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So the Doctor came and told us that
I was a dad. Yeyyy my son was alive and kicking. He was born a premature though
but I was not bothered as long as he was fine. We were not allowed to see him
at that moment because they were still monitoring him but they allowed us to
see Tshililo. She was happy to see me and my parents…she also got to meet my dad
for the first time. After spending a little bit of time, my parents said
they’ll be outside and Tshililo asked for me to stay behind and I did. The
moment my parents walked out Tshililo changed and gave me her angry face. I
thought we were fine but the madam was still angry about Sharon…in fact she
said she was leaving me…yep we were separating. She said she could deal with my
gangster life but she couldn’t deal with mistresses and being the second best.
We agreed that we were going to pretend like we were ok to everyone for now; we
were both not ready for people to know that we were separating…not yet.
We got home and my mom was pissed at
my dad about Xolani. So we managed to sit down and listen to my dad
explanation. Apparently my dad went to work in Mthatha while my mom was still
at school and that’s when he met Xolani’s mom. My mom found out she was
pregnant with me and two months later Xolani’s mom also found out that she was
pregnant with the twins…so Xolani and I were just two months apart but were born
in the same year. After few years Xolani’s mom gave birth to another child
Nwabisa who was almost Rendani’s age. So after that my dad got a job back at
home and abandoned his family. I don’t understand how he lived with himself
knowing that he had kids he wasn’t maintaining. My dad was responsible for me
being a criminal and he was also responsible for Xolani being a criminal...if
my dad didn’t leave them then Xolani wouldn’t have gone out looking for piece
jobs. I felt this rage towards him. What kind of a person was he? Fucking up
his kids’ life like this? Jay called while we were in the middle of this whole
argument. He told me that they had dealt with the boy who kidnapped Sharon. I
also told him that my wife was in hospital and that I was now a father. I left
my mom and dad bickering and went to see Xolani….my dad kept on apologising to
my mom.
I knocked and he
opened for me
X:"damn Thembu
what do you want?"
Me:"we need to
talk"
X:"I don't
wanna talk”
Me:"you know
you are not being fair Xolani, it’s not like I knew about this whole thing, I
am as shocked as you are right now"
X:"you will
never understand how it feels like Thembu, to learn that the man who abandoned
you years back was actually playing happy family with his other kids? You have
no idea how much I longed to have a father, and all this time, he was being a
father to you"
Me:"I am sorry
things happened like that bro but it’s not my fault"
X:"I
understand that it’s not your fault but I want you outta here owk?"
Me:"you are
kidding right?"
X:"I am so
damn serious Thembuluwo, I want nothing to do with you or your dad or anyone
close to you for that matter"
Me:"you don't
mean that"
X:"owww believe
me I do" I looked at him in disbelief
Me:"but you
said if you'd meet your dad you'll want to be part of his life Xolani, has that
changed now? I know you need him"
X:"that was
before I found out that my dad is your dad.....I always knew that maybe he had
a family somewhere and I always thought I'd ran to him and hug him if I get the
chance to meet him but.....the honest truth is he don't want me in his life, I
don't mean a thing to him, if I meant something, he would have contacted me, he would have come
back to us, or maybe just keep in contact, but he didn't do anything"
Me:"I am
sorry"
X:"I want you
to leave"
Me:"I am not
leaving you like this Xolani"
X:"owk I am
gonna have to force you to leave then", he reached for something on the
drawer, it was a gun, he pointed it at me
Me:"Xo...Xolani
...wha...what do you think you are doing?"
X:"asking you
to leave my damn room" he was so calm but at the same time i could see the
fire in his eyes
Me:"Xolani put
that thing down" he put his finger on the trigger
X:"i said get
the F***k outta my room owk? i wanna be alone" I stumbled upon the chair
and walked to the door
Me:"just know
that i love you and i am sorry about my dad" I quickly walked out and
closed the door.
I walked out the
door and stood there with my back against it. That didn't look like Xolani,
Xolani is not that type of a guy. He was really crushed.
X” F**K" i
heard Xolani screaming and then a sound of things breaking, that scared me. I
slowly opened the door and looked inside, the gun was on the floor, the sound
system and everything else was just scattered on the floor. I walked in and went
to sit close to him. He cried and rested his head on my shoulder
Me:"i am sorry
Xolani"
X:" I am
nothing Thembu…I am a piece of s*** and no body wants me”
Me:"that’s not
true, i love you, my mom loves you, your mom and sister loves you"
X:"what about
my dad? Does he care? And what about Noks? And then there is Sihle. She is also
gone bro, just when i was giving my heart to someone again and she decide to
leave me and what happened to Xolile? He left me too. It’s just me
Thembu…everyone is gone”
Me:" you are
not alone, i am here though, I am not going anywhere, you are my brother, i
love you and i will never, i mean never leave you"
X:"my head is
spinning, like everything is coming back, the pain of losing Xolile...."
he stopped talking and cried even more
Me:"i am here
for you, i will be your brother"
X:"but why, I
do have the money Thembu, lots of it, i can buy anything i want, but I am not
happy at all, my life is sad....my life is F****d up"
Me:"no its
not"
X:"i think i
really want to be alone"
Me:"no you
don't, lemme me call Sihle"
X:" she don’t
want me, she said she don’t roll with gangsters” he was still crying, he was
really messed up and this was all my dad's fault. It reminded me of how messed
up i was last time when he beat my mom and i beat him back, that was the night
the whole charade with Sharon started. I took out my phone and called Sihle.
Sihle:"hello"
Me:"hey Sihle,
where are you?"
Sihle:"uhm at
campus"
Me:"owk come
to Xolani's room"
Sihle:"there
is no way that i am coming anywhere near you guys, i don't wanna be kidnapped
mna"
Me:"ahgg Ftsek
cut the crap man, you've been chawing the gangster’s money for almost two years
and now you don't do gangsters? Xolani need you here and he is in a bad space,
he just learned where his biological dad is and he is losing it so please i
need you"
Sihle:"owww,
his real dad?"
Me:"yeah that’s
exactly what i said"
Sihle:"uhm ok
i am coming”
Sihle arrived and
we filled her in on the fact that Xolani and I were brothers and that my dad
was his dad. I left them there and passed by Sharon’s room. I just wanted to
apologise to her about what happened since I was the reason why she was
kidnapped…after that I drove to the hospital. Tshililo was still angry at me
and said that she was not changing her mind about leaving me. The Doctor came
and told us that we can go see our son…you should have seen our smiles. For
that moment we even forgot about our disagreements. We kept on looking at each
other and then back at our son
Me:” Thembuluwo
Junior Mudau…TJ, that’s his name” Tshililo giggled with her eyes straight at
the baby.
I wanted to hold
him so bad but I guess I had to wait a bit for that. I looked at Tshililo and
thanked her for giving me this gift, even though I almost ruined it, I told her
how much I loved her and how sorry I was and how I wanted to do things
differently but she didn’t say anything…all she did was look at our baby and
talked about how handsome he was and how he looked like her but in all honesty,
that baby looked like me.
After a while we
were told that it’s enough and we went back to Tshililo’s ward. I was helping
Tshililo to sit on the bed when my phone rang. I looked at the caller and it
was Jay
Me:"hello"
Jay:"V Boy,
S**t is about to go down, the F****in cops are on our case, they are digging
bro, they are searching my damn place as we speak, others are at Javas and
Gerrit, i think they will also come for Sticks and possibly you and X"
Me:"what?"I
said with my hand on my head
Jay:"i think
some lunatic is on our a*s bro, someone want us behind bars...you don't have
lot of cash lying around do you?"
