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Kanaur
igr
edhi
hwani
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Haungakundi
fomuhwani
..
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Toset
inozi
vaI
ngawani
..
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Sakaudakuny
atsozv
iedzaani
..
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Iheardhim shout
ingl
ikehewas
presenti
ngaliveshowofsomesort.I
tr
iedignori
ngbutthenoisewasj
usttoo
muchf ormyear s.Tot opont hat,he
wasonl yrepeat i
ngthosef ewsent ences,
maki ngt hesongunr ecognisabl
e.I
couldn'tf i
gureoutwhatt ypeofasong
wast hat .'
"Thisisreallygoingtobet he
worsthol i
dayev er'
"isaidsot omy self
asi walkeddownt hest ai
rs,her
dingthe
l
ounge, wher etheloudguywas.He
di
dn'tseemeandhewasbusywi thhis
i
rri
tatingsi nging.
.

*
Me.
..
:*Hey
!!
(
Hei
gnor
ed)

*
Me.
..
.:
*Heywenai
mtal
ki
ngt
oyou!
(
Hest
oppedt
henl
ookedatme.
)

*
Me..
..
:*Ki
ndl
yreducethevol
umeof
y
ourr
adio,
ican'
tevenconcent
rat
e.

(
Hej
ustsmi
l
edandt
hatdi
sgust
edme)

*
Him.
.:
*Im Kudzanai
Miss.

(
Hewasr
eal
l
yannoy
ing.
)

*
Me..
.:
*Doilookl
ikeicar
e?Justst
op
maki
ngnoi
se.Iwonderwhatmyparent
s
sawi
nav
il
lagemanl
i
key
ou.

*
Him.
.:
*Youar
ewel
comeMi
ss.

*
Me.
..
.:
*Aaar
ghh

(Itur
nedbackbecausei
wasn'
tenj
oyi
ng
hisnonsense.
)

*Hi
m..
.:
*Mi
ssRuendi
chi
i
mbahangu
her
e??

(
Justwheni wasaboutt
orepl
yhi
m,my
mom walkedin.
)
*Her.
.:
*Heybabygi
rlgetdressed
Bradl
eyisi
nthecountr
y..

*
Me.
..
:*Tel
lmey
ouj
oki
ngmom?

(
Wasnowscr
eami
ng.
)

*Her
..:
*Makei
tqui
ckthereisgonnabe
asurpri
sewel
comepart
yf orhi
m..

(Br
adl
eyismymanandhehasbeen
abr
oadfor8year
snow.
)
*
Me.
..
.:
*Okmom.

*Her
...
:*Wearsomethingni
cebaby
,he'
s
comingwithhi
sgir
lf
riendtoo.
.

(
Didi
hearhercor
rect
ly?
?)

Myr ealnamei sRudoMusonza.Ima

reall
ybeauti
fulgi
rlaged22andi m doing
l
aw, act
uall
yinmyl astyearinAngola.
Soweonl ytwo, mybigbrotherRavi
ro
whoi s30,i
st hefi
rstbor
nandst i
ll
singl
e.Don'taskmewhybecausei m not
awar et
oo.Hei sasociol
ogistbythe
wayandhe' shandsome, r
ich,hegot
somepr ide,
he'sthatkinda* "me,me"*
guy.Somydadi sabusi nessmanand
mymom i sahousewi feandabusi ness
womant oo,
hopey oust i
llfoll
owing.By
thewaywest ayi
nUpl ands, butnotwith
Ravithough,hehashisownl i
fein
Avondale.

SoRueistheshortnameforRudo,
manypeoplecal
lmeRuesot hat
'smy
name.Wait,
,
,if
orgottotel
lyouthatim
moreli
keadaddy'sgir
l.Mymom y eah
shespoi
lmebutnotasmuchasdaddy ,
soimjustt
he*"FancyRue"*.
Sot hist imei wasathomef orahol i
day.
Youknowi lov edspendi ngmyhol i
days
i
nTanzani a, that'
swher edaddy 'stwin
si
sterst ay sandwegetal ongsowel l
,
butt hist i
memymom i nsistedt hati
shoul dcomehome.Andi knowy ou
wannaknowwhoBr adleyis, heismy
boyfriendsi ncehi ghschool .Actuall
yhe
i
st hesonofmymom' sfriend, noonei s
awar eoft hi sr el
ationshipt hough, i
tsli
ke
wewer et oldt oactlikesiblings,duhwe
broket her ul e.Sohewasi nAust r
ali
a
pursui nghi smedi cinedegr eeandwe
usedt ot alkmucht hrought hephone.
Hegr aduat edf ewmont hsagoandnow
backhome.Iam soexcit
edbecausewe
aregonnarev
ealoursecr
etandfi
nall
y
datefr
eel
y.
..

Sowheni gothome, mymom t ol

dme
thatthegirlwhowasourchefwas
i
mpr egnatedf ewmont hsagoandt hey
hadtohi r
et hi
sbor i
ngKudzanai guy.
I
magi nehewasaGar dener,buthet ol
d
them thathecanaswel lcookandt hat'
s
whent heytookhi minast hehousechef ,
howl ousy.Idon'thaveapr oblem with
ourhelpers,butthisonei hatehim
becauseofhi snoise.Iam justgonna
tol
eratehimf orashor twhil
esi nceiam
goingbackt oschool i
njustamoment .
Sowhenmymom t ol
dmet hatBr adley
wasgonnai ntroducehi sgi r
lfri
end, my
heartrejoicedbecausei am t hegi rlandi
am soexci ted.Iwentupst airsr unning,
singinghappysongs, that'show
amazi ngt henewswer et ome.Il ooked
foraspeci aldresstowearandmyey es
wer ecaughtupwi t
ht hisot herl ong
mar oondr esswi t
hagol dbel t.Thi sone
wasagi ftfrom myauntandi l
ov et he
dresslikecr azy ,
ipickedt hatonet hen
mygol dst ill
etosandgol dcl utchbagas
well.Iquickl ychangedandi look
stunning, youhear dme, stunni ng...
..
Afterlooki
ngatmy sel
finthemi r
ror,i
wentdownst ai
rsfeeli
ngmy sel
f.Ifound
thatKudzanaiguystil
lint
helounge.My
mom wasnott her
esot hi
swasagood
ti
mi ng..

*Me.
..
:*Heywena,
whatar
eyoust
il
l
doi
nghere??

*
Him.
.:
*Im wai
ti
ngf
ory
ou.

(
List
ent
othi
sdumbguy
..
)

*
Me.
..
:*Wai
ti
ngf
orwho?
?Ar
eyousur
e
y
ounotment
all
ydi
stur
bed?

*Hi
m..:
*May aMi
ssRue, ndi
tor
ibhosoo.
Momzy asi
yayat
itibayet
eseini
ndi
chi
notengamaingredi
ent
s
pamashops.

*Me...
:*Ar
eyoureferr
ingtomymom? ?
Sincewhen?Besides,kubudateseasi
roadyekumashopshaui zi
ve?

(
Smi
l
ing,
rev
eal
i
nghi
sdi
mpl
es.
..
)

*Him.
.:
*Mayakutongosav
ermalegs
angusi
ncendi
chadakuzocooksa
manher
u..

(
Thewayhet al
kskahahahaht
rustme
i
m gonnaki
l
lhim oneoft
hesedays.
)

*Me.
..
:*Li
stenyoungoroldman
what
ever,
younotcomingwi t
hme, not
i
nmycar ,
findyourwaytotheshops
anddoyourthi
ngs.

*Him..
.:
*Iri
bhoMiss,kondingar
ambe
offi
nindichi
ipi
hwa.Mozongoziva
zvekut
aurakanamakubv unzwa.
Hesai dsowal ki
ngaway ,
feel
inghimself
l
ikehewasev enattr
acti
ve.Ij
ustignored
him andwentupst ai
rs,
ihadforgotten
mycarkey sthere.Thatmomentmom
call
edme. .
.

...
.:SorryRuemamav aBradl
eyvaf
ona
kutindit
ouy athat
'swhyndabudandisi
na
kuoneka.Fol l
owmel ater
,fornow
perekedzaKudzi kumashopspane
zvaarikufanir
akunotenga.

*Me..
.:
*Mom butwhywouldi
accompanyhi
m, hecan.
..
.
(
Dududu.Damnshehunguponme.
..
)

Iwaspi ssedof f
.Likehowcoul dsheask
met ogooutwi ththatguy,wor sewi t
h
hisbori
ngat ti
tudenxaa.Soi hav eno
otherchoicethant ojustfol
lowmy
mom' sor der
s,youknowshecanbe
real
lystri
ctsomet ime, soididn'twant
herscoldingme.Iwal kedtot hecottage
wherethebor ingguyhadwal kedt o.I
foundhim busysewi nghi strouser.He
l
ookedser i
ouslikehewasev enknowi ng
whathewasdoi ng..
*
Me.
..
:*Eehl
et'
sgo.

(
Hewi
deopenedhi
sey
esl
i
keazombi
e)

*
Him.
.:
*Mukudat
ibay
ekupi
?

*
Me.
..
:*Shops.

*
Him.
.:
*Kunoi
tei
?

(
Aaaar
ght
hiswasr
eal
l
ynoti
nter
est
ing.
)

*
Me.
..
:*I
weusany
eber
ekuzungai
ra,
mamav
ati
ndi
kuper
ekedzekumashops.

*
Him.
.:
*Vadar
onguv
ai?

(Guyshel
pmeknowi
fthi
sguyi
sreal
l
y
ok.)

*
Me.
..
.:
*Youknowwhat
?For
geti
t.
.

Iwasnowmor ethanthewor dpissed.I

turnedandwentbackinside.Trustme
i
m nev ergonnaspendmyhol idayhere,i
willsur
elymoveinwithRavi,t
hisguyi s
reall
ygetti
ngonmyner ves.Iran
upstai
rsandclosedmydoor.Mymood
wasspoiledal
ready.Soi
fel
lasleep
unexpect
edlyandwokeupwi t
hmy
mom call
ingme. .
.Oohnoihadov er
sl
ept..

.
..
:Heybabyar
eyoust
il
lcomi
ng?

*
Me.
.:
*Yesmom i
had.
.

.
..
.:Noifyounotokdon'tbother
y
ourselfmuch.Bradleywi
llseeyou
t
omorrow,besideshesaidhewon' tbe
i
ntr
oducinghisgir
ltodaysoy oucanrest
baby
.

*
Me.
..
:*Oky
oucomi
ngbackwhatt
ime?

..
..
.:Anyti
mebefore8pm,ifyou
hungryjustaskKudzanai
toprepar
e
somethingforyoutoeat,
don'tl
eave
somef orusthough.

*
Me.
..
:*Okby
emom.

Idr
oppedt hecall
.Tr
ustmei wantedt
o
go,butt
hisissueofBradl
eynot
i
ntr
oducingme, weakensme.Likehe
wasj ustunreachablesincemor ningand
iwasnotev enawar eofhi splans.Iwas
surel
ydi sappoint
ed.Butt heni wokeup
andchangedt omypi nktracksuitand
pinkfli
pf l
opsthenwentdownst airs.The
thoughtofKudzi prepar i
ngsomet hing
formet oeatwasj ustnotsi t
ti
ngwel lin
me, ididn'
twannabeany whereneart hat
man.He' sjustanui sance.Soi wal ked
totheki t
chenandf oundmyenemyi n
hisapronpr epari
ngsausage, my
favouri
temeat .

*
Me.
..
:*Mom sai
dyoush.
..
.
(
Idi
dn'
tfi
nishandhei
nter
rupt
ed.
)

*Him..
:*DzunguRue, thi
sisforyou.
Ndanzindikubiki
rekohantienyumaoko
anoit
amhoni akabat
amapot o.

(Hestar
tedl
aughi
ng,guy
smkomana
aisv
otauyuapaagot
ikut
aur
azvaanoda.
)

*Me.
..
:*Sakaunofungahandigone
kubi
ka?Justdoyourjobquietl
y.

*
Him..
.:
*Handi
nakudaroi
ni,
ofcour
se
mahumbwendotozv
izi
vakut
iunobi
ka.
.
*
Me.
..
:*Getout
!!

(
Istor
medoutandhej
ustsmi
l
ed
t
hinki
ngkut
iiwasj
oki
ng.
)

*
Me.
..
:*Kudzanai
isai
dgetout
!!
!!

Hepani ckedthenwalkedouthur r
iedl
y,
nxaai wasnol ongerhappy.Ihave
toler
atedhim enoughnxaa.Iwasbei ng
niceallal
ongnotknowi ngthatiwas
actuall
ydeali
ngwi t
hapsy cho.Iheard
him closi
ngthemai ndoorandt heni
knewt heidi
otwasout.Tobehonesti
didn'ttrustt
hisguy
,soideci
dedto
throwt hesausagehehadpreparedi
n
thebi n,hewasactual
l
ycapableofdoi
ng
any t
hing.

Soi t
henr oastedmynewsausaget hen
fri
edsomechi ps,ineededsomet hi
ng
salty.Ienjoyedmyf oodwat chingan
Indianseries.Ididn'twatchf orsol ong
becausei wassl eepy,soithenwentt o
sleep.Ididntwai tformypar ent s,ireal
ly
want edtosl eep.Thatwasi tf orthisday .
Sot henextmor ningwasaSat urday,my
mom i sgoingoutwi thdad,leav ingme
witht hei
rbor i
ngKudzi .I
tsagoodt hing
Bradleycall
edt ell
ingmethathei s
comi ng.Beforemom anddadl eft,
my
mom askedmet ogoandcal lKudzi,i
don'tunderstandwhysheal way swanna
usemewheni tcomest oKudzi..
.I
walkedt ohiscot t
ageandiknockedt he
door.Boom heopenedt hedoorl ooki
ng
di
fferent,l
i
ket hisdayhewasl ooking
good. .
.

*
Me.
..
:*Mom wannaseey
oubef
..
.

(
Hei
nter
rupt
ed.
)
*Him.
.:
*Jeezbeauti
fulgi
rlwit
hno
moral
s,youfi
rstst
artbygreet
ingpeopl
e
neh.

(
SohecanspeakEngl
i
shsowel
l
?)

*Me..
.:
*Whatev
er,i
m nother
eforyour
l
ectur
es.Youhear
dme, mom wanna
seeyounow.

(
Hesmi
l
edr
eveal
i
nghi
sdi
mpl
esagai
n.)

*Him..
:*OkMi
ssRue,
iwi
l
lbet
her
e
short
ly.
Thewayhepr onounced"Rue"hahaha
youwouldthi
nkthathewasi nsane.I
walkedbacki
nsideandbeforei knewi t
,
Kudziwasbehindmel ooki
ngordi nar
y
again.
.Thi
sguywasact ual
lyacr ooki
mustsay..
.

*
Me.
..
:*Wenay
ou?
?

*
Him.
.:
*Komamkabhoher
eMi
ssRue?
Momzir
ipi
?

*
Me.
..
:*Whyar
eyounowr
epl
yi
ngmei
n
Shona?

*Him..
:*Aaahkomromowacho
ndewakohere?Sudur
ukandi
pinde
hangu.

(Hesaidsot r
yingtopushmeandi
raisedmyhand, bel
iev
emei wantedto
slaphim butsomeonei nt
err
upted..
)

*Him.
..
:*Kudzanaiwerey
ouaboutt
o
pushmydaught er
???
Booom st
uckinthemiddl
e,i
fisayyes,
hewil
lbefir
ed,i
fisayno,
theniwil
l
havet
oendur emoreofhi
sannoyances.
.
Whatcanidonow? ??
..
.

*
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Howi
sRue?Goodorbadgi
rl
?

Kudzanai
ke?Whyi
sheal
way
steasi
ng
Rue?

Whoi
sBr
adl
ey?I
sheagenui
neguy
?

Whatwi
l
lRuesay
?

Savetheguyor?
?Didthedadheart
he
wholeconver
sat
ion?
?
St
ayt
unedf
ormor
e..
..

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Iwasnowst
ucki
nthemi
ddl
eofahar
d
rock, mydadont heot herhad, Kudzanai
thebor ingchefont heot herhand.My
dadl ookedatmewi tht hatst raightface,
wheni tcomest ohispr incess, hedon't
j
okear ound.Kudzi ont heot herside
l
ookedatmewi thasadanddesper ate
face.Iwasnowconf used.Forr eal i
didn'tli
ket hisguyandi reall
ywi shedf or
himt obef ir
ed.Butt heni wasonl y
homef orf ewweeksandt heni woul dbe
awayf rom him again.Soi t
hought
getti
nghi mf i
redwoul dbesel fish,i
didn'tknowhi mthatmuchbuti could
tell
,het reasuredhisj ob.It hent hought
ofgiv i
nghi m onlyhisj ob, thendeal with
himl ater..
.
*
Me..
.:
*Nodadhewasn'
taboutt
opush
me,
actual
l
yhesl
i
pped.

*
Him.
:
*Okgoodmor
ning.

*
Me.
..
:*I
m goodandy
oudad?

*
Him.
.:
*Im goodt
oopr
incess.

*
Me.
..
:*Oki
wil
lbei
nmyr
oom.

Il
eftt
hem gr
eet
ingeachot
herandwent
tomyr oom.Tr ustmei wasf eeling
reallyhappy ,
itsli
kei hadsomet hingto
useagai nstthisKudzi guy.Hewas
nev ergonnaannoyhi m again, iwould
threat enhi m andi knewwi t
hwhati di
d,
hewasgonnast epback.Atl easti
managedt oputhim backt ohi splace.I
onlywant edhi mt oplayitcool around
me, idon'tthinkthatwasaski ngmuch.
Soi nmyr oom ireceivedacal lfrom
Bradl ey,jeezi wasangr yatthisone. ..

*
Me.
.:
*(si
l
ent
)

.
..
..
:Hel
l
o.
*
Me.
..
:*(
sil
ent
)

..
..
.:Comeonbaei knowyouangr
yat
mebutim sor
rysweet
heart
.

*Me..
.:
*Ify
ouknowt
henwhydi
dyou
cal
l
?

.
..
..
:Sonowi m notall
owedtotal
kto
mynunujustbecauseshe'sangr
y?Im
sor
ryhunnyiwasj ustbusy
,youknow
howiti
swheny ou'vebeenawayforso
l
ong,somanythingst odo.
*
Me.
..
:*I
m st
il
langr
yaty
ou.

..
...
:Ifi
tsaboutmenoti ntroducing
yout heny ouneedt ounder standthi s.
Hunnyy ousospeci al tomeandy ou
deser venothingbutt hebest .Icoul dn'
t
i
nt r
oducey oulastni ghtbecausenoone
wasev ergonnat aket hei ntroduction
seriously,idi
dn'twanty out of eelless
wor th.Imlookingf oraper fecttimeand
place, whenev eryonewi l
lbepay i
ng
attentionandwi thnodi stractions.

(
Icoul
dn'
tst
opsmil
i
ng,i
fel
tbut
ter
fl
ies
i
nmytummyhahah.)
*Me..
.:
*Youwillnev
err
unoutof
excuses,
wil
lyou?

(
Play
inghar
dtogetnow.
)

.
..
.:Actuall
ythereasonf orthi
scal
l
wasjusttoheary ourv oi
ce.Thanksmy
l
ove,wil
ltalkmorel aterok.Il
oveyou
St
andwasenhl izi
yoy ami.

Het hendr oppedthecall

.Iwasnow
blushing.Justhearinghi
m sayi
ngthose
threewor ds,theangerihadtowar
ds
himj ustfadeaway .That
'showmuchi
l
ov edhi m.Ismil
edfr
om eartoear
knowi ngthatiwasactual
lyspecialt
o
him.Hemademymor ni
ngbeli
ev eme.
Soi thenwentdownst ai
rsagaini
wantedt osaymygoodby et
omom and
dad.If ounddadsti
ll
talki
ngtoKudzi and
iwonder edwhattheywerestil
ltalki
ng
about .

*
Me.
..
:*Dadwher
eismom?

*Hi
m..
:*She'
sout
side,
probabl
yint
he
gar
age.
Ithenwal kedout ,l
eav i
ngt het womal es
tal
king.Iwentst rai
ghtt othegar ageand
ifoundMr sMusonzacl osingdad' scar .
Beli
ev emewheni sayt hi
s, mymom
wheni tcomest ogoingout ,
youwoul d
thi
nkt hatshewasat eenager .Shel oved
goingout ,withherhubbymost ly.I
rememberbacki ntheday swheni was
doingmyA' Level,dadwasgi v ensome
ti
cketst oDurbanf orasummerhol i
day .
Wewer esupposedt ogot oDur banasa
familybutmymom wasl ike,* "
Ruei s
goingt owr i
teherexamssoon, shecan't
gooutshewi llf
ail"
*,shegav eanot her
excusef orRav it
ooandguesswhat ?
Theyl eftf
orDur ban,justthet woof
them hahahah.Butt
opayf orthe
damages, shecamebackwi thawhole
l
otoft hi
ngsforme,clot
hes,shoes,
j
ewelleryandstaf
f,t
hatismymom f or
you.

*Me..
.:
*Morningmom,icanseey
ousti
ll
enj
oyinggoi
ngoutwit
hnoonebutyour
husband.

*Her
..
:*Ar
eyoutryi
ngtosayy
ouwanna
comewithushahahaha.

*
Me.
..
:*Hahahahnotexact
ly,
butwas
j
ustwonderi
ngwhyyoucal
l
edmehere
t
hough.Canimov ei
nwi
thRav
ifort
he
r
estofthehol
iday
?

*Her.
..
:*Noswt ywemissy ou,
we
wantedyoutocomewi thusbutBr adl
ey
i
scomi ngtoseey ousoitwon'tbefai
r
forbot
hofy ou.Iknowyouguy smiss
eachother
.

(Whatdiditel
lyou?Shenev
err
anoutof
excuseshahahaha.
)

*
Me...
:*I
m notr
eferr
ingt
othatneh,
i
j
ustmissmybrother
.
*Her.
..
:*Okmybaby
,youwil
lvi
si
tyour
brot
herbutf
orf
ewday s,
wewantyou
heresomuch.

*
Me.
..
:*I
fyousayso.

*Her..
.:
*Will
bebackintheeveni
ng,
pleasepri
ncessdon'
tst
ressKudzi,
he.
..

(
Ther
ewegoagai
n.)

*
Me...
:*Okmom buty
oushoul
datl
east
t
ell
himthatt
oo.
*Her
..
.:
*Hahahahi
knowhe'
snotmuch
ofaprobl
em.

*
Me.
..
:*Ooohi
see.

Sowet alkedabitandt hendadwal ked

out.Theywereactuallygoingt o
Domboshav a,idi
dn'taskwhyt hough.
Sodadki ssedmyf orehead,sowas
mom andt heylef
t.Iwav edt hem
goodbyeandwentbacki nside.Toav oid
Kudzi'
snonsense,iwentupst ai
rstomy
room.Inmyr oom ilookedf or
somethingnicetowear ,iknewBr adley
wasgonnabehomeany t
ime.Thi sday
wasabi thotsoi pi
ckedmypeach
armlessabov ekneebal l
oondr ess.I
chosemypeachf li
pf l
opstoo.Soi
quicklytookaqui ckshower ,
idon't
knowwhyi neverwant edchanging
withoutfir
sttakingabat h.Ifiam to
changeei ghttimesaday ,t
hatmeans
bathingeightt i
mest oohahahahcr azy
mei know.

Soi t
henstartedwat chingTV,wai t
ing
forBradl
ey.IknewKudzi waspr obably
busycookingsoi didn'twannadi stur
b
him.Iwaswat chi
ngt hisotherAmer i
can
comedywheni heardKudzi shout i
ngmy
name.Iwant edtoignor ebuttheni
thoughtt hatmay behewant edhelpon
somet hingsoi wentdownst ai
rs.Ifound
Bradleyint heloungeandi screamed, he
hadsur prisedme.Sot hat'
swhyKudzi
wasshout ingl
ikethat.Iranintomy
man'sar ms. .

*
Me..
.:
*Baei
sthi
syou?Jeezi
missed
y
ou.

*
Him. .
:*Damny
oulookhotbae,
i
missedyoumorehey
.

*
Me.
..
:*Atl
easty
oubackf
orgood.
*
Him.
.:
*Nowi
canmakey
oumywi
fe.
.

*Kudzi
:*Tsanomakadii
?Mi ssRue
ndakumbonogeza,ndodzoka
ndichi
kupaichi
kaf
umamanj e.

(
Inzwai
womumweuy
u)

*
Me...
:*Don'
tbot
her
,iwi
l
lser
vet
hef
ood
f
orus.

*
Kudzi
:*Mwanawabosshaasiboss,
makamboi
nzwawotsumoiyoy
oher e?
*Brad.
.:
*Hahahahwher
edi
dyougett
his
one?

*Kudzi:
*Tsanondandisat
indati
chi
pindurai
.Makafi
twa
nekuvhengedzer
athough.Musare
muchigezamaoko,ndikudzoka
ndichi
pakura.

Withthosewor dshewal kedoutf eel

ing
hi
msel f.Tobehonesti didn'
tevenknow
whatmypar entssawinhi m.Hewasno
di
fferentfrom mybrotherRavi,onlyt
hat
hewaspoor .Therewasnot hi
ng
i
nterestingabouthimtrustme.Isav ed
hi
mf rom beingf
ir
ed,
buthewasnev er
grat
eful,whatal
ossnxaa.Iwasnow
angrythough.

*Br
ad:
*Babeignor
ethefool
,l
et'
sjust
enj
oyourdayi
npeace.

(Hesaidsosmi
l
ing,
jeezmyBr
adl
eywas
handsome.)

*Me..
.:
*Iwi
llmov ei
nwithRavi
tomorr
ow.Idon'twantt
hisguyt
o
alway
sspoilourmoments.
*Hi
m..:
*Let'shopewenott al
ki
ngabout
Ravi
romyf utur
ebrotherinl
aw.Thisguy
i
sbettert
hany ourbr
otherbae,wewill
j
usti
gnorehi midon'
tmi ndhi
mt hough.

Tor estt hecasei j

ustsai d'ok'.Forreal
Rav itoleratednononsense.Ir emember
Bradleyt ryingtobef ri
endswi thhi m but
Rav ihav ehi sownf r
iends,hewasnot
evenabi tinterestedi nBradley.Sof rom
then, hewasnotsocomf ortablearound
him.Asf ormeandhi m,wear ecl ose
buthe' st hatkindaser iousandst r
aight
forwar dguy ,soiknowmyl i
mi ts.But
theni fyoudon' tcrossboundar i
es,you
goodt ogo.
Soi thenwalkedt ot
hekitchenandt ook
twogl assesthenanor angej ui
ceforus,
tosav eenergy, i
didn'
ttouchKudzi '
s
pots,iknewhemeanti twhenhesai dhe
wasgonnabet heoneser vi
ngust he
food.Soi want ednof i
ghts,notinthe
presenceofmyman.Wesati nthe
l
ounge, doingsomecat chupsand
tal
kingaboutourr el
ati
onship.Hewas
start
ingwor kinf ewweeks.I t
sagood
thi
ngi hadonl yfewmont hsl eftt
ofini
sh
myst udies,iwassur el
ygonnami sshim.
Thatmomentt hepalacechefwalkedin
l
ookingdiff
erent.Hewaswear i
ngblack
j
eansandawhi temuscl etop.The
cl
otheslookedcheapbuthewas
l
ookinggoodt hough.Hel ookedli
ke
someonewhowasact uall
ygoingout.
Thatwasmyf ir
sttimeseeinghim
l
ookingthatgood, butthatdoesn'
tmean
il
ikedhim ka,hewasst il
lthebori
ng
Kudzi.

*Hi
m. .
:*Youcangotothedi
ningr
oom,
i
wil
lserveyouyourf
ood.
Iwant edtol aughbutst oppedmy sel
f.
It
sl i
keev eryt imehel ookedgood, he
l
ov edEngl ish.Hi sEngl ishwasnotbad
thoughbuti couldn'tfigureoutwhyhe
wasl ikethat .Wel lwest oodupand
walkedt ot hedi ning.Hest artedser vi
ng
food,singingMi chael Bol ton'
s* "
Soul
Provider"*.Hahahahnemusi c
ait
ochi nj
ir
akuEngl i
shkut iabudeshi ne,
thi
sguywassur elycr azyahh.Hewas
i
rrit
atingbutt henst oppi nghim woul d
causeWor l
dWar3, soi j
ustzi ppedmy
mout h.Soaf terdishing, hebr oughtus
j
uiceandBr adleyr equest edwat er.We
start
edeat i
ngov eral ightconv ersation.
Kudzi didn'tbr i
ngt hewat erandi hadt o
callhim..
*Me..
.:
*Kudzi
didn'
tBr
adl
eyaskf
or
water
..

*
Him..
:*Ooohsorr
yMi ssRueithought
t
hejui
ceisenoughforthet
hir
st.

Heshout edint heki tchen.Iwant edto

standupbutBr adleyst oppedme.He
thenwalkedi nhol dingt hewat ergl
ass
andwaterj ar.Insteadofl eavi
ngthe
wateront het able,hedeci dedtopour
thewaterf orBr adleylikehewas
handi
capped.Il
ookedawaybecause
thi
sguywassurelyannoyi
ngme.That
ver
ymoment ,Br
adleystor
medout..
.

*
Him.
..
:*Damnar
eyoubl
i
nd?
?

(Il
ookedathi
m andguesswhat
?Kudzi
kudi
rahakemvuramuplat
emaBradl
ey)

*Me...
:*Nhai
wear eyouok?Whydi dy
ou
dothat??Bri
nghim anotherpl
ate
unofungakutiachadyasei?

*
Kudzi
:
*Iwi
shi
candot
hatbutnomor
e
foodl
eft
,youcanshar
ehant
imur
ibaba
namai
.

*
Brad.
.:
*Youknowwhat
?Ican'
tdot
his.

Bradleystoodupandi knewhewas
upset.Ift
hereisonethingBradl
eynev
er
l
ov ed,bei
ngembar r
assed,yhohewas
aboutt oexpl
ode.

*Kudzi:
*Hahahahsomangamut ori
ne
nzarahahahah,mysi
ster
,rast
avakoava
vakasara.Kut
samwir
achikafu
chekwaambuy a.
.
Idon'tknowwhathappenednextbuti
hearda* "pwaa"
*soundandtryi
ngto
understandever
ythi
ng,someoneinever
expectedwalkedin.
..

*Ravi.
:*Soy ousurelywatchi
ngthis
bustarddisrespect
ingyourchef?Rue
areyoui nlovewiththi
sidiot
???Let'
s
j
usthopemyassumpt ionsarenot
corr
ect .
..

*
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?Wi
l
ltheyev
ergetal
ong?

RueandBr
adl
ey'
srel
ati
onshi
p?Whatdo
yousay
?

Whyi
sKudzi
thatbor
ingguy
?

Whati
sRav
ital
ki
ngabout
?

Wi
l
lthi
srel
ati
onshi
pev
erbeappr
oved?
What
'sgoi
ngt
ohappennext
???

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ayt
unedf
ormor
e..
..
.

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Likewhati toldy ou, Bradleywasnev er

mybr other'
sf av orit
e.Rav ilooked
seri
ousandi didn'tknowwhy .Whathe
saidmadei tcleart omet hathenev er
wantedmet odat eBr adleybuti di
dn't
knowwhyt hough.Soagai niwasst uck
i
nt hemi ddleofahar drock.Kudzi on
theotherhand, andmyr el
at i
onshi
pwi t
h
Bradleyont heot hersidet oo.Ihadto
defendandsuppor tatleastoneoft hem.
Butwhot hen? ?Losti nmyt houghtslike
t
hat
,Rav
isai
dsomet
hingconf
usi
ng.
.

*
Him.
..
:*Bradl
eyisthi
stheexactway
y
outr
eatyourothergi
r.
..
.

(
Hedi
dn'
tfi
nishandBr
adl
eyi
nter
rupt
ed.
)

*Brad.
:*Younev
erli
kedmeRaviroand
weal l
knowthat
.Dropthedr
ama, we
bothknowaccordi
ngtoyou,
im al
ways
wrong.

*Ravi
.:
*Youdon'
twantmetoregr
et
punchi
ngyouri
ght?Nowgetl
ost!
!
(Thi
ssoundedsoseriousl
i
kei
thad
someprevi
ousissues.)

*Me...:
*Wi ll
youtwost op!Ravi
roi
m old
enought obechoosi ngwhoi wantto
dateandy ouhavenor i
ghttobe
i
nterferi
ng.Justdowhaty oucamehere
forandl eaveinpeace.

*Rav
i.
:*Soyouactual
lydat
inghim?
DamnRuewhat sgott
enint
oy ourmind?
Youwill
notst
oopt hi
slowright
?

*
Me.
..
:*What
everRav
iro!He'
stheonei
l
ove.

*Hi
m. .
:*Suityour
sel
fthen.Kudzii
wannat al
kt oyouout
side,l
et'
shopey
ou
wil
lexplai
nal l
thi
stoMrandMr s
Musonzal ater
.

KudziandRav iwalkedout .Honestl

yi
wasf r
ustr
ated,li
kei didn'tknowwhat
mybr ot
herwast alki
ngaboutandwhat
hi
swor dsmeant .Bradl ookedangr yand
hejustwalkedoutwi thoutsay i
ng
anythi
ng.Every
thingwasr ui
ned,andi
bl
amedKudzi f
orev erything.Hewast he
onewhogotBr adangr y,hehad
tol
eratedhim enoughandi don'
tblame
himf orsl
appinghim.Ir anupstai
rsand
l
ockedmy selft
here.Ireall
ywantedt o
crybutthetruthisthatIhadnot ears.
Confusionwasal lihad.IssueyaKudzi
futi
,iknewmymom wasgonnascol d
mef orleavi
ngBr adleyachimurova.I
knewKudzi wasgonnamakeupast or
y
formypar entstobel i
eveand
understandhim.Tr ustmet hi
sholiday
wasoneoft hewor st.
..

*
Rav
iro*
Hell
o!!I
m sur eyouallknowwhoi am so
noneedf orintr
oducti
ons.Iwi
ll
go
st
rai
ghttot hepoint,
iknowRuet oldyou
ever
ythi
ng.

Sojustl i
kewhatmysi stert oldyou,i
ma
sociologistandwi ththatki nda
profession,im sur ey oual lknowwhati t
means.Icaneasi lyandqui cklyread
yourmi ndandi don'thesitat ewrit
ingmy
ownconcl usion.Iknowy oual lwanna
knowwhyi hat ethisBr adleyguy ,wellim
notint hebet terpositiont ober eveali
ng
hisreal i
dent i
tytoy ou, youwi l
lsoonfind
out.Alliknowi sthati don' tlovehim
andi don'tev enwanthi m any wherenear
myl i
ttlesister.Ruei smybl ood,andias
herbrother
,imr
esponsi
blef
orher
well
being..
..

Andsomeofy oumi ghtquestionmy

si
ngl eness, iwantnogol ddiggersinmy
l
ife.Insi mpl el
anguagei mjustsay i
ng, i
sti
llhav en'tfoundt herealgirl
my
parentscanpr oudlycal lt
heirdaught er
i
nl aw.Thati swhati al
sowi shformy
l
ittl
epr incess,ar eallif
epartnernotjust
anobody ..Andbyt hewayi tolerat
eno
nonsensebutt hatdoesn'tmeani hav e
coldbl oodandhear t
lesstoo,im actually
alovingper sonthat '
swhyi dowhati do.

Sot
hisdayi
wast
oldt
hatBr
adl
eywas
payingmypr incessav isi
t,i'
venot i
ced
thathewasmaki ngsomemov esonmy
sist
erandi didn' twantt hat.Idecidedt o
got herebef or ehedi dsomet hingst upid.
Alliwant edwasj ustt owar nmysi st er
thatBr adleywasnotagoodguyf orher .
Buti wasact ual lydi sappoi ntedwheni
sawhi m slappi ngt hef ami l
ychef .You
knowi hatei twhensomeonechooset o
humi l
iatesomeone, foral amer eason
too.Iact uallyhat edBr adleymor eandi
promi sedmy selft hati wasgonnaput
him backt ohi spl ace.Butt omy
surprise,whati wast ryingsohar dto
avoid, wasact ual lyhappeni ng.Icoul dn'
t
beli
ev eRuewoul dst oopt hatlow, l
ike
shei ssmar tert hant hat.
Soi hadtouseKudzi justt
oannoy
Bradley
.It
'snotli
keihadapr obl
em wi t
h
him,butwewer ejustnotthatclose.I
onlywantedhimt ohelpmeandi woul d
rewardhimforthat,iknewhewas
gonnabel oyal
.Sowheni walkedout
withhim,helookedsoscar ed,im sure
hewasact uall
ythi
nkingoft hewor st
..

*
Me.
..
:*Li
stenman,
ineedy
ourhel
p.

(Ihadt
obefri
endl
yforhi
mtobe
comfor
tabl
e.)
*
Him.
.:
*Any
thi
ngf
ory
ouboss.

*Me.
..
:*Ok.Thi
sboyisbadnewsandi
don'
twanthim any
wher
enearmysist
er,
soineedyoutohelpmewatchov
erhim.

*
Him.
.:
*Howt
hen?
?

*Me..
..
:*Justmakesur ethateverytime
he'
shere, y
oudon' tl
eavet hem alone.
Rat
herlookf orsomethingt odoi nthe
sameroom wi ththem, l
ikepay i
nga
cl
oserattenti
on.Iwillbewat chi
ngy ou
andiwillsoonsortthisout .
(Hekeptqui
etandi
knewhewas
somehownotsosurei
fhecoul
ddo
that
.)

*
Me.
..
.:
*Youwanty
ourj
obr
ight
?

*
Him.
.:
*Yesy
es.Myl
i
fedependsoni
t.

*
Me.
..
.:
*Thent
aket
heof
fer
.

*Him...
:*Butwhati
fil
osemyj
obi
nthe
process?

*Me..
..
:*Justst
ayl
oyal
andi
wil
lsur
ely
beloyalt
oy out
oo.
*
Him.
..
:*Ok.

Weshookhandsandt heni l
eft.Bradl ey
hadleftalr
eadysoi hadt oleavet oo.I
wasgonnal ookforsomet i
mewi thmy
si
ster,
i wantedtohelpherunder st and
wherei wascomi ngfrom.Butt hisday
wasact uall
ynottherightti
me.Soi then
droveoff.AboutKudzanai,i t
rustedhi m
becausei knewhowmuchhel ovedhi s
j
ob.Mymom t ol
dmehowbadhi s
backgroundwassoi knewhewoul dn't
di
sappoi nt
.
*
Rue*

Ifell
asl eepunawar e,iwasj ustnot
feeli
ngt oowel l
.Iwokeupl aterandi t
wasal mostsundownsoi washedmy
facet henwentdownst airstothelounge.
Thist i
mei t
houghtoft ell
ingmypar ents
aboutmyr elat
ionshipwi thBradley.Ijust
didn'
twantRav itokeeponcont rol
ling
mel ikei wasaki d.YouknowRav ican
besoov er
prot
ectivesomet i
mes, t
his
wasact uall
ynothisfirsttime.Imagi neI
wasgr aduati
ngint henext6mont hst o
comebuthewasst il
ltreati
ngmel ikea
pr
eschool
kid.Thi
swasnol
ongerf
unny
it
ell
you.

Soi passedbyt heki tchenf i

rstandi
tookanappl eandy oghur t
,iloved
mi xi
ngthet wo.Iwentt othesitti
ng
room andst art
edwat ching*"SofiaThe
First"
*,t
hat'
showunst ablemymi ndwas
hahaha.Iendedupsl eepingagain,
sleepingwasmyot hertalentthough
hahahah.Ithenl aterwokeupwi th
Kudzanai poll
utingthel oungewi thhi
s
cooking.Iwasr eallyangr yatthisguy
buti j
usthadt osayhewasagoodcook.
Heknewhi sthings.Thatsamet i
me,my
out i
ngparentswal kedi n.Theylooked
sohappyandi
coul
dtel
ltheyhadt
hei
r
bestt
ime.
.

*
Me.
..
:*Ki
ngandQueen.

*
Dad.
:
*Dad'
spr
incesshowar
eyou?

*
Me.
..
:*Nott
hatgoodbuti
m bet
ter
.

*
Mom:
*What
'swr
onghunny
?

*
Me.
..
:*Wi
l
ltal
kov
erdi
nner
.
*Dad.
.:
*Andwear
eonl
yfewmi
nut
es
befor
edinner
.

*Me..
.:
*Hahahahy ouwi
thf
ood,
you
evenhaveadinnerti
met
abl
e.

*Mom..
:*Asi
fhedi
dn'
teatonourway
her
e.

*Dad.
..
:*I
tsagoodthi
ngwetal
ki
ng
aboutmystomachnotany
oneelse.

Mypar ent
sthoughhahaha.Theywent
tothei
rbedroom upst
air
sandi j
ust
conti
nuedwat chi
ngmycartoon.Lat
er
theycamedownandt heannoy ingguy
wasdonedi shing.Bel iev
emet histi
mei
wasgonnagethi mf ired,he
embar r
assedmet ot helastextent.So
weal l
gatheredtoget herinthedi ni
ng,
thefoodlookeddel i
cioust hough, i
hopedhewasn' ttryingt obri
beuswi t
h
food.Soi t
hendeci dedt otellmom and
dadthet r
uth..

*
Me...
:*Ummm mom anddadi wanna
t
ell
yousomet
hing.Idon'
tknowwhat
y
ougonnasaybutthat'
sthetr
uth.

*
Dad.
.:
*Goaheadpr
incess.
*
Me.
..
:*Ummm i
m seei
ngsomeone.

*
Mom.
:*Doweknowhi
m?

*
Me.
..
:*Yes.

*
Dad.
.:
*Whoi
she?

*
Me.
..
.:
*Br
adl
ey.

(
Isai
dthatwi
thalowtonebecausei
wasscar
edofthem st
ormi
ngout.)
*
Mom.:
*Wow, ial
wayswi
shedf
oryou
t
wot
odate.Thatboyi
sagoodguy
.

(
Didi
hearhercor
rect
ly?
)

*Dad.
.:
*Atl
easthe'
ssomeoneweknow,
heisagoodboysure.Idon'
thav
e..
..

*
Voice.
:*He'
snot
!Bradl
eyi
snotgood
f
orhermom anddad!

(Thatwasmybr
otheragai
n,r
uini
ng
everyt
hing.
)

*
Me.
..
:*Rav
inotagai
n.Whycan'
tyou
j
ustl
etmebehuh?
?

*
Ravi
..
:*Ruethatguyisnotgoodf
ory
ou.
I
sitt
hathar
dt oget?
?Doy o..
..

*Mom. :
*Ifnothi
mt henwhoRav ir
o?Ar e
youevendatingtoo?Whyar eyoustil
l
singl
e?What '
syourprobl
em exactl
y?
Leavemydaught erpl
ease..

*
Ravi.
.:
*Mom,whydoy
oul
ovehi
m so
much?Ishet
h..
..
.

*Me.
..
.:
*Mom anddaddoyouknow
whatRavi
didt
oday?Notf
orget
ti
ngyour
goodfornothingchef.Sur
eift
heset
wo
conti
nuesdoingthis,
i wi
ll
gobackto
schoolt
omor r
ow.

*
Mom.
:*Kudzi
didwhat
??

(It
oldthem ev
eryt
hingandRav
ilooked
atmeindisbeli
ef,
iwasfadeupaaah.
Mymom st art
edfumingasiwas
narr
ati
ngmyst ory
..
)

*Mom..
:*Kudzi
iactual
lyhavenothi
ng
muchtosaytoyou,butpackyourthi
ngs
andl
eavethi
splacenow!!
(
Isawf
eari
nhi
sey
es.
)

*Dad.
.:*I
nsi
mpl
eter
ms,
Kudzanai
you
arefi
red!
!

(
Mydadwasangr
yit
ell
you.
)

*
ENDOFCHAPTER*

WhatdoesRav
iknowaboutBr
adl
ey?
Whoi
sBr
adl
ey?

Whati
sgonnahappent
oKudzi
nowt
hat
t
heyfi
rehi
m?

Whatki
ndabr
otheri
sRav
i?I
nsecur
eor
Car
ing?

St
ayt
unedf
ormor
e..
.
.
.

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*Rav
i:
*Reall
yDad?Mom?Rue?You
knowwhat?Imleav
ing!
!
Withoutt hinki
ngt wice, hewalkedout
angril
y.Youknowmybr otherwasstrict
andser ious,butt obehonestt hi
swas
myf ir
stt i
meseei nghi m angryli
kethat.
Helookedr eall
yser iousandt hatsacred
me, ididn'tknowwhyhewasact i
ngthat
way .AgainKudzi startedcryi
ng,
pl
eadi ngf orhi
sj ob.I twassosad.He
l
ookedsodesper ateandi couldseehe
wasr eallyheartbroken.

*Him..
:*Ndinehurombo,ndir
egerer
ei,
kukanganisakur
imuvanhu.
Ndinotangir
apapimukandidzi
nga?
Hupeny
uhwanguhunozov
ei.

Ireal
lyf
eltbadthaticouldn'
tstandi t
.
Hewaswr ongbutseeinghim pleading
forhisj
obl i
ket
hat,mademef eel guil
ty.
Istoodupbecausei di
dn'twantwhat
myheartwassay ing.

*Dad.
:*OkKudzanai,
wenotf
ir
ingy
ou
butononecondit
ion.

*
Mom. :
*Stayasfarawayaspossibl
e
f
rom mydaughterandconcent
rat
eon
y
ourjobonly
.
*Hi
m..:
*Maitabasa.Ndi
nov
imbi
sakui
ta
sai
zvozvo.

*
Dad..
.:
*Thi
sisy
ourlastchanceso
makesurey
oudon'
tspoili
t.

*
Him.
..
:*Mai
tabasazv
ikur
u.

Ithenwentupst air
s.It
slikei hadmi xed
feel
ingtowardsmypar ents'decisi
on.I
wasn'thappywi ththem givi
ngKudzi hi
s
j
obback, butiwashappyhewasgi ven
condit
ions.Ididn'
twanthi m butatleast
hewasnol ongergoingtoi r
ritat
eme
anymore.Iwasalsoworr
iedaboutmy
brot
her,washegonnatal
kt omeagain?
Andmyl oveBradl
eyaswell,washe
upset?Ihadalotinmymindbeliev
eme.

I
nmyr oom i tri
edsleepingbutcoul dn'
t.I
wassost ressedup.It ri
edcal l
i
ngRav i
buthewasnotpi ckingupmycal l
s.I
onlywant edt otalktohim buthewas
notinthemoodsot herewasnoneed
formet of orcethings.IcalledBradley
aswell andhesuggest edt hatwemeet
i
nt ownt henextday .Atleasthewasn' t
thatupset.Wi ththatinmymi nd,i
managedt osleep.Itwasn' tpeaceful
though,justclosingey esandr esti
ng.
Thenextdayi wokeupandt ookawar m
bathbef oregoingout .Ichangedmy
clothest henwentdownst airs.Ifound
Kudzanai preparingcer ealsforus.Iwas
kindashockedbecausemymom had
toldmet hathewasn' tsupposedt obe
wor kingonSunday .Ijustt houghtt hat
may bei twasapuni shment .Hewasj ust
quiett histi
me.Iopenedt hef r
idge,
want ingt otakeoutabot t
leoff reshmi lk,
iwant edt opr eparemyowncer eals.I
didn'tseet hemi lkbot tlethough, j
ust
wheni wasaboutt ocl oset hefridge, i
noticedt hatitwaspl acedbehi ndt he
applest r
ay.Istretchedmyhand, t
rying
toreach
t
hebot
tl
eandguesswhat
?Someone
pushedmei nsi
deli
kehewantedtolock
meint heref
ri
gerat
or,i
magi
ne.Thatwas
thestupi
dchefagain.

*
Me.
..
:*What
'sy
ourpr
obl
em huh?
?

*
Him.
.:
*Aaahkondadi
izv
ee?

*Me.
..
:*Soyouwannapl
ayt hedumb
gamewithmeri
ght?Iwi
llcallmom.

*Hi
m. .
:*Kondi
ngakurambi
dzeiwo
muromowachour iwakohere?
Vasheedzendakat
ovamir
ir
awoneniwo.
(
Mozi
vandakaper
asi
mbamanzwa.
)

*
Me.
..
:*Iwi
sht
heyf
ir
edy
ounxaa.

*Him..
:*Zvi
rotozvi
noper
erakuhope
hahaha.Ndikabvapanomungasatoi
te
kungeway anenzaraher
e?Imy ourki
ng
shaa.

(Thist
imeir
aisedmyhand,
iwant
edt
o
slaphi
m.)

*Hi
m. .
:*Hahahahzviedzeandtr
ustme
ndi
nokukwapaidza,ndapedza
ndokubiki
rayourf
avourit
emeat
sausage.

*
Me.
..
:*Mom!
!Dad!
!

Iwaspi
ssedof
f.
.Thatver
ysame
momentmymom walkedin.

*
Mom:
*What
'swr
ongbaby
?

*Me.
..
:*Mom whycan'
tyoujustf
ir
ehi
m
andl
ookforsomeonebett
er?Thi
sguy
i
sannoyi
nguurgh.

*
Mom.
.:
*Kudzanai
chi
ichi
kunet
sa?
*Hi m..
.:
*Hapanamama, ndangoonawo
recipebookirindopandat i
ndibvunzewo
Mi ssRuekuti *
"Paprika"*yakai
tasei
sincendisatindamboi ona,zvi
kanzir
ega
ndisheedzebossv akov akuudze.
Ndat oshayakutizvabvepi.

(Veduwei nzwai
wozvai
taur
wa
nechigubhuichi
aaah)

*Mom. .
:*Rueitawosemunhumukur u
mwanangu.Sur ekutoperai
zwi
nekudeedzerakungotadzakuudza
munhuzv aabvunza.
*
Me.
..
:*Aaahmom hei
s..
.

(
Shei
nter
rupt
ed.
)

*Mom. :
*Kudziitol
dyoutostayaway
fr
om her,i
fyouhavequeri
es,tal
ktome
i
nstead.Idon'
twantyounearhersaka
don'
tbotherher.

*
Him.
.:
*Ehoi
.

Mom walkedoutandij
ustgaveKudz
i
t
hat*"bewar
e"*ki
ndast
are,andhewas
l
ike.
.
*Him.
.:
*Panopambapenyubutpagraf
t
pangufut
i.Sakagar
apasi
ndi
kurat
idze
ski
rir
anguhahaha.

Kupindurawoz vakadai kwai t

ov e
kupedzanguv a.Ij ustmademycer eal
s
quiet
lyandwal kedoutwi thmybowl t
o
myr oom upst airs.Ienj oyedwat ching
*"
Dumbcr ush" *.Iwasj usttryingto
occupymy self,wai tingforourmeet i
ng
ti
mewi t
hBr adley .Ienj oyedthemov ie
andst ar
tedpr epar ingt oleave.Iwor e
myskybl uej umpsui tandwhi teNike
sneakers.Itiedmyl onghai rintoa
ponytailt
henappl iedamar oonlipsti
ck.I
wasl ooki
ngst unni ngandhot .Ithen
wentdownstai
rstosaygoodbyeto
mom.Mymom wasi nthelounge,
watchi
ngthi
sothermodell
ingshow,my
mom andfashi
on.

*Me.
..
:*I
m goi
ngoutmom.Wi
l
lbeback
bef
oredi
nner.

*Her
..
.:
*Okswt
y,t
akecar
eofy
our
sel
f
ok?

*
Me.
..
.:
*Okmom l
ovey
ou.

*
Her
..
.:
*Lov
eyout
oobaby
.
Ikissedhercheekt henl eft.Iwal kedt o
thegar ageanddr ov eof f.Iswi tchedon
mycarr adioandt unedi nt oZi Fm st er
eo.
Thesongt hatwaspl ayingwasoneof
myf avour i
tes,
*"OneDi rection[ Youand
I]
*.Ifeltgoodlisteningt ot hatsongand
thedr i
vewassosweet .Ilaterar ri
ved
andf oundBr adleyalreadywai tingf or
meatt hesuggest edr estaur ant.Hewas
l
ooki nghoti nBlackCar goShor ts,White
Skinnyt eeandwhi teNi kesneaker stoo.
Iadmi redhisdressinghey .Sohecame
tomeandwehugged.

*
Him.
.:
*Youl
ooki
nggr
eatbae.
*
Me.
..
:*Yout
oo.Howar
eyou?

*Hi
m..
:*Nowt
hatmyqueeni
sher
e,i
m
ok.

Ijustsmi ledandwewentt oourt abl

e
thensatdown.Heor deredwi l
dricewith
i
ndi ancur ryforusandt ropi
cal j
uice.
.I
hadmi ssedt hisfoodsoi wasact uall
y
happy .West artedeat i
ngov eralight
conv ersation.Ididn'taskhim abouthi s
relati
onshi pwithRav i
,iwasj ustgivi
ng
himt ime, iknewhewasst i
l
l gonnatell
me.Wehadchocol ateicecream f or
desser t.Whatagent l
emenhewas
hahahah.Weenj oy edandhet hen
startedt el
lingmewhyRav i
andhi m
werenotsocl ose.Ther easonwasl ame
beli
ev eme. .Hesai dheoncehel peda
fr
iendwi thacer taingir
l Rav iwas
crushing.Thatt i
mehedi dn'tknowt hat
Ravi wasi nt erestedi nthegi rlandsi nce
hi
sf riendl ov edthegi rl
,hej usthel ped
hi
m out .Butt henRav ihat edhi mfor
l
ettinghi sf ri
endt akethegi rlbeforehi m.
That '
swhent hegr udgewasbui lt.

*Me.
..:
*HahahaRavi
isaki
d,sohe'
sst
il
l
hol
dingontothat
?

*
Him.
.:
*Im sur
ethegi
rlmeantal
ott
o
hi
m.

*Me..
.:
*Ev
ent houghhey.Don'
tworr
y,he
wil
lcomearoundsoon,he'snott
hatbad
t
hough.

Wet henspentthedayt al
kingand
l
aughing.Iwasr eall
yhappyBradleywas
notmadatme.AboutRav i,
iwas
actuall
ygoingtolookforsomet imeto
tal
ktohi m.Ifel
thispainthough,buti
t
wasi nthepastsohehadt omov eon
andletitgo.Lateraft
ersomehour sof
enj
oy i
ngour sel
ves,wethenpartedways.
Idrovehomesmi l
ingandblushingasi
wasr ecall
ingthehappyhour s.Iarri
ved
homesomemi nutesbef oredinner.My
mom anddadwer einthel ounge
watchingTV.Igr eetedthem andwentt o
mybedr oom t of r
eshenup.It ooka
shower ,changedt henwentdownst air
s.
Dinnerwasser v edsowegat hered
togetherinthedi ning.Weenj oyedthe
deli
ciousmeal ,that '
sonegoodt hingi
couldsayaboutKudzanai .Ther estwas
nonsense.Soaf teranamazi ngdinner,
wewentt osleep. .

SodayspassedandKudzi andiwer
e
nowreal
enemi es.Someti
meshewould
pul
lhi
sstuntsandi woul
djusti
gnor
e
because, ihadnot icedt hathewasonl y
i
nt ostarti
ngaf ight .Br adleyandi we
wer egoodandourr elat i
onshi pwas
goingwel l.Ihadf inallymanagedt otal
k
tomybr other ,iapol ogi zedt houghi
didn'ttel
lhim whatBr adhadt oldme.I
wasj ustaf raidofaddi ngsal ttoan
alreadybleedi ngwound.Hewasno
l
ongeraf termyr elationshi p, hehad
fi
nal l
yaccept edthati lov edBr ad.He
alsoapol ogizedt omom anddadf or
shout i
ngatt hem, hedi dn' tt ellthem hi
s
reasonst hough.Andt heyf orgav ehi
m
ri
ghtaway ,that'showcl ose, happyand
l
ov elyourf ami l
yi s.Webr east feedand
raisenogr udges. .
Somyhol i
daywasgoi ngsowel l.Ispent
aweekwi t
hRav ii
nAvondal e,
andi r
eall
y
enjoyedthesmal l
vacationhahahah.My
brotherwasextrasmar tyho.That'swhy
hewasnotdat i
ng,hewasj usttoomuch
andt r
ustmenogi r
lwoul dmeethi s
standards.Il
ovemybr otherhey.

Sothisotherdayi wasl eftwithonl

ya
weekbef oregoingbackt oschool ,
i
wokeupwi t
hanenv elopeundermy
door.Iwonder edwhatwasi nthe
envelopesoi tookitandi twasfrom
Kudzanai.Ijusthopedi twasn'toneof
hissil
lygames.Soi satont hecouch
thenopenedt heenv elope.I
twasal et
ter
andthef i
rstpartshockedme. .
.
 ..
..
.:_
Im notsosureifmy
di
sappearancewill
actual
lyscar
eor
evenworryyou,iwasnolonger
welcomedhere.Soi f
inal
l
ychoseto
destr
oymyl i
feandhonory our
desir
es.
..
..
_

*
ENDOFCHAPTER*

RueandBr
ad'
srel
ati
onshi
pappr
oved.
.
SoRav
iisr
eal
l
yhol
dingont
othepast
?

Wi
l
ltheyev
erbecl
osewi
thBr
ad?

Kudzi
disappear
ed?Goi
ngwher
e?

Whoi
sresponsi
ble?

I
sitt
hathewentbackt
othev
il
lage?
?

Formor
e,st
ayt
uned.
..
..
..
.
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*Emeka:
*Im gonnami
ssy
oufr
iend.
Promi
setovisi
tmesomet
ime.

*
Me.
..
.:
*[l
aughi
ng]
*Emeka:
*Iknewt
hiswascomi
ngbuti
m
ser
iousRue.

*
Me..
..
.:
*Iwil
larr
angebutashort
v
acat
ionneh,youknowi hat
eNiger
ia,
t
oomuchjujui
ny ourcountr
yaaah.

*Her.
..
.:
*Andy ouwil
lbev
isi
ti
ngmenot
Niger
ia,am i
jujunow?

*Me..
..
:*YouareaNi
ger
ian,
sothe
possi
bili
tyofy
ouusi
ngj
ujuisst
..
.

(
Shei
nter
rupt
ed.
)
*Her
..
.:
*[l
aughi
ng]f
ineyoudon'
twanna
come.Iwon'
tcomet oZi
mbabweeither
.

*Me.
..
.:
*Hahahaht
hatwi
llbef
inest
il
l,
in
Zi
m wetol
erat
enoOga..
.

*Her
..
..
:*Don'
tment
ioni
t,conv
ersat
ion
over
.

Sot hatwasmyNigeri
anfri
endandi,
alwaysteasi
ngeachother
,infact
,i
teasedhermorehahaha.Ooohsorry,
youwantsomeupdat eshahahah,j
ust
v
isi
tGoogl
ehey
.

Soit
sbeen6mont hsnowandf inal
lyi
m
nowaLawy er.Igraduatedaweekago
andmywhol ef amilywashere,i
ncludi
ng
mylov eBradley .Theyleftmebecausei
wantedtosaygoodby etoallmyfri
ends,
andfinal
iseev ery
thing.I
ml eavi
ng
tomorrowt hough.

