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CHAPTER 22 | Say It Again!

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CHAPTER 22

ANDILE

I don't know what my brother is planning on doing to us but what I know is, I'm not going down without a fight. I will talk my way out of this even if it means I have to throw my father under the bus then that's what I will do. They have locked us in our basement after his men took out the things inside and kept just a carpet that were sitting on right now.

It's every man for himself and Charlotte is on her own. I'm it dying and I'm definitely not going to jail. I wouldn't survive there because my brother is connected and he knows people. He's not mad at me but at his father who betrayed him. His precious now hates him and he's never going to forgive him. Our feet and hands are chained like some fucken animals. If I...no, when I walk out of here, they will pay. All of them.

Charlotte sniffs for the hundredth time annoying the hell out of me. The only person I'm worried about right now is my mother. She didn't do anything wrong to Hlanga so he needs to let her go but he won't because he hates me and he's going to use her against us.

" How does it feel to know that you son hates you dad?"
" Hlanga I just upset, he doesn't hate me. He will understand that what I was doing was for the benefit of the company. We were going under and we had to do something"

" He hates you old man. You gave me the woman you knew very well he loves and on top of that, we used his name to run the trafficking business. He knows this now and many other things Emy told him"
" And it's all your fault. You had one job Andile and you failed. Look at us right now, we have no idea what Hlanga is going to do"

" He wants revenge against us, you know that and I will not go down without a fight" Charlotte scoffs. I look at her. " What's amusing you?"
" You can't go against him, you'll lose"
" Worry about yourself dear wife because once he finds out that your sleazy cousin is the one who forged his signature, you're dead. Both of you are fucken dead"

" Andile, Hlanga hates you more than anyone. You abused Emy for years and kept on humiliating her at every opportunity you got and you think he's got time to worry about me?" She laughs.
" I hope you said goodbye to your parents when you saw them because it was the last time they laid their eyes on you"

" Yeah right, Hlanga will not kill me"
I stare at her. " You sound so sure wife, what are you up to?"
" Wouldn't you like to know"
" She's going to tell him everything you two ever illegally did" my father says.
I glare at her " She wouldn't dare"
" If you open that big mouth of yours and start telling Hlanga secrets about my son. I will kill you myself Charlotte. Do you hear me?"

" Oh shut the hell up you witch. I'm not Emy, you will not threaten me and you will never, ever talk to me like that. I'm not going to die for any of you, I will tell him everything he needs to know so I can save my life."

This stupid woman! I knew I shouldn't have trusted her on some things. " so you'll sell me out, just like that Charlotte. The years we have spent together meant nothing to you? I thought the love we shared was stronger than anything?"

" It was until you told me to worry about myself. I'm taking your advice husband, I'm too young to die so nope. I'm not ready to die yet."
" You will regret this Charlotte, I promise you"
" That's if you see another day to live"
" I told you to deal with her and what did you do? You went ahead and married her, all our problems started when you decided to marry this girl and now we're fucked."

My father reminds me again and I hate it. Charlotte will never betray me, she loves me too much to do that. " you would choose my brother over me Charlotte? Betray me so you can please him? Do you have any idea who my brother is?"
She looks away. " he's not God, Charlotte. He's just another man" my mother answers.
" You will know him soon."

The door opens and Don walks in followed by Linda and that girl. She's a piece though, if only things were different maybe I would have stood a chance.
" Andile, where is my father's body?"