Chapter 16
JANE
In a perfect world I was going to save Muneiwa and run away with him and live happily ever after but this was not a perfect world and this was no fairytale movie. Running away with Muneiwa was definitely going to have far more tragic consequences. I had to end it and earn my reward. I was given six month to complete the task and completing it in less than two months would be a record and will mean that I get an even better promotion. I don’t know what kind of freedom Zach was going to give me but then whatever the reward, it was surely better than the aftermath of betraying him.
Muneiwa:” Jane?”
He looked bad, like really terrible, I never thought that Muneiwa could fall for me this bad. I couldn’t say a word so I just got up and was about to walk to the bedside table to take the flower vase and finish the job. He grabbed my hand gently and looked at me. I didn’t want to look at him because I knew I would break, I just wanted to kill him without over thinking it and then I would deal with the pain of it all when its already done
Muneiwa:” love?” he tilted my head up so that I may look at him. I looked at him and my heart totally melted. A tear escaped his eye and I felt a sharp stung on my heart…it hurt so bad
Me:” Muneiwa just let me go” it was either now or never. I said that and tried to get away from him but he tightened his grip…I looked at the vase and wanted to cry
Muneiwa:” my sweet little thing please don’t do this…Jane baby please don’t break me like this. I’ve never loved anyone the way I love you. I know my life is messed up and dark and everything but you can make me better, you can make me a better version of myself please” he begged.
I shook my head as tears fell from my eyes. Muneiwa went down on his knees still with his hands on mine and I couldn’t handle seeing him like that. He looked so weak and so fragile and so afraid…I hated to see that side of him and I wanted him to stop
Muneiwa:” I will do anything for you Jane just don’t leave me please…I know I am a bad person but I need you please”
He wrapped his hands around my legs and sobbed. God I was mortified beyond the word….was he crying for me? All this s*** for me? As shocked as I was by how he was acting I felt my heart aching and I looked at the flower vase and realised that I couldn’t do it now, not when he was like this. He hugged my legs tighter and sobbed.
Me:” Muneiwa stop crying” I said that trying to move my legs but I couldn’t because he held me tighter
Me:” Muneiwa stop” I cried out loud but he didn’t stop
Mune:” I don’t want you to leave please” his voice was shaky and that broke me even more
Me:” okay okay just stop crying and let go of my legs” I said that shaking and wiping off my tears. He looked up at me with his teary face and puffy eyes
Mune” you won’t leave?” I breathed realising how stupid and suicidal the whole thing was
Me:” I want time to think” I said that and sniffed. I was being honest, I was not promising to stay with him or not to kill him but I really needed time to think or maybe I needed just a little more time with him until I could gather enough strength to kill him
Mune:” okay…uhm that’s good enough” he got up and stood in front of me.
He then walked to the couch and took the towel and wiped his face off.
I just stood in the middle of the room with my head buzzing. I was frozen, like totally frozen. I had never been this confused in my life. I looked at him while wiping his face with a towel and knew that hurting him will haunt me for the rest of my life. He looked back at me and just swallowed
Mune:” you’re scared of me now?”
Me:” I don’t know what I feel” I said that and broke down again…he walked to me but I stretched my hands in front of me blocking him from coming near me
Me:” I said I need time okay?” I was crying…Muneiwa didn’t understand the dilemma I was in. This wasn’t just about him being an agent for the government organisation…this was about me choosing death over life…choosing Muneiwa was surely going to end me
Me:”this is not easy for me Munei…I feel like everything is happening too fast so I need time” I was being honest, it’s just that Muneiwa only knew half of what I was talking about
Mune:” okay…uhm I will move out of the hotel and stay somewhere else and give you some time” he swallowed hard, I shook my head looking at him
Me:” no, I will go home for few days”
Mune:” ow okay”
Me:” yeah”
I sat on the bed and felt like I could run away with him and live happily ever after but that wasn’t possible. Zach had eyes and ears everywhere. I needed to go back to the flat and be with Abigail and Terry just so that I could be able to clear my head and think clearly. I was battling to think with Muneiwa here with me. He was distracting me and I felt like if I made a decision while being surrounded by him that I would make a stupid one because I wouldn’t be thinking straight. I snapped out of my thoughts as Muneiwa’s phone rang. He walked to the bedside table and picked it up
Mune:” hello…yes…now?...okay I am on my way” he dropped the call and looked at me
Mune:” it’s my boss…and just so you understand, I am not a criminal Jane…I do this so that we can keep this country safe”
Me:” you’ve already said that so understand that part…you have to go?”
Mune:” yeah”
Me:” I will be gone when you come back” Muneiwa breathed
Mune:” when will I see you?”
Me:” I will be in contact”
Mune:” okay cool” he took his jean and a plain white t shirt and got dressed and then wore some sneakers and took his car keys. I was still sitting on the bed as if I was glued to it. He came and stood in front of me
Mune:” I am still the same person you’ve been staying with Jane, I am still the same guy okay? All I need is to be loved that’s all I need. So take your time and think about it and just know that I would never ever do anything to hurt you…never” he leaned over to me and kissed me on my forehead and walked out of the room.
MUNEIWA
I was fucked up…everything with Jane was spiralling out of control and I couldn’t even recognise myself. She got me all kind of confused and even though I hated it I kind of loved it too. I was thankful to the fact that Duke didn’t have any camera to my room…imagine if he saw me crying and weeping like that? He was surely going to kill me for being such a weakling so then good news was that the footage only ended at the passage leading to my room and nothing inside the room. I went to my car and drove to Duke’s house like he asked me too. I was nervous about this visit, Duke rarely asked me to come see him face to face. My communication with him was usually via the phone but this call took me by surprise, especially with everything that’s going on with Jane. I mean I didn’t even have the confidentiality paperwork to give to Jane to sign before I could tell her anything about the organisation but I had already told her the truth so I had violated some rules and if Duke found out I could get death penalty as my punishment. i got to his house and unlocked the gate and drove in. I parked the car in the driveway and got out and then walked inside the house. I walked all the way to Duke’s study room when I realised that there was no one in the kitchen and in the living room. I got to the door and took a deep breath and then knocked
Duke:” come in” I opened the door and walked in. I gave him a smile and he didn’t smile back
Me:” good evening Duke” he breathed and looked up at me
Duke:” you look pretty f****d” was it that obvious? I decided to ignore that
Me:” I was shocked to receive your call, we usually discuss business on the phone” he smiled
Duke:” you are the one who came here to talk to me in person when you wanted permission to be with that b****…what’s her name again?”
Me:” Jane, her name is Jane”
Duke:” yes Jane…so I figured we could meet up more often”
Me:” okay” I sat on the chair opposite him
Me:” so?”
Duke:” how is it going with her?” I breathed loudly
Me:” it’s good, it’s all good” I gave him reassuring smile
Duke:” is it? You wouldn’t attempt to lie to me would you?” I knew Duke enough to understand that he loved playing games so I wasn’t going to confess anything, if he knew something then he was just going to go ahead and say it without me saying a word
Me:” lying to you is a suicide, why would I want to have myself killed?”
