Turning Table

Part 8

Part 8

****You can't go back to how things were. How you thought they were. All you really have is...now:
Jay Asher,  ****

🌹Rosetta🌹

I booked in a motel when I arrived in  Durban last night, its morning and I'm thinking I should drive to Western Cape to see my son,

But on second thought it's almost 13h00 and Ginger said we should meet regarding some business deal or something.

Curiosity makes me want to see what Ginger has in store for me, God knows I don't trust her but she is the only person that is the link to my ex-husband, as they Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer and I intend to do that with her.

After taking a shower I walked around the room naked and smoking and it finally hit me I haven't eaten propyl for the past few days, I decided to put on some clothes, a cap on and walked out,

After checking out of the motel, I drove to KFC I don't know when last I ate their chicken, I think it was  even before I was even arrested that last ate it, I guess being a billionaire wife makes you eat only on five-star hotel looking down on this small restaurants as if I poo vanilla custard,

This was the best meal I ate in years, I guess now I can say it's good to be outside, the chicken was so nice that I decided to buy bucks for the road.
I stopped by the gas refill station and walked out to buy a packet of cigarette,

" Rose? .... Rose Mdunge?"
I stopped and slowly turned, it was a white lady her face looked so familiar but who is she? I haven't been to Durban for over two decades? Hold up she called me Rose she knows me before I got married
" ooh my god, it's really you ... "
I smiled as it finally hit me
" Nicole ?"
Her: the one and only! Good lord God must really love you, look at you? you still look like the 20-year-old girl I went to college with "
Me: come on don't play like that "
She giggled
Her: you better tell me your secret is it yoga?"
Me: that's  white people bullshit "
She busts out and laughed
Me: I guess it's just being indoors for years that got me this glow"
She laughed
Her: I wish I can have coffee with you for old time's sake? "
Me: I'm kinda off rushing somewhere... "
Her: no worries me too, here take my card  just call me when you need a day of crazy out "
Me: will do "

She hugged me and walked away waving, I looked at her and smiled I haven't got a compliment in like forever and for her to say I look good was just the boost of confidence I needed

I bought two pockets of smoke made my way to the fridge to take out some cool drink,  I looked at the lady in one of the isles, to think back she was at KFC as well with me,
Fuck am I being tailed, when I stepped out of the shop I noticed a
white private car, shit! I
I just had to make sure this shit stop right now, walked to the bathroom,

I stood by the sink for a few minutes and just on time I smelled a cop walking in
Me: whatever you doing it's stopped now "
" Hi Rosseta," she said with a smile
Me: cut the bull shit, and tell me why you tailing me ?"
She cleared her throat and looked at me,

Me:  cut off this investigation you doing on me or I will report you  to my petrol office and you know how the judge feels about ex convicted being  treated like animals outside the gates "
She tried to open her mouth but I pushed her with my shoulder and walked out, 

I jumped in my car and drove off to  Glen Ashely, I started looking at the number of the house I'm supposed to go to but failed to find it dismally I started asking around till I found the place

" glad you can join us, "Ginger said the minute I walked inside the big house with my KFC bucket
Me: who house is this "
Ginger took my bucket and started eating
" my house " 
I froze hearing her voice,  I slowly turned and I was meet by her cocky smile

Her:unjani Rose"
Me: ooh my God Muntu I thought ..."
Her: that I am dead?"
I could not help but just ran to her and hugged her, I was overwhelmed by seeing her,
Her: it's so good to see you "
Me: I really thought he killed you"

She placed her hand on my cheeks
Her: it was not my time, thanks to Ginger she took me to hospital and I had no choice but to vanish"
Me: So all this time you were under our nose ?"
Her: yes ...ooh thixo I really can't believe you still alive...and you look this beautiful"

Me: Muntu please..."
I laughed and hugged her again

Ginger: ok you two stop making out we got business to talk about"
I looked at Ginger and smiled
Ginger: now you believe that I'm one of the good guys?"
I just gave her a finger 
Muntu: Ginger you massing my house get a plate or something "
She rolled her eyes and walked to the other room,

Ginger is your typical colored girl loud crazy and unpredictable, she ghetto but money made her a bit too snobbish, she looks like Anne-Toni Ludick Mthembu. . . with her big ginger curly afro,
I don't think her real name is Ginger per se, you see the man we married only called us by names they knew they won't forget, and when we marry them our identity change too.

Muntu pulled me to  walked outside with her, I decided to take out my cigarette
Her: now you smoke?"
Me: I blame being a convict "
Her: it's sadly habit " she said placing her cigarette in her lips
Me: I survived worst "

She side smiled and shook her head,
Muntu is your Queen Latifa kind of a woman,
she the first lady that married one of Joburg big Mafia gang leader, and when he died she took over the gang, she is one of those women that is respected by man and feared by women, she never remarried and keeps her private life very private.

We all know she is ruthless, street smart, and worked with big kingpins in Africa.
She worked very close with Oyama but Never got along with him, she made the situation worst by trying to save me from him, when Oyama put his fist on my face in front of his gang, later that night she was proclaimed dead in a car crash and we knew that Oyama was behind it all.

Muntu is the mother I needed while married to the most dangerous man on earth, and when I found out she was dead I knew that I am never getting out of marriage alive. And looking at her now standing next to me smiling and Alive... I can't seem to thank God enough.

Her: so how was the joint ?"
Me: being Oyama wife got me to survive two years inside, but word got out that the busted put me inside, bitches  started coming on every angel trying to put me down, yah I lost few fights, got beaten like I stole some bitches man or something, but I learned the hard way that its the man for himself inside, with only one hope I had which is my Son, I just started fighting back till I kill some 28 gang hoe, after that, I just fought like my freedom depended on it, I put so many hoes underground and I got my stripes to rule the 28, I left the joint known as Nongoloza,

Her: I know Noma told me?"
Me: you knew Noma? The red-eye? The 27 gang leader "
Her: yes I told her to look after you but she told me you got stripes, I could not believe it but honestly, I was impressed "
" and she stabbed me, " Ginger said walking in with a bottle of wine and a platter with KFC chicken she placed the food and drink on the table and walked back inside the house
Muntu: now that epic "
Me: she is exaggerating it's not even that deep"

We bust out and laughed, Ginger came back with a bucket of Windhoek beer and set next to me
Me: mmm can I have that ?"
Ginger: I just poured you wine?"
Me: I don't like the taste of it"
I said taking the beer from Muntu hand
" Rossy, this is Frans Smit 2015 your favorite!"
Me: Oyama dick used to my favorite and now when I think of it uuuuh I don't think it was all that "
They bust out and laughed
Muntu: you know if I knew that  jail will turn you like this I would put there my self "

We laughed as we set in the garden, drinking and snacking on KFC,  talking about the good old days.

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