Me:"uhm..."
i was trying to think fast
Jay:"any guns?
Any coke? Boy you need to get rid of anything that can be incriminating and act
cool when the cops come to your house ok?" I was now shaking
Me:"uhm ok, i
will call Xolani right away"
Jay:"do that,
please keep everything incriminating away, you do have a business to justify
your lavish life style neh?"
Me:"yeah i
do"
Jay:"alright
then"
Me:'sure" i
dropped the call and looked at Tshililo
Tshili:"what
now?"
Me:"i have to
go"
Tshili:"and
here i was thinking that maybe...just maybe we can make this work....is Sharon
kidnapped again?"
Me:"no, the
cops babe, they are coming for us"
Tshili:"what?"
in just a split second her eyes were teary
Me:"yeah i
have to go"
Tshili:"babe
please you can't go to jail"
Me:"exactly…
so i have to go, I need to sort something out" I went to her and kissed
her like it was the last time
Me:"whatever
happens, you are everything to me and i love you"
Tshili:"be
safe and i love you too" she shouted as i was walking out the door...whatever
happened to ‘we are separating’
I tried calling
Xolani while I was driving but he was not picking up, I then tried Sihle and
she picked up
Sihle:"hello"
Me:"hi Sihle
can you please give Xolani the phone please"
Sihle:"uhm"
Me:"Sihle this
is Serious, i need Xolani on the phone now"
Sihle:"he...he
is not here"
Me:"what do
you mean he is not there?"
Sihle:"well he
left, i tried to get him to calm down but he was just too angry and he stormed
out"
Me:"F**k"
I screamed as my car was standing at the robots. People in the cars close by
looked at me shaking their heads
Me:"WHAT? Haven’t
you seen an angry person before?"
I didn’t have any
drugs lying around but I was worried about Xolani…what if he had something on
him? And the guns? Dammit. I got to my house and my dad was alone in the living
room. Mom was apparently taking a nap. I ran to my room and took out the guns I
had there and took them to my son’s nursery room because I had a safe there…it
was well hidden and I was sure as hell that the police were not going to think of
searching there. I then went to the kitchen, somewhere in my cupboards there
was a gun and I also took it to my son’s bedroom too. My dad kept asking me
what was wrong because I was running around and looked a bit scared but I kept
telling him that everything was cool. So I had covered everything there was to
cover, except for Xolani of course. I tried calling him again and he ignored…I
tried again and then finally he picked up
Me:'Xolani where
are you?"
X:"who is this?"
Me:"Xolani it’s
me, Thembu"
X:"owwwww my
haaaalf brootheer nehh?" dammit, Xolani was drunk,
Me:"Xolani
where are you? The cops mfowethu"
X:"what?
ahhhhh theeee....coooooo.........psss" he said that and laughed…I blew out
some air putting my one hand on my forehead trying to calm myself down
Me:'where are you
xolani?"
X:"i...aam...nooot
sure....uhm what’s....theeeee naame of this place again?" ok this was a
waste of time
Me:"owk, where
is your gun and your stock and the money? I need to hide them"
X:"theee
money? What money?" so I dropped the call realising that talking to him
was a total waste of time…I called Sihle instead
Sihle:'did you find
him?"
Me:"yeah but
he is at some bar drunk, uhm i need you to do something for me"
Sihle:"owk"
Me:"go over
Xolani's things please, look for a gun, drugs and stacks of money please, take
them to your room if you find them"
Sihle:"woahh
woah woah hold your horses, you can't really be serious right now Thembu, are
you saying that Xolani has drugs? So you guys are on drugs?"
Me:"damn Sihle
what do you take us for? We don't use them we sell them man, Sihle there is no
time the cops are coming"
Sihle:"what do
you mean the cops are coming?"
Me:'the police are
searching our places and they might come for Xolani's room so please just look
for the stuff"
Sihle:'huh uh...i
...icant"
Me:"Sihle of
course you can...please listen to me.....Xolani will go to jail for many years
if the police can find that stuff in his room"
Sihle:'why can't you
ask him to come back?"
Me:"he is
wasted, he don't even remember my voice"
Sihle:"eish
Thembu"
Me:"please
Sihle i wouldn’t be asking if it wasn't the matter of life and death"
Sihle:'but you are
coming right?"
Me:"yeah i am
on my way"
Sihle:"owk"
So I said goodbye
to my dad and left. Tshililo called me while I was on my way. She was just
checking up on me. Well I told her that all was still well but I still had to
go to Xolani’s place to sort out his stuff…she didn’t understand what was wrong
with Xolani so I told her that it’s a long story and that I will explain later.
I then got to Xolani’s room and Sihle showed me a gun, a bag of money and some
coke she found. We took the gun, money and the coke to her room. She was a
little reluctant at first but I begged and told her that if they were to search
her room and find the stuff then I’ll take the fall.
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So I got home and
found Xolani in the house. He was drunk as hell bruh. He was standing there
crying and asking my dad why he left them…well my dad kept on saying that
Xolani needed to rest and they’ll talk tomorrow when he was sober. My mom was
also trying to get Xolani to calm down. I got there and also tried to calm him
down. I looked at my dad and hated him…I couldn’t believe that just few hours
ago I was forgiving him for what he did to us. So I told him a piece of my
mind. I told him how much of a disappointment he was in our lives and how he
turned us into little monsters, and how he had ruined Xolani’s life by not
being there. I also told him about how I didn’t want him in my son’s life and
that I will fight to the end to make sure that I become the exact opposite of
him. I was still going on and on when he gave me one hot clap on the face…I
couldn’t believe it.
Me:"really? Are
we back to that now?" i was looking at him straight in the eyes
Dad:"I am your
father Thembuluwo, yes i am not perfect but you need to respect me" he
said holding me by me t shirt’s neck…I held him by his shirt too
Me:" I am not
a child anymore and if you need me to respect you then you have to let go of my
t shirt because..." i paused and took a deep breath
Me:" because I
will show you flames" I said through gritted teeth
Mma:" what is
going on in this family? Thembuluwo let him be he is not worth it" I let him
go and he did the same
Me:'we’ve way
passed the years of beating each other up in this family. You are never ever
going to beat me up ever again or my mom for that matter. As for you mom…stop
treating him like he is some kind of an animal, those years are over"
Mma:"THEMBU!!"
my mom screeched again, I hated how my mom was afraid of my dad
Dad:"are you
threatening me? Thembuluwo is this you threatening me? All this money is
getting in your head huh?” he tried to punch me but I caught his mid-air
Me:" dad
please I don’t want to fight with you” I said that still holding his hand.
My voice was a
whisper, dammit, i hated what i had become, a copy of my damn father. i
realised at that moment that i had allowed him to make me like him, i had
allowed him to make me violent, i had allowed him to make me what he was….a
damn monster. i looked at my mom who was sitting with tears on her face and the
pain was written all over her face. I looked at Xolani and he had passed out, i
was kinda glad that at least he was resting. We were still going through this
family feud when someone knocked at the door. Yep just like what Jay said...the
police were on my door step with a search warrant. I let them in and they
searched the house. Obviously my parents asked me questions. My dad said that
he had always suspected that maybe I was on drugs and today it’s been proven. I
made it clear to them that my businesses were legit and that being a young
black person, people always suspect you for being involved in some shaddy
dealings if you happen to get rich. And yes the police didn’t find anything in
the house so they said goodbye and left.