Sot hepastsi
xmont hswer enotthat
bad, myli
fewasgreatonlyhadahar d
ti
mewi thschoolbutim overitnow.My
botherboughtmeanot herbrandnew
phoneonlinesi
ncei hadleftmyold
phonei nhiscar.Hesentmeal lmy
contactsdetai
lsviawhatsappandi was
backagain.Soy ouwouldn'tthinkthati
haveanewphone.AboutKudzi ,he
neverlookedbackandmom sai deven
hi
scel l
phonenumberi snol ongerinuse.
Sohewasact uall
ygoneandf orev
er.
Theyhadf oundanothermal echefand
sti
l
ltryi
ngt ogetusedtohim.

Itoohadf or
gott
enaboutKudzi,buti
j
ustwi shedtobumpintohim sometime
hahahah.Ihadonlymissedhistalki
ng
toomuch.Somyr el
ati
onshipwithBrad
wasgoi ngtoosmoothandwewer e
planni
ngont aki
nganotherstepahead.I
couldn'twai
ttobehiswife.Andabout
Rav i
,iwassuspectingthathewas
seeingsomeonebutcoul dn'tconf i
rmit
sinceiwasst i
l
lfar.Eishicoul dn'twait
tobecalledauntRue, iwassoexci ted.
Sobackt othecurrentsituation,Emeka
wasmyr oommat eandf riendt oo.We
wer epart
ingwayst hefoll
owi ngday ,so
shewasaski ngmet ovisi
theri nNi ger
ia,
haibothatcountr
yi sdanger ous.Mi nai
fearitwooh.

Butthent oeaseherhear t,
ijustsaidok.
Iknewi wasnev ergonnagot here.So
thi
sdayi packedallmybelongingsandi
fi
nali
sedal lmypaper s.Iwashappyt hat
iwasgoi ngbackhome, butbelieveme,i
wasst i
l
lgonnami ssschool.School
day sarealway sthebest,i
m sur ey ouall
sayt hesame.Thatt i
meEmekawal ked
outoft her oom andi t
hendeci dedt o
callRav i
.Iwant edhimtobet heone
pickingmeupatt heai
rport.Itri
ed
sev eralt
imesbuthewasn' tpickingup
mycal l
s.Ithensenthim amessagei
knewhewasgonnacal lmeback.It hen
startedplay i
nggames, tr
yingt ooccupy
my selfandt hatmomentEmekawal ked
i
nwi thJonas.Jonaswasabubbl y
,
vi
v aciousandl oudwhiteguyf r
om
Ger many .Hewasourmat et oo.

*Me.
..
:*Youdon'
tjustwalki
nwithJonas
whenam aboutt
osl eep,
heywenait
s
notf
air
.

(
Ili
ed,
thet
rut
hwast
hatJonast
alksa
l
oteey
.)

*
Jonas:*Weall
knowyoudon'tmeani
t.
Mypresencemeansal
ott
oy ouam i
l
yi
ng?

*Me.
..
:*Younotl
yi
ngdudebutam j
ust
noti
nthemood.

*Hi
m..:
*That'
sexact
lywhyi
m her
e,t
o
bri
ngbackthatmoodagai
n.
*Emeka:
*HeyJonasboy ,knocksome
sensesi
ntothisgi
rl
'shead.Shedoesn't
wannacomet oNigeriabecauseofthe
fal
seandfi
ctional
thingsshewat chon
TV.

*
Jonas:
*What
'
syourpr
obl
em Rudol
f?

Youseewhyi di
dn'twantt
hiswhi t
eguy
here?Heoncesaidhecan'
tpr onounce
'
Rudo' wel
l
,sohestart
edcall
ingme
Rudolf?Whatki
ndahumanbei ngwashe
real
ly?

*Me..
.:
*Ify
ouaregoi
ngtobemy
accompany,wi
l
lsur
elygo.
*
Jonas:
*Wi
l
lmakeapl
an.

*Me..
..
:*Atl
eastpr
oblem sol
vedEmeka.
Wenowwai ti
ngforJonas'pl
an.Now
excuseme..

Isaidsocl osi
ngmyey es,pretendingto
beasleep.Believeme,Jonaswasl oud
yho!Theybot hknewwhatt hatmeantso
theywalkedoutandi breathed.Sot he
restofthatdaywassupergood.Rav i
wasst i
llunavail
abl
eandi j
usti gnoredit.
Atleastheknewi wascomi ngt henext
day.Sot henextdayihadt ocat cht he
earl
ymor ni
ngf l
i
ghtsoi wasupear l
yin
themorning.SayinggoodbyetoEmeka
andJonaswast hemostpainf
ul t
hing
ever,
iwassur el
ygonnami ssthesetwo.
Theywer ebothgoingbackhomet he
nextday.IhopeJonaswasgonnamake
aplanforustogot othisj
ujucountry
hahahah..

Soaspainfulasitwas, i
sai dgoodbyeto
Angolaandleftformyor igi
nalcountr
y.I
wassoexcitedthough, icouldn'
twaitto
bewithmyf amily,myoriginall
if
eand
mostlymylove.Thej our
neywasr eal
ly
l
onghey ,
may bei twasbecausei had
missedhome, iguess.Butl at
erithen
arri
ved,t
hatwasar ound9pm.My
brotherwasthereattheair
portwai
ti
ng
forme.Ihadmi ssedhim shame.

*Rav i
..
:*Ihopemybr
otheri
nlawsti
l
l
standachance, y
oul
ookhotterl
i
l
princess.

*Me..
.:
*[l
aughi
ng]don'
twor
ry,
youknow
he'
stheonlyone.

Sowel efttheair
portgoi
nghome.Tr
ust
mesomet hingamazingmusthav
ebeen
happeninginmybr other
'sl
i
fe,
hewas
eversmi
li
ng.Iwantedtoi
gnorebuty
ho,
youknowme, cur
iosi
tywaskil
l
ingme.I
askedhi
m andhewasl i
ke.
..
,

*Him..
.:
*Yout
ooy
oungt
ounder
stand
hahahah.

*Me..
..
:*Ouch,
iwi
shi
wasy
ourbi
g
si
ster
.

*
Him.
..
:*Toobady
ounot
.

Justl
iket
hat
,hebrushedmeof f
.Iknew
i
twassomehowaboutagi r
l.Iwas
gonnaaskmom ordad,maybetheyhad
aclue.Ther idewasgr eatbel ieveme, so
manycat chupsandi twasj ust
awesome.Sowewer efirstgoi ngto
Avondale,hewasgonnat akemehome
thenextdaysi nceitwasl ate.Itwasto
myownadv antagethough, i r
eal l
y
wantedtor estandt hatwasnotgonna
happeninmymom' spresence.Shewas
thatki
nda* "detail
splease" *per son,
and
ihadtot el
lherev eryt
hing, i
ncludingthe
ti
mesi visi
tedt hetoil
etinAngol a
hahahahkiddi ng.

Solaterwearriv
edwellandi was
shocked,Ravihadamal echef,t
hat
remindedmeofKudzi .Idon'
tknowwhy
icouldn'
tfor
gethim.Ravi'
swasabi t
ol
derthough.Soheser vedust he
del
ici
ousf oodandireall
yenjoyed,ihad
missedhomef oodhey .Lateriwentto
sl
eep.It extedmybaet ell
inghimthati
wasint hecountrythoughheknewt hati
wascomi ng.Isl
eptpeacef ul
lybel
i
ev e
me, i
tfeltsogoodt obebackhome.

Sot henextmor ningi wokeupwi th

somel oudnoi sedownst ai
rs.I
wonder edwhyRav ihadtodistur
bmy
sleeplikethat.Iwashedmyf acet hen
wentdownst air
sonl ytof i
ndthelounge
fullofRav i
'
shandsomef ri
ends.They
wer eeightificountedpr operl
y,Ravi
wasnott herethough.Ijustlookedat
them, t
r y
ingtost opt hem andoneof
t
hem sai
d..
.:

*Him..
:*Hi
pri
ncess!Don'tworrywear
e
j
ustfoll
owi
ngorders,Ravisai
dwe
shouldwel
comey oubackhomebef or
e
youleavef
oryourparent
s'house.

*
Me.
..
:*Wher
eishe?

*
Him.
:
*Hel
eftf
orwor
k.

*
Me.
..
:*Sowho'
sgonnat
akemehome?

*
Him.
:
*Oneofus.
*
Me.
..
:*Aswho?

*
Him.
:
*Pr
ince'
sfr
iends.

*Me..
.:
*Aaarrgh.Youknowwhat
?You
guysjustcont
inuepar
tyi
ng,
iwil
lbei
n
myroom.

Iranupstai
rsangri
l
y .LikeforrealRavi
hadtoleavemewi thhisnoi syfri
ends?
Whydidheev enleftwithouttell
ingme?
Thisbrot
herofminewascr azy
sometimes.Soithent ookabat hand
changedmycl ot
hes, iwasn'tgonnasit
backandwat chhi sfri
endsannoy i
ngme.
Itri
edcal lingmom andhernumber
wasn' tthrough.It r
ieddad' sandi twas
j
ustt hesame, Rav iwasnotev enpi cki ng
upmycal ls.Ididn'twannadi sturb,i only
want edhi mt ot ellmewher ehi sot her
carkey swer e,sot haticoul ddr i
v e
my selfhome.Isenthi m sev eral t
ext s
buthedi dn'tev enopent hem nxaa.I
thent ookmybagsgoi ngdownst airs,i
wasst il
lthinkingofapl an.Thist ime
aroundi foundt hatTatendaguydanci ng
andt heot herguy swer ewat ching.You
sti
llrememberhi mr i
ght?Rav i
'
sdent ist
fri
end. .Hewasagooddancery oh.Ij ust
walkeddownt hest ai
rsandt hat'swhen
hest opped.
*
Him.
.:
*Younowl
eav
ingal
ready
?

*
Me.
..
:*I
sn'
tthatobv
ious?

*Hi
m. .
:*Guy
slet
'sgo.Let
'st
ake
pri
ncesshome.

(
Iwi
deopenedmyey
esandi
wasl
i
ke.
.)

*
Me.
..
:*Al
lofy
our
eal
l
y?

*
Him.:
*Hahahahacomeonprincess,
we
j
ustf
oll
owi
ngorders.Guy
sti
meup.
Ijustlookedl i
keazombi e,howwast hat
possiblefor8peopl etobe
accompany ingonegi rlhome?Tat enda
tookmybagst ohi scaroutsideandt he
othersev enwer ebusymaki ngsuret hat
everythi
ngwasbackt oi t
spositi
on.I
foll
owedTat eout si
deandf oundei ght
cars,meani ngev eryguygothi sowncar ,
andt heywer eallcomi ngwi t
hmecan
youi magine.Somest upidthingsmy
brotherdoes.

Wi t
houtwasti
ngtime,Tateopenedthe
frontdoorf
ormeandi knewhewas
gonnabemydr i
ver
.Igotinandhedi d
toothenhestart
edthecar .Hedrov
eof f
andt heothersev
encarswer
efoll
owi
ng
behind.Theonethatiwaswi
th,wasno
di
fferentfr
om Jonas.
.

*
Him.
.:
*Howwasschool
hey
?

*Me..
.:
*Yousur
ey oudon'
tknowt
he
answertot
hatone?

*Hi
m..:
*Ifeell
ikei
mt alki
ngtoRav
i'
s
twi
nsist
er,youshar
et hesameDNAno
doubt
.

*
Me.
..
:*I
sn'
tthatobv
ious?
*
Him.
.:
*[l
aughi
ng]y
ou.
.

(
Hedidn'
tfi
nishandhi
sphonest
art
ed
r
ingi
ng.
)

*
Me.
..
:*Thankscal
l
er.
(
Iwhi
sper
ed)

Hepickeditupandi coul
dt el
lthatwas
hisgi
rl.Thesweetwor ds,thevoiceand
theblushi
ngsaiditallhahahah.They
tookalmosthalfofther i
deont he
phoneandi si
lentl
ythankedt hegirl
,she
hadsav edmyintervi
ew.Af tert
hecal l
,
theyoungmannev eraskedmeany thi
ng,
i
m pr et
tysurehewasst i
l
ldigest i
ngthe
sweetnot hi
ngst hegir
l hadsai d.Ifel
t
pityforthegi rlt
hough,theboy fr
iend
wasanat ional r
adioyho.Wel ater
arri
v edandf oundsomanycar sout side
thegat e,iwonder edwhatwasgoi ngon.
Myhear tstartedbeati
ngsof ast.The
noisyguypar kedoutsidethegat eandi
didn'twaitforhimt oopent hedoorf or
me, i gotoutrunninginside.Iwasso
curious.

Asi r
eachedthemai ndoor,
isawalar
ge
postpri
nted.
..*"WELCOMEBACKHOME
PRINCESSRUE.CONGRATSADVOCATE
R.MUSONZA" *,,
,Damntheyhadt
hrown
asurpri
sewel comepart
yforme.I
scr
eamedandhear
dsomeonebehi
nd
mesayi
ng.
.

*
Voi
ce:
*Im sopr
oudofy
ouhey
!!

*
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*Emeka:
*Im gonnami
ssy
oufr
iend.
Promi
setovisi
tmesomet
ime.

*
Me.
..
.:
*[l
aughi
ng]

*Emeka:
*Iknewt
hiswascomi
ngbuti
m
ser
iousRue.

*
Me..
..
.:
*Iwil
larr
angebutashort
v
acat
ionneh,youknowi hat
eNiger
ia,
t
oomuchjujui
ny ourcountr
yaaah.
*Her.
..
.:
*Andy ouwil
lbev
isi
ti
ngmenot
Niger
ia,am i
jujunow?

*Me..
..
:*YouareaNi
ger
ian,
sothe
possi
bili
tyofy
ouusi
ngj
ujuisst
..
.

(
Shei
nter
rupt
ed.
)

*Her
..
.:
*[l
aughi
ng]f
ineyoudon'
twanna
come.Iwon'
tcomet oZi
mbabweeither
.

*Me.
..
.:
*Hahahaht
hatwi
llbef
inest
il
l,
in
Zi
m wetol
erat
enoOga..
.
*Her
..
..
:*Don'
tment
ioni
t,conv
ersat
ion
over
.

Sot hatwasmyNigeri
anfri
endandi,
alwaysteasi
ngeachother
,infact
,i
teasedhermorehahaha.Ooohsorry,
youwantsomeupdat eshahahah,j
ust
visi
tGooglehey
.

Soit
sbeen6mont hsnowandf i
nallyi
m
nowaLawy er.Igraduatedaweekago
andmywhol efami lywashere,
incl
uding
myloveBradl
ey .Theyleftmebecausei
wantedt
osaygoodby et oal
lmyf r
iends,
andfi
nal
i
seev er
ythi
ng.I
mleav
ing
tomor
rowthough.

Sot hepastsi xmont hswer enott hat

bad, myl i
fewasgr eatonl yhadahar d
ti
mewi thschool butim ov eri tnow.My
botherboughtmeanot herbr andnew
phoneonl inesincei hadlef tmyol d
phonei nhiscar .Hesentmeal lmy
contactsdet ai
lsviawhat sappandi was
backagai n.Soy ouwoul dn' tthinkthati
haveanewphone.AboutKudzi ,he
neverlookedbackandmom sai deven
hi
scel l
phonenumberi snol ongerinuse.
Sohewasact uall
ygoneandf orev
er.
Theyhadf oundanot hermal echefand
sti
l
l tr
yingt ogetusedt ohi m.
Itoohadf orgottenaboutKudzi ,buti
j
ustwi shedt obumpi ntohi m somet i
me
hahahah.Ihadonl ymi ssedhi stalki
ng
toomuch.Somyr elationshi pwi thBrad
wasgoi ngtoosmoot handwewer e
planningont akinganot herst epahead.I
couldn'twaitt obehi swi f
e.Andabout
Rav i
,iwassuspect ingt hathewas
seeingsomeonebutcoul dn'tconf i
rmi t
sincei wasst i
l
lf ar.Eishi coul dn'twait
tobecal l
edauntRue, i wassoexci t
ed.
Sobackt othecur rentsi tuation,Emeka
wasmyr oommat eandf riendt oo.We
wer epar t
ingway st hef oll
owi ngday ,so
shewasaski ngmet ov isi
theri nNi geri
a,
haibot hatcount ryi sdanger ous.Mi nai
f
eari
twooh.

Butt hent oeaseherhear t

,ijustsai dok.
Iknewi wasnev ergonnagot her e.So
thisdayi packedal lmybel ongi ngsandi
fi
nal i
sedal lmypaper s.Iwashappyt hat
iwasgoi ngbackhome, butbeliev eme, i
wasst i
l
lgonnami ssschool .School
day sareal wayst hebest ,im sur ey ouall
sayt hesame.Thatt i
meEmekawal ked
outoft her oom andi thendeci dedt o
callRav i
.Iwant edhi mt obet heone
pickingmeupatt heai rport.Itried
sev eralt
imesbuthewasn' tpicki ngup
mycal l
s.Ithensenthi m amessagei
knewhewasgonnacal lmeback.It hen
startedpl ayi
nggames, t
r y
ingt ooccupy
myselfandt
hatmomentEmekawalked
i
nwi t
hJonas.Jonaswasabubbl
y,
vi
vaci
ousandloudwhit
eguyfrom
Germany.Hewasourmatetoo.

*Me.
..
:*Youdon'
tjustwalki
nwithJonas
whenam aboutt
osl eep,
heywenait
s
notf
air
.

(
Ili
ed,
thet
rut
hwast
hatJonast
alksa
l
oteey
.)

*
Jonas:*Weall
knowyoudon'tmeani
t.
Mypresencemeansal
ott
oy ouam i
l
yi
ng?

*Me.
..
:*Younotl
yi
ngdudebutam j
ust
noti
nthemood.

*Hi
m..:
*That'
sexact
lywhyi
m her
e,t
o
bri
ngbackthatmoodagai
n.

*Emeka:
*HeyJonasboy ,knocksome
sensesi
ntothisgi
rl
'shead.Shedoesn't
wannacomet oNigeriabecauseofthe
fal
seandfi
ctional
thingsshewat chon
TV.

*
Jonas:
*What
'
syourpr
obl
em Rudol
f?
Youseewhyi di
dn'twantt
hiswhi t
eguy
here?Heoncesaidhecan'
tpr onounce
'
Rudo' wel
l
,sohestart
edcall
ingme
Rudolf?Whatki
ndahumanbei ngwashe
real
ly?

*Me..
.:
*Ify
ouaregoi
ngtobemy
accompany,wi
l
lsur
elygo.

*
Jonas:
*Wi
l
lmakeapl
an.

*Me..
..
:*Atl
eastpr
oblem sol
vedEmeka.
Wenowwai ti
ngforJonas'pl
an.Now
excuseme..
Isaidsocl osi
ngmyey es,pretendingt o
beasleep.Bel i
eveme, Jonaswasl oud
yho!Theybot hknewwhatt hatmeantso
theywal kedoutandi breathed.Sot he
restofthatdaywassupergood.Rav i
wasst i
llunavail
ableandi j
usti gnoredi t
.
Atleastheknewi wascomi ngt henext
day.Sot henextdayi hadt ocat cht he
earl
ymor ni
ngf l
i
ghtsoi wasupear l
yi n
themor ning.Sayinggoodby etoEmeka
andJonaswast hemostpai nful t
hing
ever,iwassur el
ygonnami sstheset wo.
Theywer ebothgoi ngbackhomet he
nextday .IhopeJonaswasgonnamake
aplanf orustogot othisjujucount ry
hahahah.
.

Soaspai nf
ulasi twas, i
sai dgoodbyet o
Angolaandleftf ormyor igi
nalcountry.I
wassoexci t
edt hough, icouldn'
twaitto
bewi thmyfami ly,myoriginall
if
eand
most l
ymylov e.Thej our
neywasr eal
ly
l
onghey ,maybei twasbecausei had
missedhome, iguess.Butl at
erithen
arri
ved,t
hatwasar ound9pm.My
brotherwasther eattheai r
portwaiti
ng
forme.Ihadmi ssedhim shame.

*Ravi
..
:*Ihopemybr
otheri
nlawsti
l
l
standachance,y
oul
ookhotterl
i
l
pr
incess.

*Me..
.:
*[l
aughi
ng]don'
twor
ry,
youknow
he'
stheonlyone.

Sowel efttheairportgoinghome.Trust
mesomet hingamazi ngmusthav ebeen
happeninginmybr other'
slif
e,hewas
eversmili
ng.Iwant edt oignorebuty
ho,
youknowme, curi
ositywaski l
l
ingme.I
askedhim andhewasl i
ke...
,

*Him..
.:
*Yout
ooy
oungt
ounder
stand
hahahah.
*Me..
..
:*Ouch,
iwi
shi
wasy
ourbi
g
si
ster
.

*
Him.
..
:*Toobady
ounot
.

Justli
kethat ,hebrushedmeof f
.Iknew
i
twassomehowaboutagi rl
.Iwas
gonnaaskmom ordad, may betheyhad
aclue.Ther idewasgr eatbel i
eveme, so
manycat chupsandi twasj ust
awesome.Sowewer efir
stgoi ngto
Avondale,hewasgonnat akemehome
thenextdaysi nceitwasl ate.Itwasto
myownadv antagethough, ireal
ly
wantedtor estandt hatwasnotgonna
happeninmymom' spresence.Shewas
thatki
nda*"detai
lsplease"*person,
and
ihadtotel
l hereveryt
hing,i
ncludi
ngthe
ti
mesi vi
sit
edt hetoil
etinAngola
hahahahkidding.

Sol aterwear rivedwell andiwas

shocked, Rav ihadamal echef ,
that
remi ndedmeofKudzi .Idon'tknowwhy
icoul dn'
tf orgethim.Rav i'
swasabi t
oldert hough.Soheser vedust he
deliciousf oodandi reallyenj
oyed, i
had
mi ssedhomef oodhey .Lateriwentt o
sleep.It extedmybaet elli
nghimt hati
wasi nthecount rythoughheknewt hati
wascomi ng.Isl eptpeacef ul
lybel
ieve
me, i
tfeltsogoodt obebackhome.
Sot henextmor ningi wokeupwi th
somel oudnoi sedownst ai
rs.I
wonder edwhyRav ihadtodistur
bmy
sleeplikethat.Iwashedmyf acet hen
wentdownst air
sonl ytof i
ndthelounge
fullofRav i
'
shandsomef ri
ends.They
wer eeightificountedpr operl
y,Ravi
wasnott herethough.Ijustlookedat
them, t
r y
ingtost opt hem andoneof
them said...
:

*Him..
:*Hi
pri
ncess!Don'tworrywear
e
j
ustfoll
owi
ngorders,Ravisai
dwe
shouldwel
comey oubackhomebef or
e
youleavef
oryourparent
s'house.
*
Me.
..
:*Wher
eishe?

*
Him.
:
*Hel
eftf
orwor
k.

*
Me.
..
:*Sowho'
sgonnat
akemehome?

*
Him.
:
*Oneofus.

*
Me.
..
:*Aswho?

*
Him.
:
*Pr
ince'
sfr
iends.

*
Me.
..
:*Aaar
rgh.Youknowwhat
?You
guy
sjustcont
inuepar
tyi
ng,
iwi
l
lbei
n
myroom.

Iranupst airsangr i
ly.Likeforr eal Ravi
hadt oleav emewi thhisnoi syf ri
ends?
Whydi dheev enl eftwithoutt ell
ingme?
Thisbr otherofmi newascr azy
somet i
mes.Soi thent ookabat hand
changedmycl othes, iwasn'tgonnasi t
backandwat chhi sfri
endsannoy ingme.
Itri
edcal li
ngmom andhernumber
wasn' tthrough.Itrieddad'sandi twas
j
ustt hesame, Rav iwasnotev enpi cki
ng
upmycal l
s.Ididn'twannadi sturb, ionl
y
want edhi mt otellmewher ehi sot her
carkey swer e,sot hati coulddr i
v e
my selfhome.Isenthi m several texts
buthedi dn'tevenopent hem nxaa.I
thentookmybagsgoi ngdownst air
s,i
wasst il
lthi
nkingofapl an.Thistime
aroundi foundt hatTatendaguydanci ng
andtheot herguy swer ewat ching.You
sti
llr
ememberhi mr i
ght?Rav i
'sdentist
fri
end..Hewasagooddancery oh.Ijust
walkeddownt hest ai
rsandt hat '
swhen
hestopped.

*
Him.
.:
*Younowl
eav
ingal
ready
?

*
Me.
..
:*I
sn'
tthatobv
ious?

*Hi
m. .
:*Guy
slet
'sgo.Let
'st
ake
pri
ncesshome.
(
Iwi
deopenedmyey
esandi
wasl
i
ke.
.)

*
Me.
..
:*Al
lofy
our
eal
l
y?

*
Him.:
*Hahahahacomeonprincess,
we
j
ustf
oll
owi
ngorders.Guy
sti
meup.

Ijustl
ookedli
keazombi e,
howwast hat
possibl
efor8peopletobe
accompany i
ngonegirl
home?Tat enda
tookmybagst ohiscaroutsideandt he
othersevenwerebusymaki ngsuret hat
everyt
hingwasbacktoitspositi
on.I
foll
owedTateoutsi
deandf oundei ght
cars,meaningever
yguygothisowncar
,
andt heywereal
lcomingwit
hmecan
youi magi
ne.Somestupidt
hingsmy
brotherdoes.

Wi t
houtwast i
ngtime,Tateopenedt he
frontdoorformeandi knewhewas
gonnabemydr i
ver
.Igotinandhedi d
toothenhest art
edthecar .Hedr oveoff
andt heothersevencarswer efollowing
behind.Theonet hatiwaswi th,wasno
diff
erentfr
om Jonas..

*
Him.
.:
*Howwasschool
hey
?

*
Me.
..
:*Yousur
eyoudon'
tknowt
he
answert
othatone?

*Hi
m..:
*Ifeell
ikei
mt alki
ngtoRav
i'
s
twi
nsist
er,youshar
et hesameDNAno
doubt
.

*
Me.
..
:*I
sn'
tthatobv
ious?

*
Him.
.:
*[l
aughi
ng]y
ou.
.

(
Hedidn'
tfi
nishandhi
sphonest
art
ed
r
ingi
ng.
)

*
Me.
..
:*Thankscal
l
er.
(
Iwhi
sper
ed)

Hepi ckedi tupandi coul dtell thatwas

hisgirl
.Thesweetwor ds,thev oi ceand
theblushingsai ditallhahahah.They
tookalmosthal foft her i
deont he
phoneandi sil
ent l
ythankedt hegi rl
,she
hadsav edmyi ntervi
ew.Af t
ert hecal l,
theyoungmannev eraskedmeany thing,
i
m pr ettysurehewasst i
l
l digest ingt he
sweetnot hingst hegirl hadsai d.If el
t
pit
yfort hegi rlthough, theboy fri
end
wasanat ional radioy ho.Wel ater
arri
vedandf oundsomanycar sout side
thegat e,iwonder edwhatwasgoi ngon.
Myhear tstartedbeat ingsof ast .The
noisyguypar kedout si det hegat eandi
didn'twai
tforhimtoopenthedoorfor
me, igotoutrunni
ngi
nside.Iwasso
curious.

Asi r
eachedthemai ndoor,
isawalar
ge
postpri
nted.
..*"WELCOMEBACKHOME
PRINCESSRUE.CONGRATSADVOCATE
R.MUSONZA" *,,
,Damntheyhadt
hrown
asurpri
sewel comepart
yforme.I
scr
eamedandhear dsomeonebehi
nd
mesay i
ng..

*
Voi
ce:
*Im sopr
oudofy
ouhey
!!
*
ENDOFCHAPTER*

Wher
eisKudzi
??

Ruei
sfi
nal
l
yback?

Rav
iev
ersmi
l
ing?

Whowasbehi
ndRue?

Bradleyit
sy ourt
imet
opr
oposenow,
don'ttaketoomuchti
me
Wat
choutf
orchapt
er7.
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..
..

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Ijustl
ookedathi m,tr
yingt
ounderstand
whyhewast al
kingnonsense.Yousee
whyi di
sli
kedthisguy,somuchpr i
de
andhedidn'tknowhowt ot
alktopeople,
l
ikehehadnor espect
.

*
Me.
.:
*Yousur
elydon'
tchange.
*Hi
m.:*Ndogochinj
akui
tazv
ekudi
i?
Ndangotindi
ngokumhor
esawo,i
we
wakutor
otomoka.

(
Hewasupforaf
ighti
knewi
t,soi
just
wal
kedaway
.)

*Hi
m..:
*Ukut aurazvekuchi
njakoiwe?
Uchi
rinemf acewakowemudumbu
munedr oughtnanhasi?Ndofungaiye
zvi
noanot odyi
ra3meal skumbakweny u.

*
Me.
..
:*What
ever
.
Thisguysoo, hamenokamwe
kakubhowakaai mboi tasoo.I maginehe
wast heonewhohadst oppedme, but
hestil
lhadthegut stobl ubbernonsense.
Andwi t
ht helookoft hings,hemust
havebeenoneoft her estaurantchefs
that'
swhyhewasboast f
ul.Hewast hat
kindapersonwekut iakaitamar i,
mese
munomuomber a.Ipray edf orhi
m nott o
evenmar ry,
ii
i ai
itababav erudziinhaimi
?

Ibrushedthethoughtoffthenwalked
i
nside.IfoundBradalr
eadywai t
ingfor
me.Ididn'ttel
lhi
m aboutKudzi,iknew
hewasgonnast ar
tanotherfi
ght.Iwas
notinthemoodaaah.Ionl ytol
dhi m
thatiwentt ogreett hepregnantl adybut
shepushedmeaway .Hetoldmet ol et
i
tgo, iknewsomepr egnantladiesgot
thatbor i
ngandannoy i
ngbehav i
our .So
thewai tr
essesbr oughtust henewf ood
sincethef i
rstorderwasmeantf ort he
adv er
t.Trustmet hiswasacl assical
restaurant,
ev er
ythingwasonpoi nt .
...

Wehadagr eattimethough.Iwas
si
lentl
yprayingforKudzi nott
oshowup,
ididn'
twantBr adtocreateascene.For
surehedidn'tshowupandt henlaterwe
l
efttheplace.Bradtookmehomef irst
andi coul
dn'twaitt
ot ellmom abouthis
exchefhahahah.If oundherwat ching
Pit
chPer f
ect,somet hingsmymom
watchedsoo,youwouldthi
ngthatshe
wasat eenager
.Soifi
rstwentupst
air
s,
tookaquickbath,
changedthenwent
downstair
s..

*
Me.
..
:*Mom guesswhoi
sawt
oday
?

*
Her
..
.:
*Lobengul
a.

(
Guy
sli
stent
othi
sonehahahah.
)

*
Me.
..
.:
*[l
aughi
ng]r
eal
l
ymom?
?

*Her.
..
.:
*Youknowi
m notgoodat
guessi
ngbutyoual
wayswantmeto
guess.

*
Me...
.:
*ImetKudzit
oday,he'sachefat
t
hisot
herexpensi
ver
estaurant.

*
Her
..
.:
*Kudzi
asi
nKudzanai
?

*
Me.
..
.:
*Ai
waKudzi
asi
nKudzungai
ra.

*
Her
..
.:
*[l
aughi
ng]atl
easthe'
sdoi
ngok.

*Me..
.:
*He'ssti
l
lthesame,
kut
ondipi
ndurahakerough.
*
Her
..
:*Hahahah

Wehadani cet imewi thmymom and

dadl at
erj
oinedus.Thedi nnerwasl ater
servedandweenj oyed.Thedayt hen
passed.Theweekendwasnotbor i
ng
though.Ievent oldHai l
eywhat
happeneddur ingt heweekendandshe
wasj ustl
aughi ng.Myf riendwascr azyi
tel
lyou.Sot hent heweekendpassed
andbackt owor kagain.Hai l
eyasked
mesomet hi
ngt hatshockedme.Idi dn't
knowwhyshewasaski ngmet hat.
*Her.
..
:*Rueareyousurewhat
happenedSaturdaywasanadver
t
recor
ding?

*
Me...
.:
*Yesitwas,
that
'swhatt
hehot
el
managert
oldme.Whyar ey
ouaski
ng?

*Her.
..
:*Rueyouknowi
don'
ttr
usty
our
guy.Hec...

*Me..
..
:*St
opi
tHai
l
ey.Iknewi
t.Don'
t
evensayit
.

*
Her.
..
:*I
tsf
ineiwil
lzi
pmymout
h,was
j
ustl
ooki
ngaft
eryou.
Shedi dn'twaitf ormyr esponse, then
shewal kedaway .Tobehonesti t
ried
brushinghert hought sof fbutt hist i
mei
couldn't
.Atf irst,iwouldsayRav igot
somepr eviousi ssuest oholdagai nst
Brad,butnowHai l
ey?Theydi dn' tknow
eachot herbuti intr
oducedt hem t oeach
other.Doest hi smeant heykneweach
otheralready ?Idi dn'
tunder standwhy
shehat edhi m.* "Ithi
nki shoul ddo
somei nv esti
gat ionsonhi m" *
, isaidso
tomy self.Ifeltlikeiwoul dbebet raying
myt rustbuti wasf orced.Ijustwant ed
todot histopr ovethesepeopl ewr ong, i
tr
ustedmyBr ad, hewascl ean.
Sothedayt henpassedwi thHai l
ey
avoi
di ngme.Iknewshewaspr obably
angryatmef orshouti
ngather .If el
t
guil
tyandi wentt oapol
ogi ze,idi
dn't
wantourf r
iendshiptober uined,it
meantal ott ome.Itwasagoodt hing
shef orgaveme.Sowewer ebackagai n.
Il
ovedherl ikemyownsi ster,
soi
couldn'tstandhermadatme.Theday
passedsowel landthi
stimear oundi
wasnowpl anningontalkingtoRav i
.I
knewhehadf i
nall
yacceptedBr adi nmy
l
ife,
buti want edhimtotell mewhat
wentwr ongbet weenthem backt hen.I
want edhimt otell
mewhatel seheknew
aboutBrad.Youknowi coul
dn'tst
and
thepeopleilovedi
stancingthemselv
es
from me,becauseofsomet hingidi
dn't
know...

Sot heday spassedandRav isuggested

thatwewentoutf ordi nnertogether.I
askedHai leytoaccompanyme, i
want edhert ooff
icial
lymeetmybr other.
Shewasscar edwheni t
oldhert hough,
i
twasact ual l
ybecauseofwhati al
way s
tol
dheraboutRav i.Shewassucha
dramaqueen, nemat aurir
oaiitaka,i
neverpicturedherachi tyavanhu.Iev en
tol
dRav iandhewasokwi thittoo.
Sot hedayt henar ri
vedandi droveto
thesuggest edpl ace.Hai l
eycameabi t
earlythough.Themomentshewal kedin,
isawRav iopeninghi sey esli
kehewas
watchi ngascar ymov ie, ij
ustprayedhe
didn'tknowher .Guy si couldn'
taffordt
o
l
oseaf r
iendagai nka.Iwasaf raidof
Rav itell
ingmet hatHai leywasnotgood
forme, aaaht hi
st imei wasgonnasue
him hahahah.Somyv i
v aci
ousf r
iend
reachedourt ableandshesatnextt o
me.

*Rav
i.
:*SoRuey ouconsi
dert
hisgi
rla
goodfri
end?Wherearehermanner
s?
Heygir
l,di
dtheytel
lyout
hatyougr
eet
peopl
efi
rstbef
oresi
tt
ingdown?

GuysRav iwasscar ingmyf r

iend.I
thoughtshewasgonnast orm out,but
guesswhatshedi d??Shest oodup
herdingtheent rance.Ithoughtshewas
l
eav i
ng.Thatmomentwheni want
edto
stopher ,sheturnedandst artedwalki
ng
towar dsourtableagai n.Ijustwat ched
her,confused.Idi dn'tknowwhatshe
wasupt o..Sher eachedt het ableand
shewasl ike.
..
.,

*
Her
..
.:
*Ev
eni
ngguy
s.Sor
ryi
mlat
e.
(
Shesai
dsosit
ti
ngdown.Il
aughed,
she
wasi
ndeedadr
amaqueen.)

*
Rav
i.
:*Andt
hen?

(
Het
oowasconf
used.
)

*Her
..
:*Theyt
aughtmet olear
nfr
om my
mist
akes.Soij
ustcor
rectedamistake.
AndyoumustbeRav i
roMusonza?Ni ce
tomeetyou.

(Shesaidsostr
etchi
ngherhandfora
handshake.Rav
ididn'
tdothesame
t
hough.
)

*Her
..
.:
*Oooopssor
ryi
almostf
orgoti
ts
chol
eraseason.

Iburstouti
nlaught
erandi sawRavi
l
aughingtoo.Bel
iev
emeHai l
eyki
ll
edit
.I
wassopr oudofher,j
eeezshehadthe
gutstostandupforRavi?Thatwasthe
fi
rstaaah.

*Ravi.
:*Igavey
oual
l myblessi
ngs.
Pleaseteachmysi
stersomeskill
s
hahahah.

*Me..
:*DamnHaileycanyour
ewind,
i
needav i
deoofi
t.Thatwasawesome.

*
Her.
.:
*Atleasty
oubothdidn'
tnot
ice
myshaki
nglegshahahah.

Guesswhat ??Thedi nnerpurposewas

changed,wet al
kednot hingaboutBrad.
Wespentt hehour stal
kingaboutother
thi
ngsandRav iandHaileygotalong
quickl
y,y
ouwoul dn'
tthingthatwas
actual
lyt
heirfir
stmeet i
ng.Ireall
y
enjoyedt heircompany ,iwasonly
wor r
iedaboutmyr ibs,thel
aughingwas
toomuch.Lat eraftersometimewet hen
partedway s.Iwenthomef eeli
ngmor e
thanhappy .Iwasinmybestmood
beli
ev eme.Iwasgonnadr opbyRav i
's
placet henextdayaf terwork.Maybe
withoutHai ley,t
hatwoul dworkhahahah.

Sothedayt henpassed.Thenextdayi
hadanaf t
ernooncour tcase.Soi was
l
eavinghomeaf ter9am, therewas
somethingihadt odof i
rst.Sointhe
morning,mom askedmet odri
veour
cheftotheshoppingcent refi
rstbefor
e
l
eaving.Theybothleftearlywithdaddy.
Soi t
ookabat hfi
rstandhadt odr i
ve
hi
mf i
rstbef oreoccupyingmy sel
f.It
wasa2mi nutesdrivetotheshopsso
wedi dn'
tt aketime..Soi par
kednearOK
supermar ket.Wegotoutoft hecarand
walkedin.Wewal kedourdi f
ferentways
wit
hTi nashe[ TheChef ].Hewast heone
whoknewwhathewant edtobuy .Iwent
str
aighttot hebaker y,
iwantedsome
muffins..
..

*
Voi
ce:
*Tr
ythosequeencakes,
they
t
ast
esr
eal
l
ygood.

Washest
alki
ngme?
?ThatwasKudzi
.I
l
ookedatt hatsideandwait,
,
,,
,hewas
l
ookinggoodi nsomebl ackAdidastr
ack
pants,greygolferandsomewhi te
sneakers.Hehadabl acksport
scapt oo.
Hewasl ookinggreatandthi
swas
actual
lymyf i
rstti
meseeinghiml i
ke
that.

*
Me.
..
:*Ar
eyoust
alki
ngme?

*Him...
:*[
laughi
ng]nowy ousoundl
i
kea
preschoolkid.Whenlastdi
dyouseeme?

*
Me.
..
.:
*What
ever
..
(
Isai
dsocol
l
ect
ingmymuf
fi
ns.
)

*Him..
.:
*Soyougonnapret
endl
i
key
ou
didn'
tseeme?Real
lyRue?

*Me..
..
:*Wait
,,
,Areyousomekindaspy
orwhat??TodayyouspeakingShona,
tomorr
owEngl i
sh.Whatareyouupto?

*Hi
m..:
*Ijustl
ovebothl
anguages.Cani
atl
easthaveyournumber?

(
Ilaughedout
.Hewant
edmywhat?
Hahahahhemustbeoutofhi
smi
nd.
)
*Me..
.:
*Im notgetti
ngmarriedanyti
me
soon,i
ncasey ouwannapar ti
cipat
eat
myweddi ng.Don'
twor r
y,i
wi l
lhir
eyou
wheni needyou,chef.

(
Isai
dthatwal
ki
ngaway
.)

*Him..:
*Youlookbeaut
if
ulwheny
ou
blubbernonsense.

Ididn'tl
ookbackbutcontinuedwithmy
walking.ImetTinasheattheti
llandi
thenpaidforthestaffhehadpicked
thenwewal kedoutoft hesuper mar ket
beforeKudzi annoy edmemor e.Ihel ped
Tinaput tingt hegoodsi nthecar .We
thendr ov eof f.Asi wasdr i
ving,i noticed
thatther ewassomecy cli
stfollowi ng
me.Il ookedcar ef
ullyonmyv i
ewmi rror
andt hatwasKudzi .Ididn'
tknowi fhe
wasf ollowi ngmeorhewasj ustgoi ng
wher ehewasgoi ng.Ireducedt he
speedandt hatmomenthedr ewcl oser
andhi tmycar ,beforeiknewi t
,hewas
outoft her oadwi thhislegbl eeding.I
panickedt henst oppedt hecarr ight
away .Ist oppedmycarandr ant owher e
hewas.Hel ookedl ikehewasi nso
muchpai n.
*Me..
.:
*Heywhyar ey
oufol
lowi
ngme?
Lookwhaty ouhav
edonenowandyou
evendelay
ingmenxaa.

*Him..
:*Takemet
othehospi
tal
you
causedthis.

(I
nzwai
wo, haasi
ri
yeakazv
irov
era
pamotayangusure?)

*Me.
.:
*What?Yououtofy
ourmind.Im
behi
ndti
me.Justst
andupandgetlost
.

*
Him.
.:
*Soy
out
hinkbecausey
ouar
ea
l
awyer,youcanjustgetawaywit
h
ever
ythi
ng?Letmecal lmyboss'
son,
he'
sapol i
ceman.

(HetookoutaNokia3310fr
om his
pocketandihadt
ostophim,thatwoul
d
tar
nishmyimage.
)

*Me..
.:
*Finei
wil
ltakey
out
othe
hospi
tal
.

*Hi
m..
:*Nodon'twor
ry,
for
compensat
ion,
ionl
yneedyournumber
..

*
Me.
..
.:
*What
???
*
ENDOFCHAPTER*

Kudzi
isbacky
eeeey
.
SowhatdoesHai
l
eyknowaboutBr
ad?

Whyi
sKudzi
aft
erRue?

Whyi
shechangi
ngl
anguagesl
i
ket
hat
?

Wi
l
lRuegi
vehi
m hernumber
?

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choutf
ort
henextchapt
er.
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Chapt
er(
9)*

*Me.
..
:*What??Webothknowthat
's
i
mpossibl
e.Whywouldigi
veyoumy
numberhuh?

*
Him.
.:
*Sui
tyour
sel
fthen.
Hest art
edpr essinghisphoneandi
knewhewasmay bef akingorhewas
forreal
.Youknowi didn'twannagi ve
him mynumberbuthi sgut sshocked
me.Andhewasact uallycapabl eof
doingany thing,especi all
ywheni
recall
edt hathewasnowwor ki
ngforan
expensiver estaurant,may behehad
someconnect i
ons.Andf ightinghim
wasr eall
ygoi ngt oeatmyt ime,i
couldn'
taf fordtol oset hecaset hati
wasr epresent i
ngi ncour tthisday,it
meantal ottome.Sot oav oi
dnoiseand
delays,ihadt ogi vehim mynumber ,i
wasgonnaf i
gur eoutapl ant ogetri
dof
himl at
er.
*
Me.
..
:*Fi
nei
wil
lgi
vey
oumynumber
.

*
Him.
.:
*Nowy
out
alki
ng.

(
Ithengav
ehi
m mybusi
nesscar
d.)

*
Me...
:*Forgoodnesssake,
stop
f
oll
owingmeKudzi .

*Hi
m..
:*Iwon'
tipromise,
ihav
eyour
numbernow.Thankshey.
Ijustwal kedt omycart hendr ov eoff.I
reall
ywant edt obeupset ,buti twas
uselessbel i
ev eme.Kudzi was
nonsensei tel
l you.Sol aterwear r
ived
homewel landi didev erythingi want ed
todobef or eleav i
ngf orcour t.Ilaterleft
home, i wasner v oust hough.Thi swas
l
ikemyf irstcaseagai nstawel l
-known
someone, buti hadf aith.Mybr other
wast hereal so,maki ngmef eel proud
andst rong.Andi di
dit ,
i wont hecase
andt hismeantabr ighterf uturef orme.I
wassohappybel ieveme.Br adcoul dn'
t
makei tt hough, hewaspr obabl yi nthe
theatrethatt i
me, savi
ngsomeone' sli
fe.
Sol aterthatday ,Haileyandi wentout
fordi nner.Shecoul dn'tstop
congr atul
at ingme, il
ov edherf ornot
beingj ealousy .Shewasat ruefr
iend
trustme.It hent oldherwhathad
happenedear li
erthatday , shelaughed
herl ungsoutandangr yatmef ornot
takingKudzi apicture,sher eall
ywant ed
toseehi m.Shewascr azyi fyoumust
know.Wechi ll
edf orsomet i
met hen
l
at erpartedway s.Iwenthomeand
foundmysmal l
fami lythere, wai
tingfor
myar ri
val.Theyhadpr epar edmy
favour i
tef oodandboughtmegi fts.Rav
i
wast heret oo.
*Me.
..
:*Youguysnevergett
ir
edof
spoi
l
ingme.Im abi
ggi r
lnow.

*
Rav
i.
.:
*Butthefactt
hatyout he
f
ami
ly'
sli
lpr
incesswi
llneverchange.

*Me..
..
.:
*Wenay ouchanged,youused
tohat
ecomi nghereyouknow?I
remembery ouusedtoaskmet odrop
byyourplacewheneveryouboughtme
something.What'
sgoingon?

*
Mom.
.:
*Myquest
ionexact
ly.

*
Dad.
..
:*Leav
emysoneeeh,
sohe'
sno
l
ongerall
owedtoshowsomel ov
ejust
becausehi
sonlysi
sterandmom wi
ll
questi
onhim?

*
Rav
i.
.:
*ThankGody
oumyf
ather
.

Wel aughedandwal kedtot hedining

room sincethedi nnerwasser ved
alr
eady .Iwasr eall
ylovi
ngmyl ifethese
days,ev er
yonewashappyandno
compl aint
s.IthankedGodf ort
hat .So
l
ikewhati t
oldy ou,Ravihatedhome, no
mat t
erhowdar korl at
eitwouldbe, he
hadv owednott osleepoverathome.So
around9pm hel eft
.Hewassof unny.So
bef
oreislept,i
hadtoattendtosome
email
sandr esponded,t
hatmoment
someonecalledme, i
twasanew
number.Iwonderedwhot hatwasbut
pi
ckeditup..
.

*
Me.
.:
*Hel
l
o.

.
..
..
:Heybeaut
if
ulhowwasy
ourday
?

(
Whoel
seexcepthi
m?)

*
Me.
..
:*Oneoft
hebest
.
 .
..
..
:Soy
ounotgonnaaskaboutmy
l
eg??

(
Wast
hel
egmi
ne?
?)

*
Me.
..
:*Oohhowi
sit
?

.
..
..
.:Bet
ternow.Sowhatar
eyou
doi
ng?

(
Real
l
yiwasi
nani
nter
view?
?)

*
Me.
..
:*I
m washi
ngmybl
anket
s.
 ..
..
..
:Hahahahahy ougotmether
e.
Thankst hough,ij
ustwant
edt
ohear
yourvoice.Nowi cansl
eepwel
l.
Goodnightprincess.

(
Likef
orr
eal
???
)

*
Me.
..
:*Okby
e.

Iqui
ckl
ydr oppedthecall,i
didn'
twant
hi
mt ointroduceanotherstor
y.Buti
l
aughedt hough,hewassur el
yadr ama
ki
ng.Laterafterr
espondingtomy
email
s,ithenslept,
anamazi ngsleepi
had.Thenextdayi wokeupwi ththe
samer out
ine,ipreparedmy sel
fforwork
thenl
eftaftermom anddad.Theday
wasjustsimilartotheotherdays,work,
l
unchoutwi thBr adandthenhome. .
Hail
eywasj ustsohappyt hisday,it
ri
ed
aski
ngbutshej ustt
oldmet obepat i
ent
,
shesaidshewasgoi ngtotellme.

Sotheday spassedandKudzi andiwe

werejustt al
kingthr
ought hephone.He
wasn'tthatbadt hough,ienj
oyedhis
j
okesmor e.Hehadaskedt otakeme
outthisotherdaybuti j
ustturnedhim
down, Iwasj ustafr
aidofbeing
embar rassed.Butwewer egett i
ngal
ong
sowell
.Sot hesedaysiwasnowi n
Hail
ey'
scase, f
orci
nghertot el
lmewhy
shewasnotsocomf ort
ablewithme
dat
ingBrad.Shewasj ustthesame,not
socomfortableintel
l
ingme.Iknewt he
onewhowasgoi ngtohelpwasRavi,i
hadtopresshim becausei wasnow
cur
iousthanev er
..

Theseday sBr adwasal waysbusy ,so

wasiandwewer en'tspendingmuch
ti
metoget her.Idon'tknowwhyi wasno
l
ongeraffectedwi ththat.Somet imes
wheni f
eltlonely,iwouldrathercallRav
i
notBradl
ey .I
tslikei wasnol onger
missi
nghi ml i
kei usedtodo.Idon' t
knowwhyi twasl ikethat,butthat
'sjust
i
t.Sothisotherdayaf terwork,idecided
todropbyRav i'
spl acefi
rst,i
want edus
total
k.Iwast herebef or
ehim, soto
wastenotime, ihelpedhischef
prepar
ingdinner..

Thechefwasf riendlyandi r
eall
y
enj
oy edhiscompany .Latermybr other
walkedinlookingt ir
edlikeneverbefore,
hi
sj obwoul dbesot i
ghtsomet i
mes.So
iwaitedforhim ashewentt otakea
qui
ckshower ,thenlaterhecamedown.
Thechefdi shedt hefoodandwe
enj
oy edthef oodt al
kingaboutwor konly.
Lat
eri i
ntroducedmyst oryandi could
tel
lmybr ot
herwasnotcomfor
tabl
ein
tel
li
ngmet hetrut
h.It
ri
edconv
inci
ng
him unt
ilhetal
ked.

*Him..:
*Ruei suspectyourboyf
ri
endis
seeingsomeone, orishouldsaythe
numberi snotone.

(
Didn'
tknowwhatt
osay
.)

*
Me.
..
:*Ooohr
eal
l
y?

*Hi
m.:*Justmyassumpt
ionspr
incess,
don'
tconfr
onthi
m wit
hnomuch
evi
dence.Ionl
ywant
edy
out
ofi
ndi
tout
your
self
.

*
Me..
.:
*Okt hanksbr
o,wi
l
lsur
elydi
g
mor
einfo.

Wef inishedourf oodqui etl

y,iwast r
ying
topictureBr ad,hav i
nganaf fai
r
somewher e.Butt henwiththel ookof
thi
ngs, Rav iwasst i
llhi
dingthingsfrom
me.Ij ustdi dn'tknowwhati twas.Wel l
l
ateraf terenj oyi
ngt hemeal ,itol
dmy
brot
hert hati hadt oleave.Hewasnow
worriedaboutme, heaskedmesev eral
ti
mesi fi coulddriveandi toldhim not
towor ryaboutme.Idr oveoff
, deepin
myt houghts, t
hinkingaboutt hisBrad
andcheat i
ngi ssue.Not hi
ngwasaddi ng
up.Thatdayi sl
eptl ate,andthat'sthe
verysamedayi quest i
onedtheadv ert
thathadhappenedsomeweeksbackat
thi
sot herrestaurant.Theat ti
tudethe
pregnantladyshowedme, was
questi
onabl e.Ithenf ellasl
eep.

Thenextmor ni
ngi wokeupf eel
ingfine
andi wasnolongerwor r
iedaboutBradi
don'tknowwhy .Iprepar
edmy selff
or
workt henl
eft
.Iwasr eal
lyhappyBrad
neversaidsomet hi
ngaboutan
engagement,iwant edhi
snamet obe
clearedf i
rst.Thel astthingi want ed,
wasget ti
ngmar ri
edt oacommuni t
yguy ,
everywoman' sman.Iwei ghedmor e
thant hat.Soi toldHai leywhatRav ihad
said,andf orthef irstt
imesheopened
up.Shet oldmet hatshehadoncemet
Bradwi thadi fferentgir li
nt own.That
wasf ewweeksbef orei intr
oducedhi m
toher .Andwi t
ht helookoft hi ngs,she
wasconv i
ncedt hatBr adandt hatgirl
wer einlov e.That '
swhyshehat edhi m,
Braddi dn'tknowaboutt hist hough.Soi
hadacl earpicturenow, buti hadt odo
myowni nvestigationst oo,justt obring
outsol i
dev i
dence.
Ioncet houghtt hatt hisissuewasgonna
affectmev erymuch, butwi thpeople
l
ikeRav i andHai leyinmyl i
fe,myhear t
wasnev erheav y,alway slightl i
kea
feather
.Iwasst ar ti
ngt or ecognisethe
l
ov etheyhadf orme, thati couldn't
noticeear l
ier.Thepur el ov ethatiwas
neglecti
ng, pay i
ngmuchat tenti
ont o
someonel esswor th.Ihadt owakeup
andsmel lthecof fee,therewasmor eto
l
ifethandat i
ngt hisBradl eyguy .Iloved
him withal lofme, butifi am to
compar e, myl i
fecomesf irst,my
feeli
ngs, emot i
onsanddi gni t
y..
..

Sot
omakemysuspi
cionsmor
ecl
ear
er,
whenev eri toldhi mt hati wasbusy ,he
wasnol ongerbot hered.Ir emember
tel
li
nghi mt hati wasgonnahav eabusy
schedulef ort hreeday s, andbeliev
eme
wheni sayt hi s,hecal l
edt wiceonly.So
i
twascl eart hathehadsomei mpor t
ant
thi
ngstopayat tenti
ont o.Iwasno
l
ongerint erest edi nhim, onlythatihad
toplaymycar dswel l,ididn'twantto
hurtanyonei nt hepr ocess..

SoKudzi andiwewer eli

kerealbuddi
es
now.Ihadf i
nal
lyshowedHai l
eyhis
pict
ure,
theonet hatwasonhi sdpand
shesaidhewast heone.Hahahaht hi
s
guywasoneoft hecr azi
estguysihave
evercameacross.Butoverthephone,
hewasnotthatcrazy,actual
l
yhewas
j
ustcoolandsoft.Iguessheonlyl
oved
perf
ormingdr
amasl i
vehahahah.

Sot hi
sot herlunch,fort
hef ir
stti
me, i
agreedonmeet i
ngupwi t
hhi m.Hehad
i
nsisted,soi decidedtogr anthi
mj ust
thatonewi sh.Ev enmom wasnow
awar eofourf ri
endshipandshewas
shocked.Sher emindedmeofhowi
usedt ohatehi m andshest il
lcoul
dn't
beli
ev et
hatwewer eget
tingalongso
well.
Soi suggest edthenear errestaurant
fr
om mywor kpl
ace,si ncei hadal otto
doaf terlunch.Haileyinsistedon
comi ngwi thmeandi couldn'tturnher
down, shewasmybackupt hough, soi
neededherev er
ywher ei gohahahahah.
Wedr ov eofftotheplaceandwear ri
ved
somemi nutesbeforeKudzi '
sar r
ival.
Laterhear r
ivedlookingsi mpl eas
alway sbuthehadaser i
ousf aceand
Haileyj ustl
ookedatme, conf used.So
Kudzi reachedourt ableandhewas
l
ike...
*
Him.
..
:*Kuchkor
owakapasasei
nhai
we?

(
IlookedatHai
l
eyt
ryi
ngt
ofi
gur
eout
whathemeant.
)

*
Me...
:*Todayy
ouar
eint
heShona
mood?

*Hi
m..:
*Li
keialway
saskmur
omo
wachondewako?

*
Me.
..
:*Hez
vokwakanaka?

*
Him.
.:
*Kunonakei
iwewagar
apat
abl
e
i
nemunhumamwemat abl
eeseay
a
asinav
anhu.Uriconductorher
eanoti
vanhuvagaref
ourfour.Murestaur
ant
munokwet emukombi .

(
Nhai
mimukat
ihaapenge?
)

*Me...
:*What'
syourpr
obl
em?She'
smy
fr
iend,mysister
.Sowhat
'swr
ongwit
h
hersit
tingwit
hus?

*Him...
:*It
swrongbecauseti
kufani
ra
kunget i
rit
wo,togodawechi
tat
ukutiti
ri
kurecorderadv
erthere?

(
Damni
wasaboutt
olosei
t.Ist
oodup.
)
*
Me.
..
:*Youknowwhat
?Justf
orgeti
t.

(
Isai
dsowal
ki
ngawayandheshout
ed.
)

*Hi
m. .
.:
*Bett
erthatway,nextti
me
ndokutiur
ongeke.Uchi
teerer
a
mainstr
ucti
onsfutiaai
i
...

*
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eysai
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?

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sKudzi
ke?

Whati
swr
ongwi
thhi
m now?
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l
lRueev
ert
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m??

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*Hail
ey:*Ruewai t
!!Letmet
eachthis
bustardalessonthathewil
leventeach
hisgrandchi
ldren.

Hervoicewasst rongandi couldtell

she
waslosingitmor ethanme.Ist opped
walki
ngandl ookedather, bel
ievemei
waspissedof f
,li
kei wantedtot hr
owup.
Shewal kedtowher eKudzi wasand
bef
orei knewit,sherel
easedahotsl ap.
Thi
swasgett
ingworsesi
nceever
yone
i
ntherest
aur
antwasnowpaying
at
tent
iont
oit
..

*Her.
..
:*Youngman, kanawabv akumba
kwenyuwady aporr
idger i
ney eastka,
endaunof uti
rasomewher e.Usangor i
ser
pesepese.Justbecausehaakupi ndure,
i
tdoesn' tmeani wi
llalsositbackand
watchy ouinsul
ti
ngher .

*
Kudzi
:
*Di
dyouj
ustsl
apme?
?Doy
..
..

