Nqubekho
" this here we call it google" i showed her as her eyes go bright. I typed out Phila Mazibuko and everything about him popped up. His pictures and his wife pictures. She grabbed my screen looking at they picture. I saw tears roll down her eyes and she gave me the laptop back. I looked at her parents and they looked like happy people especially her mom. She was a splitting image of her just lighter and of cause her dimples. I searched more and read that they both died in a bombing after being targeted by a ruthless man. Her father died few months later but that was 24 years ago and she said she is 19. This is not making sense.
I looked around to see her reading the screen with tears.
Me: Hey... i know what internet is saying but you 19 right?
She nodded
Me: So this might not be true, they might be alive.
She nodded but I can see that she not okay so I closed the computer.
Me: Ill find you answers okay?
She nodded and wiped her tear just as a car pulled in and she jumped in fear. I looked out the window and saw its Jo-ann.
Me: Its my friend okay.
She nodded and I opened the door for her as she walked in with her belly reminding me of the past year torment.
Me: Thank you for coming
Jo-ann: What is it?
I moved and she looked at Imo
Me: I need you to check her.
Jo-ann: for?
Me: everything even trauma
Jo-ann: Why?
Me: I cant say
Jo-ann: This is why we not together anymore.
Me: Not today please.
Jo-ann: You too secretive
Me: Are you going to help or not?
She took a deep breath than nodded so I walked them to the white room that was basically a hospital room.
Jo-ann: am not even going to say anything.
I turned to Imo.
Me: Am just going to stand outside okay. So she can check you. She gripped my hand so hard.
Me: I promise she wont hurt you.
Jo-ann smiled at her and making her calm down.
Imolathile
I looked at the pregnant woman and she helped me onto the bed.
Me: You pregnant.
She nodded while opening her bag.
Her: 6 months now.
Me: Iv read about it fascinating.
Her: You read alot?
Me: Yes
Her: Your pronunciation is excellent, are you from here?
Me: I don't know.
She looked at me for some time as she hooked me up on a machine. She worked on me as we spoke about pregnancy and she was fascinated by how much I know.
Her: You sure you don't have a degree in medicine.
Me: What a degree?
Her: Just a piece of paper that enables you to work on people like how am doing now.
Me: Oh
Her: yes, ill need you to undress now.
I looked at her as if she crazy. Am not about to show her my body that been damaged beyond words.
Me: I cant.
Her: Its okay.
Jo-ann
I saw the fear on her.
Me: look I know you been through a lot, your body language tells me so and the brace metal at the back of your jaw tells me you broke your jaw once but got treated. So trust me okay.
She nodded and took out her top and my whole 15 years of medicine never prepared me for the brutal marks on her body that showed her struggles. The person doing this was very smart targeting her body leaving her arms and legs. I had tears in my eyes as i Saw the most horrific sight in my life. She wiped my tears and smiled.
Her: its doesn't hurt anymore.
Me: who did this to you?
She kept quiet as I walked on her to find out she still a virgin which took me back.
Me:They never raped you?
Her: it was either this or rape and I chose this. She pointed to her scars.
Me: Am so sorry
She smiled and got dressed as I walked out of the room and found Que standing there.
Me: iv never cared about your job when we were together and But one thing I know is that you are an honest man and I know what Iv seen today is not your doing but promise me one thing.
Nqubekho: What?
Me: You save that girl from any evil and kill whoever did that.
Nqubekho
Iv never seen her like this.
Me: Was she raped
Jo-ann: Worse tormented, its amazing how she still alive.
Me: Am sorry I called
Jo-ann: its okay, i have to go before Steven calls
Me: Thanks for helping me.
Jo-ann: stay safe okay.
Me: I will. She side hugged me and drove off as I stood there for a second and imo walked out.
Me: Come let me show you were you going to be staying. She nodded and I walked her to the guest room. She looked at it smiling as she touched everything than stood by the white wall. I saw her eyes glow.
Me: You can paint on it.
She grinned and removed the wall papers as she took out her paints and started drawing and I kept quiet standing by the door as she drew. How on earth am I going to go about this? Internet says they dead but she says she 19. The best I could do is to find out more about her parents. Maybe she has alive relatives maybe they would know who she is....
