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We were still hugging when Thembu opened the door and walked in…dammit…he was pissed and still in his wheelchair
Thembu:”I knew it, I knew that you were coming to him”
Me:”Thembu my love please its now like that”
Thembu:”ow really? Didn’t I found you in his arms?”
Ndiv:”it’s really not what it looks like”
Thembu:” but why Ndivhuwo? I understand you hate me for my dad’s sins but to do this to me again? And you Tshililo, is it because I am on a wheelchair? So now you miss what you used to do with him huh?” damn this hurt…how could he think that of me?
Me:”I can’t do this” I said walking to the door…Ndivhuwo walked to me and took my hand
Ndiv:” don’t leave…we need to resolve this” I looked at Thembu and couldn’t help the anger I had towards him…how could he think of me like that? My heart hurt for the fact that he didn’t trust me…not that I blamed him, Ndivhuwo was my ex but Thembu should just try and trust me as his wife
Me:” I only came here to ask him to leave the country and leave us …I know it was foolish of me but I was doing it for us”
Thembu:”so? When are you leaving?” he was looking at Ndivhuwo
Me:”what?”
Thembu:”yah she said she was here to ask you to leave and if you care at all then you’ll leave so when do you leave?”
Ndiv:”I am not and I promise to stay away from your wife and I will respect her, I promise you Thembuluwo we can do this…you don’t have to lose your wife or fail to have a relationship with me…we are all adults here and we can do this” he looked at me and then at Ndivhuwo
Thembu:” I don’t know bruh…you are the one who went after my wife knowing that we are brothers so I don’t know how to trust you”
Ndiv:”ok trust your wife then”
Me:”Tshililo lets go” he vhathu!
Ndiv:”Thembu washu”
Thembu:” I want you to be part of the family bro I really do but how do I feel free? Tshililo I don’t know if this can still work” I looked at him with my eyes wide open
Me:”what are you saying?” I was panicking
Thembu:” I am confused here, I don’t even know what I am saying but I really don’t know how I will get through this” he said that and turned his wheelchair around and went to the door. We were about to walk out the door when we heard gun shots. Ndivhuwo quickly pulled Thembu back in and closed the door and locked
Me:” what’s going on?”
Thembu:”is it who I think it is?”
Ndiv:”I think so” he said that and gave us his back and went to take out one black bag that had guns inside
Ndiv:” if its him then we better do what the Vhadau’s do best”
THEMBULUWO
Me:” Damn I am on a wheelchair” I said looking at Ndivhuwo who was taking out guns
Ndiv:”not to worry brother”
We were not sure if the gunshots were from G2 or Svig or just a random shootout that’s not related to us but hey we wanted to be ready. Ndivhuwo gave us each a gun. If the gunshots were for people coming for us then we expected them to come through the door and we had our guns ready looking at that damn door. To our surprise the guys came through the sliding door. Yep we started shooting at them and they were shooting back at us. Ndivhuwo screamed for me and Tshililo to leave the room immediately. Tshililo was trying to push me when she yelled and said that she’s been shot. She stood still and I saw another bullet going to her neck…dammit the first one was somewhere on the chest. I felt like I was going crazy. The hotel was in town and I think the police were called-in because there was immediately police sirens. I fell to the floor trying to shake Tshililo to find out if she was still alive but she was not moving. The guys ran away after hearing the sirens and Ndivhuwo Took Tshililo and was about to take her to the hospital when the Police and the paramedics arrived. They took Tshililo and walked away with her. Ndivhuwo was about to follow them when he was asked for a statement by the police. He told them that he had to go to the hospital first…they tried to get him to do it but he just snapped at them. I asked him to help me up on the wheelchair and he did and then pushed me outside. The Police approached us again for a statement and we told them that we will give it later. We then asked which hospital Tshililo was taken and then we drove together.
Ndiv:”never thought in a million years that we will be together like this, as a family" I looked at him and gave him a faint smile
Me:" me neither"
Ndiv:" she will be fine, we have to be positive" he looked at me and then back on the road…he was scared
Me:" who are you trying to convince here? Me or you?”
Ndiv:” I am just scared ok?”