(
Hai
l
eyi
nter
rupt
ed.
)
*Her.
..
.:
*Hol ditndi
satindakupamhafut
i.
Lastwarning,stayasfarawayas
possi
blefrom herifyouknowwhat '
s
bestforyou.Nxaa

Shet henwal kedawayandgr abbedmy

hand, t
ichit
obudamur estaur
ant.Fora
momenti smi l
ed,sureKudzi deserved
thathotslap.Wehadusedmycarsowe
droveof fri
ghtaway .Iwasangr yat
Kudzi butproudofHai ley.Atleastshe
gotbackathi m.Asf orme, iwasn'tused
tofighti
ngt hat'
swhyi hadtowal kaway,
buthonest l
yspeakingi was
embar rassed.
Ithendel etedhi snumberf rom my
phone, iwant ednomor edramai nmy
l
ife.Hai leytoldmet oletthebust ardgo,
hewasnotwor thit
.Forsuret herewas
noneedf ormet obesost r
essedup
withast aini couldquicklygetridof f
.
Theadv antageofhav i
ngat ruefriendin
yourl if
e.Hai leywasoneofaki nd.So
ther estoft hatdayi wasok.Buti
couldn' tstopl aughingeveryt i
mei
thoughtofhowKudzi l
ookedwhen
Haileysl appedhi m,theslapwasnot
cheapbel ievemehahahah.Atl eastthat
scenesat isfi
edme, andi wishedi had
recor dedi t,t
henpl ayeditwhenev eri f
elt
l
ikel aughi ng...
Laterisai
dgoodby etomyfriendand
wenthome.Icoul dn'
twaitt
ot el
lmy
mom theamazi ngnews.Ifoundher
busyreadi
nghermagazi ne,andfir
st
wenttomyr oom thenlat
ercameback.I
tol
dherev er
ythi
ngandshecoul dn'
tas
wellst
oplaughing..

*
Her.
..
:*Let
'sjusthopenoonerecorded,
i
don'
twanty ourfacei
ntheH-Metro.

*
Me..
.:
*Hahahahatl
eastthatcanmake
y
ourdaught
ersopopul
ar.
*
Her
..
.:
*Kudzi
issochi
l
dishhahaha.

Wet alkedabouthi m abi tbeforedad's

arri
val
.Mi ndy ou,daddywasunawar eof
thisfr
iendship,hahahai justdidn'
twant
himlaughingatme, that'showchi l
dish
hewoul dbesomet imes.Sol aterwehad
dinnerandi wentt osleep.Inmyr oom,
someonecal l
edmeandi pi
ckedthecall
ri
ghtaway .Itwasanewnumberso
i
gnor i
ngwoul dbesel fish.
*
Me.
..
:*Hel
l
o.

.
..
..
:Hell
obeaut
if
ulpl
easedon'
thang
upiwa..
..

Idr
oppedt hecal landquicklyservedhis
numberagain.Idi dthatbecausei didn'
t
wanttopickuphi scallsagain,thatwas
aneasywayt oi gnorehim.Iwas
act
uall
ynotint hemoodofhi sdramas,
hehaddoneenoughwani .Hahahah
someti
mesi wonder edifhewasn' t
mental
lydist
urbed, li
keintheaf t
ernoon,
hewasact i
ngal lweirdbutnowcal l
i
ng
me'beauti
ful'
.Likeseriouslywhodoes
thathahahah.Im pret
tysur
eev enhis
mom hadadi f
fi
cultti
megivingbirthto
him,ithi
nkakatangakubudamur omo,
thenzvimwezv eseaftert
hat,don'tknow
howi thappenedthoughhahahah.

Soi laterfel
lasleep, i
gnor i
ngKudzi 's
call
sandmessages.Whywoul di talkto
him afterwhathedi d?Thenextdayi
wokeuponl yt of i
nd70mi ssedcal lsand
ij
ustl aughedt hencl earedthecal llog.I
blockedhi m onwhat sappt hen
blackli
stedhi snumbert oo.Ididn'twant
him disturbi
ngmeatwor k.Soasusual ,i
preparedmy selfforwor kthenl ef
t.I
arri
vedt herebef oreHaileyt hough.
Theseday sshewasachanged
someone, shewascomi ngtowork
dressedtokil
l,
andy ouwouldthi
nkthat
shewasl eavi
ngthecountry
,ismell
ed
l
ov e,butiwaswait
ingforhert
otellme.

Soshel aterthenar r
ivedl ookinggr eat
andshewasi nagoodmoodt oo.Iwas
fal
li
ngalreadyi nlovewi tht henewher
though.Butshewasst ill
bubbl yand
that'
sthemostt hingi l
ikedabouther ,
shewasmywar r
ior,mysupergi r
l.So
west ar
tedwor king,laughi ngand
gossipi
ngl i
keal wayshahahah.That
washerandi f
ory ou.Kudzi start
ed
call
ingusingadi fferentlineandi ended
upswi t
chingof fmyphone.I tsagood
t
hingatworkiusedl
andl
i
nemost
lysoi
wasn'
tbot
hered.

Sot hedaywentpr ettywellandi really

enjoy edit.Lat
eriwenthome, feeling
greatandhappyt oo.Af terdinneri
switchedonmyphoneandi hada
messagef r
om myPI ,hehadgat hered
somet hi
ng.Wear rangedonmeet ingup
thenextdaybef orewor k,ireallywant ed
toseehi m.Idon'tev enknowhowt o
namewhatwast her ebetweenBr adley
andi ,becauseal lofasudden, ifeltli
kei
nol ongerneededhi m.Idon' tknowwhy
thef eeli
ngwasf adi ngawayqui ckly.
May bei twasjustani nf
atuat i
ont hati
wast ryi
ngt omaker eal
.Iblamedmy self
f
orbei
ngchi
l
dish.

Sot hedaypassedandt henextmor ni

ng
iwokeupabi tearl
y,ihadtomeetup
withFarai[
PI]befor
ewor k.Iprepar
ed
my sel
fforwor kandleftbeforemom
anddad.Idr oveofftothesuggested
venueandi f
oundFarai al
readywaiti
ng
forme, hewasanact ivepartnerit
ell
you.Soi orderedsomecof fee,i
twasa
bitcoldthatday.

*
Me...
:*Ihopey
ouhav
esome
i
nter
esti
ngnews.
*Him..:
*[laughing]youknowme. .Well
accordingt omyr esear
chand
i
nv esti
gations,whathappenedthatday
wasat r
ap, thatl
adyissurel
ycarry
ing
Bradley'
schi ld.

*
Me.
..
:*Keepgoi
ng.

*
Him..:
*Thatrestaur
antishisot
her
f
ri
end'
sr est
aurantandallt
heworkers
t
here,
theyknowhi m,incl
udingt
hefake
manager.

(
Speechl
ess)
*Me..
.:
*Sodoesthi
smeanhet
ookme
ther
e,sot
haticoul
dseehi
spr
egnant
gir
lf
ri
end?

*Him..
:*Notexact l
y,thegirl
fr
iend
showedupunexpect edlyandt hat'
swhy
theypret
endedliket herewasanadv ert
shooti
ng.Butthenaccor di
ngtomy
resear
chaswel l
, Bradleyandt hatgir
l
arenottoget
her.

*Me.
..
:*Nowmakingsense.Youknow
whatFar
ai,
thankyousomuch.
*
Him.
.:
*Don'
tmenti
on,
im st
ill
diggi
ng
f
ormore,
wil
lkeepy
ouupdated.

*
Me.
..
:*Thanksonceagai
n.

Weshookhandsandpar tedway s.Hav e

youeverbeeni nasituati
onwher ebyy ou
haveeveryreasontobeangr y,buty ou
j
ustdon'tknowhowt obeangr y? ?Al l
youwantislaughingy ourlungsout ??
Thatwasmet hatti
me, ihadev er yr
ight
tobeangryatBr adforcheat i
ngand
betr
ayi
ngbuti justcouldn't
.Inst ead, i
l
augheddr i
vingmy selftowor k.Idon' t
knowwhyi wasn'tmov ed.Infacti
thankedGodf orsavi
ngme, whoknows
thatloserwasal soplanni
ngonusing
met hendumpedmel ater
.Call
mean
i
diotf orfal
l
inginlovewithsuchan
animal .Hedidn'
tdeserveme.

Soiar r
ivedwellatworkandHai
leywas
al
sot here.Itol
dherever
ythi
ngand
i
nsteadofl aughingl
i
keshealwaysdo,
shelookedsosad. .

*
Me.
..
:*What
'swi
tht
hatl
ooknow?
?
*Her.
..
:*Areyousur
eyouok?Ar
eyou
notheart
broken?Ar
ey..
.

*Me.
..
.:
*Shutupgirl
,im good,
abit
di
sappoi
ntedthough.Butiwil
lbef
ine
don'
tworr
y.

*Her
..
:*Stopworry
inghunny,
he'
snot
wort
hit.Ithi
nkweshouldcel
ebr
ate.
Whatdoy ousuggest
??

*
Me.
..
.:
*Cel
ebr
ate?

*Her.
..
:*Yes,
prodi
galdaughterr
etur
ns.
Thatguyisanevil
for
est,thankGodyou
backsaf
eandsound.

(Iwasst
art
ingt
ot hi
nkifshewasn'
t
rel
atedt
oKudzi
,theyhadaloti
n
commonhahahah.)

Sowel at ergotbackt owor k.Iwasnow

thi
nki ngonbr eakingupwi thBradley,i
knewhol dingonwasgonnacausemuch
damage.Iwant edtomov eon, deep
i
nsidei feltbetrayedandi didn'
tknowi fi
wasgoi ngt of all
inlov
equi ckly
.Soi had
tobr eakupwi thBrad,
soast oheal
fasterandmov eon,hetookadv antage
ofmyf aithfulnessandt hat'
swhati
hatedt hemostabouthi m.Idon' tbl
ame
himthough,if
elli
nlovewheni wasst
ill
young,andgavehim myall,
notthi
nki
ng
abouttheconsequencesofdoi
ngthat.I
tookthatasalessonlear
nt.

Soatl unch,iwasn'tfeeli
ngli
kegoi ng
out,soHai l
eywentoutandbr oughtme
l
unch.Iwasi nmyof ficebusydoing
somepaperwor kwhenourr ecepti
onist
cal
ledme.Shesai dsomeguywas
l
ooki ngforme.It houghtthatwasBr ad,
soi askedHai l
eyt ogoandt alktohim,
hewast helastpersoni wantedtosee.
Soi knewHai leywasr eall
ygonnaknock
somesensesi nhishead, idi
dn'tcare.I
continuedwhati wasdoi ngandi nno
t
imeHai
l
eywasback.
.

*Her.
.:
*Ilov
edramabutnothere.
Reputat
ionwooh,goandescor
tyour
fr
iendout.

Itr
iedaskingwhot heguywasbutshe
ref
usedt otellme.Thatgi rlwas
nonsenset oohahahah.Iqui cklyst ood
upandl eftformysocal l
edv isi
tor.Our
off
iceswer einthet hi
rdf l
oorsoi used
anelevatorbecausei wasbehi ndt i
me.
Innotti
mei wast hereandgott he
shockofmyl i
fe.Kudzi wast hev i
sitor
.
Hewasi nhiscasual dressi
ngasusual
butlookinggoodthough.Butidi
dn't
wannat alktohim.Sowithoutwast
ing
ti
me, it
ur nedbackabouttogoback.He
stoppedme. ..

*Him..
:*Ruepl
easejustgi
vemea
chancetoexpl
ain.I
m sorr
ypl
easedon'
t
walkawayonme.

*Me.
..
:*Kudzi
younotwel
comedher
e
andyouknowthat
.Justl
eav
ethi
spl
ace
now.

*
Him.
.:
*Iwon'
tl
eav
eunt
ili
tal
ktoy
ou.
Hel ookedser iousandi knewl eav i
ng
hi
mt her ewasgonnabear egr et,hewas
gonnadosomet hingt erri
blejustt oget
myat tenti
on.Thel astthingi want ed
wasbei ngembar rassedatmy
workpl ace.Soi thent oldhi mt of oll
ow
met omyof f
ice.Hesmi l
ed, rev eali
nghis
di
mpl esandi f
eltlikeslappi nghi m. .I
passedbyHai l
ey'sof fi
ceandshej ust
l
aughedatme, iregrettedev er
entertainingthiscr azyguy .Sowe
enteredmyof ficeandsatdown.I
startedeat i
ngmyf ood, i
gnor inghi m..
*Him.
.:
*Ruei m sosor
ryaboutmy
behav
ior.Iwasjusti
nabadmood, l
i
ke
mybossscol dedme.

(
Doest
hatmakeanysense?
)

*Me.
..
:*Whydidn'tyoucancel
the
meet
ingthough?Itsnotli
keiwasgonna
suey
ouf ornotshowingup.

*Him..:
*That '
sonethingican'
tdo,
disappointi
ngsomeone.Ididn'
twantto
disappointyou,butf
ailedt
ocontrol
my
tamper.
*Me..
.:
*Ok.Butwhogav eyoumy
workpl
aceaddress?Ihear
dyourst
ory
,
nowleave.

*Him..:
*Im sorr
yaboutt hat,j
ustunblock
meRue, t
hefactthatyoui gnor
ingme, is
ki
lli
ngme.Justunbl ockmeandi
promisenott obotheryouagai n.Pl
ease
prett
yplease.

Hehadasadpuppyf aceandif
eltsor
ry
forhi
m,kanaachii
tamadramahewill
be
seri
ousbuthaat
anekunzwisat
sit
si
nxaa.
*Me.
..
:*Okf
inei
wil
lunbl
ocky
ou.Happy
now?

*
Him.
.:
*Real
l
y??Thanky
ousomuch.

(
Hel
ookedhappy
.)

*
Me.
..
:*Oknowl
eav
e.

*Hi
m..
:*Oki havesomethi
ngf ory
ou
t
hough.Don'
tt hr
owitaway,yousafe
wit
hme.Ijustmadeitforyou,asasorr
y.
I
m out.
Hesai dsopl acingani cepinklunchbox
onmydeskt op.Idi dn'
tevenwal khim
out.Ithenopenedt helunchboxand
wasamazed.Thatwasmyf av
ourit
e
meatsausage, itwaswel lcooked.I
want edtothrowi tinthebinbuti was
tempt ed.It
astedi tandjustsmi l
ed,
sausagewasmyweaknesshahahah.
Haileythenwal kedi n,
holdingthesame
typeofal unchbox.

*Her..
:*Thankmef orslappi
ngt
he
i
nsanityoutofhim,nowwehav i
ngaf
ive
starhotel
meal hahahah.
*
Me.
..
:*Hegav
eyout
oo?

*Her
..
.:
*Yes,i
tsnotl
i
keheembar
rassed
onl
yyou.Atl
easthe'
sgoodi
n
somethi
ng,t
hati
scooki
ng.

Wel aughedandenj oyedthemeat ,

tome
thelunchboxwassmal l,ndaitodaabout
3or4, that '
showgoodt hemeatwas.So
ithenunbl ockedhim andi twasl i
kehe
hadt hephonei nhishandst hatti
me, he
start
edapol ogi
zi
ngnonst op,shamehe
wascr azy .Therestofthatdaywas
superb, ievenforgotaboutBr ad,al
l i
wast hinkingofwassausage, andt he
sausagechefhahahahimj
ustki
ddi
ng.
Thedaythenpassed..

Soaftert woday sicalleditquitswi th

Brad,ididt hatov erthephonet hough, i
didn'
twannaseehi sf ace.Het hen
suggestedt hatwemeetupandt alk.At
fi
rstididn'twantbutt henlaterr ealised
thati
twasagoodi dea, iwantedhi mt o
knowt hatal lhisdealswer eoutandi
wasdonewi thhim.Sohesuggest edon
meetingupwi t
hmet henextday .This
dayideci dedt opaymybr othera
surpr
isev isit,i
want edhimt oknowt hat
iwasov erthebust ard,allthankst ohi m.
Iknockedof ffrom wor kthendr ov eof f
tohispl
ace.Ifoundhim homealready
anditwasanadv ant
agetome.We
tal
kedabitandt henitol
dhim.Jeezhe
stor
medout .

*
Him..
:*DamnRuewhydidn'
tyout
ell
mebefor
ecal
li
ngitqui
ts?

(
Iwasconf
used.
)

*Me.
..
:*WhyRav
i?I
sn'
tthatj
ustt
he
same?

*
Him.
.:
*Noi
tsdi
ff
erentRue,
thatguyi
s
amonst
erandhewon'
tl
eav
eyou.

(
Conf
usedev
enmor
e.)

*Hi
m..
:*RueBr
adleyisadr
ugdeal
erand
hecandoanyt
hing!

*
Me..
.:
*What
??Yout
ell
i
ngmenow?
?
WhyRavi
?

(
Iwasnowmor
ethanangr
y)

*
Me.
..
:*Rav
iroi
m aski
ngy
ouwhynow?
??
(
Ishout
ed.
)

*Him..
.:
*Holditri
ghtthere!Itr
iedto
warnyousev er
alti
mesbuty oupushed
meaway .Ruey ourwholewor l
dr ev
olv
ed
aroundthatguyandnot hi
ngi sai
dmade
sense!

*
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*
Rav
iro*
Hell
oguy s!I
tsbeenl onghey.Well
the
l
asttimewet alkedididn'
ttel
lyouwhati
knowaboutBr adright?IwantedRueto
fi
rsthaveabitclearpict
ure.
.Nowi t
sthe
ri
ghtti
me. .
..

Wel l
li
kei tol
dy ou,ihatedBr adsince
backt hen.Inoti
cedt hathewasi nt
o
drugswhenhewasst il
lahi ghschool
student.Iwasn'tbother edthatmuch,
sincehehadt hatbor ingat t
itude.But
theni star
tedpayingacl oserattenti
on
tohim, wheni noti
cedt hathewas
makingsomemov esonmysi ster.I
knewv erywellthatmyl i
ttl
esisterwas
somehowgoi ngtofallforhim.Butthen
allmyinsecurit
iesdisappearedwhenhe
wenttoAust ral
iaforhisuniversi
ty
studi
es,itwassomehownotsopossi bl
e
forhi
mt or eachmysi ster'
sheart.

Yearspassedandi heardthatBradhad
j
oinedadanger oust huggroupin
Austr
ali
aandi couldtel
lhewas
becomingmor edanger ous.Ididn't
wannatellRuet hatti
mesi nceididn't
wanthertoquest ionmyi nsecurit
ies.I
wantedhertof ir
stgraduatethencome
backhome, thatwaywewoul dt al
kas
matureadult
s.Mi ndy ou,al
liwant ed
wast ohelpmysisternottoev en
befri
endswi t
hBrad.Ididn'
twanthi m
manipulati
ngmyi nnocentsist
er.Butwe
al
lknowt herear
esomet hi
ngst hat
happenbey ondourcontrol
,andt her
eis
nothi
ngwecando, thantojustaccept
what'sther
e,andlookforawayout .
.

Thev erydayRuemadei tcl

eart ome
thatshewasi nlovewi t
hBradand
dating,myhear tbroke.Ifel
tli
kei had
fail
edmyownsi ster
.Itri
edwar ningmy
sist
er,butshepushedmeaway .I
couldn'ttellthet r
uthinthepresenceof
Brad, i
di dthatf ormyownsecur it
yand
mysi ster's.Bradwal kedawayandt hat
sameni ghti tr
iedtell
ingmyf amilyas
wellbuttheyal lstormedout,makingme
thebadguyi nthegame.Att hat
momenti waswi ll
ingtor
evealthetruth,
butconsi deri
ngt helovet
heyhadf or
him, i
knewRuewasgonnaconf rontor
evenaskhi m,andt hatwouldworsen
thesituation.Soi hadtofi
rstcl
earthe
air,
bef or
emaki ngamov e.Bradwas
alsounawar eofmeknowi nghisdeal s,
soi didn'
twanthi m suspecti
ngmeas
earlyasitwas, thatwasjustnotthe
ri
ghttime.

Soiact
edli
keiwastheoneatf aul
tand
iwashappymysist
erapol
ogisedandi
di
dthesametomypar ent
s.Sowewer e
goodagai
nandthatwasagoodmov e.I
hadaf ri
endwhowor kedfortheCID
depart
ment ,hewast heonei hadasked
forhel
p.Ruewentbackt oschool and
wemanagedt omakesur eshewas
watchedt her
e.Sheleftherphonei nmy
carandf orpeacesake,ididn'
ttake
advantageofthat.
..

Bradhadmanyconnect ionsandwehad
toplayourcardswel l
.Hisotherfriend
ownedapar ti
cularexpensiverestaurant
andsomeoft henightdeali
ngswer e
donethere.Towi nthi
sguyov er,wehad
tomakesur ewepl ayitcool,t
hat'
show
tr
ickyhi
scasewas.Sot heti
meRuewas
sti
lli
nAngola,iwasact uall
yplanningon
howt odist
racttheirr
elati
onshipas
soonasshegotback.Iwant
edi
ttobe
smootht
hough,l
eavingnoonei
npain.
..
.

Sot het i
memypr i
ncessgr aduat edand
cameback, iknewBr adwasgoi ngt obe
theoneshewi shedt ospendmor eti
me
with,soi alsof i
xedmy selfinthe
schedul e.Iwasdoi ngmanyt hingst o
dragherat t
entionandi twaswor ki
ng.
Theywentoutbutnotasmanyt i
mesas
l
ov ersdo.Andi gainedmysi ster'str
ust
again, whatwasl eftwasf ormet ospil
l
thebeans.Sot hingshappenedt heexact
wayi hadpl anned, mypr i
ncessbecame
socl osertomeandf orthefirstt i
me
sheaskedmeaboutherboy friend.
Iwasn' tsosur eabouthowser iousher
feel ingst owar dsthatguywer e, soitold
hernotev erydet ail
,iwant edhert of i
rst
stopt rustingt oomuch, andt oopenher
ey est oo.Sot het i
mei metherf ri
end
andr ealisedt hatshet oohadasame
viewoft hings, i
partneredmy selfwith
herandi wasusi nghert opr otectmy
sist er.Thegi rlwashotandi ,wai t
..
.,
wi l
l
telly ounextt i
mehahaha.SoHai l
ey
hel pedmysi sterreali
sehowt he
relat ionshi pshehadwi thBradwas
gonnadest royherphy sicall
yand
emot ional lyifshedi dn'tbreaki t.The
closenesst heywer e,helpedmysi st
era
l
otandsl owl y,shest art
eddr ift
ing
her
sel
ffr
om hi
m,that
'sexact
lywhati
waspr
ayingf
or.

Butthenmi raculously,Haileywas
suspect ingt hatRuewassomehowi n
l
ov ewi thsomeone, sher efusedt otell
mewhot heguywas, butassur edme
thathewaswaymor edi f
ferentf r
om
Brad.Il etitbe, foritwasanadv antage.I
knewt hepr esenceoft hatguy ,was
surel
ygoi ngt ohel pRuef or getabout
Brad,i nev erwi shedf orhert obe
heartbroken, andwi ththatact ,she
wasn'tgoi ngt obeaf fectedmor e.Soat
thi
spoi nt,iwasn' tthatinterestedin
knowi ngt heguy ,al
l iwant edwast of i
rst
getr
idofBr
adt
hendeal
wit
hther
est
l
ater
.

Sot hi
sdayshev i
sit
edme, wanti
ngt o
tellmethatshehadcal leditquit
swi th
Brad.Istormedoutguy s,herdecision
wasr i
skyanddanger ous.Thatwasnot
themov eshewassupposedt omake
thatmoment ,ihadmyguy swor ki
ngon
i
tandwehadt oplayitcoolfora
moment ,
justtor i
senosuspi cions.Soi
toldherev er
ythingaboutBr ad,iwanted
hertounder standwher ei wascomi ng
from.Insteadofcool ingdown, she
blamedmeandshout edatme.I
remindedheroft hesev er
al t
imesi tr
ied
tel
l
ingher ,
butshewasnev erinter
ested.
Idi
dt hatnott ohurther,buttocalm her
down.Iknewbymaki ngherf eelguil
ty,
shewasgoi ngtocool down, andthen
wet alkofawayf orwar d.Shestarted
cry
ing, thatpai
nedme, butil
etherbe, al
l
iwant edwasf orhert obehappy .Soas
abrot her,i
twasmyr esponsi
bili
ty
l
ookingaf t
erher,
shemeanal ottome.
That'showmuchi l
ov eher.
..

*
Rue*

WhatRav
isai
dscar
edme.Idi
dn'
tknow
thatal lal
ongi wasdat inganani mal .I
wasangr yatmybr otherf ornott ell
ing
me, butthenwhenher emi ndedmeof
howi gnoranti waswheni tcomest o
Br ad,iblamedmy selfforev eryt
hi ng.For
real mybr ot hertried,buti pushedhi mt o
thecl if
f.Whenheact edl i
kehehad
accept edBr ad, i
relaxed, notf ol
lowi ng
thehat redpr i
ntshehadl ef t
.Iwasi nso
muchcomf ortzonet hati ev enignor ed
i
mpor tantt hings,turneddowni mpor tant
peopl eandev enfailedt oer ase
tempor aryspot s.Itwasal l myfaul t,i
trustedmuch, notpay i
ngat tent
iont o
thedi sadv antagesofdoi ngt hat.
Icri
edl ikeababy ,iwashur t.Iwasangr y
atmy sel fmost l
y,ifBr adhaddone
somet hingbadt ome, iwast heone
responsi bleforthat.Ir ecalledal lt
he
yearst hati spent,thinkingt hati was
actuallyinlov ewithanor mal someone,
neglect i
ngmybr other '
sr eal lov e.Ihated
Bradtot hebone.Mybr othercamet o
meandhuggedmesot ight.It hanked
Godov erandov erforhi m.Af ter
i
nsulting, embar r
assi ngandnegl ecti
ng
him,hewasst il
lwilli
ngt oof ferhi s
shoulder sformet ocr yon.Hewasst ill
openinghi sarmsf ormet of indcomf ort
andwar mt h.Hewasal ovelyj ewel ,i
had
beent hrowi ngaway .Ifoundcomf ortin
mybr ot her'sarms, andi startedsobbi ng.
Thistimearoundivowednottogo
againsthi
m, iwaswil
li
ngtodowhatever
heaskedmet o,i
knewhewoul dnev
er
doany thi
ngtohurtme,helov
edme
mor ethanieveri
magined.

*
Me.
..
:*I
m sosor
ryRav
ifornotl
i
ste.
..

*Hi
m..
:*I
tsokpri
ncess,
weall
imperf
ect
,
wedomakemi st
akessomet
imes.

*
Me.
..
:*Iknowbuti
m wor
sebr
o,i
..
.

*
Him.
.:
*It
susel
esscr
yingov
erspi
l
tmi
l
k,
wehav
etol
ookf
orawayf
orwar
dnow.

Hecomf ortedme,tel
l
ingmemoreabout
Bradandi hatedt
heguyevenmore.But
aft
erthatheaskedmet odo
something..
.

*Him..
:*Hunny,
webot hhappyBradwil
l
soonbeoutofy ourl
i
fe,butwewantthe
wholeprocesstogosmoot hl
y,l
eav
ing
noonei npai
n.

*
Me.
..
:*I
m notf
oll
owi
ng.

*
Him.
.:
*Mypoi
nti
sthat
,whaty
oudi
dis
good,butyouskippedsomesteps
though.Wedon'twantBradt
osuspect
usnow,t hati
sforourownsafety
.

*
Me.
..
:*Sowhatdoy
ousuggest
??

*Him..
:*Isuggestthaty
oumeetupwi
th
him,andreverseyourdeci
si
on.
.

*Me..
.:
*NoRavi
,iwantnothi
ngt
odo
wit
hthatguy
.Ican'
tdothat.

*Him..
:*Itoobaby
,buti
justwanty
outo
pret
endf ort
henextf
ewweeks.Iwil
l
havemyguy swat
chi
ngyouandnothi
ng
willhappen.Will
soonbeov erhim.
Pleasepr i
ncessjustdot
his,fakethe
rel
ationshipforyourownsafety.I
tsfora
shortwhile..

Ikeptqui etforsomet ime.Iwasst il

l
digestingmybr other'
swor ds.They
madesensebuti wasjustscar ed.I
didn'
tknowwhatBr adwascapabl eof
doingandi wassowor r
ied.Butt heni
reali
sedt hatwhati di
dwasaqui ck
mov et hatwoul dcausemor epr oblems.
Andi t
snotl ikei wasaskedt obeBr ad'
s
wife,j
ustpr etendingtobehi sgi rl
fri
end
forfewweeks, itwasn'tmucht oask.So
iwaswi l
li
ngt osuppor tmybr othert his
ti
me, itwasf ormyowngoodt hough.
Sot henRav itri
edsohar dt ocheerme
up,wehadani ceev eningi don'
twanna
l
ie.Ithensl eptov er,icouldn'
tgohome
withmyr edandpuf fyeyes, mymom
anddadwer enotsupposedt ofindout
,
notnow.Soi cal
ledt hem andt heyhad
nopr oblem wi t
ht hat.Mymom t hough,
hanzi *"
Yournextpayi sgoingtomy
grocery,wear eof fbudgetnowbecause
youdi dn'teatyourf oodt oday"*
...
I
magi nehahahahsomeonewoul dthi
nk
ndinody amapl atesev anhuf our.That
's
mymom f oryout hough..
Sol aterwewentt osleepandt henext
mor ningi wokeup, readyf orwor k,onl y
tofindoutt hatihadnot hingt ochange.
Youknowt hatwasal l becauseofmy
arrogance, Raviaskedmesev eral t
imes
tokeepsomeofmycl othest here, buti
alway srefused,simpl ybecausei spent
l
essday sandni ghtst here.Sot hisdayi
wasr eadyforwor k,butwi thnocl othes
tochange.Iwasf orcedt or epeatt he
clothesi hadthepr eviousday ,icoul dn'
t
wearmal eclothesy ho.Soi wasf orced
todr opbyanybout iqueonmywayt o
wor k,heyi wasdoomed.Soaf t
eral lthe
prepar at
ions,iwalkedoutoft her oom,
andmetRav iatthedoor ,aboutt oknock.
Hehadj
etst
oresshoppi
ngbags.
.

*
Him.
.:
*Youl
ooki
nggoodMi
ss.

(
Hesai
dsoj
oki
ngl
y)

*
Me.
..
:*Don'
tst
art
..

*Hi
m. .
:*Hahahahorel se?Her
eisy
our
cl
othes,iknowy ourecall
edmyadvi
ce
j
ustnow.Whatel secanIdowhenihav
e
achil
dishprincess?

*Me..
.:
*Haiwena?Thankst
hankshey
,
wil
lmakeituptoyou.
Isaidsot akingt hebagsf rom him and
goingbackt omyr oom.Iwashappy
therewasnoneedf ormet odri
ve
aroundt ownl ikeacr azysomeone.My
brothergott astebel ieveme, hebought
meni cedr esses, skirtsandbl ousesand
j
eanst oo.Ilov edt hatguyhey .Soiwore
thi
sot herpur pledr essandappl i
edmy
purpleli
pst i
ckaswel l.Iwasnowon
point,l
ookingl iketheor i
ginal*"
Fancy
Rue"*.

Wi
thoutwast
ingt
ime,
ini
cel
ypl
acedt
he
othercl othesinthewar drobethenl eft
ther oom.Rav iwasdoneandonhi sway
outt oo, sowet hensaidourgoodby es
andwepar tedway s.Iwasnowf eeli
ng
okthi sdayandi wasgoi ngtobef inei
knew.Lat eriarri
vedwell atworkonl yto
bewel comedwi t
hshocki ngnews.
Haileywaswal ki
ngupanddowni nher
offi
ceandi knewsomet hingwaswr ong
somehow.

*
Me.
..
:*Mor
ningMi
ssar
eyouok?

*
Her
..
:*Gal
Bradwasher
ethi
smor
ning?
*
Me.
..
:*Doi
ngwhatexact
ly?

*Her..
:*Heaskedmeifi
knowy ourri
ng
size.Damnthebust
ardi
sproposingyou
today?

*
Me.
..
:*Whaaat
???

*
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Br
adi
sthatdanger
ous?

Whatal
ovel
ybr
oRav
iis?

I
sBr
adsuspect
ingsomet
hing?

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l
lRuedo?

Wil
lshesayy
es,knowi
ngv
erywel
lthat
Br
adisamonster?

I
fshesayno,
won'
tBr
adsuspecther
?
St
ayt
unedf
ormor
e..
.

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*
Me...
:*Hai
l
eyyousay
ingwhat
??Don'
t
t
ell
mey outol
dhi
m.
*Her
..
.:
*Im notst
upi
dRue,
butt
heguy
candoanythi
ng.

Ifeltdefeatedguy s.Doest hi
smeanal l
alonghewaspl anni ngonengagi ng,he
wassuspect i
ngsomet hingsohe
want edtot i
emear oundhi swai st,he
wasupt osomet hi
ng?Icoul dn'tfigur
e
outwhi chwaswhi ch.Thi spr etending
thingwasr eall
ygoi ngt okillme.Andi
wasnowmor et hanscar edofBr ad.I
cur sedthedayi saidy estohi sst upid
proposal ,
icursedt hedayi toldhi mi
l
ov ehimt oo.Soi t
oldHai leywhatRav i
hadexplainedtomeaboutBrad,andto
mysur pri
seshewasawar ehake.I
suspectedsomethinghangubetween
thetwooft hem,butthi
swasnotthe
ti
mef orthat.

*Her.
.:
*Gir
lf
riendisuggesty
oucal
l
Kudzinow,he'stheonl
yonewhocan
hel
p.

*
Me.
..
:*What
?How?

*
Her.
.:
*Youleftwi
thnochoi
cebabes,
j
ustt
ell
Bradthaty
oumov edonandin
l
ovewi
thKudzi
.

(Reall
y?Wassher
eal
l
ythi
nki
ng
str
aight?
?)

*Me...
:*Hail
eyar eyousur eyounot
drunk?Ican'tr
iskthei nnocentboy'
sli
fe
formyownsel fishreasons.Br adi
s
dangerousandel iminati
ngKudzi f
rom
thepictur
ewon' tcosthim asecond.

(
Shethenkeptqui
et,
im sur
eshe
r
eal
isedthel
amenessinherst
atement
.)

*
Her
..
.:
*Youar
eri
ght
,sowhatnow?
*
Me..
.:
*Iwi
ll
ratherfaket
obesi ck,t
hen
i
won'
tgotothatplacehesuggested.

*
Her
..
:*Hewi
l
ljustcomebackher
e.

*Me..
.:*Stil
lagoodi dea,herei
can
fr
eelyrejecttheproposal,i
tsmoresafer
herebecauset heywon' tbemanypeople
towitnesst hescene,unli
keinpubli
c,he
wil
lprobablystorm outduet othe
embar rassmentcaused.

*
Her
..
.:
*Youhav
eapoi
nt.
Soi t
oldHai l
eythati wasgonnal ookf or
somel ameexcusest ogivehi m,justto
dist
ractt heengagementt hingfrom his
head.Ithencal l
edhi m,lyi
ngt ohimt hat
iwasn'tfeelingsowel l
,soi wasact ually
notintheout i
ngmood.Heunder stood
andtoldmet hathewasgonnadr opby
ourwor kplacedur ingluncht i
me.At
l
easthedi dn'targue.Theissuewasnow
onpr et
endi ng,trustmet histi
meRav i
gavemeadi ffi
culttask,butformyown
safety,
i hadt odoi t.
..

Soi
nthemor
ningi
waswor
kingbutnot
payingmuchat t
ention, iwasonl y
thi
nkingaboutmyl i
fe.Kudzi cal
ledme
requestingf orameet ingatl unchandi
l
iedt hatiwasn' ti
nHar are,iknewt his
guywi thhi sstubbornnesshewas
gonnashowupi nBrad'spr esenceand
rui
nev erything.Thiswasnott hejoking
aroundday ,seri
ousnesswasr equired.
EvenHai ley,ibeggedf orher
seri
ousnessaswel l
, iwant edBradt o
suspectabsol ut
elynot hing,i
fhehadhi s
suspicionsal r
eady ,
i want edthem tobe
provedwr ongandi nvalid..
.

Soasyoual
lknowwhensomet
hingnot
sopl
easi
ngi
saboutt
ohappen,
time
fl
iesli
kenev erbefore.Luncht i
mear r
ived
soquicklyandt hedramawasaboutt o
star
t.Aftert
his,iwassur el
ygoingtobe
anactressbecauset heactingthatiwas
abouttodo, wasnotj ustanordinar
y
acti
nghahahah.SoBr adcalledtel
li
ng
met hathewasonhi sway .Iasked
Hail
eytokeepchecki ngt hr
oughher
window, idi
dn'twanthi mt owal ki
n,and
foundmeunpr epared. .
.

Soaftersomet i
meHai leytextedme
tel
l
ingmet hatthebust ardhadar ri
ved.I
l
aidmyheadonmydesk, iwant edhim
tofi
ndmesl eeping.Iev enfakedsnor i
ng
hahahah,that'
showcl uelessi waswith
thisactinggamehahahah.Soi nnot i
me
hewasatmydoor ,ihadr ubbedmyey es
tomaket hem abitsleepy.Sothe
momenthewal kedin,hesawmyr ed
andsl eepyeyes,andhewasconv inced
thatiwassur elynotfeeli
ngwel l.Toadd
ont hat,hehadsomer edrosesand
plasti
cbags, damnhewassur ely
planningonbuy ingmyhear tov eragain,
hewi shed.

*
Him.
.:
*Ooohmybabywhat
'swr
ong?

*
Me.
..
:*Myheadi
sachi
ng.

(
Isai
dsost
andi
ngup.
)
*
Him.
.:
*Nodon'
twor
rybae.Si
tdown.

Itwaswor ki
ngy ouseehahahah.Soisat
down, andhepul l
edanotherchai
rcl
oser
tome.Iknewhewant edt odohis
doctori
sati
onsonmehahahah.
Suddenlybeforeheev entouchedme,i
start
edshiveri
ng,idon'tknowwhy
though.

*
Him..
:*Babeit
hinkishoul
dtakey
out
o
mysur
gery.Thi
sisseri
ous.
*
Me.
..
:*Nodon'
twor
ryi
wil
lbef
ine.

Hel ookedsosadandy ouwoul dn'

tthink
thathewasadanger ousper son.Ifaked
asmi l
eandhesmi l
edback.Icoul dsee
myact i
ngwasgoi ngtoowel l.Sohe
gavemet hef
lowersandi t
hankedhi m,
theflower swerebeautifulandsmel l
ed
good.Heboughtmel unchaswel l
andi
j
ustl i
edt hatihadnoappet it
e.The
honestt ruthi
sthatididn'ttr
usthi m,
may behehadputsomedr ugsi nthere,
that'
showdanger ousi sawhi m.Sohe
didn'targuewithmet hough.
*Him..
:*Sobabywhydoy ouwantt
o
breakupwithmewheni minthemiddl
e
ofplanni
ngourengagement?
?

(
Ihadt
othi
nkf
astt
her
e.)

*Me...
:*Bradyoudrif
tingawayf r
om me
theseday s.Wehardlygoout,youhardl
y
call
,everytimeit
ellyouim busy,you
don'tf
oll
owupandj ustignor
e.Soi
thoughtmay beyounol ongerl
oveme.I
thoughtmay beyoufoundsomeonewho
sati
sfi
esy ou..
(Isaidsolooki
ngst
rai
ghti
nhi
sey
es,
kutizvi
tyi
seka)

*Him.
.:*Oohcomeonbae, youknowi
l
oveonl yyou.I
m sorr
yiwasj ustso
busylatel
y,am sor
ryyoufeeli
ngt hat
way.Ipromisetomakei tuptoy ou.

*Me..
.:
*Isthatapromise?Pleasel
et'
s
gobacktowher ewest ar
ted,wher
ewe
usedtobe,wecan'ttakeastepahead
wit
hthistensi
on.

*
Him..
:*Iunder
standandim sor
rybabe,
i
promisetobetheBradyoufall
for.
Soi managedt ogetr i
doft he
engagementi deainhishead.Hespent
therestoftheluncht r
yingtocheerme
up,onlyifheknewi waspretendi
ng
hahahah.Iwast ryi
ngmybestbuti twas
disgusti
ngitelly
ou.Lat erhelef
tandi
breathed,adeepbr eat
hehey .Hail
ey
walkedinmyof f
icefewmi nutesafter
..

*Her.
.:
*Iwasst
arti
ngtowonderi
fitwas
sti
l
lacti
ngorareal
it
yshowproduced.
*Me.
..
:*Gir
lial
mostexploded,
hai
boi
won'
tlastl
ongwit
hthis.

*
Her.
.:
*Youdidwell
forastartsot
he
r
estwon'
trequi
remuchenergy.

*
Me.
..
:*I
fyousayso.

Soi gaveherthef oodBradhadbr ought

meandsher efusedtoeat.Shetoo
didn'
ttrustt
heguy ,sowet hr
ewt hefood
i
nt hebin.Sheev enaskedmet othrow
theflowerstoo,hahahshewant ed
nothingtodowi thBradicouldsee.Well
t
hedaywentpr et
tywellandi cal
ledRavi
t
ell
i
nghim abouttheprogress,hewas
r
eall
yhappy.Hepromisedmet hatthi
s
wassoongoingtobeov er,ihopedand
wi
shedforthatdayaswel l
.

Sot hedaypassedandi wenthome

afterwor k.Mymom anddadhad
mi ssedmeal r
eady,ihadtoo.Sowe
talkedaboutf ewthingsandwentt o
sleep.Day spassedandBr adwasnow
pay i
ngmeof tenvi
sits,itr
iedkeeping
my selfbusyandhewasnotbot hered
though.Idi dn'
twantt ospendmuch
ti
mewi thhim, t
helastthi
ngi wanted
wast ocr eateabondt hatihad
eli
mi nated.
Kudzi andi wewer ebackagai n.I
remember edt hi
sotherdayhedr opped
bymywor kpl
acewi thtwol unchboxes
ofsausagesagai n,mineandHai ley'
s.
Theywer ebackaswel landi wasnow
enjoyinghi scompanymor ethanBr ad's.
Hewasaf unguyt ohangoutwi th,li
ke
he'
snotsopr edi
ctablepersonality.Even
Rav i
wasnowawar eofourf ri
endshi p
andf ort hef i
rstti
me, hesaidsomet hing
positi
v eaboutaguyi befri
ended.That '
s
howl ov elyKudzi wast ohimi guess.
Thisot herweekendBr adtoldmet hathe
wasgoi ngt oBul awayoforawor kshop,
hewasgonnacomebackaf teraweek.I
pretendedl i
kei wasnothappyandhe
cancelledt hewor kshopbuti toldhim
thatiwasgonnabeok.Theseday she
wassocool andi wonderedwhathe
wasupt o.Ijusthopedhewasnot
planningonpul l
i
ngaheav yst unt,
iwas
tooweakhey .Soi hadnoweekend
plans,Hai leyhadsomeweekendpl ans
andi wasj usthomewi thmymom when
ireceivedacal lfrom Kudzi.Ipickedthe
callup.

*
Me.
..
:*Car
tooni
st.
 ..
..
.:Hahahahyoul
oveteasi
ngpeopl
e
butwheni doity
oustar
tquesti
oni
ngmy
mindset.

*
Me..
..
:*Ofcoursei
wil
lbecausey
our
s
i
sext
raordi
nar
y.

.
..
..
.:Iknow.Howar
eyout
hough?

*
Me.
..
.:
*Im goodandy
ouMrCl
own?

.
..
...
:[l
aughi
ng]iseeyoui
nt he
namingmoodt oday.Anyweekends
pl
ans??
*
Me.
..
:*Notr
eal
l
y,j
ustchi
l
li
ngathome.

..
..
.:Canitakeyououtt
oday
?Justa
casualout
ingthough.

(
Notabadi
deat
hough.
)

*
Me.
..
.:
*Notabadidea,f
oraslongas
y
oubr
ingi
ngmeroastedsausage.

..
..
.:Li
stentoy our
selfnow.Letme
sendyout helocati
on,j
ustdon'tdress
l
ikeyougoi ngtothepresident
'shouse.
Loosenupi tsweekendheyhahahah.
*
Me.
..
:*Youcr
azyhahaha.

Sohedr oppedt hecallandsentmet he

l
ocat ion.Wewer egoingt oacheap
restaur antoutoft own.Sosi ncehe
didn'thav eacar ,wewer egonnameet
upint ownt henusemycar .Soi then
tookabat ht henchangedt omypeach
abov ekneef lor
al ski
rt
, whitechif
fon
blouseandgol dscandal s.Ihadmy
Versacecl atchaswel l.Ilookedsimpl e
butcl assy .Soi t
henwentdownst air
s,
saidgoodby etomom t henleft.
Idroveof ftowher ei wassupposedt o
pickKudzi upandf oundhim notyet
there.Iwaitedf orabout15mi nutesthen
hear ri
ved.Hewasl ookinggreatas
alway s.Wedi dn'twast eti
me, t
hendr ove
offtoouror iginal desti
nati
on.Alongthe
wayhewasj ustt ell
ingmest ori
esfrom
hisv i
l
lage,andi l
aughedmyl ungsout ,
hewascr azy.

Laterwear ri
vedandtherestaur
antwas
peckedal r
eady.YouknowIwasusedt o
fancythingsandthi
swasnotmyt y
pe.I
couldn'
tbeatanov ercrowdedplaceli
ke
thi
s.IlookedatKudzi andhewas
smili
ng.Icouldn'
tdisappoi
nthim but
hey,thi
swasnotsogood.
Sother
ewasabacky ardandwewent
andsetther
e,onl
ycoupl
esweret
her
e
andiwonderedwhyKudzit
ookmether
e.

*
Me.
..
:*MrCar
tooni
stwhat
'sal
lthi
s??

*
Him.
.:
*Oneofmycar
toonshahaha.

(Iwant
edtokeepaseri
ousfacebuti
coul
dn'
t.Iendedupl
aughi
ng.)

*Him.
.:
*Iknowt heplacei
snotyour
sty
le,
butijustwantustoenj
oytheday
i
nadi f
fer
entway .ComeonMr s
Car
tooni
st,
let
'shav
efun.

*Me..
.:
*Nahdon' tcal
lmet
hat
,im nota
car
toonisthahahah.

Somewai
tresst
henbr oughtourfood,
thef
oodl
ookedall
traditi
onalandiwas
l
ike.
..

*Me.
..
:*MrCar
tooni
st,
sot
hisi
swhat
wegoingt
oeat??

*
Him.
.:
*YesMr
sCar
tooni
st.

*
Me.
..
:*ComeonKudzi
onaser
ousnot
e
ican'
teatt
his.Whydi
dn'
tyoul
etmebuy
myownf oodintown?

(
Hef
ir
stt
ookadeepsi
ght
hensai
d..
.)

*Hi
m..
.:
*Rueimtiredofbeati
ngar
ound
t
hebush.Il
oveyouandt hi
sisme,ij
ust
wanty
outolovetherealme..

*
ENDOFCHAPTER*
I
sBr
adsuspect
ingRue?

Hai
l
eyandRav
i?Chemi
str
y??
?

Kudzi
andRue?Chemi
str
y??
?

NowthatKudzi
hadfi
nal
lyconfessedhi
s
f
eel
ings,
will
Ruegi
vehim achance?

Whoi
sKudzi
vel
e?
Thegameisst
il
lonti
l
ltomor
row,
you
canbethewi
nner.

St
ayt
uned.
..

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Theybothnoddedandi l
ookedlikea
madper son.Forrealthiswasbey ond
myexpect ati
ons.Icouldn'
trecognise
theKudzii waswithbeforethisdrama.I
didn'
tevenknowwhi choneoft hem was
confessi
nghi sfeelingsfewmi nutesago.
Theywerer ealident i
caltwins,ify
ouget
whatim saying.Liket heylookedt he
samei neverything.Andi wasnow
thi
nkingi
fi wasi nvolvedint hem both,
notknowingwhowaswho.Theyf ool
ed
mei don'
twannal ie.

*
Me.
..
:*Sowho'
sKudzi
??

(Ir
eal
lydi
dn'
tev
enknowwhatt
oanswer
orsay
.)

*
Them:
*Me.
(Aft
ersayingthattheylookedateach
other
,theywer eenjoy
ingplayi
ngwith
mybr ai
nsi guess.
)

*
Twi
n1:*ComeonKudzij
usti
ntr
oduce
y
our
sel
fproper
lyt
henl
eav
e.

*Twi
n2:*Kudzii
sitt
hatsohar
dto
expl
aint
oher?

*
Twin1:
*Notli
keyounotpar
tofi
t,j
ust
t
ell
herwhoy
ouare..

(
Theot
hert
winst
art
edsul
ki
ng.
)
*Twin1:*SoRue,i
m Kudzi
,imean
KudzanaiMutasa.

(
Sohewast
hechef
?)

*Twi
n2:
*Goodnowgobackt
oyour
workMr
.

*
Twi
n1:
*Okbr
o.Seey
oul
aterathome.

Hethenl
eftusandi wasst
il
lconf
used,
i
tsli
keeventhei
rvoi
ceswerethesame
andyouwouldn'
tknowwhowaswho.
Asinhaimi vaberekivavov aisapenga
here,sur
ev angabv avav apamazi ta
anosheedzwazv akafananaf orthewhy ?
Nekuwandakwakai tamazi tasur e.Even
thestepguy s,thi
swasascar ymov iei
waswat ching.Soi wasl eftwi t
ht he
otherKudzi,theonei didn'tknowwho
hewas.If eltli
keslappinghim, iwasso
angry.

*
Him..
:*Sor
rybaei
m Kudzai
Mut
asa,
the
y
oungertwi
n.I
m sor
..
.

(
Iint
err
upt
ed.
)
*Me..
.:*Dr opit!YouknowwhatKudzi nai
Kudzwar ai,what ev
ery ournamei s,stay
asfarawayaspossi blefrom me.And
onemor et hing,stopsingingthatlove
song,youknownot hingaboutit.Ifyou
l
ov emel ikey ouclaim, whykeeping
suchasecr etfrom me? ?Youwant edto
playwithmymi ndright?Makingme
yourtoy?Yousuchani di
otnxaa.

Ithenwal kedaway ,l
eavinghim puzzled.
Iwasr eal
lyangryguy s,l
ikewhywoul d
theykeepsuchahugesecr et?They
bot hwant edt ousemer ight?Ihated
himi don'
twannal i
e,hewasno
differentf
r om Brad,hypocri
tes.Iwalked
straighttot heparki
ngbay ,alli
wanted
wasl eav ingthiscursedplace.That
restaurantwassur elyadisaster
,li
keit
broughtnot hingbutbadmemor ies.So
guesswhoi sawwai ti
ngformei nthe
parking, thatKudzwanai guyagain.I
don'tev enknowhowhegott her
ebef or
e
me.Her eall
ydidn'
tknowmev erywell
.

*Hi
m. .
.:
*Ruepl
easedon'tl
eave,
let
'st
alk
aboutthi
sasadul
ts.Pl
ea..
..

*Me..
..
:*Thereisnot
hingf
orustotal
k
abouthere.Justl
eavemealonepl
ease.
Iunlockedmycart hengoti n.Hehel d
mydoorandi j
ustgav ehimt hatser i
ous
stareandhel etgo.Ri ghtawayi started
mycaranddr oveof f.Icall
edHailey
al
ongt hewayandt oldhereveryt
hing.
Shewasev enshockedaswel l
,butshe
blamedmef orleavingt hepoorguy
al
one, shesaidi shouldn'thavewal ked
awaywi t
houthear i
nghi sstor
y.Tome
what everhewant edt osaywasusel ess,
nothingwasgoi ngt ojustif
yhisactions,
hewasaf ool,peri
od!

Idr
oveof
ftoRav
i'
spl
acef
ir
st.Iwant
ed
toaski fhehadani deaaboutt his.On
Friday sheknockedof fearlytoo.Ifound
him wat chi
ngTVwi thhisothert wo
fri
ends.Hewasshockedbecausei
didn'tcal l
,ij
ustarr
ived.Theywer e
hav i
ngt heirbestti
me, dri
nkingsome
colddr inksandachessboar dwason
thet able,guessthatwast hef i
rst
activitytobedonebef or
etheTV
sessi on...

*Ravi
..
:*Iseenot
hingint
eresti
ngabout
thi
svisi
t.Whoisaftermyprincess'
s
smil
eagai n?

(
Hesai
dsost
andi
ngupandweshar
eda
hug.
)

*Me.
..
:*RavidoyouknowthatKudzi
got
atwi
nbyt henameKudzial
so?

*
Him.
.:
*Youal
sof
oundout
?

(
Real
l
y?Soheknew?
)

*
Me...
:*Whatdoyoumean?Rav
idon'
t
t
ell
mey ouknew.

*Him..
.:
*Yesifoundoutsomet i
meago,
butthehonestt
ruthisthati
don'teven
knowwhoi swho,ijustseethem asone.
(
Ididn'
ttrusthi
m,buti
wasact
ual
l
ynot
i
nthefighti
ngmood.)

*Me.
..
:*Ok,doyoumindifispendthe
ni
ghthere?Ij
ustdon'
twantmom and
dadaski
ngmesi l
lyquest
ions,imi
ght
endupshouti
ngatthem,that'
show
upsi
dedownmymi ndisr
ightnow.

*Him..
:*Youknowt hatyouar
ealway s
welcomedhere,buttomorrowim going
outwithmybae, onl
yifyoucomfortabl
e
spendi
ngt hedayalone.
(
Showi
ngof
fneh.
)

*Me..
.:
*Thatmomentwhenhe'st
ryi
ng
toshowoff,i
wil
lj
ustpr
etendasi
fim
bli
nd.

Isaidsowal kingtothespar ebedr oom

upstair
s.Hej ustlaughedandi smiled,
shamemybr otherwasi nlove.Iloved
thefactthathewasi nlovewi t
hmy
fri
end,someonei couldsaysome
positi
vethingsabout .Iwishedf orthat
too,dati
ngaguymybr ot
herwoul dsay
thesame.Toobadi wasmeet ing
pretendersonly.Soi foundther oom
cleanasalwaysandl aidmy selfonthe
bad.Thatmomenti remember edthati
hadaphone, iopenedmycl utchbag
andgotashock, thephonewasnot
there.It
houghtmay bei hadleftiti
nmy
carsoi randownstairs.

*
Rav
i.
:*Ar
eyousur
eyouokpr
incess?

*
Me.
..
:*Don'
twor
ryi
m good.

Iwalkedtothegarageandf oundmy
phoneringi
ng.Iunlockedthecarand
pi
ckeditup.Ianswer edthecal
land
droppedit.ThatwasKudzi call
ingme
withanotherli
ne.Iwasnoti nthemood
ofhisgames.Il ockedmycart henwent
backinside.Thi
st i
mei seti
nt helounge
withRavi andfr
iends,iwantedsome
companyt oqui
cklywashawayKudzi '
s
thoughtsinmybr ains.

*Ravi
.:
*Ithi
nkiknowwheretheyst
ay,
i
cangiveyoutheaddr
essandyoupay
them avi
sit
.

(
List
ent
omydr
unkbr
other
.)

*
Me.
..
:*Who?
*
Him.
.:
*Kudzi
andKudzi
hahahah.

(Nxaai
twasnotevenf unny,andwai
t,
doesheknowever
y t
hingf r
om thest
art
?)

*Me...
:*Ravisoy oualsokeptthisasa
secretfr
om yourf amil
y?Youdi dn't
bothertel
li
ngmom anddadt hatt heir
chefgotat winbrother?Whydi dthey
evenhidethet r
uththough?Arey ousur e
theyarenotcr i
minals?Aren'
ttheyon
wantedpeopl e'
slist
?

(
OneofRav
i'
sfr
iendsst
art
edl
aughi
ng.
)
*Him..
:*Ravi
yoursist
eraskstoomuch
yho!Whichoneofthequesti
onareyou
goingtoanswerf
irstt
hen?

*Ravi
.:
*She'sanAdvocat
er emember,
so
asanAdv ocat
e'sbr
other
,iansweral
l
quest
ionshahahah.

*
Me.
..
:*Dr
opt
hej
okei
m ser
iousher
e.

*
Ravi
.:
*PoorRavi
roMusonza,i
mf orced
t
omakeupast or
yjustf
ormysisterto
l
etmebe.Whyareyoualawyerthough?
Whodoyoutookaft
er?Youthefi
rst
l
awyerintheMusonzafami
l
yandi
can
seeyouthelastaswel
l
.

*Me..
.:
*I m start
ingtor egretprayi
ngfor
you.Iprayedev erydayf oryoutofelli
n
l
ovewi thar ealgir
l,nowy ouwiththegir
l,
youforgetti
ngt osayt hankst oyour
supporters,busytalki
ngnonsense.

*Him..:*Don' twor r
yprincess,big
brotheri salway sony ourside.Buton
thi
st winscase, tr
ustmei di
dn'tknow.
It
sonl ybeenl essthan2mont hssincei
fi
ndout .Justgi vethetwinsachancet o
explaint hei
rr easons,whoknowst he
reasonsar eclean.
*Me..
.:
*Ihat
ei twhenyouactal l
i
nnocentanddescent,yetstoppi
ng
your
selff
rom burst
ingout.Youarea
baboonRavi
.

(
Isai
dsot
hrowi
ngacushi
onathi
m.)

*Hi
m..
:*Abomi
nati
on,
ababoonwi
tha
humanbabysi
ster
?

Theotherguysstar
tedl
aughi
ngandi
coul
dn'tt
akeitbutl
aughedaswel l
.I
di
dn'tl
eftt
heloungethi
sti
me,insteadi
star
tedwatchi
ngTVwi t
hmybr other
andf ri
ends.Wehadani ceti
mel i
kethey
weresof unny .Thedaywasgoi ngso
well.Lateri helpedt hechefdi shi
ngthe
foodandweenj oyedt hedinnerwith
Ravi'sFriends.Atonet i
mei thought
theywer esl eepingov erbecauset hey
weresor elaxed, buttheylaterlef
t
though.Atl eastmymi ndwasnowabi t
refr
eshed. ..

Ithenwenttosleep,f
eeli
ngallki
ndsof
awesomehahahah.Thenextmor ni
ngi
wokeupwi thRavi'
sfr
iendsmaking
somenoi sedownstai
rs.Iwonderedi
f
theyevenhadhouses,li
ketheywere
alwaysatmybr ot
her'
shouse,making
somenoi se.Iignoredt hem thentooka
bathandchangedt omybl ackri
pped
j
eansandabl ackT- shirt
.Ithenleftthe
room goingtot hekitchen.Ifoundone
ofRavi'
sf r
iendsput ti
ngsomechi cken
cutsi
nt hedeepf reezer .

*
Him.
.:
*Mor
ningpr
incess.

*Me..
.:
*Don'tt
ell
meRav
iaskedy
out
o
cal
lmet hat
.

*Hi
m..
:*[
laughi
ng]isti
l
lwannabeher
e,
soi
tsbestyoujustgowit
hit
.
(
LikeRav
ili
kef
ri
endshahahah.
)

*
Me.
..
:*Oksi
r.

*
Him.
.:
*Nor
manpl
ease.

*
Me.
..
:*OkNodza.

*
Him..
:*Hahahahat
hatdoesn'
tsui
tyou
t
hough.

Ij
ustsmiledandmademysel
fsome
cer
eals,
iwashungryl
ikef
orr
eal.Soasi
wasbusyi nt hekitchen,iwashear i
ng
manyv oicesint helounge.I twaslike
therewasgonnabeapar t
yofsomesor t
.
Buti r
emember edRav i
tel
lingmet hathe
wasgoi ngoutwi t
hhi sbae, sowhatwas
allt
his??Ij ustignored.Iev enhadmy
cerealsint hekitchenandwashedmy
bowl after.Ithenwentt othesi t
ti
ng
room andHai leywal kedinwi ththetwo
bustards, yeahi meanKudzi andKudzi.
..