Duke:” you tell me” he was looking at me dead in the eye
Me:” I like Jane I admit but then I didn’t grow dumb overnight okay? I am still the same guy you trust and that’s not going to change Duke”
Duke:” so you trust this girl?”
Me:” so far yes”
Duke:” you can’t trust anyone Norman, you need to think like an assassin that you are and not like a love struck teenager”
Me:” I know” God I had no idea where this was going
Duke:”I’d hate to kill you” that was a real threat
Me:” you won’t have to” he shook his head and looked at his laptop
Duke:” you are dismissed”
Me:” that’s all? I thought there was a big assignment or something”
Duke:” your fling with this girl is a big assignment, I don’t trust you anymore so I will keep on snooping”
M:” you are welcome to, I have nothing to hide” I was lying, I had everything to hide
Duke:” that’s all, you can leave” I nodded and walked out of his office
I took a sigh of relief when I walked out of there. Something wasn’t okay…Duke was starting to doubt me simply because I had a woman in my life? Or maybe he had a footage or a bug of some sort inside my room? Could that be possible? F*** I had to find out if my room was bugged because if Duke was aware of what just happened with me and Jane then he was going to give me one agonising death.
DUKE
A minute after Muneiwa walked out Duke smashed his laptop on the floor in anger. There were parts of him that were in denial about what was happening to Muneiwa, somehow he didn’t want to believe that all the years he spent grooming Muneiwa were all for nothing. This Jane girl came to destroy him and Muneiwa was too naïve to notice anything. Ever since the first day Muneiwa came to Duke and asked for his permission to date Jane, Duke made it his mission to look Jane up and lot of things didn’t add up. Even though the girl appeared to be resourceful with a good profile he knew that it was all bogus because he had created lot of bogus identities himself. Lot of things didn’t add up and when he looked deep into her he found out that she was nothing but an assassin-for-hire working for some gangster cartel. Even though he didn’t have the full story, he knew that Jane was on a business. He also looked into her so called parents and their story also didn’t add up, they only officially come into the country few months ago but then they had papeworks dating to many years back being in South Africa…it couldn’t be easy for someone normal to pin-point a bogus identity but it was a slice of cake for someone as resourceful and as experienced as Duke.
But then even after finding out the truth Duke didn’t want to spoon feed Muneiwa. Yes Muneiwa wasn’t a computer geek or anything like that but Duke wanted to see just how loyal and strong Muneiwa was. He wanted to see if Muneiwa could be able to find out the truth by himself or look into the girl himself to see if she was suspicious. He was sure that the girl couldn’t possibly be perfect, she must have made a mistake somewhere and he trusted Muneiwa to pick those up and come to him with some suspicions so that he may tell him who she really was. Or at least Muneiwa should have called him and asked for him to look deep into the girl, at least that would have proven that Muneiwa’s instincts were still those of an agent and that he wasn’t wrapped around the girl’s little finger. The fact that Muneiwa was playing along and believing everything that bitch was saying was pissing him off beyond the word ‘pissed’. He wanted to believe that he trained Muneiwa to be better than this; he trained him to be able to be a good judge of character. Duke took his phone and called his partner JT immediately
JT:” how did it go?”
Duke:” I can’t believe I wasted my bloody time and money training him”
JT:” so he knows nothing?”
Duke:” nothing at all JT…I felt like blowing his head off while he was standing here but I had to control myself”
JT:” like I said before you should tell him the truth and kill the girl” Duke shook his head
Duke:” like I said before, I don’t know enough about that bitch to be able to kill her…I need to know her boss, like her real boss and why she is here with Muneiwa…I know she work for some drug guy and there should be a reason why they went into so much trouble into getting her into the country and wiping her history and creating a new identity so I can’t risk telling Norman and have him betray me…at this point I don’t trust him JT, he is like a love struck puppy and could do anything for that bitch…that boy stood in front of me and asked to review his terms and conditions in the organisation…what does that tell you?”
JT:”that he is willing to do anything for that girl”
Duke:” exactly, he could run away with her JT, he is willing to die because asking me to review the terms and conditions was a suicide mission so I can’t possibly trust him with anything right now, his loyalty lies with her so I am using him as a bait to fish out as many info about this girl’s origin as I possibly can”
JT:’ what happens when you get enough info?”
Duke:” isn’t it obvious?”
JT:” but you love Norman”
Duke:” and he is in love with an enemy, he is no longer an agent, he can’t do the job anymore JT…I’ve been following him around and he looked so fucking different, he really loves that girl and I doubt that his brain still functions the same”
JT:” I like Norman…he is good”
Duke:” was good…I don’t think he still is, imagine if I didn’t look that girl up?”
JT:” what if he rat us out to her before we could kill him?”
Duke:” whoever sent that girl would never bring us down…we are more equipped than Norman think…he only knows what we want him to know so I would actually like for him to rat us out so that we could go head to head with whoever is out there. The good news about this is that we saw it coming and now we will be armed and brace ourselves for the war that is coming”
JT:” and say goodbye to the one good agent Norman Makungo” Duke shook his head
Duke:” yeah, it’s about time we say goodbye to him
HOLLOW HEARTS
Chapter 17
MUNEIWA
I don’t know…but I felt something when I was with Duke. It was as if he knew something that I didn’t know and that was making me restless. I felt like he was hiding something from me, if not then he was losing trust in me. I got in my car and drove back to the hotel. I was worried about my safety and that of Jane’s. I mean what if he found out about what I had done with Jane and then retaliate? I breathed realising that I needed a plan B. if all fails with Duke then I had to have a plan B. If my instinct were right about Duke then he was obviously going to kill me and I felt like I had just started to live…with Jane in my life I felt that I wasn’t ready to die just yet so I had to make a plan. There was only one person I knew and who could be able to help. Even though I hadn’t talked to him in years but he was the only person I knew who wasn’t on Duke’s payroll. He had a good relationship with Duke but he wasn’t working for him. So I could try get hold of him and make sure that Duke doesn’t know about it. I couldn’t use my own cellphone for the phonecall so I went to the garage and asked one of the guys working there if I could use their phone, the guy was a little reluctant but I gave him R100 for his airtime and he gladly handed me the phone. I stood at the garage and copied the number on my phone and called the guy. I was a little stressed about the whole issue. I hated being where I was, I hated being on Duke’s bad side but I didn’t have a choice, Jane meant a lot to me and I felt like life without her wasn’t life at all. The phone rang twice and then finally someone picked up
“Ndivhuwo Mudau hello” I took a deep breathe
Me:“Ndivhuwo ndi Muneiwa ma washu ( Ndivhuwo it’s muneiwa)”
“Wow so I am supposed to know you?” I rolled my eyes in frustration
Me:” the one who works with Duke”
Ndiv:” ow okay…I am not FNB but I feel like I am entitled to ask you this question since we are not friends…how can I help you?” this nigga was still as crazy as he was those years back, nothing had changed about him
Me:” I need help disappearing…I want to disappear into thin air” I heard a funny noise on the line and then a woman’s voice
Woman: “okay I don’t know who you are and what you want with my husband but Ndivhuwo is married and as such he don’t make people disappear anymore…in fact he don’t deal with any of this crap so it’s a no” the f***? This nigga put me on a damn speaker?