We got to the hospital and asked for a woman who arrived in an ambulance and had been shot. They then showed us to her Doctor
Ndiv:" i am her brother in law and this is her husband who is also my brother…how is she?"
Doc:" uhm"
Ndiv:" please tell us she is fine"
Me:" please doc" he looked at us and shook his head
Doc:" i wish i could tell you that she is fine...but i am so sorry"
Me:" for what?"
Ndiv:" yes what are you sorry for?"
Doc:" it was already too late...they did everything they could but..."
Ndiv:" nooooo obviously they didn’t do everything and that’s why you are saying all that" he was walking in a circle with his one hand on his hips
Me:" noooo...Doctor what are you trying to tell us?"
Doc:" she didn’t make it, she is gone" with those words...just those words...everything in me collapsed. That one sentence had the power to fully destroy me....i sat on that wheelchair and felt like my whole world was finally coming to an end...i struggled to breath
Ndiv:" nooooo, hai mavhanna nooooo" he said with his hands on his head while standing with his back against the wall
Me:" nooo it can’t be, not Tshililo wanga ma washu....there's got to be some kind of a mistake"
Doc:" i am so sorry...if you don’t mind, you'll have to come and identify the body" i looked at him with tears in my eyes...i kinda expected him to tell me that he lied but he didn’t.
Ndiv:" i will do it if you can’t" he was looking at me
Me:" no we can do it together" we went in and identified her body…it was really her…she was still on the hospital bed. We didn’t stay long because the whole thing was painful so we walked out of the room
Ndiv:" so it’s true" his voice was shacky
Ndiv:" i failed her, i failed you, i failed your son...i failed everyone...just like i failed Roli" he said that and fell down on his knees and cried. I just looked at him with tears in my eyes. After some time we managed to have some strength and went home. We got there and informed my dad, Xolani and Zoleka about Tshili’s death…dammit I didn’t have time to check how they all reacted…I was too hurt for that shit…I went to my room and said I wanted to be alone.
So the whole family had to leave to Venda for the funeral. Ndivhuwo said he wanted to stay behind for revenge…I wanted to stay too…yep I was in a wheelchair but I wanted to be in. Xolani begged us to give it a rest for at least a week and bury Tshililo in peace and then do revenge afterwards…he also said he’ll join us after the funeral. We felt that he was right…we had to respect Tshililo and focus on the funeral…damn the whole thing felt like a dream. Svig came to the house with Rendani to offer his condolences to the family and he saw Ndivhuwo. He called me and Xolani in private and asked us what Ndivhuwo was doing. We told him that he was now our family…Svig couldn’t hear of it...he asked us to choose a side, it was either him or Ndiv…we told him that we couldn’t choose between a family, Ndiv was our family so we were obviously on his side. He walked out of the house in anger. So we all drove back home to Venda for the funeral…we also arranged for the body to be taken back home.
Everyone was emotional and crying when we gave them the news. Tshili’s mom and sister were beside themselves...they blamed me for her death…I just sat there and took it all in…I let them blame me because I was also blaming myself…after everything I had done to that girl, her life was over because of a gun…if only I didn’t introduce her to this life. So I wanted Tshililo’s funeral to be done at my place but her mom couldn’t agree…she said that Tshili and I were divorced so the funeral was going to be at her home. I tried to explain to everyone that we were back together but sadly they didn’t care…they said what mattered was that we were divorced. I offered to pay for the whole funeral since they wouldn’t allow my family to hold the funeral…they tried to refuse but I begged them so they agreed. Ndivhuwo also got the chance to meet the whole family…it was unfortunate that we were all not in a good space. Xolani and I got very close to him during the week.
Bonita came down to Venda during the week. Yeah bruh I was shocked and Ndivhuwo was not happy to see her at all. The family also got the chance to meet her since she was pregnant with my child. So she told me that Svig was pissed at me for the fact that I was still hanging out with the enemy. I don’t know if Svig was just having us followed. She told me to stay away from Ndivhuwo and that after the funeral I should go and apologise to Svig for having Ndivhuwo close to me. She told me that he was so pissed and that’s why he didn’t even allow the guys to come down for the funeral because we chose Ndivhuwo over him…she came down to Venda without anyone knowing and she was leaving the following day. She was not happy…she insisted on me asking for forgiveness but I was not having any of it so I told her that my decision was final.