*
Me..
.:
*Don'tt
ell
memybr
other
'shouse
i
sapark.
..

*
Her
..
.:
*Meani
ng?
*Me.
..
.:
*Hesai
dyoubot
hgoi
ngoutso
whatar
eyoudoi
ngher
e?

*Her
..
:*Tomakesurewel
eav
e
ever
ythi
ngi
norder
.

(
Thetwi
nsl
aughedandi
sawnot
hing
f
unny
.)

*
Me..
..:
*Areyousureyouupto
mai
ntai
ningorderorcr
eat
ingdi
sor
der
???

*
Her
..
.:
*Abi
tofbot
h.
Theot herguy sstartedlaughingandi
wonder edwhatt heywer elaughingat.
Shet hencamet omeandwehugged, i
hadmi ssedheral r
eady .Soshet hentold
met hatRav ihador ganizedt hat
gatheringsinceithasbeenl ong.Iknew
thereasonwasnonot herthan
i
ntroducinghi sbeaut if
ulqueent ohis
fri
endsnxaa, mybr otherwithshowi ng
off.Hanzithet winswer einvitedforus
totalkcany oui magi ne.

Idi
dn'
ti
gnoret
hem though,t
heywere
mybrot
her'
sguest
snotmi ne.Sowesat
down, i
don'tknowhowi thappenedbut
wesatnextt oeachot her.Thisdayt hey
werewear i
ngdi f
ferentcl
ot hesbutstil
l,
i
couldn'
tdif
ferenti
atethem.Thi swas
goingtobet ougheri t
ellyou.Soi was
busyreplyi
ngt omymom' smessage
whenTat endawal kedin.Iknewi twas
hi
m becauseofhi sbi gmout h.

*Him...
:*I
m noty
etdrunkbuti
m al
ready
seeingthi
ngsdoubl
edouble.

(Weal
llaughedbecauseweknewwhy
hehadsaidthat
.)

*
Nodza:
*Youdr
unkmyguy
.
*
Tate.
..:
*Dudethesear
ewhatwecal
l
i
denti
call
yident
ical
twi
ns.

(
List
ent
othatcr
azyguy
.)

*
Hai
l
ey:
*Li
kemunhuonet
imest
wo.

*
Rav
i.
.:
*Vamwemat
owanabasa.

*Me..
..
:*Lett
hem bekopanohant
i
pacommuni t
ycentr
e.
Ev ery onel aughedandt hatwast he
pur poseoft hegat heri
ng, l
aughi ngl ike
retar ds.Cany oui magineRav iaskedhi s
fri
endsnott ocomewi tht heirgirlf
riends.
SoHai leyandi weretheonl yfemal es
ther ehahahah.Tat ewast hedj ,
droppi ngoutsomehousemusi c.Itwas
ani cecol l
ect iont hough.Thechefwas
i
nt heki t
chendoi nghi sthingsandwe
wer ej ustt alkingi ngener al.SoKudzi ,
i
meanKudz aiwant edtot alktomei n
privat esowewal kedt ot hepool , t
hat '
s
wher ewecoul dtalkwithnoone
dist urbing.Ir eallywant edt oheart he
reasonbehi ndt hem hidingt heirident i
ty.
Sowesetnextt ot hepool andi hadt o
clarifysomet hingf ir
st.
.
*Me..
.:
*Sowhowor
kedasagar
denerat
ourhouse?
?

*
Him.
.:
*Kudzanai
.

*
Me.
..
:*Thechef
?

*
Him.
.:
*Kudzanai
.

*
Me.
..
:*Whopour
edwat
eri
nBr
ad'
sfood?

*
Him.
.:
*Me.
*
Me.
..
.:
*Whoi
rr
it
atedmemor
e?

*
Him.
..
:*Kudzanai
.

*Me.
..
:*Whoofy
ouaskedf
ormy
number?

*
Him.
.:
*Me.

*
Me..
.:
*Whoembarrassedmeatt
he
r
est
aurantt
hef
ir
stmeeting?

*
Him.
..
:*Kudzanai
.
(
Nhai
veduwee)

*
Me.
..
.:
*Who'
sinl
ovewi
thme?

*
Him.
.:
*Me.

*
Me.
..
.:
*Sowhoar
eyou?

*
Him.
..
:*Kudzi
.

(
Guy
sndai
dii
wopakadai
?)

*
Me.
..
.:
*Im notj
oki
ng.
*Hi
m. .
.:
*KudzaiMutasatheyounger
twi
nistheoneinlovewithyouand
Kudzanait
heeldert
wi ni
syourbamkuru.

*
ENDOFCHAPTER*

*
WHOI
SKUDZI
?*
_Hahahaim sorryf
orplayi
ngwithyour
minds,wehadf unryt?Kudzi
isKudzi'
s
t
winbrother
, cor
rectanswerhahahah.
_
Sowho'
sKudzi
?

Whoar
etheset
wins?

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N
TOMORROW'SCHAPTERANDCLEAR
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*
(Iwideopenedmyeyes,t
ryi
ngtoseei
f
hewasser i
ous.Hel
ookedseri
ous
though.
)

*Me..
.:
*Kudziweheret ohavefun,and
hereyouareact
ingli
key oudrunk,
how
arewegoingtoenjoythen?

(
Iaskedser
iousl
y,l
i
kei
didn'
tgethi
s
words.
)

*
Him..
:*Im af
unnyper
soni knowbut
t
hisai
n'taj
oke.I
m ser
iousRue.If
ell
in
l
ov ewit
hyoutheveryfir
stdayisawy ou,
thati
ssomey ear
sago.Iknowy ou
mightnotfeel
thesame, butatl
east
nowy ouknowhowi feel.

(Nowhewasact
ingli
keapsychi
atr
ist
,
seri
ousl
i
kehewantedtoeatme.
)

*Me...
.:
*Hahahahi hear
dy ouMr
Cartooni
st,iwi
llt
hinkaboutyour
proposalhahaha.

Iwasr
eall
ysur
pri
sed,
Kudziinl
ovewit
h
me?Hahahaht
hiswasjustf
unny.Soi
actedallhappy,forhimt oenjoytheday .
Idi
dn'twanthi seffortstobewast ed.Im
sureyoual ll
i
ke,'Whycan' tRuejusttell
uswhatKudzi l
ooksl ike?
'Letmehel p
youwitht hedescri
pt i
on,andseehow
oppositehisappear ancewasf r
om hi s
behaviour.

Hewasnotat allnorshortguy,andhe
wasnotdar knorlighti
ncompl exion,he
wasj ustaverage.Hewashandsome
thatican'tdeny,blackhairandfalls,
dimples,byt hatimeanr ealdi
mpl esnot
thefakeoneska.Hehadf ineskin,even
backi ntheday swhenhewasst i
llour
gardener,hisskinwasnotbad, y ou
woul
dn'
ttellhewasagardener
.That
's
j
usthowfinetheguywashahahah.

Sohewasnowcal li
ngmeMr s
Cartooni st
,il
ethi m bebecausei want ed
tocleart hetensiont hatwasaboutt obe
buil
t.Buti fai
ledt oeatt hefoodguy s,
don'tgetmewr ongt hatwasmyf i
rst
ti
mekuonamagony eakabi kwanesadza
rebr
own.Thef oodwasnotev en
appetizing,ididn'teat.Atthatmomenti
fel
tmyt ommyt ightening,soiwasnot
hungry .Kudziateev er
ythi
ngandi just
l
ookedathi mi ndi sbeli
ef.
*Hi
m...
:*Mr
sCart
ooni
stpati
chaenda
kumushamuchaf
anenzar
a.

(
Listent
ohi
m now,
kumushakunobat
ei
f
uti)

*
Me.
..
:*Kumushakwanaani
,kunoi
tei
?

*
Him.
.:
*Kweduzv
ee,
kunoonaana
mamazvee.
.

(
Ilaughed,
washeki
ddi
ngme?
)
*
Me.
..
:*Iwi
l
ljustgoal
ongwi
thmyf
ood.

*Him.
.:
*Ifyousayso,
butyoushoul
dget
usedt
oy ourhubby
'sf
avor
itef
ood.

(Nofungamakony
eaai
veadyaanga
anomharamubrai
nmanje,
akudyawo
brai
ndzake.
)

*
Me..
.:
*OkMrCar
tooni
stwi
l
ltr
ynext
t
ime.

Hesmil
ed,r
eveal
i
nghi
sdi
mples,gal
s
outt
her
e,hi
tmyboxandi
wil
ltunethe
guytoy ou, he'shothahahah.Sowe
start
edt akingsel fies,runningaround
l
ikekids, enjoyingeachot her'
scompany .
Trustmei enjoy edmy self,ihadfun.
Kudzi wasagoodguy ,thatwasmyf i
rst
ti
mer ecogni singhi sot hergoodsi de,
asidefrom hi scr aziness.Hewasj ustso
coolandchi l
ledandi wonder edkuti
paaimboi tamadr ama, chiichi
nenge
chanetsa.May behej ustl ovedpull
ing
people'slegs.Butt hedaywaswel l
spent,witht hecr azychefhahaha.

Laterwesai
dgoodbyetotheplace,buti
promisedmysel
fnott
obet her
eagai n.
Kudzicoul
dn'
tst
opthanki
ngmef or
spendi ngt hedaywi thhim.Ihadenjoyed
mor esoi thankedhi m aswell.Soil
ater
droppedhi mi ntownt henpassedbyt he
nearestPi zzaI nn,iwasreall
yhungry.I
thendr ov eoffhome, i
nmybestmood.I
arri
vedwel landf oundmom anddad
enjoyingt heirowncompany .Thosetwo
nevergott ir
edofbei ngaroundeach
other,i admi r
edt hei
rlovethough.Sothe
remai ninghour swer espentwel l
aswell
,
andt hedaypassed. .

Sot heweekendwasoneoft hebest ,i

couldn'
tstoplaughingwhenev eri
thoughtofKudzi'scrazi
ness,hewas
j
ustf ul
lofithahaha.SothenonMonday
iwenttowor kandt oldHail
eyev er
ythi
ng
aboutmyweekend, shewasj ealousyof
mehahaha.Shehadspentt heweekend
atheraunt'splacesot her
ewasnot hi
ng
i
nteresti
ngaboutt hat.Butthenshe
star
tedcalli
ngmeMr sCar t
ooni stas
wellandfighti
ngherwasawast eof
ti
mesoi l
etherbe, shewasmycr azy
fr
iendjustli
keKudzi .

Theweekt henpassedandBr admade

suretocallmeev eryday.Hewast r
ying
tobeagoodguy .MrCar t
oonistonthe
othersi
decalledev ery
day ,checki
ngup
onme.Iwasst ar
tingtobean
overpr
otect
iveMr sCar toonist
,li
kei
wouldscoldhimf ornotcal li
ngmeon
ti
mehahaha.That 'showcl osewewer e
thatti
me.Andi magi neHail
eyt ol
dRav i
abouttheMr sCar t
oonistname, and
Ravitoot oldmom anddad, and
everyonewasnowcal li
ngmeMr s
Cartoonist.IknewonedayBr adwas
goingtocoi ncidentall
ybumpi ntothe
name, ididn'tknowwhathewasgoi ng
todot hough.I t
snotl i
keicared.

Sothent hebustar
dwasback, y eaht
hat
washi snewname.Hewasn' tfoll
owi
ng
meupt hatmuchthough, i
twasar el
i
ef
hey.MyPIwasst i
l
lwor ki
ngextrahar
d
andatt hemomenthehadf oundout
abouttwoot hergi
rl
sBr adhad
i
mpr egnatedandlaterdumped.Wehad
noideawhyhewasdoi ngthat,
buti had
afeeli
ngitl
i
nkedwithhisunderground
deal
s.Butonedayhewasgonnawake
upandf i
ndhimsel
fbehindbarsthough,
ther
ewasnowayhewasgonnaget
awaywi t
hsuchbaggage.

SothenMrCar t
ooni sttol
dmeal ot
abouthim andi wasnowawar eofwho
hewas. .Theseday shewasact ingless
dramas, butt
omehewasst i
llt
hecrazy
Kudzi,iusedtofightwithbackint he
days.Henev erstoppedt el
li
ngmeabout
hi
sf eel
ingsthough, butikepton
i
gnor i
ng.Iwantednodr amaplease.Like
iwasst i
lli
nvol
vedi nav erydangerous
per
son,socommi
tt
ingmy sel
fto
someoneagai
nwasreal
l
yahugestep
tot
ake.

Iwasgl adheunder stoodmeandhe

waswi l
lingt owai ttil
liwasr eadyt o
openmyhear tforhi m.Hewasar eall
y
goodguyandi coul dseenot hingwr ong,
butiwasj ustafraidofdat i
nganot her
dangeroussomeone, wearingamask.
Consideringhi salway schangi ng
personalit
y ,hai
boi neededabr eakfrom
thi
slovet hing.May bei wasn'treal
ly
readyforev erythingsot herewasno
needformet orusht hings.Buti enjoyed
hiscompanymor ethanev er,idon't
knowwhyi wassocomf or
tablearound
hi
m.

Sot hi
sot herdayRav irequestedf ora
di
nnerout ,justt
hef ourofus, yesHai ley
andKudzi .Iwasr eall
yhappyt hatni ght
becausei hadmyf avourit
epeopl e
aroundmeandguesswhat ?Hai l
eyand
Ravi f
inall
yr eveal
edt heirrel
ationshipt o
us.Isuspect edsomet hingbutt hat
nevercr ossedmymi nd.

*Me. .
.:
*Ravihowdar
eyoudatemy
fr
iendbehindmyback?Ist
hatwhaty
ou
callpri
nci
ples?
(Theylookedatmeandi
fakeda
str
aightface.
)

*
Him.
..
:*I
m sor
rypr
incessi
..
.

(
Ibl
ockedhi
m.)

*Me..
.:
*Don'
tyoudarepr
incessme.You
shoul
dhaverespect
edmeenough.

*
Kudzi
:
*ComeonRuei
s..

*
Me.
..
:*St
ayoutofi
tKudzi
,youknow
not
hing.

Theyallkeptquietandi couldtel l
they
wereconf used,i
tsli
kei wasnev erthat
seri
ous.Isawmybr otherlookingal l
worri
edandst r
essedandwi t
ht hel ook
ofthi
ngs, hewassur el
ygoi ngtodot he
unexpected.That'
showconf usingRav i
canbesomet imes.

*
Me.
..
:*Hai
l
eyy
ou?Howcoul
dyou?

*
Her
..
:*I
m sor
ryi
,i
..

*
Me.
..
.:
*Shutupgi
rli
m ki
ddi
ng.You
guyssur
pri
sedmebuty
oul
ookgood
toget
her
..

*Ravi
..
.:
*DamnRuei
almosthadahear
t
att
ack.

*Me...
.:
*Notmybusi nesshahaha.You
sounfairl
ikeionl
yintroducedmypr ett
y
fr
iendtoyouandy ouappr oached,wena
youalwaysintr
oducey ourhandsome
fr
iendstomebuther ei am, dat
ing
my sel
fhahaha.

(
Kudzi
lookeddown)
*
Hai
l
ey:
*HeyMrCar
tooni
sti
sher
e.

*
Me..
..
:*Ooohmybad,
MrCar
tooni
sti
m
j
ustj
oking.

*
Kudzi
.:
*Wasaboutt
oki
l
lyou.

*Ravi
..
.:
*EeeehiwantnoBradl
eysi
nmy
pri
ncess'
sli
feanymore,
ify
ouone,t
hen
walkoutbefor
ei.
.

*
Kudzi
.:
*Yohi
tsaj
okehahahaha.
Weal ll
aughedandt hedi nnerwasone
oft hebest .Ienjoyedt hemoment ,those
threemademyni ght.Theymademyl i
fe
wor thlivi
ng.Ithennot icedwhyRav i was
tal
kat iv
et heseday s, Haileywas
poisoni ngmybr other'sbr ains.But
honest lyiwashappy .Hai l
eywasagood
gir
l from awel lupf ami lyaswel landshe
wast al
kat i
vebutf ragile,i
nnocent ,
descenti fy ougetwhati m say i
ng.For
thef i
rsttimemybr otherwasi nlov e,you
coul dseei t,l
ovewaswr ittenallov erhis
faceandi wassohappyf orhim.Hewas
surelygoi ngtomakemom anddadso
proud.

Sol
ateraf
tersomehour
sofhav
ingf
un,
wepar tedway s.Myheadwasachi ng
though,trustmet hatnighti l
aughedlike
mywhol elif
edependedoni t.That
's
howcr azyt hepeopl earoundmewer e.
Theday spassedandwewer enowso
close,Haileyandi thebondwasnow
strongerthanev er.Thisotherdayi went
outwi t
hBr ad,hewasnotbadbuti had
MrCar toonistinmyheadt hemomenti
waswi thhi m,thatwast omaket he
momentabi tbearablehahahah.

Ravi'
sfri
endshadf i
nall
ygather
ed
enoughinfor
mat i
ontobr i
ngBraddown,
andi wasnowhappyt hegamewas
goingtobeov eranyt
imesoon.This
otherdayi twasaFr i
dayandi knocked
offearlybecauseKudzi want edt otake
mesomewher e.Weusedmycar ,andt
o
mysur prisehewast aki
ngmet ohi s
workplace.Ihatedt heplacebecauseof
thefakeadv ertthatoncehappened
there.Wesatonourownt ablef ortwo
andwest art
edt al
king.Wehadagener al
tal
kunt il
Kudzi droppedhisl ov eissue
again.Believ
emei wasenjoy inghi s
companybutwi thwhatBr adhaddone, i
fel
tlikeiwasnotr eadyforanot her
rel
ationship.

*Me.
..
:*Kudzi
idon'twannal
i
etoy
ou,
im
notr
eadyfort
his.I
..
(
Hei
nter
rupt
ed.
)

*Kudzi
:*Iknow,i
t'
sall
becauseofthe
misconcepti
onsyouhaveaboutme
ri
ght?Letmeproveyouwrong.Stay
here.

Iwasleftpuzzled,li
keididn'
tknowwhat
hewast al
kingabout .Sohestoodup
andleftmeconf used.Ithentookmy
phoneoutandst ar
tedtexti
ngHailey
,i
wantedtotellherthatKudziwasnow
act
ingweirdagai n.Shewasonl i
neand
westartedtal
king.Shewasev en
l
aughingatme, hanzisl
aphim andhe
wil
l comebackt ohi
sori
ginal
senses.I
wasbusyonmyphonewhenhecame
back.Ididn'tl
i
ftmyheadup,iwas
actuall
ythinki
ngoft
hebestwordsto
say..

*Him..
.:
*Sokungwarakwese
kwawakait
akunoshandei
kana
uchit
adzakuonazvi
nhuzvi
ripachena?

(
Seewhatimean,hewasnowbackt o
t
heShonaandcrazyhi
m agai
n.Idi
dn'
t
r
epl
yandneit
herdidil
ookedathi
m.)

*
Him..
:*ComeonKudzi
thi
sisnott
he
t
ime,
stopthat
.
(Washemental
lyst
abl
e?Tal
ki
ngt
o
himsel
f?Ii
gnor
edagai
n)

*Hi
m..
.:
*Kudzishaakanamuskana
wakoakapusai
mhosv ayanguher
e?

(Thi
swasser
iousandi
final
l
yli
ft
edmy
headandi
wasl i
ke.
)

*
Me.
..
:*What
???

(Guysialmostf
aint
edlookingattwo
boys,wit
hthesamef ace,bodysi
ze,
complexi
on,sameclothes,guysi
twas
l
ikeamov i
etome, l
i
kehowwasthat
possi
blekut
ivanhuvangabv
avaf
anana
kudar
o.)

*
Me...
:*Ar
,,
,ar
e,,
yo,
youguy
stwi
,
,twi
,
,,
t
wins?

*Twi
n1: *Ai
watir
imapatya.Kudzi
shaa
ndi
ripabasahopeukuzv
iziv
a.

*
Twin2:*I
weweregeramafunnieszvee.
I
mhosvayakof
utiKudzi
,wapfekerei
i
zvozv
o?

*
Me.
..
:*Andbot
hyournamei
sKudzi
?
*
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Kudzanai
Mut
asa*

Helloguy s!!Justl ikewhaty ousaw

abov e,mynamei sKudzanai Mutasa,
thef i
rstbor n,ori shoul dsaytheelder
twin.Buti knowweconf usemany ,l
ike
yougoty ourdi f
fer entv i
ewsand
opinionswheni tcomest ous.Iwil
lhelp
youcl earthosemi sconcept i
ons,and
replacethebl urpi ct ur
ey ouhav ewithan
HQpi ct
uref orallofy ou.Makesur eto
payacl oserat t
ent iontoev eryt
hingim
goingt osay ,everywor dhasameani ng
andav it
almeani ngi mustsay .

Sowear
eonl
ythr
eei
nourf
ami
l
y,
Kudzai myy oungt wi
nbr ot
her ,andt he
l
astbor nli
lsisterbyt henameKundai .
Soi tsKudz isquar edandKundi hahahah.
Byt hewaywe26andKundi is21.We
from Mur ehwa, y eahv i
llageofcour se
andwesopr oudofbei ngMur ehwaboy s.
Byt hewayourdadpassedonwhenwe
wer eingradesev en,andf r
om t hen,we
hadt ost r
uggl esincewewer ethemen
l
ef ti
nt hefami ly.Sowi llwal ky ou
throughourj our ney ,
staycl ose, theroad
i
sabi ttought hough.

Mypar entswerefarmers,notr eal

farmersthough,butmypoi ntis,we
survi
vedfrom far
ming.Wewer epoor
though,si
ncewecoul dn'taff
ordt obuy
someoft hef armi ngnecessi ti
est o
standar di
zeourf armingmet hod.Butas
diff
icultasitwas, ourpar ent
sst ruggled
totakeust oschool .Withournotso
pleasingsituationi nmi nd,wewor ked
hardi nschool .Itwasagoodt hingwe
wer en'
tdull,t
houghKudzi wasintell
igent
mor et hanKundi andi .Ourmai nai m
wast opr osperi nlife,andmadeour
l
ov elyparentspr oud.

Soy earspassedandtowardsourgrade
sevenexams, ourl
ovelydadpassedon.
Hewasbi t
tenbyasnakeandhel eftus
beforeweev enfi
guredoutaplan.That
ver
ysamey earourl
ifechanged.Hewas
ourpill
arbutwehadt oacceptthefact
thathewasnomor e,andmov eon.So
wedi d,
andwet r
iedsohar dtomake
surewecov eredthegap, justforthe
sakeofourmot her'sstabili
ty.She
meantal ott ous.Sowedi dn'tletdad'
s
deathaffectourst udies,wewr ot
eour
gradesev en,andpassedv erywel l
.So
wedi dcrosst hebridge.

Thistimear oundwest art

edfarmingli
ke
neverbefor e,
wewant edtogot ohigh
school.Wewer edoingal lf
orm ofwork,
beitwashi ngpeople'slaundry,washi
ng
dishes,everyt
hingthatcoul dbri
ng
moneyt ot hetabl
e.ThankGodweal l
natural
lygotsmoot hski n,and
appearancewi se,hahahai m sureyouall
awarethatKudziandKudzi arebot h
handsome.Andbel i
evemewheni say
thi
s,isometimesconfusedmy sel
fwi t
h
Kudzi,i
tsl
ikeisometimesdon' tknow
whoi am.Butmymom andl i
lsis,they
bothknowusv erywell
,playwit hthem
well
,theywil
lsurel
ytell
youhowt heydo
i
t.

Backt omyst ory,wemanagedt opay

forourhighschool feesandwewer e
doingabsolutel
yf i
ne.Itwasn'
teasy
goingtoschool exhaustedand
somet i
mewi thanempt yst
omach.But
wewer edoingitforourf ut
uresowe
enduredallofit
.Wemanagedt omake
ourlovel
ymom pr oudofus.Wel at
er
wroteourO' Levelandpassedwi t
hflyi
ng
colours.Ihad7subj ect
si ncl
udinganA
i
nFN, Kudz aigot10Asandi wasmor e
thanpr oudofmybr other.Soanot herbi
g
decisi
onwasaboutt obemade, t
hat
wast hef oundat i
onofourf utur
e.

Ihaveapassi oni ncooking, idreamtof

beingachef ,owningabi ghot el
,cooki
ng
foodf ormyowncust omer s,thatwas
me.Andont heot herhand, my
i
ntell
igentbrotherwantedt obea
successfulbusinessman, runningmany
businesses,dri
v i
ngbeaut i
fulcar s,t
hat
wasKudzai .Wi t
hhisintell
igence, i
twas
reall
ypossible,anditoowant edt ohel
p
mybr otherachievehisgoal s.Sowesat
downasaf amily,thinkingofabestway
forustoachi ev
eourgoal s.Wecoul dn'
t
managegoi ngt oA' Levelthesamey ear,
themoneyneededwasmor et hanour
reach.Soaftertalkinganddi scussing,
wecameupwi thasol ut i
on.We
suggestedthati doacat eringcour se
thatwasgoi ngtot akemeonl yoneand
ahalfyears.Thiswasj ustf ormet o
haveacer ti
fi
catet henl ookf orvacancy
i
nsomet akeaway sorsmal lrestaurant
s.
Theni wouldhelpmyf ami l
y.

Soweal lagr
eedonthatandi star
ted
goingtoschool
,wedidn'
tstopf ar
ming
though.Wewantedtorai
seenough
moneyf ormybrot
her'
sstudies.Il
oved
mybr otherwhol ehear tedlyf or
under standing,ifnotf orhi spur eheart
,
hewasn' tgoingt oagr eet othat,
consider i
ngt hef actthathehadpassed
mor et hanme.Buti tstrue, bloodis
thi
ckert hanwat er,thebl oodweshar e,
i
st hesame.Soi startedgoi ngtoschool,
doingwhati m passi onat eabout .Iread
l
otofr ecipebooks, cooki ngbooksand
staff,andbyt heendoft hey ear,i
had
l
ear ntal ot.

Kudzaiwasreall
yproudofme.Wewer e
morethanthewor dclosewithmy
brot
her,t
herewasnot hingwedidn'
t
shar
e,imeanev eryt
hing,i
fyougetwhat
i
m sayi
ng.Sot heperi
odpassedand
thenifinall
ygotthecertif
icatei had
beeny earni
ngfor.Withthat, icouldlook
forajobi nmanyplaces.Iwasgonna
advancet hecourseast hey earsgoby ,
fornow, i
twasmybr other'
st urntogot o
school.Soi wasnowl ookingf oraj ob,
themoneywehadsav ed, wasenough
forust obuyonlystati
oner y,sowe
neededmor emoney .

Sot hi
sotherdayi wascomi ngfrom t
his
otherrest
aurantthatiwasaskedt o
comebackt henextday .Iknewi had
foundthejobsoi wasi nmyownwor ld
thi
st i
me.Unexpect edl
y,someoner an
overmeandbef oreiknewi t
,iwasout
oftheroad,i
napool ofbloodandi
t
houghtthatwasgoi ngt
obet heendof
me.Iwast akentothehospi
ta.Kudzai
wi
llnar
ratetheinci
dentfory
ou..

*
Kudzai
*

Iwasathomewheni recei
vedacal l
fr
om thehospital
,informingmet hatmy
oneandonl ybrot
herwasi nvol
v edinan
acci
dent.Myhear tbrokeandwi thout
wasti
ngmucht i
me, iwentt othe
hospit
al.Theycouldn'tletmeseehi m
becausehewasi nabadst at
e.Theman
whohadcausedt hiswasf rom
Mozambi queandhewasr ushingtoa
busi
nessmeet i
ng.Iwasangryathi
m
buthewaswi l
li
ngtopayforall
the
hospi
talbi
l
ls,hewashurttooicoul
dsee.
Thatwassurelynott
heti
mef orfi
ghts,
mybrother
'sl
ifewasindanger.

Sot hehospitalcouldn'
ttakecar eofhim,
sohewast ransferr
edt oPar i
renyatwa
hospital
.Thedoct orwhowast aking
careofhim, saidsomet hingshocki ng.
Hehadadamagedki dneyandt heother
onewast ooweak.Sohesai dthe
possibil
i
tyforhimt osur vi
vewasl ow.
Hesai dtheonlywaywast otransferhim
toIndia,t
hatwayhecoul dgetbest
tr
eat ment.Butthatwoul dcostan
averageof15bi ll
iondollars.The
Mozambi canmant oowasl eftshutter
ed.
Soi askedsomet hingiwasn'tsureifit
wasgoi ngtowor k.Soi waswi l
li
ngt o
givemybr othermyot herkidney.The
doctorsaiditwasagoodi deaandl ess
ri
sky..
.Soi waspr oudofsav i
ngand
showingmybr ot
hert hereall
ovei have
forhim.

*
Kudzanai
*

Soyouheardhim,he'
sther easonwhy
i
m here,
breathi
ngtoday.Theoperat
ions
wentwellandtheMozambi canman
pai
dforourbill
sandforcompensati
on,
hegav eussomemoneyandi was
will
ingtouset hemoneyf ormy
brother'
sstudies, hehaddoneal otfor
me.Sowhenwegotoutoft hehospi tal
,i
toldKudzi t
hati want edhimt ousethe
moneyandatf irsthewasn' tokwi t
ht he
i
deabutl ateragr eed.Sowemanagedt o
enquireaplaceatZOU, hewant edtodo
businessadmi nistrationandt hemoney
wehadwasgonnal asttwoy earsofhi s
studies.Thatwast hef i
rststep..
.

Sowepai dforthefi
rstyear
,thent
he
remaini
ngmoneyweusedi ttobui
lta
Tuckshopbackhomeandboughtt he
staf
f.Wewant edthatTuckshoptobe
oursourceofincome.Andasf orme,i
wasnowl ookingf oranyjob, iwantedto
helpmybr ot
heri nanywaypossi bl
e
thenwoul dseewhatt odol ater.I
tsa
goodt hingKudzi f
oundhi mselfanice
colouredguyf riend,whost ayedin
MsasaPar k,heaskedhi mtost aywith
him sincebot hhispar ent
swer ein
Germany ,
sot herewasact uallynoneed
forust oworryaboutan
accommodat ion.Iwentbackt o
Mur ehwaaweekaf terKudzi'
sopeni ng
day,justtomakesur eev eryt
hingwas
goingwel l
.Ourmom wassohappyf or
usandhopedf orthebestf orus..
..

Il
atert
henf
oundaj
obasagar
denerat
thisot herhousei nHarare, soi said
goodby etomymom andsi ster.Ileftf
or
Har are, i
nagoodmood, ireallywant ed
thatj ob.Sot hef amilywelcomedme
wel landt hepaywasn' tthatbadt hough,
ascompar edt onotwor kingatal l
.They
wer er eall
ybusy ,
li
kealway soutsoi
coul dn'tfi
ndt i
met otell
thenaboutmy
l
ife.Sot heyonlyknewt hatIwasf r om
Mur ehwa, nothingmuch.I twasok
though, i
tsnotl i
ket heycared.

Soi l
ovedmyjobandi wasdoingok.
Kudziwasdoingwellwit
hhisstudi
es
too.Iwasgoi
ngouttosomecooki ng
schoolsonSunday
,justtogai
nmor e
exper ience.Kudzi pai dmesomev isit
s
duringweekends, butnotof tent hough, i
didn'twantmybossest ofindout .They
hadt woki ds,andi hadnopr oblem wi t
h
them, theywer enev erav ai
lable.Thegi r
l
wasf ancyandbeaut i
ful.Thef ir
stt ime
mybr ot hersawhert hisoneweekendhe
paidav i
sit,hetoldmet hathehadf all
en
i
nl ove.It r
iedwar ninghi m becausei
knewwi ththety peofagi r
lshewas, she
wasnev ergonnaf allforhimt oo, though
hei shandsome.Buthenev erstopped
l
ov i
nghert hough..Hehadhopet hatone
dayshewasgonnagi vein.

Soy
ear
spassedandt
hei
rchefwas
i
mpr egnat edbysomeot heruselessguy,
andt heyf i
redher .Icouldn'
twast et
he
oppor tunit
ysoi showedt hem my
certi
ficateandt heywer esodesper at
ely
l
ookingf orachefsot heytookmei n.
Thisonepai dmucht hatbeinga
gardener ,that'
showi becamet hechef.
Kudzi wasst i
lli
nlovewi thRudo.Asf or
mei fel tnothingforher,shewasj ust
l
ikeaKudzi tomehahahah.

Soherf inalyearwasKudzi '

sfinalyear
too,actuall
yKudzi hadfewmont hslef
t
tohisgr aduati
on.Rudospentt he
holi
dayatherpar ent
s'houseandi loved
teasingher,it
slikeijustdi
dn'tli
keher
atti
tudeoff eel
ingherselft
oomuch.Soi
pul
ledsomanyst
untsjusttodi
sgusther
andwebecameenemies,buticoul
dtell
shemissedmesometi
meshahahah.
Kudziwasmuchbusi
erthesedays.
..

Sot hi
sot herdayhecamet oseeme
andRudo' sboy friendwascomi ngalso.I
tol
dhi m andmybr otherwashur t
.Iwas
awar eofhowmuchhel ovedthegirl
.So
iwenttopr eparet hefoodf ort
hehouse
pri
ncesst henl eftherwi thhisguy.Ithen
tol
dKudzi togoanddi sht hefoodsince
hewant edt obesocl oset othegirl
.He
l
ov edthei deathenl eftmeandwentt o
themai nhouse.Idi dn'
tknowwhathe
wasdoi ngt herebutl aterhecameback
tel
lingmet hathehadmessedup.Ihad
tocleant hemessbef oreitwastool ate.
Butatl eastRue'sbrot
herwasonour
side.Ialmostlostmyj obbutmanaged
tomani pulat
et hem wit
hmyt ears.They
l
at ergavemet hejobback.Ineededt his
j
obf orsomer easonsiwontt el
ltoday
hahahah.

Somybr otherapol ogizedtomef or

al
mostr uiningmypl ansbuti wasn't
angryathi m,insteadi wasangr yatthat
Bradguy ,howdar ehesl apmyoneand
onlybrother??Iaskedmy sel
f.Ihated
Rueev enmor e, andt hereasonwhyi
stayedthere,wast ojustfixher,t
hen
l
aterwalkaway .Itwor ked,sheendedup
i
gnor ingmeandi wasdonewi ththem,
soi hadt oleave.Soi knowy oualways
askingmyl i
lsist
erSimahwhyi ran
awayf rom wor k,idi
dn'trunaway ,
its
j
ustt hatt hedayi disappeared,i
sthe
verydayKudzai wasgr aduati
ngandi
hadagi ftforhim soi couldn'
tmissthe
graduat ion..
.Icouldn'tmissthebestday
ofmybr other'
sli
fe,withwhathehad
donef orme, thatwoul dbeselfi
sh.

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inued.
..
..
..
*

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ogr
aphyi
sdamnlong,
thepar
tB
wil
lbeher
eonMonday
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imegoeson.Justmakesuret
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tuned,
andwewi l
lreachthefinal,
clear
andamazingdesti
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Kudzanai
*

Soi l
asttoldy out hereasonbehi ndme
di
sappearingr i
ght?Yeahi didt hatwith
nooneawar e.Ev enRav iidi
dn'tt el
lhi
m.
Andooh, tal
ki ngaboutRav i
,theday
Kudzimessedup, heaskedhi mt o
watchoverRue.I twasadi f
fi
cul ttask
si
ncei wasn' tsurewhoBr adwas.So
si
nceKudzi hadagr eedondoi ngi t
,ij
ust
wentalongwi ththeplan.Buti was
st
ayingasf arawayaspossi ble,i
want ednodr amainourlives.Sothe
reasonwhyi di
sappearedwi t
houttell
ing
him, ididn'
twanthi m gi
vingmesome
diff
iculttasksaswel l
.Hehadpr omi sed
topay ,buti wantedcleanmoney ,t
he
l
ittl
et hatiwasear ni
ngwasenoughf or
me.

Sobackt othetr
ack.Kudzai wil
lhelp
youwi thsomeoftheanswer sthough,i
can'tdothewholetalki
ng, he'scooli
know, buthegot
tatalkt oyouy ho
hahahah.Sowheni leftmywor kplace,i
wentt oMsasaPark,wher emybr other
andhi sbestf
ri
endstay ed.They
welcomedmewel l
,it
sl i
ket heywant ed
met ost aywi ththem buti hadbeen
turni
ngt hem down.Iwant edt ofi
rst
bri
ngoutsomet hingfrom thatplace,
somet hingi couldpointandal ways
remember .Soi m proudtosayt hati
boughtmybr otheranewVi t
zasagi f
t,
andgav ehim onhi sgraduationday .He
wasr eallyhappyandi madehi m smi l
e,
thatwasmyai m.Andy ouseenowwhyi
couldn'tmi ssthegraduation? ?

Soafterthegraduation,i
st art
edstayi
ng
withmybr otherandhisfriend,bythe
waytheguy '
snamewasLucas.Soi
foundajobatt hisotherrestaurant
,i
waswor kingsohar dandt hemoney
wasok.Il ovedt hejobaswel lbutl at
er
changedmymi nd.Wannaknowwhy ??
Thisotherdayi bumpedi ntoRav i andhe
tol
dmet hathehadbeenl ookingf orme.
That'
swhenhet oldmeev erythi
ngabout
Brad,idi
dn'tknowwhyhewassoopen
tomet hatday .Sohewant edtogi veme
ataskofwat chi
ngov erhi ssisteragain.
Thisti
mehewaswi ll
i
ngt opaymea
l
argeamountofmoney ,
butwi ththe
i
nformationhehadgi v enme, i r
ejected
theoffer
.Itwast ooriskyandi was
afrai
doft hedanger ousBr adt okillme..
.

Sodespitet
helov
ei hadformyjob,
i
wasforcedtoqui
t.It
alkedtomyboss
andhecoul dn'tl
etmego, hehadso
muchl ov eformesoi t
houghtofapl an.
Ionlywant edt odi sappearf r
om Rav i'
s
l
ifeagai n.Soi hadanar gumentwi t
ha
customeri ntentional l
yandpour edsoup
onherf ace.Iwast henf ir
edandmy
heartfel tatease.It oldmybr other
everything, hopingt hathewasgonna
getridofhi sfeelings, buthef ellinlove
withthegi r
l evenmor eandt oldmet hat
thegirl wassoongoi ngt obehi s.I
fearedhi sgut sandhadt omakesur e
thegirl won' tcomecl osert ohim.So
Lucast hent oldmet hathi sfatherhada
fri
endwhohadasonwhoownedan
expensi ver estaurant .Theywer en't
fri
ends, butsi ncet hei rfather
swer e
fri
ends,t
heydot alk.Sohet unedmei n
andthat'
showi gotthejob.Iwasgiven
somer espectandt hemoneywasmor e
thaniexpectedaswel l
.Atleastwe
couldmanaget ochangeourl i
ves,
and
thatl
adyfrom Mur ehwa,thi
swasher
ti
met orestandenj oyhersons'
success..

Buttheny ouall knowhowi tis,Rav i

foundmeagai nandt hi
st i
mei couldn'
t
messmyj obup, mywholel i
fedepended
onit.Sohet hent oldmet hattheowner
ofthatrestaurantwasBr ad'sfriend.I
wasn'tmov edt hough,wi
tht her espectI
washav ing,iknewhewasnev ergonna
reachme, onlyifist
ay edinmyl ane.Soi
madesur enott ocrosshi spathsandi
wasgoodt ogo.Rav iandi we,became
fri
endsandhewasn' tbadt houghi di
dn'
t
tel
lhim everyt
hingaboutusr i
ghtaway .
Thefirstti
mei sawBr ad, wastheday
theyfakedanadv ert,actuall
yiwas
call
edoutbysomeonei wascloset o
andi wasshockedt oseet hatRuewas
thegirlt
heyhadf ooled.Ifoll
owedher
out,j
usttoteaseher ,shewasan
i
nnocentgi r
lbeingplay ed,butshe
deserveditthough,toomuchpr ide.
*
Kudzai
*

Hel
loguys!Im backagai
nbutwithno
muchdetail
s.Myt al
kat
ivebropl
ayed
t
hebiggestrol
e,soiwill
onlyhel
pyou
wit
hfewthings.Aboutmemost l
y..
..

SoKudzitoldy outhatimov edinwith

mybestfriendLucas, y
eahl etmetell
youwhohei s.SoLucas'fat
herisfrom
Germanyandhi smotheraZi mbabwean.
Theyareonlyt wo,hi
seldersist
erisin
Germanywi ththei
rparentsthenhe'sthe
l
astborn.Sohi sparent
susedt ostay
herei
nZim butl at
erthefatherinsi
sted
thattheyshoul dgotoGer many .Sothey
actuall
ywant edtogoasaf ami l
y,but
Lucaswant edt ofir
stgraduateherein
Zimt henlaterfol
lowedt hem.Hewas
doingbusinessst udiesaswell.Sothey
l
efthim allaloneintheir12roomed
housei nMsasa. .
.

Webecamecl osefri
endsinashor t
peri
odoftimeandhewassosuppor ti
ve
andlovel
y.Someoftheniceclothesi
wore,igott
hem fr
om hiswardrobe
hahahah.Hewasser i
ouswit
hhi s
studi
esaswell,
that'
swhatilovedthe
mostabouthim.Andatschool theyal
l
thoughtweweresomehowr elated,
that'
showclosewewer e.
.
AndaboutRue, thefirsttimei sawher,
myhear tskipped.Somet hinginmet old
met hatt hegi r
lismi ne.Iknewi twas
goingt obesodi ffi
cultforhert onoti
ce
mymov es,buti wasnev ergonnagive
up.Mybr othertriedwar ningmebuti m
surey ouall knowt hatwhenl overei
gns,
nothingcanbepossi blydonet okill
the
feeli
ng.Soi madeav owt omy selft
hat
nomat erwhat ,iwasgonnamakeher
mine.

Soal
ltheef
for
tiwasput
ti
ng,
iwas
actuall
yplanti
ngaseedi nherhear t
, and
iknewi hadtowor kext r
ahar df orthat
l
ov eseedt ogrow.Sot hatdayi poured
waterinherboy fri
end'sf ood,iwasj ust
boredbyhi spresence.I t
sl i
kei want ed
noonecl osetomygi r
l.Andwi tht he
wayshewasl ookingatme, icoul dtell
somet hi
ngwasr i
ngi ngabel linherhear t.
TheBr adguysl appedmeandwi t
ht hat,i
promisedmy selfthati wasgoi ngt oget
ri
dofhi sposit
ioni nRue'shear t.That
wast helastdayi sawmygi r
l,i wasnow
busywi t
hmygr aduat i
on.Iwant edt o
fi
rstmakeanamef ormy self
, t
henst ep
ahead...
Soi graduatedandi wasr eallyhappymy
brotherboughtmeacarwi thal lhis
sav i
ngs.Inev erwant edhi mt owor ry
aboutme, itslikei di dn'twanthi mt opay
mef ormyki dney, hewasmybr otherso
ihadt odowhati did.ButKudzanai is
unst oppablewheni tcomest ohi s
sibli
ngsy ho.Soaf ter2mont hs, if
ound
ar eall
ypay ingj obwi thbenef its.Ididn'
t
wantt hecompanycar , ihadmy
brother '
sgift,thecompanyhouse, Lucas
nev erwant edmet ol eav e,soi denied
thebenef i
tsandt heyi ncr easedmy
salary.Sof inanciallyi wasnowst able,
myf ir
stplanwast obuymymom a
househer einHar ar e,thev il
l
agel i
fewas
nol ongersui tablef ort hem. .
.
Sosi ncei wasnowst able,mybr other
wasgoi ngt oworkt oo, andLucaswas
notev enpl anningonf oll
owinghi s
parent sany t
imesoon, i t
hent houghtof
start
ingaf reshwi thmygi rl
.IhadaPI
whowasal way sgivingmesome
updat esandt hi
sot herdayhet oldme
thatshehadacour tcasebutan
after
nooncase.Soi droveof ftoher
place, wantedt otalkt oherbutt heni
thoughtoff i
rstpickingsomet hingf or
her.Itsagoodt hingwebumpedi nto
eachot herinthesamesuper mar ketand
thatwasagoodmov e.Shewaspl ayi
ng
hardt ogetbuti wasnev ergonnagi ve
up.Ihadmycarpar kedoutsi
debuti
askedforsomeot herguy'
sbike,
i
wantedtolookallsi
mpleasusual.So
myplanwor ked,
shegav emeher
numberandi hadscoredhahahahah.

Iwasnowhappy ,
enjoyingt alkingt oher
thoughshewasahar dnutsomet i
mes.
DayspassedandKudzi toldmewhathe
knewaboutBr adandhet ol
dmet ostop
stal
kingRue.Mybr ot
herhat edt hegirl
becauseoftheembar rassmentshe
oncecausedandt henhehat edt heguy
forsl
appingme.Hemadei tcl eartome
thathewasnotokwi thmedat i
ngRue,
buttomei twasalluseless, ilovedt he
galwi
thal lmyal l
.Iknewhewasgonna
comear oundthough.Sot hi
sot her
weekendi wasathomeal one,Lucas
wentoutwi thhisgirl
,andKudzi wasn'
t
hometoo.Ruenev ercall
edortexted
andididn'tbothertext
edher,ithought
shewasj ustbusy .
..

Laterthatdaywheni wantedtot
exther,
isawt hati wasblockedandmynumber
blackli
stedtoo,ididn'
tknowwhy
becausewewer eingoodbookst hese
days.Still
inconfusion,Kudzi
walkedi
n
l
ooki ngfunny.Iaskedhim whyand
that'
swhenhet oldmet hathest
olemy
phone, madeanappoi nt
mentwit
hRue,
deletedthechat sthenwentt oseet he
gir
l.Ifumedwhenhet oldmet hathe
hadmessedup.Iwasal mostther eand
herehewas, ruini
ngeverythi
ng.He
apologizedthoughbuti wasreallyangry
.
Soi askedhi mt ocleanhismessupand
het oldmet hatRue'sweaknesswas
sausage.That 'swhenhesuggest edon
preparingthesausageandi hadt odrop
byherwor kplacewi ththeparcel.And
guesswhat ??Itworked,wegotbackt o
ourselvesagai nhahahha.

Soafterthati
ncident
,mybrotherfi
nal
l
y
acceptedthatRudowastheonef orme
andhewasnowsuppor t
ive.Butyou
knowKudzi though, hecanber eal
ly
weirdsomet i
mes.Wef i
nall
ymetwi t
h
Raviandhehadapr obl em in
recogni
singussowej usttoldhim notto
worry,t
ohi m wewer eonehahahah.And
ili
kedthef actthathehadnopr oblem
withmeaski nghissi sterout .That'
s
howwest artedhangi ngout .AndRue
wasnowt hepr oblem, shenev erwanted
toopenherhear tforme.Wheni took
hertothatcheapr est aurant,iwanted
hertoknowt heot hersi deofl i
fe,i
tsli
ke
iwantedhert ofir
stf allinlovewithwho
iwas,thenl aterwithwhati was.And
Kudzanai alway stol
dmet omakeRue
l
ikeourpastf i
rstbefor eourpr esent,i
t
wasagoodi dea,iwant edar ealMrs
Musonza,sot
her
ewer
esomet
est
s
ahead.
..

Soshewascomi ngar oundi noti

ced, but
sti
llconfusi
ngmewi t
hBr ad.SoIt hen
thoughtofr evealingthet r
uthtoher ,the
reasonwhyi didn'tdot hatbeforewas
thatineverwant edhert olabelmy
brotherandi wr ong.Iknewshewas
gonnast orm out ,butthatwast het i
me
though.Soi t
oldKudzi athomet hati
wasgoi ngtobr ingRuet ohiswor kplace
andhehadnopr oblem withthat.Wheni
l
eftRuef orKudzi ,i
wasshockedseei ng
him wearingthesamecl otheswi t
hme,
l
ikei di
dn'tknowwhenheboughtt hem.I
knewhewasupf orast unt
, t
hisbrother
ofmi newaschil
dish.Andf orreal,
he
star
tedactingal
lcrazyasal ways,
confusingRue.Weintroducedour sel
ves
butRuewasangr y,soshel eft
...

Aftertr
yingt
oreasonwithher,
she
pushedmeawayandi wenttomycrazy
brotherfumi
ng.Iwasreal
lyangry
.

*Me.
..
:*Kudzi
lookwhatyouhav
edone.
Nowshedon'twannatal
ktome.

*
Him.
.:
*Don'
twor
ryi
wil
ltal
ktoRav
i,he
wi
llmakeherunder
stand.Shamemy
br
otheri
sinl
ove.

*
Me.
..
:*Nxaa,
li
kei
tsev
enf
unny
.

Wet alkedabi tt
heni call
edf orataxi
thenwenthome.Lucaswasnoty et
homeandl aterKudzicalledmet elli
ng
met hatRav iwantedusathi shouset he
nextday ,hewant edt ointroduceust o
hisotherf r
iendsandf orRueandi total
k.
Iwasr eallyhappy ,f
inal
lyi wasgoi ngto
bewi t
ht hel oveofmyl ife.
*
ENDOFCHAPTER*

WHOI
SKUDZI
??!

Whoi
sKudzanai
?

Whoi
sKudzai
?

Thetwointell
i
genttwinswhowor ked
hardf
ortheirbri
ghtfutur
e.Shoutoutt
o
them!
!!
!!
.
Whatt
est
swer
eKudzai
tal
ki
ngabout
?

Whyi
sBr
adsoqui
et?

I
sRuegoi
ngt
ogi
veKudzi
achance?

Howcanwedi
ff
erent
iat
etheset
wo?
?

PleasemommyandauntKundai
tel
lus
yoursecr
et.
.
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Iwasqui etal l
alongwhenKudzai was
busynar rati
nghi sstory.Atleastthey
knewhowt owor k.Wheni heardthat
Kudzanai oncehat edme, ihatedBr ad
evenmor e.Itwasal lhi
sf aul
ti
mistreatedgoodpeopl e,alli
nt hename
ofpleasinghi m.Atleasthel aterfi
ndout
thatiwasj ustal ostsheepandal lthat
washappeni ngwasbey ondmycont rol
.
Nowi wasok, imeannol ongerangr yat
thosetwobust ards,theywer ejust
normal boy swhol ovedenj oyi
ngl i
fe,ina
weirdwayt houghhahahah.
*
Me..
..
:*Sonowt
ell
me,
tokuzi
vai
sei
manj
e?

*Him..
.:
*Thatidon'
tknow,
wototsvagawokadi
ff
erencekako,
kaunozi
v awega.

*
Me..
.:
*Iwi l
lpayacl
oserattent
iont
o
t
hevoices,
iknowvoiceraChefkana
v
achi
tauraShonahahahah.

*Hi
m..
.:
*Manytri
edthatbutfai
l
ed.Let
's
hopey
ouwon'tendupcall
ingme
Kudzanai
.

Forr eal itwast rickyst i

ll
,theyhadsame
voicesaswel l.Butwi t
hwhathehadt ol
d
me, theygotdi ff
er entper sonali
ties.
Surelyi hadt owi deopenmyey es,i
n
ordert oseet hecool nessi nKudzai and
thecr azinessi nKudzanai .Thatwast he
onlywayt ogohahahah.Buti wasnow
afraidoft hecr azyKudzanai t
opr et
end
tobecool ,j
ustt oconf useme.Aaah
theset wopeopl ewer ereallygoi ngtobe
apr oblem.Mypl anwast omakesur ei
meetupwi t
ht hei rsist
erKundai ,hesaid
shehadherownwayofdi f
ferentiat
ing
them, iwant edt oknowt hesecr ettoo.
I
m sureyouall
underst
andhowbor
ingi
t
i
s,t
alki
ngtothewrongperson.
.

Soaf tersomemi nut esoft alki

ng, we
thenwentbacki nsi de.Itwasal mostmy
favour i
tetime,foodt imehahahah.Wi th
Kudzanai i
ntheki tchenaswel l,noone
wouldsaynot ofood, t
hat'showf ami li
ar
hewaswi thpotshahahah.Hai l
eywas
happyt oseemesmi li
ng, Rav i
too, t
rust
met heset wogotsomuchl ovef r
om
people.It henleftKudz ai
wi t
ht heot her
guyst henwal kedt ot hekitchen, I
wantedt oseeifi coul dgetsomet hi
ng
helpfulfrom theot herKudzi .Wasn' t
suret houghbecauset heonei was
approachi ngwast oughert hanKudzai
himsel
fhahahah.Ifoundthet
wochefs
tal
ki
ngandlaughing,theywer
ehav
ing
thei
rbestt
imei guess..

*
Me.
..
:*Hi
Chef
s.

(
Theyl
ookedatmeandt
heyanswer
ed
mewel
lthough.
)

*
Me.
..
:*SoKudzi
yo.
..

(
Hebl
ockedme.Thi
soney
ho!
)
*Him..:
*Hopehet ol
dyoui
don'
tanswer
uselessquest
ions.

(
Tobehonesthesoundedl
i
keKudzai
.)

*Me..
.:
*Act
uall
yhedi dn'
t,
butheonl
y
sai
dyoudon'tl
ikeitwhenpeopl
e
remi
ndsyouofy ourmist
akes.

(
Isai
dthatint
enti
onal
l
y.Iwant
edt
o
r
eadhismind.)

*Hi
m...
:*Hahahahanddidheal
so
menti
onanythingaboutmebei
ngthe
el
derone??
(
Thi
sonewascr
azyi
tel
lyou.
)

*Me..
.:
*Yeshedi
dbutwi
thonl
yfew
seconds.

*Hi
m..:
*Whathappenedt
othedumb
Rueiusedt
ofightwi
thbacki
ntheday
s?

(
Cany
oui
magi
nehecal
l
edmedumb.
)

*Me..
.:
*Andwhathappenedtot
he
l
unati
cKudzanaiwhousedtosi
ngnon
exi
sti
ngsongsjustt
oannoyme?
(Iwasexpecti
nghi mtostorm out,
koi
hadcal l
edhi
mi nsanezvee.Buttomy
surpri
sehelaughed,real
laughingnot
pretendi
ng.
)

*
Him..
.:
*Atleastmybrotheri
snoti
n
l
ovewit
hanal i
en.Tr
ustmey ouandi
makebesti
n-l
awsev er
..

Hewasst il
llaughi
ngandi endedup
l
aughingtoo.Wet al
kedabi tandiended
uphelpi
ngt hem ser
vingthefood.For
sureKudzanai wascrazy
,hewasr eal
ly
dif
fer
entfrom thecoolKudzai.Buthe
wasjustthatonepersony oudon't
wannabef arawayf r
om,hespi cedup
thi
ngskanihahahaha.Buti wasf all
i
ng
i
nlovewi t
ht hecoolguythough,y ou
knowme, *"FancyCoolRue"*,youget
whatim sayinghahaha.

Weenjoyedt hedeli
ciousfood,itwas
wellpr
epared,byexperts..
.Trustme
wit
hpeoplel i
keHailey,Tatendaand
Kudzanaiaround,nothi
ngpr oducti
ve
wasdone, l
aughingthroughout.

*Hai
ley:
*Tatendaar
eyoust
il
lseei
ng
doubledoubl
e?
(Idon'
tev
enknowhowRavif
ell
fort
his
one,somesi
steri
nlawi
hav
e.)

*Kudzanai
:
*It
hinkakat
ozv
arwa
akadhakwauy
u...

*Tat
enda:*Cherondi
kadhakwaasi
handi
zosvikepamuri
,sur
enguvayese
yamakagaramudumbumese, mait
adza
kuonawokut i
mafanani
roenyu
anomakisa,moit
awoplan?

(Tr
ustmeRav iwasnotanalcoholi
c,
meaningnonofhispart
ieshadbeers,
sakandai
toshayakut
iTateaidhakwa
nei.
)
*Kudzanai:
*Manjezvawataur
azvine
senseherehahahaha.Unoshuwi
rawo
kutidai
tir
imatr
ipl
etsnewewoka.

*Tat
enda.:
*Hahahahmay a,ndofunga
muchir
ivachechemaivenyuv ai
yamwisa
one,mumweosar avachi
fungakuti
vamuyamwisakare.

(Haaaguysi couldn'
ttakeit
,inst
eadno
onecould.Everyonelaughedincl
uding
Kudzanaihimself.)

*
Kudzanai
:
*Hahahahy
ougotmehey
.
*Tat
enda.:
*Aaahnhaimi
,mumweweny u
auyekusur
gerykwangundi
mubv
ise
mazinoepamsoro,
pamwemungasiyane.

(
Apedzamwanawev
anhuhahahah.
)

*Hai
ley
..
.:
*Kuit
ir
amav
endei
zvozv
o
chet
ehahahahah.

Thisdayilaughedlikemywholelif
e
dependedoni t
.Theset wowere
ext
raordi
naril
yinsanehahahah.Butthey
madet hedayamemor abl
eone.Wehad
thebestt imeev er, ifel
tsor r
yf ort he
girl
friendswhower enoti nvi
ted, they
missedal otbelieveme.Thedaywas
well spentandl aterar ound2pm, people
startedpar t
ingway s,asf ormei was
aboutt oleav easwel l,
iknewMrand
Mr sMusonzat her e,wer emi ssingme
l
ikecr azy.Kudzai hadaVi t
zsot here
wasnooneaski ngf orar i
de.Isai d
goodby et omybr othert henleft,hewas
takingHai l
eyhomeandl atercome
homef ordinner,ithasbeenl ongf orreal
.

Idroveofffeel
inggreatasalways.Thi
s
dayiwasf eeli
ngthisother
unexplai
nablefeel
ing,idon'
tevenknow
howt oexpressthefeeli
ngt oyou.But
j
ustknowt hatiwasf eeli
ngaf orei
gn
feel
ing, somethi
ngi wasn'tfamili
arwith.
Alongt hewayi wasl i
steningtoBruno
Mar s,don'taskmewhy ,thatwasn'tme
playing,butmycarr adiohahahaha.Soi
thenar ri
vedhomeandf oundmymom
busywi thherlaptop,i
m sur eshewas
busyor deringsomenewdesi gnsonline,
shewasaf ashi
onladyzv ee..
..

*Her
..
.:
*Icanseet
hesefr
equent
sl
eepover
sgotsomebehi
ndscenes.

(
Her
ecomesmysoci
ologi
stmom
hahaha)

*
Me...
:*Nowim notal
lowedt obe
vi
si
ti
ngmybr ot
her,j
ustbecausemy
mom wil
lquest
ionmymov es.

*Her
..
.:
*Iwasjustsay
ingt
hough.And
howareyouthough?

(Trustmet hi
sladywassmar
tert
hanwe
all
t hought
.)

*
Me.
..
.:
*Im goodandy
oumom?

*
Her
..
.:
*Im good,
justenj
oyi
ngmyown
companyher
e,y
ourdadwentt
otown.

*Me.
..
:*I
m her
enowi
fyouneed
company.

*Her.
..
:*Hahahahsur
etheseday
syou
areexpensi
vezvee.

