With Pain Come Love 2

Melo 40

-Melo
"... see I'm not like all the other girls that you have been messing with see I want to give you everything, will you please accept my heart, I won't let anything tear this love apart. I say no way. No how. Not me. Not now. I'm gonna prove my love is true. Breaking your heart is something I won't do..." I was in my car driving to the Mansion aka home to the beautiful voice of Toni Braxton - No way. Yaya's favorite song. to think she once dedicated this song to me and forced me to listen to it to a point where I actually ended up enjoying it and right now I just missed having her sitting next to me with her hand on the gear singing along with that terrible voice of hers which I actually love now. I got used to it. I had to get used to it. Who could have taken her? Thoughts were running wild in my head I could barely think clearly. It was the following day in the early hours of the morning. I hadn't slept a wink searching and just hoping I could get something. I've called anyone I know, anyone who knows her, I went to beat Zuko up and didn't get anything from him and Thomas is nowhere to be found. He's here in SA but question is where, he was spotted landing but no one knows where he resides. I stopped on the side of the road and just let the tears out. This is all my fault. There's no better explanation of her going missing out of the blue. I should have done something about Zuko the minute I heard he had her cornered. I should have gotten her a driver or some sort of protection. Well I offered but Yandiswa flatly refused it, I should have persisted on it. When I felt I had cried enough I drove straight home and parked inside the yard and went inside. Mrs Bess welcomed me with a hug.