Me:” ma’am can I speak with the owner of the phone please” I was now totally pissed and was trying my best to keep my cool
Woman:” we are the owners of this phone” the f*** is happening here?
Ndiv:” Tshili love don’t do this…let me talk to him…I promise not to get involved I just want to hear what he has to say that’s all…I haven’t talked to him in years so I am sure he wasn’t gonna call if it wasn’t important” I heard him talking to the rude lady on the line…the only reason why I held the line and not hang up is because I knew he was the only person who could help me. Other than him I had no friends or resourceful people who were not underneath Duke’s umbrella
“Ndivhuwo I am pregnant, Andani and Eugene are also expecting, we can’t afford to do this s*** anymore” I rolled my eyes in total anger. I couldn’t believe that the gangster bad boy Ndivhuwo was married with a pregnant wife. I smiled thinking that no one could ever have believed that I would also fall in love so anything was possible…I felt my anger dying down realising that I was in the same ship as Ndivhuwo
Ndiv:”Muneiwa” finally Ndivhuwo came back on the line
Me:” I am still here”
Ndiv:” how can I help? You have a minute and after that my wife will take this phone because it’s our phone and it belongs to both of us”
Me:” okay uhm…like I said before…I need you to fix a disappearance for a couple. Prepare everything from the taking-off car to the flying out of the country and to settling out of the country”
Ndiv:” and what do I get out of it?”
Me:” I understand that you say you are out of the game but you can never know when the need may arise but if you do this for me then I will forever be indebted to you”
Ndiv:” I am confused, who will be indebted to me? You or Duke”
Me:” Duke doesn’t need to know”
Ndiv:” I am not following” I breathed
Me:” seeing that you are married and have a woman whom you share a phone with I might as well tell you this without feeling stupid….i met a girl that I love and as you know my job don’t allow me to be normal or worse, to fall in love”
Ndiv:” so you wanna run?”
Me:” if Duke gives me a hard time …yes”
Ndiv:” and you say you will be indebted to me?”
Me:” yes:”
Ndiv:” and you’re still as good as I remember?”
Me:” much better” he went quiet for a while
Ndiv:” give me a week to get it all done” I took a sigh of relief
Me:” thank you”
Ndiv:” don’t thank me yet”
Me:” uhm I will be in contact, don’t try to contact me” Ndivhuwo laughed
Ndiv:” what you are doing is suicide my boy…suicide at its best…I am only helping because I know Duke has nothing on me”
Me:” thank you”
Ndiv:” sure” I dropped the call and breathed. At least I had a plan B and with Ndivhuwo on board I knew that he was going to get me everything I needed to get out of the country.
I drove to the hotel and I parked my car at the parking when I got there. I then walked inside the building and all the way to the bar. The place wasn’t really packed but there were few people here and there. I went to the bar and Norman was working. I sat on the bar stool and signalled with my hand for him to give me something
Norman:” the usual?”
Me:” nahh, something strong” Norman nodded and fixed me a drink. A girl came and sat close to me…I looked at her once and then ignored her…I wasn’t in the mood for the bitches…not after the magical sex with Jane. I thought about how sex with her was and I smiled realising that she was definitely worth all the trouble.
Girl:” hey” she said that waving her hand in front of my eyes to get me to look at her, I looked at her and said nothing
Girl:” you don’t remember me?” I gave her my confused look
Me:” am I supposed to remember you?” I know I was being cocky…if the girl knew me then it probably meant that I’d been with her previously but at this moment of my life I didn’t care about that
Girl:” uhm maybe?”
Me:” sorry girl but I don’t” I said that and turned away from her
Girl:” what if I can help you remember? We can go up there and we can have the repeat of last time” I smiled
Me:” seriously? You wanna remind me?” I was now looking back at her. I leaned over to her
Girl:”yes please”
Me:”sorry but this d*** is taken” she frowned and looked at me and I had a smile on my face
Girl:” you are kidding right?”
Me:” why would I do that? I can buy you drinks if you want but I am definitely not taking you anywhere” I smiled
Girl:” drinks it is then” she wasn’t happy at all
Me:” and some transport cash maybe?” she smiled. Norman the bar man was right, something had changed in me…Jane had changed me. It was not just something but everything. I didn’t like the bitches anymore and I wasn’t obsessed about sex as I used to.
JANE
After leaving Muneiwa’s place I was a total wreck. I could hardly recognise myself. And even though I liked everything about being with that guy I hated who I had become. When I got to the flat I packed my car and went up to our floor. I got inside the flat and found Terry watching TV. I rolled my eyes when I saw him and decided to walk past without saying a word
Terry:”trouble in paradise?” I stopped walking and looked at him
Me:” sometimes living-together couples require some time alone…but not that you’ll understand that because you’ve never been in a relationship” Terry scanned me carefully
Terry:” are we still on the assignment or we are in a real relationship?” I eyed him carefully without even blinking my eyes so that he could erase every suspicion he had about me falling for Munei
Me:” I know that’s what you and Abigail want so that you can remain the best in the business, but no asshole, I am going to take this one home and when I do I will get a promotion that will place me higher than ya’ll” I said that and gave him my cocky smile and walked away. being with Muneiwa had somehow made me feel like I couldn’t be an actor anymore but the little scene with Terry right there proved to me that I was still the same old Jane it’s just that Muneiwa had the ability to make me feel and act different. I got to my room and locked the door and took off my clothes and wore pyjamas and threw myself on the bed.
My head felt like exploding, I didn’t know what I had to do next, I was seriously confused. I lay on that bed for a while and then took my laptop and checked out the hotel footage. I had already missed Muneiwa and even though I had no idea how long he was going to take at his boss’s place I was hoping that he’d be back soon so that I could take a good look at him through the camera because I could feel that I missed his company already. I sat on my bad with the laptop in front of me and waited for Muneiwa to finally show up because he wasn’t back at the hotel yet. I sat there and thought about how the sex with Muneiwa was. I found myself smiling and getting horny just by thinking about it. I felt as though I was having a repeat of what we just did. One thing I forgot to mention is that Muneiwa actually led me to my very first orgasm…that and many other firsts I had explored since I met him. I didn’t know that sex could be such an art and that it could feel that good because previously I did it as part of the job and after being repeatedly raped I never thought I could enjoy the exact same thing that took my humanity away. I guess it’s all about how and who you do it with.