My parents didn’t
just buy my story so I had to be a little bit more convincing. My dad didn’t
understand how Xolani became so rich…he was his son after all. So I told them
that Xolani did a loan a long time ago and started one business and then
another and then here we are. Well, they were still a little bit not so sure
but it looked like they believed me. So at the end my dad was excited that his
sons were rich…can you believe it? Ow it gets worse, he also suggested that we
buy him a good car…like seriously? I had a long day and I was dead tired. So I
took Xolani to my room and get him to bed. I then got into bed and gave my wife
a call. We talked about the whole police
charade and she was happy that I was at least safe. After a while we said good
night and I went to bed…maybe the separation was off after all.
The following
morning my mom woke us up. We all had to go see the baby. Xolani knew nothing
about the baby and was shocked when my mom mentioned it
X:" the
baby?"
Mma:"Xolani you
didn’t know?"
Me:" nope, he
was in his own world yesterday remember?”
X:"if the baby
is born then why are we still here? We are supposed to be at the hospital"
Xolani quickly woke up, he looked really excited. He walked towards the
bathroom
Me:"hey hey
hey not so fast bro, there is no way that you are using my bathroom. That’s for
me and my wife so how about you go to the other bathroom"
X:"eisssh why
you gotta kill my mood bro, i am excited to see my little son, yerrrrrr"
Mma:"i am glad
you are happy Xolani, i was worried about you last night"
X:"worry not
mama, none of this is your fault"
Mma:"owk i
will leave you boys to get ready and please for the sake of the baby, let’s
keep the peace today, just for one day please” my mom walked out
X:"eish Thembu
sorry about Yesterday hey, i was really going through some stuff"
Me:"nahh i
know, its fine"
X:"and do you
have any idea how i got here from the club?"
Me:"so you don't
remember?"
X:" i only
remember being at the club and that’s it"
Me:" you were wasted
hey, you couldn't even recognise my voice on the line"
X:"you
lie"
Me:"i am dead
serious and you went on to dad as well"
X:"i did? Well
i hate his guts at the moment but i am not gonna let that ruin my day to see
our boy, i will just ignore him for the wholeday"
Me:"that’s the
way to go...and oww last night the cops were here so i had to-" Xolani cut
me off
X:"hey hey hey
wait a minute, did you just said cops?"
Me:"yep they
were searching the house but don't worry i got it all covered, had to go your
room and clear it up as well, Sihle has your stuff"
X:"Sihle?"
Me:"yep i
didn't have any other choice"
X:"you are a
life saver bro"
Me:"yeah and
one more thing, i had to explain to mom and dad about how i got the money to
open the business and all"
X:"and what
did you say?"
Me:"told them
the truth but i had to skip the drug part, i also told them that you started
off your business with a loan...so let’s stick to that"
X:"sure my
brother"
Me:"now leave
my bedroom please i have to get ready to see my son" i was singing
X:"our son
bro"
Me:"don't
flatter yourself, i worked alone for that boy" Xolani laughed
X:"maybe i
should start thinking about making one"
Me:"maybe....now
leave X, i wanna prepare myself"
X:"sure"
X walked out.
So I gave Xolani
some clothes to wear…we wore the same size. My mom and dad had already prepared
themselves so we all left together as a family. We got there and we were taken
to see the baby along with Tshililo. Everyone was excited to see the little
one. You should have seen how everyone smiled and how everyone was busy doing
the owww’s and ncooo’s…it was cute. After about 30 minutes with TJ we all
walked back to Tshililo’s ward. I had already informed everyone what the baby’s
name was and they all approved. And ow, everyone agreed that TJ looked like me.
My dad even said that he looked like him…ahg that old man though. My dad tried
to strike conversation with Xolani but he brushed him off.
So after the hospital
we all went home. My dad asked all of us boys to have a talk with him. My mom
was in the kitchen cooking something to eat. So he apologised to both of us for
all the mistakes he had done in the past as a father, for leaving Xolani’s
family and never looked back and for abusing my mother and for letting me and
my siblings witness the abuse. By the end of our little meeting we were all on
the same side. Xolani agreed to give my dad another chance at being his father.
Damn I was so excited…so Xolani wasn’t just my bestfriend but my brother too.
We were both happy to know that we were bound together by blood. I even
suggested that he changes his surname and he laughed and said that there was no
rush.
That evening I went
to see my wife. She was happy to see me. I think she had already forgiven me. So
we chilled and ate the home cooked meal I brought her. I told her about the
delivery I was doing the following day and how nervous about it I was. I mean
with the police on our tail it was risky to be driving around with bags full of
drugs. Tshililo suggested that I shouldn’t do the delivery but that was not up
to me so she also suggested maybe I should use a public transport. Well that
sounded better…I decided that I will run the idea by Jay. So I didn’t leave the
hospital until 5 in the morning. Yep I spent the night with Tshililo, we shared
the little hospital bed and I had her in my arms the whole night…it felt
great....perks of being at a private hospital… So I woke her up in the morning
and said goodbye and then went home.
I got to the club later
that morning as I received a call from Jay and found Detective Munro drinking
at the bar so I had to wait for him to leave and then go to the private bar. I
got there and found Jay, Xolani, Gerrit, Sticks and Javas there.
Me:"uhm
detective Munro was at the bar, i had to wait for him to leave in order to come
through"
Jay:"that big
headed detective is starting to get on my nerves....i am this close....this
close to bursting his big head off"
Sticks:"maybe
we need to just silence him for good"
Jay:"are you
dumb? ARE YOU F****N DUMB? You do not kill the cops that are investigating you
dammit, you’ll be the first suspects on the case" we all looked down
Me:"so is the
delivery still on?" he gave me a deadly stare
Jay:"is
everyone in this room soo f****n dumb?You can't do any damn rounds because that
poophole is on our damn a*s" he was shouting and i got a bit of a fright,
for a second i thought he was gonna jump on me or something. Part of me was
relieved about not doing the delivery
Jay:"i will have
to talk to Svig about this, this Munro guy was transferred from Cape Town, they
said he is very good in cases like this, he had brought down few druggies in
the Cape, so we really have to lay low for now" we all nodded
Jay:"so if you
don't mind, i want you all out of my damn club, i need to start planning"
Gerrit:"uhm
boss i-"
Jay:"I SAID
OUT" he shouted again
Me:"yohh
things are bad neh?"
X:"very bad"
I was with Xolani
walking back to the general bar. We got the shock of our lives as soon as we
stepped into the bar…Munro walked into the building with his army of the police.
My first instinct was to run away as quickly as i could but then it hit me, what
will I say I am running from? This bar wasn’t mine and all I could do was act
cool. I wanted to ask him why he was here but it was not my place. Xolani and I
didn’t leave the building like we planned. We walked to the bar and ordered
some strong drinks…this was bad, really bad. The Police started searching the whole
building. Javas and Gerrit also came out of the private bar along with us and
they came and sat at the bar with us.
Me:"please
don't tell me that everything is still in this building"
Gerrit:"there
is a store room but i don't know if they can get to it and if they do?"
We all ordered booze
and dawned it. We were a family and leaving was no option at that moment. We
were all tense and nervous….and then it happened…we saw the police walking out
of the door from the secret bar with bags full of money, i knew those bags, they
obviously had money inside, and then we saw the drugs. The looks on our faces
were priceless, we were speechless, our mouths were just hanging open and we
couldn't close them. As much as i wanted to jump in and say something to the
police, there was just nothing to say. This was just unbelievable, we couldn't
even run away anymore because we were going to be suspected if we do. All we
did was order as many shots as we could and we were just gulping them all at
once. As if what we saw was not enough, we saw Munro walking out with Jay…his
hands were tied at his back…what the hell? I swear to you we almost fell on our
faces, Gerrit and Javas chocked on their drinks and coughed…Xolani and I just
stood there not knowing what to do next. Gerrit ran to him.