The Saturday of the funeral finally arrived and yeah we buried my beloved wife. It was heart-breaking really…I had already told my son that his mom passed away and that he was never going to see her again. He didn’t cry…I think he was too young to understand what it really meant. After the funeral Ndivhuwo didn’t stick around, he told us he was going back to George right away to plan the revenge party. Xolani and I told him that we will follow him the following day on a Sunday. There was absolutely no need to stick around…Revenge is what we all really needed.
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The following day Xolani and I said goodbye and drove to George. I was feeling much better now…I was no longer in a wheelchair but in crunches...i could walk by myself but I just didn’t want to take the risk and break my bones again. We got to town and Ndivhuwo said that he would have one of his guys to come pick us up because we didn’t know his house. The guys came and they took us to a house in the middle of nowhere. We found Ndivhuwo waiting for us there…he looked like he didn’t sleep the whole night…my bet was that he had been planning. We got there and he told us that he’d been working since he got there and that all he wanted was to have some drinks with us. He took us to another room first…Xolani and I were shocked and impressed at the same time. My nigga had screens showcasing so many places at the same time bruh. We were still looking around and smiling when Ndivhuwo focused his attention on one screen…it was the cctv camera of this place. There were police cars driving in. We looked at him and panicked. He looked at us and smiled…he told us to relax and not to worry. He told us to step outside and he did the same too. He took a remote control and pressed and then the floor opens and everything went underground…I guess it was a basement of some sort. The house then looked empty and clean. He took all the guns we had and the ones in the house and put them in a safe that the police were not even going to notice.
Ndiv:"now we can relax...all my guns are safe" he took out beer and we sat in the lounge and waited for the police. We were still sitting like that when the police burst the door open
Ndiv:"what the..."
Police 1:"we have a search warrant for this premises"
X:"uhm can you elaborate further please"
Police 2:"just read the damn document" he threw a paper at us
Ndiv:"ok just wait a minute this is my house"
Police1:"and i am doing my job in your house....hey guys....come on in....i want every stone turned....search the whole house" a group of police officers walked in
Me:" you’re sure they won’t find anything? We can’t afford to go to jail, not all of us" I whispered to Ndiv
Ndiv:" I am positive and we will have the joy of seeing their angry faces because they know that I run some serious illegal dealings but there is no evidence” he smiled
X:" well, am I allowed to say that I am glad that you are my brother? I mean if it wasn’t for you I’d still be on the losing team"
So we waited around for the police to do their search. Ndivhuwo was busy on his phone the whole time. The police started walking out and the officer in charge came to Ndivhuwo
Ndiv:" uhm hopefully you found what you were looking for?" he was smiling
Police1:" you were lucky this time around"
Ndiv:" am I? Don’t you mean to say that you just had this whole thing wrong? I am a clean Mr officer, I got nothing to hide...nothing at all"
Police 1:" we will see about that"
Ndiv:" we will" the police walked few steps
Ndiv:" Mr Officer" he turned around and looked at him…all the other officers were already gone
Ndiv:" consider this your friendly warning, I roll with the tough guys and I’d take you out with your boss and your boss's boss in just a snap of a finger!! So do yourself a
favour and get out of my life ok?"
Police:" I know your type, you like to scare us away but I have arrested people like you before" Ndivhuwo laughed
Ndiv:" nah you haven't because you could have died trying to arrest that person...people like me don't do jail, I don't get arrested because I never leave evidence lying around...I am invincible like that, so if you don't mind...go home sir, I am sure that your wife Jane and your two daughters still want you to be alive ok? I know where she works, and where they school, as for how I know about them...well, all I needed was a name on your badge and that's all so if you still want to have more of those romantic gateways then be a good boy and leave me alone"
police 1:" uhm how d...did...did y-"
Ndiv:"ow shame you are stuttering, you mean to ask how did I know? Because I am me and I am the man capable of killing you. So go out there and inform whoever gave you info about me that I am coming for them and they won’t get the offer you are getting, I am coming for them with everything I got....and that's a hell lot" the officer just blinked and then walked out
X:" ok how did you know that guy?" I also had the same question
Ndiv:" well, I don’t know him"
Me:" but you know his family?"
