Regrets and Mistakes

Chapter 4

I am Carry my bag ready to leave,my phone vibrates" Mrs phiri" it reads,I swipe nervously hoping there is no problem,when she is done asking where my mothers meds are I ask her if my little sister has gotten back home,I make a frown when she responds she has not seen or heard anything about her. I force myself to dial her number and plead with her to come back home,she has thrown tantrums before but I never expected her to actually sleep out,something is wrong here,my mind leads me straight to the police station. My hands are cold,I feel like I'm developing a cold,I enter the station and find a young woman sitting by the front desk,her serious expression meets mine,I dart my eyes away from hers before telling her why I am there. She later advices me to wait in the waiting room until she can confirm my case. I filed for my sisters missing case," I am sorry ma'am but we only open the file if has been 72 hours. My head is pounding so hard that I don't even have the energy to scream at that woman or the entire police force,who even came up with this stupid law? Whatever the case I just hope she is okay,mom will not forgive me if anything happens to her,I feel so guilty I should not have thrown my 25 years of anger on her,it really is not her fault life turned out this way for me. I drag my feet home,feeling like a piece of garbage dumped at the site,I have no idea what to do from here.
Chumas POV
After that beautiful night I shared with him I had it all figured out,I needed to find out what my husband was hiding from me no matter the cost or consequences. There was only one person who could help me and that was sibeso,he knew everything there was to know about my husband,they have known each other all their lives. How can I get ahold of sibeso I am very sure they are together,he lied about some workshop but I know he is upto something else. Being the clever he is he has a different password for everyone I have zero access to his gadgets you would probably think I'm stupid or blind or whatever but I know my husband mischief has nothing to do with another woman. I wrap my hands around my mug of coffee trying to think of a way to of a way. I smirk when I think I of something I admit it is a little immoral but I am desperate right now,he will have to understand.
Sibeso's POV
I almost chocked on my food when I read her text on my phone " I'm done pretending " I know it isn't much but her and I have ever texted in this way,she is my friends wife but very beautiful,before I could respond I looked at my friend who was busy making calls desperately trying to discover the truth,he has been nothing but good to me,he doesn't deserve my dirty thoughts towards his wife,aside his money she is all he has,chuma has never liked me because I am not well to do and she feels I am only close to her husband for his money,which really isn't the case there could be only one reason as to why she is suddenly interested in me, she has her suspicions about mweemba and is trying to get me to tell her.That snake of a woman." Sibe man,look at this" he shouts in excitement,this is the location,it appears the person we are looking for is 25 minutes away from here " we should go to her" his face grows pale,"no way,you should go there and find out everything,I don't think she would want to see me" I gulp my wine down,wiping my mouth in readiness for the drive. We shake hands and he smiles at me with so much hope his eyes.
When I get to the car I call Chuma" whatever you are trying to do stop" she clearly is surprised at my tone of voice" what do you mean you peasant" i huff and hang up on her.
The drive sure takes only 25minutes,I pull up in the back yard and g at out of the car,slowly walking towards the yard,I notice a lot of toddlers on the floor,people having some food and one woman pounding with a baby on her back, this place is worse than I thought,people still live like this? " excuse me,hello" I politely say while moving towards them," is it you" an elderly woman responds,I turn around and find her lying on a mat,she already looks dead to me," no he is my friend " I quickly respond with embarrassment in my voice" he sure did not have the balls to face me after All these years" I clear my throat nervously trying not to chock at her choice of words,my eyes wonder around the yard looking for who knows what,"focus on me" she bluntly says,coughing her way up so she she can sit and look at me properly " do you need help" I offer. She nods her head In disagreement."I do not have time for chitchat so I'll get straight to the point " minutes move by real quick,my jaw is dropped when she tells me the whole story leaving a zero clue about the case. It appears we are back to square one,there is one point though she at least Mentioned the city,but where do we begin. I thank her and take my leave. My heart is in my stomach rumbling  and wondering what I will tell my anxious,desperate friend now.