Gerrit:"uhm
sorry this is my friend what’s going on? Nah nah nah there has to be some
mistake somewhere"
Munro:"he is
under arrest and you might join him if you continue with what you are
doing"
Gerrit:'no but-"
Jay:"it’s over
Gerrit, call him ok, tell him i am in" we all went to him
Me:"i am
sorry"
X:'we really
are"
Jay:"it aint
your fault boys" they walked out
Jay:"please go
to my house and inform my wife please" they put Jay in the van. Sticks
came out running
Sticks:"can
someone please tell me that this whole thing is a dream"
Javas:"i am
afraid it’s not" Javas was shaking his head. We walked back inside the
building
Me:"but how
did they know about the club and the fact that we keep the stuff here? It
doesn't make sense at all"
Gerrit:"someone
is f****ng with us here"
Sticks:"i
still can't believe that Jay is gone, what are we gonna do?"
X:"call Svig,
he will know what to do" Javas took out his phone and called Svig. We all
walked to the private club...the cops were already gone. He put the phone on
the speaker for all of us to hear
Svig:"hello"
Javas:"uhm
boss, it’s...its Javas from George, uhm something terrible happened"
Svig:"ok?"
Javas:"Jay...Jay
is caught"
Svig:"what do
you mean caught" there was a bit of panic on his voice
Javas:"arrested
boss"
Svig:"woah woah
woah hold on a minute, Jaco is arrested?"
Javas:"yes"
Svig:"how f**k
so?"
Javas:"they...they
confiscated all the drugs, the money and the guns that were at the club"
Svig:"F**********k
i am coming down" we heard him scream, he was breathing heavily and then
the phone cut off, we all looked at each other and breathed
Zwi a Penga
Insert 28
So we had to wait
for Svig to drive from PE and that was going to take him more than three hours
or less if he drives like a maniac but either way we had to wait. In the meantime
Gerrit called Jay’s lawyer and told him what happened. After a lot of waiting
Svig walked into the club with two guys…he was as pissed as f***
Svig:"anyone care
to enlighten me about what happened?" he had a scary look on his face and
his voice was hoarse and calm
Javas:"uhm
ta....the police just budged in here and started searching"
Svig:"so
everything was just in the open?"
Gerrit:"everything
was in the room over there"
Svig:"dammit"
he said shaking his head with his eyes closed…he opened his eyes and looked at
us all
Svig:"do you
have any idea what this means? There is no way that we’re gonna work our way
through this, i mean the stock was worth more than 3 milli and then the guns
and the money was few milli...dammit how can Jay be so stupid?" he took
out his phone
Svig:"where
the hell are you? I am here dammit......just get your police a*s in here ok?"
and he dropped the call. We all went quiet and waited. After about 10 minutes
two policemen walked in…they looked really scared.
Svig:"you have
a lot of explaining to do" he was looking at the two police man with his
hands folded on his chest
Police1:"uhm
ta Svig we...we…" with the speed of
light Svig walked to one Police Officer and grabbed him by his neck and pinned
him against the wall…all I saw was his Police shoes hanging mid air
Svig:"do you
have any idea what you've cost me? Huh? Do you?" he was growling
bruh…scary s*** right there
Svig:"more
than 7 million, that’s what you've caused me today and as for Jay, he is never
coming out, this is going to cost him his damn life" he threw the police
on the floor and stood against the wall
Svig:"i am
paying you every damn month to keep us informed and then this happens?"
Police2:"we
didn't know, no one knew at the station, there is a new detective, he don't
discuss his plans, he just do everything alone with his team"
Svig:'this is what
you are going to do, make a plan, i don't know if you have to kill the station
commander or steal the docket or bribe your way into it but one thing for sure,
i want Jay back"
Police1:"but
boss that guy keep the docket with him"
Svig:"this is
not up for discussion, your damn life depend on this, fix this mess or you can
kiss the universe good bye"
Police:"boss i-
"
Svig:"HEEEEYYY
f*** off, leave this damn place" Svig was furious. I had never been this
scared in my entire little life. The two police man stumbled and walked out
Svig:"i can't
believe this" he whispered
Svig:"i can't
f*****ng believe this, so who is this detective kak huh? Do you know him perhaps?”
Javas:"not
really boss, he is new and he was transferred from Cape Town"
Svig:"that kak
has some serious nerve, to take on Svig like this? No one and i mean no one
take my 7 milli and still wake up alive the following morning, we are bombing
that police station of theirs"
Me:"wha...what?"
Sticks:"ahhhh
boss i don't mean to be disrespectful but a police station?"
Svig:"they
have my damn 7 milli in there, there is no way that i am letting it go, i need
my coke and my money back plus my guns" we all just looked at each other
with disbelief
Svig:"don't...don't
give me those looks, don't tell me that you thought i was just gonna let them
get away with taking my damn money? We are going to that station and we are
going to get my money virstan jy?" we all nodded
Gerrit:"ahhh
boss, you know i respect you big time but eish this is too much for me, i wanna
bail out"
Me:"me
too" I decided to jump at the opportunity as well maybe this might be my
big break out of this life
Svig:"who else
wanna quit? Who don't wanna do this with me?" he said looking at all of
us. Xolani also raised his hand
Svig:"listen
to me and listen to me very carefully, this is a life time job, you don’t just
up and leave, you don't chow my money and get rich and then decide that you
can't do it anymore, do you see Jay? That’s how you bail out of this b****, its
either that or you are permanently removed from this earth, other than that,
you belong to me, i own your a** so don't even think about quitting because it
ain't gonna happen"
Gerrit:"but
hijacking a police station?"
Svig:"owk i am
giving you a choice, we are going to that police station or i shoot you right
here and right now, at least then you won't have to stress about hijacking
anything.....and owww don't test me, i won't hesitate to pull the trigger on
any of you" he said the last part pointing at us all, i was scared more
than the word scared. This guy didn't have a heart;I wondered how Sibu lived
with someone like this as a husband
Svig:"great, i
take it that you are all interested, follow me, we have a damn hijacking to get
ready for" we drag our feet and followed him
We got into Svig’s cars that were
parked outside and we drove to his house in Wilderness. We got there and he led
us to his basement. He had lot of guns in there; I had never seen so many guns
in my life believe me. So Svig told us that this whole operation that we were
about to embark on was not about his money and the coke that was stolen…nope,
he said that it was more about the respect. He had to maintain his image out
there and according to him this was a logical way to do it. We were busy
preparing when Gerrit decided to be stupid.