I sat there and every muscle in my body screamed ‘go back’ but then my head told me that staying away was for the best. After a long time Muneiwa finally walked through the entrance of the hotel. I smiled when I saw him. He went through to the bar and I shifted the camera to the one from the bar. I saw him sitting on the stool and then the bar man giving him something to drink. After that I saw a girl walking towards him and sat beside him…God the blood drained from my face and whatever was left of my blood started boiling. I looked at the screen without a single movement…if eyes could kill that girl would have died on the spot. I observed them carefully and I saw Muneiwa bending over to the girl and whispered something. The camera was behind them so I couldn’t possible see their facial expression. God I quickly closed the laptop and stood up and started pacing. It was as if my whole body was itching…I starting pacing and scratching my body in pure shear anger, I didn’t even know what to do with myself. There were parts of me that pushed for me to just go ahead and kill him and get it over with but then an even bigger part of me reminded me of why I felt the things I felt about him. Because he was true to me and he loved me and he had never been in a relationship before just like me. So as much as I was clueless about relationships so was Muneiwa. I thought about the picture of him and that girl and shook my head
Me:” I will be damned if I let you slip away” I said that and took my car keys and walked out of the room. I remembered that I didn’t have shoes and was wearing my pyjama shorts and a vest. So I ran back to my rook and wore some boots and took a jacket from the closet and walked out looking like that. I had no time to change because some bitch was taking my man. Terry was still in the lounge…I rolled my eyes when I saw him…well, that’s what happens when you have nothing to do in life. you end up watching movies till morning
Terry:” and now?” he said as he saw me opening the door to get out
Me:” some bitch might ruin the foundation I have laid so far” Terry smiled
Terry:” do you want daddy to come for help?” I shook my head
Me:” nahh I will handle this between us girls…I have Muneiwa all to our side now, we can’t be interrupted” I was lying, I had him to myself and I was the one who didn’t want to be interrupted
Terry:” do what you gotta do” I walked out and went to the lift.
I got to the parking and ran to my car. I then drove like a maniac to the hotel. I got there and parked my car and then ran to the bar. I stood at the entrance and scanned the room…I looked to where I spotted Muneiwa previously and he was still sitting in that same position with that stupid bitch. I matched to him like a Korean military man….i got there and squeezed myself between them…I pushed Muneiwa to the side and he almost fell but he didn’t. I gave the girl a death stare and then turned around and gave the same look to Muneiwa
Muneiwa:” you’re here”
Me:” and she is here” I was almost in tears by now, I don’t even understand why but I was almost in tears. Muneiwa looked at the girl who sure looked shocked by my grand entrance
Muneiwa:” uhm girly…this is the person I was talking about…see why I couldn’t go anywhere with you? She is fussy and I love her” he said with a smile that left me feeling stupid
Girl:” ow now I see” she said that and walked away. Muneiwa looked at me with a questioning look. Well I had no other card on my sleeves because my grand entrance was actually not even necessary, my poor stony man wasn’t doing anything he wasn’t supposed to do.
Me:” why are you giving me that look?” I said feeling a bit embarrassed
Mune:” you’re back here” I rolled my eyes and pouted my lips dramatically
Me:” yeah I am back”
Mune:” and?”
Me:” I don’t want you doing things to anyone else” he smirked…I was being honest…the orgasm I got was too good and I didn’t want to share it with anyone, I didn’t want him to do the same thing to anyone else, at least not anymore
Mune:” you mean the things I did to you tonight?” he was still smirking
Me:” yeah, I thought you were about to do the same to her” he laughed a bit
Mune:” but you decided to come before you saw me and her so why did you?”
Me:” because as stupid as it may sound, I missed you” I said that and giggled…Muneiwa pulled me to him for a kiss
HOLLOW HEARTS
Chapter 18
JANE
After the kiss he looked at me and scanned me carefully. I remembered that I left in a rush and was still in my pyjamas so I decided to explain even though he didn’t ask me anything
Me:” I was trying to get to bed and that’s why I am in my pyjamas but I honestly couldn’t so I drove back here praying that you are back already. I went to your room and you were not there so I came down here to get myself a drink while I wait…I am still shaky about everything you told me and I really wanted a drink to put me at ease at least but then I found you here with a girl”
Mune:” ow”
Me:” I should have called I know but after everything you’ve told me about your work and your boss I didn’t know if it was a wise idea to give you a call”
Mune:” I didn’t take long there…so…” he gave me a questioning look
Me:” you dropped this huge bomb on me today so don’t miraculously expect me to just forget about it please. I am here because I am drawn to you so let’s forget about that for tonight, I am not sure about anything yet but I wanna be here…unless…”
Mune:” unless nothing, so what do you wanna do tonight?” I looked at him with a smile and thought about it, what could I possibly want to do with Muneiwa tonight? I wanted to do another first
Me:” anything?”
Mune:” yes anything” I giggled
Me:” I want to get drunk with you” he looked at me and laughed
Mune:” seriously?”
Me:” I’ve been drunk before but not completely ‘I don’t know my name anymore’ kind of drunk…I want us to get drunk and lose ourselves Munei…I want to have fun with you” he smiled looking at me
Mune:” child what have you done to me?” he sounded so defeated and I smirked
Me:”no, what have you done to me?”
Mune:” so we drink until we forget our names?” I nodded immediately
Mune:” okay let’s do this…but come here first” he pulled me to him for a kiss.
I held on to his ears as we kissed and wished we could take it to the bedroom already but then the bedroom was full of emotions. I knew that sleeping with him again couldn’t really be safe…I had no idea what else I would say to him or do if he gives me that explosive organism again so I wanted to stay away from that. We finally broke the kiss and looked at each other for a while with a smile on both our faces. I honestly felt like a teenager and the feeling was exhilaratingly good
Mune:” Norman…bring us something strong” the barman nodded and started fixing us drinks
Me:” his name is Norman?” Munei smiled
Mune:” yeah, he has the same name as me”
Me:” ow” Norman brought us two shorts…
Mune:” brah stop playing, my girl and I wanna get drunk tonight and please these shorts are not gonna cut it…give us full bottles” Norman looked at us in complete shock
Norman:” uhm…ahhhh…are you sure?” Muneiwa just looked at him with the kind of look that could literally make you confess all your sins
Norman:” but you do know how much the bottle cost right?” he looked at him harder this time and I could see that poor Norman could feel the look cutting through his skin
Norman:”I understand what you mean Muneiwa and I always make sure that I give you what you want but I can’t risk you and your woman drinking yourselves to death, that would mean the end of my job and I would end up in jail so I will fix you drinks and make sure that you don’t drink way too much” he said with his voice a bit shaky.
Mune:” give us more bloody shorts then” Muneiwa said looking a little irritated, I rubbed his hand and smiled at him and he smiled too. Norman fixed us more drinks and put them on the table. Muneiwa and I looked at each other and downed the first two shots. We laughed and then took the next two…we screamed and shook our heads and took two more…we kept on looking at each other and giggling as we drink. I don’t know how many we drank but we drank until we couldn’t even recognise ourselves.
If I say that I remember anything that took place that night I will be lying. I found myself in bed and it was already morning. I opened my eyes and tried to raise my head from the pillow but my head was heavy and in serious pain…I had a very bad freakin headache. Muneiwa was sleeping close to me and he was still fast asleep too. I decided to go back to sleep and not bother him. I was about to close my eyes when he said
“Jane?” he mumbled. I looked at him and he slightly opened his eyes and looked at me, he looked really terrible
Me:” hey” I forced a smile and tried to ignore my pounding head.
