Red Lace

Chapter 31

KHAYALETHU MNGUNI

Having my wife alive and well is great, I'm happy she has woken up but I'll be lying if I said I am coping. I left her to go bail out Olayemi with my connections and what do you know, the cop that arrested him believes Olayemi has his daughter in the mansions which makes it hard to get him out when this man has a vendetta against him. Now I need to talk to someone higher than the station commander. I shouldn't even be going through all these lengths for a man I hate but he just lost his wife and he could use whatever little help I can give him. Getting him out and helping him find his wife's killer is a good way to avoid my wife and keep myself distracted from going crazy. Shadow is against me working with my grandchildren's grandfather but it's not up to him. I gave him the footage, and he has been looking for Cathrine with no luck. At least we got a name and a surname to go on after I showed Olayemi the picture of a suspect.

"Do you have any idea why she would kill your wife?" I ask him. We are sitting in the interrogation room. It's a Monday, two days after his arrest. The only reason he is still here is that the man who is supposed to get him out is only coming back today to town.

"Who knows why Cathrine does the shxt she does? How far are you with finding her?" He asks, gritting his teeth.

"Shadow is working hard," I say and he chuckles.

"I might as well forget it then. This same Shadow hates my guts." He says hopelessly.

"Shadow is the best hunter I have," I tell him.

"Find Okoye, he will do a much better job," Olayemi suggests and I laugh.

"The same Okoye who has been meeting this Cathrine in secret? Or your brother who is fxcking her? Nigga, please. I am all you have and can trust at the moment." I say proudly and he looks at me clearly annoyed that he has to depend on me but I love it.

"Adiche then or do you have dirt on him too? When am I getting out of here?" he asks and I shrug.

"The SAPS commander is landing today at around 2 pm. Hang in there for the next 3 hours." I say and he rolls his eyes at me.

"I have been in these clothes for three days now, I have my wife's blood on this stupid suit as a constant reminder that she's gone and I couldn't protect her. Three hours is a lot,"

NICHUME TSHAWE MNGUNI

It's Monday, and I just got out of my lesson. Today I only had one lesson thanks to the lecturers that canceled the lesson. I haven't told Ntando about the pregnancy because I am not ready to have her on my ass about it yet. The rings are with Adeyemi; he drove with me to fetch them yesterday at my place. I get off the uber and walk to our apartment, it's in a gated complex. When I get to the doorstep Adeyemi is sitting on the floor with his face buried in his folded arms over his knees. Why is he here?

"Adeyemi," I say and he huffs looking up.

"What are you doing here?" I ask him and he shrugs his shoulders.

"I don't know, I was driving around and ended up here," he says standing up.

"You need to leave," I say to him sternly.

"I haven't slept since my freedom, I keep seeing her dead body every time I close my eyes. I feel like I'm going crazy and it's funny because she's not the first dead body I have ever seen," he says with a bitter chuckle.

"That's because she was not some random slave, she was your mother. It's okay to cry, it's okay to hurt over her death. She meant something to you, she birthed you" I say, we are just standing in front of my door. He steps aside.

"Thank you for listening," he says and turns on his heels.

"Do you want to come in?" I ask him as he takes his first step heading down. I will probably regret this but he seems broken and sad. I'm not a cruel person and despite everything, he is my baby daddy after all.