Gerrit:"you’re
gonna have to forgive me boss but i want out" he pulled a gun on Ta Svig,
the funny thing is...well maybe not so funny but weird thing is that Svig
looked at Gerrit and then had a very good laugh for few minutes
Javas:"uhm
Gerrit mfowethu, please put that down, you don't wanna do that please" ok
I wished that Gerrit could pull that trigger and save us all from this crap we
were about to do
Svig:"that was
a good laugh...uhm" he looked really cool
Svig:"before
you pull that trigger boy....nahh don't stress i am not gonna try and fight you
owk? just know that if you happen to pull that little trigger and i die right
here and right now, which i don't really mind because i knew years back when i
joined this s***t that my life was on the line and i am always prepared to die
so this whole operation is bigger than you guys think" he smiled a faint
smile
Svig:"pull
that trigger and you won't even make it out of this house alive, that’s how
armed i am, i have my people all over this city...do you see that small little
thing over there? And that one over there? those are the cameras, i have my
guys watching us, so go ahead and kill me boy if it makes you feel better its
just a pity that you’re will follow me in less than 5 minutes" Svig turned
his back on Gerrit and went to one of the computer
Svig:"i am
supposed to be dead already coloured boy" he said with a deep calm voice. Ok
this dude was just too scary for my liking, i mean who is not afraid to die
people? You don’t die and come back and no body knows what happens after dying
so everybody is supposed to be afraid. Gerrit started shaking
Svig:"i am
waiting, just blow my head off already" Gerrit threw the gun across the
room and started crying…ok this took me by surprise, I always took Gerrit for a
strong guy…I guess every situation is different
Svig:"ok i am
soo disappointed with Jay's team, i thought he groomed you guys well for this,
i mean it looks like no one is ready to take over Jay's position amongst you
guys.....let me get this straight, this is not for faint hearted, this is for
men, real men....life is a b**** and we have to be tough with it, you have to
live everyday expecting to die, i don't mind dying but i wanna know that if i
die now, will my business be taken care of? Let me tell you a story, this
business was my father’s, i had to take over from him when he died, he died
when i was about 15 years....yeah and i became the gang boss at that age, it
wasn't easy but i got the hang of it because my dad had taught me the basics
before he passed on. I learned to look death in the eyes and not be afraid,
death is part of every gangster's life, i was not playing games when i said
Gerrit must kill me if it makes him feel better, its something that is gonna
happen anyway.....and I am not too happy about the fact that Jay didn't teach
you that"
Stricks:"don't
you worry about your child and your wife?"
Svig:"i always
make sure that i give them the best of everything when i still can, my dad did
the same for me, but if i die i die, they will have to continue with their life
without me, at least they will be taken care of….guys this is your lives, take
risks, when you are in this kind of life, you have lot of enemies, and i mean a
lot....the cops are not your friends, all they want is to arrest us and we also
have to do anything to protect ourselves”
Javas:" but
hijacking a police station is-"
Svig:"nah
listen, we are doing this…no discussion around that, it’s about time you accept
who you really are, this is not time for tears and all that" He looked at
Gerrit and shook his head. He walked to him and looked him straight in the eyes
Svig:"no one
and i mean no one in my team, has ever pointed a gun at me....i feel..." he
closed his eyes and then open them again
Svig:"disrespected
but i will tell you this, i am not in the mood to kill any of my team members
today so consider this your lucky day but just remember that if ever you pull a
stunt like that again......i won't even think twice before killing you
ok?" he had that scary look on
Svig:"so this
is how its gonna go down, we both know that the police stations are usually so
chilled out neh, i mean they don't expect anyone to hijack them or anything of
that sort, so this is gonna be very easy... i know you are probably thinking
that this guy is insane but its all in your heads, get rid of that fear boys,
this is nothing. I am just waiting for a call right now to let me know where
exactly the stuff is being kept and after fetching them, i will have my guys in
Cape Town to take in Munro's son, and then with that i can set up a meeting
with this Munro guy, he has to know who he is up against, i know i won’t be
able to bring Jay back but i can prevent anything from happening in the near
future"
X:"eishh"
Svig:"don't
sweat it, i have more guys to back us up so it’s no big deal, i have been
involved in some serious s**t boys, this is nothing"
Sticks:"owk"
Svig:"pack up
the machines that we will use"
Damn, it felt like
i was acting in some Tom Cruise movie, this was some scary s**t in front of me.
I thought about what Svig had said, you should always be prepared to die, how
does one do that? How do you accept such fate? My child was still in hospital,
he was not even a month old and i am supposed to be fine with leaving him? The
thought of Tshililo alone in this world without me made me sick
Javas:"hey V
Boy focus man" i snapped out of my thoughts.
We started
preparing the guns and Svig explained to us how everything was going to play
out. We were all given few minutes to call our families before the real game
begins. I called my wife immediately. She was happy to hear that we were not
doing the delivery anymore. I didn’t tell her what we were actually going to
do, I didn’t want to stress her to death. After the call with Tshililo I stood
against the wall and prayed for God to protect us. I wanted to laugh at
myself…who prays to God while they are on their way to commit crimes huh? I
guess I was totally messed up. I thought of what I was about to do and realised
that this was not just about me hustling, I had become a real criminal…I
thought of my son and my eyes became teary…what kind of a father am I huh? Svig
briefed us and drew the whole station down and explained to us how everything
was supposed to play out. The whole thing was not even supposed to take 5
minutes…five minutes was more than enough, we had to be out of there before the
Police could even know what hit them.
Xolani came to me
before we got inside the cars
X:"it’s do or
die"
Me:"do or
die"
X:"if
something happens to one of us.....the deal is still on, whoever survives takes
care of the family"
Me:"sure....i
love you bro"
X:"i love you
too"
Me:"let’s do
this" we hugged and then it was game on
So Svig had
organised some stolen cars for us. We went to the police station and the two
cars stopped at the N2 parking just at the entrance of the station. We all got
out of the cars except for the drivers. We had face masks and hands gloves on
to protect ourselves.just like how we planned it, we didn’t waste any time. We
got there and shot whoever tried to get on our way. Some guys went to collect
the package while some of us stood at the reception and the entrance and be on
watch. After less than a minute the guys came out with the bags and we all ran
to the cars and we drove off. We got close to the Outenique Nature Reserve and
found Svig’s cars waiting for us there. We all got out and drove out with our
cars. We drove to Svig’s house immediately. Damn we pulled it off. We only
realised that Sticks got shot when we were already in the house. We carried him
in and then Svig stood in the middle of the lounge and clapped his hands
Svig:"bravo
guys, did you see how easy it was? Fear is in you heads and once you overcome
that then you can do anything"
Javas:"i am
just glad it’s over"
Svig:"not
really, we still need to get in touch with Munro"
Svig took out his
phone and made a call
Svig:"Munro"
Munro:"hello"
Svig:"got my
video?"
Munro:"wh...What
are you...playing at...do...do you have any idea who i am?"
Svig:"uhm i
think so....the starring detective right? Well may i have your attention
sir....i wanna have a meeting with you asap"
Munro:"can you
please let my son go"
Svig:"the
sooner you get here the sooner we might....just might let him go....obviously
it will depend on our conversation...so there is a black Benz outside the
police station so make your way towards that vehicle now"
Munro:"i am
not at the police station, i am at the scene"
Svig:"i know,
trying to catch the guys that broke into the police station huh?.....well i am
giving you 15 minutes to go to that car that's waiting for you at the
station"
Munro:"please
don't hurt my son"
Svig:'14 minutes 50
seconds"
Munro:"but i
can's just up and leave please man"
Svig:"14
minutes 43 seconds"
Munro:"ok i am
leaving" Svig dropped the call and smiled...this was his first smile since
I met him
Gerrit:"i am
impressed boss"
Svig:"before
you get impressed, you owe me" he got to him and grabbed him by his collars
Gerrit:"i
thought you said-"
Svig:"yep that’s
because we had a task at hand, i didn't want my anger to cloud my
judgement"
Gerrit:"sorry
boss"
Svig:"YOU DO
NOT POINT A GUN AT TA SVIG do you understand?" he was really angry, he
took out a gun and pointed it at Gerrit
Svig:"if ever
you pull a stunt like that again? You are dead"
Gerrit:"yess
boss"
Svig:"owk that’s
out of the way now...please remove all these bags, we are going to have
visitor" we took all the bags to the basement
So Munro came and
Svig told him that he had his son and if he needed him to be safe then he
should abandon the investigation. The poor man tried to speak for himself but
you don’t really win against Svig, it was impossible to…at the end Munro agreed
to let go of the whole investigation. He was also told that he was now on
Svig’s payroll…that only meant that he was now part of us…looking at him I
could see that he was only agreeing to all this because he wanted his family to
be safe but he wasn’t really on it.