Looking at him like that made my whole body dissolve into a meaningless nothing…I felt like worshipping him and be whatever he wanted me to be. I was seriously drawn to this guy and it wasn’t even a joke. I looked at him carefully as he frowned and touched his head in irritation and I got wet. I was in love with him and no matter how I tried to run away from that fact I couldn’t run anymore….it was there and I felt it every time I saw him or every time he came to my mind which was basically every damn second of every day.
Mune:” my head hurts”
He mumbled with a frown on his face and I found myself smiling because I felt lucky to have found someone like him in my life, even though the circumstances surrounding us were not really ideal, I was thankful for the little moments I had spent with him and the little more I was still going to spend with him
Me:” mine too…how did we get here?”
Mune:” ahg beat me” he said that and tried to get up and then threw himself back on the bed…surprisingly enough we were both naked
Me:” do you have any idea how we took off our clothes?” he smiled
Mune:” I honestly don’t remember s*** about last night” he got up from the bed and held his head with his one hand
Mune:” f***, this s*** is terrible” he took his phone and made a phone call
Mune:” hel…yeah…unit number 302…ow he did? …okay thanks…sure” he put the phone down and looked at me
Mune:” you know I like Norman”
Me:” ow?”
Mune:” I don’t mean like that…that nigga had the ladies downstairs prepare something for our hangover so he asked them to do it when he was knocking off this morning and asked them to bring it up around 11 or before that if I call room service” I smiled
Me:” very considerate of him” Muneiwa threw himself back on the bed
Mune:” do you think we did anything last night?”
Me:” we’re naked”
Mune:” yeah we must have done something”
Me:” if we did then I am worried about the condom” I said that getting out of bed and looking around the bed and on the floor for a used condom
Mune:” if we did anything then I am sure we used a condom, I never have sex without using one”
Me:” have you ever had sex that drunk?”
Mune:”of course not”
Me:” my point exactly” I don’t know why but I was panicking a little
Mune:” babe what’s wrong?”
Me:” do you even know your status?” he looked at me all perplexed
Mune:” of course I do…I go for regular check-ups every three month…how about you?”
I relaxed when he told me that…one of the important things about us girls in the organisation was our health. I don’t know why but for some reason Zach cared more about our health than anything else. I guess he wanted us to live longer and not infect his clients. And even though I slept with as many men as I was told to…they had always used protection…maybe it was because most of the people I did business with were important rich old men so obviously their health mattered. The only people who never used protection were the men we worked with in the organisation because in most cases they raped us but I guess I was fortunate enough to never have met the one who was infected because all the tests that I had done always came up negative. Although I had been recently raped by Terry and had no idea if he was as clean as I remembered
Me:” I do the same” he took my hand and pulled me to him. I looked at him with my obviously tired face. He took a string of my weave and pushed it back
Mune:” don’t worry about anything, I am sure we didn’t do anything and even if we did then it’s not a big deal…it’s you and me…it’s us and I don’t think that I would feel any different about you even if your little sweet ass was infected …you’ll still be the same person so it wouldn’t really change how I feel…I would still love your little AIDSy ass baby” I smiled looking at him…I was about to give him a kiss when we heard a knock on the door.
Muneiwa went to open and it was room service. They gave us a 2litre jug full of some weird drink. Muneiwa took it and thanked the lady and then closed the door.
Me:” it looks scary rather than appetising” I was feeling disgusted
Mune:” if you want to feel better then you’ll come here and drink this s***” I breathed looking at him and smiled. He put the tray on the table and poured in one glass. He took a sip and frowned looking at me
Me:” and?”
Mune:” I guess if we want to have a good day then we’re gonna have to drink” I rolled my eyes because I knew that it was going to be horrible. We both drank a glass each. After that Muneiwa started kissing me as we were sitting on the bed still naked and I found myself giggling for no damn reason
Me:” baby we gotta take a shower first” I said with a giggle and I was shocked to know that I just called him ‘baby’ I guess I was getting used to this relationship thing
Mune:” for who?” he said that kissing the back of my ears and I was losing my mind already
Me:” we don’t really smell good” I mumbled while stroking his head
Mune:” does it matter? Soon you’ll be my wife and I won’t give a s*** about whether you’v-“ he realised what I just realised and stopped talking and looked at me….i looked at him and swallowed…I was horrified by the word ‘wife’. Was he really thinking that far? Did he have such plans for me and him? I was still getting used to the fact that I was actually in love with someone and that, that someone was in love with me so being a ‘wife’ had never ever crossed my mind
Mune:” did I just said that out loud?” I nodded immediately
Me:” yes you did”
Mune:” and you look really horrified, if you were white you’d be pale right now” I couldn’t say anything so I tried to push him off me but then he held me tight
Mune:” what?”
Me:” you don’t mean that right? I mean it came out as a mistake”
Mune:” does it matter? It’s not like I plan to back down on you Jane” he started kissing me on my breasts
Me:” Muneiwa wait!” he stopped and looked at me
Mune:” no amount of waiting will change how I feel or what I want from you Jane. Sex with you was magical and extraordinary. In fact I don’t even wanna call it sex anymore…what do normal people call it again? Uhm they call it love making…yeah I made love to you and it changed everything for me and now I wanna have a piece of you again….are you game?”
This guy was so good he made me wanna cry
MUNEIWA
After making love Jane went to the shower and I told her that I would take a shower a bit later. I went to my wardrobe and took the little gadget detector machine I had. I always used it whenever I was trying to take out someone so that I don’t get captured on camera or recorded. I had to check if Duke didn’t plant anything in my room. I took the machine and scanned the whole room and there was nothing. I took a sigh of relief when I realised that no one was watching me. The fact that Duke was not watching me confused me a little. If he didn’t know about what I was up to with Jane as far as telling her my secrets was concerned then why did he call me right after I told Jane everything and why did I feel like he was hiding something from me?
I shook my head and went to open my laptop and switched it on. I went to my emails and there was a job for me. I smiled and screamed when I saw the email because maybe it meant that I was just being paranoid because I did something wrong but Duke knew nothing, I mean why else would he send me to Mexico to take out a famous drug dealer who was suspected to be the man behind the disappearance of women in South Africa. The trip was tomorrow so I had the whole day to sit and read more about the guy and follow the plan that was laid out for me so that I could do what I did best….kill those who were a threat to the innocents.
HOLLO HEARTS
Chapter 19
JANE
i came back into the room after the shower
Mune:”lemme go take a quick one neh?”
Me:” I expected you to join me but you never came so…”
Mune:” I was checking some emails” I nodded
Me:” ow okay”
Mune:” yeah and tomorrow I have a trip” I raised an eyebrow looking at him
Me:” you do?”
Mune:” yeah, I know this is still a little uncomfortable for you but I am leaving tomorrow on Sunday afternoon and I will come back here on Wednesday” I didn’t care about his job, the only thing that was of great concern was the fact that he was leaving me here alone for three damn days, I didn’t even know if I could handle a day without him, imagine three days?
Me:” wow…uhm…three days?”
