MAFIA BOUND

3.LOOKING FOR MY WIFE

DANTE

I've imagined a lot of scenarios of how my return would play out. I knew she might react this way and honestly I thought I had prepared myself for it, prepared myself to deal with her anger

But the look in her eyes when she saw me...

They were filled with rage and pain, and I just couldn't look away, I had to force myself to look at what I've done to my wife

It's very clear that the both of us have changed over the past two years, I've become more ruthless, colder than anything in this world and I'm yet to see exactly how this has changed Khana, I can only hope the damage isn't that bad

Last night when she blocked my number I drove over to her house but did not have the courage to go in. I knew that her seeing me would leave her restless and tired for work the next day and I couldn't do that to her

"Get a new sim and call her again" Gundo suggests when he hands me a bottle of beer

"Thanks, I don't think so. I'll just go over there this evening. She can't keep ignoring me, I never planned for this either

" But she doesn't know that, to khana you just disappeared with no explanation. She doesn't know what Gabriella did"

Gabriella, that bitch

"Tell me, you've been keeping an eye on her. Has she been happy?"

"She's been coping. Her sister visited her a lot, she also went to see her parents a couple of times, she hardly goes out though, her work is her priority"

"Any new friends?" I ask not wanting to ask the real question but he gets it

"I don't think so, although... She has this boss" he seems to be thinking about it

"Tell me"

"I've seen them a few times, he spends a lot of time after office hours with her, he's been to the house but never slept there, a bit too close for comfort still"

"An office romance?" I feel my insides start to boil with jealousy

"I never saw them get too close or intimate, it's just-you know as a man you're able to see when a man wants a woman. That's what I saw when I saw them together"

"Is it now? Well I can't have that, not where my wife is concerned" I get up from the chair

"Where are you going?"Gundo asks

"To see my wife" I respond before walking out

On my way to her office I pass by the florist and get her a dozen of roses then I also stop for her favourite chocolate and wine

I came back to South Africa with the plan of getting my wife back and fixing our marriage and that's exactly what I intend on doing

When I enter, the reception the lady at the front desk looks up, she shamelessly checks me out then brings her attention to my face with a smile

"Hello" I say while looking at her with a straight face and she immediately blushes

"Hi, how are you?"

"I'm good, I'm here looking for someone"

"Uhh, okay. Who are you looking for?"

"My wife, Mrs. Khana Accardi" I say and confusion hits her. I obviously expected that Khana would keep her last name, and I also did expect that she would keep our marriage a secret, giving the likes of her boss an opportunity to think he can have her

"Uhm, you must have the wrong office, we don't have anyone by that name"

"You don't?"

"Unfortunately no sir, the only Khana that we have is Miss Khana Baloyi"