HOLLOW HEARTS
Chapter 21
MUNEIWA
Me:” you thought I wouldn’t know? How long did you plan on lying to me?” she looked at me and swallowed
Jane:” I was ready to tell you everything Muneiwa, that’s what I wanted us to talk about please” I looked at her and shook my head…every second I spent looking at her was torture, I was battling to accept the reality of the situation
Me:” you expect me to believe that?”
Jane:” I know it’s hard for you to believe but let me explain” I walked further into the room and sat on the bed
Me:” the sickest part is I really loved you Jane” I looked at her and could feel the tears gathering up in my eyes and I blinked several times to stop them from falling. She went down on her knees in front of me
Jane:” I fell in love too” I gave her my heartbreaking laugh because i couldn’t believe that she still thought I would believe any word coming from her mouth
Me:” you really think I am dumb don’t you?” I sat there and my whole body went weak, I couldn’t argue or shout at her…I was out of strength
Jane:” no I don’t think you are dumb”
Me:” then tell me what this is? Why did you do this to me? Why did you let me fall for you this deep Jane? You watched me blowing everything up for you and you just sat there and secretly spied on me?”
Jane:” I tried talking but it wasn’t easy, I was going to do it now please give me a chance to explain myself”
Me:” how do you expect me to believe you? I opened up to you in a way that I have never done with anyone else, only to find that this was a game to you” she covered her face with her hands and then looked back at me.
I know I was supposed to just take her to the house and get her to talk about her boss but then I needed some answers first…I invested everything in this fake relationship and I needed some answers at least. I don’t know if the answers were going to be enough to mend my heart but I needed them
Jane:” when I came here I didn’t know that I would fall in love with you…I swear to God I didn’t know that you would be this amazing and loving and I fell for you…for real” she had tears on her face
Me:” if you did you would have told me the truth about your reasons for being here but you said nothing and to top it off you tipped off your people about my trip to Mexico…like really? Jane? You put my damn life on the line by doing that…did you even stop to think about the implications of my failure to deliver the task? And you claim to have fallen in love with me? Bitch come the f*** on” I shouted and got up and stood in the middle of the room and she stood up too
Jane:” it wasn’t easy, a lot was at stake” she shouted too
Me:” so all the crap about me making you feel the things you’ve never felt before was that true?” I don’t know why I was even asking…she was obviously going to say it was all true I mean this girl was a pathological liar and she could lie without even blinking
Jane:” I meant it…Muneiwa you made me feel alive and loved and you gave me hope and a reason to live”
Me:” tell me the real reason why you came here?” she looked at me and cried
Me:” tell me the fucking reason Jane”
Jane:” Muneiwa I love you” I charged at her and grabbed her by her neck
Me:” why did you come here?” I let go of her neck and she coughed
Me:” I am waiting”
Jane:” it was an assignment, I came here to find out as much information as I can about your organisation and then kill you when I’ve had enough” I laughed looking out the window with my hands on my hips
Jane:” but I already have enough information which I didn’t give away…I only told them about the trip so that I could divert their attention from the real assignment, I was really going to warn you” she was talking fast
Me:” who is they?”
Jane:” my boss”
Me:” the names?”
Jane:” I can’t” I smiled
Me:” wow”
Jane:” I didn’t choose to do this you know…I didn’t choose to be here Munei”
Me:” I know you didn’t choose it…this is your job” I said that looking at her
Jane:” no, I mean I was born here in South Africa….as Ayanda….the house we saw the other day…well that’s my home and that day I was seeing it for the first time ever since I got abducted 18 years ago” I was not sure whether to believe her or not, this could just be another lie. I mean she had cried a lot in front of me during her acting so I couldn’t tell what was true and what wasn’t
Me:” I don’t care about any of that”
Jane:” I had to survive out there, this is how I’ve been surviving…I had to do what I am being told or else they were going to kill my family and then me”
Me:” heartbreaking” I said sarcastically
Jane:” I know I should have said something but my hands were tied”
Me:” they are still tied”
Jane:” stop with the sarcasm please”
Me:” I loved you Jane, well I still do…I bought every little thing about you, I believed everything and little did I know that it was all a trap…but now I’ve just realised that you are a very good liar and a very good actor…I don’t know who you are Jane. I can’t even tell whether you are telling the truth or not, I can’t even buy that Ayanda story because you are a liar and you are an actor. I’ve seen you cry several times and it was all an act so there is nothing binding me to believe anything you say now because a liar is what you are” this was me trying to convince myself not to believe her and not to fall under her trap again
Jane:” Muneiwa please, you’ve become my everything, I don’t imagine this life without you. Please I will give it all up for you, I will defy them for you…just...please believe me” the tears and the wailing were all impressive and I almost believed her but i wasn’t about to let her play me again
Me:” how did you do it? How did you make me fall in love with you?” I looked at her and let my tears fall
Me:” how did you manage to make me this human Jane?”
Jane:” I am sorry”
Me:” you broke me…completely” I said that wiping off the tears
Jane:” I love you, I really do”
Hearing her said that she loved me brought me to a complete halt and I wanted her dead. Hearing her say those words reminded me of how much she played me for a fool and I wanted to put a stop to it so I walked to her and grabbed her neck with both my hands and tried to strangle her… I didn’t want to kill her I just wanted to experience what it could feel like to see her eyes roll back as she battles to breathe. I was busy strangling her when she forcefully removed my hands from her neck
Jane:” stop it” she screamed, I looked at her in shock…the bitch was strong
Jane:” don’t fight me because you won’t win” I looked at her and shook my head
Mune:” you’ve hurt me”
Jane:” I know and I am sorry” I stood in one place and said nothing. She walked to me and took my hand
Jane:” I tried to fight my feelings for you I really did but after making love I couldn’t fight it anymore, I realised that day that I didn’t want a life without you and that’s why I said nothing to my boss about everything you told me. I am sorry about everything but you are not in this alone. I love you too Muneiwa and I won’t give my boss anything anymore” she looked at me and I looked at her. I pulled her to me and hugged her
Jane:” I am so sorry” she said that and sobbed.
Me:” so the story about you being raped? Was that to get my attention?” she shook her head
Jane:” I have lost count as to how many times it happened”
Me:” and you’ve also been required to use your body for business purposes I guess?” she nodded still in my arms
Me:” and the story about this being your first relationship?”
Jane:”true, I’ve never dated anyone before, never been on a date or have anyone told me that they love me. I’ve never had anyone making love to me before…I’ve been fucked and raped more than I could count but never made love….never…you made me feel things I had never felt before” its these kind of talks that I didn’t want to listen to because they were going to make me weak so I slowly took off the handcuffs from my pants with my one hand and slowly broke the hug and before she could see what was going on I handcuffed her
Jane:” what the f***?” she was horrified
Me:” you fooled me once and you are not about to fool me again Jane…Ayanda or whatever your name is”
She started kicking and screaming and i grabbed her by the neck and hit her head against the wall and she collapsed and went silent. I breathed looking at her. I then went to my safe and get some drugs. I came back and injected something to help her stay unconscious for a while. I then took one big suitcase and put her inside and closed it. I started pacing in the room. I loved Jane and I knew that the love I had for her wasn’t just going to disappear but I had no other choice. As much as I wanted to believe everything she was saying…I couldn’t believe it because a lot was at stake and after lying to me for this long I felt that I could hardly differentiate from her lies and her truth. She lied to me and I believed her with everything in me…I didn’t even doubt her for a second so how do I even begin to believe such a person? She was obviously good at lying.
