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Chapter 3 - Roxannie fights Claire after David tells her about Claire's plan of leaving the country.

Season 1:Episode 3

Previously.......

Claire:I hope you have been a good girl to your grandma.

Roxannie:It seems someone has forgotten her grandma Roxy?

Cedric:Just leave or you will lose the project.

Claire:Just do something to shift the appointment.

Katharine:You look fabulous.You don't look the same.

Claire:I promise to cherish you and forever be faithful to you.

David:I declare that i will love you until death does us apart.

Priest:I pronounce you husband and wife.

David:It's already late and you are not packing things for our honeymoon tomorrow.

Claire:I have a spa project that i have to attend to in Sinapore tomorrow.

David:This is not fair at all you know?You mean two years?

Claire:Honey!Honey!

.......................

(Davao)

Katharine:(gets in the house exhausted,sits on a wooden chair and removes her hair band then exhales strongly)What an exhausting day it was.

Marissa:(switches off the tv)Dear, i prepared your

favourite.Will you have some?

Katharine:(hugs Marissa)Oh,You are the best.But

am so full.

Marissa:You are always behaving like a child.

Katharine:Whaaat.Can't i hug my mom?(removes

her earrings)By the way,i will take you

out to one of the five star hotels since am

on leave.

Marissa:(makes faces)See,you already got rich

now just because of a wedding

co-ordination.

Katharine:You know i don't like those kind of jokes

mom.

(Katharine's phone rings)

Katharine:(removes her phone from her purse)It's

Claire calling.(answers)Ma'am?

Claire:(voice on the phone)Kathy,can we meet

tomorrow at Manilla airport please?

Katharine:Aaam,okay.

Claire:Thanks.(hangs up the call)

Katharine:(grunts)Mom,am sorry we won't make it

tomorrow.

Marissa:Why is that?

Katharine:Claire needs me at the airport tomorrow.

Marissa:It's okay.You never know,they might offer

you a trip with them.

Katharine:There you go again thinking that i will

leave you.

(Divine Beach Resort)

David:(standing beside the beach flash backing)

Claire:(shouting pointing a knife to David)

Give me back my baby!

David:(tensed)Calm down okay?Your baby

is sleeping.

Claire:(crying furiously)You killed my baby!

You are a monster!

Roxannie:(knocks down Claire with a frying

pan on the head hardly)

David:(breathing strongly out of terror)Mom!

What have you done!

Roxannie:What?!She was about to kill you! I

had to stop her!

David:(pointing at Claire)This is not the way

mom.She is human!

Roxannie:Inhumane.She is going insane and

acussing you for what you never

did.

David:She is behaving the way you would

if you had a miscarriage of me too.

Understand her.She is a woman too.

Roxannie:(leaves angrily)

Claire:(sobs while lying on the floor)You killed

my baby you monster.You killed my

baby!

David:(pitiful)Shhh,am sorry.Okay?

David:(staring at the beach waters)

Roxannie:David,hey.(waving her hand infront of

David's eyes)David.

David:Oh,mom,what are you doing here?

Roxannie:I should be asking you that question

instead.You are supposed to be with your

wife together on your wedding night.Is

there something wrong?

(Strong waves from the waters are heard)

David:(softly)She is leaving.

Roxannie:(curiously)Who,Claire?

David:Mom,she is going to take Carmen away for

two years.

Roxannie:(shocked)Wait,what?Why?

David:She is going for a business project in

Singapore for two years mom.

Roxannie:(slides her hair backwards)And you

allowed her to do so?I warned you a long

time ago about that woman .She is still

out of her senses David.(drops her

sandals and wears them furiously)She is

taking Carmen away from us.She is a

scoundrel.You have no idea of what she

might do Carmen out there and so am

not going to allow that to happen.(goes

towards the accomodation rooms)

(Wind blows violently)

David:(shouts)No,mom,wait up,please.(runs after

Roxannie)

Roxannie:(hurring up into the lift)

Brylle:(appears out of nowhere and stops David)

Hey,bro, you look tensed.Whatsup.

David:(hurriedly)I'll explain later.(runs)

Brylle:(also follows)

(Lift dings)

Roxannie:(gets in the lift and locks it to floor

number 8)

David:(aproaches the lift as it counts floor number

6 upwards)

Brylle:Whatsup bro,tell me.

David:(inhaling and exhaling strongly)Not now

Brylle,please.We will have to use the

emergency exit to the staircase.(rushes to

the emergency exit)

Brylle:(continues to follow)

[8th floor(lift dings and opens)]

Roxannie:(comes out and rushes to Claire's room)

Open this door.(banging on the door

loudly)

[Inside the room(11:48 pm)]

Claire:(wakes up and puts on her sandals)

Roxannie:(continues to bang on the door loudly)

Open this door Claire!

Claire:(walks towards the door closing the robs of

her night dress)Wait up!Am coming.

Roxannie:(exclaims)Will you...

(Door opens)

Claire:Mom?What are.....

Roxannie:(slaps Claire hardly on the left cheek)

[Staircase(6th floor)]

David:(exhales and inhales strongly)This is so

tiring.

Brylle:(grunts)I don't understand why i have to run

all this without a reason.

(Thet exit the staircase on the eighth floor)

Claire:(chocking Roxannie against the wall)I am

not going to accept anymore the way you

treat me.Okay?

Roxannie:(knocks Claire's stomach with her knee)

You have the guts.Ha?

Claire:(goans)Why do you always have to be

violent with me.

Roxannie:(exclaims)I will never allow you to take

Carmen away from us!

Claire:(confused)What are you even talking about?

Roxannie:You are such a ruthless pretender.You

think i don't know you are taking my

granddaughter away from me?Aren't you

going to Singapore?

Claire:(chuckles)David told you all that?You must

be joking.

Roxannie:(pulls Claire's hair)Do i look like a joke to

you?(knocks Claire against the wall)

Claire:Ouch!(blows air out painfully through the

mouth)

David:(rushes into the room)Mom!(pushes

Roxannie away from Claire)Why did you do

that!

Brylle:(holds on Roxannie)

Roxannie:(softly)That's why you are pushing me

away like that?

Carmen:(holding on Claire's arm)Mommy?Are you

fighting with grandma?

Claire:(croaches)Of course not darling.We were

just having an adult dicussion.You see,even

uncle Brylle is here.

Carmen:(yawns)And why is your nose bleeding?

Claire:Oh this?It's not blood.Mommy was just

playing with the tomato sauce when it spill in

my nose.(licks the blood)See,so sweet.

Carmen:(feeling sleepy)Can i lick it too?

Claire:Aaam,i will give you some tomorrow.Okay?

Carmen:Okay.

Claire:Come.(directing Carmen to her room)It's

time to sleep.

Roxannie:(sighs and leaves furiously)

Brylle:(pats on David's shoulder)Are you good bro?

David:Am okay.You can leave.Thank you.

Brylle:(leaves)

David:(exhales and closes the door)

END OF EPISODE 3:NEXT ON EPISODE 4

David:Why do you have to leave this early.

Claire:My plane takes off at eight past five minutes.

Voice on booth:Passengers boarding flight number

MA129S kindly proceed to your respective arrangements.

Claire:I have to leave now.Kathy,please take care of them.

Roxannie:That shameless woman left behind her family just because of a stupid business project.

Jeska:And David accepted it?So pathetic.

Sarah:You two gossipers.Don't you have work to do?

Roxannie:Excuse me?Did you just call us gossipers?

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