Mune:” yeah I will arrive back here on Wednesday night” he came to me and rubbed my cheeks
Me:” I don’t want you to leave” I was being honest
Mune:”I know love but I have to keep this country safe” I breathed
Me:” okay then”
Mune:” you’re gonna be fine?”
Me:” not really but I will get by” he smiled
Mune:” we can always make sure that tonight is special…give each other epic goodbyes” I giggled
Me:” that can work” he walked to the bathroom and I quickly went to his laptop that was still on.
I guess that after telling me everything he didn’t see the need to hide anything from me anymore. I sat on the chair and was about to start clicking on the laptop when he walked out of the bathroom. I turned around and looked at him and gave him my nervous smile. He just looked at me and raised his eyebrows, I had no idea what that meant
Me;” you have any movies here? We can spend the whole day in here watching something” he shook his head
Mune:” not really but you can always download, we have free Wi-Fi here”
Me:” ow yeah, how can I forget the Wi-Fi, I will download something so long”
Mune:“ sure” he went back into the bathroom.
I didn’t understand why he even walked out in the first place because he didn’t do anything other than just stare at me. Was he being suspicious? I shook my head and ignore those thoughts; Muneiwa was still in the dark and was not being suspicious about anything.
I went to his emails to see if there was anything else I needed to know. I opened the first email from someone called Sarah Belle …I rolled my eyes and then went through the email. There was a name of the person to be taken out. Okay the name was familiar; in fact I knew one of the guys in our team who had that exact same name but that didn’t bother me because people share names everywhere. I went to the pictures of the guy that were attached to the email and that’s when I realised that Muneiwa was going to kill our Pablo Mendez. Pablo was one of the guys who were good in the business and yes Pablo was the one who abducted me back then. I sat there trying to think if Pablo deserved to be saved or not. Well, this wasn’t just about saving Pablo, it was also about stalling Zach and making sure that I give him something else other than what I actually had to give him.
I could rat Muneiwa out and tell Zach that Muneiwa was coming for Pablo and that could mean that I will earn myself some points with Zach meaning that I could still keep quiet about what I had gathered so far and enjoy a little more time with Muneiwa. I decided to start downloading movies like I promised Muneiwa but the decision about Pablo was made. I was going to tell Zach about it. Telling him this valuable information was going to land me a good place in the team and could also ensure that no suspicions about me and Muneiwa could ever be raised. I had to fool all of them into thinking that I was still in it for the assignment even though deep inside I knew that the assignment was already completed because I had what I came here for, I was only sticking around for my own selfish pleasure.
The following day I ditched school and drove Muneiwa to the airport in the afternoon. I was really feeling bad that he was leaving me for few days but then I guess I had to get used to not having him around because it’s not like we had a future together.
Mune:” so…see you on Wednesday evening?” I gave him my sad face
Me:” yeah Wednesday evening”
Mune:” and please you should be in your outfit….the same one you had on Friday night” I giggled
Me:” consider it done” he giggled too
Mune:” anything you want from Mexico?” Muneiwa was really in the dark, I knew Mexico in and out
Me:” surprise me” he laughed
Mune:” you keep forgetting that I am not experienced when it comes to this so I will just get you whatever…anyway come here” he pulled me to him for a tight hug
Mune:” I love you so much” those words…those words sounded so powerful in my ears
Me:” I love you too” I found myself saying. He broke the hug and looked at me
Mune:” you mean that?” I took a deep breathe, it felt good to finally say it out loud
Me:” every word” he breathed and pulled me to him again and hugged me tight
Mune:”keep well okay?” he was stroking my hair
Me:” I will” he broke the hug and went to board the plane.
I breathed and turned around and went to the parking lot. I got into his car and drove back to the hotel. I called Zach while I was on my way
Zac:” Black Diamond” well that was one of my names and that’s the one that Zach preferred. Jane was a name I recently got and obviously he wasn’t gonna call me that because the name was only two months old…as for my real name Ayanda…he never used it
Me:” I got something”
Zac:” I trust you do”
Me:” the target just boarded a plane to Mexico”
Zac:” I am listening”
Me:” he is going to take out Pablo”
Zac:” you’re sure?”
Me:” I saw everything from his laptop and I drove him to the airport myself, he is headed there to get rid of Pablo”
Zac:” this f*****g agent” he sounded angry
Me:” I just thought you should know”
Zac:” you did good, you did great”
Me:” whatever you do, don’t forget that we still have a lot to learn from the target”
Zac:” that boy is your baby to kill…I will make sure that Pablo don’t die”
Me:” okay bye”
Zac:” keep your eyes on the game Black; keep your eyes on the game”
Me:” that’s exactly what I am doing”
Zac:” good” he hang up and I took a sigh of relief.
I was playing a very dangerous game and i had no idea how it was going to end. I don’t know if I still had it in me to kill Muneiwa and obviously betraying Zach was out of the question so I had no idea how this game was going to end. The only consolation I got after the phone call with Zach was the fact that my name was still on the clear with him and that only meant that I could mess around with Muneiwa until I was left without a choice but to hand everything over and then do the unthinkable and kill the only man I loved.
MUNEIWA
After 23 hours flight I finally landed in Mexico City International Airport on Monday. The time zone in Mexico is 7 hours behind South Africa so instead of getting there at 13:00 hour on Monday afternoon since I flew for 23 hours…I arrived around 7 Monday morning.. The organisation booked me a room at the luxurious Las Alcobas hotel and there was a shuttle waiting for me. So I got there and took my luggage inside the shuttle and was taken to the hotel. This is how everything was going to play out. There was a conference of some sort happening in Las Alcobas hotel and the organisation made it look like I was here for the conference and immediately after the conference I would be flying out of Mexico and that’s tomorrow. Every Monday evening, Pablo visited his grandmother who stayed in Santa fe neighbourhood. He never missed those visits so that’s where I was going to kill him and then disappear. My team was already in control of everything including the security in the house.
I got to the hotel and put my bags and changed from my suit to something flexible like tracksuits and sneakers. I looked like I was going for a jog but then I was actually going to kill someone. I had an injection which I was going to use to kill Pablo and I also had a gun for back up. When it was time to kill the target we never used to play with the target, you don’t torture them or ask them questions in fear of being caught or failing…you just go to the designated area and do the job. The plan was for me to go to the house without being seen and wait for Pablo inside. I just left the hotel and was starting to jog when my phone rang. I looked at the screen and it was Sarah Belle
Me:” Sarah”
Sarah:” we have a problem”
Me:” what kind of a problem?”