I looked at the bag that had the love of my life inside and wondered how life was going to be possible after her. I don’t know how I was going to continue with life as if she didn’t happen, it was going to be difficult because I wasn’t going to be able to delete the beautiful memories we shared together. I took the bag and wheeled it out of my room and locked. I went to the parking with it and put it at the back seat of my car. Like Duke suggested, I had to take her to the house where she was going to confess everything she knew about her boss and tell us what she knew so far and what they knew so far and what was their ultimate goal for erasing me out of the organisation.
I drove to the house that was located in Pretoria West just after Quagga complex. I got to the house and parked the car at the driveway and wheeled the bag inside. I took the bag to the main bedroom which was obviously empty with no furnishers. The whole house was empty….there was just few chairs and tables and tools and that’s it. I opened the bag and Jane was still unconscious. I put her on the chair and tied her up to the chair and then taped her mouth. I stood there with my back against the wall and looked at her. This was the girl who played me, the girl who almost got me killed, the girl who pretended to be everything I thought I needed in my life. I called Cosby while waiting for Jane to wake up and Cosby didn’t waste any time because he was in the house within 30 minutes.
Cosby:” so this is the chick?” he said that when he walked into the room
Me:” yeah”
Cosby:” now I get why she has you all kind of confused”
Me:” I can always send you back”
Cosby:” sorry” Cosby was a white guy who was in the same age group as me…we were working together but he was more of a cleaning up man than an assassin…but he was cruel as hell
Me:” so we wait for her to wake up and then gather as many info as we can…I called you here as a witness and to help out, I don’t think Duke trusts me anymore”
Cosby:” yeah after doing what you did I wouldn’t either” I eyed him and frowned
Cosby:” you wouldn’t trust yourself either” I rolled my eyes and looked away. Jane started moving and we looked at her as she tried to talk and move around on the chair but she couldn’t so the chair kept on jumping up and down. She looked at me with nothing but shock; I guess she didn’t think I had it in me to hurt her
Me:” hi” she tried to scream but her mouth was taped
Me:” you are a woman and I don’t even know how to do this….I’ve never had to do this to a woman before”
I was being honest…torturing a woman felt more like an abuse…even though that woman was Jane who was as dangerous as the men I had killed before. Cosby walked to her while I was still standing there figuring out what to do and stabbed her on her thigh and moved the knife while it was still inside. Jane tried to scream to no avail and I saw tears fall from her eyes like a river
Cosby:” does it hurt? Well that’s what you get for trying to mess with us” he looked at her carefully and then looked at me
Cosby:” you’re gonna remove her teeth before or after requesting her to talk?” Jane opened her eyes wide and started jumping up and down on her chair as if trying to communicate. For this to be able to work and for me to finally heal from my broken heart I had to bring my game face on and deal with this
Me:” get me the pliers” Cosby smiled and walked away. I removed the tape from her mouth
Jane:” Muneiwa don’t do this…Muneiwa I love you please you will regret this for the rest of your life, you will regret not knowing if I really loved you or not…give me a chance to prove myself to you. Please once my boss realises that I am gone he will think that I ran off with you and then he will murder my whole family…please they are innocent”
Me:” You had plenty of chance to come clean and you used that chance to play me….tell us who you are working for or we will remove your teeth one by one until you start talking…once all the teeth are finished we can always go to the toes and after the toes we can go for things like ears….it all depend on how much pain you are willing to take on before you start talking” she looked at me and I could see the trace of hope in her eyes disappearing and that’s when I knew she was paying for fooling me. I taped her mouth again and turned around to find Duke standing at the door. My heart stopped beating for a while
Me:” I didn’t know you were coming”
Duke:” I want to hear everything she has to say” I looked at Duke and then at Jane and knew that there was no going back. What I had with Jane was over and there was no more turning back. I couldn’t have a change of heart about this anymore…not with Duke standing in the midst of us. Cosby walked in with the pliers
Cosby:” as you requested” I took the pliers with a smile on my face. I looked at Jane while I was still smiling
Me:” first question…why are you here?” I said that and removed the tape from her mouth
HOLLOW HEARTS
Chapter 22
JANE
My heart was in enormous pain…I sat there looking at the only man I loved and couldn’t handle seeing him this angry at me. I wanted to make everything right, to make us go back to what we used to be…I felt like I needed at least another minute of being happy with him…the way he looked at me carried with it nothing short of hatred…he really loathed me and that was enough to break me.
Munei:” I asked you a question Jane….why are you here? And who sent you?”
His voice was powerful and loud. It was as if I meant absolutely nothing to him. I wondered if everything we did together was real and if it meant anything to him at all. I mean if it really did…why would he be so evil and ruthless towards me like this? Why would he turn me in to his bosses without giving me enough time to explain? Or to believe what I told him? I sat there and looked at him. I thought about how I could tell his boss the truth about how he came clean to me and how he told me everything. Yes it could be my word against his because he might argue that I went through his things and get the information or that my people did research but saying that to his boss would really plant a seed of doubt. I decided against the idea…I loved Muneiwa, even though he was standing here in front of me as my enemy I still loved him and I didn’t want him dead.
Mune:” okay maybe you need a little persuasion” he walked closer to me. I looked at him straight in the eyes and frowned
Me:” I love you” he rolled his eyes
Mune:” wrong answer”
Me:” I have been in this game long enough to know and understand that whatever I say here won’t change my fate. Whether I tell you what you want or not…I am still going to die so I will tell you what I really wanna say and then let you have fun with my body until you’ve had enough” Muneiwa raised an eyebrow
Me:” I want you to know that I love you, I really do…even after killing me I want you to know that what we shared was real Muneiwa…all the firsts and all the fun we had…it was all real and I enjoyed it. I see it wasn’t real for you but it was real for me and I want you to know that”
Mune:” okay a little persuasion is what you need”
He came closer to me and forced open my mouth and placed a pliers inside. He grabbed one of my front teeth and started moving it with the pliers. I closed my eyes and not allow myself to feel the pain. I didn’t scream or move or anything…I just sat there and blocked my brain from focusing on the present moment.