Ndiv:" ahg boys please, that guy has a name on his badge so I hacked into the employment files at the George police station and I found him, and then I went on facebook and searched him. That’s where I got the info about his wife and kids. I searched them too and within minutes I knew who that guy was"
Me:" wow" honestly I was impressed
Ndiv:" worry not, you still have a lot to learn. I aint an amateur like your boss Svig...thug life is not just about guns and killing people, you also need to be strategic and use your mind and be able to calculate all your movements…you don’t just do things that will obviously backfire. Just like what they did...i am very much certain that Svig did this, G2 wouldn't try to get me arrested because he knows that even the Police wouldn’t bring me down but as for Svig? Well he is a bit dumb"
Me:" so you are going for them?'
Ndiv:" obviously…I am being disrespected here and I need to finish this once and for all" he said that and took out a phone from his pocked and dialled a number
Ndiv:" so you tried to have me arrested and failed....so listen here, I am coming for you anytime from now and I want you to be ready, get your best guys on the game because I will kill you without even blinking...I won’t just torture you this time around, I will do m-"
My phone rang at that moment and I walked away from Ndivhuwo to answer it. It was my sister Rendani. She wanted to know if we were fine. I knew when she asked me this that she was aware that Svig sent the cops to search Ndivhuwo’s house. I asked her if she knew and she told me that there was nothing she could have done. Like what the hell? I was her damn brother and she would have let all of us get arrested for having unlicensed firearms and all that s***. I asked her where her loyalty lies and that she was supposed to side with her family. But she gave me the bulls*** about Svig making me who I am and that my loyalty should be with him and that I should come back to Svig and apologise and stop hanging out with Ndivhuwo. I couldn’t believe it. I reminded her again that Ndivhuwo was her brother and that I wasn’t choosing her monster boyfriend over family. Xolani came and snatched my phone and tried to reason with her…funny enough my sister was back in George already…she couldn’t even stay at home for a while after the funeral. Xolani told her that she should get her ass to us but she refused so he told her that we were coming to pick her up. After the call we went back to Ndivhuwo who was off the phone. We told him about Rendani and he agreed with us that we should pick her up because we didn’t want her to get tangled up when the real fight begin.
We drove to Svig’s house in Wilderness. We drove in and parked the car on the driveway. We then called Rendani on her cell so that she may come outside. She was shocked to hear that we were outside. She walked outside and when we asked her to get in the car she refused. She told us she was in love and that she couldn’t leave him. As if we cared about her love for him. She told us to leave the premises before Svig comes back. Xolani picked her up and took her to the car. Ndivhuwo was opening the door for her when she said
Rendi:"guys you don’t understand....i can’t leave him"
Me:"why the hell not?" I was shouting at her
X:"Rendani"
Rendi:"i love him" she cried
Me:"ahg nyav him? Are we supposed to care about that?"
X:"we don’t give a s*** about your love" Ndivhuwo opened the door and Xolani was about to put her in when she said
Rendi:"i am pregnant" a moment of silent right there…we stood still and just looked at each other. Xolani put her down.
Me:"uhm what did you just say?" this better be a dream
Rendi:"i am having his baby"
X:"when did you plan on telling us?”
Rendi:"we wanted to tell you but then there was a funeral so I was still waiting for the right time…he wants to marry me, he wants to make me his wife"
Me:"ahg Xolani just put her in the damn car….you won’t be the first one not to have a husband”
Rendi:" what?"
Ndiv:" get in the damn car Rendani....forget about him…it’s not like you were born with him so I am sure life is still possible without him….it’s not like we are poor, we have the means to take care of your child"
Rendi:"what? How can you all be so heartless? i love him" she cried
Me:"ahg guys just put her inside please, she'll get over it" we put her in the car and got in and then drove away.