(It
oldyou,shewassugarcourti
ngme,
butiwasnev ergonnatel
lhert
hough
hahahahah.Shelovedstor
iest
oomuch.
)

Iwenttomyr oom andf

reshenedup,
thenl
aterj
oinedmymom i nthelounge.
Wet alkedaboutev erythi
ng, ievent old
herthatt herewer etwoKudzi s,trustme
sheal mostsl appedmef orpl ayingwi th
hermi nd.I twasagoodt hingi hadsome
fewpi cturesfrom thepar ty,soi showed
herandshewasspeechl ess, shenev er
expect edori maginedi tl
ikeev eryone
else.Buti didn'
ttellherany thi
ngabout
Kudzi askingmeout ,remembershewas
stil
lthinki
ngt hatiwasst illwithBr ad,so
ididn'twanthert ohav eabadpi cture
aboutKudzi .Butilovedmymom t hough,
shewasn' tthatcontroversialkindamom,
someonewhowoul djustactcr azily
,she
respect edmyf eeli
ngsev ersincei wasa
kid,andi knewshewasnev ergoi ngt o
beapr oblem.Ijustwant edt heai rtobe
cl
ear
edf
ir
st.

Laterthatdaydaddycamebackand
Ravi aft
erhim.Hewasal lsmilesas
alway sandthi
si sthev er
ysamedayhe
tol
dmom anddadaboutseei ng
someone.Hepr omi sedtoint
roduce
Haileytothewhol ef amil
ythef ol
l
owing
weeks.Tr ustmehemadeourpar ent
s
sopr oud.

*Mom..
:*Ial
mostt
houghty
ounev
er
gonnamarry
.

*
Dad.
.:
*Insimpl
et er
msyouaski
nghi
m
t
omarrythegi
rlassoonasy
ester
day
r
ight
?

*Me..
.:
*Indi
rectspeeches,
isn'
tthaty
our
wishtoodad?

*Ravi.
.:
*Hahahahi m marr
yingaft
er10
years,iwannaenjoythebenefi
tsof
beinginlovewit
hnodi st
urbances.
.

*
Dad.
.:
*Ar
eyousur
ehe'
smyson?

*
Mom.
:*I
fnoty
our
sthenwhose?
Hahahahmypar entsthough.We
enjoy edthedi nnerl aughingandt alking.
Ilov edmyf ami l
ytrustme, withthem, i
feltcompl et eandspeci al
.Sof ort he
fi
rstt i
mei ndecades, Ravi sleptov er
hahahahah.I m sur eev enhi sbed
screamedt hemomenthel ai dhisbody
oni t,notment i
oningt hebl anket s, i
m
sur etheyr anaway ,hidingt hemsel vesin
thewar drobehahahaha.That 'show
expensi veandunconv incingRav iwas.
Atonepoi ntithoughthewasdr unk, but
ooops, hedon' tdrink.

Theweekendwasamazingwit
hmy
brot
herar
ound.Kudzi
cal
ledmeon
Sundayaf ter
noonandwet alkedf or
aboutt wohour s,iwasst art
ingt ofall
for
theguyt oo,butooops, idi
dn'twantBr ad
tokil
lthei nnocentguysoi wasf orced
toignor ethef eeli
ng, f
orhissake.Yeah
l
ov eisaboutsacr if
icingsomet imes, i
wasnotr eadyf orthef i
ghtsandt hepain
oflosingsomeoney oulovefrightened
me, t
hat '
swhyi wasev enscar edof
givi
ngi tat ry
,i knewi thasal otof
baggage.

OnMondaywest art
edgoingtowor k,
feeli
nggreatandsati
sfi
ed.Butev er
y
ti
mei t
houghtofKudzi
,myhear twould
skip,andconfusi
onwrit
tenall
ov ermy
head.ItoldHaileyandt heonlypossibl
e
sit
uati
onshehad, wasgi vi
ngKudzai a
chance.Hewasnotabadguybuti was
j
ustscared,scar edoft heunknowni
guess.Itooknot eofherwor ds,andi
thoughtdeep, i
knewi wasgonnacome
upwi t
habet tersol ut
ion.Kudzinever
stoppedcall
ing, andev eryt
hinghewas
doingwaspl easingmyhear t,guesshe
wasscor i
ngmor epoi ntshahahahah.

Sot wodayspassedandHai l
eywas
pinningmeov ert
hisKudzaii
ssueandi
thoughtofgiv
ingin.Trustmewheni say
this,wi
thKudziif
eltsomethi
ngi never
feltwit
hBrad,somethingnew.Ihoped
f
orhi
mtobemyl astbusstop.Fort
he
f
ir
stt
imeinmyli
fe,if
eltl
ove,l
oveand
l
ooov
e.Sayhel
l
ot oRuehahahah.

Iwasinmyof fi
cet hinki
ngaboutmy
newloveli
fe,andunexpect edl
y,t
heone
monsteriwast r
yingt oavoidwalkedin.
Hewasl ooki
nggoodandi coul
dt el
lhe
wasupt osomet hing..
.

*
Him.
..
:*Heyhoney
.Longt
ime.

*
Me.
..
:*Yessur
eandy
ousur
pri
sedme.

*
Him.
..
:*Iknow,
act
ual
l
yicamet
otel
l
y
outhatyourauntiscomingbackhome
t
odaysoiwilli
ntr
oduceyoutomy
f
amil
yoverdinnertoni
ght
.

*
Me.
..
:*Uumm what
??

*Hi
m..:
*Yeshoneyit
oldt
hem andt
hey
wil
lbeexpect
ingy
outoni
ght
..
.

*
ENDOFCHAPTER*
Whoi
sKudzanai
andKudzai
??

Wi
l
lRuegi
vet
hepoorguyachance?
?

Wi
l
ltheMusonzasacceptKudzai
?

Whati
sBr
adt
alki
ngabout
?

Whatwi
l
lRuedo?
?
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uned.
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Me..
.:
*Ooohok.Sowhat
'st
hedi
nner
t
ime?

(
Ihadt
oactup.
)

*Hi
m..:
*6pm buti
wantust
obet
her
e
bef
orefi
ve.

(
OoohNo!
)

*Me..
.:
*Oki
can'
twai
ttoseeaunt
Bever
ly.

(
Pret
endi
ngRue.
)
*Hi
m..
:*Oksoiwi
l
lpi
ckyouupar
ound
4pm,j
ustt
extmewheny
ouready
.

(
Whoonear
thi
sgoi
ngt
orescueme?
)

*
Me.
..
:*Oki
wil
l
.

Wellaft
ersomemi nutesofdisgust
ing
andannoy i
ngme, het hensaidgoodbye
andleft
.Trustmei feltli
kecryi
ng.What
wasi goi
ngt odonhai mi?Atonepointi
hat
edRav i
'
sfri
endsf ortaki
ngages,thi
s
act
ingthingwassur elygoingtokil
lme.I
star
tedwalkingupanddowni nmy
offi
ce,t
ryi
ngt ot
hinkofapl an.Myhead
wasspinningaround, i
tsli
kei neededa
cupofcoffeetostartfuncti
oningwel l
.
Thatmomentmyf avour i
tesisteri
n-l
aw
walkedin,
withacupofcof feehahahah..
Thisoneknowsmev erywellicouldtel
l.
..

*
Me...
:*Ar
eyousur
ewenotsomehow
r
elat
ed?Whydowethi
nkal
ike?

(
Shel
aughedf
ir
st.
)

*
Her
..
:*Don'
tst
artwi
thmer
ightnow,
i
knowy
ouneedt
his.

*Me..
.:
*Im doomedMr
sMusonza,
i
needyourhelp.

(Shesmil
ed,
iknewshel
ovedt
het
it
le
hahahah.
)

*
Her
..
.:
*Whatwast
hatpi
gletsay
ing?

(Li
stentothi
sfemalev
ersi
onof
Kudzanaihahahah.
)

*
Me...
:*Cany
ouimaginehewanna
i
ntr
oducemetohisf
ami l
ytoday
,just
becausehi
syoungsi
steri
scomi
ng.

*Her.
.:
*Ruegi
veKudziachance,
youwi
l
l
getoverBr
adtoget
herhunny
.

*Me..
.:
*Butt
hatwi
llwor
sent
he
si
tuat
ionHai
ley
,Br
adwontspar
ethe
poorguy.

*Her..
.:
*That '
swhaty outhinki
ng.Rue
stoptryi
ngt osolvetheproblemst hat
arenotev enyetthere.Youbusyt ryi
ng
tocleanunseenmesses, that'
swhyy ou
confused.Ber ealgi
rl,
andf orcry
ingout
l
oud, st
opt hecompar inggamehey .
Witht hosewor dsshewal kedout,
l
eav ingmei nmyownwor ldofdeep
conf usion.Whatshesai dmadesense
buti justcouldn'tseehowhel pfuland
secur etheideawas.Idi dn'tknowhow
str
ongKudzi was.TrustmeHai l
ey
wor senedt hesituati
on.Isatdown,
thi
nki ngabouthowi wasgoingt o
escapef r
om Br ad'
shook.Iknewbyj ust
goingf orthosei ntr
oducti
ons, t
eari
ng
apar twasgonnaber eal
lytough.

It
ri
edcal
l
ingRav
ibuthi
sphonewenton
voicemail.It houghtofcal l
ingKudzi but
stoppedmy self
.Thatwoul dl abelme
cheap, iwasn' tthatdesper at ethough.
Hav eyouev erbeeni nasi t
uat i
on
wher ebyy oudon' tev enknowwhet herto
l
augh, scream, cryorev enshout ?That
wasmet hist i
me, stucki nthemi ddleof
ahar drockandunabl etomov e.Love
canbecompl i
catedsomet imes, that
's
theonedi seasewi thoutcur e.Inever
thoughti woul dbeaonet imev i
cti
m of
l
ov e,buther ei was, ifeltl
ikei was
l
ockedupi nat inybot tl
e.Myl i
fethough.
.

It
ri
edwor
king,t
hinki
ngthati
coul
d
br
usht
heconfusi
onof fmyhead,
buti
t
didn'twor k.Theconf usionwasget t
ing
evenwor sesi ncet heclockwasn' ton
hold.Iwasr unningoutofpl ansev en
mor e.Ilai dmyheadonmydesk, tri
edt o
sl
eep, andmyphonest artedringing.I
i
gnor edi t, foriknewt hatwasBr ad
checki nguponme.Thecal lerdidn't
stopcal lingbecauseRuewasupset , i
wast henf orcedt opickupt hephone.I
didn'tev encheckt hecalleridentity,
alli
want edwast oaskhi m whyhewas
annoy i
ngme. ..

*
Me.
..
:*Ican'
tev
enconcent
rat
ehey
!
(
Ishout
ed.
)

.
...
.:Ooohi
m sorr
yidi
dn'
tknowi
m
di
sturbi
ngyou.Bye.

(
Hehungup.Damnt
hatwasKudzi
and
whatdi
dido.
)

Ipunchedmydeskr ealhard.Iwas
wait
ingforhiscall
butl ooknow, i
messedup.Thi sdayi hadtor emovethe
pri
deblazer
,wor ethehumbl ej er
sey,
anddowhatwasr ight.Ical
ledhim back
andheignored,imagine.Icall
edagain
andstil
lhedi
dn'
tpi
ckupthecall
.Aft
er
someseconds,hesentat
extandit
reads.
..

✉...: *
Im sorryforbotheringy ou,ionce
thoughti wasgoodenoughf ory ou,buti
guessi waswr ong.Im nothingbuta
nui sancet oy ou.Sotrustmet odayim
l
et tingy ougo, i
m walkingoutofy ourli
fe
forgood.Ipr omi senottocr ossy our
pat hagai n.Iwishy ouallthebesti nyour
l
ifet hough, andi prayforyout ofallin
l
ov ewi thsomeonewhol ovesy outhe
wayi do.From todayy ouarenowf ree
from t hebot hersomeKudzai ,f
orgeti
ev erexi st
ed.*
Trustmei f
eltashar ppai n,str
iki
ng
throughmyhear t
.Tear sst art
edfalli
ng
down, myheadachi ngandmyhear t
beatingsof ast.Icoul dn'tunderstandor
evenexpl ai
nt hef eeli
ng, thepainwas
unbearable.Ist artedcryingsodear l
y
l
ooki ngatKudzi 'smessage.Sohegav e
uponme?Justl i
ket hat?Am i reall
ya
badper son?Al lthesequest i
onshadno
answer s.Whowasr eallygoingt o
answerme? ?Myhear twasi npain, my
heartwasachi ng.Whyme? ?

Af
tersomemi nut
esofquest
ioning
mysel
fnonstop,cry
ingl
i
keababy ,i
st
oppedthebabydrama.Iwalkedtothe
restroom nextt omyof fice,washedmy
facet henr eappli
edmymakeup.Iwas
nowr eadyt odowhati wasaf raidof
doing.Iwasr eadyandpr eparedforthe
consequences.Iwast i
redofev eryt
hing
thatwasgoi ngoni nmyl i
fe.Soi went
backt omyof fice,t
ookmyst affthen
l
ockedmydoor .Ididn'tev entalkto
Hailey .Iusedanel evatort othegr ound
fl
oor ,thenwal kedtot hepar kingbay .
Every t
hi ngwasonf astf orward,iwant ed
towast enot i
me.

Iopenedmycarthenst
art
edi
tright
away.Iwasdri
vi
nghome.Iwanted
somethi
ngther
e.Sowit
hthespeedi
wasusi ng,ireachedhomei nnot ime.I
foundmymom busywi t
hherdesi gns,
i
m pr ett
ysur eshewasupf oraf ormal
occasionofsomesor t.Ij
ustgr eetedher
andwentt omyr oom.Ther ei l
ookedf or
thebestdr essev erandi tookt hatout,
thatwasamar oonlongdr essbyt he
way .Ichosemysi lversti
lletosaswel l
asmysi l
verclutchbag.Il aidt hest aff
onmybag, t
henwentdownst airs.My
mom wasst il
lbusywi thhert hings.

*
Me.
..
:*Busyt
oni
ght
?

*
Her
..
:*Notr
eal
l
y.
*Me..
.:
*Oki
minv
itedtoBr
ad'
spl
ace,
his
si
steri
scomi
ngtoday
.

*Her
..
:*Hismom toldme,
act
ual
l
ythe
whol
ef amil
yisi
nvit
ed.

(
"Gr
eatmov
eBr
ad"
,isai
dtomy
sel
f.
)

*
Me...
:*Okihaveanannouncementt
o
maketoni
ght.

*
Her
..
:*Oooht
hissoundsscar
y.

*
Me.
..
:*Hahahahdon'
twor
ry.
Ithenwentbackt omyroom.Whati was
goingtodowasscar ybuti
wasr eady
foritall
.It
hent ookmyphoneout ,
i
want edtotextKudzi
.Iwashurt
ingbuti
hadt obestrong..

✉...
:*Hey!!Isawy ourmessageand
thankyouf oropeningup.Iwasst il
l
consider
ingy ourproposal butiguessi
tooktoolong.Andi don'tblamey oufor
givi
ngup, iguessi wasnev ergoodf or
youtoo.Byt hewayt hankyouf or
helpi
ngmer eali
semydel ay,idon'
t
regr
eteverknowingy ou,youmyher o.
Todayim wil
li
ngt odowhati wasafraid
ofdoingallt
hiswhile,andallthebestin
yourl
ifeaswell.Andi hopey ouwil
lfind
someonewhowi lll
ovey outhesame
wellyoulov
edme. *

Isentthemessaget henblockedhim, i
didn'twanthimtor eply
.Aftersendi
ng
thatmessagei feltareli
efbutmyhear t
wasst il
lheavyhahahah.Ithendecided
tosleep,iwantedt owakeupwi t
hfresh
mi ndfortheboldactingthatwasahead
ofme.Thi sdayi wasaboutt oclosethe
bor i
ngchapter,
andopenanot herone.
Isleptforwhatf el
tli
ke2hour sand
somemi nutes.Iwokeupwi thmany
mi ssedcall
sf r
om Hai l
ey ,
iknewshe
want edtoaskwhyi disappeared
withouttell
ingher.Ii
gnor edher, i
didn'
t
wantl ectur
es.Ihadsomemi ssedcalls
fr
om Br adandt extstooy ooh.Ijusttol
d
himt ocomeandt akemehomear ound
4pm.Hesai dokandi sleptagain,i
didn'tknowsleepingist hatgood
hahahaha.

Lat
eri
wokeupandi
twasnow
prepar i
ngt ime, yeahi wasnowr eadyf or
thebi gni ght.Soi tookawar m bat h, i
soakedmy sel finthebubbl ebat hf or
somemi nutes.Idi dmyt hi
ngsper fect l
y
andt henwal kedoutoft hebat hroom.I
appliedmyl otion,andchangedt omy
beaut i
ful dress.Icombedmyhai rni cel
y
andt henwor emyheel s.Iwasl ooking
stunning, ilookedmy sel
fint hemi rror
andsmi led.Il ov edthewayi looked.I t
waspastt hreesoi t
ookmyphoneand
mycl utchbagt henwentdownst airs.My
mom wasbusyi nherbedroom aswel l
.
Soaf terwhatf eltl
ike10mi nutes, i
receivedamessagef rom anewnumber ,
sayingt heywer ewai t
ingformebyt he
gate.Iwentt omymom' sr oom andsai d
goodbye,
shecoul
dn'
tstop
complement
ingmylooks.It
henwal
ked
out.

Ifoundani ceBenzpar kedout si

debut
Bradwasnott here.Therewast hi
sot her
nicelookingguywhot oldmet hathe
washi sdr i
ver
,soi gotinwithout
hesitat
ing.Thecarsmel l
edsogood.
Lateraftersomemi nuteshereceiveda
callandhewasl i
ke..

*
Him.
..
:*Yeswear
eonourwayt
her
e..
.
..
..
..
..

*Hi
m...
:*Tr
ustmeshe' sst
unning,
don't
wastet
heopportunit
ytoni
ght.Makeita
onet
imememor ablemoment...

*
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Myhear
tst
art
edbeat
ingf
ast
.Idi
dn'
t
knowwhatt hesepeopl ewer et al
ki
ng
aboutandt heirpl ansaswel l
.Butwi th
thelittl
ethati pickedf rom the
conv ersation, iknewt heywer eplanning
ondoi ngt hewor st.Ihadt othinkfastor
elsei wasgoi ngt oendupi ntrouble.I
hatedBr adbel ieveme, iknewhewas
planningondest r oyingmyl if
e.Buti just
couldn'tfigur eoutorev enpi cturehis
mot ive.It
sagoodt hingi wasseat ingat
theback, soi tookmyphoneoutand
tri
edt exti
ngmybr other,iwant edhimt o
helpme.It ext edhi m butim sur ethe
phonewasof f.Iwasl eftwithnoot her
optionst hant oj ustt ex tmyt alkati
ve
sist
eri n-l
aw, iknewshewasgonna
shoutatmef orwhatIwasaboutt odo,
butst
il
lthatwaswor
thl
ess.

Soi textedHai ley,sher ecei v

edt he
messagebutdi dn'treply.Idi dn'twantt o
cal
l becausei wasaf raidofdr awi ngthe
dri
ver '
sattention.Itslikenonoft hem
wasgoi ngt ohelpmebecauset hepace
wast oosl ow.Ihadt ot hinkofa
dif
ferentpl an.Butt hecarwasmov ing
meani ngt i
mewasact uallynotonmy
si
de.It hent houghtoft alkingt ot heguy,
ioncehear dsomeonesay ingify ou
sweett alkaguy ,hewi llsurelyloosenup.
Wasnotsosur eifitwasgoi ngt owor k,
buti hadnochoi ce, iwant edt ogi veita
tr
y.
*
Me.
..
:*Heywher
ear
eyout
aki
ngme?

*Hi
m..:
*Toyourboy
fri
end'
spl
ace,
byt
he
wayim Char
les.

*
Me..
.:
*Nicetoknowyou,
canibor
row
y
ourphoneiwannamakeacal
l
?

*
Him.
.:
*Toobadi
nol
ongerhav
efunds.

*Me..
.:
*Ooohunluckyme,socani
buy
ai
rt
imesomewher e?Justdr
opme
anywhereneart
heshops.
*Him..
:*Ei
shimfol
l
owingorder
s.Iwas
askednottost
opanywher
e.

*
Me.
..
:*Ok.

Wellasyoucansee,iwasthenstuck.I
l
ookedthedriveri
ndisbel
i
ef,t
ryi
ngto
t
hinkofanotherst
atementtogethim
wi
th..
.

*
Him.
.:
*Wear
eher
enow.

Il
ookedathi
mtr
yingt
ounder
stand
whathewassay ing.Hesmi ledandgot
out.Theplacelookedl i
keapar kand
thatwasnev erBrad'sarea.Ijustprayed
thathewasn'tplanningonpl ayinghis
weirdgameswi thme, i wassur elyi
na
badmoodandt her esultswerenev er
gonnabepl easi
ng.Soi gotoutoft he
cartooandt henaskedt heChar lesguy
themeaningofhi sactions.

*Me.
..
:*Sowher
ear
eweandwhatar
e
wedoingher
e?

*Hi
m..:
*Wasaskedtodropyouhere,
he
wil
lbeher
esoon.Seeyoulat
erMiss
Rue.
Withthosewor ds, hegoti nt hecarand
droveoff.Imagi nel eav i
ngmeal lalone
atsomeunf ami l
iarar ea.Ndakaper er
wa
shame, l
ikewher ewasi goingt ogett he
tr
ansportbackhome?Besi deswhoon
earthaskedChar lest odumpmet here?I
askedmy sel
fbutst il
l couldn'tanswer
my sel
faswel lhahahah.Somet hingthen
crossedmymi nd, ithoughtmay bei was
somehowki dnappedandi nt hepr ocess
ofbeingraped.Ist artedshi v eri
ngand
unknowingl y
, t
earsst artedf all
ingdown
mycheeks.Thatsamet ime, ihear d
somef ootst epsbehi ndme, andi
couldn'
tturnandl ookt hatsi de.Ij ust
cl
osedmyeyes,
say
inggoodby
etomy
l
if
ehahahah.
.

*
Voi
ce.
..
:*
_
I'
ll
tryt
ochangemyway
sfory
ou.
..
.,
_
_
I'
ll
beabet
terman.
..
_
_
I'
dchangemypasti
ficoul
d..
._
_
Butl
et'
sthi
nkaboutt
hef
utur
e..
._
_
Wannamakey
oudr
eam agai
n..
..
._
_
Makey
ouf
lyl
i
ket
hebi
rds.
..
_

Thev
oicewasf
ami
l
iarsoi
slowl
y
openedmyey esandl ookedt hatside.
Theoneper soni wasn'thopi ngt obeat
thisplace,wast heonesi ngingKay sha'
s
*"Quest i
onMyHear t
"*.Hewaswear i
ng
greyAdi dast rackpant sandawhi t
e
muscl etopwi thwhitesneaker st oo.He
wasl ookingmor ehandsome.Ij ust
staredathi m wai t
ingf orhimt osay
what everhef eltli
kesay ing.Iknewhe
want edtot ellmehowi disappointed
him, howi hur thim,andt hati didn'
t
deser vehim.Iwasr eadyf orev eryt
hing
though.

*Him..
.:
*_Youdon'
thavetoquest
ionmy
heart
,il
oveyou.Babycan'
tyouseein
myeyes,il
oveyou.Youdon'thaveto
quest
ionmyheart,
iloveyou.Babycan'
t
youseeinmyeyes,ilov
ey ou.
._

Her epeatedthechor uswalkingtowar ds

me.Nowi wasevenmor econfused, i
couldn'
tev enmov e.Soi j
uststoodt here
l
ikeazombi eandguesswhathedi d??
Hecameabi tcl
oserandt henhugged
mesot i
ght,icoul
df eelhisheart
beat ,
hissweetcol ognefil
ledupmynose
hahahah.Bel i
eveme, i
fel
tcomf ortinhis
armsandhuggedhi m back...Het hen
whispered...
*
Him.
..
:*Il
ovey
ousomuchRue.

Ismi l
edandcoul dn'trespond, the
warmt ht hatwast herei nhi sar ms, was
j
ustsomet hingicoul dn'tletgoj ustli
ke
that.Wi thBr adnai t
onzwal ikei was
huggingat owerl ight,im notdi ssi nghim
butjustbei nghonest .Youseewhat
happenswheny ouf eel l
ikey oui nl ov
e
i
weur ioutofl ovehahaha.Iwasoutof
l
ov ewi thBr ad,nowi nl ovewi thKudzi ,
hopey ougetwhati m say i
nghahahah.
Soaf tersomemi nutesoft hinkingabout
myl if
e, inthear msoft heonei love,he
thenrel easedmef r
om hi sar ms.
Unexpect edlyisaidsomet hingi wasn't
pl
anni
ngonsayi
ng.Iguessi
twasa
sl
eepoft
onguehahahaha.

*Me.
..
:*Youmeanti
twhenyousai
dyou
wal
ki
ngoutofmyl i
fef
orgood?

(
Idon'
tknowhowi
thappened,
buti
tdi
d.)

*
Him.
.:
*Lookmei
ntheey
esbae.

(
Idi
dwi
thnohesi
tat
ion.
)

*
Him.
.:
*Thel
ovei
hav
efory
oui
stoo
muchf ormetojustl
etgo, i
nfactitwi
ll
kil
lme.IloveyouRue,andisentthat
textwanti
ngtoknowify oufeel
the
same.Ihopeim notwrongthisti
me.

(Ti
meupRue,
yougottamaket
hepoor
guysmi
l
eforachange.
..
)

*
Me.
..
:*Il
ovey
out
ooKudzi
.

*
Him.
.:
*Ar
eyouser
ious?

*Me..
.:
*Don'
tmakemechangemymi
nd
hahahah.
*Hi
m. .
:*ThankyousomuchMr s
Car
toonistf
ormakingyourMr
Car
toonistahappyman.

(Hesaidsol
if
ti
ngmeupandi di
d
nothi
ngbutgi
ggle.Iprayedf
orthe
momentt ol
astf
or ever
.)

Thatverysamemomenti wasi nmy

Kudzi'
shands,afamili
arcarstopped
ther
eandf ourmorecarsafterthatone.
Kudzididputmedownandguesswho
gotoutofthefir
stcar,
mybr otherand
hisbae.Theylef
tthedoorsopen, andEd
Sheeran'
s*"Perf
ect"
*wasonf ul
lblast
.
*Hai
ley
:*Thi
sisf
ordoi
ngt
her
ightt
hing
gal
.

*Ravi
.:
*Atleastmypri
ncessmademea
wellr
espectedsomeone.Kudzi
you
gott
abowdownandsayhi etobig
brot
herin-
lawnow.

*Voice:*Nowt hetr
oublestar t
shere.
Rav iukuf
ari
rakutimabunsay aai
te
vakwashav ekumbakweny u?Hahahah
i
ni hanzvadziyanguikat
iir
i kumhanya
nemat winsanengeay a,
ndinoita
wekur ovanepoto.
(
Herecomesthetal
kati
veTat
enda.And
wai
t,i
tsl
i
keRavi'
sfr
iendswer
eactual
ly
t
heoneswit
hthosecars.)

*Kudzi
:*Hahahahkanainimysist
er
akauyanemfaceanengeiwe,
ndomuendesakuoldpeople'
shome,
i
nengeitor
isignyekuchemberai
yoyo.

*
Me.
..
:*Ar
eyousur
eyounotKudzanai
?

*
Tate..
:*Zv
andar
evakaizv
ohahaha.
I
todanananav
ovese,nowayout.
*
Rav
i.
.:
*Doubl
ethel
ove,
hahahah.

Thisdayev eryonewaswi ththeirpar t

ner.
Iwonder edhowt heseguy smanagedt o
knockof ff r
om wor kt hatear l
yona
wor ki
ngday .Buti didn' twannawor ry
my selfwi t
husel esst hi ngs.Ev er
yone
wasj usthappyandi knewt hi
sgat heri
ng
wast odest ructBr ad'sdi nnerpl an.Iwas
happyt heydi dthat ,idi dn'
tmi ndt he
embar rassmentt hati hadcausedf or
mypar entsthough, itwast i
met o
remov et hemask, andshowt hereal
face.Thechefl aterjoi nedusandhehad
abeaut ifulbaezv eny u.Noonewoul d
saynot othoset wohandsomeMut asa
guysbuyt
heper
sonali
ti
esmanje,
ifel
t
pi
tyformymai
guruhahahah.

*
Kudzanai
:
*Vekupf
imbwain
i
nst
alment
s,mazot
ipagoodsr
edunhasi
?

(Ev
ery
onelaughedbuti
was
embarr
assed.
)

*Kudzai
..
:*Ukut
onzwamoy
okut
idai
uri
weka?

(
Tat
eonl
ylaughed.
)
*Kudzanai
:
*May a,
ndi
kutof
ungahangu
kuti
nepaceyavopamadeci
sionsi
yi
,
munochatari
ini
.

*Tat
enda:*HappyaretheMusonzas, for
havi
ngwonderfulsons-
in-l
aw,forthey
shal
lrecei
vemoretrouble.Kudzi12vs4.

(
Thi
sti
mei
coul
dn'
ttakei
t,i
laughed.
)

*Hail
ey.
:*Aren'tyouguyst r
ipl
etsand
Tatendathefraternal
tri
plet
?

*Rav
i.
.:
*Hahahahcomeonbabe,stop
embarr
assi
ngyoursel
f,t
her
eisnot
hing
l
i
kef
rat
ernal
tri
plet
.

Youseehowcr azymywor ldwas?

Hahahanoonewasev ensane.Wel li
thoughtwewer egoi ngt ospendt heday
therebutnop, theguy sgotdi fferent
arrangement s.Ev er y
onegoti nbae' scar
andwel eftthepl ace.Youwonder ing
whi chcari bor der ed?Char lescame
backwi ththeBenzt henhel eft,sowe
l
eftwi tht hatcart houghi wast oldt hati
t
wasn' tbae' scarbutLucas' .Al ongt he
wayKudzi wasbusysi ngingl ov esongs
forme, hewasagoodsi ngert rustme.I
wasenj oyinghi ssi ngingandi feltlikei
hadwi ngs, thati wasf lyi
ng.I flovei s
thi
sgood? ?Theni wasl ostzv ee.Isai d
sotomy
sel
f.Iwasf
eel
i
ngl
i
keal
i
ttl
e
ki
d..

Wel at
erarrivedatt hisotherbeautif
ul
houseinMsasaPar k.Kudzi t
oldmet hat,
thatwaswher etheyst ayedwithhisbest
fri
end.Thegat emanopenedt hegat e
forusanddr ov ein.Thehousewasnot
cheapguy s,i
twasabeaut if
ulplacei
mustsay .Wegotoutoft hehouseand
somehandsomecol ouredguywal kedto
usholdinghisAppl ei Pad.Thatwas
Lucasi guessed.
*
Him.
..
:*Dudewehav
eapr
obl
em.

*
Kudzi
:
*Tel
lmeabouti
t.
.

*Lucas:
*SomeonehackedmyCBZ
accountandwi
thdr
ewallmymoney.

*
Kudzi
:
*What
??How?

*
Him..
:*Idon'
tknowandi
m suspect
ing
t
hatCharl
esissomehowi
nvol
ved.

*
Kudzi
.:
*DudeChar
lesy
ourcousi
n?
*Hi
m..
.:
*Areyouawarethathe'
sfr
iends
wit
hJosepht
herest
aurantowner?
?

(
Myhear
tst
art
edbeat
ingf
ast
.)

*
Kudzi
:*Ar
eyouf
orreal
?Iaskedhi
mto
f
etchmygalf
ewhoursago.

*
Lucas:
*Ei
shsothisisapl
anneddeal
.
Wearei
ndangerguys..
.

(Iwasnowconf
usedandscar
edatt
he
sametime.
)

*
Kudzanai
:
*Wear
enot
.Iwi
thdr
ewt
he
moneymy
sel
f.

(
Iwasshocked.
)

*
Kudzai
:
*Whydi
dyoudot
hatKudzi
?

*Hi
m..
.:
*Iwant
edtopl
easethecul
pri
t,
nowwearefr
eefr
om t
heirweb.

(
Conf
usedev
enmor
e.)

*
Lucas.:
*Comeondudestopspeaki
ng
i
nri
ddles.Whatar
eyousayi
ng?
?
*Him..
.:
*Imt r
yingtosaynoneedf
oryou
toworry,t
hetrait
orisher
ewit
hus.Say
hietoevery
onegal .

(
Hesai
dsot
ohi
sbae.
)

*
Kudzi
.:
*Isn'
tshey
ourgal
fr
iend?
?

*Hi
m...
:*Nahwedon'
tdat
emonst
ers,
wejustdrawt
hem cl
oset
ous.

*
ENDOFCHAPTER*
Fi
nal
l
yRuegav
etheguyachance.

Nowl
ovei
sint
heai
r.

Br
adke?Whatwi
l
lhedo?

Wil
lRue'
spar
entsevergoi
ngt
oaccept
Kudzi
asthei
rsoninlaw?

Whati
sKudzanai
tal
ki
ngabout
??
Howdidhemanagetopl
aywi
tht
he
danger
ouscr
ew???

*#MORECOMMENTS,
MORE
CHAPTERS!
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Kudzanai
*

Peopl
e'
sfav
our
it
ebust
ardont
he
plat
form . Heyguys,
im heref
orashort
ti
met hough,j
ustwannahelpyouwi t
h
theli
tt
leinf
ormati
onthey ouneed.How
areyoudoingthough??

Well l
ikewhati l
asttoldy ou,i had
accept edRuei nmybr other'slif
e,
thoughshehadal ottabaggage
hahahah. .All
i hadtodot opr otectmy
brother,waskeepi nganey eont hei
r
worstenemy .Im surey oual lwonder i
ng
whyi m alwaysl ooki
ngaf t
ermybr other.
Iowet hatmanal ot
.If eeli
ti nmet hat
i
t'sallbecauseofhi sgener osity,t
hatim
walkingt oday.Sobar et hi
si ny our
minds,*"
Wheni tcomestomyt win
brot
her,iwi
lldoanythi
ng"
*.Iknowhe
don'
twantmet oactl i
ket
hat,butst
il
l
ther
eisnothi
nghecando, tostopme.
That'
sjustwhoi am.

Soi stoppedact i
ngmygames, and
star
tedhel pi
ngmybr othertowi nthe
heartoft hegi r
lheloved.Itwasnotan
easyroadsi nceRuehadhernew
misconcept i
ons,andanxi etytowards
men, shewasal way supf or
compar isons.Butt heny ouallknowhow
i
tiswheny ou'r
etryingtosuppr essyour
feel
ings, probablyscaredoft he
i
mpossi bl e.Thatwasher ,sheloved
Kudzi t
oo,butcompar inghi
m withBrad,
andscar edofKudzi t
obei nBrad'sweb.
Wehadt ofighthar
dt ogetri
doft he
fearinher,sothatshecouldletmy
brotheri
n.Itsagoodt hingRavitoohad
nopr obl
em wi t
hmybr otherdati
nghis
sist
er,sowehadsomesuppor t
hahhahah.

Iwasnowcl osetoRav i,butnev ergav e

hi
m ar i
ghttouseme.Mi ndy ou, hestil
l
di
dn'tknowhowt odi f
ferenti
atemy
brot
herandi.Soi wassay ingIjust
di
dn'twannainvolvemy selfi
nat wisted
si
tuati
on,andthenlaterstruggledt oget
outofit
.Sohej usttol
dmeaboutBr ad'
s
mov es, notbecausehewant edmet o
help,butj ustformet oknow.Buti was
goingt opl aymyowngames, f
ort he
sakeofmybr other'
ssaf et
yandhi slov e.
Wi l
ltellyouhowi didthat,
nowl etme
say,i want edRuet ofir
stshowherr eal
side.Itwoul dbeusel ess,f
ightingf or
someonewhodoesn' tfeelthesamef or
yourbr other.Afterall
,iwasdoi ngal l
thesef orbot hofthem.

Wel lwenot i
cedt hatRuewasnow
deeplyinlovewi thKudzi,
butscar
edt o
givein.Soi hadt oactnowsinceitwas
cleartoal
l ofust hatshewassurely
goingtosayy es.Thisi
showi pl
ay ed
thegame. .
..
Atther est aurant,iwasnot i
cingt hat
theywer esomebeaut iful gir
lswho
usuall
yv i
sitedwhent her ewer esome
undergr ounddeal stakingpl ace.Oneof
thegirlswasBr i
ttany,theonei choseto
tri
ckhermi nd.Im surey ouwonder ing
howi not icedt hi
s.Ev eryTuesdayat
l
uncht i
me, wewer en'tallowedt ouset he
kit
chenf orcooki ng,insteadwewer e
mov edt ot heGazebo.Andt hatvery
sameday ,noonewasal lowedt oenter
thekitchen, t
hedoorwi ll becl osedand
onlythesocal l
ed* "Guest s"*,
wer e
all
owedt ouset her oom.Thatar ose
suspicionsandi knewt her ewasnot hi
ng
l
essr
iskypl
annedanddonet
hen.

ThisotherTuesdayatl unchti
me, we
wentt oouror iginalbaseasusual andi
sawBr it
tanywal king,headingthecar
park.Ihear dthem cal l
ingherBr i
tt
any
though,i knowy ou,makut oti
*"KoZita
akariwanepi"*..
..Soi foll
owedBr i
ttand
fl
irt
edwi thher ,j
ustt oloosenupsome
ti
edchai ns...
..

*"Me.
..
:*Nowt heyaskedthemost
beauti
ful
gir
linthewor l
dtowalkar
ound
thecompoundal one,
sincethi
spl
aceis
sur
roundedbybaboons.

(
Shewasst
il
lqui
et.
)

*Me..
.:*Toobadt heyfor
gottoel
iminat
e
theotherstubbornbaboon,t
hatonewil
l
neverignor
emi racl
es.That
'show
smarteriti
s.

(
Shesmi
l
edf
ir
st.
)

*
Her .
..
:*Youl
ookt
oohandsomef
ora
t
alkat
iveguy.

(
Youal
mostt
her
eKudzi
.
)
*Me..
.:
*Theny ousur
elydon'
tknowme
wel
l,idotal
k,butonl
ywithgorgeous
l
adies,t
hat'
showmuchi val
uemysaliv
a.

(
Shebur
stout
.)

*Me..
.:
*Wowy ouhav
eanamazi ngsmil
e.
It
hinkishoul
dsayever
ythi
ngaboutyou
i
sbeautif
ul.

(
Shewasnowbl
ushi
ng.
)

*
Me..
.:
*Iwishtomakeyouthequeenof
myhear
t,andseet
hatpr
ett
ysmile
ev
ery
day
.

(
Poorgi
rl
,shewasnowbl
ushi
ngev
en
mor
e.)

Youseef oryour self

,that
'showi
trappedher .Iaskedf orhercontact
detailsandshegav emer i
ghtaway .So
todr awherabi tcloser,i
advancedmy
fl
irti
ngskill
s,andshewasconv inced
thati l
ovedher .Itwasf orthebestthat
ti
me.Andpl easedon' tgetmewr ong,i
hav emygi rl
fri
endbyt henameNomsa,
wi l
ltel
lyoumor eabouthersomeot her
ti
me. ..
.
Soi wassay i
ng,Brit
tandi becameso
closeandy ouknowhowi tiswi thgirls,
j
ustt ellherthoset hreewor ds,andal l
thesecr etsar edisplayedtoy ou.Boy s
youunder standwhatam t r
yingt osay
ri
ght? ?Girlskeepsnosecr etsfrom t heir
guys, especiallywhent heyhav efal l
en
deeplyi nlovewi thyou.Shewi l
lev ent el
l
yout hecol ouroft heT-shir
therexwas
wear i
ngt hef ir
sttimeheappr oachedher ,
thety peofsuppershehadt hatni ght
andt het ypeofdr eam shehadaswel l,
that'
sj usthowst upi
dt heycanbe
somet i
mes.Sor r
ygirls,nocatchingup
feeli
ngsr ight?Justt ryi
ngtomakea
pointhahahah.
Br i
tttoldmet hatt herewasan
under groundroom andt heent rance
wasi nthekit
chen, undert hedeep
freezer.Imagine, whowoul dhav eknown
that?Thatwaswhyt heynev erwant ed
any onecloset ot hekitchenont heday ,
hahahahf ool
s.Sosheal sot oldmet hat
shehadsomecosmet i
cshops, and
someofherl otionscont ainedsomeof
thedr ugssheboughtf rom t hecr ew,the
suppl i
erwasf rom Zambi athough.Tr ust
meev eryoneint hegr oup, gotsome
busi nessestorun.Br i
ttwas25t hough
andi l
iedthatiwas30, iwant edhert o
suspectnot hing.Tr ustmei madeher
fal
li
nl ovewithmethatshewasev en
wil
li
ngt ojoi
nmei nthet
eam andsigned
herothercosmeti
csshopsupt ome.
That'
sexactlywhereiwant
edthingsto
go.

Sowi t
ht heinformat i
onthatihad
gathered,ithenoffici
all
yaskedthegi r
l
outandshesai dyes.Ialsoaskedhert o
keepourr elati
onshipasecr et
,it
oldher
thatiwasaf raidofherotherpartner
st o
kil
lme.Shewasokwi ththatt
hough,
that'
showdeepl yinloveshehadf al
len
forme, onlyifsheknewi wasupt oher
downf al
l,t
rustmeshewasgoi ngto
makemet hetalkofthetownhahahah.
Wel lt
hisot herdayChar l
essawme
talki
ngt othegi rlandt hat '
swhenhe
approachedme.Af tertal
ki ngf ora
moment ,that'
swhenwer ealizedthat
wewer ebot hupt ot hesamet hingand
that'
showwebecamef r
iends.Wewer e
nowpar t
ner s,helpingeachot her.Brit
t
kepttelli
ngmesomeoft heireasyway s
ofgett i
ngmoney ,andt hati ncluded
hackingpeopl e'saccount s.Shehacked
someot herbusi nessman' saccountand
transferr
edf iv
et housandt omy
account .
..Shewasapr oi tell y
ou...And
iwassur el
ygoi ngt omakeherpayf or
beingaf emal ecr ook..
Wel ltocreatenosuspi cions, ihadt oact
l
ikei wasnowenj oyingthegame.Soi
tol
dhert hatihav
esomeonei disl
i
ked
andt hatsomeonewasLucas, shewas
will
ingtohel pme.Ther easonwhyi
choseLucaswast hati want edi tt
ol ook
l
iket heyhadagr udgewi thJoseph
[Restaurantowner ]
.Youknowt hese
peopl etheyusuall
ypayat tentionto
threatsandcont r
ov ersi
es.Soi t
old
Char l
esandheonl ytoldmet oexplainto
Lucasbef or
ehemakeamov e, wedi dn'
t
wantouref for
tstobeofwast e.Sonow
yousee, wit
hthehel pofmyf ake
gir
lfri
end, wehackedhi saccountand
withdrewhi smoney .Br
ittwasnow
proudofmeandourpl anwast ost
art
ourownl i
veswit
ht hatlargeamountof
money ,shewasnowpl anningon
quitt
ingthegang,sinceshehadt helov
e
ofherl i
febyhersidehahahaah.

Sothedayshewaspl anningoncal l
ingit
quit
s,irecei
vedacal l f
rom Ravi,tel
l
ing
met hatwehadt omeetupwi thourgirls
somewher eorganisedbyKudzi .Noone
knewmyr ealgi
rlsot hiswasthebest
ti
met orevealthetrutht oever
yone.Onl y
iknowswhyi haven'tintr
oducedmyr eal
gir
ltothem.IcalledChar l
esandhet old
met hathewasaskedbyKudzi togo
andf et
chRue.Byt hewayt heyknew
eachot her
,thought heywer en'
tawareof
oursidedeals.Soev er
ythi
ngwentwel l
asperourpl an,andLucasmademe
revealt
het r
uth.*"TimeupBr i
tt
any"
*i
sai
dt hattomy self.

*
Kudzi
:
*Dudey
our
eal
l
ydi
dthat
??

*
Rue.
.:
*Myquest
ionexact
ly.

*Me.
..
.:
*Nowy oucast
ingt
hedumbspel
l
onmybr ot
her
?
*
Tat
e..
.:
*Nowi
thi
nki
m al
mostt
her
e.

(
Wel
ookedatt
hiscr
azydude.
)

*Ravi
..
:*Whatarey
ousay
ing?You
almostwhere?

*Tat e.
..
:*Twinsdif
ference.Mumwe
i
bl ousemumwebhachi .Sakaava
vat i
unganidzapanondi vovaBlouse,
vachangobv akutaurandi v
ov aBhachi
.
Bhachi '
sjobistomakesur eBlouseis
cleanhahahahah.

*
Hai
l
ey:
*Real
l
yTat
e?Hahahahi
thought
y
ouhav
esomeusef
uli
nfot
ogi
veout
.

*Me...
.:
*Iwonderwhyofallthe
prof
essions,youchosetobeadenti
st.I
feel
pityforyourpat
ient
s.I
m sure
unotombov ai
samazinoekumatadza
pafr
ont.

*
Lucas:
*SoChar
lesi
scl
ean?
?Thanks
man.

(
Aizv
e,al
mostf
orgott
ir
ipanev
anhu.
)

*
Me.
.:
*He'
sonhi
swayh.
..
(Ididn'
tfi
nishmyst
atementandRue
screamed.)

*
Her
..
.:
*Kudzi
wat
chout
!!
!!

Iturnedandl
ookedthesideshewas
pointi
ngandiwasli
ke..
..
..
.

*
ENDOFCHAPTER*
Hatsofff
orthecr
azybuti
ntel
l
igent
Kudzanai
..
..
..
.

Wi
l
lBr
adandcr
ewgetof
fthehook?
?

WasBr
it
tloy
alt
oKudzi
orpr
etendi
ng?
?

Whatdi
dFancyRuesee?
?

Fi
ndouti
nchapt
er21.
..
..
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Rudoa.
k.aRue*
Trustmewhenmybr otherinlawwas
tell
ingushi sst or
y ,ialmostt houghtthat
hewasnar ratingabook.Tobehonest
thewayhel ooked, andt hewayheact ed
ka,total
lydifferent.Buthewasser ious
andt hat'
swheni sawt hesensei nhis
story.Iadmi r
edhi sl ovef orhisbrother
though.Hehadwhati woul dli
ketocal l
*"TrueLov e"*
, ri
skinghi slif
ef orhis
brother,hewasoneofaki nd.Andt hei
r
l
ov ewasunbr eakabl e,i waspr oudtobe
i
nl ovewi t
hKudzi ,theseguy sreal
ly
knowswhatr eal lovei s.
Well aftersomeexpl anati
onsand
narrati
ons, Kudzi andTat estar
tedt heir
usual teasi nggame.Thoset woy ou
woul dt hinkt heywer ebloodbrother s,
alway soneachot her '
snecks.Buti twas
i
mpossi blethough, Tatewasol dert han
thetwi ns, butalway sbehav i
ngliket he
youngerone.Thatt i
met heseguy swer e
busyt alking, isawChar l
eswitha
hosepi peandheadi ngKudzi'sdirection.
Iscreamedbecausei knewhewas
surelygoi ngt ofai
nthahahah.Buti twas
almostt ool atebecausesomeoft he
waterr anov erhistrouser..
.

*Hi
m..
.:
*JeezRuei t
houghtyousaw
sometowerl
ightf
all
ing.Toomuch
noi
se.

(I
magine.Iwar
nedhi
m akut
otaur
ahake
zvaanoda.
)

*Kudzai
:*Wenay
oudon'
tknowhowt
o
saythanks?

*Tat
e..
.:
*Whooneart
hwoulddatea
gangbaejustt
odr
awhercl
oser
?

(
Uyuwoai
ngomut
sazv
irer
e.)

*Kudzanai:
*Thankstoot
hist
,ko
kutokanganwakutit
inemuenzi
.Guy
s
moonawozv
ekui
tanami
str
essav
a.Idi
d
mypart
.

*Tat
e..
:*Mysurger
yfi
rst,
i j
ustwanna
removethef
rontli
nechete,f
oran
awesomelook.

*
Ravi
..
:*I
m surey
ouarealsoawaret
hat
t
hesegangbaest
rai
nedkungFu.

Somethingshockedmethough,allt
he
i
nsul
ts,namecal l
i
ngsandstaff
,Brit
t
wasjustquietl
i
keshewasdeaf .The
onl
ymov eshemadewascrying.Im sur
e
shewashear t
brokenorsomet hing, l
i
ke
shelovedKudz i withheral l,notknowi ng
thattheguywasj ustaf t
erherdi gni ty.
Tosomeext enti doubt edherdul lness
l
ev el
though.Li kemanypeopl ewhoar e
i
nv ol
vedi nsuchdeal s, theygotbr ains,
andfool i
ngthem i ssomet hingt hat
needst acti
csandi ntel l
igence.Soi had
somequest i
onmar ks.Butt hent hinking
aboutthet hingcal led* "LOVE" *,not hing
seemst obei mpossi ble.Forlov e,y ou
candosomet hingy ounev erdr eamtof
oreveni magi ned.Wi t hlovey oucan
evenstoopl ow, actdumb, itslikel ove
canactual l
yincr easespeopl e'sinsani ty
l
ev el
shahahah.That 'showi tis,when
youfall
endeepl yinl ov ewithsomeone,
youwil
lbesoblindthatyoucan'teven
seethedi
ffer
encebetweeny ourri
ght
andlef
thand.Thoseinlove,
oronce
fal
l
endeeplyli
kethi
s,yougetwhati m
sayi
ng.

SothenChar lessuggest edthatwewent

i
nside.Itwasagoodi deabecausei t'
s
l
iketheywer esomeuncl earli
nes.This
ti
mear oundhehel dBrit
t'shandandwe
all
foll
owedbehi nd.Kudzanai r
an
upstai
rs,hewant edtochangehi swet
tr
ouserhahahah.Thel oungewasbi g
andbeaut i
ful
, surethecolouredguygot
styl
e.Wesatdown, everyonewithhis
part
nernextt ohi m.Brit
twasst i
llcr
ying
andilookedather
,wonderi
ngifshe
wasok.Af t
ersomeminutes,
Charles
thenstar
tedtal
ki
ng.

*Him.
..
:*Soguy s,asiti
srightnow,no
oneissuspectingourmov es.Thanks
Kudzif
orpickingoutthegr oup
weakness,hahahahnothingwi l
lhappen
tr
ustme.

*Me..
.:
*Butcanweact ual
l
yr ej
oice?
Aren'
ttheseguyssomehowpl anning
somethingorishoul
dsay,canwef ul
l
y
tr
ustthisgal
?
*Kudzanai:
*Tr
ustmeri
ghtnowshe'
s
vul
nerable,
wehaveal
lthepower
sinour
hands.

*
Bri
tt
any :
*Pleaseicandoanythi
ngfor
y
ou,j
ustdon'tgetmearrest
ed,ihav
e
t
wocrippledtwinst
olookaft
er.

(
Sni
ff
ing.
)

*
Tat
e...
:*Gangbaesdon'
tcryhey,
leav
e
t
hecr
y i
nggamef oroursweetgal
shere,
y
oudisgusti
ngus.

(
Hahahaht
hatonewasapsy
cho.
)
*Charles.:
*Itlookslikethei
rgr
oupisnot
l
ikethosest rongdr uggroupswewatch
i
nmov ies,hahahaht hat'
sagroupof
preschool ki
ds, experi
menti
ngnew
thi
ngs.

(Theguyslaughedbuti
didn'
tsee
anythi
ngfunny.
)

*
Lucas.:
*Charl
eshowdidyoumanage
t
obef r
iendswi
thJoseph?

*Char
les:
*Ithappenedcoi
nci
dent
all
y
wheni wasactual
lyl
ooki
ngforawayin.
Theot herdayi wassur v
ey ing, t
hey
droppedt heirpackagemi stakenlyandi
wentwi tht hepackaget ohi m.Toscor e
manypoi nts, i
li
edt hatiwasoncepar t
ofanot hergang.It rickedhi m wi tht he
i
nf or
mat ioni t
ookoni nternetandhe
wasconv incedt hati r
eall
yknowmuch,
sot oshutmymout hup, hel etmei n.
From then, thereisnot hi
ngt heydot hati
don'tknow.That 'swhyi m say ingwear e
aheadoft hem, Bradi snotmuchi nto
thatgang, heonl ywantapar ticulardr ug
from them, i heardhe'susi ngi tathi s
surgery,don' tknowhowandwhyt hough.

*Rav
i.
..:
*Sowhataboutt
hedi
nnerhe
hadplannedt
hen?
*Charl
es:*Accordingtowhati have
fi
guredout ,
hewaspl anningon
proposingtoRuebef or
eshef indsout
abouthisblackdeals.Sowecanev en
gettheseguy sarr
estedtonightbutthat
i
si f
,Bri
ttiswill
i
ngt ocooperate.

*
Rav
i.
..
.:
*Whati
sshesupposedt
odo?
?

*
Char
les:
*Test
if
yint
hecour
tofl
aw.

Wealll
ookedatBr
it
tandshelooked
down.Shest
art
edcryi
ngagai
n,im sur
e
thatwasal ottoask.West ar
ted
droppingoursuggest ions,makingsur e
thatwewer esafe.Theguy sthen
suggestedt olockBr ittup,givi
ngher
enought imet othink.Shet henf i
nall
y
tol
dust hatshedi dn'
tj oi
nthegangby
choice,butf or
cedbyhersi tuati
on.She
wasoncer apedandl atergavebirthto
cri
ppledt wins.Shewasanor phanf r
om
anor phanaget houghandshegav ebirth
i
nt hestreetswi t
hnoonenextt oher .
Thev erysameni ghtshegav ebir
th,she
wasr escuedbysomeot hermanwho
wasdel iv
er i
ngdrugst oBrad'screw.He
tookheral ongwi ththet winstothe
hospital
.
Thatsamemani st heonewhohel ped
heropencosmet i
cshops.Tohershe
thoughtt hatwasgenui nelov e,butl at
er
themant oldhert hathewant edhert o
j
oint heirgroupsincet hatt i
met hey
neededaf emal efiguret or epresent
them insomev ar
iousuni dent i
fi
ed
occasions.Shewasdesper ateandshe
hadnot hing,soshegav ein.That '
show
shej oi
ned, andshewasdoi ngal l thi
sf or
hertwinst ogr owwel lsincet heyneeded
manyexpensi vethi ngsf ort hei
r
wellbeing.Soaccor dingt oher ,when
shesawKudzi showi ngsomei nt erests,
shet houghtt hatshehadf oundt ruelov e
andshewaswi l
li
ngt ol eav ethedi rty
games,
andstar
tar
ealandcl
eanl
i
fe
wit
hsomeoneshel
oved.
..
.

Ifel
tsorryf
orher ,shewast rappedbut
l
earnedherl essonthough.Iknewshe
wasgonnabef i
ne,onlyifshewant edto
be.SoRav ithencalledmom anddad,
aski
ngt hem not ogot oBr ad'splace.He
convi
ncedt hem wel lunt
il t
heyagr eed.I
t
wastought houghsi ncet heyweal most
donepreparing.Asf ormei just
swit
chedof fmyphone.Thatmomenti
fel
tsafeandmyhear tatease. .
.

Guesswhat
??Kudzanai
cal
l
edhi
sbae,
andforthef
irstt
ime,Nomsawas
i
ntroducedt
ous.Guyst hegi
rlwascut
e
thoughshyhahahah.

*Tat
e..
.:
*Atl
eastshe'
snotmysi
ster
.
Haaanganodzakadai
kumbakwedu
bodo.

(
Uyuwonekudenha.
)

*Kudzanai:
*Ini
wondaizodanana
nehanzvadziyakokut
indopengaher
e?

*
Rav
i.
..
:*Guy
snother
eaaah,
ever
yti
me
wetogether,y
ouenj
oymaki
nguswat
ch
yournonsense.

*Kudzanai
:*Bett
ernotinvi
temekana
ngomai yi
iri
pobecausendotoi
ri
dza
chete.

(
Guy
sinzwai
wo.
)

*Me...
:*Kudzicany outel
lmesomet hi
ng?
Idon'twannainv ol
vemy sel
fimy ou
crazybrot
her,pleasetell
me, howam i
goingtorecognisey ou?
?

*
Him.
..
.:
*Nother
ebae,
itwi
l
lbey
our
secr
et.

*Kudzanai
:*Ify
outal
kingaboutthe
blackspotbehi
ndyourlef
tear,
ihave
thatoneaswell.

*
Kudzai
:
*DamnKudzi
wakakai
tar
ii
ni
i
we?

(Haaapanehuzombi
ehunopf
uur
aapa
here?
)

*Kudzanai
:
*Ndi
rimudumbuzv
ee,
wakapusamupf
ana.
*Tatenda.
:*Pamaki dney
saye,mumwe
haanakuiswar ekuri
ghtkul
efthere?
Kudzanaipfungwadzakedzi nenge
dzakait
abananai dzi.

*
Rav
i.
.:
*Hahahahahzv
aper
aaaah.

Tat endanaKudzanai weren'tsupposed

tobeatt hesamepl ace,thesamet i
me,
surenoi sey egayega.ButBr i
tteven
smi led,icouldseeshewasi npain,
strugglingtobest rong.Wel lwest art
ed
hangi ngoutascoupl es,i
twasgoodhey .
Char lesandt heothert hr
eeguy sf i
rst
tookBr ittt
oapl acet heywer eplanning
onl
ocki
ngherup.I
twascleart
hatshe
wasgoi
ngtogi
vein,shehadnochoice.

Kudziandiwentoutsi
de,hecoul
dn't
st
opthankingmef orl
ovi
nghim.Trust
mei f
eltwholewi
thhim.Sotelly
ou
what?
? ?Hethentoldmethesecret
,,
,
,

*
Him.
.:
*Babel
ookatme.

(
Idi
d.)

*
Him.
.:
*Lookatmyey
ebr
ows.
(
Idi
dbutst
il
lconf
used.
)

*Hi
m..:
*Lookcl
oserhahahaht
hat
's
wherethet
ri
cki
s.Tari
sisai
maimwana.

(
Idi
dandthenhegavemehisphone,
wi
thapi
ctur
eofKudziandhi
m.)

*
Him.
.:
*Nowcompar
e.

*Me..
.:
*Damnwhyndai
sazv
ionaal
lthi
s
whi
le?

*Him..
:*Hahahahhazvi
onekebutkana
ukatar
isi
saunozvi
ona.Sonowy ouknow
y
ourmanandy
ourbamkur
uri
ght
?

*Me.
..
:*Def
ini
tel
yhahahahaendef
uti
soo.

Imagineguy s.Kudzigotthickanddark
eyebrows, andKudzanai gotthi
nandnot
sodar keyebr ows.Kutosiyanachaiko
hahahah.Forr ealzvai
toonekabut
becauset aisazvii
samumusor o,
tai
sazvionahahahaha.If el
tli
kef l
yi
ng,
sureKudzanai ndaisat
ombomut emba,i
knewhewassomehowgoi ngtotryhi
s
gamesonme.
*Me..
.:
*Thankshun,
nowi
feel
OK
hahahah.

*Him..:
*Hopewany atsot
ari
sisa,
you
knowKudzi kanaakadakuitamaf unni
es
akeanogonakungozor aeyeli
ner
ukatadzakuzi
vafutihahahah.