There was one thing that Muneiwa didn’t understand about me. I could let myself feel pain if I want to feel it but I could block it away if I don’t want to. I had been tortured way more than I could ever bother to recall…I’d been through some shity painful moments and I had managed to live through them and that should say something about me. Yes I was a girl and I seemed like a normal girl but I was not normal. I was a hardcore assassin who had been tried and tested and tortured and come out alive. The physical pain Muneiwa inflicted on me as he was trying to remove my tooth was secondary compared to how my heart hurt….i couldn’t care less about how painful my gums were as he moved my tooth around in order to successfully remove the tooth because I had more pressing issues at hand…I was losing the only man I loved.
I sat there with my eyes closed and took myself back to the times I spent with him. The tooth finally came off and I shot my eyes open and Muneiwa couldn’t hide the shock on his face. I looked over to the white man who Munei had been referring to as Cosby and he was also in shock. I don’t know what these niggas expected me to do…did they wanted me to start screaming like a bitch and beg them to stop? That was for the small minded agents who hadn’t gone through real trainings. I had mastered the art of taking in pain and live through it. Sometimes if you have suffered too much emotional pain then the physical infliction of pain becomes nothing but a reminder that you are alive and instead of hurting it just gives you an indication that your situation didn’t swallow you and that you are still alive. It becomes the only thing that reminds you of your sanity.
Muneiwa looked at me carefully and breathed. He forcefully opened my mouth again and I did the same thing I previously did. I closed my eyes and thought back to the night we made love. I only came back to reality when he had the second tooth on his hand
Muneiwa:” you’re tryna be funny?” Cosby’s mouth hung open in complete shock
Cosby:” are you sure you are removing the teeth?” he walked closer and Muneiwa gave him the second tooth he took out. They both looked at Duke
Duke:” such a strong soldier” Duke said that walking towards me.
I was busy spitting blood from my mouth. My whole mouth was in shity pain but then I wasn’t about to dwell on that or to start crying about it. Duke got to me and put his hands on both my thighs and looked at me with his face so close to mine. My left thigh was bleeding from being stabbed
Duke:” so you think that your fate is sealed? And somehow you are acting tough huh? Let’s see how you respond to me cutting your limbs one by one”
Me:” what a better way to die for an agent than to die knowing that you didn’t rat your team out” I said that and smiled with blood spitting from my mouth. I had no idea how I looked like but I must have looked like a zombie of some sort
Duke:” you will stay overnight and I will be here first thing tomorrow morning to get you to talk….believe me love…you will talk…I will bring my gold grander with me” I spitted blood on his face
Me:” challenge accepted” I said that and smiled. Duke went to Muneiwa
Duke:” stay here with her until tomorrow morning…don’t leave her site, I don’t trust her and make sure she don’t escape”
Muneiwa:” she won’t”
Duke:” Cosby go finish what you were busy with”
Cosby:” sure” Duke and Cosby walked out of the room and left me alone with Muneiwa
He sat down with his back against the wall and looked at me. I didn’t like how he was looking at me…it was as if I was his enemy. My mouth was aching so bad
Me:” my mouth hurt” I said looking at him and finally started crying. I wasn’t crying because my mouth hurt, I was crying because Muneiwa had the ability to hurt me like that. I mean I had the chance to kill him but I didn’t…I could have killed him and went back to Zach but I didn’t…but he had no problem removing my teeth
Muneiwa:” wow so you feel pain?” he was sarcastic. I cried for a while and then calmed down
Me:” I could have told them everything you told me you know”
Mune:” why didn’t you?”
Me:” because I love you”
Mune:”stop saying that” I looked at him and then away
Me:” so your boss is coming to torture me tomorrow because you failed? Do you think he will let you live after killing me? I want you to leave me here to die and run for your life. I know how these people think Munei…I don’t care about me but you can save yourself. You can take some money and disappear…he will deal with only me. I won’t say a word to him so he will have to kill me but at least one of us will get to survive” he just looked at me and said nothing. I opened my mouth again to talk but then my whole mouth ached so much…I swallowed some saliva which was obviously mixed with blood and opened my painful mouth again
Me:” I am serious…do you honestly think he will let you live? If you have a little doubt about him letting you live then take my advice and run. I will die in peace knowing that you are safe”
Muneiwa:” stop talking” he wasn’t looking at me
Me:” you are wondering why I didn’t scream or show any sign of being in pain right?”
Muneiwa:” I said stop talking” he screamed
Me:”or what? You’ll remove another tooth?”
Muneiwa:” Jane I am warning you”
Me:” I was only 5 when they took me” I said that looking into space with tears in my eyes. These where the type of things that were capable of making me cry…not the physical pain
Me:” I still remember that day because it’s the only memory I have that remind me of who I really am. Yes I am Ayanda…it was after school and I was waiting outside the gate for our transport from school. A woman came to me and said that she was my mother’s friend and that my mom asked her to come fetch me. She gave me a pocket of chips and I followed her to the car. I only realised that something was wrong when I got to the house that was full of young kids like myself. I asked the woman for my mother and she slapped the day light out of me” Muneiwa just looked at me and said nothing
Me:” I spent few years staying in this other house…I don’t even know where I was. I used to cry for my mother at first but then I gave up. At 12 I got raped by a number of men, I can’t even recall how many raped me. The rape circle took place for a couple of days and a number of men will have fun with me every day. Some girls didn’t survive it but I did with few more girls. The rape taught us one thing…never fall in love with a man because a man is nothing but an enemy. After that I did serious trainings were I learned to kill and to be good at it and to be invisible. I know you are waiting for me to start telling you about how I could avoid pain. From when I was five years old…I was subjected to serious beatings and hard labour and failure to deliver a task was rewarded with a punishment. The punishment wasn’t something as simple as not having a meal…no…I suffered a great deal of physical pain Muneiwa and I had to find a way to work through it…I had to survive and I did”
Muneiwa:” how did you survive all of that?” my heart danced because this could only mean that he believed me
Me:” I made sure to be strong and not to let my guard down…I wanted to survive and I did” he nodded and looked away
Me:” when I was asked to come here I had no idea you’ll be you. I had seen your pictures and videos of you before and I thought all I had to do was get you to fall in love with me and get what I want and leave. But then things didn’t work out the way they were supposed to. Starting from the first day you took me out on a date. That was my first date and it was special…I’ve never felt that special in my life. I enjoyed your company but I was in denial…I mean I have never failed before and I knew that failing meant that my family will be slaughtered so I had to keep strong and keep my eyes on the game. When my boss brought me here he knew that I was born here and this was a test for him…he wanted to see just how loyal I was and I didn’t want to come off as weak”
Muneiwa:” and you didn’t”
Me:” no I failed….dismally…after the first night we made love I became certain that killing you was no longer on the agenda. I wanted to enjoy the little time I had with you and then figure out a way forward when it was time for the assignment to end. You made me feel alive…for the first time in my life I felt alive and I found a reason to wake up every morning. You made me feel things I never felt before…I enjoyed sex for the very first time…do you have any idea how it felt like to be told that I was loved? Muneiwa I know I messed up and I should have told you the truth sooner but did you honestly thought that I was lying when I told you that I love you? Nothing about us was a lie. I honestly freaked out and my blood boiled when I saw you with that girl in the club that night…I didn’t want you to be with anyone else but me”
Muneiwa:” but Jane…it’s already done”
Me:” I know…I just want to know if you believe me” I looked at him and he looked at me
Muneiwa:” you were watching me from somewhere?”