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Insert 29
After celebrating the
victory we all went our separate ways. Xolani told me that he was tired and
needed some rest. I decided to go see my wife for a while. I got there and
Tshililo greeted me with the headlines she’s been reading about on news 24…apparently
George Police station was robbed and this was after an arrest of a gangster
mogul named Jaco…she asked me if I knew the guy and I tried to say I didn’t but
I guess lying was just not for me so she could see through me. And knowing that
I knew Jay she put all the pieces together and came to the conclusion that I
was involved in the hijacking of the station. I tried to tell her that we had
to do it, that it was part of the job but she lost it. She started crying and
said that she was scared that with Jay gone then I was going to be the next.
And then she talked about me slipping away from who I used to be. She said that
with each passing day I was become less of what I used to be and more and more
of a monster…she said that the person I was becoming scared the shit out of her
but through all of that crap…she said she was still in love with me and she
could do anything for me. she told me that I better not cheat on her or hurt
her in any way because this life was painful…she said it hurts to know that I
get involved in such creepy dangerous stuff, she stays awake at night worrying
about me and she don’t want to go through all this s*** and gets to be tossed
away in the future. She told me that I better not start any funny business
because she’d kill for me. I don’t know if she meant that part but there was
something in the way she said it that told me that she could actually do it. After
the chat with Tshililo I went to see my son and then left. I got home and found
my parents talking about what happened at the Police Station, I just said that
I heard about it while I was with Tshililo because I told them that after
school I’d go chill with her. Yep they thought I was at school the whole
afternoon. And now that I have mentioned school…I doubt if I was going to
finish this year of varsity.
The following morning was a
Saturday. I went to campus to Xolani’s room. He looked depressed. He said that
he told his mom about our dad and the woman was furious and didn’t want Xolani to
have anything to do with him and on the other hand Sihle was still saying that
she don’t want him in his life so I suggested that maybe we should get Tshililo
to talk to Sihle and talk some sense into her. After that talk, Xolani got
ready and we went to Svig’s house where we were going to have a meeting. We got
there and the discussion was about Jay and his court case. After the meeting
some of us went to Jay’s house to show support to his wife. So guess who I
found in the house? Teressa…yep the girl was a sister to Jay’s wife. I was shocked
to see her and she seemed more than happy to see me. I don’t know but it seemed
like the universe was trying way too dammed hard for me and this girl to be
together…I mean I had actually met her four times without planning it…first
time at the bar, second time at the restaurant while I was with Tshililo, 3rd
time at the airport and then today. I don’t know man but that girl seemed to
have some magnet pulling me to her…so we almost kissed but we didn’t and she
didn’t make a secret of her feelings for me…she said she wanted me but I told
her that I was a married man with a son and I wasn’t about to mess that up. Xolani
sensed the vibe between me and the girl but I told him that we were nothing but
just friends.
So Xolani and I drove home after
visiting Jay’s wife. We were chilling discussing businesses when Xolani said he
wanted a new car but he wasn’t sure if the timing was good. I told him that he
should go for it, I mean he had legit businesses so it wasn’t really going to
be an issue. My dad overheard us talking about new cars and he asked us to get
him a new car…can you believe it? well we started searching for his car right
away and we stumbled upon an Audi A7…the old man said he loved it and we
decided to get it for him.
At around four in the late afternoon
we all left together to go see Tshililo. She was happy to see us and it was
good to see the baby as well. After a lot of laughing and chatting we left and
went back home. Xolani said goodbye and went back to campus. I was on my way to
Svig’s house to pick up a parcel to be delivered to George when I received a
call from Teressa. Yep I had no idea how she got my number but she searched for
them until she found them. She wanted to see me but I told her that I couldn’t
at the moment because I was busy so we just agreed that maybe we’ll do it next
time. I got to Svig’s house and picked up a parcel. As always Gerrit was going
to drive behind me just for safety, he was with Javas. We had our guns with us
and Svig told us to keep our cellphones on just in case. So we loaded the
parcel in my SUV and we drove off to PE.
My phone rang as soon as I entered
PE, it was Svig
Me:"boss"
Svig:"dammit Munro played
us....my house is full of police and detectives as we speak but don't sweat it
they won't find fokol here but there are some coming for you guys, you need to
play this right" i felt my body going numb, i stepped on the brakes
immediately and almost hit the dashboard. My cell phone fell and I quickly
picked it up
Svig:'this is not the time to be
scared, you need to toughen up boy, step on that benz and i will call in a few
seconds, i have to warn Gerrit too" he dropped the call, dammit i was
caught, this was it for me…I stepped on the accelerator without a care in the
world…my life was depending on this, i can't go to jail, no i can't go to jail.
Within a minute Javas called
Me:"Mjav"
Javas:"step on it boy, the game
has just began, we pull this off or we follow Jay" there was no way in
hell that i was gonna follow Jay. Lord help me so that i can make it out of
this alive and not in jail. I looked at the rear view mirror and saw the police
cars behind me…I thanked God for my Benz so i needed to step on it knowing
fully well that my life depended on it. Gerrit and Javas were also speeding. I
opened the cabin and took out a gun because it was about to go down.
I called Svig as soon as I could see
that the cops were a bit far from me
Svig:"V Boy where are
you?"
Me:"uhm i..... i have just
passed Samantha way or something like that"
Svig:"owk good, now you are
going to turn to your right on the Cape Road, check for the board please"
Me:"ok i got it"
Svig:"is Gerrit still close
by?"
Me:"yeah they are just behind
me"
Svig:"listen here, i have a
house in Summerstrand, its either you gonna have to make sure that you lose the
police and go to my house and drop the stuff or let me make a phone call right
now, i will get some guys and you will have to lose the police for a minute and
move the stuff to the guys ok? And don't start shooting because you have to
appear innocent"
Me:"thanks boss" he
dropped the call, Dammit i was panicking, my hands were sweating, i was
stressed out. Xolani called and wished me good luck.
I passed the red traffic lights close to the Greencres
Mall…I couldn’t wait for them to turn green, I just couldn’t. Gerrit did the
same and also got off easily. We were speeding through the road when I looked
at the rear view mirror and saw Gerrit colliding with another vehicle and their
car rolled. Dammit I felt like I was watching a movie, everything happened so
fast and yet I played it in slow motion. I quickly parked the car at the side
of the road. There was no time to stop and think or try to be reasonable, all I
had to do was take some serious actions, that’s all was required of me. I got
there and the car was laying on its side and the guys didn’t look good at all
but that was the least of my concern. All I needed was to take their guns and
run off…the guns were illegal and could lend them in jail. So I looked for the
guns and took all of them. I was about to run off to my car when Javas said “be
careful V Boy please, you can’t go in” I nodded and ran to my car. I put the
guns at the front seat and pray to God that I don’t get caught because with the
drugs and the guns I had in my car I could go away for a very very long time.
My phone rang and it was Svig. He told me that there was a ford focus that was
going to rescue me. Yep he had some guys who were going to take the drugs and
the guns I had but we had to do everything fast.
