INCLINATION

CHAPTER 11 | Never Again.

EMIHLE.

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The light that was coming through the window slowly disappears as nightfall comes and the fear of what's to come kicks in. I don't know what Andile is planning with me but I know it has something to do with me not divorcing him. I'll have to try and convince him to let me go before everything gets out of control and before my family finds me. Of all the things I ever thought Andile could do, kidnapping me was the last thing I ever thought about him doing. This man is really prepared to make things harder for me and I wish he would just let me be and focus on his wife Charlotte.

My stomach grumbles since I'm hungry. I try to shift and lay on my otherside but the heavy chain on my foot is making it impossible. I'm on chains like a fucken animal. Like I would run out of here, how could I when I don't even know where I'm at. I sit up and hear the sound of the keys clicking as they unlock the door. I shift my position so I can see them first the moment those doors open.

They push the door open then switch the lights on cause it had gotten dark. I cover my eyes so the light won't blind me. They walk in I think, they are two or possibly more people. I remove my hands after a while, lift my head up and I get the shock of my life. I'm seeing a ghost right? This man is dead…but how?. I close my eyes then open them again and he smiles. My God! It's really him.

" You're not seeing a ghost, it is really me"
I'm shaking, I'm scared to death and I'm speechless. I think I'm going to pass out. I put my hand on my chest and try to take deep breaths. He's just standing there watching me with a look on his face. His eyes move from my face to down my body to the  chain that's on my foot.
He asks " Is it uncomfortable?"
I just  stare at him. How is it that he's alive?. He was dead when I…no. It's not possible. This must be his twin who has come to avenge his brother's death. That's the only thing that is making sense to me now.

He takes steps until he's just a foot away from me. I could jump off this bed and go stand away from but i won't do that. I won't give him that satisfaction of knowing that he has terrified me. He's the one who sent people to kidnap me, not Andile. They put a chair next to him and he pulls it then takes a seat and sighs. He's nothing like how I remember him. He's lost weight and he looks stressed. I guess that's understandable because of what happened to him. God Andile, I'm here because of your sins.

" Mrs Makhoba…"
" Don't call me that"
He's surprised. " I guess we're back on first names again. Emy…."
" Don't call me that either."
His voice shakes, he's angry " Why are you mad at me Emihle? I'm the one who's supposed to be mad at you right now!"
" You're not dead" it came out Asa statement rather than a question..
" You're disappointed that you didn't get to kill me as you planned huh?"
He truly has lost his mind " Donald…."
" No Emy!. You will sit here and listen to everything I have to say to you"
" Well it's not like I'm going anywhere. How is it that you are alive?. You were dead Donald. You had no pulse, you were…"
" I didn't die that day. You failed finish me off".
" What the hell are you talking about Donald?"

His face changes and I can see him getting angry as he keeps clenching his jaw. Andile would do that first then a slap or a kick would follow.
" When I asked you for advice Emy, never did I think that you would take away something so important from me. You destroyed me and then you tried to kill me too! What about my children? Do you know what you have done to them?! You have destroyed their lives. You and thay damn husband of yours!"
I am really confused cause I don't understand what nonsense he's talking about. How the hell did I destroy his life and take away something important from him?.

I met Donald while I was working for Mr Zitha. He was one of their clients and I would meet with him so we can talk about the contract his business had with the company. He would come with his lawyer and we would discuss the legal obligations his company had to fulfill. Then one day he showed up at my office unannounced seeking legal advice. I was confused cause this man had his own lawyer but I humored him since he was one of Zitha's biggest clients. He asked advice about divorce works especially when the other partner is being unfaithful in their marriage. I gave him my brother's card so he could call Lwazi since he deals with those kind of things but he wanted my advice so I offered it to him after speaking to my brother. His wife was cheating on him, he didn’t know who it was but he was searching for proof cause he wanted to divorce her but all of that changed when one day Mr Zitha told me that his wife was murdered at the hotel room. The staff discovered her body.