Me:” I had access to the hotel cctv and that’s all”
Muneiwa:”I don’t know what to say…you broke my heart” he was really sad
Me:” I know and I am sorry”
Muneiwa:” I do believe you” I took a deep breath and tears fell from my eyes…I was truly happy
Me:” thank you” I said that crying
Me:” thank you so much” I wanted to hug him and kiss him
Muneiwa:” but it’s already too late for us now” I smiled…he stood up and came closer to me
Me:” I will die in peace knowing that you believe me” I looked up at him and frowned
Muneiwa:” but…I don’t want you to die” his voice was shaky
Me:” it’s either me or both of us…if your boss know that you still have a soft spot for me then he will kill you…and please I want you to do one thing for me”
Mune:”yes”
Me:” my boss might think that I ran away with you when he don’t get hold of me so please protect my family…he will kill them all” he looked at me and breathed
Mune:” I will do my best”
Jane:” I am angry at you though” he looked at me with a shocked expression
Mune:” But Jane you played me”
Jane:” but did you have to turn me in? And do that to me? And not believe me? I tried to explain” he breathed
Mune:” I can’t” he gave me a resigning sigh and walked towards the door and stood there looking away from me
HOLLOW HEARTS
Chapter 23
MUNEIWA
Love is a strange thing, so strange we can barely understand it. Just few minutes ago I was angry at Jane and I hated her for what she did to me but few minutes down the line I regretted everything I had done to her and looking at her gave me the greatest pain of them all
“I love you” I heard her voice repeatedly saying the words in my head and it was driving me crazy. My hands were tied. I didn’t want to be here again tomorrow and watch Duke torture and mutilate her body because now I knew the simple and beautiful truth…Jane loved me as much as I loved her and because of that simple beautiful truth I couldn’t stand by and watch
Jane: “You look deep in thought” I ignored her and looked away from her.
Jane:“I still say run” I looked at her with her bloody top and the blood all over her mouth and hated myself. I removed one top tooth and one bottom tooth
Me:” How is your mouth?” I found myself asking
Jane: “Still aching” I nodded
Me:“I am sorry”
Jane:“I won’t forgive you for that” I looked at her and frowned
Me:“But my hands were tied”
Jane:“No you could have stopped it from happen but you didn’t want to listen to me…all you wanted was to believe that I don’t love you because it was easier that way. It was easier for you to believe that I don’t love you because that way you would be able to ask for forgiveness from your boss and hand me over to him as a token of apology”
Me:” that’s not true”
Jane:” it is”
Me:” it was not about what was easy and what was not…I was hurt Jane. I gave you everything, I gave you my heart and told you everything about me and risked my life for us and only to find out that you’ve been playing? You planned everything and staged everything what did you expect me to do?”
Jane:” love me more…I expected you to love me more” she said in a small voice.
I got up from the floor and went to her and started untying her
Jane:” what are you doing? Muneiwa what are you doing?” she was surprised by my actions
Me:” loving you more” I said that without even looking at her
Jane:” Muneiwa he will hunt you down and he will find you”
Me:” us…he will hunt us down and no…he won’t find us”
Jane:”but all I want is for you to survive”
Me:” but all I want is for us to survive. What will be the point of me surviving alone? Life without you won’t make sense anymore so I’d rather spend one more day with you than a life time without you Jane…if we die tomorrow then it will be okay” I said that looking at her and then went back to untying her
Jane:” we won’t just get killed…we will be tortured and mutilated”
Me:” as long as it’s all happening with you by my side”
I looked at her and she forced a smile with her bloody mouth and her bare gums where I had just removed the teeth. I knew as I was untying her that what I was doing was way more than dangerous and that I could get a life sentence for it but then I loved Jane more than I loved myself and I felt like she deserved every pain I was about to go through for her. I finished untying her and looked at her
Me:” there”
Jane:” what now?”
Me:” do you still want to go to your bosses?” she frowned
Jane:” are you serious?”
Me:” you know everything about me now, you can go to them and tell them everything you know and say you’ve killed me” she got up from the chair and stretched a little bit and then looked me straight in the eyes
Jane:” they don’t just want a report that I killed you…they want a body so that’s not an option…I can’t go back to them…if they suspect that something is off then they will kill me plus I don’t wanna leave your site” I smiled
Jane:” don’t be flattered, I am still angry and until these teeth grow back then I will be angry at you” I frowned
Me:” but they won’t grow back”
Jane:” I guess there won’t be any forgiveness then…where are we going?”
Me:” uhm you’ll see…we have to get out of here fast in case Duke planted something and is listening to us”
Jane:” that’s possible?” I eyed her
Me:” anything is possible”
I carried her in my arms and walked out of the house with her because she was injured on the thigh where Cosby stabbed her. Love is such a beautiful bitch…walking out of the building with Jane in my arms gave me the kind of peace I couldn’t trade for anything. I felt that experiencing what I was feeling was worth any kind of death and if Duke was going to find me and kill me then I was happily going to die knowing what it’s like to love and be loved. We got to the car and I put her down. I went underneath my car
Jane:” what are you doing?”
Me:” shhh” I said to her and then continued taking off the tracker…it didn’t take me time because that was one of my specialities. After that I unlocked the car and removed the bug that was planted on the steering wheel and then threw it out on the floor.
Me:” now you can come in” she breathed
Jane:” ow”
We got inside the car and I drove out of the yard and into the main road. I looked at my phone and threw it out of the window
Jane:” you are really serious about this aren’t you?”
Me:” I am…I know they can never let us happen after everything they know about you so we have to run”
Jane:” I wonder whose fault that is” she said in a small voice while not looking at me
Me:” stop…just fucking stop….i am here blowing my life up for you again and you are busy playing some blame card? Stop it Jane…you can’t be acting all innocent now because you started all of this crap, you are the one who lied and I retaliated” she just looked straight ahead and said nothing
Me:” you want something for the pain?” she shook her head
Me:” you’re sure?”
Jane:” yes I am sure”
Me:” okay I have to withdraw some cash now but immediately when I make a big withdrawal then they will know that something is wrong and they will start looking”
Jane:” so nobody sleeps?” I tried to think
Me:” I think the account managers will be sleeping…they will only be able to see the transaction tomorrow morning so let’s do this”
Me:” what’s your limit?” she said as we turned to the nearest mall and parked the car at the parking lot. I smiled and looked at her
Me:” limit for what? Actually what is a limit?” she laughed
Jane:” my cheese boy” we looked at each other and giggled.
I got out of the car and went to withdraw some cash. I got to the atm and withdrew the first 10k, the second 10k, 3rd 10k and when I was about to withdrew my 4th it declined and said I have reached the limit
Me:” limit se foot” I screamed and kicked the atm. I took the cash I managed to withdraw and went to the car and put it all on the backseat and then got in front
Jane:” and?”
