Izindaba Zomhawu(Paused)

Chapter 16

LONDIWE

“ Bye boss.”, I say to Kwanele who has a frown on his face trying to get through some paper work.

He looks at me , “ It's knock-off time already?”

“Yhea , I should get going now and please...”

He stares for a little while and  nods  then he goes back to work. In all honesty, Kwanele is my only hope in getting justice for my little brother although his ways might be sketchy but I just want him found.

I pass by to the reception to get my friends.

“So are you ready to do this?”, Wendy asks.

“ I don't know , I'm scared yazi.”,  I confess. I don't wanna intrude ,maybe he has a very good reason why he hasn't called me or picked up my calls. Maybe he's working, he is a busy man afterall.

I text Derrick that he shouldn't come pick me up because I already got a ride from Wendy.
We drive off to his beautiful house and stop at the gate. My  friends can see the worry on my face, I don't like this at all.

“Maybe I should wait for him to call me first.”, I say.

“ Girl, he owes you an explanation plus , this is your man, you have a right to visit him you know.”, Gcina assures me.

“ I agree with Gcina on this one. Qhawe is not Sandile , stop holding back babe.” , Stacy can be a loud mouth but maybe she's right.

“ And give the poor man some coochie yhu! You're starving the guy ,Londiwe!”, Gcina exclaims and I giggle.Trust Gcina to say something offside in a serious situation.

“Okay ,fine.”

We're let in by the security guards and I go knock on the door.
No, answer.I shouldn't have done this. Just about then a coloured woman opens the door. “ Can I help you?”, she asks scrunching her nose.

Just as I'm about to answer her I  see Qhawe approaching us. “ Felicia let her in.” , he say.

The Felicia character let's go of the door and clicks her heels going back somewhere in the house.

“ Who is that?”, I ask. I don't want to assume anything or act out of proportion so he must not lie to me.

“Who the fuck is that Qhawe?”

“Baby relax hawu, that's my assistant. I'm sorry I went AWOL, it's just that we're working on a very important case.”, he assures me.

my body relaxes and he leads us to the office when he and this Felicia person were.

“ Felicia,this is my girlfriend Londiwe and baby this is my assistant.”, Qhawe says introducing us formally and Felicia nods.

“ I'm sorry about earlier, I thought you were somebody else.”, Felicia says . Somebody else? I wonder.

“ Apology accepted Fifi.”, I smile at her and she returns the smile.

Well she seems nice, I wonder who she thought I was .

Qhawe leads us to the main bedroom, leaving Felicia to work. He closes the door.

He clears his throat, “ I'm sorry , I know I should've let you know baby,that was very wrong of me.”

“ You're damn right it was , Qhawe you can't just disappear on me . Worse you were not picking up my calls , we're in a relationship for crying out loud and people in a relationship communicate!”  

“ I know baby, I know and I'm sorry.”, he says brushing my back as we're laying on his bed fully clothed. 

I sigh “ it's fine, I have to tell you something.” , I say. He doesn't answer me instead he keeps brushing my back .