So he told me to take the Cape Road
and all the way to Russel Road and then get to the intersection close to the
harbour and turn left on the Goven Mbeki Avenue Road. The black ford focus will
be waiting for me just after my left turn. I had to make sure that by the time
the police take that turn then I have already offloaded everything and not
anywhere near that ford focus. Lord I was praying to God to help me pull this
one off. I did as he explained and damn boy I managed to offload everything and
by the time the police got to Goven Mbekie Avenue I had already driven away
from the car. I didn’t greet the guys or said anything to them…nope all I did was
give them the package and drove off. I slowed down when I was already on the M4
to Sumnmerstrand and then the police caught up to me and stopped me. I stooped,
got out of the car and put my hands in the air. They got to me and searched my
car and found nothing incriminating. I went on and on about how insulted I was
and then I pulled a race card and said that this was all happening to me
because I am black and if I was a white person they were not gonna do it. You
know how the race card always works and it did. The police drove off and left
me there.
I got in the car, locked and cried. I
was tired, this whole thing was just too much, i wanted out but i knew it was impossible,
how was i gonna keep on living like this, risking my life every damn second
that passes by? I wanted to quit so badly, i wanted my old life back, i wanted
to be that young poor Thembu who used to play instruments at church, I wanted
my normal life back. But look at me now, i was only turning 21 next month but
daaaamn it felt like i was turning 31 or something close to it. I closed my
eyes and cried for good few minutes. There was only one person that i needed at
that time, one person that could make me forget all this mess… i needed
Tshililo because she was my everything.
I then called Svig and told him that
everything worked out. He was proud of me and I actually didn’t give a hoot
about that. I drove back to the accident scene…Gerrit was a bit injured and was
going to be taken to the hospital and Javas was fine and said that he will
drive back with me. Javas told me how I took him by surprise and how proud he
was of me…well I guess this whole thing was really becoming who I am. I called
Tshililo while we were driving back and told her that I was close to getting
arrested, I didn’t tell her the whole details but just that I came so close. I
told her that I will come to the hospital as soon as I get to George, no matter
how late it was, I was gonna go see my wife.
So Javas and I drove to Svig’s house
because that was his request. We got there and he thanked us and said that we
were going to be highly rewarded for all the trouble we went through. To be
honest, the idea of getting paid meant nothing to me. All the money I was
getting was nothing compared to the job itself. So he told us that he was going
to teach Munro a lesson and that was tomorrow’s job. After that he let us go.
We got into our cars and drove off. I drove to the hospital to see my wife. I
drove by the garage and bought some snacks and some drinks. The securities knew
me by now so they didn’t question me, I went to her room and she was sleeping
when I got there. I put the plastic bag on the floor, took off my shoes and
took out my phone and my wallet from my jean and climbed on the bed beside her.
She woke up as soon as I joined her
Tshili:” you are here”
Me:” I am here” I held her so tight and
just like that my stress level went down, all my worries and fears seemed so
far away from me, that's the effect she had on me, my one and only, i will be
damned if this girl ever leave me
Tshili:"i don't wanna lose
you"
Me:"you won't lose me bbe,
ever" She asked me what happened and I told her everything that’s happened
since Jay’s arrest
Tshili:"we are never gonna get
out of this life are we?" she looked sad. She said as soon as I had told
her everything
Me:"no" I said while
shaking my head
Me:"come here" I was
getting out of bed
Tshili:"where are we going?"
Me:" nowhere, we are just going
to dance" I was smiling
Tshili:"dance?"
Me:"yep dance" she got out
of bed smiling
Tshili:"you love to act
white"
Me:"who knows, maybe i am a
coconut, brown on the outside and white on the inside" she laughed
Tshili:"yeah maybe"
Me:"mhm you look good on that dress"
i was laughing softly, her smile quickly faded; she knew i was teasing her because
she was wearing that hospital dress
Tshili:"I will go back to bed
Thembuluwo"
Me:'ahhh bbe please don’t do that” I
took out my phone and played our song...Kristina Perry (Twilight) - Thousand
years....Tshililo couldn’t help but smile.
Tshili:"you are just something
else"
Me:"and you love me
right?" she laughed. This is what i needed, some intimate time with my
other half, even though we were not making love, this was good enough, just
having her close to me, feeling her heart beat
Tshili:' I love you nana"
Me:" I love you too nana…you
and our son are the only people that I am currently living for…you give me a
reason to want to live”
Tshili:" I am prepared to be
your other half…during good or bad times...i will be around” we were in each
other’s arms and moving slowly to the music
Me:"you make me feel alive and
loved Tshili, you are the only person in the world that makes me feel like that....i
am so in love with you woman"
Me:" today i was this close to
being jailed...but if it happens and…well don't get me wrong I am not saying
that it will happen but anything is possible even Jay never thought that he’ll
get arrested one day....so if i happen to get arrested Tshili, will you promise
not to move on? I mean even if I get 20 years babe i wouldn't bear the thought
of you with someone else or have my son call another man as daddy, I can’t bear
that” I was looking straight into her eyes
Tshili:"i hate talking about this;
i don't want you getting arrested"
Me:"i know you don't but with
the rate at which things are going, well anything is possible....so?"
Tshili:"I love only you and i wouldn’t
be with anyone else and hopefully it won't happen" i looked at her and
smiled. I know I was being selfish but hey I loved this girl. We went back to
sleep without eating any of the food I brought. I woke up tomorrow morning at
around seven and left. Tshililo was still sleeping when I left.
Zwi a Penga
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I got home in the morning and my dad
was ready to leave. Xolani was also there. So we took our dad to the airport
along with my mom. After that we drove back home. Xolani drove back to the
campus to get ready for the meeting that was going to take place at Svig’s
house in the afternoon. He came back after preparing himself and we drove
together to the house. I gave him a feedback on what took place in PE while we
drove to Svig…he was really shocked at the events that took place. We got there
and found all the other guys already there. Svig was having a torturing party for
Munro…yep he had him in flesh. There was a big screen at the basement where he
was showing Munro’s 10 years old boy and his 16 years old girl being tortured.
Munro cried and begged for forgiveness so that Svig can cut his kids some slack
but Svig didn’t want to hear of it. We all couldn’t bear to see the kids being
tortured and we all begged him to at least torture the man himself…we were both
parents and it was hard to watch the kids going through so much pain. They were
being slapped and whipped like hell. Svig finally heard our complains and then
gave a call for the kids to be left alone. He then started with Munro…dude this
was some hard-core gangster s***. They used some hard metal thingy to beat him
up, used a drill to drill some holes on his bones, a grinder to cut him here
and there…bruh there was a pool of blood. Xolani and I couldn’t bear it anymore
and we asked to be excused and lucky for us…Svig let us go…it was funny how
Sticks was having the time of his life even when he was injured from the
shootout at the station. After that hot horrible meeting we drove back home. My
mom had cooked a good meal for us. We ate, took a shower and went to bed. I called
Tshililo just before I go to sleep.
The following morning there was
another meeting at Jay’s club. Another day of not attending classes for us.
Believe me this year was going to be worse than all the other years. Svig was
going to introduce us to the new boss…yeah I was hoping that the new boss could
be a friendly one. We greeted each other and then Svig went straight to the
point.