Me:” 30k” she raised an eyebrow
Jane:” I thought you had no limit”
Me:” me too…I can’t even call anyone to ask them about it” I said that and started the car.
Me:” I love you Jane and whatever happens from here on just remember that I love you”
Jane:” I love you too” we breathed and I drove off.
We drove the whole night and finally arrived in George the following morning. I had no idea where Ndivhuwo lived and I didn’t have his contact details. I don’t know how I was going to get them because I didn’t have my phone with me, I also didn’t know what his cover up job was at the moment meaning that I couldn’t possibly contact him in anyway. I went to the most expensive Primary School in George hoping that I would spot him dropping the kids off at school. That was my biggest bet. He was married with a wife and from what I hear he had kids old enough to go to school so I was hoping that his kids attended the same school I was in.
Jane:” so this person we are waiting for has his kids coming to this school?” she said that while looking at the cars of parents dropping their kids off to school
Me:” I don’t know love but I am hoping that it would work…he has money and obviously want the best for his kids so this has to be the right school for the kids” she rolled her eyes
Jane:” do you even realise that we are at a life threatening situation?”
Me:” you don’t have to remind me”
Jane:” but it looks like you need to be reminded, can we just run please?”
Me:” we can’t just run without enough cash and no papers…all we have is South Africa right now and South Africa won’t keep us safe for good. My organisation is equipped enough to make us most wanted people in the country…they can frame us for any crime and put a bounty on our heads and if that ever happens then we are dead. So this guy that I am trying to get hold of is our ticket to leave this country”
Jane:” God” she sat back on the seat. We waited until the school alarm went off meaning that the classes just started. I breathed realising that my ploy at trying to get hold of Ndivhuwo was failing
Me:” Stay here I am coming”
I walked inside the school and went to the administration desk
Me:” I am looking for Mudau kids” I knew Ndivhuwo’s surname and that’s all I knew
Lady:” and who are you?”
Me:” their uncle” she frowned
Lady:” but I have never seen you before”
Me:” and that’s my fault? My brother’s kid is stuck in here without cash and you are tryna be funny? Do you have any idea how much we donate into this school? Do I have to get my brother out of work to come here and give his daughter some money all because you have never seen me before?”
Lady:”uhm…ahhh…what’s the surname again?”
Me:” Mudau” she typed on the computer and then pressed enter
Lady:” which Mudau are you looking for?”
I grabbed the screen and turned it around to face me…I pressed enter on Rotondwa Mudau and her details plus her parents’ details quickly filled the screen. I took the pen on the table and copied the home address of the kid on my hand…the girl tried to turn the screen back around but I wouldn’t let her until I was done copying the address.
Me:” thank you” I said that and gave her my back and ran out of the gate. I got inside the car and Jane looked at me and frowned.
Jane:” successful?”
Me:” yes” I smiled
I started the car and we drove off. I knew the town very well and I knew where I was supposed to go. I went to the address I had on my hand and it took me to some huge beach mansion in Wilderness. I looked at the house and smiled…Ndivhuwo had always loved himself. So he was staying in a beach house?
Jane:” are you sure you have the right address?”
Me:” I sure did” I got out of the car and went to Jane’s side and opened the door for her
Jane:” I should have changed into something” she said that looking at her top
Me:” I am sure Ndivhuwo will be welcoming enough to let you take a good shower and he has a wife so the wife will give you something” she had managed to clean up her face in the bathroom in the garage as we were driving down to George
Jane:” let’s hope so” we walked to the gate and I pressed the buzzer and waited
“Who is it?” a woman’s voice asked
Me:” Ndivhuwo’s friend…Muneiwa”
Ndiv:” who is it?”
Me:” it’s me…Muneiwa”
Ndiv:”babe open for him” the gate opened and we walked in. Jane and I looked around the yard and then looked at each other
Me:” this could be us” I said taking her hand into mine. The house looked beautiful…more like those American mansions in movies. The whole yard looked so beautiful and appetising…he had a beautiful garden and I imagined Jane and I staying in a place like this
Jane:”I really don’t know” we got to the patio and Ndivhuwo was waiting for us with his pregnant wife. The woman wasn’t happy to see us…not at all
Ndiv:”I don’t remember giving you my address”
Me:”I know but it all went crazy sooner than I expected” Ndivhuwo closed his eyes briefly and then opened them again
Ndiv:”you see this woman right here….this is my wife and that big belly has my child inside and I have two more kids at school so my man you can’t rock up in my house like this…not around my kids and wife...i can’t have them endangered”
Jane:”can I please use your bathroom? And your toiletries maybe? I just need a good shower while you two sort this out” she said looking at the wife. The wife frowned looking at Ndivhuwo and then back at Jane and the back at Ndivhuwo
Tshili:”sort this s*** out please…I thought we are over this already…wena follow me” she said the last part looking at Jane who followed her inside the house
Ndiv:”after she finish taking a shower…I want you gone”
Me:”but you sai-“
Ndiv:”I said I needed a fucking week…not three days so you need to leave my house before any s*** can hit the fan and before my kids get tangled in all this again…you were not even supposed to show your face here…f***”
HOLLOW HEARTS
Chapter 24
JANE
I walked into their house and looked around in awe
Me:” you have a beautiful home” I said looking at the pregnant woman
Woman:” and you are looking around my house like you are about to steal something” she was right, I knew we were not welcome here and seeing that Muneiwa and I only had 30k with us, I was looking for something of great value that I could steal when we leave and sell it
Me: “You have a good eye huh?”
Woman:” I might be pregnant but I still have my gangster instincts and they still talk to me” I raised an eyebrow and smiled
Me:” are you trying to tell me that y-“
Woman:” we are not friends and we are not about to be friends…a shower is all you asked and a shower is all you will get and nothing more…not even a friendly conversation” wow
Me:” uhm okay”
Woman:” here is the bathroom” she said that opening the door in one of the rooms. We walked in together
Me:” can I also have something to wear please?”
Woman:” okay I will bring you something while you are busy…there are new face cloths, toothbrush and few toiletries on that cupboard, help yourself”
Me:” thank you” the woman walked out of the door and I rolled my eyes.
She was so fucking rude and I hated her. I stood in the room and looked around it and it looked normal. I got in to the shower and took a very quick shower, when I was done there was something for me to wear. I smiled and took the jean and a top and got dressed. The jean was a little bit bigger and was not tight but it was better than nothing. She also gave me a pair of sneakers and I helped myself in them. They were a size 5 and I wore size 4 but I wasn’t about to complain. I tied up my hair and walked out of the bathroom. I couldn’t even remember where the exit door from the house was. I just walked through the passage until I found myself in a room that looked like a living room and Muneiwa was sitting there with that Ndivhuwo guy. He looked at me as I walked towards him and smiled. He got up from the couch and came to me. He took my handbags and then kissed my neck
Mune:” you are worth all this trouble” he whispered in my ears and was about to bend over for a kiss but I brushed him off
M:” are we leaving or you managed to reach some kind of an agreement?”
