"We're siblings," he whispered. "You and who?" I ask. "Mpumi and I. We're siblings. We have the same fucking blood in our veins," he said. What the fuck does he even mean?
"When our parents split, she chose dad and I mom. When we met again, 3 months into my first year, we agreed to keep our relation a secret. And I pretended that I don't have a twin," he said and stopped to take a shot of the vodka.
"It was hard. Beyond hard. I had to act like I hated her for 'taking my girls' when that wasn't even the case. This whole Kay saga was planned. Fucking planned. But at the end of the day, no one knows," he said and took another shot.
"I hate her. I hate her for fucking loving you. I just can't do anything about it," he said and sat back.
"Jabu, look. I don't have much to say but hey, you got it off your chest. You shouldn't hate her. She didn't choose to love me. You didn't choose to love me either. At the end of the day, no matter how much tension there is between you two, she's your fucking twin," I said and pulled out a glass to have water.
"I just don't get it, you know?" he said and I nodded. "Should I call her down?" I ask and he nods.
Mpumi and Jabu have the same eyes and nose. They're very similar in personality and physic. I could never really understand why they 'hated' each other. But I mean... I don't fucking know.
"Mpumi?" I called and her eyes shot up to me. "We need to talk," I said and she got up. Fuck.
We got to Jabu and I sat Mpumi down where I was sitting, across him.
"What's going on?" Mpumi asked. "I told her," Jabu said and Mpumi's eyes widened. "We had a fucking agreement," Mpumi said angrily.
"I know. I just can't anymore," Jabu said followed by a sigh. "You're the one that left me, Jabu," Mpumi said with her voice breaking.
"You left me with a ruthless, heartless bastard that took advantage of me over a million times. A man who'd creep into my room while I was sleeping for the past ten years, Jabu. Ten fucking years," she cried.
I've never seen Mpumi this vulnerable. Hearing everything she was saying hit me so hard and I felt a wave of sadness flood me.
"He what?" Jabu asked clearly shocked at what he just heard. "I hate you for not being there for me," Mpumi sobbed and Jabu pulled her in for a hug.
"Shh, I'll sort him out. I'm here now. And I'm not going anywhere. I'm gonna protect you," he said and began crying too.
I never thought that Mpumi had been through so much trauma. She always had this tough guy facade that tricked us all.
"In my bag, you'll find what you need," Mpumi said. "Suitcase or the strap bag?" Jabu asked making Mpumi laugh. "The strap bag," she said.
"I'll be back," Jabu said and left. "I'm sorry. Really, I am," I said to Mpumi and hugged her. "Thank you, Maya. It really means a lot to me," she said.
"So you what? Carry a gun with you?" I ask trying to hide the fear in me. "Yes," she replied flatly. "I've never used it before though," she added making me feel better.
"Do you need some space?" I ask her. "Yeah. I'll meet you up there," she said and I left her.
I found Jabu in the garage clearly contemplating on which car to take. At the end, was mine and Puse's.
"We'll take mine," I said. "Who said you're coming with?" he asked. "Jabu, this is a very emotional matter for you. I won't let you go alone," I said and he smiled. "Plus I drive faster than you so yeah," I added and walked to my car.
He sat in the passenger seat and let out angry tearless sighs. "Where to?" I ask. "Potchefstroom," he replied. That's like almost five hours away. Fuck.
"We'll there in about three hours," I said and drove out. Well, this has to be the hardest thing I've ever had to do.
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