Her: we going to find her baby
I didn't even respond. Nothing about her disappearing made any sense. Why would someone kidnap her to begin with? I don't understand. I seriously don't understand.
Me: this is all my fault
Her: no baby don't say that. You didn't do anything
Me: she was doing fine until I came into her life Ma. I've done nothing but screw her life up
Her: but that's love baby. Turning each others lives around
She pulled me away and held my shoulders at arms length.
Her: I know you hurting. You need to rest ok! Your father's people are doing the best they can
Me: it doesn't make sense. Someone doesn't just go missing Ma
Her: I know baby. We will find her
Me: how is her mother?
Her: worried, devastated, scared... we had to have her sedated for her to actually sleep. You should go rest too
Me: what if they find her
Her: If I hear so much as anything I will wake you up myself ok. Go on and shower i'll bring you something to eat
I didn't argue. I just went straight up the stairs and walked into my room straight to the shower. When I was done I got out and Mrs Bess was sitting on the edge of the bed
Her: I brought you sleeping pills too. Eat up and rest
Me: i'm not hungry Mah
Her: you have to eat something baby, you can't drink pills on an empty stomach and don't try to argue with me Melokuhle
I kept quiet and took the plate and sat down to eat. I only managed 3 spoons before putting the food back on the tray
Her: rest baby. We going to find her!
With that she walked out. I took the pills and gulped them down and got in under the covers. I asked Banele to check the footage at Gateway again in the parking lot this time and she was still busy going through that. I don't know when I fell asleep but I was woken up by my phone.
//Me: hello
Her: I may have found something but it's no use
Me: what do you mean?
Her: the car, it's registered to some old dead lady so whoever did this calculated their every move
Me: can you get anything from the person driving the car?
Her: looks like a man, his face is covered up so I have nothing to go on
Me: can't you try trace the car?
Banele is literally a geek. My cousin was almost caught with this whole hacking thing of hers. She once switched people's money in their bank accounts just to test her skills and that alone was enough to have the Government department hire her for their personal use.
Her: that's what I'm currently working on cus. I'll call you when I've found something.
Me: thank you
Her: sure//
After the call I checked the time and it was past 10am already. Fuck! I got up and took a quick shower then headed down. Yaya's mom was sitting on the couch with mom thinking of all the possibilities of things that could happen to her.
Ma: come on Babe's don't talk like that
Babe's: she's taken Amahle. What are the odds of her even begin in this country
Ma: we have to be positive
Her: I'm trying. I really am!
Me: Ma'Gxaba
She turned to me. Her eyes were swollen and red, she looked like she'd been crying. She stood up and walked towards me then slapped the shiit out of me. I held my cheek
Her: this is all your fault! you are to blame for everything bad that's happened in my daughters life! Her only sin was to love you and now this. Find her! You owe me that much. And after all of this, I want you to stay the fuck away from her!
With that she walked out. This woman. I understand she's hurting but damn she did not have to slap me like that what the fuck? I'm also hurting here!
Ma: she's just hurting
I didn't say anything. I made my way to the kitchen and poured myself a glass of Ciroc... I found it in the fridge. I wonder whose it is because my parents don't store their liquor in this fridge. I gulped it down at one go
"Slow down"
I looked up and Asemahle was walking in from the passage. She walked up to me and pulled me in for a hug.
Her: how are you holding up?
I shrugged
Her: dumb question. Have you heard anything
Me: Banele has the licence and registration but it belongs to some old dead person. That's a dead end, she's trying to trace it
Her: that's shouldn't take long
Me: yeah.
I washed the glass and returned it to its place and got into my car drove off to South Beach. I heard that's where Thomas lives.
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-Thomas
So much for trying to keep a low profile. Ever since I got here the media has been in my face but I finally escaped them. I was waiting for my sister in a hotel in South Beach. She and I barely see each other with me living in the states and all plus we don't even get along so hence I never mention I mention I have a sister. She's younger than me, probably 20 or 21 Argh I don't know but all I know is that she and I are two different people. Things changed when she came back to South Africa years back, I didn't like the fact that she would quit school all because of some high school affair with some boy who's probably moved on already. I don't believe in this whole puppy love b.s. It doesn't exist! I've been trying to call Yaya since yesterday but to no luck, her phone goes straight to voicemail. I understand she blames me for the almost sex we had, Argh this Melokuhle guy has her under his spell I swear! I've been known to give the best sex ever, Yaya is the first woman to ever deny me that and maybe that's why I like her so much, because she is what other girls aren't. It's her birthday in a few days and I figured i'd surprise her. I mean we were friends first before I caught feelings. There was a knock on the door, figured it's room service since I ordered something to eat and it hasn't arrived yet. I opened and was welcomed by Melokuhle Bess who looked like he had been hit by a train. Maybe he and Yaya broke up and now he's bumped out about it. Poor thing.
Him: where is she?
Me: hello to you too
Him: i'm not playing any games with you. Where the hell is she?
Me: if only I knew who the fuck you were talking about!
He was about to respond When his phone rang. He answered it a bit far from me.
//Him: talk to me
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Him: KuQumbu? What's it doing there?
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Him: I can't just sit back and not do anything Banele
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Him: fine!//
He looked at me once.
Him: if you touch so much as a hair on her head I will kill you with my bare hands!
And with that he walked out. Ok what just happened? I literally just landed! I got onto my social media accounts and there was some stuff written about a missing Yandiswa. What the hell? How does a person go missing in this day and age? Fuck! I need to find her before he does. Where do I even start looking? Just then the food came and so did my sister.
Me: I have been calling you!
Her: i'm sorry I've been a little caught up
Me: with what?
Her: school and stuff. Relax would you... geez!
Me: What is this I hear about you dating an old man? A pastor to be exact
Her: oh come on brother, things happen ok and we love each other!
Me: Lathitha you going home!
Her: oh Thomas. If you failed to take me home back in LA what makes you think you'll succeed now?
Me: he's a married family man
Her: you are one to talk with your hopeless crush on somebody else's girlfriend. They inseparable brother, I tried but nothing
Me: what are you talking about?
Her: Yaya and Melo. They inseparable. Maybe things are better of with her "missing", you probably stand a chance with her now
Me: Lathitha what have you done?
Her: so what are you having? This looks yum!
She said throwing herself on the couch
Me: Lathitha where the hell is she?
Her: oh I don't know... probably in the bottom of the ocean or locked up in some apartment or buried deep
She laughed hysterically, it was that annoying evil laugh which only pissed me off further. I charged at her and pressed my hands on her neck and tightened my grip
Her: you willing to kill me for love unreturned? She must be special
Me: lathitha I will not ask you again. Where the fuck is she?
Her: that's the beauty of it isn't it? You don't know whether I'm the one who took her or maybe it was one of her crazy exe's or maybe it was one of her boyfriend's crazies or maybe it was me... you just don't know and if you kill me... you might just never find her!
I removed my hands from her and she held her neck while coughing
Her: Jesus Christ! You almost killed me. Dad will know about this Thomas!
She took her bag and stormed off out of my room. I called up a friend and asked him to tail my sister. Something tells me she knows where Yaya is!
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-Melo
I was fucking stressed and this Thomas guy wasn't making things any easier either. What am I missing? I understand he just flew in town but who says he had nothing to do with it? And then theres Zuko who would rather be beat up into a pulp than tell me what he knows. Banele said it was a man. She called me to tell me that the car was in Qumbu, it was stationary and in some village. Dad's contacts where working on it, speaking of my father he was back, that man is always away on business. I got home send threw myself on the bed, I just ignored everyone who was downstairs in the lounge. There was a knock on the door
Me: go away!
The door handle turned and then my father walked in. He sat on the edge of the bed.
Him: I know what you going through. I've been there son and I know it hurts feeling like there's nothing you can do and having to think of the worst. You of all people know her. You know the kind of person she is, hold onto that because it's that piece of information that will help you think positively. When you mother and my parents went missing, ass much as it wasn't even 24 hrs I was crushed, didn't sleep a wink, didn't know what to do with myself. The only thing that kept me sane was having your uncle with me because had I shut him out, who knows what stupid thing I would have done? You have family Melokuhle and we won't rest until we find her. Everyone I know is looking for her ok?
He said patting my knee. Dad is not a man of many words but when he speaks, he means every word and he keeps it. I nodded
Him: I got a call from my guys in Qumbu and they say the car has been deserted near some plantation
Me: so we've reached a dead end basically
Him: not quiet. There is a witness they have and they currently questioning him
Me: that's not enough dad
Him: son they trying ok. Just get some rest and then come join us downstairs.
I nodded and then he walked out. This is messed up! It's seriously messed up shiit. This shiit only happens in the movies and not in real life! Nothing about this makes any sense! I called Banele and asked her to tail Olona. She's the only person whom I can think of at the moment who would be desperate enough to go this far.