Sarah:” Pablo just flew out of Mexico two hours ago”
Me:” what? I thought you managed to go into his diary and confirmed his whereabouts for today like you usually do”
Sarah:” we did…Frank also verified it but then I don’t know why he changed his plans”
Me:” f***”
Sarah:” just stay put and we will update you. It’s best to stay in the hotel and not leave and always be alert, we don’t know if he is aware about our plans, if he is then it means that someone tipped him off”
Me:” who could possibly tip him off? It’s only us who knows about this” except….only us except Jane. Could Jane be playing me? I shook my head quickly
Sarah:” just stay put for now…I will give you an update soon”
Me:” okay sure”
I had no choice but to go back to the hotel. I got there and went straight to my room. This s*** had never happened before. The team always verified the target’s plans and things always worked out that way. I sat on the bed and started feeling hot. I took off the hooded jersey and the sneakers and started pacing around the room. Okay the only other person other than my team who knew about this was Jane. But then Jane was a normal girl, she couldn’t have possibly told anyone could she? Maybe someone at school tried to get through to her so that she may give them information about me. I sat on my bed and started texting her
“Hey love, landed safely in Mexico…how are things that side?” she immediately replied
“Horrible, you have no idea how much I miss you” my heart melted
“Same here…have you told anyone about me being away? Your friend maybe? If you did then just make sure that they don’t tell a soul please” I was trying to get her to tell me the truth without sounding like I was fishing out information
“I didn’t tell a soul” f***
“Okay talk later”
I threw my phone on the bed and started tracing my steps. I sat on the bed and started thinking about the first day I met her. Jane was jogging when we met…it was my first time running into her during my jogs and I never ran into her after that again…f*** my head felt like exploding and my body started shaking. I thought about that evening at the bar….it was my first time seeing her in the hotel too and she came alone and only met the friend afterwards. Okay why would a new girl in a new country go to a hotel to have a drink at night? She could have chosen to go to a regular club if she wanted to have real fun and explore, why go to the hotel? The hotel is not even that vibey. Everything was starting to make sense. The more I think about it the more I could see the pieces in a puzzle coming together. If what I was thinking was true then everything I shared with her were lies…everything she told me was to get me to talk. No wonder she moved in with me so quickly and no wonder her parents allowed her to stay in the damn hotel without a care in the world.
I fell down on my knees and sobbed…I felt like I was literally running out of breath…I couldn’t believe that my little Jane did this to me. I thought about the day she said we didn’t have much time together, I never took anything serious but right now it all came back to me like flood and the more I thought about the times we spent together, the obvious it got that she was there for a mission. My phone beeped and I tried to contain myself and it was a text from her
“I love you” it said, I looked at it and wanted to smash the phone on the floor but I didn’t want her to be suspicious
“I love you too” I wrote the words and threw my phone on the bed.
Jane was so dead…I was going to give her one satisfying excruciating death…I wasn’t just going to kill her…I was going to make sure that I torment her to my outmost satisfaction and then end her. The revenge and the vile things I was going to do to her were the only tings keeping me sane at that moment. The more I thought about her the more I was reminded that I was fooled by someone as little as her. I felt stupid and I hated myself for the fact that I was ready to give up my life for a lie.
HOLLOW HEARTS
Chapter 20
DUKE
Duke was sitting in his study going through some documents. His wife had just brought him an apple Juice….his favourite. He sipped on the drink and that’s when his phone rang. He frowned a little and then put the glass on the table and took the call. He crossed his legs and looked on space
Duke:” JT”
JT:” Boss” JT sighed
Duke:” the only time you do that is when you have bad news so break it to me”
JT:” You were right”
Duke:” I always am…what was I right about this time?”
JT:”Norman and that girl. I don’t know if he told her everything about us and his plans or if she dug everything up and check his emails but your plan to test them worked” Duke uncomfortably moved on his seat
Duke:” what are you saying?”
JT:”that Norman couldn’t find the target in Mexico…he flew out of the country today….it can’t be a coincidence”
Duke:” obviously not… f***” even though Duke was suspicious, somehow there was still little hope left in him…he wanted to believe that his Norman was as good as he had hoped
Duke:” so one of the two things happened…either Norman had been telling that girl his plans or she was going through his things and he was blindly letting her”
JT:” That’s the situation we are facing”
Duke:” leave him to me then”
JT:” so we shouldn’t do anything?”
Duke:” not now, I want Norman back here first and then I will deal with him myself”
JT:” it’s a big loss for us”
Duke:” not one we can’t replace…he wasn’t good enough and that’s why he messed up so I guess it’s a job well done to us because we managed to spot a weakling sooner. Imagine if this happened when he was up on the ranks?”
JT:” yeah I see what you mean…I will hear from you then”
Duke:” yeah, and make a call for him to come back into the country, there is no need for him to stick around out there. I can’t risk anyone killing him before we do…he has do die in my hands”
JT:” let me make that call”
Duke:” sure” he hang up and sighed
MUNEIWA
As much as I was angry at Jane…well angry is an understatement but yes I was totally furious with her and was ready to kill her but there was something that impressed me about her. That bitch was good…yeah I give it to her…Jane was so good in such a way that she managed to fool me, not only did she manage to fool me but she also managed to get me to fall in love….how the f*** did she pull all of that off when she was being fake? It was this kind of realisation that made me to be even more pissed with her and with myself. How could I let myself get fooled like this and not know anything? I sat on the floor and thought about everything I did with her and how I told her everything about me and how I trusted her enough not to betray me….i felt totally stupid.
I didn’t know how the heartbreak was supposed to feel like but I felt totally kak…like I hated everything about myself and my heart was in massive pain and I hated that. I didn’t want to feel pain for losing her. I wanted to just hate her because I felt like she didn’t deserve anything more from me. This was really a cliché. I had always gone on and on about how love makes people weak and how stupid normal people seemed and finally I decided to try out the weakness and the stupidness of it all and it turned out to be a fucking game for her. It hurt, like it really hurt. It wasn’t just about me loving her. It was about the kind of world she introduced me to and how human she made me feel and how she made me question my existence and made me want her or nothing else. She made me took risks I never thought I could take; she made me lie to Duke…something that I had never ever done before. She had me saying stupid dumb normal things like ‘I love you’, she had me giggling like a toddler. I couldn’t even remember my own voice when I giggle but she brought that out of me…she gave me the taste of my giggling sound…I mean the last time I ever heard myself giggle was when my family was still alive but Jane made me normal and made me do normal stuff and the shittest part of it all was that I enjoyed all that crapy normal stupid routine and I wished she could be real and normal.
I sat on my bed and felt paralysed. I couldn’t even feel myself. It was a strange feeling that I was feeling, it was something that was hard to put to words but all I can say is that it hurt. I loved Jane…well I loved the picture she painted. I felt like strangling myself for feeling the things I felt and for letting my guard down. I was sitting on my bed with my head spinning when my phone beeped. I checked the text and it was an sms from Sarah informing me that they managed to book me a flight back home which was leaving in three hours. I don’t know how the team was taking this and who they were blaming but all I know is that I had to clear my name and I had to do it quickly. I went to the shower and came back and wore something fresh and put everything else in my bags and got the cab and was taken back to the airport. I hung around at the restaurant in the airport for about an hour until I boarded the plane. The plane left Mexico around 11 in the morning.
I landed back in South Africa Tuesday late afternoon around five since the time zones between Mexico and South Africa are different. I had one place I needed to go before anything else. I didn’t bother calling Jane and I was trying to ignore her. I told her that I would be busy and that she shouldn’t expect me to talk to her every five minutes so we went 24 hours without talking and I was hoping that she was still on board. I got myself a cab because getting my car would mean calling Jane and I didn’t want her to be my first stop because I was very much aware that I was being followed and scrutinized by the team. The cab took me to the address that I provided and that address was none other than Duke’s house in Sandton. I knew that I didn’t make an appointment and that he wasn’t going to be happy with me just pitching but then my life was hanging by a thread here and I had to do something about it.