Mune:” no agreement” he then looked back at Ndivhuwo
Mune:” thanks for letting her freshen up”
Ndiv:” I am sorry my bro but I have kids and letting you stay here will be too risky for me…I really am sorry”
Mune:” it’s okay…I will be in touch after a week regarding passports and everything”
Ndiv:” sure” he tried to take my hand but I couldn’t let him so we walked out of the house and all the way out of the gate. We got into the car and he opened the door for me and I got in
Me:” why were we here again?”
Mune:”Jane I had to try and do something”
Jane:” and that something didn’t work Muneiwa” he looked at me and smiled
Mune:”but we are together at the end” I rolled my eyes and looked away.
I don’t know why but I was feeling so irritated.
Muneiwa drove off from Ndivhuwo’s house and went to the mall. We got there and bought ourselves few items of clothes. We were not going for the label and definitely not for expensive items so we went to Mr price and managed to only spend a R1000. We then drove out of the mall and Muneiwa decided to book us a room in some beach house BnB.
Me:” how much was this?” I asked him immediately when we got to the room that we booked
Mune:”R550”
Me:”you do realise that this money won’t last us a month right?” he looked at me and frowned
Mune:” Jane what’s wrong? You are irritated and grumpy…it’s like you are not happy to be with me anymore…what’s going on?”
I didn’t know what was going on. Being with him was the only thing I wanted and it was the only thing that made sense in the world but then I was so moody
Me:”I am sorry…I’ve never been in a real relationship before and I’ve never been on the run before, I guess I am nervous about all this”
Mune:” don’t worry sweet little thing…daddy got yah” I smiled shaking my head
Mune:” let me take a quick shower and then we can relax…what time is it?” I realised that we both didn’t have our cellphones or a watch. I switched on the TV that had dstv and checked the time
Me:” it’s past 12”
Mune:” okay I will be with you in two minutes”
Me:” you are only going to shower for just two minutes?”
Mune:” yes love” he ran to the shower and left me sitting on the bed alone.
I lay on my back and looked up on the ceiling. I was starting to question everything…like if running was a good idea. Well it was the best idea…even though I wasn’t actually free but at least I was doing what I loved instead of being told what to do every time. I got up from the bed and went to stand by the window and looked out on the beach and smiled. Muneiwa was right…he really took a shower for two minutes because he walked back into the room while I was still standing at the window
Me:” wow you are done already?”
Mune:” I told you I was only going in there for two minutes” he got dressed in shorts and a vest that we bought. He then walked to me and hugged me from behind
Mune:” it’s beautiful isn’t it?” I looked at him and smiled
Me:” very beautiful”
Mune:” but not beautiful than you though” I giggled
Me:” I am already yours so you don’t have to sweet talk me into sex if that’s what you want” he laughed and turned me around to look at him
Mune:” who said I am sweet talking you into sex? So now I can’t even complement my girl?” I smiled
Me:” your girl?” I really loved the sound of his voice when he called me his girl
Mune:”yeah” he smiled shyly
Me:” can you repeat that again?”
Mune:” Jane my girl” I giggled
Me:” I think you should start calling me Ayanda”
Mune:” my little Ayanda” I giggled.
We also bought some takeaways at Spar while we were doing shopping. Yes times were hard and we didn’t have enough cash so we really didn’t want to start acting fancy and live out of our budget.
Me:” I am feeling kind of hungry can we eat?”
Mune:” but I am hungry for something else” I laughed
Me:” I hope that something else is not me” he tried to kiss me but I stopped him while giggling. He tried again and I pushed him away and he almost fell. He raised an eyebrow and looked at me
Me:” I am sorry” I didn’t mean to push him that hard and I felt bad
Mune:”just how strong are you Ja…I mean Ayanda?” I smiled shyly
Me:”strong enough to kill you” he smiled
Mune:” can I ask you to restrain yourself and let me be the man?” I giggled
Me:” I can work with that” I went to him and wrapped my hands around his neck
Me:”you make me weak, do you know that?”
Mune:” last time we made love you didn’t bring it all out because you were still acting innocent…you were restraining yourself so can you show me everything that you got?” ow my God I blushed uncontrollably and was so timid I could hardly look at him so I removed my hands from him and gave him my back. He turned me around and made me look at him again
Mune:” what?” I giggled
Me:” like I said…you make me weak and shy and all kind of confused” he laughed
Mune:” can you show me everything?” I looked away and then back at him
Me:” are you sure?” he kissed my cheek
Mune:” 100%”
Me:” let’s eat first then…you will need the energy” Muneiwa looked at me and smiled
Mune:” the more I get to know the real you the more I fall” I smiled shyly.
That was my biggest fear…my biggest fear was for him to get to know me for real and fall out of love but that wasn’t true, he was falling more and more in love with me and that made me all emotional. He wasn’t falling in love with the fake Jane anymore….he was falling in love with Ayanda who has been out there…Ayanda who has been abused and had sex with many men and felt like she don’t deserve love…well, Muneiwa was in love with me and nothing gave me joy than that one little fact.
We sat on the bed and Muneiwa brought the takeaways we bought and we started eating. We bought pap, chicken and some salads and a 2litre of cream soda. Life was hard but then we had each other and that’s all that mattered
Mune:” I know this is not ideal Jane but we will pull through, Ndivhuwo will organise some passports and some cash and we will get out of here…all we have to do is make sure that this money hold us off until everything is ready”
Me:” Muneiwa babe but you saw that guy….we can’t possibly re-“
Mune:” wait…what did you call me?” I smiled and threw some pap at him
Me:” nothing”
Mune:” girl you better repeat” I giggled
Me:” I called you babe” he giggled too
Mune:” say it again”
Me:”babe” he laughed out loud and I looked at him and shook my head
Mune:” again please” he was laughing
Me:”babe”
Mune:” louder” I laughed too
Me:”babe….i called you babe” I was really loud and we both just lost ourselves laughing. After we had calmed down and were continuing with the food I decided to finish what I was saying
Me:” so I was trying to say that I don’t think that your guy is trustworthy…I mean did you see how he kicked us out of his house? And how he wanted nothing to do with us? I think we need a plan B just in case”
Mune:” and you thought I didn’t have plan B?” I opened my eyes wide…the hell did I not hear about this plan B
Me:” I am all ears”
Mune:” we are two professionally trained assassins who can obviously go in and out of a place without being noticed and we have rich people all around us…need I say more?” I stopped eating and looked at him
Me:” what are you saying?”
Mune:” we can always take from those who have more money than they can bother to spend…just me and you sweety”
Me:” and how will we get out of the country?”
