Doctor Annastacia's Love Scandal
Let Him Restart

After struggling for more than an hour with heavy traffic in Los Angeles, a Land Rover driven by Brad Lennin arrived at the LAPD office parking lot. The Texan didn't get out of the car. He said he would just wait for Max and Anna in the car. At the LAPD office, Anna and Max meet the prison warden and ask for the opportunity to visit John Baldere, who has just entered prison for safekeeping after the JC shooting. Having to enter only one person per visit, Anna went alone into the prison visit room to meet with John.

She sat waiting in a room with a clear glass screen with a telephone-like device to communicate with visiting prisoners. In her heart, Anna prepared herself to meet John. It felt like her heart hurt so much because she had to meet the man who had shot JC.

Finally, after waiting about 10 minutes, John came out the door on the other side of the room. He smiled seeing Anna who was visiting him.

"Anna, I'm glad you came to see me. Don't worry, the Baldere family attorney is on his way to LA to release me on bail. Is the artist dead?" said John who sat opposite Anna and used the phone to talk.

Anna's face immediately clouded when she heard John's question, she immediately spat at the man in a loud tone, "You are too much, John! If Jason dies then you will spend your life in LAPD prison. I have done brain surgery earlier and Jason survived. He just hasn't woken up yet."

"Tsk... you're too kind, Anna. That artist has ruined your reputation at Dennery by playing immoral videos of him and you. You should have just let him die and you can go home to Grenada with me," John replied with an annoyed snort, he didn't feel guilty about his act of shooting JC.

Annastacia massaged her sore temple and it made her dizzy. "Stop your bad talk about Jason. I'll wait until he wakes up," she insisted.

"Listen to me, Anna. I am a surgeon even in the field of tumors and cancer. The side effects of brain surgery are terrible. Hopefully, he has amnesia, so you can continue our marriage. Let him restart his love life with another woman, Anna," said John is logical.

"That's terrible, John. I can't bear to see him forget me, there must be a tormenting emptiness inside him too. He loves me so much!" Anna broke into tears when she said that.

It felt like John wanted to take Anna in his arms and stop her crying. However, they are separated by a glass partition. "Anna... Anna... sshhh... don't cry. Out of the other side effects after brain surgery, that's the only option, Anna. Would you rather have Jason been paralyzed or in a coma for so long than just lost his memory?" comfort John.

Anna's tears grew even louder when she heard John's words. Deep inside Anna's genius brain, actually agreed with what John said.

John let Anna cry as much as she wanted, maybe that would relieve her feelings. What has happened in the complicated relationship between JC, Anna, and himself must be ended immediately so as not to cause chaos.

"Anna, do you still want to work as a surgeon like you used to? Don't you have to bury your incredible abilities with Jason? You can help a lot of people while you're in Grenada. Your right place is with me. I hope you think things through with the right mind. Please calm down," said John trying to persuade Anna.

Anna squeezed the receiver until her knuckles turned white. She looked into John's golden brown eyes and said, "We'll decide later when Jason wakes up. I-I ..."

"No way, Anna. When my lawyer bails me out of jail, we'll just go back to Grenada!" said John.

"It's not fair to Jason ...," Anna whispered then tears flooded her face again.

John massaged the bridge of his nose as he took a deep breath. Anna can be very stubborn at times.

Suddenly the door to the detention room opened and Doctor Justin Baldere came with the Baldere family lawyer. They saw John and Anna.

Immediately Anna stood up from her chair and looked at her new father-in-law anxiously. She had tarnished the Brighton family and her reputation because of the scandalous video that was playing in the city of Dennery. "Aahh ... Anna we finally meet again after so many months," said Doctor Justin Baldere as he put his arm around Anna's shoulder. "So are you going back to Grenada with John?"

Annastacia became flustered and at a loss as to how to answer her father-in-law's question. Fortunately, Doctor Justin immediately turned the conversation to John.

"John, you're too rash. Why did you get your hands dirty by shooting that jerk artist yourself?! You should have had someone else do it for you, this would be a scandal for our hospital," said Doctor Justin to his son.

John scratched his head uncomfortably. He didn't know what to say, Anna must have been annoyed with her father's words. "He's not dead, Dad. Anna helped him with brain surgery," John replied.

"Oooh... of course. Our Anna is a great surgeon. You should thank Anna because it will release you from lawsuits, John," said Doctor Justin patting Anna's back.

The Baldere family's lawyer Nicolas Trumann approached Doctor Justin and said, "John's bail is in order, Mister Baldere. Your son has been allowed to leave LAPD prison."

"Good then, maybe we can get back to Grenada sooner. Are you going home with Dad, John?" said Doctor Justin.

"As if I still can't, I'll be home in a few days, Dad. Maybe the LA police still need information from me," John said, even though he just wanted to convince Anna to come back to Grenada with him.

LAPD prison guards opened the door for John, who has been released on bail from lawyers. He immediately hugged Anna tightly with longing without caring about his father and the other people in the room.

Seeing his son being so affectionate with his daughter-in-law, Doctor Justin cleared his throat and said, "Ehm... okay. Dad says goodbye to Grenada, Son, Anna."

John also hugged his father while thanking him for bringing a lawyer to free him from legal snares. He also shook the hand of the Baldere family lawyer and thanked him.

The four of them came out of the prison inmates.

Finally, Max met John, he crossed his arms with an annoyed expression frowning at John. Then he hit John in the face with a hard fist.

"I didn't think you'd shoot Jason, John! You're a doctor when you kill other people?" Max scolds.

John rubbed his cheek which hurt from Max's punch. He snorted in annoyance as he said, "Your artist pisses me off with his cocky remarks, Max. I think what I did was natural as a man whose wife was taken away and when asked to give my wife back, he refused."

"I'm sorry I made a deal with you John, you're nothing more than a petty bastard! Shit!" Max cursed while spitting in disgust at John.

Max then turned to Anna. "Tell me, Anna. Do you want to go home with John or with me? Because I'm going home with Brad now. It's no use talking to this rotten man who claims to be the venerable doctor from Grenada."

"I'm coming with you, Max. I want to wait until Jason wakes up and decides everything later," Anna replied and then glanced at John. She also walked with Max leaving John who was still standing in the corridor of the LAPD office with his father and his lawyer.