I got to the house and paid the cab and it drove off. I still had access to Duke’s house so I opened the gate and walked in and then also let myself inside the house. No one was around so I walked to his study were I knew he spent most of his time at. I knocked and no one answered. I opened the door and he wasn’t there. I closed the door and went to the lounge and he was nowhere to be found. I took my phone and called him and he didn’t pick up…I started panicking and called him again and he picked up
Duke:” to what do I owe the honours?” I turned around and found him standing at the door between his living room and the passage to the study room
Me:” Duke”
Duke:” yeah I haven’t changed my name…you just landed into the country so what are you doing here? Your visits are becoming too frequent these days” I breathed
Me:” I need to talk to you”
Duke:” I prefer appointments” he said that turning around
Me:”this can’t wait and that’s why I am here….i wouldn’t have come if it wasn’t important” he turned back around and looked at me
Duke:” 2 minutes” he said that and looked me straight in the eyes
Me:” it’s about Jane” he raised his eyebrows
Duke:” 1 minute 55 seconds”
Me:” she is not real, I think she has something to do with why I couldn’t get hold of the target…I have a feeling she warned him. I don’t know how but maybe she went through my laptop when I wasn’t looking. I mean I trusted her and she’s the only other person who could have done something. Plus I’ve been rethinking everything since the first day I met her and it does seems like she was only with me for a reason. I couldn’t see it at first because I was fascinated but her but now I see it all too well. I don’t know who she is working for but I think we should look her up”
Here is the shocker….Duke wasn’t surprised. I looked at him to see if I could be able to pin point a trace of shock on his face but there was nothing. He just looked at me and said nothing. I knew that I told Jane everything but I wasn’t about to tell that to Duke, I had to make it seem like Jane went through my stuff….my biggest bet was that he was going to let me kill her and then Duke would never know that I told Jane anything
Me:” you heard what I said?”
Duke:” loud and clear….so what do you plan to do?”
Me:” you knew?”
Duke:” I am not dumb”
Me:” and you didn’t tell me? Or warn me at least?”
Duke:” you’ve been trained to know these things, I was disappointed to know that you couldn’t know” I breathed
Me:” I know but I fin-“
Duke:” you finally what? You failed…that’s what happened Norman…you failed” he was shouting
Me:” I know”
Duke:” need I remind you what happens to those who fails? Or you don’t need a reminder?” I breathed hard
Me:” I understand that I failed you and the whole organisation but I am willing to fix my mistake…I will deal with Jane and make everything right and after this little incident I will never ever look at a woman again…never” I was pleading for myself because I knew that with Duke already knowing the truth then death was the only thing waiting for me and I felt that it would be an injustice for me to die before I look Jane in the eyes and make her pay
Duke:” so what’s your plan with this girl?” I wanted to hug him for the second chance he just gave me but the look of disgust that he directed towards me was not something to mess around with
Me:” I am gonna kill her” he shook his head
Duke:” she wasn’t here to kill you, if that’s the case she would have killed you already so I want you to make her talk Norman…make her tell you everything she knows. I am not talking about the friendly talk but I am ta-“
Me:” I know exactly what you mean…I will get her to talk and I might even take Cosby with me”
Duke:” I might also come but I am not sure…you need to take her to the house”
Me:” consider it done”
Duke:” I am leaving you in charge of that girl because I want you to prove your worth, prove to me that you are back for real and we all know a way to do that. Show a little sympathy to her and I will kill her while you watch and have you drink her blood”
Me:” you have nothing to worry about” I said that looking at him and nodding my head
Duke:” good…now leave my house” I breathed and then walked out of the house.
I called a cab as soon as I stepped out of the house. I was riding on the thin ice here…one mistake and I was a dead man. I was glad that Duke gave me a second chance even though I still had a lot to prove to him but at least I was still breathing, I guess that was good news.
JANE
I don’t know what was going on but then I hadn’t heard anything from Muneiwa ever since he told me that he landed in Mexico and after we exchanged those I love you texts. I was trying to give him some time to focus on work and not get him overwhelmed or disturb him so I was trying my best to be the good girlfriend and I hope I was doing it right. It’d been boring without him around, I felt as though I had known him forever, suddenly it was hard to imagine a future without him. It was a strange feeling, one that I was truly embracing. I made a decision while Muneiwa was giving me a cold shoulder. I realised how much I needed him in my life and how much I wanted him so I decided to tell him the truth when he came back. I don’t know how he was going to take the news and I knew that telling him was going to get me killed by my team because I wasn’t going to deliver on what was expected of me but then I felt like dying in Muneiwa’s arms and dying knowing that I had someone like him in my life was worth much more than 100 lives of doing what I was doing for a living. I felt that it was either life with him or nothing and since Zach wasn’t going to let me be with Muneiwa then I guess I was going to choose nothing…which meant death and I was going to happily waltz into my grave.
I had never in my life felt this powerful about anything and this motivated me so I was going to give it a try. And yes Zach was going to threaten my family and maybe do more than just threaten them…well, I was going to be the heartless bitch of them all and let them suffer for my little happiness….if need be I was going to end them myself and then end myself before Zach could do anything to us. That was all going to happen after the full assignment period had been exhausted and that was in a little over four months time, meaning that I had four months with Muneiwa and I was prepared to make the most of it. I don’t know if Muneiwa was going to offer to help me and my family but I didn’t want to bet on that because I also didn’t want to jeopardise anything for him at work so I was going to tell him why I was here so that he would understand and so that I could finally be in peace. I had no idea how he was going to take the news but seeing that he wasn’t as normal as everyone else I hoped that he would understand.
It was Tuesday evening and I was patiently counting the hours to Muneiwa’s arrival on Wednesday. I was sitting on the bed when I heard the funny noise coming from the door. I looked at the door and someone was trying to unlock which was a success because the door immediately opened. I stood up ready to fight whoever was trying to trespass but then my heart was flooded with happiness and excitement when I realised that it was my one and only Muneiwa. I looked at him with a smile and he looked at me too. He looked unhappy, I finally remembered that I had to tell him something and I knew that I had to do it now or never
MUNEIWA
Seeing her standing in front of me with her fake smile broke me in ways I can’t even explain. I couldn’t believe that I fell for all her tricks
Jane:” you’re back early” she said that walking towards me and gave me a warm hug. I couldn’t pretend anymore so I broke the hug and looked at her.
Me:”I am” I said that tightening my jaws
Jane:” I need to tell you something” I closed the door behind me
Me:”I am sure you do” she breathed
Jane:” this won’t be easy but I am doing it because I love you Munei”
Me:” is that why you’ve been spying on me? Because you love me?” she froze
Jane:” what?” I obviously hit an unexpected nerve
Me:” who are you working for Jane? Is that even your real name?”
Jane:” ow my God” she covered her face with her hands
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