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Chapter 19

-I needed to talk to you in private, started Violet.

-Oh, trust me, we both understood that, answered Mel still being a rude, what I want to know is why?

Mel was pissed that Violet had made Jim left. She will tell him everything as soon as he'll come back anyway so there was no need to ask him to leave.

-If you have something to tell me about the baby you'll have to wait till Jim comes back cause there is no way-

-No, it's not about your baby, don't worry, the nurse cut Mel, it's about you and even though I'm hundred percent sure you'll tell your husband everything right when he'll be back, I had to make him go out, it's the protocol.

-The protocol? For what?, insisted Mel.

-Let's start by the beginning, when you were admitted here, your husband filled the hospitals papers and we noticed that you've had a lot of injuries lately, some very serious ones and you've been at the hospital pretty often.

-Yeah... so? slowly said Mel who was starting to see where this was going and really wasn't happy about it.

-So we asked for your patient's history at Mercy Hospital and after seeing it Dr Lumley asked me to come here and... I'm sorry, I really don't enjoy this but I'm supposed to ask you if you're having troubles in your relationship with your husband, Violet finished awkwardly.

-What? Are you asking me if my husband is responsible for the injuries I've had? You think Jim is abusing me?

Mel wasn't far from yelling at her! She was getting very mad. It was what she had feared after Violet asked Jim to get out, but how could they even think this?

-It's what Dr Lumley suspects, yes, and that's why he wanted me to ask you, the nurse said.

-But?, Mel asked more softly.

She was still pissed but something sounded strange with Violet.

-But?, Violet repeated non-understanding where Mel was going.

-It's just... Well I've never been in this situation before but you don't really act like you're trying to obtain my confession, tried to explain Mel, you brought the subject directly without trying to talk random things first to gain my trust or... I don't know isn't it how you'd be supposed to act if you wanted me to confide in you?

The nurse sight and sat on the stool on Mel's right bed's side. Melinda who was still sat on the bad moved a bit to face her.

-It's because I don't believe it. I don't feel like I need your confession because I think there is no confession to obtain, explains Violet.

Mel shook her head slightly, so Violet tried to make herself clear.

-Whoever spends more than five minutes with you two would see that it is impossible to even think that Jim abuses you. I mean I know things can seem that way when they, in fact, are going very bad and I have an other reason but I also have a very good instinct for these kind of things and I've never been wrong so far. I've seen how he acts around you how madly worried he was when you passed out, the way he looked and looks at you. But most important I've seen how you look at him, or how strong what you feel for him is, like how you reacted when I told him he should go I've seen disappointment and sadness on your face at this moment. On an abused woman i would have seen relief at this moment and, even if it's not obvious 'cause beaten woman are really good at faking feelings; I would have seen fear the rest of the time, not all this love and pride you have in your eyes.

Mel stood silent a while. She had a happy and shy smile on her face. She knew the love between Jim and her was powerful but not that it was that obvious for other people, especially for people who only knew them for a few hours.

-Well... I totally agree with you but then... why did you even ask? Why did you made Jim leave?, finally said Mel as she was back on earth.

-Because of Martin, Dr Lumley, I mean, he was very clear on the fact that I should take this seriously and I suspect him to be around the corner to check if I really made your husband go and if I'm talking to you seriously, so I had to play it a little, said Violet smiling and leaning slightly her head on her shoulder in a kind of apologizing way.

-There is something I don't understand, these things that happened to me, isn't it written on the chart how it happened? I mean my first time I was in a coma I made it by falling in the woods and hurting my head on a rock, Jim wasn't even with me he was working that night he left in the middle of his shift to go to the hospital. The time I... died it was in particular conditions too but there were hundreds of people there that can say how it happened even Grandview's mayor, or this other time when I got lost in the tunnels (-it has been the 'official' explanation-) two of my best friends including a college professor can tell you that Jim was the one saving me! I'm pretty sure these kind of things are written in the 'how it happened' part of the chart. So how could Dr Lumley think that Jim was responsible for this?, said Mel, realizing while telling Violet all this that effectively some serious things had happened to her.

-Well the thing is that when he learned that Jim is a paramedic he started saying that since he must know everyone at the hospital it was possible the chart had been doctored.

