Love, Guns & Kayise

27.

27.

NTANDOKAYISE

"You're lying." I don't understand why would Musa kill Amahle. Who is he protecting?

"Musa stays out of this," MK warns him.

"I'm sorry Kayise. You've been like a sister to me and I regret being the one who caused you immense pain." His voice sounds teary.

"No!"

"He's not lying," Melamina adds.

"I don't understand." I'm really confused. Why would Musa kill Amahle?

"Amahle was like the wild side of me. She was playful and outgoing. She spoke a lot in the time we were together and Muzi noticed that we were just too similar for it to be a coincidence. He referred to our looks since I was a shy and reserved girl. He asked me to offer her my lunch box. We had spaghetti that day and I took her fork. I gave both our forks to Muzi and he had a DNA test done and it came back positive." Melamina breaks down. Everyone is quiet listening to her because I know she has all the information.

"We both decided to tell Amahle and she went to confront her mother who confessed that we were both twins separated at birth and that Amahle was a Zikhali as well." She gives her father a dead glare.

"So what happened after?"

"I confronted my parents and they told me to let it go. I wanted to fight for Amahle who grew up without a father and I wanted everyone in the family to know about her. I wanted to get to know her very well. I invited her to come and she did but with a gun. She had questions for our father who told her straight to her face that he didn't want her." She stops talking and cries even harder. Her face was full of tears and mucus without anyone comforting her.

"Amahle was so hurt and she decided that she was going to shoot me. The wanted twin. I was so ready to die if it brought her peace but Musa grabbed a gun and shot her instead." Owami who has been a spectator to all this, walks to her aunt and comforts her. I wipe my tears and stare at Musa now with the gun pointed at him.

"Kayise, don't do it." Muzi tried to reason with me but I've sworn to myself that someone is going to get shot today and that's exactly what I do. I shoot Musawenkosi on his chest and see his body falling before running out of the house.

I find Mandla still waiting for me outside and she drives me away.

"I'm sorry cuz. What happened?" I don't think I can disclose what happened today. A lot of things have happened and I'm still trying to process it.

"Take me to Amahle's grave." I give her the directions to the graveyard.

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"Ntando who did you kill?" My father asks me as I pack my bag. I'm going to Cape Town, hopefully for good. I'm not running away because the Zikhalis would not dare get me arrested while I have a recording of Musa confessing to murdering my baby sis.

"No one important. I'm going to Cape Town okay, Baba? When Magazi comes back, ask her to tell you the truth about what got Amahle killed. She should stop hiding overseas." I grab another suitcase to put my stuff in.

"What does your aunt know?" He frowns.

"Enough to have been able to save Amahle's life but she chose not to. I'm just a pawn in this game." I grab my shoes as well but not all of them. I'll buy more clothes in Cape Town.

"I love you." I give him a hug when I'm done and pull my suitcases outside to Mandla's car. After coming back from the graveyard, she went home to bring her siblings.

"Sis wam omuhle." Sizwe hugs me first. I don't feel pretty in these oversized jeans and an oversized T-shirt with my braids down

"Thank you for everything." Sizwe was the investigator in discovering this murder mystery.

"Are you okay though?" He let go of me and I nod. Mandla is the next to hug me.

"B*tch, who am I going to party with? Maybe I should follow you to Cape Town." So much drama.

"And leave Nash with who? Sometimes you forget you're a mother." She chuckles and lets go of me but still holds my hands.

"Nash has his grandma and nanny. He'll be fine. But seriously though, take care of yourself and call me when you get there." She hugs me for the last time before Sienna has her turn.

"Take care of yourself okay?" I nodded and went to hug King.

"Don't make any hasty decisions this time and listen to me. I'm your brother." His words bring tears to my eyes because I miss Nkanyiso.

"Please don't cry." Mandla wipes my tears. Sizwe puts my suitcases inside the car and I let go of King.

"Can you guys help me find Nkanyiso or at least what happened to him?" King gives me a nod before they bid farewell to my dad who was standing by the door.

I get inside the car and Sizwe drives us to King Shaka International Airport. We buy snacks on the way before continuing with our journey.

I hug everyone at the airport for the last time before I board my flight.

———

Cape Town is just around the corner, compared to actually going out of the country. Our plane lands there in a jiffy and I walk out to grab my luggage before catching a cab to Sandhurst, where my dad's penthouse is situated.

I used to stay in Cape Town when I was a student at CPUT but I lived at Res. Dad used to visit me so he decided to buy a property here knowing that it was an investment in a way. If I didn't love staying in Durban, then I would have stayed here.

The helper welcomes me and helps me bring my bags inside the house. I can't wait to explore Cape Town. It would be such a beautiful distraction especially if I visited all the places I used to go to before I graduated and headed home. I was once a Cape Town girl who painted the city red by trying out different clubs once in a while. I think being a teacher kind of tamed me a little bit because I stopped going to clubs every weekend.

When it's just me in my bedroom, I throw myself on the bed to rest. It's late at night anyway so i close my eyes to catch some sleep after the long day I've had.

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