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Chapter Sixteen.

Chapter Sixteen.

"Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home." x MOTHER TERESA

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"I swear to God if you call me one more time I'm going to call the police and report you for harassment!" I say tight lipped as the phone was near my ear. I couldn't anymore. These were getting too much.

"Calm down. I just want us to talk." He says.

"I don't want to talk to you get that through your thick skull!"

"Oh..." He pauses. "...you'll listen to me by force ke." He says before the line goes dead. I yell out in frustration, wanting to throw my phone against the wall. But instead I slam it on the counter, furious. I have to change my number again in the hopes that he won't be able to get the new one too.

Who am I kidding?

I've failed so many times at that, I doubt it will work this time around. I wondered where the hell he'd get my numbers from cause I'd only send it to the closest people around me. I've never posted it for nobody.

I sigh.

Maybe it's time I told Bangi about this. I know he hates me calling him and telling him 'hey, this is my new number. Save it.' And I don't get why it's so hard for me to tell him about this.

"What's wrong with you?" Someone startles me. I turn to find Zonke standing in the lounge just looking at me.

I clear my throat. "What do you mean?"

"You've been standing there since I went to the toilet. And that was 20 minutes ago." She says and I shake my head.
"You've been counting?"
"No, but you know what I'm talking about."

"It's nothing." I breathe out.

"Look I'm he...nevermind." She walks out of here, a handbag hooked to her arm.

I remembered she was headed for her interview today.

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The last time we were here it was just a huge piece of unworked land. Grass was everywhere and it was just machinery, bricks, dust and people everywhere.

Not much has changed though, apart from the fact that where the grass was before, there now were new homes being built. About a row of them was complete and I could honestly stand here and say I was proud of what Bangi was doing. I squeeze his hand earning his gaze once more.

"It's coming along perfectly baby. You should be proud of yourself."
"If it were up to me, they'd be done with everything now." He says.

"Patience. No one should be rushing anything here." I say and look ahead again at these houses. They weren't mansions, but they were big enough for a regular sized home. Plus I could see that there was going to be enough space for these people to roam around, embracing their new community.

"You think people should start signing up for a place here?"

"Is that how you want it done?" I ask.

He shakes his head. "Not sure yet, but since you said there's no rush then I'm sure we can figure out how this can go down."

I shrug.

"Let's go." He says, walking with me to one of the houses. It looked even bigger up close.

After spending about 30 minutes at the site we leave heading back to the palace.