*Me.
..
:*Hahahahy aaanozv
ii
ta.Iwi
ll
makesurekutindotar
isi
sakusvi
ka
ndaj
air
ahahahahah.

*
Him.
.:
*Il
ovey
ouMr
sKudzai
Mut
asa.

*
Me.
..
:*Lov
eyout
ooMrRudoMut
asa.
*
Him..
:*Hahahahanowwav
emai
nini
v
aKudzanainotmybae.
.

Lovewasnowi nt heair,
Kudzi
compl etesme.Wet alkedaboutal otof
thi
ngs, i
tslikewehadbeeni nl ov
ef or
somey earsnotsomehour s.Laterwe
wentbacki nsideandwest artedmi xi
ng
andmi ngling, getti
ngt oknoweach
otherbet t
er.Tat e'
sgi r
l'
snamewas
Yolandaandshewascool li
keNomsa.I
don'tevenknowhowi thappened, cool
gir
lswi t
ht alkativedudeshahahah.
Charlesandcr ewl atercamebackand
Charl
es'baeaswell
.Lucaswasr eal
l
y
happyguys.Heendedupshouting,*
"I
won'tgotoGermany"
*,hahahah
Zimbabweansmanipulat
edhim...
.

Thedaywentwel l
,everyonewasi nthei
r
bestmood.I m sureBradt r
iedt ogeta
holdofmebutcoul dn'
thahahah.Ar ound
8pm itwastimet ogobackt oour
respecti
vehomeshahahaha.I twasan
advantageforthetwinsandLucas, hanti
vait
ovepambapav o.SoKudzi
suggestedont aki
ngmehome, il
oved
theidea,i
tsli
kei wasn'tgettingenough
ofhim .Kudz anaiwast akingNomsa
too,andtherestofthegroup,doingthe
same.Al ongtheway ,wewerelist
ening
toZandaZakuza' s*"Headtotoes"*
, i
l
ov edthesongandt helyri
csshame.I m
suresomeofy ouknowt hesongand
howi tmakesy oufeelwhenyoui nlove
withMr /
Mr sRight.
.

Welll
aterwearr
ivedhomebutf ound
twoblackcar
spar kedout
sideouryar
d.I
tol
dKudzitopar
ksomemet r
esaway
andcall
edmom. .

.
..
.:Rav
isai
dyouonyourwayhere.
Hur
ryupsweetyBr
adlef
tjustnow.He
l
ookedsadyouneedt
ocal
lhi
m andt
ell
hi
mt owai
tfory
ou.

*
Me.
..
:*OKt
hanksmom.

(
Ihungup.
)

*
Kudzi.
:*Sohe'
stheonewi t
hthecar
r
ight
?Andthentheotheroneiswho'
s?

*
Me.
..
.:
*Myquest
ionexact
ly.

*
Him..
.:
*Noopt
ion,
wegoi
ngbackt
o
MsasaPar
k.
*
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SoBri
tt
anyi
sdumborpr
etendi
ngt
obe
dumb?

Char
leske?
*"
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swi
thBr
ad?

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sKudzi
tal
ki
ngabout
??

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ndouti
nthenextchapt
er.
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Rudoa.
k.aRue*
*
Me...
:*NoKudzi
.Iwi
l
lwal
ktot
hegat
e
f
rom her
e.

*Him.:*Andi
m notlett
ingyoudothat.
I
tsei t
herhewannakidnapy ouorhe'
s
actuall
ywait
ingt
oseekut iuchasvi
ka
nani.Whodoy outhi
nkwi l
lj
ustrel
ax
aft
ersuchanembar rassment??

(
Hewasmaki
ngsenset
hough.
)

*
Me...
:*Sot
hent
akemet
oRav
i'
spl
ace
i
nst
ead.
*
Him.
:
*Mor
esaf
ert
her
e.

Wi t
houtwast i
ngmucht ime, her eversed
anddr oveofftoAv ondale.Iwasnow
crackingmyheadwi thquest ions.What
i
fBr adhadf oundout ?Whati sBr i
ttany
wasl y
ing?Whati shegoi ngt odot ome?
Wi l
lhespar emyl ov eKudzi aswel l
?Al l
thesequest ionshadnoanswer s.Iknew
therewasgoi ngtobeadanger ous
battle,somef ight
ingf orwhatwast heirs,
somef orwhattheyclaimedt obet heirs,
somef orwhattheywant edt obet heir
s.
Thet houghtofi tfri
ghtenedmeand
broughtshi verstomybody .Kudzi
noticedt hatmymi ndwasf arawayand
hedeci
dedt
oask.

*Hi
m..:
*Babeareyouok?Whyar
eyou
qui
etal
lofasudden?

*Me..
.:
*Im okdon'
twor
ry,
justwor
ri
ed
aboutyou.

*
Him.
.:
*Me?Whataboutme?

*
Me...
:*Younowpar tofmymessedup
l
i
fe.Icar
ryalotofbaggageandi
..

(
Hedi
dn'
tl
etmef
ini
sht
alki
ng.
)
*Him..
:*Don'
tevermentionthewor d
baggageagain.Wear ei
nthi
st ogether
andpleaseneverdoubtmylovef oryou.
Il
ovey ouRue,fr
om thebott
om ofmy
heart
.

(
Ifel
ttear
srol
l
ingdownmycheeks.
)

*
Him.
.:
*Oohbabest
opcr
ying.
.Heyl
et
medothi
s..
.

*
Me.
..
:*Whatar
eyoudoi
ngnow?

*
Him.
.:
*Fi
ndi
ngsomewher
etopar
k.
*
Me.
..
:*NoKudzi
itsl
atel
et'
sgo.

*
Him.
.:
*Whocar
es?

Hel ookedser i
ousandhest oppedat
thisotherfil
lingstati
onandpar kedt her
e.
Hegotoutoft hecarandcamet omy
side.Heopenedt hef ormeandi gotout
aswel l.Het henhuggedme,
many emwewozv aanoita,
istar
ted
cryingthoughi di
dn'tknowwhati was
cryingforhahahahah.Ther ewasso
muchcomf ortinhisarmsandi di
dn't
wannal etgo, i
wantedt obetheret i
l
l
amen.

*Kudzi
:*Ipromisemylove,iwil
ltrymy
besttomakey ouhappy.I
m notper f
ect,
andsomet i
mesi domakemi stakes,but
icanassureyouthatiwil
lneverleave
yourside,
iwil
lalwaysbethereforyou.

*
Me.
..
:*Thanky
ouKudzi
,il
ovey
ou.

*
Him..
:*Nowar
eyouf
eel
i
ngbet
termy
l
ove?

*
Me.
..
:*Mor
ethant
hewor
dit
sel
f.
*
Him.
.:
*Let
'sgot
hen.
.

James, Thomas, Nigel ,

Pr i
nce, Deon,
Ryan,Ter r
y,Takudzwa, Si
mba, Kuda,
John,Mi ke,Evans,Tinashe, Br i
an,i
mean" Boy s"outthere,sitdownandpay
attent
iontowhatauntSi mahi saboutt o
say .YousawKudzi '
smov es, di
dyou??
Good!!Makeherf eelspeci al,makeher
feelwhole,makeherf eel humbl edand
youwi l
lbet heonlyKi ngrulingt he
Kingdom.Justt hosel it
tlethings,sil
ly
mov es,crazysteps,youwi l
l surel
ygoa
l
ongway .DidKudzi buyheraVer sace
handbag ‍♀?Gucci wrestwat ch?
Ruehadev erythingsheneeded, bei t
fancyclot hes, gadget s,fancyhai rstyles,
butshej ustdi dn'thav et heot herpi ece
ofherlife.I m notsay ingdon' tspend
muchonher ,butt hesmal lsignsof
grati
tude, def i
nesar eal man.I tsnot
aboutdoi ngbi gthings, butshowi ngl ove
andappr eci ationev enwi t
hsmal lthings.
Wipehert ear swhenshe' scr yi
ng, of
courseshegothandshahahahahbut
yoursar en' tachi ngr i
ght ?Laughwi t
hher
evenwhenshecr ackssi ll
yjokes, of
coursey ounoti nsane, buty oujustdon' t
promot eawkwar dnessr i
ght ?Justbea
reall
ov emat e, t
heoneper sonshewi ll
seeinherey esev eryt i
meshecl oses
them.Bett
erholdont
ight
,val
ueher
puri
tyandfeel
thepur
enessofher
heart
..
..

Somymanopenedt hedoor ,i gotinand

heclosedi t
.Hegoti naswel landwe
l
eftthepl ace.Iwasnowf eelingokandi
fel
tspeci alknowi ngt hatKudzi was
goingt obebymysi denomat terwhat .
Im surey oual lknowandunder st
and
thi
sf eeli
ng, icouldn'
tst opsmi l
ing,iwas
reall
yhappy .Sot hedr i
vewasnow
awesomeandi twasshor t.Wear rivedat
Ravi'
spl acewi t
houtmenot icing.Itwas
agoodt hingwef oundhi m alreadyt her
e,
soKudzi didn'tstaylongthenl eft
.I
missedhimthemomenthel
eft
hahahaha.

*
Me.
..
:*Theguyi
shunt
ingmedown.

*Him..
:*Don'
tworrypr
incesshe'
sgoi
ng
behindbarssoon.

*
Me.
..
:*Andwhat
'supwi
thy
ourguy
s??

*
Him. .
:*Theyweresti
ll
diggingmuch
i
nformation.ThegangbossisinGweru
r
ightnow, he'
stheonewhospecial
izes
i
ntheimpor ti
ngandexport
ingofdrugs.
Sakat
heyhadtofi
rstmakesur
ethey
havei
tal
lcov
ered.

(
Yhoi
tsoundedmor
escar
ier
.)

*
Me.
..
:*Sohowf
arar
etheynow?
?

*
Him.
.:
*Theyar
edone.
.

Ismiledandwalkedaway ,
going
upstair
s,i
wantedtoleavehissight
beforehetol
dmet hathewaski dding.
Youseei wasfadeup,thi
shideand
seekgamewasnol ongeri
nteresti
ng.I
neededmyf reedom backhey .Soi went
upstairsandcal ledmom, informingher
thatiwasn' tcomi ngback, toomuch
congest ionsoi drov eof ftoRav i
'splace.
Ihadt ol i
et oavoidinter vi
ews.Tr ustme
thenextday ,iwasgoi ngtot ellt
hem the
true,i
di dn'twantmypar entst ostayin
thedar knessl i
ket hat.Soi tookaqui ck
war m bat handt henchangedt omyPJs
thenwentdownst airsf ordinner,yeahi
washungr y.
..

Thisdayt hechefmadesomenoodles
andi r
eallyenj
oyedthem.Raviwasi
n
hisli
brary,doi
ngsomeendless
researches.Il
ethi
m beandthen
enjoy edmyf oodt henlaterwentt osleep.
Ididn'tswi t
chonmyphonet houghi was
missi ngmyhunbae, ijustdidn'twant
Brad'snonsenset omessmymood.Soi
thensl ept,wit
hasmi l
ingf ace.
Tomor rowwasanot herday ,withi t
sown
stories.Ievenhadawonder f
ul dream of
ourweddi ng,i
twasanawesomeev ent
andi wishedi hadrecordedi t,
t hen
wat chedi tl
aterhahahah.Sot henext
dayi wokeupwi t
hRav iknocki ngmy
door ,thisonewasannoy ingsomet imes.

*
Me...
:*That
'swhyi hat
esleepi
ngher
e,
i
tsl
i
kei wil
lnevergetenoughsl
eep.
(
Hel
aughed.
)

*Him..
:*Ndezvakoi
zvo.Any wherey ou
notgoingtoworktoday,heardHailey
achit
iyoudon'
thavemucht odo.Im not
goingtoworkaswell,sowillusethis
dayasaf amil
yday.

(
Mur
oor
awangumakuhwaaaah.
)

*Me..
.:
*Fami
l
yday?Meani
ngwegoi
ng
outasafami
ly?

*
Him.
.:
*Notr
eal
l
y.Wegoi
nghomeand
expl
ainevery
thingtomom anddad,we
wannagetov erthi
sBradi
ssueassoon
aspossibl
e.

*
Me.
..
:*Ni
cepl
anshey
.

*
Him.
.:
*Hopet
heywi
l
lunder
stand.

*Me..
.:
*Don'twor
rytheywill
,i
tsnotlike
theyhaveknownthi
srelat
ionshi
psince
backthen.Nostr
ongbondcr eat
edy et.

*
Him..
.:
*Mythought
saswell
.Wellwe
l
eav
inginanhour
,soyoubet
tergetup.
*
Me..
..
:*Jeezy ourbedgotnocomfor
t,i
f
eel
li
keim sleepingonthefl
oor.
.

*
Him.
..
:*Webot
hknowy
oudon'
tmean
i
t.

Hel aughedandwal kedout ,

ithengot
outoft hecov ers.Imadet hebed,then
wentt otakeawar m bat hbeforeleavi
ng
ther oom.Soi f
irstswitchedonmy
phone, eishihadmi ssedmyot herhalf
.I
thenwal kedtot hebat hroom andi fel
t
goodaf t
erabat h.Af t
erthati appl
ied
l
otiont henchangedt omypeach
j
umpsui t
.Themomenti wascombi ng
myhai r
,mysoul matecal
l
edme.I
smiledlooki
ngatthephone,
becauseof
thatguy,igotgoosebumps.

*
Me.
:*Hey
.

.
..
:Queenofmyhear
t.

*Me.
:*Howareyouthi
smor
ningand
howwasyourni
ght?

.
.:Mynightwasl
ong,imi
ssedy
ou
l
i
kei l
astsawyouinyear
s.
(Ismil
ed,amul
ti
mil
l
iondol
l
arsmi
l
e
hahahahah.
)

*Me.
:*Imi
ssedyoumor
e,i
tsl
i
ket
he
ni
ghthad72hour
s.

..
:Sowhat'
supfort
oday
?Eishwhy
can'
tij
ustmakeyoumywife?Iwanna
seeyouever
yday
.

*Me.:
*Worrynot,
iwil
l beallyour
ssoon.
Wehav eafamil
ymeet ingsoi wi
llbe
spendi
ngthedaywithmom, dadand
yourcr
azybrot
her-
in-
law.
 ..:
Stopcall
ingmybr other-
in-l
awthat
,
tr
ustmei lovey oubecauseyounot
Tatenda'
ssister,iwasnevergonnadate
youknowingt hatyourel
atedt othat
psychohahahahah.

*Me.:*Mybrot
her'
sfri
endisabrot
her
too,soyousti
l
ldati
ngTatenda'
ssi
ster
hahahaha.

.
.:Hai
wawo,j
okesasi
debabe,canif
it
i
nyourprogr
am t
oday?Justanhourwi
l
l
bef
inebyme.Imissyoushaa.
*
Me.
:*Mmmm may
bel
atert
oday
,wi
l
llet
y
ouknow.

.
.:Oksweethear
t.Nowi cangot
o
work,y
oursweetvoicej
ustmademy
day
.Lov ey
oubabe.

*
Me.
:*Lov
eyout
oo.

Hedroppedthecallandiwasblushing,
smil
ingl
ikeiwasev engonnatearmy
mouthuphahahaha.Hej ustmademy
dayandiprayedf
ornot hi
ngtospoilmy
bestmood.Wellicombedmyhai rthen
l
aterwentdownst airs,Raviwasinhi
s
room soi wenttot heki t
chen.Made
my selfsomecer ealsandenj oy
edthem
sit
tingont het able,don'taskmewhy
though, idon'thav etheanswer.It
happened, noitdidn'thappen.

Wel laf
tersomemi nutesoffeeding
my self
,iwenttothesitt
ingr
oom,
waitingforRavi
roMusonza, j
eezmy
brotherisslowhenyu,youwouldt hi
nk
thathewasappl yi
ngsomemakeupon
hisface,haven'
tseensuchasl owguy
yho!Butlaterhewalkedin,l
ooking
hotterli
kehewasi nvi
tedtoaRoy al
weddi
ng.

*
Me.
..
:*Youchangedy
ourmi
nd?

*
Him.
:
*Nopwhy
?

*
Me. .
.:
*Youl
ookt
oogoodf
oraf
ami
l
y
t
hing.

*Hi
m.:*Ther
eisnodoubty
ou'
remy
mother'
sdaught
er,
toomany
obser
vati
ons.

*Me..
.:
*Atleastt
heyar
eaccur
ate
hahahah.
*
Him.
.:
*Getal
i
fe!

Hahahahhel edt hewayt othegar age,

smili
ngl i
kehehadr eceivedacal l
f r
om
Hail
ey ,
yeahi knewi t.Hechosehi sl and
crui
serthisday,your emembert henew
babyf r
om backi ntheday s?Hahahah.
Soi t
ookHai l
ey '
sseat ,andRav iwentt o
l
ockt hedoorsf i
rst
.Hedi dn'ttaket i
me
thencameback.That '
showwesai d
goodby etomybr other '
spal ace,headi ng
home.Iwasbusyt alkingt omyMr
Charmingonwhat sApp,Rav icouldn't
stoplookingatme, im sur eblushing
turnedmycheeksgr eenhahahaha,t
he
wayhewasl ookingatme, saysi
tall
.We
l
aterarr
ivedhomet hough,ihadmissed
homel i
keithasbeeny ear
s,homeis
alwaysthebestt
r ustme.

Mymom l ookedwor riedthough, iknew

i
twasal lbecauseofBr ad,buti was
certai
nthatthef eelingwasnotgoi ngto
takelongtof adet hough.Daddi dn'tgo
towor kthi
sday .Sot hebreakfastwas
servedandi atelikei wascomi ngf rom
Somal i
a,mymom l ookedatmeandi
knewt hatlookthough, hahahahi twas
nothingotherthanzv amaf unga,yes
i
zv ozvohahahah.Weenj oyedt hef ood
andRav iwasgi vi
ngmet hat* "Tell
them" *kindast are,buti i
gnor ed.Ionce
hear dsomeonesay ing,ti
mey ekudy a
haisiriy
oy ekubvunzanamakuhwa,
mai ntesti
nesanot samwamunhu
akazokangani si
kamudumbu, ifim not
mist aken,heev ensai dndozv inokonz er
a
maul cers,kutsamwi samai ntestines
neny ayadz i
sinabasa, sakai didn'twant
thatt ohappent omypar ents.Tr ythat
andy ouwi l
lremembermehahahah.

WellwithRaviaround,iwasforcedto
spil
lthebeans.Ididandtheywer e
shocked.Iexpl
ainedeveryt
hingandwi th
thehelpofmybr other
,theygottheclear
pi
ctur
e.

*Mom.:*Inev
erpi
ctur
edhi
mthat
usel
ess.

*Dad..
:*Sur
emunhuanonzi
anotor
edzerakudzi
nzar
ake.

*
Rav
i.
.:
*Whatar
eyousay
ingdad?

*Him..
:*Br
adisanadoptedchil
d,soi
m
surekudzi
nzarakechai
rondokune
vakai
pamoy okudai
.

*
Me.
..
:*Real
l
y??
*
Mom:
*OoohRuey
oudi
dn'
tknow?

*
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*
Rudoa.
k.aRue*
*
Me.
.:
*Noy
oudi
dn'
ttel
lme.

*
Dad.
:
*Wewer en'ti
nthebestposi
ti
on
t
obetel
l
ingy
ou, hewas.

(
Soheknows?
?)

*
Me.
..
:*Youmeanhe'
sawar
e?

*Mom:
*Yestheyadoptedhi
m whenhe
wasar
ound10years.Youknowthey
struggl
edhav i
ngababyoft heirown,but
thenGodbl essedthem wit
hBev erl
ey
theirl
astborn3y ear
safteradopti
ng
Brad.Soheknowsbuti m surehedon' t
wantpeoplet oknow..

*
Rav
i:
*Theyt
ookhi
m wher
ethen?

*Dad.
:
*Theypi
ckedhi
mfr
om t
he
str
eet
s.

Tr
ustmei nevert
houghtofitoreven
pi
ctur
edBradasanadopt edchil
d.He
wasn'
tgr
ateful
,imustsay.Sure
i
nv olvinghi msel fi
nsuchdi r
tygames?I
don'tthi nkhi sparentswer eawar e.But
theni al sodi dn'
tknowwhyhedi dn'ttel
l
me, it
snotl ikei wasgonnachange
any t
hing, hewassuchani di
ot.
Any wher eitsnotlikeicared,ijustdidn'
t
under standi fhisment alhealthwas
stable, someoft het hi
ngshedi dka,you
woul dt hinkt hathehadadi sabil
it
y
hahahah.

Welli wasgl adt hatmymom anddad

accept edthef actthatwewer eno
l
ongert ogether.Ididn'
ttel
lthem
anythingaboutKudzi t
hough,iwanted
therightt i
met of i
rstcome, t
henreveal
thetruth.Iknewt helovetheyhadfor
mewasenoughf ort hem toletmebei n
l
ov ewiththeonei lov ed.Il
ov edmy
parentsfornotbeingt oostr
ictt hough,
theyrespectedourf eel i
ngsaschi ldren,
andnev ertookourf reedom ofchoi ce
from us.Shoutoutt opar ent
sl ikeour s,
youdeser veal
lther espectint hewor l
d..
.

Wellwet alkedaboutal otandi madea

requestthati wantedthem toexcuse
mef orsomecoupl eofhour s.Yeahy ou
heardme, i wantedsomet imewi thmy
bae.Ihadmi ssedhim alr
eady .Trustme
thedaywasoneoft hebest, ithanked
Godf ort
hegi f
toffamily,i
tfeel sso
goodt obesur roundedbyf ami ly,
lovel
y
peopleandt hef eeli
ngisstr
ong.Wehad
funandi l
aterexcusedmy self
.Iwalked
tothenextst r
eett hat'
swhereKudzi was
waiti
ngforme, hewant edustouseone
car.I
twasabr i
llianti
deathough,i
wasn'ti
nthedr iv i
ngmood.

Imetmyguyl ookinghotterli
keal way s,
hesmi l
edwhenhesawme, i
was
l
ookinggoodi know.Wehuggedf or
sometime,andl atergoti
nt hecar ,
JordanSparks's*"NoAi r
"*waspl ay i
ng,
mymanwi thlovesongs, hehadgr eat
tast
ey ouseehahahah.Wel l
,hest arted
thecaranddrov eof ft
oonlyhi m knows
where,iwasjustapassenger .
*
Him.:
*Charl
escall
edmeearl
i
erand
t
oldmethatBri
tti
snowwi
ll
ingtot
esti
fy.

(
Iknewshewasgonnacomear
ound.
)

*
Me.
.:
*Shame,
ifeel
pit
yforhert
hough.

*Hi
m.:*I
m happyt
hisi
ssuei
sgoi
ngt
o
beoversoon.

*Me.
.:
*Sameappli
esandyoumeet
ing
upwit
hyouri
n-l
awsoff
ici
all
y.

*Hi
m.:*Tal
kingabouti
n-l
aws,myfamil
y
wantstoseeyou.Imeanyourauntand
mom.

(
Myhear
tski
pped.
)

*
Me.
.:
*When?

*Hi
m. :
*Noplanneddatebuti
wantusto
doitassoonaspossibl
e,maybej
ust
aft
erthi
sBradissue.

*
Me.
.:
*Oki
can'
twai
ttoseet
hem.

*
Him.:
*Theyarelovel
yjustl
i
kemeand
y
ourbrot
her-
in-
law,
butKundi i
sa
f
emaleversi
onofKudzanait
hough.
*
Me.
.:
*Hahahahim sureiwil
lremember
t
hemomentfort
her estofmylif
e.

Iwashappyandsadatt hesamet ime.

It
slikeifeltl
iketheyweren'tgoingto
acceptme.Thet houghtofthem
rej
ectingme, fri
ghtenedmeandi wasn't
sosur eaboutKudzi '
sloveforhisfami l
y,
l
ikeifhewasst rongenought ogo
againsthisfami l
yforme.It
snotl ikei
knewt heywer en'tgoi
ngtoacceptme, i
wasj ustprepari
ngmymi ndf oranythi
ng,
younev erknowka, t
heywer esweet ,
may beonlytot hemember soft heir
f
ami
l
ynott
oev
ery
one.

Well wear ri
v edt othisot herdownt own
park,idon'tev enknowwher ewewer e,
thatwasact ual l
ymyf irsttimet here.
Andaboutt hecl assificat i
on, i
justused
mybi gey esandt henconcl udedt hatwe
werei ndownt ownhahahah.Kudzi lov ed
simplel i
feandi wasj usthi sopposi te.
Pleasedon' tbl ameme, t
hat'showi was
rai
sed, butfort hesakeofmyman' s
happiness, iwassur elygoi ngt o
embr aceit,lov eisall about
compr omi singr i
ght ?Fit t
inginy our
partner'
sst ate, makingt hem feel wor th.
Buty oushoul dmeethal fwayofcour se,
i
tsnotabouty ouwal kingt hewhol eway
al
one,younotdat
ingy
our
sel
f,sot
he
equat
ionshoul
dbeequal
.

Iwassur pr
isedthatthisdayhehada
ni
cef l
eecef orustositon,hehada
coolerboxwi t
hsomef rui
tjui
ceandice
creams,somesnacksandsandwi ches
aswel l
.Itwasl i
keapi cni
ci t
ell
you.He
hadhisHDcamer aaswel l
,wowwhata
guy,whatasweetmanhewas.

*
Me.
.:
*Wowy
oumadeal
loft
hisf
orus?

*
Him.
:
*Speci
alt
hingsf
ormyspeci
al
l
ady
.Nowl
et'
stakeasel
fi
efi
rst
.

Weposed, smi l
edandhecapt ured.Jeez
Kudziwashandsomeguy s,imeant he
wayhesmi led,reveali
nghisdimpl es,
ooohnoi feltbutt
erfli
esinmyt ummy .
Bradwasmi l
esaway ,
ireal
lydon'tknow
whyi di
dn'
tseet hatbackt hen.Im sure
hehadcast edsomedumpspel lonme
hahahaha.Atleasty ougetmypoi nt.
.

*Me.
.:
*ThanksmyKi
ng,y
our
eal
l
yknow
howtomakemydays.
*Hi
m.:
*Ilovey
oubae,
mor
ethant
he
wordi
tsel
f.

*Me..
:*Im surey
oudon'
twantmet
o
st
artblushing

*Hi
m.:
*Yeahdon't
,youl
ookl
i
keaki
tt
y
whenyou'
rebl
ushi
ng.

*
Me.
.:
*Haaay
ouj
oki
ngr
ight
?

*
Him.
:
*Idon'
tj
okel
i
ket
hat
.
Irai
sedmyhand, wantingt oslaphi m
butthenhest oodupandst arted
runni
ng.Ist ar
tedchasi nghi m, gi
ggl ing
l
ikeal i
ttl
ekid,butsti
lli couldn'tcatch
himt hough.Hewassur elyenjoyingi t
butilatersatdown, iwast i
red.Het hen
j
oinedme, andlaidhisheadonmyl ap,
kil
li
ngmewi thhisir
resist i
blesmi le.I
tookanot hersel
fieusingmyphoneand
changedmywal lpaperr ightaway ...
.

Wellwethenateournicelyprepar
ed
food,
tal
kingandlaughing,taki
ngsel
fi
es,
chasi
ngeachotherli
keki ds,cr
eat
ing
ourownmemor ies.Wehadf un, l
ikereal
fun,t
hisdayKudzi wasl aughinglikea
baby.Thedaywaswel l
spent, andliki
ng
i
tornot ,i
twasl at ertimet ogoback
home.Wehadhadenoughf ort heday .
Sohet ookmeback, andsay i
ng
goodbyef el
tli
kel ifti
ngabagofcement
withasinglehand, that'
showpai nfulit
was,butwi t
hev er ythingbeyondour
contr
ol,wedi dandpar t
edway s.Ifound
Ravisti
llathome, andspentt he
remaini
nghour soft hatdaywi thmy
famil
y.Thedayf inallypassedandwe
wereleftwithonl ymemor i
es..
...

Sot
henday
spassedandf
orsur
eBr
it
t
hadmadeuphermi nd,shewant edto
walkoutoft heev ill
i
fe.Sinceitwas
neverachoi ce,itdi
dn'ttakehermuch
ti
met oreal i
sehermi stake,andi twas
nevertool at
ef orhertocorrectt he
mistakeaswel l
.Theguy sandt heCID
departmentwor kedveryhardt osav e
thecountryf r
om badpeopl elikeBr ad
andhiscr ew.Itwasn'taneasyj ourney,
butwiththeirwhol eheartsdev oted,they
madeef fortsandf i
nallysucceeded.I n
simplelanguagei m say i
ng,
,,
,*"THEY
FINALLYGOTBRADLEYANDHI SCREW
ARRESTED" *.
..

Thei
rcasewasgoi
ngt
ober
epr
esent
ed
i
ncour tafter3weeks.Char l
es
volunt eeredt obet her epr
esent i
ng
adv ocat e,hahahaht hatonewant eda
higherpost .Ineverhadat i
met ot alkto
Brad' spar ent s,butmymom t oldme
thatt heywer ehur t
,theywer enev er
awar eoft hei rson'ssidedeal s.They
surel yneededext racounseling
especi allythemom, shelovedBr adv er
y
much.Wel l asf ormeandmyl ove, we
wer el i
v i
ngi nourownwor l
dof
excitementhahahaha, whynotwhenwe
wer egr ant edal lthef r
eedom i nthe
wor ld?

Lucashost
edahousepar
tyt
hisot
her
Saturday,wehadf unbecauseev eryone
wast herealongsi deoursoul mates.
Everyonewasj usthappyt houghBri
tt
wasst il
lwat chedov er,y
eahi meant hey
werest i
lll
ocki ngherup.Wehadt r
usti n
her,butafraidofherchangi nghermi nd
aft
erbei ngmani pulated.Soshewas
onlygoingt ohav eherf r
eedom back, t
he
dayt hedanger ouscr ewwasgoi ng
behindreal bar snott hoseremandcel l
s
hahahah.Shewasokwi ththatt
hough,
sheknewt her easonwhyshewas
tr
eatedt hatway .

So2weeksbefor
e,it
houghtof
i
ntr
oduci
ngKudzit
omyf amil
y.Tomake
theoccasioncasual andl esst ense, i
askedRav itoinvi
teHai l
eyhome, soit
wasgoi ngtobeaf amilygather i
ng.And
wedi dtheimpossi bl
easwel l,wei nvit
ed
Kudzanai t
oo, wejustwant edmy
parentstoseet hecheft heylov edso
muchhahahaha.Hebr oughthi s
gir
lfr
iendtoo, i
knewwi thmanypeopl e
around,itwouldbedi f
ficultforthem t o
tal
kmuch, l
i
kekuwanzany ambozv ee,
panev anhuv akawandazv omaki sa
kugezeramaokomusadzazv ee.

WellRaviandHail
eywerethefi
rstones
toarr
iveandmymom wasnowal lover
herdaughter
-i
n-l
aw,hahahahMai
Musonzawof uti
.Lat
erKudzicalledme
tel
li
ngmet hathewasout si
deand
nervous,
rememberaiveasinakuj ai
rana
nemaparentsanguli
keKudzanai .I
walkedout,hehadparkedoutsideand
thatsametime,Kudzanaiar
riv
ed.

*Me.
.:
*Bamkur
unagul
ez,Raviwi
llcome
andf
etchyouf
ewminut
esf r
om now.

*
Him.:
*Ok,
musazokut
sanir
ane
mupf
anawangui
koko,youknowme.
.

*
Me.
.:
*Hahahaht
okuzi
vai
sur
e.
Weheldhandswithmyman, thenlef
t
thet
alkat
iveguyt
alki
ngtohimself
.The
momentwewal kedin,mymom was
busygossi
pingwit
hHailey
.Shewas
l
ike.
..

*Her.
.:
*AaahRue?Kudzi?Wasv
ikagood
ti
memwanangu, huyaubva
watongobatsi
ramumwewako
kuki
tchen.
.

(Hahahahdon'
tblameher,sheknew
Kudziandiwewer ef
ri
ends,thoughshe
didn'
tknowwhichoneoftheKudziz
hahahaha.
)

*
Me.
.:
*Nomom he'
snott
hechef
.

Thecheft henwal kedin,andRavi

comingf r
om t hekitchen.Youseepaye
pandotibamkur uv angudzungu?Itol
d
them t
owai t,butnemadi roavoezvi
nhu
vakut
eerazv av ohahahah.

*
Me.
.:
*He'
sthechef
.

*Her.
.:
*Whenyoutoldmet hatthese
guysarei
denti
cal
twins,idi
dn'tknow
theyl
ookthi
ssimil
ar.Sakatovasi
yani
sa
sei
manj
e??

*
Ravi
.:
*Si
mpl
e,mumwemukwasha,
mumwemukomawemukwasha.

(I
nzwaiv
ov ehananhet
e,
ndozv
azvinoit
wahere?Rav
isoo)

*
Mom:
*Wat
iiRav
iro?
?

(
Hest
art
edl
aughi
ng.
)

*
Him.
:
*Asky
ourdaught
er.
*Dad.
:
*Raviyouj
okingright?Let'
shope
Rueyouhav
eadifferentstatement.

Thatwashim,*
"THEHEADOFTHE
HOUSE,COMINGFROM HISBEDROOM
UPSTAIRS!
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Ruea.
k.aRudol
fa.
k.aMr
sCar
tooni
st*

*
Me.
..
..
:*Rav
ilook,
speedy
ako.

*
Kudzanai
:
*Makadi
imama,
makadi
i
dady
.

(
Avav
aisat
ombogay
ahav
o.)

*
Dad..
.:
*Ndi
ri
pozv
anguv
anangu,
nhasi
mat
if
ungawo.

(
Aikaka,
sakav
avachi
dakut
yisi
dzi
raasi
?)

*Me..
.:
*Ummm eeehmom anddad
meetKudzai myboy f
riendandKudzanai
ourexchef.Trustmei want
edtomake
thi
sabitformal,butyoursonurgghh.

*
Dad.
.:
*Hahahahnowhe'
smysonnot
yourbrot
her.Sorr
yRav i
ifai
led,
itr
ied
buthahahahai j
ustcoul
dn't
.

(
Nowwewer
elost
.)

*Ravi
.:
*Youdi
dwellthough,
Ruewas
surel
ygoi
ngtofai
nt.

*
Mom:*Komadi
miki
raanoi
ti
rwei
pane
v
amwe?

*
Me.
..
..
:*Bv
unzai
wo.

*Dad.
..
:*Feelathomemysonsi nlaw,
Kudzanaindeupi
?Im happyhaasi
ri
yeari
kudakur
oor
amwanawanguhahahaha.

*
Me.
..
:*Rav
ireal
l
y??
?

*Hi
m..
:*Ij
ustret
urnedbackthegood
f
avourRue,y
outoldmom aboutHail
ey
waybefor
eievenmentionedhername
t
oher.

*Mom..
:*Soi
wast
heonl
yonei
nthe
dar
k?
Girlsoutt her e, i
fyouhav ebrother sli
ke
mi ne, mycondol ences , y
ouar ei nbig
trouble.Ev ery onest art
edsmi l
ingand
theai rwascl ear ed.Mymom anddad
l
ov edt hei rson- i
n-law,koKudzi wascool
hakeascompar edt oKudzanai ka.My
bamkur uwasj ustunbelievable,hewas
nowbusyt alki ngtomydad, li
ket hey
wentt ohi ghschool togetherhahahaha.
Buti thel pedt hough, Kudzi fel
t
comf ortableandt rustme, ilovedt he
scene, myr elat i
onshiphadbeen
appr oved, t
hat '
sonet hingi waswor r
ied
about .Rav ithi sdayhewast oot alkativ
e,
guesskwai vewokuoner erwachet e..
Trustmewheni t
ellyout his,wehada
greattime.Youwoul dt hinkt hatwe
wer esibl
ingsandt heirpartners,even
Nomsasai dshehadf un.Shoutoutt o
parentslikeours,lovelyandf ri
endly.The
daywasoneoft hebestday sofmyl i
fe
tr
ustme.Nowi wasnowt hinkingabout
Kudzi '
sfami l
y,iprayedf orthem t olove
met hewaymyf ami lylovedKudzi ,i
want ednot hi
ngt osepar atemef rom my
l
ov e,icouldn'ti
magi nel i
fewi thouthim,i
l
ov edKudzi v
eduwee. .

Wellt
hedaythenpassedandleftus
br
il
li
antmemor i
estocheri
sh.Mylif
e
wasnowstable,if
eltl
oveever
ywherei
was,ifel
tspeci aleverywherei go, that
's
howamazi ngl if
ewasf orme.Andbyt he
way,Kudzi wasnowser i
ouswi tht he
i
ssueofmemeet i
ngupwi thhisf amily
.
Hewant edt heequat i
ont obeequal
si
ncehewasnowknownkumbakwedu.
Andhewant edust ogot oMur ewa
wherehismom andsi sterwere, before
Bradandcr ew'scase.It ri
edconv inci
ng
hi
mt owai tforthecaset obecl osed
fi
rst
,buthewasj ustunst oppable.I
endedupagr eei
ngwi thhim, ididn'twant
hi
mt hi
nkingt hati wasr ude..
.

Soaweekbefor
e,t
hat'
swhenwehad
pl
annedonpayi
nghisf
amil
yavi
si
t.We
weregoingt heref orthreedays,haa
guysi al
mostcr ied,youseeI 'venev er
beentokumusha, soi hadnoi deahow
terr
ibl
ethev il
l
agewas.Hai l
eypr omised
tofoll
owme, tr
ustmei neededsome
backup.Thedayar r
ivedandwewer en'
t
goingtowor k.Kudzi calledmei nt he
mor ni
ngtelli
ngmet hathewasgonna
beatmypl acear ound10am.Thatwas
around7am, iwokeupandt ookaqui ck
baththenst ar
teddoi ngmypacki ng.I
waspacki ngmycl othesnicelyinmybi g
monar chwhenmymom wal kedi n.
..

*Her
..
:*Hezv
oRudo,
asi
hausi
kudzoka
kani
?
(
Iwasl
i
ke?
)

*
Me.
.:
*Whymom?

*Her.
.:
*Whyt hatmonar
ch?Onl
ythr
ee
dayshahahah.

(
Iwasst
il
lconf
used.
)

*Me..
:*Mom idon'
twannar
unoutof
cl
othestochange.

*
Her
..
:*Amai
vanguMoy
o,Rudo
mwanangukumushahakui
twezv
ese
i
zvi
.

*
Me..
.:
*Don'
ttel
lmehav
achi
njekana
v
ageza.

(
Iwasseri
ousbutmymom l
aughed,
li
ke
r
eal
lyl
aughi
ng.
)

*Her..
:*It
syourfather'
sfaul
t,ndai
gara
ndichi
v at
aur
irakutivanavanofani
ra
kumboendakumusha, i
vonharongii
i,
,
hezvogor er
inetichanzwazvimwe.
Youknowt hewayshewasact ing
scaredme, itl
ookedl ikethev il
lagewas
theweir
destpl aceoneev er.Ij ust
l
ookedatherwi thwat eryey es, andt hen
shestoppedl aughi ng.Shet hent ol
dme
someoft het hi
ngst hati wassupposed
toexpectandbepr epar edfor .Tr ustme
iheardnothingbecauset hest affwas
newt ome.Shet henaskedmet ouse
thesmallermonar chi nstead.The
momentshel eftmyr oom, ipackedmy
clot
heszv ekutibagr ar akusat ovhar a
hahahah.Itookoneofmyl arge
handbagsaswel l,formyt oiletriesand
someper sonal staff..Ithent ook3pai rs
ofpumpshoes, 2sneaker s,2sandal s
and2f l
ops.
Ithenwentdownst airsandmademy self
somecer eal
s.Itookmybowl tothe
si
t t
ingr oom andst artedwat ching
mov ies.Iwasj ustenj oy i
ngmy sel
fbusy
chat ti
ngwi thHai l
eyaswel l
.Shewasso
excitedaboutgoi ngtot hev il
lage,this
onewasj ustcrazy.Wel l mymom l at er
j
oinedme, andwest artedtalkingabout
myj our ney,tr
ustmei f
el tl
i
kei was
nevergoi ngt ocomeback, itwasl i
kei
wasgoi ngkuhondohahahaha.Ipr ay ed
fr
ost r
engt h,t
het ri
pt hatwasaheadof
mewasoneoft hescar iest.
.Kudzi later
arri
v edandhewasl ooki nggr eati
ngr ey
cargoshor tsandabl ackT- shir
tand
blackcapaswel l.
.
Iranupst airsandcamebackwi thmy
bags.Het ookt hem t ohi scarandwe
didn'twast emucht i
me, t
hensai d
goodby etomom.Wet henleft, Kudzi
saidhewant edt ofirstpassbyhi s
brother'
swor kplacef orsomet hings.
Alongt hewayi wasbusyaski nghi m
manyquest ionsabouthi svil
lageandhe
wasj ustlaughi ng.Im sur ei was
soundingf unny .Wel aterarr
ivedat
Kudzanai '
swor kplaceandt heydi dthei
r
thingsthenwel atersai dgoodby e.Kudzi
boughtussomef oodt hough, the
j
our neywasl ongzv ee.Wet hen
embar kedonourj our ney..
.
Thej ourneywasnott hatl
ongandi
enjoyedev erymomentofi t
,Kudziwasa
greatcompany .Hehadsnacksf orme
andi feltl
ikeiwashi sbabyhahahah.
Wel l
laterafter2andahal fhours,we
arri
vedwel landy eahi sawkuti
masambaangaasi yana.Imagine
kungopi ndamuy ard,nogate,nofence
nowhat .Kudzijustpar kednexttothe
smal lroundroom.

*
Him.
.:
*Wear
eher
ebae.
*
Me.
.:
*Ooohr
eal
l
y?

Guysthehousel ookedli
kea4r oomed
house,andy oucoul dseethat
yakavakwakar e.Izippedmymout h
though,iwantedt ofir
ststudythe
sit
uati
on.Andi tlookedlikether
ewasno
onethere..
.

*
Me.
.:
*It
sli
ket
her
eisnobodyher
e.

*
Him.:
*Iknowwher
etheyl
eftt
hekey
s
t
hough.
Ilookedathim andhewasser ioushake.
Wegotoutoft hecarandhepushedt he
almostfall
ingdoorr eparoundhousei ye
andhegoti n.Iwai tedf orhim andhe
camebackwi tht hekey s.Ifol
lowedhim
ashewal kedt ot hedoorandhe
unlockedthedoor .Hegoti nandi
foll
owed.Ther oom wasr eal
lydarkand
heopenedt hewi ndows.Thef i
rstthi
ngi
didwaschecki ngf ort heTV, t
herewas
noTV, andnosof asj ustsomeki tchen
chairsandat ableont hecentre.The
room lookedlikeaki tchent ome. .
*
Me...
:*Cany
oushowmet
hel
ounge,
j
ustwannasi
tdown.
.

*
Him.:
*Wearei
nthel
oungebabe,
siton
t
hechai
rs.

(
Ooohohohh,
isawsomet
hingf
unny
t
hough)

*
Me.
.:
*Whopl
aysoccerher
e?

(
Hel
ookedatme.
)

*
Him.
:
*What
?Whyar
eyouaski
ng?
*
Me..
.:
*Justcur
iouskut
iwhatar
ethose
f
oot
ball
sfor
..

(Isai
dtohim pointi
ngt
hesi
dei
saw
about5footbal
ls.)

*
Him.
.:
*What
?

Helaughedhislungsoutandif
elt
embarrassedbutkubvunzai
mhosva
her
e..

*Hi
m..:
*Babendodzi
nonzi
har
iidzi
,
dzi
nobi
kir
wa..
(
Mybad,
ndakany
ara.
)

*
Him.
.:
*Nowsi tdown,
im sur
eyou'
re
t
ir
edhahahaha.

Ithoughthewasj ustkiddi
ngbuthewas
serioushake.Ipulledonechairandsat
down, guysthreeday sseemedt obe
threeyearstome, l
ikehowwasi goi
ng
tosur v
ive?Het henwal kedout,
aaaahi
foll
owedhi m,ndaitotyakusarandegaini
.
Het ookmybagsf rom hiscarachii
sa
mumba, ndai
ngov ekumashur ekwake.
Laterwesatdownandhewasl ike.
..
*
Him..
:*Babeiknowy ounotusedto
t
hiski
ndali
fe,
butitsonl
ythreeday
s
t
henwegoback. .

*Me.
.:
*Buty
ouguysyou'
rewor
kingnow,
whatar
eyouusi
ngthemoneyf
or?

(
Forr
ealt
heyhadtochanget
hei
r
f
amil
y'
sli
fest
andar
d.)

*
Hi m..
:*Wear
estil
lsavi
ngkut
i
t
isazogumi
repanzi
ra.
.Wejus.
..

(
Hedi
dn'
tfi
nisht
anzwanoi
sepanze.
.)
*
Voi
ce:
*MkomaKudzi
vauy
amama!
!!

Saidsomegi rl
i suspectedtobeKundai,
sherani nsidehol di
ngal ar
gebundleof
vegetables.Shel ookedabi tl
iket
he
twinsbutshewasl i
ghterincomplexi
on
though.Shet oogotsmoot hskinjust
l
ikeherbr others.Shecameandhugged
herbrother.

*
Her.
.:
*HiimkomaKudzai
mai
gur
u
v
akanakahey
..
(Yaaavai
vevakangwabv
uka
ndakat
ovaona)

*
Kudzi
:
*Thankskomamav
ari
pi?

*Her.
.:
*Var
ipanzev
ati
vakudakut
obat
a
huku.
.

*Kudzi
:*Ii
ii
ngaRueunel ucky,
kuuray
irwahuku.Anywherebae,that
's
yourauntKundai
,Kundi,
mur oorawako
Rudo..

*
Me.
.:
*Ni
cet
omeety
ouauntKundi
.
*Her.
.:
*Samehere,
ndafar
awena
kwasarakuonamuskanawamkoma
Kudzanai
.

*
Kudzi
:
*Hahahahi
wewesoo.

*Her
..
.:
*Ii
ii
regai
ndi
nodedzamama,
var
i
kur
uzir
ir
awena.

Shet henranoutsi
deandi j
ustl
ookedat
thebr ot
herwit
hmyey esopened.He
j
ustsmi ledandididn'
tseeanyt
hingfun.
I
nl essthan60seconds,myt al
kati
ve
auntcamebackwi tht
heladyofthe
house.Shelookedcool andi sawKudzai
i
nher ,shedidn'tlookl ikeanyoft heki ds
though,butthel i
ghtcompl exi
ononl y.I
l
ikedherbyj ustseei ngher .Shecame
closerandhuggedmeunexpect edly,
ncawshewasj ustlov ely.Ihuggedher
back,iwasn'texpect ingsuchl ove,fi
rst
ti
mef uti
..Aftersomet i
mesher eleased
mef rom herarms. ..

*
Her..
:*Kudzi
musaladwawat
iunzir
a
t
inomugonahereuy
u?Wakadiihako
mwanangu??

*Me..
.:
*Ndi
rir
ighthangumamakur
isei
kuno?
*Kudzi
:*Haasimusal
aduyumama,
anogonazvesemuchaona,
kungonaka
chetekwaakai
ta.

(
Hakusi
kuoner
erwaher
euku?
)

*
Her.
.:
*Aaahkubv
at ot
ombosi
ya
t
adzi
dzi
swawochir
ungu..

Shewasf r
iendlyt
hough,wetalkedabit
vachi
bvunzaaboutmyf amil
yandstaff
.I
enjoy
edtheircompanythough.Kudzi
thentol
dmet hatiwasgoingtosharea
room wi thauntKundi ,soi t
ookmybags
there.Bel i
eveme, t
heroom l ookedlikea
j
ailcell.Asi nglebed,nowar drobe,no
dressingt able,nowhat .Thi
sv il
laget r
ip
wasgonnaki llmet r
ustme.Ihadt obe
real
lyst rong, ot
herwiseiwassur el
y
gonnaf ainthahahaha.Wel lsheleftme
forsomet i
me, ineededanapaaah, i
wasexhaust edhey.Latershecame
backandwokemeup. ..

*
Her.
.:
*Maigur
uhanzi
namamahuy
ai
muur
ayehuku.

(
Myhear
tski
pped.
)
*
Me.
..
:*Eeehaaahok.

(Ndakany
arakutihandi
sat
i
ndambourayahuku.)

Iwokeupandl ookedforabat hr
oom, i
wantedt owashmyf ace,but
ndakaishaya.Soijustdidadr ywash
hahahaha.Ichangedmycl othes, i
twas
nowabi tcoldsoi woremypi nk
tr
acksuitandpinkf l
ops.Iwrapped
Zambi arangurandakapihwanamom.So
iwalkedoutandf oundKudzi outside
achi
mhany i
sahuku.Haaai twasf unny
soilaughed.Akabv aaibataandcal l
ed
me.Iwalkedt
owherehewasandhe
askedKundit
ogivemeakni
fe.
.She
broughtt
hekni
fe.

*Him..
:*Kundichi
mbobati
ramaiguru
vakovachi
kwinyaj
uzi
,regandi
notema
hunikuser
iuko.

Ndakakwiny ajuzi ndichidedera.Itook

almost5mi nutesandt henshet oldme
howt odoi t.Soi pray edtoGodf or
str
engthandshehandedt heanimal t
o
met henleft.Ndakabat i
sisandichibva
ndangoit
i chekeihal fwayandy akabva
yatangakudakubhur uruka.Iscreamed
andl
etgo.Hukuyakabvayarov
apasi
nemusor
owakarembera..Iwaspuzzl
ed,
di
dn'
tknowwhattodo..
.

*Voice.
:*Ndokuzi
vazvesekwar
ehwa
hereuku?Nhai Mwari
..
..
.

Thatwasmymot
heri
n-l
aw.
..
.

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ekwaMr
ehwa
uko??

Wil
lthelov
elyandcoolmother-
in-
law
tol
erat
ethespoil
eddaught
er-i
n-l
aw's
games??
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eypleasefol
l
owRueasat
iaboi
l
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enti
rel i
v es?
?Hav ey ou??Idon' tthi
nk
youhav eeverbeeni nmyshoes.I
want edt ochaset hechi cken, buti
couldn'tmov e,i
tslikei wasgl uedtothe
ground.Iwant edt ocr y,butihadno
tear
s, ev enifihad, whatwast heretocry
for?
?Il ookedatmymom- i
n-l
awwi tha
puppyf ace,forreal ineededpi t
y.Iwasa
babysheep.Shej ustsmi l
edandsai d.
..
*
Her
..
:*Uchagonahako,
usat
ye.

Iwant edt osmi l

ebackbutmyl i
ps
couldn'tmov e.Iwasr eall
yashamedof
my self.Shet henwal kedawayandi saw
auntKundi from nowher e,chasi ngaf ter
thechi cken.Shecaughti t,anddi dthe
wholepr ocesswi t
hmeobser ving.Tr ust
mef rom t hechi ckeni ncident,itold
my selfthati hadt omakesur ei score
somepoi nt
s,ot herwisei wasgonna
disappoi ntmyi n-laws, andembar rass
myman.Wel earnfrom ourmi stakes
ri
ght?
*
Me..
:*Tet
eKundi
cani
hel
pyouwi
th
t
hecooki
ng??

*
Her..
:*Ti
nobi
kanemot
omai
gur
u,
munougonahere?

(
Icoul
dn'
tembar
rassmy
sel
fagai
n.)

*Me..:
*Yeahdon'
tworr
ysometi
mesat
homendinindobi
kausi
ngourbraai
stand.

(
Ili
ed.
)
*Her.
.:
*Okkanapanepamunoda
kubat
sirwamunondi
udza.

*
Me.
..
:*Oki
wil
ltel
lyou.

Tobehonesti hadnev ercooked

nemot o, butonet hingi knewforsur e
wast hati twaseasi erthanmur deri
nga
crazychi ckenhahahaha.Soi waswi ll
ing
totry,basi ngonwhati usedtoseeon
TV.Kudzi nevercamet ocheckupon
me, i
magi ne.I
m sur ehewasgonnat ell
hisbrot hereverything,ipray
ednott o
bumpi ntoKudzanai soonaftert hetr
ip,i
wantednohear tdisease.Wel launt
Kundihel
pedmewi ththecutt
ingand
thenl
eftme.Kudzibroughtt
hefirewood
andheaskedmei fiwasokwi th
cooki
ng..

*
Me.
..
:*Don'
twor
ryi
canmanage.

*
Him.:
*Babei
m sor
ryaboutear
li
er,
i
t
houghty
ouknew.

(
Ismi
l
ed.
)

*
Me...
:*I
tsf
ine,
ilear
ntf
rom mymi
stake
t
hough.
*Hi
m..:
*Okiwil
lbeinsi
dewithmom,
ndi
chambov
atandadza.Kundiwi
l
lhel
p
youok.

*
Me.
.:
*Okbae.

Heki ssedmyf oreheadandt henl

ef tme.
AuntKundi camebackwi t
ht hepot sand
allt
hest affineeded.Ionl yaskedhert o
helpmewi ththev egetables,imean
cutti
ngt hem.Af terthatshet henleft,
j
oiningherf ami l
yint heir*
'l
ounchen' *,
yeahi meanl ounge+ki tchen.Ther eason
whyi didn'tneedhercompanywast hati
didn'
twanthert olaughatmeorev en
f
indsomefunnythingstotel
lherf
amily
.
I
twasbestiporongaalonehahahah.

Sowi t
hthelitt
leinf ormat i
ont hati had,i
startedcooking.Don' taskmekut i
ndakabat i
dzasei mot o,that'sast oryfor
anot herday.Iboiledt hechi ckenf or
about10mi nutes, theexactt i
mewe
boileditathome.It henaddedmy
tomat oesandoni onst here.Inl essthan
20mi nut
est hestewwasdoneand
l
ooki ngappet i
zing.If ri
edmyv egetables
nicelyandtheni wasnowl eftwi th
sadza.Thepotwasal argesi zeapa
mot owachomany emwe, wakabv a
wat angakudakudzi ma.Itriedkui sa
somef i
rewoodbuthey
,apahut
si,
guy
si
wishedtoscream.

Ithoughtofusi ngapl atekuf anerandi t

wor ked.Haaamyey eswer enowi tching
though.Ij ustdi
dmybestunt i
lsadza
rai
bv a.Chiuyamanj epakumona, thepot
wast ooheav yformezv ekut iifel
tl i
ke
myhandswer egoi ngt obr eak.Iwas
surelygoingt ov i
sitourf ami l
ydocwhen
wegotbackhome, iknewsomet hing
hadhappenedchet e, t
hepai nwasj ust
toomuch.Hupf uwai ngor asikawoaaah
zvinhuzv acho.Wheni wasdone, i then
wentout side,ineededsomef reshai r
guy s.ImetKudzi atthedoor ,walkingi n.
.
*
Him.
:
*Jeezbabewhathappened?

(
Ilookedathi
m conf
used.
)

*
Me.
.:
*Whatdoy
oumeanbyt
hat
??

*
Him..
:*Swol
leney
es,
dust
yhai
r,l
ookat
y
ourcl
othes.

It
henrantothecart
ocheckmysel
f
pr
oper
ly.Guy
si al
mostf
aint
ed.Mazi
so
kuit
ared,mypinktracksui
tyayakui
ta
kungeyebrown,apaweav emanje.I
didn'
tseekuti
ndait
osv i
batryi
ngto
furi
dzamoto.Kudzicamet omeand
thenhuggedme..

*Him.:
*Iknowyoutr
yingbabe,
butst
op
str
essi
ngifyoucan'
t.

*Me.
.:
*Don'
twor ryaboutmeim ok.Now
canyout
ellauntKundithati
m doneand
showmethebat hroom,iwannabath,
heyil
ookbad.
*
Him.
:
*Okwai
tiwi
l
lcomeback.

Hel ef
tmeandi t
henr emember edthat
myt oil
et ri
eswer einsi
de.Hedi dn'ttake
mucht imeandi heardvoicescomi ng
out,iranandhi debehindthecar .I
l
ookedt erri
blekani.Iheardauntand
mom t alkingv achi
pindamuki tchensoi
thenhadachancet ogoandt akemy
thi
ngs.Ibumpedi ntoKudzi andhel ost
balance, zvi
noitazvinhusoo, akabva
adonhahake.Ij ustsaid'sorry
'
ndichi
topi ndamumba.It ookmyt hi
ngs
andwentout side.Imetmybae
achizvizunzahembehake.
*Hi
m..:
*Hanzinamom hapanamvura
i
nokwanakugezasakandokuper
ekedza
kur
wizi
.

(
Washeki
ddi
ngme?
)

*
Me..:
*Dr
opt
hej
okeKudzi
itsget
ti
ng
l
ate.

*Hi
m. :
*Im notj
oki
ng.Let
'sgo,ican'
t
waitt
oeatt hef
oodpreparedbymy
f
uturewife.
*
Me.
.:
*Oooh.

Hel edthewayandi wasl eftwithno

otheropt i
onst hantojustf oll
owbehi nd
him.Iwasscar edoft hetallgrassessoi
waswal ki
ngnextt ohi m.Itwasa
walkabledi st
ancethough, wer eached
ther i
verandi l
ikedt heview.Ther i
ver
wasbi g, i
lookedev erywher ebutstil
l
didn'tseewher ethebat hroom was. .

*
Me.
.:
*Sowher
eist
hebat
hroom?
?

*
Him.
:
*What
?
*Me..:
*Youdr aggedmeher e,
soi
thoughtmay bether
eisapublic
bathroom ofsomesort.Sakandogez
era
pai???

(
Hel
aughed.
)

*
Him.:
*Her e.Doyourt
hingsiwil
lwai
t
f
oryoulookingtheot
herside.

Kanandi
miwohenyu,munhu
waADVOCATE,kugezer
apachenakunge
maveget
abl
es.Il
ookedathi
mi n
di
sbel iefandhej ustret
urnedbackt he
stare.Ijustwonder edhowst r
ongv i
l
lage
peopl ewer e,trustmet heli
fetheyliveis
notnor mal.Ijustwalkedcloset othe
wat erandi wasscar ed.Icoul
dn'ttake
offmycl othespachenapakadar oaaah,
kodai maizobudagar weinindisi
na
hembe?Sur ehewant edmet obet he
vi
llagej okehant i?Apai wassmel l
ing
bad, icouldn'tsleepndakadaroaswel l
.

*Me.
.:
*Kudzi
cany
oudomeaf
avour
hun?

*
Him.
:
*Any
thi
ngf
ormygi
rl
.
(
Ismi
l
ed.
)

*Me..
:*Yousai
dthereisnoenough
waterri
ght
?Cany oujustf
etchthewat
er
formehere?Ican'
tbathhere,noij
ust
can'
t.

(
Het
ookasi
gh.
)

*Him.:
*Okwai
tformeher
endi
not
ora
bucket
.

*Me..
:*Nononoy ounotleav
ingme
her
e,totodzoker
at ese.
*
Him.
:
*Hahahaht
houghty
out
ir
ed.

*
Me.
.:
*Iam,
buti
hav
enochoi
ce.