Svig:"uhm i still have Muro,
still teaching him a lesson but that’s not why we are here....i wanna introduce
you guys to your new boss....as i said before, none of you guys have the balls
to run this business so i had to find someone who won't risk the police finding
anything like Jay did...i decided to call a friend of mine, we know each other
from way back and i am 120% sure that this candidate will clap this job....this
person has proven to be very good at this, better than all of you"
Sticks:"i wanna see this
guy"
Svig:"Bee" Svig shouted
It was so quiet and then we heard a
high heel shoe walking towards us. We all turned around and looked. Dammmmn whoever
this chick was neh? She was totally hot. She was a coloured girl, long hair,
long straight legs, obviously light skinned, small Chinese eyes, body to die
for, right size kinda boobs and just enough ass. So i am looking at this girl
like what the F**k? Is it even legal to be this hooot? Oww damn i forgot to explain
what she was wearing right? ahhh well she was in military shorts…yep the short
was not lose so it was a bit tight, she also wore a white tank top…her cleavage
looked on point mfo. She was also wearing a high heel brown knee high boot, she
had a red lipstick on, she had a very minimum make up….she had one big tattoo
at her arm and on her leg. Her hair looked wet and were tied up in a pony. I
think all the guys thought that Bee was just going to welcome a guy who was
going to be our boss because as much as we were looking at the hot creature
that just entered the room, our eyes were still lingering on the door to check
on the boss that was coming to join us…I honestly thought Bee was the boss’s
girlfriend
Svig:"gentleman meet your
boss....miss Bee aka Bonita"
"What" we chorused. This
can't be, this hot little girl is supposed to be our boss? No ways
Guy 1:"nahh you are joking
right?"
Javas:"huh hauwa it can't
be"
X:"are you for real?"
Guy:"there is no way in hell
that we will have little Barbie running the show" within a blink of an eye
the guy who said that statement was down on the floor and Barbie had her knee
on his neck…how the heck did she do that?
Bee:"what did ya say?" she
was on top of him
Guy 2:"ahhh"
Bee:"i thought as much" mhm
she had Letty’s voice from Fast and Furious. She got off him…dammit that thigh
Svig:"ok guys, i know you are
feeling a little bit offended because you don't know this girl but believe me,
if you think Svig is bad then you haven't seen bad"
Bee:"stop explaining Svig, they
will get to know me....i ain't here to play but to run this B****. I know Svig
from way back, we kinda grew up together in this game, he know that he can’t
talk s***t to me" she looked at him and smiled and he smiled back. Damn
people I was taken
Svig:"i have already briefed
Bee about what should be done here"
Bee:"yeah i know all about you
guys and....i have my plans, i have a different working technique, different
from Jay's or Svig's.....you should know this about me. There is one thing i
don't deal well with" she walked over to the guy she had her knee on and
grabbed him by his shirt
"Disrespect" she said on
his ear
"Yeah ya'll heard me, i am a
woman right? and men feel that they can't really work under a woman, especially
gangsters, i have had the same sort of challenge before....and believe me i
know just how to deal with it....try any funny business with me and you will
see" she had a serious look on, she then looked at us all. The whole thing
seemed so wrong; i mean how do a hot beautiful girl like her end up here as a
gangster. So there it is…our boss was a woman
After that little meeting Xolani and
I decided to hit the bar for some drinks…we wanted to unwind. Guess who we met
at the club? Teressa. Yeah I left Xolani and went to talk to her. I don’t know
man we had small a talk and then we just clicked and the next thing I know I am
taking her to my car and we are making out. Thank God I had tinted windows. I
made it clear to her that I was married and that whatever this was it was not
going to develop into anything more and she was game. We were busy making out when
someone knocked at the window. I rolled the window down and Xolani gave me the
'what the F are you doing look' so I fixed myself
Me:"uhm you gonna have to go
in, i have to talk to my brother"
Teressa:"you mean your
friend?"
Me:"he is both" I opened
the door and she walked out and left me
X:"really Thembu, really? Did
you just sleep with her?" I got out of the car
Me:"Xolani calm down, no body
died ok?" he gave me that fake laugh
X:"no body died? Do you even
hear what you are saying? You are married Thembu, you have a wife"
Me:"i know and i am sorry"
X:"why are you apologising to
me? It’s not like you are married to me, you have a wife and you need to
respect her"
Me:"Xolani chill i didn't sleep
with her"
X:"and if i didn't come? What
then?"
Me:"but you did come didn't
you? I mean you are always everywhere, how about you let me make my owk
mistakes mfondini, I am not a child, i am a grown a** man"
X:"wo… i did let you make a
mistake Thembu, getting married was one, i warned you didn't i? I asked you if
you were ready to settle and you said you were" honestly i was angry at
Xolani, I mean if it wasn’t for him I’d be far with Teressa right now
Me:"you are making a big deal
out of this whole thing mfowethu, it’s not like i have cheated on her
before"
X:"you didn't learn anything
from your dad did you? You also want to have a Xolani in your life? i mean a
child you can abandon when you go back home?" I put my hands on my head
and looked at him, Xolani was blowing this whole thing out of proportion
Me:"when did you become so
serious Xolani? Hauwa man i hate this new uptight person you've become, what
happened to my best friend, the guy who sleep around with girls"
X:"i am not married and plus
that was before i realised we shared a father....so you were prepared to sleep
with that coloured girl vele?" I just shrugged my shoulders
X:"what's happening with you? You
know what? Don’t answer, you are just gonna disappoint me even more, take me to
the campus please"
Me:"you are not going back to
the house?"
X:"nahh i can see that i am
crowding you" he got inside my car and I did the same too
Me:"i am sorry about the way i
talked to you....i am just sexually frustrated i guess" he didn’t say
anything
Me:"Xolani?"
X:"like I said, you are not
married to me so you don't owe me an explanation, take me to campus"
Damn i was now feeling bad. I
dropped Xolani off and drove back to the house. I was thankful to Xolani in a way…I
mean if it wasn’t for him then what? I would have cheated on my wife. Teressa
called me but I told her that something came up so maybe next time…in fact I
told her that I’ll make it up to her. I don’t know what that meant though.
I got home and took a very long
shower as if trying to get rid of any scent of Teressa. After that I went to
the hospital to see my wife. Well she was happy to see me and I was guilty as
F**k. Sihle came to check on Tshililo. My wife and I saw this as an opportunity
to try and get her back to Xolani. So we told her about how Xolani ended up
where he was and how he had love issues because of his dad and his dead
twin…sihle knew nothing about the twin and after we explained to her about how
much he needed her in his life and how life could still be possible even with
Xolani as a gangster…we managed to change her mind…yeyy
The following morning Xolani came to
the house and had breakfast that my mom prepared. After that we told my mom we
were going to school but we were actually going to the club.
Me:"i am sorry about yesterday"
I said while we drive
X:"your life Thembu, I am not
getting involved anymore"
Me:'i know but i wanna apologise for
the way i talked to you"
X:"ok"
Me:"owk i will be honest, i do
feel a little bit trapped you know, it’s not just about me anymore, i have a
wife and a baby but i also wanna act like i am 21 you know....because that’s my
actual age...our job on the other side is draining, a guy need to have some
fun"
X:"i am not gonna argue with
you anymore, one thing for sure i am not gonna get married anytime soon, i
don't wanna be as confused as you are"
Me:"eish"
X:"and thanks for talking to
Sihle, we fixed things"
Me:"woow that’s great
news"
So we had the meeting with Bee. She
was telling us about the changes she was going to make. Deliveries were not going
to be a one man’s show anymore we were all going to rotate…there was a pick up
trip from Cape Town and a drop off trip to PE so we were all going to rotate doing
them. She also suggested that we don’t use fancy cars during our deliveries
because they draw more attention. We were done with the meeting and she asked
us if we have any more questions
X:"uhm this is not about
work...but...i just wanted to know....like...do you have kids?" she
starred at him
Bee:"no" she had her
fighting face on
Javas:"husband?"
Bee:"of course not.....oh
ow" she looked at us again
Bee:"do not tell me that some
of you boys are falling for Bee? Or should i say you are day dreaming about
having Bee....well boys i don't do my junior colleagues ok? I am here as your
boss and none of ya'll is gonna have any of this....are we together?" we
all just starred at her
"Do you understand?"
"Sure Bee"
After that meeting we went to Jay’s
bail hearing and he was denied bail
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