BEING A WIFE OF A PRISONER

Chapter 14

AZASAKHE

I knew something will go wrong after I spend many days in jail. I haven’t done my night ritual in those days and now my enemies are showing me flames. My first ever car is wrecked In pieces just in front of my eyes. I should have waited a bit longer before test driving it but I was too excited to just let it go.

Kagiso: Are you okay?

Tears involuntary fall from my eyes as I shake my head.

Me: I should have introduced it to the day walker and night walkers before driving it.

I murmur to myself more than him. A frown covers his face.

Kagiso: Huh?

Me: Now my car is ruined.

Kagiso: The car can be fixed but the question still remains are you okay?

Me: I will never be okay after this. Such a beautiful car in pieces.

Kagiso: You’re only lucky you had your seatbelts on. The doctor is on its way to check on you guys.

Me: There’s nothing that will cure my broken heart. I just killed the first ever car I’ve ever owned on my life.

Kagiso: There’s more where it come from. X5 is nothing compared to what he can get you.

The man doesn’t understand that the memories of this car are gone before they can even begin. I don’t care whether it’s X19 or 20. My only problem is that I just killed my first own car. Why do black children have to always struggle? No wonder the Boers took the land from us so easily, we don’t practice witchcraft enough. I wipe the blood of my noise and lean my head on the railing of the stairs. My head feels like it will split into two.

Sihle: What a way to ruin a beautiful car.

Me: Don’t remind me mntase. I’m so hurt.

Sihle: What’s going to happen to the car now?

Kagiso: It will be repaired.

Me: But it won’t be the same. My wall and the garage door have dents.

Kagiso: You know this could be easy if you just pick up your phone and call your husband and tell him all of your complaints.

Me: I’m comfortable talking to you.

Sihle: Aren’t you afraid that he might be realised?

Me: Who?

Sihle: You know who.

Me: Senzeni Emhlabeni Dlamini is not walking out of those jail premises anytime soon.

Kagiso chuckles.

Kagiso: I wouldn’t be sure if I was you.

Me: If he was coming out he wouldn’t have went through extra miles to make me his wife. The fact that he made me sign that contract with such T&C’s and clause it proves to me he will never come out.

Sihle: Aren’t you afraid of him? That someday he might come out?

Haibo is this woman deaf? I just answer her questions. It makes me wonder how hard did she hit her head.

Me: How can I be afraid of someone I don’t know? As long he knows his boundaries and sticks to them then we should be fine. As long he is in jail I’ve got nothing to worry about, right?

Kagiso amusedly nods.

Kagiso: Right.

He looks at his phone and walks to the door.