Sot akabvat adzokerakumbaand

i
nsteadheaskedauntKundi tobemy
ri
vercompani onimagi ne?Mozi vai once
thoughti hadl ef
tmysweetKudzi i
n
Harareandt henbroughtKudzanai wi t
h
me.Butt hent heey ebrowswer ehi
s, haa
thi
sguyka, hameno.Wel liwasf orced
tobat h,t
herewasnoot herwayout .I
bathedzv enhar ochaizvo,don'taskme
howi di
di t
,idon'tevenwannat alk
abouti t
,apat hewat erwasr eall
ycol d.
Aft
eri bat
hed, wet henwentbackhome
tal
ki
ngaboutdi f
fer enti
ssues,myaunt
wastalkati
vey ooh.Wear ri
vedhome
andiwentt ochangemycl othes.After
changing,iwenttot hel
ounchen
thi
nki
ngt hatthef oodwasser ved,only
tofi
ndauntKundi busygratingsome
tomatoes.

*
Me.
..
:*Whatar
ethosef
or?
?

*
Her.
.:
*Ooohmai gur
umapedza?Huku
y
amabikahainakui
bvasakamama
v
atot
iir
ikudakukwati
swafut
i??

(
Oohmyf
ancyme.
)
*
Her..
:*Musatyeheny
u, mkomaKudzi
v
atimajai
rakubikamabroil
er,
sakar
oad
r
unnerif
ir
stti
mendof unga.

(
Ooohi
didn'
tknowt
hedi
ff
erence)

*
Me.
.:
*Nowi
knowt
hanky
ou.

*Her.
.:
*Okr egai
ndiendekunamama,
handeikanamuchida.

(
Spar
emet
heembar
rassmentgi
rl
.)
*Me.
.:
*Nodon'
twor
ry,
ther
eis
somethi
ngi
wannado,wi
ll
joi
nyoul
ater
.

*
Her
..
:*Hor
ight
.

Shet henleftandme? ?Iwentt othe

bedroom.Icoul dn'
tgot hereandf ace
mymot her-i
n-law.Guy ssomany
mistakesi nlesst han24hour s,iwasa
worstofadaught er-
in-l
awi guess.I
thoughti didmybest ,
onlytof i
ndout
thatididmywor st.Haiboi wasgoi ngto
fakesleepchet e,i
fy ouwer einmy
shoes, werey ougoi ngt oeatthef ood?I
f
youransweri sy estheni saluteyou,you
surelyhav elot
sandlotsofconfi
dence.
Minai lostmyappet i
tethemomenti
real
isedt hatihadmessedup.Ilaughed
atmy selfforpret
endingtobetheclever
advocat e,t
hetruthwasthat,
iknewl aw
onlynott heseothervi
ll
ageskil
l
s
hahahahahah. .

Soiwasnowi nt hebedr oom, sit

tingon
therockbed.Guy st hebedhadno
comf ort,ifel
tli
kei wassi tt
ingont he
tabl
e.Iknewf oraf actthati wasgoi ng
tohav eahar dtimesl eepingt here,jeez
i
twasj ustthesameassl eepingont he
fl
oor.Itwasal lmymom' sfault,she
coul
dn' tletmet akemyt woi none
bl
anket.Im pret
tysureshedi dit
pur
posel y.Well
ithentookmyphoneout
andswi t
chedont hemobi ledata,i
wantedt otal
ktoHai l
ey,shewas
del
ayingaaah.Sot herewer esomany
messages, fr
om mom, dad,Ravi,
and
somecl i
ents.Ii
gnoredt hem andranto
Hai
ley'schatbecauset herewasa
messageanda* "missedv i
deocall"
*.
Themessagegotmesi ck,li
kereall
y
si
ck.Itreads.
..

..
..
:_*
Heybabyhowi sitoverther
e?
Shaaim heart
brokenmyauntinGwer u
cal
ledmer equesti
ngf
oranur gent
meet i
ng.Ir eal
lywant edtobether
ewi t
h
youbuti wi l
lhav etogoseemyaunt .
Ndabhoekanahakobuthav ef
unmy
l
ittl
eaunt ,
wi ll
seey ouwheny oucome
back.Don' tforgettobringmesome
sweetpot atoes.Lotsofl ov
efrom bi
g
sis/si
ster-
in-l
aw/ best
fr
iend/laughmat e.*_

Wel lyouseeitforyour selfhowdoomed

iwas.Mybackupbackedof f
.Whatwasi
goingt odoreall
y?Ifeltl i
kecryi
ngguy s,
l
ikef orreal
thi
swasgoi ngtobet he
wor stti
meofmyl i
fe.Ij ustcoul
dn'tr
eply
her,iwashur t
.Sowi thoutev enreading
theot hermessages,i swi t
chedoffmy
mobi l
edat a.I
nf acti evenswi tchedof f
myphone.Ihadabi glumponmyt hroat
hahahah.Wi thabsol utelynothing
beyondmycont rolorpower ,
ilaidmy
bodyont herockbed, andcov ered
my sel
fwi thar ag.Ifellasleepr i
ghtaway ,
actuall
ytherewasnor easonf ormet o
beup.Iwokeupwi thsomeoneshaki ng
me.ThatwasKudzi , hehadasadf ace
andi knewhewaswor r
iedaboutme,
yeahi tookadv antageoft hat
,i f
eltpity
formy self.
..

*
Him.
.:
*Babeareyouok?Your
t
emper
atur
eishigh.
.
_"Ai
kaka,
whatdoy ouknowabout
temperat
ureswhenyounotadoctor
?
Butwellyousai
ditMrKudzai
,sur
emy
temperat
ureishi
gh..
"_methi
nki
ng
hanguhahahah.

*
Me..
.:
*It
hinki
tst
hecol
dri
verwat
er,
myheadi
sachi
ng.

(Don'
tbl
ameme, t
heytaughtmehowt
o
act,
nowi wasapr
o.)

*Him.
.:
*Eishi
m sor
ryhun,
nowlet'
sgo
andeat,y
oucan'
tsl
eepwithanempty
stomach.
_"
Youkiddi
ngright?
?Meeat ingthere-
cookedmeal?Haiboim nothungry.
"_

*Me..
.:
*Idon'
thav
emuchofanappet
it
e,
wil
leattomor
row.

*Hi
m..:
*Not hat
'snotgoi
ngtohappen,i
wil
lbr
ingyourfoodheret
hen,ifyou
don'
tfeel
li
kegetti
ngoffthecovers.
.

Hedidn'
twaitformetosay'yes'
or'
no'
,
thenhelef
ttheroom.Andthenwhat
Rue??Sayyoudon'teatr
oadrunner
s?
Ndotihandi dyechikafuchabi kirwa
pamot o?Sayy ouall
ergi ctovill
age
plat
es? ?Ndot ihandidyemav eg
achekerwamudi shr eplasti
c??Thatwas
met hinki
ngofawayout ,butstill
Kudzi
camebackwi ththetwopl ates.Thef ood
smelledgoodbutst illpanoti"kunyar
a"
zvee.Hel efttheplatesandwentt ot
ake
thewat erjarandt hedi sh.

*Hi
m..
:*Hanzi
namom idy
aur
are,
may
be
wapi
ndwanechando.
.

(
Haaatrustmeiwasgoi
ngbackhome
t
henextmorni
ng,t
hiswasj
ustt
oo
mucht
ohandl
ehahahaha.
)

Kudzitriedsohar dt oconvincemeandi
l
ostthecase, iendedupeat i
ng.Buti m
sureyouknowkamudy ir
okekui t
akunge
wamani kidzwai weuchi dahako, slow
mot i
on,butndi mai chit
ofamba
hahahaha.Buthandi nakupedzat hough,
forsomeoneangaasi naappet i
tezv ee.
Butthef oodwasr eall
ygood, icooked
wellheny u,thoughsadzar aivezv aro
netumapar acetamol andtumapanado,
butrainakazv arohahahaha. .
.
Kudzi stayedforsometi
met i
chit
aura
nyaya, kotherewasno* "mewat ching
TV"*,hewasmyTV.Lat erhethensaid
goodni ghtandleft
.AuntKundi came
andshehadnopr obl
em wi t
hme
sl
eepingont herockbed,ivoshe
volunteeredkuraradownonear t
h,
hahahahshehadabodyofanal ien.
Thatwasi tfort
hisday,
y eah*"FANCY"
RUE'SFI RSTDAYATTHEVI LLAGE" *

*
2day
stogo.
..
..
..
*
*
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efunti
rikwaMr
ehwa
hedu,nostr
ess,
nothr
eat
s,juswat
chi
n
Fancy
'sdramaz_

*Theset wopart
sareaspecial
dedicati
ontoSaladsoutt
herehahahaha,
i
fudon' tchangeyourpat
ter
n,thi
sis
whaty ougoingtodokumba
kwev anhu.
.*
_Weneedabr eakfrom seri
ousness
ri
ght??YeahweknowkuH- town
kungori
nenyayadzanaBr ad,Bri
tt
,
Josephwahwah, nahnowt i
kudawo
somef r
eshair
..
.Don'tworryaboutfancy
,
shewillbef
inehahahaha...
_

Wellt
hebi
ggerquest
ionfort
onytis.
:
*"
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LAW STILL
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"Mai
gur
u",
,
,"Mai
gur
u"*

Iwokeupwi thauntKundical
li
ngme.I
wonderedwhatshewant edbecauseit
wassti
llabitdark.Iwant
edtoignor
e
butt
heni r
emember edmyprevi
ousday
messes,andsawi tasanotsogood
i
dea.

*
Me.
.:
*Mor
ningaunt
.

*Her.
.:
*Ndamukabho,
mukunzwasei
nhasi
?
(Ooohial
mostforgotthatt
hepr
evi
ous
dayiwassickhahahah.)

*
Me.
.:
*Todayi
mfi
ne.

(
Shesmi
l
ed.
)

*Her.
:
*Okparikudakunocher
wamv ura
nekut
svai
rapayard.Muri
comfor
table
nekui
tazv
ipi
??

_"
Kutsvai
ra?
?Im sur
etoomuchdust
won'tdomeanygood.Andt
hen
kunocher
amv ur
a??Mmm it
hinki
ts
bet
ter
"_met
hinki
ng.
..

*
Me.
.:
*Fet
chi
ngwat
erwi
l
ldo.

*Her.
.:
*Oksakaregaindi
notsvai
ray
ard,
wil
ltel
lyoukanandapedzasince
mabucketachoari4.
.

*
Me.
..
:*Ok.

Shethenleftandi cov
eredmyheadwi th
thecoversagain,iwantedtosleepabi
t.
Ithenremember edthatmyphonewas
offsi
ncethepr evi
ousday ,
jeezHail
ey
brokemef orr eal.Itookmyphoneand
switchediton.Ionl ywant edt otellmy
mom t hatiwasok.Ther ewer esomany
missedcal lal
erts,iwasaf ami l
ybaby
youseehahahah.Wel licall
edmymom
andshewasok, shet ol
dmet hatRavi
tol
dt hem thatiwasok, guesswho
call
edhi m??Kudzi himself,onlyift
hey
knewi wasnotcopi ng,theywer esurel
y
goingtosendmeaj etandf etchme,
that'
sjusthowt er r
iblethesituation
was....

Wel
llat
ermyauntcamebackandtol
d
methatshewasdone.Iwokeupand
t
hatmomentimissedhome,my
bedroom andbat hroom, iwasn' tusedt o
walkingoutofmyr oom wi thoutbat hing,
butheyi hadnochoi ce,theonl y
avail
ablebathr oom wasatt her iver
hahahaha.Ij ustaskedauntf orasmal l
bucketandsomewat erandi quickly
washedmyf aceandf l
ossedmyt eeth.I
can'tsayi f
eltgood, butbet ter.Soi went
backi nsi
dethenchangedt omyknee
l
engt hpinkpenci ldress,pinkl ongsocks
andmypi nkf l
opsaswel l
.Idi dn'tforget
myZambi athoughhahahaha.I twasa
bitcoldsoi wor emywhi tecar diganon
top.Ilookedgr eatandwal kedoutonl y
tobewel comedbymyman. .
*
Me.
.:
*Mor
ninghun.

*
Him.:
*Im goodhowar
eyouf
eel
i
ng
t
oday
?

(
Suchacar
ingguy
)

*
Me.
.:
*Im gr
eat
,hopey
ousl
eptwel
l
.

*Hi
m. :
*Notsowell
,iwaswor
riedabout
youthewholeni
ght
.Butnowthatyou'
re
ok,i
m oktoo.

(
Blushi
ngRue)
*
Me.
.:
*Thanksbae.

*Him.
:*I
m goingtot
heshoppi
ngcent
re,
needanyt
hing??

(
Jeezi
wannagowi
thy
ou,
that
'sal
l )

*Me..
:*Mmm notr
eal
l
y,j
ustbr
ingme
any
thing.

*Hi
m.:
*Oki heardKundisayi
ngyou'
re
goi
ngtotheborehol
etogether
.Seeyou
whenyoucomeback.
*
Me.
.:
*OkMrMut
asa.

*
Him.
:
*What
'supwi
tht
hef
ormal
i
ties?
?

*Me.
.:*Justshowi
ngsomer
espect
,
not
hingmuch.

Hesmi l
ed, ki
ssedmyl eftcheekt hen
wentinside.AuntKundi camebackwi t
h
fourtwentyli
tresbucket s.Ilookedat
herindisbeli
ef,l
ikei wasj usttr
yingto
checkifherment alheal
thwasst il
l
stabl
e.4bucket sf orthetwoofus? ?
Howwast hatgoi ngtowor k?
*
Her
..
:*Twoeny
u,t
woangu.

_"
Issheki
ddingme??Howam i
goi
ngt
o
car
ry40li
tr
esalone?
?"_

*Me..
:*Oohok?Buthowar
ewegoi
ngt
o
car
rythebucket
s?

*
Her.
:
*Pati
ri
kuendapadhuze,
sot
osi
ya
mamwe,
tozonotor
amamwe. .

_"
Nowmakingabi
tsense.Butt
henwho
doest
hat
?Goingt
otheborehol
e
t
wice.
?"_meconf
used.

*
Me.
.:
*Ify
ousayso.

*
Her..
:*Handeimamav asat
ivamuka
t
odzokati
chibi
katea?

_"
Yohbr
eakfastal
ready
?Nocer
eal
sno
what
?Tooforwardaaah."
_

Welli
savedmysal i
vainstead,tookmy
twobucketsandfol
lowedbehi nd.Al
lthe
vil
l
ageroadshadtal
l grasses,
trustme
onewouldhideandat t
acky ou
unknowi ngl
y.Iwalkednexttomyaunt ,
afraidofbeingharmed,that
'sjusthow
scar ediwas.Wellitwasn'
tthatfar
though,butwhatshockedmewast he
queue, i
wonder edwhattimedi dthose
l
adi eswokeup.

*
Her
..
:*Heynhasi
tat
inonokei
.

_
"Yousayi
ngy
oualwayscomeear
li
er
t
hanthi
s?"
_meshocked.

*
Me.
.:
*Sowhatar
ewegoi
ngt
odo?
*Her
..
:*Tongomirawopal
i
ne,
tikaenda
kumbahazvizoi
te.

(
Ehoi
vat
ete)

Ididn'treplyvele,ihadnot hingtosay
zvee.Soshewal kedtot hi
sot herbl
ack
bone, imeant hegirlwasdar k.They
startedtalking,clappi
nghands, i
m sur
e
theywer ecl osebuddi es.Thegirlst
art
ed
pointingmydi recti
onandi knewthey
wer ediscussingaboutme, soijust
actedal ldumb.Theyt hencamet o
wher eiwas. ..
*Her
..
:*EeehKundindiy
emuskana
waKudziuyu?Heheeede
akamupfi
mbirwananikoKudzi
??

(
Nhai
mubv
unzor
udzi
i
kouy
u?)

*Kundi
:*Unot
izvaasi
nakumbobvi
ra
akupfi
mbazvinor
evakut
ihaagone
kupfi
mbahere?

(
Ilosti
tandbur
stout
.)

*
Blacky
:*Eeehsakamakadi
imai
gur
u?
(
Shesaidsowi
thashyv
oice,
im sur
e
whatKundi
sai
dhur
ther
.)

*Me.
.:
*Im good,youcancal
lmeRue,
shor
tnamef orRudo.

(Shej
ustsmil
edandmazi
noakekui
ta
offwhi
tehahahaha)

*Kundi
:*SakaSarundi
i
tir
efav
or
ndokuonati
met i
me.

*
Blacky
:*Askanamusazondi
vhar
e.

(
Shehadaser
iousf
ace.
)
*
Kundi
:*Wat
anga,
ingot
ihausi
kuda
mhani
.

*Bl
acky:
*Ndi
rikut
ambakani
.Pi
ndai
henyu.

Soi j
ustzippedmymout hsi ncei didn't
knowwhatt hedeal wasal labout .Ilater
pickedi tal
lupwheni sawauntKundi
takingourbucket stowher eBl ackyhad
l
ef thers.Soi twasnowcl ear,Blacky
soldhert hir
dposi ti
ont omycl everaunt
andt henwentt otheback.Iwant edt o
callherdumb, butijustdidn'tknowwhat
Kundihadpromisedher,
maybeitwas
wort
hit.Soaft
ersomemi nut
esitwas
ourtur
nandauntdidthewholeprocess
wit
hmewat ching.Af
tershet
hensaid..
.

*Her
..
:*Sar
uanosaraakachenget
a
mamwemabucket sedutwo,handei
nemamwet wo.

*
Me.
.:
*Ok.

*
Her
..
:*Ndi
kut
sigei
her
e?

*
Me.
.:
*Yes.
Soshelift
edt hebucketandthemoment
thebucketlandedont opofmysmall
head,if
eltl
ikei hadmountKili
manj
aro
ontopofmyhead.

*
Me.
.:
*It
stooheav
yaaah.

(
Iwasal
mostl
osi
ngbal
ance.
)

*
Her
..
:*Okmi
rai
ndi
kamur
eimwemv
ura.

Soshehel
pedmet akethebucketdown.
Shepour
edquar
terofthebucketin
Blacky '
sbucket .Itwasst il
l heavybuta
bettert hough.Sowewal kedhome,
tal
kingaboutBl acky.Shewast ell
ingme
thatBl ackywast hev il
lagehel per,i
meanshehel pedal mostev eryvil
l
age
cit
izen, par t
-t
imei guess.Soal ongthe
way ,isawsomet hingt hatscar edme.
Ther ewasamadmansi ttingbesidethe
road, eatingsomebananas.Iwasnow
shivering, apaauntKundi wast heone
l
eadi ngt heway ,soi wasf ol l
owing
behind.

*Me.
.:
*Won'
tthatmadmanhar
m us
aunt
?
(Shelaughedr
eal
l
ybad.Buti
wasbei
ng
honest)

*
Her.
.:
*Jojohesikani
,mai
gur
uvangu
v
ari
kukuty
aav a.

(Whoonear
thdoest
hat
,tal
ki
ngt
omad
peopl
e??
)

*
Jojo:
*Aaahmanj
endakudakuv
aroor
a
i
ni.

Het
henst
oodupandi
pani
cked.I
wantedtor unbuttheheav yt hi
ngt hat
wasont opofmyhead, madei tdifficult
.
Somabv amazi vazv akaiti
kaka, yeah
ndakator
asi rabucketuko, andr anaway .
TheJojomanst artedchasi ngme.Mi nd
you,hehadhi sHondaf ootandi had
fl
ops,sot hepossi bil
it
yofhi m catchi ng
mewasv er yhigh.Buti didn'tstop, Ihad
toactallclevertosav emyl ife,iusedal l
thepoweri hadinmet ocal lforhel p, i
wasshout ingmyman' sname, tears
fal
li
ngdownmycheeks.Iwassoscar ed
guys.Butt heni hadalmostf orgot t
en
thewayhome, haaawhyme.

Af
terr
unni
ngf
orsomemi
nut
es,
headi
ng
nowher e,istoppedbecausei t
sli
keno
onewasev enf oll
owingme.Ilookedf or
auntKundi ,andshewasnotev en
any wherenear ,
Jojowasnowher et obe
foundandi wasi nthemiddleofthose
talkscarygrasses.Soi hadlosttheway,
runningcrazilyl
ikeaheadlesschicken.I
startedcryi
ng, iwasnowscar ed.I
picturedtheJojoguychasi ngmeandi
screamedandt heni hear
d...

*
"St
opcr
yingbabei
m her
e."
*

Thatsoundedl
ikeKudzi
'
svoice,butt
o
meitwasl i
kei
wasi magi
ningthi
ngs,so
icl
osedmyey esandst artedcryi
ng
again.It
henf elthishandsar oundmy
waist,t
hescentwashi s, soiknewt hat
washi mf orreal.Itur
nedandhugged
him sotight,
i wasf ri
ght ened,iwasev en
shaking,myhear tbeati
ngsof ast
...

*
Him.
:
*Rudo.

(
Idi
dn'
tanswerhi
m.)

*
Him.
:
*Comeonbabel
ookatme.

(
Isl
owl
yrai
sedmyheadandl
ookedat
hi
m.)

*
Him.:
*Im sosor
rybabe,
stopwor
ryi
ng
i
m her
ewithyounow.

*Me..
:*Let
'sgobackhomehun,
ican'
t
dothi
sanymor e.

(
Isai
dthatwi
thal
owv
oice.
)

*
Him.
:
*Wil
lsurelygof
ir
stt
hing
t
omor
rowmorning.
Ilaidmyheadonhi schest .Af t
ersome
mi nutesofcomf ort
ingme, het hen
releasedmef rom hi sar msand
suggest edtocar rymeonhi sback, i
neededt hat
, myl egswer eshaki ng.So
that'swhenwel eftthef orest .Hekept
onapol ogisingl i
kei twashi sf aultJojo
chasedmeov er.Fewmet resf rom home,
iaskedhi mtodr opmeof f, itwoul dbe
embar r
assingwal ki
ngi ntot hey ardwit
h
mei nhisback.Hedi d,
andhel dmy
hand.Thatmomentmymom- i
n-law
wal kedoutoft hekitchenandsher anto
me.

*
Her
..
:*Ooohmwanangusor
ry
nezvai
twanaJojo,
haarovevanhuuy
u
kungot
i wangausi
ngazvi
ziv
e.

(
Ijustnoddedmyhead,
ihadl
ostmy
t
alki
ngappetit
e.)

*
Kudzi
:
*Wher
eisKundi
mama?

*
Her..
:*Adzokerakunot
oramamwe
mabucketsnebhara.

_"
Sot heyhaveawheelbar
row?Ahaaa
nowi know,mycrazyauntwantedto
breakmysmal l
head..
"_si
lent
lythi
nki
ng
*Kudzi:
*Okafterbr
eakfast
,
ndichambobudanaRue
ndimbomurati
dzanzvimbo.

*
Her
..
:*Okhapanachakai
pa.

Sowesatont henotsobui l
tver
anda,
waitingforthebr eakfastt obeserved.
AuntKundi camebackandshe
apologizedf orentertainingJojoinmy
presence.If orgaveher , shewasas
crazyasKudzanai ,soi hadt ogetused
toit.Wellthebr eakfastwast henserved,
thatwast eaandsomesweetpot atoes.I
onlyatet wo, t
heywer et ooheavyformy
thi
nt hr
oatahhh.Andt heteawasnot
ordinar
y,justboil
edwaterandsomenot
sof amil
iarteabagsthensugar
,the
colourwasdi sgusti
ngaaah.

Wel l
afterthewei rdbreakf ast,Kudzi
wentt other ivertotakeabat h,asfor
mei refusedt ogot here,Jojo's
disgusti
ngpi cturewasal lov ermyhead.
AuntKundi gav emesomewar m water
andshowedmet hebat hroom.Haaai
askedhermanyt i
mesi fshewasn' t
j
oking,imagi net hebat hroom wasmade
ofthoset al
l grassesandi beggedhert o
accompanymebecausei wasscar ed.
Shedi dandi askedhert owai tformeby
thegat
eofthesocal l
edbathr
oom, i
coul
dn'
tcall
itadoorbecauseitwas
madeofdiff
erenttypesofmetal
s,i
wonderedwheretheyboughttheugl
y
thi
ng.

Wellaf teraquickbath, iwenti nsideand

changedt omybl uejeans, blackT- shi
rt
andbl ackNi kesneaker s.Kudzi was
wearingbl uejeansaswel lbutwi tha
yell
owT- shi
rt.Hewasl ookinggr eathey.
Sowesai dgoodbyet omom andaunt ,
thenwel eft
.Wewer eusi ngTsoy oka,he
saidhewassav i
ngfuel f
ort henextday .
Imagineheny u,i
yehewentt othe
shoppi ngcent r
ewitht hecar ,apahe
camebackwi thjustnothing.The
breakfastt
hough,nobr ead,notoasts,
nowhat .Hewasn'tseri
oushake.Wel l
thatwashimf oryou,ididn'
targue,at
l
easti knewihadsomeonet oprotect
mef rom Joj
othev i
ll
agemadman. ...

Sowewal kedt ot hi
sot hermount ain,i
gotont opandt hev i
ewwasr eall
y
beautif
ul,thebr eeze, thiswast hebest
moment ,ascompar edt othepr evi
ous
hourshahahah.Wej ustsatt hereand
west art
edt al
kingaboutourl ov eli
fe,
our
futur
epl ans, ourgoal s,heartdesires,
dreams.Wet alkedaboutawhol elotof
staff
,unt i
lihadf orgottenaboutt heJojo
i
ncident
,im sur
ethatwasKudzi
's
i
ntenti
on,er
asingusel
essst
aff.
..
.

*
Him.
.:
*Il
ovey
ouMr
sKudzi
.

(
Ismi
l
ed.
)

*
Me.
..
:*Il
ovey
out
oo.

Wespentsomehourstouringthe
near
estar
easandir
eallyhadf un.We
sawsomecowsfrom afarthough,iwas
scar
ed.Wesawsomeoft hevi
llage
boyswhoknowsKudzi,andhe
i
ntroducedmet ot hem, andi
tsl i
kethe
wholev i
l
lagehadt hesamet hinking,
theywereal l
li
ke;*"Wakamupf i
mbi rwa
nanimusal aduyu"*,t
hesamest atement
Blackysaid.Thi
stimear oundi asked
him whytheywer esay i
ngthatandhe
wasl i
ke.
..

*Him.:*Backi nthedaystheyusedt o
callme* "Si
sKudzi "
*.Iwasnotintogi r
ls,
i
nf actineverhadagi rl
.Soim surethey
wereact uall
yhopingtoseemewal king
aroundwi thav i
ll
agegirl
,butboooom, i
havethemostbeaut if
ulandsweett own
gir
l,t
heyar ejustshocked..
(
Theexpl
anat
iont
houghhahahah.
)

*Me.
.:
*Hahahahtheyar
ejustcr
azy
,who
oneart
hwouldsaynotoahandsome
andcharmi
ngguyli
keyou?

*Him.:
*Hahahahlookwho'stal
king,
the
gir
lwhogavemet hehardestti
meev er
,
manysleepl
essnight
s,endl
ess
headaches,
pai.
..

(
iint
err
upt
ed.
)

*
Me.
.:
*Fi
ney
ouwon,
casecl
osed
hahahah.

Welaughedthenwenthome.Iwas
f
eel
ingmuchbet t
er,worsewiththe
t
houghtthatweweregoi ngbackhome
t
henextday.Wear r
ivedwellandmyi n-
l
awshadmi ssedmeal ready
.Im sur
e
t
heyhadmi ssedmydr amasmor ethan
me.

*Mom:*Kudziwakauyanemuroor
a
wangukuti
timuone,zvi
nozv
aunobuda
nay
eunot
iti
not
andar
awonay
eri
i
ni?

(
Shewassmi
l
ing.
)

*
Kudzi
:
*Tadzokawani
mama.

(Her
epl
iedwal
ki
nginsi
det
hehouse.
Andij
oinedmyi
nlaws.
)

*Kundi
:*Mai
gur
umunogonakubi
ka
derer
e?

(
Notagai
n,buti
m upf
orat
ry.
)
*
Me.
.:
*Eheender
inonaka.
.

(
Apai
deay
ekut
ider
erechi
i
,dol
olo.
)

*Kundi
:
*Munony
any
akuf
ari
rar
akabi
kwa
sei
?

(Yesihav
esomanymet hodsinmy
head,
from t
hemanychefsathome.
)

*
Me.
.:
*Rekut
angat
aboi
l
iser
,tozor
oast
er.

(Isai
dthatwi
thamul
ti
mill
i
ondol
lar
smileonmyface,
whynotwheni
had
scored.
)
*
Kudzi
:
*BabeOkr
areal
l
y??

(
PoorRue,
ithoughtder
erei
nyama
y
emhuka)

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i
swaandroasted?
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ourri
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..
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omol
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ght
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Soy ousee, iknowokrabutI'

venev er
cameacr ossi t
sShonaname.Anot her
embar r
assmentf ortheday.Mymom- i
n-
l
awj ustshookherheadandsmi led.
AuntKundi ,icoul
dseeshewant edt o
burstout,butshewast ry
ingsohar dto
controlherself
.Thisti
mear ound,isaw
shutti
ngmymout hupast heonl y
sui
tablesolution.Iwant edt omessno
mor e,sureiwasgoi ngt ol osethe5%i
wasl eftwit
h.Thiswasj ustt hetoughest
vi
ll
ageexper ience,somet hingthatiwas
goingt okeept omy self,forever.Idi
dn'
t
wannaembar rassmy selfwi t
htelli
ng
people.

Wel lf
rom theokr ainci
dent,i
wasnowa
quietdaught er
-in-law.Iwasjust
foll
owingor ders.Thi sdayihelpedaunt
Kundi wit
honl ymycompany ,shedidthe
whol ecooking,andi wasjusttel
li
ngher
stori
es.Shewast ell
ingmesomeoft he
vil
lagestori
es,i laughedmyl ungsout
whenshesai
d..
.:

*Her.
.:
*MkomaKudzanai
vakamborumwaner izeBur
kinaFaso,
apatai
vekuchurch.Vakazhamba
zvekut
ivanhuvakatombomirakuimba.
.

*Me.
.:
*Howdidthescor
piongoti
nhi
s
pant
sthough?

*Her..
:*Zvipi
koakanonokakumuka
ti
chidakuendakuchur chapat rouse
rachor aai
dakupfekarii
netsvina,saka
vakafurir
ananaKudzikutivar
ambe
kuendakuchur chnekutiai
save
nehembey ekupf
eka.Mamav akaizi
va
gamey achobvavati
wachat rousei
ror
o
ri
omet i
satit
abuda.Iyenenungo,
kwakubvaayaniki
rapamadhinhaapo
hake.

(
Ijustcoul
dn'
thol
ditback.
.)

*
Me.
..
:*Enoughaunt
..

*
Her
..
.:
*Aaaabamkuruv eny
uv akapot
sa
v
abv
isatr
ousemuchurch.Daipasina.
..

(Shezi
ppedhermouthal
lofasudden.I
l
ookedatthedoorandt
herewasKudzi
standi
ngther
e,i
wassti
lll
aughi
ng
t
hough.
)

*Kudzi
:*Kundindatozv
izi
vakuti
ndozvawadedzeraRuemuno, ur
imai
RubenBarwechai v
o.

(
Ilaughedev
enmor
e.)

*
Kundi
:*I
totizi
ihakondi
sat
indav
audza
y
akonaJojo.

*
Kudzi
:
*Far
isahako,
uchady
aizv
ozv
o..
Hewal kedoutanditri
edconv i
ncing
auntKundi t
otellmeKudzi'
sst or
y.At
fi
rstshedi dn'
twant,shethoughti was
gonnal aughtatKudzi.Buttheni
promi sedherthatiwasnev ergonnado
that.Shelaterthent
oldme. .

*Her..
:*Kudziakamboendakur wizi
kunogezaakasv i
kakui naJojo.Saka
kubvakar e,
Kudzanai angorinekabeli
ef
kekutiJojoanony eperakupenga.So
akatomuignorebv aatangakugeza.
Achipedzakugezaakabv aaonahembe
pasina,achi
rikutsvaga,akabvaaona
Jojoakadzipfekapamsor o
pemadhumbuake.
(
Myr
ibswer
enowachi
ng.
)

*
Me.
..
:*Okzv
akwana

(
Ibeggedhert
ost
op.
)

*Her..
.:
*Akamboedzakumubat abut
Jojoakat orovabara.3hour smunhu
asatiadzokakur wizi kusvikamama
vatondit
i ndit
eerekunoonakut ichii
chait
ika.Ndakat osvikashasha
i
chichemai ri
paseripemut i,
luckyndai
ve
nezambi a,ndiroraakat ozomoner akut
i
adzokekumba.
Iwalkedoutoft heki t
chenbecausei
wasev encrying.Shemademydayand
aaah,iwassur elygonnal aughati tfor
year
s, t
hejokeshadt hatstrongv i
beon
me,andt heywer enev ergonnal ose
val
ue.Kudzi wast hereout side,
just
l
ookingatmel ikei wasgoi ngcrazy.I
l
aughedunt i
li coul dn'
tlaughany mor e,
myheadwasnowachi ng.

*Kudzi
:*Enoughhey
.Kundi
iwi
l
ltel
l
Kudzanai
!

(
Hewassmi
l
ingt
hough.
)
*
Me.
..
:*Leav
emyauntal
oneeeeh.

Lateri stoppedl aughingbuti wasst i

ll
feeli
ngl i
kei tthough.It hinkt hatkinda
l
ikeseal edt hetrip,theresti snonsense
hahahah.I m si mpl ysayingt her estof
thedaywassuper ,thi
sdayi hadt he
dinnerwi thever yoneint hel ounchen, at
l
eastt hedi nnerwasf ormal ,thet ypeof
foodi atebackhome, soi reallyenjoyed.
Laterwewentt osl eep,meont hest one
bed, auntdownt oear th,yougetwhati m
sayingr i
ght ?Thisdayi sleptpeacef ull
y,
thethoughtofgoi ngbackhomet he
f
oll
owi
ngdaymademyhear
ttosmi
l
e..
.

Thenextdayi wokeupear l
i
erthan
expected,exci
tementzvee.Wewer e
l
eav i
ngmi d-morning,
iwashappyhey.I
evenwokeauntKundi up,shewasbusy
snori
ng, i
guesst heeart
hwasnotgood
forherheadhahahah.Sheopenedher
eyesandshewasshockedt oseeme..

*
Her
..
:*Someonemi
sseshome.

(
Ismi
l
ed.
)
*Me.
..
:*Youknowbet
tert
hanme.Welli
wannagivey
ousomeofthecl
othesi
di
dn'
twear.

(
Iwasseri
ousthough,
iwasi
nlov
ewi
th
t
hatgi
rlmhani
.)

*
Her
..
:*Mur
ikur
evesaher
emai
gur
u??

*
Me..:
*Yep,excepttheonesi wore,
ino
l
ongerhaveti
met owat cht
hem, soif
y
oucan, y
oucangi v
et hem out.

(
It
snotl
i
ket
heywer
eter
ri
bledi
rt
y,i
just
di
dn'
twanthert
ofeel
humi
l
iat
ed.
)

*
Her
..
:*Thanky
oumai
gur
u.

Shest oodupandhuggedme, shewas

reall
yhappybel i
ev eme.Sowet hen
helpedeachot herf oldi
ngt hebl ankets,
thenwentout side.Iwashedt hedi shes
exceptt heblackpot s,t
heyhadno
glovessoi wasaf r
aidofscr atchingmy
handswi t
ht heki ndasoiltheyused.
Kudzi andmom l at
erwokeup, andwe
wer edone.Fort helasttime, i
volunteeredt ogobat hatther iver,j
ust
tosaygoodby etot hevil
lageinst y
le
hahahaha.Wewalkedtherehandin
handwithmyaunt,l
aughingli
kelong
ti
mebuddi es.
..
.

Wer eachedt hepubl i

cbathroom andwe
bathed.Wedi dn'twastemucht i
me
sincethewat erwasabi tcol
d.Butaf t
er
bathingifel
tf r
eshandamazi ng.We
thenwentbackhomeandKudzi was
donebat hi
ngt oo.Thisdayi wor emy
whitelongsleev eturt
leneckdr ess, my
redsuedepumpshoesandr edcar di
gan.
IaskedauntKundi towearanot her
orangeroundneckpenci ldress, and
sil
versandals.Shel ookedst unning.She
couldn'
tstopt hankingmet hough.I
combedmyweav e.Ilookedmy selfon
theminimirr
ort
here,
andi wasl ooking
great
.Itookasel
fi
esofbot hofus, and
thepi
cturewasbeaut
iful
.

Wellwet henwal kedoutandmom

smil
edwhenshesawherdaught er
l
ookinggr eat.Kudzitoowasr eall
y
happy .Sol at
ert hebreakfastwasser v
ed,
thereal breakfastthough.Weenj oy ed
andi washedt hedishesaf ter.Later
aft
erput tingev ery
thi
ngi nitsposi t
ion,
wesai dgoodby etomom, auntKundi
wascomi ngwi t
hust hough, t
her ewas
somet hingshewant edatt heshoppi ng
centre.Ihuggedmymom- i
n-l
aw, iwas
sur
elygoi
ngt
omi
sst
hatcool
lady
..

*
Her..
:*Mukagar
agar
amodzokawo
muchi
onav amwe.

*
Me.
..
:*Wewi
l
lmama.Musar
emushe.

Withthosewor ds,webr eakt hehugthen

gotinthecar.Wewav edhergoodby e
thendroveoff.IcalledHai l
ey,br
agging
aboutmyv il
l
aget ri
p, onlyifsheknewi
messedupl ikenev erbefore,shewas
surel
ygoingt olaughatme.Wel lwe
thenarri
vedattheshoppi ngcentreand
l
eftauntKundither
e,t
rustmeshewas
drawi
ngmanypeopl e'
sattent
ionwit
h
herdressi
ng,shewasjusthotthi
sday.

*
Me..
:*Pl
ayi
tcool
,wewantnoi
n-l
aws
l
i
keJojo.

(
Iteasedher
)

*Her
..
:*Ti
sut
ichadar
oher
emai
gur
u.
Hahahahmuf
ambemushe.

Webr
ief
edahugt
hensai
dgoodby
e.
Withoutwast i
ngtime, wesaidgoodbye
toMr ehwa,thevil
lageofgreat
memor i
es.Iwasfeelingexhaust
edbuti
couldn'
tsleepalongt heway,iwas
afr
aidofKudzi dri
v i
ngback.Iwantedto
makesur ewewer egoingbackhome
hahahaha.Im sureKudzi r
eadmymi nd.
.

*
Him.
.:
*Someonemi
sseshome.

(
Ismi
l
ed)

*
Me.
..
:*Notr
eal
l
y.

*
Him.
.:
*Thanky
ousomuchbabe.
*
Me.
..
.:
*Forwhatnow?
?

*Hi
m...
:*Foragreei
ngt
ocomewi
thme
her
e.Thisreal
lymeansal
ott
ome.I
l
oveyouhey .

*
Me.
..
.:
*Itsf
ine,
ihadf
unt
houghi
knew
f
ewt
hings.

Wecontinuedtalki
ngaboutmydramas
andimadehi m promi
sethathewas
goi
ngtot el
lnoone.Hepromisedbut
hey,
itwasnotsoeasyf ormetotrust
him.Iknewt hatt hemomenthewas
gonnabenextt ohiscrazytwinbr ot
her
,
hewassur el
ygonnaexposet hesecret
s.
Butitwasagoodt hi
ngi hadsome
thi
ngst otellpeoplethough.The
scorpionincidentforKudzanai,andthe
ri
verincidentforKudzai,yeahthose
werer eall
ygoingt omakemet hewinner.

Tocutt helongj our

neyshort,
welater
arr
ived,thatwasar ound3pm.Het ook
mehomef i
rst.Mymom wassohappy
toseeme, shehadmi ssedmel i
keiwas
awayf or3y ears.Kudzidi
dn'
tstay,
he
j
ustgav emymom somesweet
potatoesanddr iedfi
sh.Idon'
tknow
wherehegott
hat,i
meanwhenhe
packedt
hoseformom.Hel
aterl
eft
..

*Mom.:*Howwasyourvacat
ion?My
poorbabyyounowdar
k.

(Idon'
tknowi
fshewast
ell
i
ngt
het
rut
h
ornot.
)

*
Me.
.:
*Itwasgr
eat,
iwishedt
oexpand
t
hev
acati
onto7days.

(
Andt
hen?
)
*Her.
.:
*Youenjoy
edi see.Iboughtnew
cream.Youneeditf
ory ourski
n.

*
Me..
.:
*Thanksmommy.Iwi
l
lbei
nmy
r
oom i
fyouneedme.

Ithenkissedhercheekt henwent
upstair
s,iwant edtotakeanap.If i
rst
tookaqui ckwar m bath,changedtomy
greytracksuitthentuckedmy sel
finthe
covers.Iclosedmyey esandwentt o
l
alaland.Isleptforabout2andahal f
hoursbecausei wokeupwi t
hmymom
call
ingmeupf ordi
nner.Iwokeup,
washedmyf acethenwentdownst air
s.
Mydadwassohappyt oseeme,ihad
missedhim hey
.Iranandhuggedhi
m.
Hewasj ustsmil
ing.

*
Him.
.:
*Imi
ssedy
oubaby
.

*
Me.
..
:*Imi
ssedy
out
oodad.

Enoughofdaddyandme, weneedt he
whol edayf ort
hat .Soweenj oyedt he
delici
ousmeal ,ihadmi ssedthisformal
meal ,ev
enmyi ntest i
nessmi led.They
toohadmi ssedrecei vingspecial
treatment.Wellaft erthemeal ,
discussionsandst aff,wet henwentto
sleep.Thenextdayi wasgoi ngtowork
soi neededsomer est.Isleptpeaceful
l
y
l
ikeanewbaby .Thenextmor ni
ngi
wokeupf eelinggr eatandf resh.I
couldn'twaitt obeatmywor kpl
acewit
h
mycr azyandbubbl ysi ster
-in-l
aw.Well
i
preparedmy selfforwor k,hadmy
cerealsthenl aterleftforwor k.

Iwaslist
eni ngt
oBankyW, enjoy i
ng
ever
ypar tofthesong, l
yri
ccont ent,
i
nstrument sandall
.Ilaterarr
ivedand
Hail
eywaswai t
ingformewi t
hr edeyes.
Thatgirl
lovedstori
eszv enyu.We
huggedf orsomemi nutesandi punched
herforbackingofflastminut
e.Likei
hadallmyhopeonherandshej ust
withdr
ewj ustli
kethat.Sheapol
ogized
though,atleastshehadsome
chocolatesforme, t
oshowhowsor ry
shewas.Il ovedthatgir
lmhani.

*
Her
..
:*Enough.Tel
lmenow,
howwas
t
hev
acation?
?

*
Me.
.:
*Youmi
ssedst
ori
esmor
ethan
mei
see.
..

Soi
tol
dher
,notev
ery
thi
ngt
hough,
i
wasn'treadyt obet henextmor ni ng'sH-
Met r
oHeadl ine.Ionl yt oldherthe
chickenincidentandst oppedther e.She
l
aughedherl ungsout ,notknowi ngt hat
therewasmor et othest or
y.Butt hat
wasenought hough.Wel lwi
thmy
bubblysister-i
n-lawar ound,thedaywas
wellspent,andt henpassed.Wepar t
ed
way safterwor kandwenthome.I
prayednott obumpi nt omybr ot her-i
n-
l
aw, iknewi wasnev ergonnacont r
ol
my self
,thi
nkingaboutt hescorpion
i
ncident.Ofwhi chi hadt obecause
that'
swhatwepr omi sedeachot herwi t
h
Kudzi,nottot ellany oneaboutt hose
sil
lymoment s.Buti twast ought hough
hahahaha.
Wel l,day spassedandf i
nallythedaywe
hadbeenal l waitingf or,washer e.
Ever yonewassoeagert oknowt he
verdict .Trustmet heguy swor kedhard
tobr ingoutsol idev idence,the
monst ershadhi r edoneoft hebestand
wel l-
knownl awy er,butwi t
ht hemany
evidenceandst af f
,theyfail
edt hecase.
Char leswor kedhar dguy s,the
chal l
engi ngl awy erwasst ubbor nbut
yoh, hewasl eftdef eated.Sowhat
happenednextwassat i
sfyi
ng, Bradand
crewwer esent encedt o25y earsin
prison.If eltahuger eli
efbuti ts
unf ortunatet hatBr i
ttwast hen
sent encedt o6mont hs.Butatleastwe
wer en'thurtbecausewet houghtthe
wor st.Theyhadt obeeasyonhersi nce
shewasmani pulatedandonce
threatened.Sot heoncedanger ous
team wasescor tedtoChikurubhi
Maxi mum Pr i
son,l
eavingmanypeopl e
smi l
ing...

From thatverysameday ,iwasnow

freel
yenjoyi
ngmyl i
fe,noonet obe
scaredof,not hr
eats,nohi deandseek,
j
ustanopenandf r
eelife.Wewer enow
planni
ngont akingourr elati
onshi
pto
thenextlevel
,sincewehadnot hi
ngt
o
beaf r
aidof.Thisotherdayi twasa
Wednesdayaft
erlunch,
iwasatwor k
andirecei
vedacallf
rom Kudzi
cry
ing
sobadly,
..
..

*Me..
.:
*St
opcr
yingandt
ell
mewhat
's
wrong?

.
..
.:Ku.
..
Ku.
.Kudzi
wa.
..
wa.
.was,
..
..
..
du
dudu.
...
*
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Rue*

Thecal
lwasdr
opped.It
ri
edcal
l
ing
backbutt hephonewasnol onger
reachabl e.Iwasnowscar ed,li
ket he
wayKudzi wascr yi
ng,reallypainedmy
heart.It ri
edconcent r
atingonmywor k,
thi
nkingt hathewasgonnacal lme
again, buti tdidn'
twor k.Henev ercall
ed
andi hadal sol ostmyconcent rati
on.I
j
ustwal kedt oHai l
ey'
sof fi
cein
confusi on, iwant edtoaskheri fshe
knewsomet hing.Guesswhati saw? ?
Herni celyl ockeddoor .Iwasl ef t
puzzled, thiswassonotofher ,leavi
ng
withoutt ellingme? ?Besi des,wher eon
earthwoul dshegodur i
ngwor king
hours? ?Thi sgirlwassomehowdi f
fi
cult
tounder stand..
Well withmyshockedandembar rassed
self
, iwalkedbackt omyof f
ice,feeli
ng
nothingbutl azy .Itr
iedKudzi'snumber
overandov er,butst i
ll
,itwasjustt he
same.It hent houghtofcal li
ngLucas,
may behewasgoi ngtohelp.Itri
edhi s
numbert hr
iceandhewasn' tpickingup
mycal ls.Istartedpani cki
ng.Itri
edf or
thefortht i
meandhef inall
ypickedt he
callup..

*
Me.
..
:*Heybr
oisev
ery
thi
ngok?
?

.
..
..:Ever
ythi
ngi
sfine,j
ustt
hatKudzi
i
s..
.Is.Justcomeoverify
oucan..
.
(
Hehunguponme.
)

Whatwasgoi ngonr eally?

?Whatwas
wrongwi t
hKudzanai , t
heyal ldidn't
wannat el
l met het ruth.Iwai t
edf orhim,
hopingthathewasgoi ngt ocal lback,
buttonoav ai
l.Itriedcal li
ngbackand
thecallwentst raightonv oicemai l.Now
iwasev enwor r
ied, Kudzi '
scr yi
ngv oi
ce
wasst i
llr
ingingi nmymi ndandear s.I
hadnochoi ce, t
hant oj ustgot here,
yeahimeanMsasawher et heboy s
stay
ed.Ipackedmyt hi
ngst henlocked
myof f
icedoor ,andl eft.Itr
iedaski ng
ourr
ecept
ioni
sti
fHai
leyhadlef
thera
message,
butshehadnon,whatki
nda
humanbeingwasHai
leyreal
l
y?

Iheadedt hepar kingandwi thout

wast ingmucht i
me, i startedmycar
thendr oveof f
.Ever yone' sphonewas
notr eachable,i
mt alkingaboutRav i'
s,
Hailey ,
Lucas,Tate, Kudzi andeven
Nomsa, Kudzanai'sbae.Somet hingwas
wrongsomewher e, buti j
ustcouldn't
fi
gur eoutwhatexact l
y .IdrovetoMsasa
Parki nfull
speed, i want edt obet herei
n
ti
me, andfi
gur eoutawayf orwardfrom
there.Iwast hereinnot imeandi j
ust
parkedout sidethegat e, idi
dn'twant
pr
obl
emsdr
ivi
ngout
..

Irant othegat eandt hegat eman

openedt hegat eforme, t
heni wal kedin.
Irant othemai ndoor ,anditwasopen
theni j
ustwal kedi n.Guesswhati saw,
Kudzi eatingsnacks, watchingcr i
cket.
Nowetey es, nosadf ace,nothingatal l
,
hewasr eallyenj oyingt hemomenti
guessed. ..Ifeltreallyweakt hati
couldn'tmov e, hejustlookedatmeand
smiledbuti wasangr y,hehadusedme
forreal.Tomakehi m payf orhissi l
ly
games, ihadt oleave.Guy sdon' tgetme
wrong, li
kewhoi nthewor l
df akecr yi
ng
j
ustf ornor eason?It ookfewst eps
back,
thent ur
nedtowalkaway.Bef
orei
evenreachedthedoor
,hestoppedme,

*Hi
m..
:*Comeonbabe,
im sorr
yfor
whati
didbuti
didt
hatforareason.

(
Whatkindareasonwast
her
etoj
ust
if
y
t
hosechil
dishacts?
)

*Hi
m. .
:*Pl
easebabe,
comeher
eandi
wil
ltel
lyouther
eason.

_EndaRue.Aiwausamujaidze.Maybe
he'
sserious.Haaakanamaj okesake
naKudzanaiasi
nganaki
dze..
.._me
t
hinki
ng

*
Me. .
.:
*Kudziyout
ri
ckedme,
doy ou
t
hinkiwil
ll
ist
entoyourl
amereason?

*Hi
m..:
*Okmai
mwana, wear
erunni
ng
outoft
ime,
wai
tther
e.

Nowhewasconf usingmemor e.He

stoodup,st
art
edr unningaroundthe
houseli
keamadper son.Icouldn'
t
standhi
sdramassoi walkedoutand
waitedf
orhim outsi
de.Afterwhatfeel
s
l
ike5mi nut
es,hethenwal kedout,
l
ookingdif
ferent,
imeangor geous,sor
ry
imeanpretty,hai
bo,imeanhandsome.
Hewasnowwear i
ngsomegr eyformal
tr
ousers,
blacklongsleeveshir
t,bl
ack
suedeformalshoes.Eishhewasj ust
supersmart.

*
Him..
:*Tosaveti
mewil
lusey
ourcar
i
nst
ead,buti
will
dri
vey
oumyqueen.

Tellyouwhat ??Ijustlookedathim,and
fakedasmi le.Deepdowni wasst i
ll
angryathimf orf ool
ingaround,and
thenhislookst hatti
me, ki
ndali
ke
dil
utedtheanger .Hel edthewayt othe
getandi justfollowed, try
ingtot hink
aboutwher ehewast akingme, and
whathewasupt o.Wewer eoutsidet he
yard,heopenedt hedoorf orme, i got
i
nside, hedi dtooandst art
edthecar .I
wasj ustnoti nt het al
kingmood, inf act
,
iwasj ustnoti nt hemoodofl i
steni ngto
hisfolktales,soi sawshut ti
ngmy
mout hupast hebet tersoluti
on.I
thoughthewasgoi ngt otalkbuti nstead
heinser tedhisf lasht henplayed
*"Ndokuda" *byourv eryownKi ngof
Love,Tr evorDeehahahah.Ij ustzi pped
mymout h,iknewhewant edmet o
commentbuti didn't.
...
Well hewasdr ivi
ngabi tf ast ersi ncehe
wassi ngingt he"behindt ime"song.I n
not i
mewewer eim Hought onPar kandi
wonder edwhatwewer edoi ngt her e.I
sawhi m par kingoutsidet hisot her
beaut i
fulhouse.Heopenedt hedoorf or
meandi l
ookedatt hebeaut iful house
thenzippedmymout hagai n.Ther ewas
atallblackgat esowewal kedt ot he
gateandt hegat emanopenedt hegat e
forus.Kudzi wasleadingt heway ,the
momenti steppedmyf ooti nsi det he
gate,igott heshockofmyl ife.The
housewaspai ntedi
ncr eam andwai t,
therewer er oundtables, andwhat ??
Hailey,Rav i
,Kudzanai, Tate, jeezaunt
Kundi .
..
*
Me.
..
:*What
'sgoi
ngonher
eKudzi
???

(
Hesmi
l
edt
hensai
d..
.)

*Him..:
*IthatnkGodf orgivi
ngmet he
mostamazi ngwomani nthewor ld.You
taughtmehowt ober esponsibl
e, car i
ng
andalway spositiv
e.Wel ltocutt hel ong
storyshort,
thisisjustthe* "
House
War mingParty"*forthehouset hati
boughtforourmom.Nowy ouwi llbe
visi
ti
ngy ourmom andsi ster-
in-
lawher e
notinMur ehwahahahah. .
...
*
Tobecont
inued.
..
.*

_Eveningladiesandgent s.Myapol ogies

forthesmal lestpieceev er,ihadav er
y
busydayandwi t
ht hiscol dweat her,y
ou
gottaplayitcool withme.Somet imes
myl egwi l
lbehur ti
ngandanapi sthe
onlythingiwi l
lbet hinki
ngof .Ihadt o
sacrif
icethisone, sincei couldn'
tletyou
sleepwi t
hanempt ystomach, butim
real
l
yexhaust ed.Wil
l dr
opthe
conti
nuationtomorrowmi dday,t
hen
tomorrow'schapterintheeveni
ng..
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WhatKudzi saidcamet omeasashock,

ifeltashar ppainst ri
kingt hroughmy
hear t
.It
snotl i
kei remember edBr ad
everinject
ingmeany thing, butjudging
byhi sevil
spi ri
t,hewascapabl eof
doingany thing.Iknewhesomehow
meantwhathesai d,hewasamonst er
,
ar ealdanger ousmonst er.Buti don't
knowwhyi didn'tcrythough, i
thappens
everytimei m deepl yhur t
,i don'
tcr y
...
*Him.:
*Babei di
dn'
ttel
l y
outoworr
yyou,
butsot hatyoucangoandt al
ktohi
m,
may bethereissomethinghewant
s
fr
om y outosetyoufree.

_"
Mev isi
ti
ngwho?I
sheoutofhismi
nd?
Iwil
lnevergoandt
alkt
othatani
mal
"_

*Me..
.:
*Im notgoingthepl
ease.Ifhe
meantwhathesai d,t
henfine,he
shapedmyf utur
eandi mforcedtogo
al
ongwi t
hit.

(Whatwastheretoconf
ronthi
mf or
?If
i
twast r
uewast al
kingt
ohim goi
ngto
changeany
thing?)
*
Him.
.:
*Nobabe,i
didn'
tmeantoupset
y
ou,t
hatwasj
ustasuggest
ion.

_
"Thankyouf
orsuggest
ingbuti
tsaNO
f
orme."_

*
Me.
.:
*Canwechanget
het
opi
cnow?

*
Him.
:
*Sur
e.

Sowestart
edeati
ngsil
entl
y,iwasbusy
thi
nki
ngaboutt
hecrazyandscarynews.
Iwashur
tandiknewKudzi t
oowas,
event houghhewasact inglikeast r
ong
man.I tspai nfuli don'twannal i
e,
knowi ngt hattheonel adyy oudesi ret o
ti
et heknotwi th, wontbeabl et ogi ve
youki ds.Notbecauseshewasbor n
barren, butshewasmadebar renbyt he
oneguywhowasoncepar tofherl i
fe,
that'
sj usttoomucht ohandl e.Thi nking
aboutt hat,reallymadet hesituation
harderf orme, icouldt ellKudzi was
somehowaf f
ect edandi hadnot hingt o
dot omakehi mf eelbetter.Keepi ng
quietwast heonl ywayt ogo. .
.

*Kudzi
:*Sowhatar
ewegivi
ngt
he
weddinglov
ebir
dsasgi
ft
s?
(
Hewant
edt
ocl
eart
het
ensi
oni
guess.
)

*Me..
:*Minei
sasur
pri
se,
whatdoy
ou
havefort
hem?

*
Him.
:
*Asur
pri
seaswel
l
.

(
Ismi
l
ed.Atl
easthehadsomet
hingf
or
t
hem.
)

*Me..
:*Justtel
lme,maybewhatyou
haveisnotthei
rfav
ouri
te,
thenyoucan
sti
l
lchange.
(
Cur
iosi
tyki
l
li
ngme.
)

*Hi
m.:
*Theywi
l
lseewhatt
heycando
wit
hit
.

(
Ilostt
hecase)

*
Me.
.:
*Yousur
elynotgoi
ngt
otel
lme.

(
Isai
dsosmi
l
ing.
)

*
Him.
:
*idon'
twannaspoi
lthesur
pri
se.
Irestedmycaseaf tersomanyt r
ials,
he
washar dtoconv i
nce.Butt hatkindalike
helpedal ot,ifel
tbetterafterthat.Iwas
tryi
ngmyl evelbestnott othinkabouti t
,
forthesakeofmybr other'
sbi gday ,t
he
bigdayt hatev er
yonewaswai ti
ngf or
,
thebi gdayt hatwasgoi ngt ochangehi s
l
ife,thedaymat t
eredmucht ome.You
seei couldn'tbethehor ri
bleauntathi s
weddi ng,wor sewheni m hisoneand
onlysister,every
onewoul dbel ookingat
me, thatwi l
lbeadi sgracetot hefami l
y
forreal.

Wel
lthedaywentpr
ett
ywel
l
,Kudzi t
ri
ed
somuchtobri
ngbackmyori
ginal
mood,
tocheermeupandi tworked.Iqui ckl y
forgotaboutBr ad'
snonsense.Il ov ed
himf orlovingmemuch, icouldseei ti
n
hisey esthatiwashi sonl yone,icoul d
feel i
tinmyhear tthathel ovedme, i
valuedt hatlov
esomuch.Wedi da
whol elotofstaff
,justtocr eate
memor ablememor i
esf ortheday .Tr ust
meKudzi wasthereal deal,myor iginal
Mur ehwaboy ,
myRomeo, andmehi s
Juliet.Yesim showingof f,ihopei tsnot
acr ime..

Im surey
ouall
li
ke"EnoughRue",okim
resti
ngmycase.Af
tersomehour sof
enjoyi
ngour
selv
es,wethenthoughtof
goingbackhome, wehadhadenough
funf ortheday .Kudzi mademepr omise
thati wasnev ergoingt ot el
l mom and
dadaboutBr adbef oreRav i
'
sweddi ng.I
l
ov edt heidea, iknewt heywer egoi ngto
wor rymor eaboutme, andf orgott o
enjoyt heirson'sbi gday .Ipromi sedhi m,
andi twasagoodt hingt hatRav iand
Haileyknew, sot herewasact uallyno
needf ormet ospoi l t
hemomentwi t
h
tel
lingmypar entsliketheywer eev en
goingt otalkt oBr ad.Wewer ejust
avoidingpani cat tacksorHi gherBl ood
Pressur es.Kudzi t
ookmehome, andwe
metRav iathomeaswel l
.Thatwasan
adv antaget ome, iwant edtot alktohi m.
SoKudzi leftandpr omisedt ocal lme
l
ater.
.Wewal kedt
othecott
agewithmy
brot
her,Ti
nashewasinsi
deprepar
ing
di
nnersotherewasnothi
ngtoworry
about.

