Random encounters

1. A Brief Love Story

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I run and pick the mop to clean the mess we made, I know the neighbors heard all that commotion but I pray they didn't call the police. I take of my jersey, push my long sleeve shirt up so I don't end up with blood stains. I am now mopping the blood with my heart beating like a drum.
"Leave the mop alone, we have to go to the hospital asap" he says rushing back inside
I'm still cleaning "Wanga look at me, we have to go now"
He's holding my arms trying to convince me but his voice is trembling. I am scared too.
"I can't" I cry
He giggles me, waking me up to reality.
"I can't do this with you right now, I am scared but we must go. Please don't make me drag you out because I will" he's holding back his tears
My heart was torn apart when he said that, on our way outside I stole a glance at him and yes he's praying. He opens the door for me to get inside, I do and he runs to the driver's side.

(inside) We are both silent than scared, but not as scared as I am to face what lies ahead. If only I could jump off the window or not even complicate my life but just open the door when the car is moving and step out. We live 5 minutes away from town, so we will reach our destination in 2 minutes. I take one furtive look at him, this time our eyes meet in split second we look forward. Just like that we've reached our destination
He quickly gets out, I too. He looks surprised to see me standing outside, I'm still capable of opening the door for myself duh.
This way, because he's race walking I basically have to run. We are inside at the reception, I can feel my head become a little lighter...
"My head" I say
"Sit down Ms Bugana" I don't know who it is
I can't balance myself properly, so I sit down. I just need to close my eyes for a minute and breathe to make sense of all this.
"Wanga let's go inside" he pulls me up
I'm running again, only this time there's silence just our heart beating louder than an electric guitar.
Just like that there's silence again, I find the closest thing to me so that I lean on and lucky me it's a chair so I sit.
"Ms Bugana said Mr Sadiki, we tried everything we could to save your daughter's life but she lost so much blood...she died" I'm numb
I slide slowly to the floor, my bum is on the floor. I unzip my skirt so I can pull up my shirt.
"I can't breath..." I cry
Why is it so hot here? If only I take my shirt off then I'll feel better
"Stop Wanga, please don't do this" he can't hold it in anymore and just like that he's crying
He quickly takes me in his arms and weep. His hands very tight squeezing me to him, he is crying. I can't feel anything, i close my eyes trying to remember how I got here

Ealier that day
"So you are planning all this without even telling me, if i didn't read the email I wouldn't know right"
Not that it's any of her business but since I am a good friend I will let her know
"Thiko said it's a secret so I couldn't break my promise to him" I say
rolls her eyes "He is just obsessed with you" Edzani
"Regardless he's about to be my husband it matters not now"
"I can't believe you are getting married to him, just because you have a baby with him it doesn't mean you are destined to be stuck with him for eternity."
I laugh "I'm serious wanga, it's not like he deserves you" she continues
Good grief I can't do this anymore, justify my feelings to someone who doesn't even matter to me. I don't have to prove myself to anyone.
"I appreciate you but please don't talk bad about my fiance, I will appreciate you even more if you leave his name out of your mouth and next time try not to touch my belongings." I say
She raises her eyebrows and give me a stare, it's alright I have work to do so I'll continue with my pc.
Thank God she left, I know i have made fast, irrational decisions this past year like changing environments because of a new job. Midrand is my second home now, but before I get to the point let be explain the basics.

A year ago
Waking up is always a hassle, I have to take a quick shower because I snooze my alarm more than I intended. Take a taxi to Kempton Park, finally I'm 10 minutes late that's better than the day before. All I can say is that I'm improving and I like that.
"Ms Bugana"
"I'm here sir" I turn to face the person calling me
To my surprise it's my boss and the other guy I don't know.
"You are late, again" he says annoyed
"I'm sorry, I was certain I had the place saved in my mind but it turned out it wasn't the case. However it won't happen again..."
"I'm getting tired of your stories" he scans me
"I'm so sorry Sir, it's not a story though" judging by the look on his face his tolerance level has depleted completely
"Leave my presence" he says
"Yes boss" I run to the laboratory