2 WEEKS LATER
23:00
RAF
ME: DID SHE CALL ?
L: YE. THAT’S HER LOCATION
AFTER 2 WHOLE WEEKS OF MASEGO NOT CALLING, SHE FINALLY REACHED OUT TO HER SISTER. I’M TRYING TO SAVE HER, THIS IS DEEPER THAN THE BEEF I HAVE WITH HER BROTHER. HE CAN DIE FOR ALL I CARE.
L: YOU’RE THERE.
ME: MHH
L: PLEASE DON’T HURT HER.
ME: MHH
L: WHAT DO YOU MEA...
I HANG UP
SEGO
CLUB MUSIC PLAYING
ME: (TWERKING) GET IT SEXY. GET IT SEXY
I WAS TURNT UP. EVERYDAY WAS BOTTLE DAY HERE. I WAS WORKING FROM HOME AND I WOULD DO AND GET WHATEVER I HAVE TO DO DONE ANYTIME
ROXXY: AYE AYE AYE
WE TAKE SHOTS.
ME: I SAID OUUUUUUUU BABYYYYYYYYY
WE START DANCING. I WAS HAVING SO MUCH FUN KE SANNA, I GOT DRUNK EVERYDAY JUST DEALING WITH EMOTIONS. FUCK THERAPY. FUCK PEOPLE.
BANG
WE ALL LOOK AND 7 MEN ENTER WITH GUNS
ME: OH SHIT.
“MUSIC OFF”
THEY TURN THE MUSIC OFF.
GUNSHOT
GUNSHOT
PEOPLE SCREAM
“SHUT UP”
“ON THE GROUND”
THEY PULL THE BOUNCERS IN, BRUISED UP BADLY AND 1 OF THEM WAS EVEN SHOT
ME: ROXXY.
ROXXY: YHO... RO IS GONNA KILL ME
ONE MAN WALKS AROUND SCANNING US. I LOOK DOWN, PRAYING THAT I DON’T DIE. HE PASSES US AND I LOOK UP. I NOTICE HIM SCANNING US AND THEN HE SMIRKS.
...: MHHH.
I LOOK DOWN.
ME: ROXXY.
THEY PULL HER UP
LADY: (YELLS) NO. NO.
...: SHUT THE FUCK UP
I CRY. FUCK. THEY WERE GONNA RAPE OR KILL HER.
ME: GOD PLEASE.
“EVERYONE LOOK UP”
I GET STARTLED. I LOOK UP AND A MAN APPEARS AND STARES AT ME.
(LAUGHS)
“PRETTY LADY”
I LOOK DOWN
“COME”
I SHAKE MY HEAD
“(YELLS) I SAID COME HERE”
I CRY, WHILST GETTING UP. HE GRIPS MY ARM AND WALKS AWAY WITH ME. I NOTICE ONE OF THE GUYS COLLECTING PHONES AND MONEY FROM EVERYONE.
“ASAMBENI”
I LOOK AT ROXXY AND SHE IS SO CALM, ME ON THE OTHER HAND, I WAS SO SCARED. WE REACH THE CAR AND THE OTHER GUYS ENTER THE OTHER CAR. THEY LOCK THE PEOPLE INSIDE THE CLUB AND WE GET OUR HANDS TIED UP AND ENTER THE CAR.
ROXXY: COULDN’T YOU MAKE THESE LIGHTER.
ME: (SHAKES HEAD) ARE YOU INSANE, I WANNA GET TF OUT OF HERE
“HEY, SHUT UP”
WE PASS A RIVER AND THE GUY OPENS THE WINDOW AND THROWS THE KEY IN THERE.
ME: (SHAKES HEAD) YOU’RE SO INSENSITIVE.
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RAFAEL NGUBANE
Non-FictionMAIN CHARACTERS: • RAFAEL NGUBANE • MASEGO JALI KA NGUBANE • LESEGO JALI KA NGUBANE • RIOMERO NGUBANE • ROXXY JALI KA NGUBANE • ROMEO NGUBANE RAFAEL NGUBANE, A TRIPLET WHO HAS HAD A INSANE CRUSH ON MASEGO JALI, A SCARRED YOUNG LADY, MUST NAVIGATE TH...