*
Me..
:*I
m worri
edbro,whati
fit
str
ue?
I
m worr
iedaboutKu.
..

(
Hest
oppedme.
)

*Him..
:*Thereasonwhyi
m her
eis
becauseofyou.Icameher
etoseeyou
pri
ncess.
(
Nowi
wasl
ost
.)

*
Me.
.:
*Whatar
eyousay
ingnow?
?

(
Hesmi
l
ed.
)

*Him.:
*Im comi ngfrom Chi kurubhinow.
IspoketoBr adandf rom t helit
tl
ethati
managedt opickf r
om t heconv ersati
on,
hedidn'
tmeantwhathesai d.Imean
youknowi tsnoteasyf orsomeonewho
wasoncer espectedt oj ustaccept
defeat
,thesear ej
ustt hewor ksof
j
ealousy.He'sjusttry
ingt obreakyour
sweetrelat
ionshipjustt ohurtyou.
(
Ifel
trel
i
eved.
)

*
Me..:
*Kudzi
hadsuggest
edonme
v
isi
ti
nghim.

*Hi
m.:*Noneedf orthat ,he'sanidiot,
he'
sthinki
ngy ourr elationshipwi l
lbeall
messyjustli
ket heoney ouhadwi thhim.
That
'snottrue,buti fy ouwant ,wi
lltake
youtomybestf ri
endwhoi sadoct orfor
sometests.Don' tmi ndt hatl oser
,he's
notworthyourat tention...
Ifoundmy selfhuggi ngmybr ot
her,
believeme, Raviwasmyv icedad, he
meansal ott ome.Idon' tknowwhati
woul ddowi thoutt hatmani nmylife.He
l
ov edmemor ethani ev erimagi nedand
ilovedhi m mor e.Iwasnev erashamed
ofcal l
inghi m mybr other ,hedeser ved
ther espectandt het itl
e.Sowet hen
wenti nside, handi nhand.Hewasn' t
stay i
ng,sohet henl ef tri
ghtaway ,im
surehewasdonet alkingt omom.Iwas
nowf eel
ingokaf tert alkingt omy
brother,atl eastihadnot hingt obe
wor ri
edabout .

Lat
ermymancal
l
edmeandi
tol
dhi
m
thegoodnews, icouldhearit,hewas
real
lyhappy .Wet al
kedforaboutan
hour,thensaidourgoodby es.Thenday
thenpassed, wit
hmef eeli
ngok.The
nextdayRav i
call
edmei nthemor ning.
Hehadat i
ghtschedulethatdaybuthe
waswi lli
ngtosacr i
fi
ceonlytwohour s
ofhist i
me, j
usttotakemet ohisbest
fri
endwhowasadoct or
.Hedi dmea
hugef avorthough,iknewaf terhis
wedding, hewasgoi ngtobe
unreachable,don'taskmewhy ,ifyou
knowy ouknow.

Iwokeupandpreparedmy sel
ffort
he
appoi
ntmentandthenlef
tbeforemy
mom i nterviewedme.Ical l
edKudzi
alongt hewayi nforminghi m aboutthe
appoi nt mentandher equestedt ojoinus,
ijustt oldhimt ocallRav isi
ncehewas
theonewi tht hefulldetail
s,imeant he
addr ess, asf ormei wasj ustfoll
owing
order s.Iar r
ivedatRav i
'splacebef ore
8am, hewasal readywai t
ingformeso
wel ef trightaway .Wedr oveof ft
of ort
h
street, atleasthehadmadean
appoi nt mental ready..
.

Wearri
vedtheri
ghttimeandwewer e
t
hefir
sttobeattended.Thefri
endwasa
r
eal
lyfri
endl
yguy ,mybrotherhadmany
f
ri
endshey,idon'tt
hinkievenknewhal
f
oft henumber ,hehadmanyhey .Well
thedoct ordidsomet estsandt oldus
thathewoul dgi v
eust her esul
tsafter
threeday s.Butwi ththelookonhi sf ace,
icoul dtel
ltherewasnot hingwrong, my
hear tfel
tatease.Kudzi arri
vedjustafter
wel eftthesur geryandt henhewast he
onei l
eftwith.Rav i
leftalone.

SoKudzi t
ookmet oRavi'
swor kplace,
that
'swher eihadl
eftmycar .Wepar t
ed
wayst hatmoment,hehadcomet o
checkuponme.Suchacar i
ngguyhe
was.It henwenthome,feeli
ngl i
kef l
yi
ng,
that
'showhappyi was.Wel liarr
ived
wellandbackt omyorigi
nalmood,
exci
tedaboutmybrother
'swedding,
and
cont
inuedwit
hthepreparat
ions.

Theday sthenpassedandt hebi gday

wasf i
nall
yher e,thedayev eryonewas
waitingfor.Ev ent hebirdswer esinging
j
oyful songs, everyonewasr eall
yhappy .
Icalledmysi ster-
in-l
awi nthemor ning,
checkinguponher .Shewasather
parents'housei nWar renPar k.Herl it
tl
e
si
steranswer edt hecal lt
ell
ingmet hat
shewascr ying, ibeggedhert ogiv e
Haileythephoneandshedi d..
.
*
Me.
.:
*What
'swr
onggi
rl
?

.
..
.:I
m over
whel
medgirl
.Ican'
t
bel
i
eveim goi
ngtobehi
swifetoday
.

(
Cany
oui
magi
ne?
)

*Me..
:*Ithoughtyounotfeeli
ngwel
l.Cry
asmuchasy ouwant,butmakesure
younotbr i
ngi
ngredandpuf fyey
es
ther
e,sparemet heembar r
assmentgir
l,
iwil
lbeatyou.

.
..
:[l
aughi
ng]
..
.Oki
heady
ouy
our
Hi
ghness.
*
Me.
.:
*Goodgi
rl
.Seey
oul
ater
.

Ithendr oppedt hecall,shewasadr ama

queeny ousee?Idi dn'
texpectt hatfrom
av i
vacioussomeonel i
keher ,butshe
didthough.Wel l wedidal lthe
preparationsandl eftforKar i
ba.This
dayi waswi t hmymom anddadandhi s
driv
erwast heonedr i
ving.Itwasa
specialday ,sonoonewasev eninthe
driv
ingmood.Iwasbusychat ti
ngwi t
h
mymanonWhast up,hewascr yingfor
mypi ctureandi wassay ingno, iwanted
tosurprisehi m.Byt hewayi was
wearingalongv elv
etmaroondr ess,the
dressshapedmybodyr eall
ywell.
..Ihad
mysi l
verheelsfrom Namibi
aandsi l
ver
j
ewel l
eryaswell.Iwaslookinghoti
couldfeeli
t.Aboutmymom, t
hef ashion
l
ady ?Googleitf
ory our
self
.

Wellwel aterarri
v edandt heplacewas
welldecor at
ed, mybr otherhaddonei t
beli
ev eme.Youwoul dn'tthinkthatwe
werest i
llinZim, hehaddel ayedfora
reason.Wewer ei mpr essedi don't
wannal ie.Everyonewasonpoi ntand
yeahonceagai n,mybr otherdidmade
uspr oud.Event hebr i
desmai d,they
werel ookingbeaut i
ful i
nlimegr een
dressesandmar oonheels,
andthe
gents,atopi
cforanotherday.

Wel leveryt
hingwentwel landt het wo
ti
edt heknot ,t
hesy mbol oft heirlov e
wasnowcl ear.Theymadet heirf ami l
i
es
andf ri
endspr oud.Thedaywasoneof
thebest .Thecateringt eam r eal l
yt ook
thei
rt i
me, thefoodwasappet izingbut
duet osomuchexci tement ,i coul dn'
t
eatmuch.Butwer eal l
yhadf un, they
receivedmanygi ftsf rom peopl e.Asf or
mygi ftandKudzi '
s, goandaskRav iand
Hailey,idon'twanty out hinkingi tsal i
e,
sobet tergetthenewsf rom t hehor ses'
mout hshahahaha.
Thedayt henpassedandt het wodr ove
offtoRavi'
snew15r oomedhousei n
Chadcombe.Rav ihadboughtt hehouse
forthei
rhoney moonandi twasf or
Haileytodeci
dewhet hershewant ed
them tostaythereornot .Mybr other
had6housest hough.Wel l wewent
homef eeli
nghappy ,
likereallyhappy .I
wast henext,
ofcour semyweddi ngwas
nowsmel li
ng.Thatwasi t,Rav i
ro
Musonzawasnowmar ri
ed, nomor e
slayqueenadv ancing, t
hejour neyended
there.
..
Day spassedandt hedoct orthengav e
met her esult
s, everythingwasokwi th
me, nothingwasev erdamagedand
therewasnodanger ousdr uginmy
system, iwasj ustpur ehahahaha.It old
mymanandhewasr eall
yhappy ,he
thenstar t
edsi ngingt helobolasong, as
i
ft heBradi ssuewast heonest opping
him..Itoldhimt otakeabackseat ,
i
want edtoenj oyt helastmoment sof
beingthe* "FancyRue" *..
.

Thisot
herdayiwasint
owndoi
ngsome
windowshoppi
ng,t
hatwasaweekend
andKudzi wasoutofHar arewi thwork.I
sawsomemar oonheelsint hisot her
shop, andt houghtofaskingt hepr i
ce,
theshoesl ookedtoobeaut iful.Iwalked
i
nandbumpedi ntosomeone
unintentionall
y.Thatwasal adyandshe
droppedherphone.Myhear tst art
ed
beating, notbecauseicoul dn'taf f
ord
buy i
ngherphone, butiwasaf raidof
beingi nsultedandembar rassed.I
pickedupt hephoneandt hemomenti
l
iftedmyheadup, oureyesmetandi
wasl ike...
.

*
Me.
..
:*Ooohy
ou?
?
*
Her
..
:*Youdi
dthi
sint
ent
ional
l
yri
ght
???

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eal
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ady
?

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ngtohappent
o
theMutasadaught
er-
in-
law.
..
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Idon'
tknowi fitwasexci t
ementor
shock,butwedi dsay" YesKudzi "t he
samet i
me.Thepl acewasnowf i
lled
withapplauds, smileyfaces, l
aught er,
andallsortsofcr azysounds.Thet wo
twinbrot
her sinsertedt hebeaut i
ful r
ings
i
nourbeaut ifulfi
nger s.Theywer ebot h
goldri
ngsbutwi thdi f
ferentdesigns.I
fel
tspecialbelieveme.Kudzi and
Kudzanai st
oodupandweshar eda
grouphug, t
henpar tnersthing.

*
Me.
.:
*Il
ovey
ouKudzi
.

*
Him.
:
*Il
ovey
oumor
emyl
ove.
Fewsecondsaf terthanki ngmymanf or
ahugesur pri
se,i spottedmypar ents,
"sotheyknew? "Iaskedmy selfasil
ly
question.Irant ot hem, mymom was
wear i
ngt heprettiestdr ess,that
'show
shev aluedoccasi ons, sheal waysmake
suretobeonpoi nt,shewasl ooking
stunningifimayr epeat .Iwaspr oudto
i
nt r
oducehert oev eryone, shewasn't
disappointi
ng...

*
Me..
:*Dadyoubett
erwatchout,
wit
h
t
hist
ypeofadress,
iminsecur
enow.
(
Mydadj
ustsmi
l
ed.
)

*Him..
:*Nowt hatmylastborndaughter
j
ustmademepr oud,i
don'tmindi
fshe
walkawaynow.Wehav eaccompl
ished
themission,
thatisrai
singyoubothina
pleasi
ngmanner .

(
Whatagr
eatdadi
hav
e.)

*
Mom.
:*Soy
oul
ovemenomor
e?

*
Dad.
.:
*You'
resay
ingsoy
our
sel
f.
Onewoul dt hinkt hatt heywer ehigh
school kids, i lovedt hem al othey .So
theycongr atul atedmeandexci tement
waski ll
ingme.Maki ngmypar ent s
proudmademef eel somuchexci ted.
Aftertalkingt omypar entswest ar ted
mixingandmi nglingwi thKudzi,hewas
i
ntroduci ngmet osomeofhi s
wor kmat es, friendsandpar tners.Iwas
evensur pr isedseei ngsomeofour
wor kmat est here, iknewt hatwas
Hailey'
swor ks.Thatt i
mesomedj f
rom
Chisipi
tear rivedwi thhisthreeot her
guysandt hei rstaf f
,thepartywasgoi ng
tost ar
t,rightt here.Thegent shelped
them set ti
ngt hei rthingsfir
st,thenone
oft
heguy
ssai
d..
..

*Him..:
*Wel liwouldli
ketosay
"Congratulat
ionstothetwinsandthei
r
beautif
ul queens"
.Rightnowi want
them tomaket hi
snightthebestbyj
ust
dancingforus.

_"
OoohNo!Let'
shopehe'
snotdr
unk.
"_
ever
yonewasnowshouti
ng.
..

*Hi
m..:
*Soiwil
lpl
ay"
Per
fect"byEd
Sheer
anandyoucomeupfront.
Iwasst illdecidingwhenKudzi askedf or
myhand.Icoul dn'tturnmymandown
especiallyinfrontofhi sfamilyand
fri
ends, butthecr owdt hough.We
walkedt ot hecr eatedspace, andst arted
dancing.I t
snotl i
kei wasabaddancer ,
i
j
ustdi dn'twantt odanceespeci allywith
allt
heey esonme.Kudzi wasagr eat
dancert hough, imeanhi sbodywas
fl
exibl
e, maki ngt hedanceenj oy able.
Theper fectsongbr oughtsomany
memor i
es, li
kei remember edt het imei
wastedwi thBr ad,howst upidi was.I
remember edt hemont hsi took, pushing
Kudzi away ,ijustsmi ledwheni
remember edt hedayi findoutabout
them bei
ngidenti
cal
lyident
ical
twi
ns
hahahaha,Tat
enda'sversi
on.Wehad
beenthroughalothey.
..

*
Kudzi:
*Thanksmybeauti
ful
queenfor
maki
ngmet hehappi
estmanali
ve.I
l
oveyoubabe.

(
Hewhi
sper
edt
hati
nmyear
s.)

*
Me.
..
:*Il
ovey
out
oomyKi
ng.

(Iwhi
speredinhi
searst
ooandhe
smil
ed,reveal
i
ngthosei
rr
esi
sti
ble
di
mpl
esofhi
s.)

Ijustlaidmyheadonhi schest ,pay i

ng
attenti
ont ohi shear tbeatunt ilwe
fi
nisheddanci ng.Ev eryonecl appedt heir
handsandt hent hesongwasr epeat ed
fortheot hercoupl est oenjoy .That '
s
whent helikesofRav iandf riendswi th
theirgirl
sst arteddanci ngaswel l.Some
wer egood, somet erriblyterri
bl e, im not
i
nt henami ngmoodt hough.We
wat chedt heirper f
ormance, laughi ngour
l
ungsout .Tr ustmet heydi dt hei rwor st
hahahah.Lat erwewer ecalledi nsidet o
servet hef ood.Buti t'
sliket henumber
ofpeopl ewasbi ggert hant heamountof
food.IaskedKudzi
becausei
wasnot
gett
ingit.
.

*Him..
:*Don'
tworrybabe,
thefoodyou
bothcookedismeantforthecl
ose
famil
ymember s.

(
Shockedev
enmor
e.)

*
Me.
..
:*Andev
ery
one?

*
Him.
.:
*Wehav
eitcov
ered.
(
Irai
sedmyey
ebr
ow)

*
Him.
.:
*Imeani
t.

Hethel eftandi walkedt otheki t

chen
again.Al l
thecl osef ami l
ymember s
werenowsi t
ti
ngi nt heloungeandwe
servedt hem, afterthatwewal kedout
andf oundev er yonewi thacananda
plat
e, idon'tknowwhoser v
edt hem,and
wher ethef oodcamef rom, butiknewi t
wassomehowKudzanai '
scr azi
ness.
Theyhadsmi l
esont heirfacessoi twas
ok.Thegent swer eout sidest i
ll
andi sat
nexttoKudzi ,eati
ngf rom thesame
plat
e,trythatathome, it
samazi ng.Well
thenightwasoneoft hebest ,
itpassed
withusst i
lly
earni
ngf ormor e.Wel at
er
partedway sandi f
ollowedbehi ndmy
parents,i
twasl at
e,iwasj ustscared.
..
Wear riv
edhomesaf ely,
andcl osedthe
chapterofthatday..
.

Thenextdayi wokeupandl ookedatmy

engagementr i
ng,imaginei sleptwi t
hit.
Icouldseet wocrazytwins, proposing
thesamet ime.Iwasr eallyhappyt his
day.Welliwokeup, mademybedt hen
star
tedprepari
ngf orwor k.Wheni was
done,iwalkedoutofmybedr oom then
passedbyt hekit
chenpi ckingupsome
fr
uit
s.Mymom wasst i
l
lasleep,iguess
shewast i
red.Soi thenheadt hegarage
andwithoutwastingt i
me, idroveoff
.
Kudzical
ledmeal ongt heway ,
checki
ng
uponmeandi t
oldhi mt hatiwasok.
Thesoundofhi sv oicegav emean
assur
ancet hathewashappy ..Thatj
ust
mademymor ni
ng...

Well l
ateri arri
vedhomeandHai leywas
therealready .West art
edworkingafter
somemi nut esofgossi pi
ng,t
hatwas
meandhersomet imes.Welltheday
wentpr ettywel l
,atlunchKudzitookme
outandi r
eal l
yenjoy edthemoment .Our
l
ov ewasbecomi ngst r
ongereachand
ever
yday .Iwasfall
i
ngf orhi
m even
more.Thedayt henlat
erpassedandi
drovebackhomeaf terwork.Wewent
al
ongt hesamer out
ine,andthedayjust
passedjustli
ketheotherdays.

Welldaysandweekspassedanda
monthaf t
erourbeaut i
fulengagement ,
RavipaidlobolaforHail
ey.Yhot hegi r
l
wasov erthemoon.Thei rweddi ngwas
i
namont h'sti
me, iwasreall
yexci ted,i
real
l
ywant edmybr ot
hertoset t
ledown,
hewasol denoughaah.Icoul dn'twai tto
becall
ed'Aunt 'Ruewit
hhi skids, t
hat'
s
howexci t
edi was.LuckyHai l
ey, she
wasnev ertakentoanykumusha.I t
snot
l
ikeweev enhaveone, ireall
ydon'tknow
whyanddadnev erwantedt otalkabout
i
t.Sowewer eusedt onothav i
ngt hose
kindaconver
sations,besides,bothmy
mom anddad' sparentswer enomor e,
sonogr anni
es,nokumusha, thatwas
i
t...

Wellthetwol ovebir
dswentt o
Johannesburgf ort
heirwedding
shopping,iwantedtogot oobutRav i
sai
dno.I twasa3day svacationand
Hail
eynev erstoppedpostingpict
ures
onallsocialmediaplatf
orms, my
whatsappaccountwast urnedint
oa
photoshop.Shewassoexci t
edandi
washappyf orher ,*"
GoodGirl
sGof or
GoodGuy sandEnj oyTheGoodTi mes."*
.
Iwasnowf ri
endswi thNomsa,whynot
whenwewer egoi ngtogetmar r
iedto
thetwinbr others?Shewasn'tbad
though,buthershy nessmademel ook
l
ikeabubbl ysomeone, unl
ikeHailey,
shecov eredupf ormemanyt imes, j
ust
becauseshehadabi gmouth.Butthen
withNomsa, ihadt obetheactive
partner
,thoughshewasay earolder
thanme.

Wel
lthel
ovebi
rdscamebackhomeand
t
heweddi
ngprepar
ati
onsweregoing
wel
l
.Theweddingwasgoi
ngtotake
placei nKar i
ba,that'swhatt het wo
suggest ed.Thedr esscodewasl ime
greenandmar oon.Theybought
ex pensiv estaf
fi t
ellyou,allthemoney
mybr otherhadbeensav i
ngf ort hepast
year s,hewasnowusi ngit.Thedaywas
takingagest oarrive,cur
iositywasnow
kill
ingme.Iboughtsomet hi
ngf ormy
sisterinl awonline,iwast oobusyt o
travel,thatwasherweddi ngpr esent .I
pray edf orhertolikeit,i
hadt r
ied
though. ..

Wellt
hedayspassedandthewedding
wasdrawi
ngcloser,
asthedaysgoesby.
Ever
yonewassoexcitedaboutt
heday,
notment ioningt hegroom, hewas
unreachabl etheseday s, alwaysbusy
wit
ht heweddi ngprepar ations.Some
daysbef oret heweddi ng, iwasn'tgoing
towor k,i
nf acti hadappl iedforat wo
weeksl eave.Kudzi calledmei nt he
mor ni
ng, askingt otakemeoutl aterthat
day.Iagreedsi ncei hadnomucht hi
ngs
todot hatday .Soi toldmom t hati was
goi
ngout ,andsheaskedmet obr i
ng
hersomewi per sonmywayback. .
.

Ididmyt hi
ngsint hemorning,andKudzi
call
edmel ateraround1pm informi
ng
met hathewasonhi sway.Ijustwai
ted
forhim,tal
ki
ngt omymom aboutt he
upcomingweddi ng, shewasexci tedhey,
remembershehadbeenwai ti
ngf orthi
s
dayforsuchal ongt ime,andf i
nally,
it
washer e.Kudzi thenar r
ivedandf orthe
sakeofr espect,hecamet ogreetmom
andaskedf orherper missiontotakeme
out.Hewasagent lemany ousee, who
doesthatr eall
y?Aski ngforper missi
on
totakey ourfianceout ?Thumbsupt o
myman, hewasr aisedinapr operway .
Im notbraggingpl ease,youcandot hat
aswel l
,asl ongasy ouhav eamanl i
ke
mine,nopr oblem hahahaha.

Wewentt
ot hecheaprest
aur
ant.You
r
ememberthefi
rstrest
aur
anthetook
met o,theonewhoser vespeople
roastedwor ms? ?Yeaht hatwasit,t
his
dayi actedcool though,iknewhewas
uptosomet hing.Wewentt otheback
yardaswel l
andheor deredsomef ood.
Ouror dercameandt hefoodwasnot
thetraditi
onalfoodt hough,somechi ps
andgr il
l
edmeat .Istart
edeatingbefore
heev enst ar
ted,that'
showappet izi
ng
thefoodwas. .

*
Him.
.:
*Ther
eissomet
hingi
wannat
ell
y
ou.

(
Myhear
tski
pped.
)
*
Me.
.:
*Goahead.

(
Hesi
ghed)

*
Him.
.:
*It
saboutBr
ad.

(
Ooobwhataboutt
hebust
ardagai
n)

*
Me.
.:
*Whatabouthi
m?

*
Him.
.:
*Hewannat
alkt
oyou.

(
Joki
ng?
)
*
Me.
.:
*What?Whatf
orandwher
edi
d
y
ouseehi
m??

*
Him.
:*Wepaidhi
m avisi
twi
ththeboy
s
f
ewdaysagoandthenhesai
d..
..

(Hej
ustst
oppedandwasnow
conf
used.
)

*
Me.
..
:*Whatdi
dhesayKudzai
?

*Him..
:*Ummm hesaidheinject
edyou
somedangerousdrugthatwil
lmini
mize
yourchanceofget
ti
ngpregnant.
..
*
Me.
..
:*Whaaat
??

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*
Rue*
Myey espoppedoutl ikei waswat chi
ng
ahorrormov ie.That* "Oohy ou"*came
outaccidentall
y,ididn'tevenknowwhat
tosay,infact,iwasn'tsureifshewas
theone,iwasst i
ll
fami li
ari
zing.Gosh
shehadchanged, shewasnoway ell
ow
bone,andaaah, nononoi almost
fai
nted.Thewaysher eacted,seemed
l
ikeshehadf orgott
enaboutme
alr
eady..
..

*
Me.
.:
*Emeka?
!!
!
Ifi
nall
ysaidsomet hi
ng.Thatmoment
shelookedsurpri
sedandshewast r
ying
tofamil
iar
izetoo,anothermir
acl
e
happened.
.

*
Voi
ce:
*Babewhyar
eyoust
andi
ng
t
her
e?

(Thevoi
ceownerwalkedt
ouswithhis
handsinhi
spocket
sandi wasl
i
ke..
)

*
Me.
.:
*Jonas?
?

(I
m sur
ehehadal
soforgott
enaboutme,
sohewasal
soshocked.Jeezdon'
ttel
l
met
hey
,aaah!
!!
)

*
Him.
.:
*Rudol
f??

Hecametomeandhuggedme.Thi s
wastheworstsur
pri
seev
er.Thatwas
t
heexactti
meEmekacamebackt othe
r
ealworl
d..

*
Her
..
:*Rudo!
!!

Andt henthenextthi
ngwasagrouphug,
screaming,shout
ingunt
ilt
heshop
securit
yaskedust ol
eavethepl
ace.
Guysifel
tli
kei waswatchi
ngamov ie.
JonasandEmekaani t
em? ?Hahahaha
thi
swasoneoft hemostscari
est
scenesihaveeverseen."
Andwhat
happenedtoEmekar eal
ly?
"Shewasn' t
darkbackinthedaysbutthist
imey oh,
shewasaaahl etmenotsayi t
..
.

*
Jonas:
*Rudol
fit
sbeenl
onghowar
e
y
ou??

*Me..
.:
*Jonasstopit!Youguys?InZim?
Shoppi
ngtogether
?Cal l
ingeachother
babe?AndRudolfisunaware?Guy syou
havealotofexpl
aini
ngt odo.Im not
l
etti
ngyougount i
lyoutalk.
*Emeka:*Kunahary
anzuwannan
bayani
naRudolf
(
Youst
il
lthesamet
alkat
iveRudol
f)

*
Me.
..
:*r
ufeshi
(
Shutup)

Don'
taskmewher ei hear
dtheNiger
ian
Hausalanguage,thosearethef
ewl i
nes
iwasstil
lrecal
l
ing.

*
Jonas:
*Wannanshi
neabi
ndazakai
ya
f
ada?
(
That
'sal
lyoucansay
?)

*
Me.
..
:*Jeezy
out
oo?

(
Hej
ustsmi
l
ed)

*Jonas:*Let'
sdriv
et othenextstreet
,
ther
eisani cerestaurantt
herethenwe
cantalk.

Wit
hthosewor dswewal kedtoourcars.
Iwassurpr
isedt hatt
hebl ackBMW that
wasparkednextt omycar ,wastheir
s.I
st
art
edmycart henfoll
owedbehi nd,
mi ndy ou, iwasnotf ami li
arwi t
ht he
street, butJonasf rom Ger many ,knows
event hesui tabl erestaurant saround,
whatwast hat ?Iev enf orgotaboutt he
beaut iful heels, whati sawwasmor e
thanj ustbuy ingt hoseheel sandl ef
tthe
place.Iwi shedKudzi wast her
e, i
want edt heseguy stoseemypr ogress
i
nl ifeaswel l
,y esy ouhear dmewel l,
Kudzi mypr ogr esshahahaha.Sowe
wer eint henextst reetandJonas
par kedatacr eat edpar kingspacet here,
andi didt hesame.Igotoutoft hecar,
thenf ol l
owedt het wocr azymat es..
.

Wewal
kedi
ntot
hisot
herbeaut
if
ul,
quietandwar mr estaurant.Ever
ythi
ng
therewasj ustamazi ng,poorRue,i
didn'tknowthisplace.Jonasl edustoa
tableoffourandt henwewentandset
there.Themenucamer ightawayand
wepl acedouror ders.Sothiswast he
ti
me, t
heexplanati
onst ime.Theyboth
l
ookedatmel i
ketheywant edmet otel
l
them whent ostarttalki
ng...

*
Me.
.:
*Don'
tgi
vemet
hatl
ookpl
ease.
.

*Emeka:
*Idon'
tknowwher
etost
art
Rudo.
*Me..
.:
*Don'
twor
ry,
youcanevenst
art
bytel
li
ngmethel
astpar
toft
hestor
y.

*Jonas:
*[l
aughi
ng]y
ouar
esur
ely
curi
ous.

*
Me.
..
.:
*Shutup.

SoEmekast art
edt al
king.Shetoldme
thataft
erwepar tedway si nAngola,
Jonasconv i
ncedhert ogot oGermany
withhim.Shewasf ir
stuncomf ort
able
withtheidea,butwhenshegotback
homeanddi scussedthei ssuewithher
famil
y,theyallsawi tasagr eati
dea.So
l
atershet henfollowedJonas.Jonas
gaveheranaccommodat i
onandhe
tookcareofal lherneedsunt i
lshefi
nda
j
ob.Allalongshet houghtJonaswas
j
usttreati
ngherni cely,si
ncewewer e
oncefri
ends, notknowi ngthatJonas
haddev el
opedsomef eel
ingsforher
..
.

Jonashadaf ri
endwhowasa
beauti
cian,shewast heonewhogav e
hersomel oti
ont ogi
vetoEmeka.The
reasonwast ochangeEmeka' sl
ooka
bit
.Hewasaf raidofintr
oduci
ngadark
girl
tohisfami l
y .Wel
l wi
ththecol
d
envir
onment ,nicefood,andstaf
f,
Emeka'sski nst artedchangingtobe
smoot handl ighter .Tohershedidn'
t
knowt hatitwasbecauseoft heloti
on
shewasappl ying, butthegoodlif
eshe
wasl i
ving.Shenev erf
orgotvi
sit
ingher
parentsinNi geria,andt heywere
amazedbyhernewl ook,andtol
dherto
stayinGer manyf orasmuchasshe
wishedhahahahal iketheywereeven
payingherr ent..
.

Whatthenhappenedisthat,
Jonast hen
fi
nall
yconf
essedhisfeel
ingsand
Emekatoohaddev el
opedsomef eelings
forhi
m,soshesaidyes.Thet wostarted
dati
ngandJonastookthegirltohi
s
parent s'
housef orintroduct i
onsand
ri
ghtaway ,
hewasdi sowned.Hi sf ather
madei tcleartohimt hathewasnev er
gonnaacceptanAf ri
cangi r
l asa
daught erinlaw.Jonaswashear tbroken,
hel ovedEmekasomuchandhewas
nev ergonnal i
vewi t
houther .Emeka
suggest edonbr eakingt her elat
ionshi p
upt houghi twashar df orhert oo, she
j
ustdi dn'twannasepar at eJonasf rom
hisf amil
y .ButJonast hr eatenedher ,he
toldhert hathewasgoi ngt ocommi t
suicideandt hatpainedher .Sot hey
didn'tbreakup, t
heyev enst r
engt hened
theirloveandt hentheyf lewt oNiger ia
forintroductionsaswel l.Emeka' sf ami l
y
l
ov edJonas, andt heygav ehi m awar m
wel
come.
.

*Me.
..
:*Sowhatar
eyoudoi
ngher
ein
Zi
mbabwe?

*Jonas:
*Honest lytheloveimr eceivi
ng
from mybae'sf ami l
y,i
samazi ng.I m
fall
i
nginlovewi thal l
Af r
icans,t heydo
havehear t
s.Sobackt oy ourquest i
on,
wer emember edt hatRudol fstay shere
i
nZi m,sowet houghtofsur pri
si ngher
butwej ustdi
dn' tknowwher etost ar
t.I
boughtahousei nAv ondalet hat '
swhere
wear estayi
ng..
(
Iwi
deopenedmyey
es.
)

*Emeka: *Gi r
l notasahusbandandwi fe
hey,wear ewor kingonourweddi ngnow.
Girlwhathappenedt oyouraccounts?
Wecoul dn'treachy ou,
thankGodwe
bumpedi ntoy ou,wewer esostressed
aboutt hat.Girlyouchanged,you
glowing, ican'tbeli
eveialmostignored
yout here.
.

(Ooohidel
etedamysocial media
account
sjustaf
terr
eali
si
ngwhot heguy
iwasdati
ngbeforei
s.Icreatednew
account
swithdi
ffer
entnames. )
*Me..
.:
*Ooohim sohappyforyouguys,
alothappenedaswel
l.Ichangedbut
Emekay outoomuchyoh.

*Jonas:
*Yourtur
nMi ssRudol
f,ooopsi
canseethebeauti
ful
engagementr i
ng,
who'sthel
uckyguy??

Itoldthecr azycoupl eeveryt

hingabout
myl if
ef r
om Br ad,hisdramas, thet wins,
andt rustmei ev entoldthem aboutt he
vil
lageexper ience, somethingi didn'ttel
l
Hai l
ey,ihadmi ssedt hem beli
ev eme.I
remember edt hecr azymoment swehad
togetherinAngol aandt rustme, i was
happyt obewi t
ht hem again.Jonaswas
stil
l talkat i
ve,ij
ustf el
tpityforhi
s
relationshi pwi t
hhi sparents.Ipray
ed
fort hem t ounderstandhi m andgive
him anot herchance.Heact edli
kehe
didn'tcar ebuti knowdeepdownhewas
hur t,ev eryonewant shisorherparents
tol ov et heirpar
tner sthesamewayy ou
do, thatwi llmaket herelati
onshipmore
enjoy abl e.

*Jonas:
*Rudol
fimissedy
ouhey
.Im
happywefoundyou.

*
Me.
..
:*JeezJonasy
oushoul
dst
op
cal
l
ingmeRudolfnow.Forcr
yingout
l
oud,i
m someone'
sfi
anceenow.

*
Emeka:
*Whyareyoustr
essi
ngyour
sel
f
l
i
keyoucan'
tdoany
thi
ngabouti
t?

*
Me.
..
.:
*You'
resay
ingwhatnow?

*Emeka:
*Ifhecan'
tst
opcall
i
ngyou
Rudol
f,t
hengiv
ehim ani
cknameaswel
l
.

*Me.
..
:*Per
fecti
dea.Iwi
l
lthi
nkofani
ce
name.

*
Jonas:
*Nonodon'
t!I
m sor
ryRue,
Rudo.

Thewayhesai ditthough, ilaughed, he

wascr azy.Wehadani cetimet oget her.
Wet al
kedaboutal mostev ery t
hing, we
l
eftnot hingbehind.Theywer enow
curiousaboutKudzanai ,t
heywant edt o
seehi m badlyandi promisedt hem t o
arrangeameet ing.Shamet het wower e
somuchi nlov
e, iwishedt hebestf or
them.Jonaswaspl anningonst ayi
ng
heref orsomet i
me, hesaidhewas
l
ov ingt hecountry,atleastihadf r
iends.
Rav istolemycr azyf ri
endsoi wasnow
fri
endless.West ayedi nther estaurant
forabout4hour s,that'showgr eat
tal
ki
ngwas.Butlaterwehadtopart
ways,i
promisedtopaythem avi
si
t,
wit
hKudziofcourse.Iwant
edhimto
knowmycrazyfri
endsaswel l
.

Iwenthomei nmybestmood.Iar riv

ed
wellandev enmymom not i
cedt he
happiness.It oldherandshewashappy
formel i
kesheev enknewt het wo.The
daythenpassedandl aterthatdayKudzi
call
edme, het oldmet hathewas
comingbacki nt woday s.Itoldhim
aboutmycr azyf ri
endsandhewasso
eagertomeett hem.Wet alkedf oran
hourthenlat erhedr oppedt hecall.I
thenslept,sealingtheamazi ngdayi
had.
..
.

From thatdayi metmypal sagai n, my

l
ifewasnowsuperamazi ng.It old
Haileyaboutt hat,shewasn' tmov ed
though, whywoul dshewhenshewas
getti
ngmybr other'smostat tention?I
managedt oi ntroduceKudzi t
ot hecr azy
coupleandt heygotal ongsowel lwi t
h
Jonas.Hel ovedt hecrazycoupl eandi
wasnowhappy ,i
hadsomepeopl et o
callfr
iendsbesi desHailey.Kudzi and
Jonaswer enowl ikebrothers,wor sethe
dayhemetupwi thLucasagai n,they
becameat eam.Lucaswasl ike"That 's
whyi didn'tfollowmypar entsin
Germany"andJonaswoul dbeli
ke"You
di
dwellbro,iwil
lnevergother
eagain.
"
Theywerereall
ycrazyyousee.
.

Dayspassedandt heni f
inall
yaccept ed
Kudzi'
smar riageproposalandal lt
he
procedur
eswer edoneandt hedaywas
setaswell.Iwassoex ci
tedguy s,i
rememberv isiti
ngmymom i nlawand
shetoldmet hatshecouldn'twai ttobe
atourweddi ng,shewasl ovely.Emeka
toowashappyf ormehey ,
iwasov er
themoon, il
ov edmymanandl etme
saythatagain, i
lovemyman.
Thedaywasf i
nal
l
yher eandi was
blushi
ngt omy sel
fhangu, iwasjusti
n
mybestmood.Mymom washappyas
well,i
nfact,myparentswer eproudof
me.Al lt
hepr epar
ati
onswer edoneand
theguestslaterarr
ived.Mysisterinl
aw
waswi thmei nmybedr oom,bubbli
ng
l
ikealway s.
..

*
Her
..
:*Nowi wi
llbeablet
otal
kabout
mymarr
iagewit
hy ou.

(
List
ent
ohernow)
*
Me.
..
:*Because?

*
Her.
..
:*Thel
anguagewon'
tbeChi
nese
t
oyou.

Somel adyRav iint

roducedt ot hefamil
y,
that
'smysi sterinlawf oryou.Sot he
negotiationswentwel landmyman
i
mpr essedme, hepaidev ery
t hi
ngandi
wasshocked, iunderesti
mat edhimi
guess.Ev ery
thi
ngwentwel landy esin2
weekst i
me, wewer egoingtot iet
he
knot,don' taskme" Whyt oosoon? ",
that
wasi t
.Iwashappykani .
.
*Kudzi:
*Iwant
edourweddingtobein3
day st
imebutt
henKudzistoppedme
sincewearegoi
ngtopaylobolafor
Nomsat hi
sweekend.
.

*
Me.
..
:*Andt
hen?

*Kudzi
:
*Sothe"
DOUBLEWEDDI
NG"wi l
l
bether
eint
woweeksti
memylove.
..
.
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Rudol
fa.
k.aRudo*

I
fisayiwashappyiwi l
lbel
ying,
the
f
eeli
ngwasoverthat.Thesoundofit
j
ustmademebl ush,
whati l
ovedthe
mostwast hatmybr otheri
nlawwas
goingtobesteady.Imeanhewasn' t
goingtoacthisdramasasagr oom,
that'
swouldbeunnecessary.Ialways
prayedforhi
mt oactmat ur
eonmy
wedding,Godanswer edmypr ayer
s,my
weddingwasgoi ngtobehisweddi ng
too.

*Me.
..
:*Kudzanait
hemanofj
okesi
s
get
ti
ngmar r
ied?

*Voice:*Kudzi
uyuunot
ofani
ra
kutomboendanayekwaMr ewafora
mont h.Joj
oakamumhanyisazvi
shoma.
(
Saywhat
?)

*
Me.
..
..
:*Kudzi
yout
oldhi
m?

*
Kudzanai
:
*Achir
eger
erei
kundi
udzawo
mashur
aakada.
..

*
Kudzi
..
.:
*Kudz
indozv
inei
koi
zvozv
o?

*Kudzanai
:*Aaahgarazvi
yawakat i
i
secr et
?Sorr
yhenyumainini.Ndanga
ndichit
ambahanguini
,haana
kumbondiudzakut
imakasi y
ahuku
i
chienda,mukabi
kasadzar i
ne
mapi
mpl
es,
muka.
.

*
Me.
..
:*Okt
azv
inzwa.

Ithenwal kedaway ,sureKudzi l

iedto
met hathewasnev ergonnat ellhis
brother?Iwant edtobeangr yhangubut
endedupl aughing.Thet wobr others
wer ereal
lygoi ngtobepr oblemst omy
l
ife.Iwav edt hem goodby ethr
ought he
window, iknewKudzi wantedahugbuti
hadt opuni shhimf ornotkeepi ng
secrets.Sur ewhatki ndahusbandwas
hegoi ngtobe?Tel l
inghisbrother
everythi
ngt hatwoul dbegoi ngupand
downi nourli
ves?Haibohewasababy
aah.Ikeptthei
rembar r
assi
ngincident
s
tomy sel
fbuttherehewas, spr
eading
mine.Somef utur
ehubbyi had,themost
crazi
esthusbandever..
.

Welltheyl eftandt hisdayididn'

tsleep,
i
m sur ey ounotgoi ngtoaskmewhy ,
youknowt heanswer .Thenightwas
real
lylong, iwant edtheday stopass
andt henbeKudzi '
swife.Thatwasmy
goalthatt i
mehahahaha.Iwokeupt he
nextdayi nt hesamegoodmood, myl i
fe
wasgoi ngwel landmybestsongt hat
ti
mewas" Not hi
ngEl seMat t
ers"byLitt
le
Mix.Googl et hesongandheari tfor
yourselves, i
mt ooexci t
edtobet ell
ing
y
ousomeoft
hel
yri
cs.
..

Theper i
odwehadf orourweddi ng
preparati
onswast ooshor t,sowedi dn't
wannawast etime.West art
edpr eparing
ourweddi ng,thef ourofus, bef orethe
guyswentt oNomsa' sf amil
y .We
plannedonl eavingf orSout hAf ri
cat he
nexttwoday saf terNomsa' sbi gday .
Wewant edthewhol eprocesst obe
donebef orethedat e.Sot hegent sgav e
usaf l
oor ,i
meanev erythi
ngwasasper
ourwishesanddesi res.Wewentonl ine
withNomsa, t
ryingt oGoogl et hebest
weddingv enueandwechoset he
"Raint
ree"thatissi tuatedinUnwi nsidale
Vall
ey.If
elli
nlovewit
hthepineforest
themost,thespacewasjustcooland
thebestforourbi
gday.

Wechoseonl yfourbr idesmai d,thatis

mybestl adyandanot hergi r
l,andt hen
Nomsa' sbestl adyandanot hergirl.
Aboutt hedr esscode, mymai ncoloris
pinkbuti opt edhotpi nk, andNomsa' s
maincol ouri sroyalblue.Sot hatwasi t
.
Whatwasl ef twasf orust ogoandbuy
thestaff.Thegent swer egoi ngt otake
careoft heot herthings, asforNomsa
andi,wecat eredforany thi
ngt hathad
somet hingt odowi thbeaut y,andbyt hat
i
m meanev ent hemen' swear ,thatwas
ourresponsibi
l
ityaswell.Youal l
know
usladies,wewantnothingbutt hebest,
especial
lyonourbigday s,soitsbestt
o
l
eavesomeoft heresponsibil
it
iestous,
that
'sifyouwantnoembar rassments.
..

Wel lt
heday spassedwi thusnot
sleeping,busywiththepreparati
ons.We
hadsomanyexpect ati
onsbutwehadt o
adjustabi t
,thetimewasshor tforall
that.Theawai tedweekendar r
ivedand
theguy swentt oNomsa' sparents'pl
ace.
Thegi rlwassoner vousjustli
keHai l
ey
onherweddi ngday.Ifounditfunny
becauseasf ormei wasnev ernervous.
Shecal ledmei nthemor ni
ng,tell
ingme
thatherheartwasbeat i
ngsofast,she
wasacr ybaby ,
whywoul dshebe
scaredofthat?Wellthatwasnonofmy
businessthough,sothatdaywasl i
ke
myownf r
eedaysi ncetheotherpart
ies
wereoccupied..
.

IcalledEmekai nthemor ni
ng,iwanted
tovisitthem andshewashappy .Tel
l
youwhat ?Jonaswental ongwiththe
otherguy s,iprayedfort hem t
obehav e
there.Whoonear t
hinv i
tesawhi t
eguy
tothoseki ndanegot iati
ons?Wor sea
mer efriend?Somet hingsthoseboys
didthough. .Thatverymomenti text
ed
Jonas, askinghimt ot akeav i
deoof
Kudzanai ,ir
eallywant edtoseehis
actions, forrealthatguywasi nsane.
Wher ev erhewas, crazinesswasalway s
foll
owi ng..Andguesswhat ??Jonas
repli
ed, hehadnopr oblem wit
hthat,i
smi l
ed, icouldn'twai tt
oseet hevideo.
Trustmei wasgonnauset hatvi
deot o
threatenmybr otherinlawwhenev erhe
tri
eshi sannoy i
nggames.Nev ermess
withadv ocateRue. .
.

Soi pr
eparedmy sel
fandsai dgoodbye
tomymom anddad, daddywasathome
thi
sday .Il
efthomewel l
andal ongthe
wayi waslist
eningt
oDav idChifuny
ise'
s
"TauyaNaye",iwasjusttr
yingto
i
magi newhatwasgoi ngoni nWar ren
Park,andmyMr ewamemor i
esjust
cameback.Icoul dn'tstopmy sel
ffrom
l
aughi ng,
somememor iesaremeantt o
bet r
easuredy ouknow, iwassurely
goingt ot
ellthem myki ds,
grandkids,
until
thestorybecomesaf olkt
ale
hahahaha.That '
sjusthowmuchi l
oved
myf ir
stvil
lageexperience.
.

Thedr i
vewasr eall
ygreat,iarri
vedwel
l
andfoundt heJujugir
l,sorryimeanthe
Nigeri
angirl,
thatwasjustasl eepof
tongueok?Soi wassay i
ngi found
Emekabusyeat i
ngasandwi chand
tropi
calj
uice.Shewaswat chingan
Indi
anmov i
e,ithoughtshewasinto
Afri
canMovieskaini,
butsheseemsl i
ke
shewashav i
ngherbestt i
me,watchi
ng
those"Namaste"mov i
es..
.

*Me..
:*Whyaren'
tyouwatchi
ng
Pat
ienceOzokwor'
scol
lecti
on??

(
Iteasedher
.)

*
Her
..
:*Don'
tst
artwi
thmer
ightnow.

(Shesai
dsostandi
ngup.Shemetme
halfwayandwehugged.
)
*Her
..
:*Theweddi
nggi
rli
ssmel
l
ing
goodhey.

(
Hert
hough.
)

*
Me...:
*Whynotwhenmymani
s
t
reat
ingmewell
?

*Her.
..
:*Iwasbusyt
hinki
ngabouty
our
crazi
ness.

(
List
ent
ohernow.
)
*
Me.
..
:*Whatdoy
oumean?

*Her.
..
:*YouknowJonasbet
tert
han
t
hem right
?Rudoyouaskedhimtot
ake
avideoofwhat?Real
l
yRue?

(
Ilaughed!Yesi
did)

*Me..
.:
*Don'tt
ell
meyou'
renot
comfort
ablewit
hmeaski
ngy ourman
forf
avors.

(
Shelaughedwheni
expect
edhert
o
f
rown.)
*Her.
..
:*Oki r
estmycase.Let'sj
ust
hopey ou'
reawarethatJonasisnot
Afri
can,andhe'sal
sounawar eofyour
tr
adit
ions..

(
Shesmil
edandi wassti
ll
try
ingt
oget
t
hemeaningofherwords.
)

*Her.
..:
*He' sprobablygoi ngtoask
Nomsa' sdadtol ethimr ecor
dt he
functi
on.I ft
heydon' tl
ethi m dothat,
he'sgoi ngtostandont opoft hetabl
e,
recording,si
nginghi sfavouri
te" I
m Sti
l
l
Standing"song, embar rassi
ngy ourman
andhi sf ami
ly.
(
OoohNo!
!)

*
Me.
..
:*Ihav
etost
ophi
m!!Nonono!
!

Iopenedmywal l
etandt ookmyphone
out.Ihadal mostf orgottent hatJonas
wascr azierthanKudzanai .Whywoul di
forgetabouthi sst upidit
ysomet imes?
WhatEmekasai dwasexact lywhatwas
goingtohappen, andi knewhewas
goingtot el
lev eryonet hati hadasked
himt odot hat.Iwasbusyt hinki
ng,
try
ingtocal lhim andhi snumberwasno
l
ongerr eachabl e.Myhear tst art
ed
beatingfast.Whatwasi goi ngtotel
l
Kudzi nhai
mi?Emekawasnowbusy
eatingandwat chi
nghermov i
e,wheni
wasbusyf ight
ingtoreachherboyf
riend.
Itri
edKudzi'snumberandhewasn' t
pickingupmycal l
s..
.

*Me.
..
:*Jeezi
messedupEmeka.Real
l
y
bad!
!

(
Iwasscar
edl
i
kef
orr
eal
.)

*Her
..
.:
*Atleasty
oupai
dforcal
l
ingme
Juj
ugirl
backthen..

(
Shewasl
aughi
ng,
butt
hatwasnott
he
t
imef
ort
hat
.)

*Me..
.:
*ShutupEmeka,
younotev
en
hel
ping.

*Her.
..
:*Trustmeyoushouldthankme
forst
oppingJonas.Ihadtothreaten
him,other
wisehewasr eal
l
ygoi ngto
causeascenet her
e..

(
Ifai
ntl
ysmi
l
ed.
)

*
Her
..
.:
*Rel
axgi
rl
,isor
tedi
tout
.
Shewasst il
lsmi l
ingandt hat'swheni
realisedt hatshewasbei nghonest .Isat
downbutmyhear twasst i
llbeat ing.She
thent ol dmet hatJonashadcal ledher ,
tel
lingheraboutmyof ferandshesai d
hewassoexci t
ed.Emekaknowi ngher
guyv erywel l,shest oppedhi m.Hewas
reallyhar dtoconv incebutshe
threat enedhi m, shet oldhimt hathe
wasgoi ngt obej ail
edsi ncet hatwoul d
beconsi deredasani nvasionofpr ivacy.
Thatwayher estedt hecase.It hankher
guy s,i knewKudzanai wassur el ygoi ng
toswal lowmeal i
ve, ir
eal l
ydon' tknow
whati wasgoi ngt odo.Somet hi ngsi
didt hough, Jonaswast hewor stguy s.
..
Wellthatmomenti feltahuger eli
ef.
Emekaser vedmesomespaghet tiand
potatoes,ienjoy edt hef ood.The
confusioni hadsur elymademehungr y
.
Wehadani cetimet houghwi t
hmy
Nigerianfri
end, shenol ongerhadt hat
Nigerianfunnyaccent ,Germanydi da
greatjobinpol i
shi nghert onehahahaha.
Shewasr eall
yf unny ,andi enjoyedevery
moment .Kudzi latercal l
edmeaski ng
mewhyi hadcal ledhi m ear l
ierandi
madeupast atement ..
.

*
Me.
..
:*Imi
ssy
oubae.
 ..
..
:Wil
lseeyout
omor
rowhunny
,i
mi
ssyoutoo.

(
Ihadtoaskaboutourv
eryowncr
azy
whi
teguy.
)

*
Me.
..
:*I
sJonasbehav
ingwel
l
?

..
...
:He'
snotbadhahahah,he
part
ici
patedwel
lli
keanAfri
canman.
Thanksbaeforhi
m.Wear eaboutt
o
l
eavenow.

*
Me.
..
:*Okenj
oy.
 .
..
..
.:Lov
eyouwi
fey
.

(
Hedr
oppedt
hecal
l
.)

Atleasthehadl i
stenedt ohisgi rl
friend.
Welllateraftersomehour soft alking,
l
aughi ngandhav i
ngf un,isaidgoodby e
toEmekat henleft.Idroveoff ,
listening
tomysameol dmusi c.Iarriv
edwel land
thenther emaininghour soft heday
weregr eat.Theweekendt henpassed
andonTuesdaywef lewtoSout hAf r
ica
forourweddi ngshoppi ng, i
meant he
fourofus.Wewer ecomi ngbackt he
nextday .Wet ol
dt hegent saboutal lour
plansandt heywer eokwi thev er
y t
hing.
Wear ri
vedwel l,
di dsomewi ndow
shoppingandweboughtourni cestaf f
.
Weboughtexpensi vethi
ngs, t
heguy s
hadsav edmuchf ort heday .Webought
samet ypesofgownswi thNomsa, the
gownshadav erynicedesi gnsowe
couldn'
tf i
ndanot hernicegownwi tha
diff
erentdesign,that'swhywechose
thesamet ype.Webot hl
ookedgoodi n
them kani.Weal soboughtt wopai rsof
dressesandheel sf orthebr idalteam,
wedi dthesamef ort hegent s..
..

Theshoppi
ngwast
heamazi
ngmoment
ever,wel eftnot hi ngbehi nd.Webought
diff
erentt y pesofJewel ler y
,goldand
si
lver,incaseofemer gencyy ouknow.
Wel lwecamebackhomeaf terthel ong
andexhaust ingshoppi ng.Wehadf ew
daysl eftt ot hedaybutwewer ealmost
donebecausesomeoft hepay ment s
weremadeonl ine.Mymom pai da
Nami bianhai r
dr esserformei magi ne?
Thel adyar ri
v edadaybef orethe
weddi ngandbel ievemewheni sayt hi
s,
sheknowshert hi ngs.I
nl esst hant wo
hoursi wasachangedRue, ialmost
askedherwhoi was, hahahahat hat'
s
howbeaut iful i
waswi t
ht hat
unexpl ainabl ehai rstyl
e..Thatni ghti
didn'
tsl eep.Shehadal lt hepr oduct s
fr
om Nami
bia.Shechangedmet o
someonei
didn'tevenknow,i
m sur
e
Kudzi
wasgoingt ofai
nt.
..
.

Wel l "THEBI GDAYWASFI NALLYHERE" .

Icalledmyweddi ngmat e,hahahahai
meanNomsa, shewasi nWar renPar k
andshewassoexci tedjustlikeme.I
coul dn' twaittoseeher .Allthe
prepar ati
onswer edoneandaconv oyof
whit eLandCr uisersarri
v ed.Nomsawas
i
noneoft hecar s,bythewayt heywer e
ei
ght .Imagi nemymom andherf riends
pickedmeupt ot hecar,thosecr azyol d
l
adi est hough.Wel lwit
houtwast i
ngt ime,
wet henl eft.Thesongt hatwaspl ay i
ng
onrepeatwasEnr
ique's"
NumberOne" .
Thelyr
icsmademebl ushthough,if
elt
l
ikeKudziwassi
ngingthesongf orme..
.

Wel aterar r
iv edthesamet i
mewi ththe
gents.Whatwassupposedt obedone
wasdoneandi twast imef orust oget
outoft hecar s.Wedi dandev eryone
wasr eal l
yhappy .Nomsal ooked
beautifulguy s.Asi waswal kingin
slowlywi thmydad, feeli
ngt he
dist
urbingst aresf r
om peopl e,iwas
feel
inghi gh.Ther ewasani nnerv oicein
mesay ing*"YouDi dI tFancyRue" *.I
couldn'tstopmy sel ffrom smi li
ng, iwas
real
lyhappy .Finallywewer et here, and
dadl
eftmei nthehandsofthemani
l
oveandthat'
swheni tst
art
ed,t
hat
's
howithappened..
..
..
..

Booom i
nnotime,*
"INowPronounce
YouHusbandsAndWives,
YouMayNow
Ki
ssYourBri
des.
"*

Iwasnowof f
ici
all
yMrsKudzai Mutasa.
Iwasreal
lyhappy.Theweddingthen
st
art
ed,youknowwhati m sayi
ngright
??
*
Kudzi
:*Nowyouar
emi
ne.Pl
easebe
minef
orev
er.

*Me..
.:
*Yourwi
shi
smycommandmy
King.

Thedances,theeati
ng,thecake
cer
emony ,ev
erythi
ngwasj ustamazing.
.
Kudzanai
wasbl ushingli
keagi r
l
i
maginehahahaha..Im notgoingtosay
awordaboutgi f
ts,
weneedt hewhole
weekforthat
...
*
Kudzanai
:
*Cani
askf
oraf
avour
?

*
MC.
..
.:
*Any
thi
ngf
ort
heweddi
ngboy
.

*Kudzanai
:*Mybrot
herandi
wehav
e
somethingtosay
.

(Il
ookedatKudzi
andher
aisedhi
s
eyebr
ows.)

*
MC.
..
.:
*Goahead.
.

Kudzi
walkedtothest
age,
Kudzanai
wasalr
eadyther
e.
*
Kudzanai
:
*PleaseMrDj
,pl
aymy
f
avour
it
esongfir
st.

Iexpectedabeaut
if
ulsong,
onl
yto
hear.
..
.

_
Kanaur
igr
adeone.
..
_
_
Haungakundef
orm one.
..
_
_
Toset
inozi
vai
ngawani
..
..
_
_
Sakaukudakuny
atsozv
iedzaani
?_

_
Ukaur
ayaakakuber
eka.
..
_
_
Wouy
afut
iuchi
dakunet
sa.
..
_
_
Hanzi
ndi
reger
erei
ndi
rinher
era.
..
_
_
Unengeuchi
dakuzv
iedzaani
..
._

*
Kudzanai:
*Wellionlyhavefewwords
t
osay.Ij
ustwannasayt hankyoutomy
l
oveNomsa.Theonl ywayi canexpr
ess
myhappinessi
s..
.

(Hepoint
edanopposi t
edirect
ionand
therewasanicepri
ntedpictur
e.Itwasa
bigbeaut
if
ulhousewithtwobl ackcar
s
parkedout
side.
)

*
Kudzanai
:
*That
'
smygi
ftt
oyou.
(
Ooohmywor
d,Nomsawasnowcr
ying.
)

*Kudzi
:*Tomybeaut i
full
ovel
ywifeas
well
,idon'
tevenknowwhatt osayto
makey oufeell
oved.Butil
oveyouand
youknowthat,thi
sisalli
coul
ddof or
you.
.

(Helookedattheothersideaswelland
therewasapictur
eabi ggerone,buti
didn'
tunder
standthepicture.
..
)

*Kudzi
:
*You'
veal
way
swant
edt
his,
your
ownlawfi
rm.
(OoohNo!thepictur
ewasnowclear.
Thefi
rm wasbiggerthaniev
en
i
magined.Idi
dn'tevenknowwhatto
say.
.)

*
Kudzi
..
:*Comeonbr
otel
lthem now.

(Whati
sitagai
n?Kudzanai
justl
ooked
sur
pri
sed.
)

*Kudzi
:*Okhe'snotgonnasayit.He
boughttheexpensi
verest
aurantthat
wasonceownedbyJosephHov e,and
nowitsinhi
sname.
(
Saywhat
???
)

*
Kudzanai
:
*Di
dyoualsot
ell
Ruet
hat
y
ouhave3compani
esnow?

(
What
'
sgoi
ngonher
e?)

*MC. .
.:
*Thisisthecr azi
estwedding
ever.Welliwouldliketosayi admir
e
thesetwins.Im surpr
isedthatsomeof
youdidn'tknowbutt heseguy sworthan
averageamountof5mi l
li
on.Imean
theyhavemor et han2.5mi l
l
ioneachin
t
hei
raccount
s.Theyar
ereal
l
yhar
d
wor
kers!
!!

*
Nomsa&I
:*What
?!!
!

*
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