?!"
Joe, "I'm not joking."
Melissa gets up, "Move. I'm done." Melissa gets into the truck with the rest and leaves.

Two hours after getting settled in at home and playing with the kids Melissa heads to the kitchen to clean and prep for the next day. Joe comes walking in with Sione.
Yasmine, "Where have you been?"
Sione, "Been talking with Joe."
Melissa, "Ask him his excuse for not showing up."
Yasmine, "What is it?"
Joe, "I was telling your ass the truth."
Yasmine, "Truth about what?"
Joe, "Melissa for real. That's my personal business. I'm trying to come to you and finally tell you and you're here trying to make a public spectacle of it?!"
Melissa, "I'm not!"
Joe, "You are! Telling Yas and oh let him tell you his excuse like I'm joking when I'm not joking."
Sione, "Yas, let's leave the to talk."
Yasmine, "Now I'm really concerned. What's going on? Joe are you okay?"
Joe nods, "I'm fine."
Melissa, "Please tell me it's not true."
Joe pulls out a medical enveloped stamped from a cancer treatment center, "Its all true."
Melissa reads the papers in denial, "This can't be right. You need a second opinion."
Joe, "I did. I got a second, third, fourth, hell even fifth."
Melissa, "Why wouldn't you say something?"
Joe, "How do I say it? I'm this young and this shit happens to me. Why get your hopes up for a life you may can't possibly have with me?"
Melissa, "I get it but why abandon me, us. Tomorrow is our day. If I chose not to marry you because you got sick that means I never loved you anyway. I still love and I still want tomorrow to happen."
Joe, "Melissa, I truly left nearly ten days ago because I was dying. As soon as I got to the center my heart had fainted and I flatlined repeatedly. How am I supposed to explain this to my kids if---"
Melissa, "No, no ifs. You won't die. I will not allow it without trying everything first. So, what about the day before you left? You're sick but you're doing coke?"
Joe, "No. I took too much of the meds and it made me high but it did piss me off that you rejected me."
Melissa, "You were abusive Joseph."
Joe, "That's a strong term and accusation."
Melissa, "Its true."
Joe, "I ruffled you up but abused you, naw."
Melissa, "Explain my abuses."
Joe, "Probably came from us having sex."
Melissa shakes her head no.
Melissa, "I maybe crazy but I'm not going anywhere. And I'm here to take of you. I love you, no matter if it have to be to a default sometimes because things you may do or say. Let's just go to bed and we'll figure out where do we go from here."
Melissa and Joe did just that. After laying down talking about sweet nothings.
Melissa, "Joe?"
Joe, "Tomorrow will take care of itself."

Joe kisses Melissa forehead then lips, "But let's talk about this blonde hair."
They both laughed and went off to sleep.