-You mean that his colleagues and friends which makes like the whole ER and even more people would have protected him by falsifying the chart?, said Mel without believing what she was actually saying. Is it how things works here? The doctors protect the bad guys instead of the victims? I'm sorry but it seems a bit too big to me.

-To me too, trust me. That's why I laughed at him when he said all this. Which didn't arrange things by the way, said Violet laughing.

-Yeah..., Mel smiled gently at her, I'm sorry that I was so hard before, she added.

-Oh, don't! Really I can't imagine how it feels to have your husband accused of abusing you especially when he is like yours.

Mel smiled again, yeah it was weird to hear this when you had the most caring and loving husband on hearth.

After a moment Violet got up.

-Ok I'm going to leave you alone now, I meant what I said about the food by the way, she added with a joking smile.

-Ok, thanks for everything, replied Mel. Oh wait! Can I ask you something?

-Yes, I will tell your husband he can come back when I'll see him, said Violet without even letting Mel ask the question.

-Yeah that would be great too, but it's something else, said Mel laughing.

-Oh, I'm sorry. What else can I do?, the nurse asked a bit embarrassed.

-I think you said earlier that you had an other reason for not believing it was Jim responsible for what happened to me, -Violet nodded- what is this reason?, Mel asked.

-Well I saw on the papers that you were from Grandview so when Martin, we're used to call every doctor by their first name in case you wonder, Violet added seeing a shy smile on Mel's face when she had called the doctor by his first name, so when he started saying these things about your husband I called a friend of mine who lives there. And she told me what happened during this dedication and what happened on these tunnels, it made big waves apparently.

-Yeah it did. More than I would have liked actually, added Mel.

-You mean the plaque you got for saving these kids?

-Oh, you know about this too?, said Mel embarrassed.

-Yeah, of course I do! My friend was so excited about this. She admires you, you know and I do too after knowing what you did.

-Thanks, shyly answered Mel who was starting to blush.

-Ok, I'm not going to bother you any longer, Violet said making her way to the door, I'll send your husband back as fast as I can, she finished.

-Thank you a lot Violet, said Mel seriously. You're doing a very good job.

Mel was grateful of how she had handle things and she knew it was important to tell her.

After about fifteen minutes, Mel had ate all she could of her meal, which wasn't much, since she wasn't more hungry than before plus it was hospital food, which could never be compared to Jim's food. Just as she thought about him, Jim opened the door.

-Hey sweetie, so... where were you?, Mel asked while welcoming him on the bed.

-Hey Honey, softly said Jim hugging Mel and sitting on the bed facing Mel, I was just in the corridor waiting for Violet to tell you what she needed too.

Mel smile, yes they had understood the same thing.

-Why didn't you came back sooner then?, asked Mel surprised.

-'Cause Violet explained to me what you talked about, Jim explained.

-Oh, ok. How do you feel about this?, Mel carefully asked.

-Well, I was a bit upset at first but I get why they were suspicious, and it's their job to find answers, said Jim with an understanding tone.

-You're amazing, said Mel smiling at him.

-Why?, asked Jim surprised.

-You've just been wrongly accused of abusing me and you're not even slightly resentful, Mel said admiringly.

-Well I guess it's one of your qualities getting through me since it's what you do almost on daily bases, said Jim.

-What do you mean?, asked Mel raising her eyebrows.

-Almost everyday you're accused of lying to people, you're said nuts at least once by every people related to a ghost you're helping and yet, you go back to them, helping the family, like nothing happened. You're the amazing one, Mel.

-Ok, stop you're going to make me cry, said Mel leaning over to kiss Jim sweetly.

Outside of the room, watching them, Violet was talking with Dr Lumley.

-See? I'm telling you there's no way he's abusing her! There is explanations for all that happened to her and she told me there was a lot of witnesses that could testify it wasn't her husband abusing her but fate or courage that hurt her. Even the mayor of their town apparently. And her husband even saved her some time from difficult situations. I can give you a friend's number who lives in Grandview, and is no way related to the health care, that can explain to you most of those things written on Miss Gordon's chart.

-Ok, ok, ok! I get it, Violet. I believe you I'm not going to push the investigations further, you convinced me.

-Finally!, said the nurse sighing.

And the two looked in the room to see Mel giving Jim bits of her food. They were obviously having fun, laughing and kissing each other. This sight made both Violet and Martin to smile sweetly.