Me : "I read the letter"
Mduduzi : "What was it about?"
I just stood up and went to take it and gave it to him. He opened and read it, when he finished he wiped
the tears with the t-shirt he was wearing.
He then side hugged me and brushed my hair, giving me his shoulder to cry on. I cried until tears
couldn't come out anymore.
Him :" Now you need to open that safe and get those documents but first,you need to take a bath, have you looked at mirror and saw how you look today?"
I hit him on the chest and ran away ,"Mxm says someone who stays the whole month without bathing." I
said climbing up the stairs.
MDUDUZI.
I always thought this man was cruel but now I needed a word more than that to describe him. I always
knew that him having Nombulelo here wasn't on good intentions but I never thought it could be something
like this. When I asked her about her being here she told me she doesn't know anything.I wonder
how's her family after so many years. This woman has a lot going on in her life I saw her coming
downstairs looking fresh,clean and beautiful, wearing a dress revealing her little showing
tummy,combed her hair and tied them into a bunny. And a handbag.
Me :"Now you're looking like a living human."
Her :"Please come with me."
Me : "Where are we going?"
Her :"Come you will see."
I didn't ask anymore questions,we went to the car and drove off.
AT MPANGENI
I'm now an old man, I should be retiring and my son should be taking over family business but no, he ran
away from his responsibilities, just when I thought he was coming back to his senses,again he's not coming back
anymore. I really don't know what to do with this boy. He rather be a slave to someone else than being
a boss, running his family businesses.Maybe I should just sell them.
KWANDABA
I've been wiping her tears,they kept flowing. She doesn't say anything, doesn't move and doesn't say
anything. It's draining all my energy seeing my wife like this. I just wish Nombulelo could just walk in and
everything then gets back to normal like before. I still hope she will come back to us,I still hope she's
okay wherever she is.Women from church prayed until they got tired, I guess because they nolonger
come here.
KWANOMGOMA.
Zembe is sitting on the shade next to his rondavel as he's watching peolpe busy going up and down at
Zulu's house since they're preparing for the ceremony. When the car parked at the yard started burning.
Zembe :"It's dirty money and people's tears and this is just the beginning because I told them what to do but they don't listen."
At Zulu's House.
People from the neighborhood started leaving when they saw a car burning,no one was there they saw
a big flame, others tried stopping the fire but it didn't stop instead it seemed like they poured a parafin on it. Everyone then watched it burning until it turned into ash.
Zulu's wife : "Mina angsazi,zonke izinto zikababa ziyaphela nje ziphelela emehlweni kuhle komuntu
obethwele."
MaMgenge :" Wemfazi ndini,ungangivivinyi mina,umntanami ebezisebenzela izinto zakhe."
Mlahleni :" Mina ngyahamba,uma senifuna ukwenza izinto ngendlela elungile nizongfonela." He went to
his car,his wife followed him and they left.