Mune:” maybe we need to get out of the country but maybe we don’t. with money on our side we can always make a plan to get out of the country…anyone and everything can be bought these days so relax love…daddy has everything under control”
Me:” I feel like I am acting in some romantic movie and I am afraid I will wake up and find that it was a dream”
How could it be though? That you can meet someone so perfect and so compatible and who gets you the way you get them? Muneiwa and I were perfect and we got each other. I loved the idea of taking money from those who has enough and I also loved the idea of being on the run with him.
Me:” I love this…we can just run…stay in one place for 6 months or so and move on to the next…I mean the world is big Muneiwa…we can literally go anywhere we want” I was looking at him with a smile on my face
Mune:” exactly and when we run out of cash we just take from the rich” I giggled
Me:” Ow my God you get me…like you really get me” I said with a big smile on my face
Mune:” Nahh I think you are the one who gets me” I laughed and took a piece of chicken
Me:” can I feed you this chicken?” Muneiwa frowned
Mune:” why?” I sat on my knees and smiled
Me:” because you get me” I said that and giggled. He rolled his eyes and nodded
Mune:” okay okay”
Me:” yeyyy” I fed him the chicken and he ate it
Mune:” I love you so much”
Me:” I love you more” after eating Muneiwa took the takeaways and put them on the table and we went to the bathroom to wash our hands and when we came back he started taking off his clothes
Me:” and now?”
Mune:” I am preparing myself for the biggest f*** of my life” I couldn’t hold myself so I burst into a serious laugh…like I couldn’t believe that he just said something like that
Mune:” why are you laughing? All the skills that you’ve acquired over the years? Girl you are about to put them in good use…you’ll be implementing them on someone you love and who loves you” my God I fell down on my knees and continued laughing. He was talking as if he was talking about some professional skills
Mune:” I am waiting” I finally managed to calm down and got up and looked at him
Me:” I love how happy you make me and how you get me” I said that taking off my top…he looked at me and just smiled.
We spent the whole afternoon in the room laughing and sexing and playing. That evening we sat in the room watching TV
Mune:” can you swim?”
Me:” obviously yes”
Mune:” how about skinny dipping?” I looked at him and laughed because I thought he was kidding but he actually looked serious
Me:” you are serious?”
Mune:” we are free my little thing…let’s do everything…lets be crazy, let’s be spontaneous…I mean after how you made me feel this afternoon I just wanna do it anywhere” I giggled
Me:” you want us to go to the beach now? Naked?”
Mune:” we can take the towels and lose then when we get there” I looked at him and smiled
Me:” let’s do it” we were already naked so we took the towels and wrapped them around ourselves and ran to the beach. We got there and put the towels on the sand and looked at each other
Mune:” let’s do this” we ran into the water giggling and screaming.
This right here is what we call freedom. I was free from being controlled and being told what to do…I was free to unapologetically laugh, I was free to speak my mind and most importantly I was free to love.
Mune:” Ayanda I love you” he was screaming as he said that because the wave was splashing onto us
Me:” I love you too Muneiwa Norman” I was screaming
Mune:” I should meet your mom and thank her for giving birth to….yo….Ow my God” the world stood still for a second and then started spinning
Me:” Ow my God” we stood there as the waves splashes into us and froze
Me:” how could I forget my family”
Mune:”ow no” he ran out of the water and I followed him
HOLLOW HEARTS
Chapter 25
TERRY
Terry woke up the following morning and tried calling Jane again but there was still no answer. Her phone was just ringing unanswered. He also asked the guy who had the cctv of the hotel to check if Jane was still in the hotel. He said he only saw the target leaving the hotel with a suitcase but never saw Jane go anywhere and her car was still parked at the hotel. He went to Abigail’s room and knocked
Abigail:” what?”
Terry:” we need to talk”
Abigail:” come in” Terry walked in and stood in the middle of the room and looked at Abigail who was in bed
Abigail:” what is it?” she sat on the bed looking at Terry while she rubs her eyes
Terry:” something is wrong” she raised her eyebrows
Abigail:” I am waiting”
Terry:” Ayanda is still not answering her calls and according to the cctv footage of the hotel, she was never seen leaving the hotel but the target is gone and is not in there…do you think that maybe she tempered with the cctv footage to hide something?” Abigail rolled her eyes and then covered her face with her hands
Abigail:” just say it Terry…you think she ran away with him”
Terry:” he was seen leaving the hotel with a suitcase and her car is still parked at the hotel and her phone is just ringing unanswered”
Abigail:” you have an answer already and all you want is my approval and yes I am giving it to you…what you think happened is exactly what happened. She tempered with the cctv footage and managed to run off without being noticed and that’s why the target was seen leaving the hotel alone…they ran off” she said that looking all stressed out
Terry:” do you have any idea what this means? This doesn’t just affect our reputation Abby, we were supposed to stay here and keep watch and ensure that she don’t do something as stupid as this”
Abigail:” but we did try to warn Zach about it but he just didn’t listen” she said kicking her blankets and getting out of bed
Terry:” but you know why he did this…Jane needed to be tested for real in order to fully trust her…this was a real test and we needed to see if she could handle being in the same country as her family and also if she could try falling in love and not fall in it for real but she failed the fucking test” he rubbed his noise and looked at Abigail who shook her head and took her phone and dialled a number
Terry:” who are you calling?”
Me:”her…one last time” Terry blew out some air and stood still looking at Abigail hoping that she would at least pick up the call. Abigail dropped the call and looked back at Terry
Abigail:” we have a big problem”
Terry:” f***, I can’t believe this is happening…call Zach” Abigail looked at him and laughed and threw her phone on the bed
Abigail:” you’ve got to be kidding me…I am doing no such thing, you are calling him…I don’t want to be the bearer of bad news”
Terry:” you are just a f*****g coward” he said that and dialled Zach and put the phone in his ear and waited.
Zac:”Terry”
Terry:” Zach”
Zac:” how is it going?”
Terry:” it’s not”
Zac:” the f*** does that mean?”
Terry:” Ayanda failed the test” he said that and turned around in a dramatic manner as he waited for a reply from Zach
Zac:” what do you mean?”
Terry:” she is nowhere to be found…her phone is just ringing and she was last seen being at the hotel two days ago…the target was seen leaving the hotel with a suitcase and he was never seen coming back to the hotel ever since and Ayanda’s car is still parked at the hotel. We suspect that she messed with the cctv cameras and managed to leave the hotel unseen”
Zac:” it’s a joke right? You are a f*****g comedian now?” he was calm
Terry:” it’s not a joke sir” Duke laughed a bit
Zac:” you are telling me that the girl I have been training for almost 20 years just ran off with a boy she met two months ago? The boy she was supposed to kill? And all this happened under your noses? The f*** am I paying you for? Why are you even calling me? I don’t want to sit here and listen to you coming to me with problems…I want solutions Terrence…I want you and that b**** Abigail to come to me with solutions. I want that girl found and I want her brought to me…alive…both of them…I wanna kill that boy and feed her his liver”
Terry:” I will get right on it”
Zac:” don’t forget about her family…they are the only way to get the message to her…she need to know that its game on and permanently erasing her family will be a good way to give her that message…she knew when she betrayed me that the punishment was inevitable so give her what she asked for” he said that and dropped the call.
Abigail:” he is fuming right?”
Terry:” more like burning the hell up”
Abigail:” she ruined the whole plan…the whole plan. I bet that boy knows everything about us by now and they are coming for us all”
Terry:” let’s deal with her first and we will then see what to with them….get ready” he said that and left her room.
DUKE
Leaving Muneiwa with that girl was a risk that Duke was willing to take. He knew that if he go back to the house tomorrow and find Jane still tied up and in the condition she was in then it would mean that Muneiwa could be trusted again. It was a gamble but it was the only way to find out if he was really genuine or if he was just acting out of anger. Duke woke up the following morning and went to the shower. When he came back into the room his wife Alison was sitting on the bed waiting for him
Wife:” I made you breakfast” he rolled his eyes
Duke:” not now Alison, not now”
Wife:” but I thoug-“
Duke:” I said not f****g now” he shouted
Wife:” okay” she walked to the door with her tail between her legs
Duke:” Alison I am sorry”
Wife:” you always are” she said that and walked out of the door.
Nobody could understand what he was going through. Norman was like his own child and even though he had allowed himself and everyone else to believe that he wasn’t capable of love, Norman was special to him and he wanted to believe that he was loyal to him. He didn’t want to believe that Norman would choose a girl over years and years of working for him. He got dressed and walked to the garage and got in his Benz and drove to the house. He got there and noticed that Norman’s car wasn’t in the driveway. He had his special grander in the boot and it was ready to do the job. He got out of the car and stood there and looked around. He looked on the ground and he noticed something that looked like a device. He picked it up and looked at it carefully. It was a car tracker. He shook his head and walked inside the building. He went to the room where Jane was kept and it was empty. He stood there in silence and looked around the room and sighed
Duke:“May God rest his soul” he said that contemplating the vile things he was going to do to both of them. He took out his phone and dialled JT while walking out of the house…JT picked up immediately
JT:”boss”
Duke:” Norman made his choice…he ran off with the girl”
JT:”ow no”
Duke:” yes he did so I want him tracked and I want him found…I want him to be brought back to me still alive”
JT:”consider it done boss”
DUKE:”the first thing he will try to do is leave the country so I want all flights getting out of the country monitored…I am not talking about the names because we both know that names can be changed but I am talking about running his photograph against any camera in every airport…in fact do the same for his car...he removed the tracker but I am sure that if you can get IT into it…they would be able to track his car through the traffic cameras right?”
JT:” yes we can be able to pinpoint where he was last spotted”
DUKE:” get on to it then…I want them found JT…I want everything to stop and focus on this particular project…do you hear what I said?”
JT:”yes”
DUKE:” get down to it” he said that and dropped the call and went to his car.
MUNEIWA
I ran to the house with Jane behind me. We got into the room and I started getting dressed and Jane did the same
Jane:” how can I forget my family? Muneiwa how can I forget my mom?” she said that with tears gushing down her face
Me:” we will find them and we will save them okay? We will definitely save them” Okay I was not sure about that because I knew that Duke was going to look for me everywhere once he find out that I ran off with Ayanda so we were going to walk into a lions den and chances of us surviving were very slim because I was sure that her team was also looking for her
Jane;” I want to see my mom…I just want to hold her in my arms you know…I want her to know that I am still alive” she wore the top and was about to wear the jean when I looked at the wound on her thigh
Me:”should I ask for first aid kit around here? I am sure they have one” she shook her head
Jane:” I will be fine”
Me:”Jane babe I understand you are strong and the wound looked better the whole afternoon but look at it now”
Jane:” I said I am fine…I don’t have time for first aid kit right now…we need to get home”
Me;” okay…uhm if you are done we can go” we had no bags or anything…all we had was the plastic bag with the few clothes we bought
Jane:” does it make me weak?”
Me:” what makes you weak?”
Jane:” wanting to see my mom so bad and wanting to be in her arms and wanting to call her mom once again…does it make me wake?” she asked while standing in the middle of the room with tears in her eyes. I walked to her and hugged her
Me:” no it doesn’t make you weak, it makes you human okay?”
Jane:” okay”
Me:” now let’s go” we left the house and went to the parking lot to my car
Jane:” I am driving” I shook my head
Me:” babe no I rea-“
Jane:” when are you going to start trusting me?”
Me:” okay” I got into the passenger’s seat and she went to the driver’s
Jane:” I might have a plan?” she said that looking at me
Me:” what’s the plan?”
Jane:” I am sure that by now the organisation has been calling me and couldn’t get me so they have already made assumptions that I ran off. But I can call them and tell them that you found out that I was a snitch after failing to kill Pablo and that you left the hotel with me in your suitcase. They have cctv footage and I am sure they saw you leaving so we can sell that story to them. I can tell them where I really am and that I am stranded to a point where I will have to rob someone to get cash to get back to them. I have no front teeth and have an injury on my thigh….it could work” I shook my head
Me:”No….we are not endangering you like that…No it’s not happening” she looked at me and frowned
Jane:” I was not asking you Norman, I will do anything to save my family”
Me:” I won’t let you” she laughed
Jane:” you can’t possibly stop me from doing this so stop fighting me please” I looked at her and realised that I didn’t really know just how powerful or evil this girl could be and I didn’t want to find out now when her family was in danger
Me:” I hate this”
Jane:” you are going to leave me here and drive back to Gauteng and try and save my family…I will buy us enough time to save my family. When my team hear what happened to me they will stop whatever plans they had of hunting me or of killing my family”
Me:” what if it doesn’t work?” I really didn’t want to lose her
Jane:” we just have to try…I think we should go back in there and ask for a phone and I will call Terry and after the phone call you can leave….it’s going to take you around 10 hours or a little bit more than that to get to Gauteng”
Me;” let’s go make that phone call” we walked back into the BnB and went to the lady in charge and asked to use a phone. She gave us her phone and we walked out of the house and stood outside and Jane made a call to one of her colleagues…the phone was on speaker
Terry:” Hello”
Jane:” I need help” she said in a different voice and I frowned looking at her…she sounded like someone who was in pain and was battling to talk
Terry:” Ayanda?”
Jane:” Terry I need help” she continued talking on that same voice. I looked at her and wondered how I could ever trust someone like this? The girl was good in acting and faking things…I breathed looking at her because I wasn’t sure about anything anymore
Terry:” Ayanda where are you? What happened?”
Jane:”I think I am…well…I saw a sign written Wilderness so I guess that’s where I am…I am at a garage right now”
Terry:” Wilderness...where is that?”
Jane:” I don’t know….Terry help me…he found out the truth and he drugged me and put me in a suitcase and left the hotel…he tried to get me to talk but I didn’t …I managed to ran away and I was close to a garage so I came here seeking help” I looked at Jane one more time and went to the car. I couldn’t tolerate watching her doing that s***
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