Rendi:" he will come for you all…Thembu my brother it doesn’t have to be like this, please I don’t want you guys to fight because I don’t want to lose any of you....please do this for me"
Me:"what you were supposed to do was listen to me when I told you to leave him those months back so look what’s happening now? We are going to fight and that Svig of yours is going to die"
X:" and you don’t have to worry about it because you have three older brothers and your child can call all of us daddy…we promise you we won’t mind” she didn’t say anything but just cried. We got to the house and relaxed. Rendani was angry obviously…she didn’t wanna talk to any of us. I was chilling with the guys when Svig called me. He was telling me to bring Rendani back. I told him that I was doing no such thing because Rendani was my sister. He told me to tell Ndivhuwo that its game on. After that call we decided to get our guns ready.
So, we decided that we were going to keep Rendani in a hotel while the whole fight was going on because keeping her in the house was going to be risky. We left the house in one car. I received a call from Bee when we were on our way. She told me that she was at her Doctor’s surgery and was in labour…she sounded like she was crying. I couldn’t believe her…I mean what if it was a scam from Svig to try and get our attention. She yelled at me when I asked if she was really in labour. I told her I couldn’t come because there was a war going on and that Rendani was gonna come on my behalf. After the call I asked Rendani to go to the hospital for me….she said she’ll do it for the baby and not for me. We got to town and organized a car to go drop her off at the hospital. After that Ndiv and X told me that I’ll also have to stay in the hotel…damn the f*** do they mean? They said that I was still walking on my crunches and without them I walk like an old man so this was going to be dangerous for me…they told me to lie low in order to be safe. Well I knew I was not going to win it so I agreed to stay in the damn hotel and be useless…it sucked. They booked me into the hotel and left.
I was alone in a hotel room when someone knocked on the door. I went to the door and asked who it was before I could open. It was Ziyanda. I didn’t want to open for her but she begged me and told me that all she ever wanted to do was talk. I then opened and she walked in. she was asking for forgiveness and told me that she was sorry about everything that her brother had done. Her brother killed my wife and the bitch had the nerve to apologise about it. i hit her on the head with a gun because I knew I was in no position to fight her because I was not well. I then went to the other rooms and asked for a big suite case. They tried to give me excuses but I kinda held them on a gun point and they gave it to me. I walked back to my room and found Ziyanda still on the floor. She was obviously not dead…she was just unconscious for a while. I put her inside the bag and walked out of the room and pulled the bag. I decided to leave the crunches and walked by myself. I was still in a bit of pain but I had to be a man and be strong. I didn’t have a car with me so used the hotel shuttle to leave the hotel. I said I was going to town but as soon as we left I put the driver at a gun point and told him that he’ll take me wherever I wanted to go. I called Ndivhuwo to find out where they were…he told me that they were still busy. I then received a call from Rendani telling me that Bee had a baby boy. Damn broh…something to smile about. I was excited and I felt really charged up to finish this war we were in. I told Rendani to be there for the baby and that I’ll be there as soon as we were done. After the call with Rendani I realized that there was a car following me. Mhm must be someone who was following Ziyanda around.
I decided to open up the bag and Ziyanda was now up…she looked all confused. If I was going to do this then I had to use this girl in order to stay safe. I told the driver to turn into a gravel road and parked the car about 100 m away from the tar road. I called Xolani and told him where I was. He informed me that they were done with Svig’s crew but Svig ran away. I sat still and felt my hair rising…I asked him what he meant? He told me that the fight went on and they killed every damn person on Svig’s team. I sank bruh…those people were my friends…Sticks and them were all gone. I know it was either them or me but it still hurt. The driver parked the car and I got out holding Zianda at a gun point. The car parked few metres from me and a three guys walked out. One guy took out a gun and pointed it at me. I told him that they should all put their guns down because I’d kill the girl. It turned out that it was the famous G2…yeah he was there for his sister.
Ziyanda kept telling him to shoot me and her both…she said she couldn’t afford to have him die because of her. I was still standing like that with G2 who was trying to get his sister from me when Xolani drove to where we were. He was shocked to see me holding the girl at a gun point. He told me not to kill her and that we don’t harm women. My phone rang at that moment. I irritatibly took it out and checked the caller ID…it was Rendani. I picked up and Bonita just told me that they took the baby and then broke down and cry….she said Svig took my baby. I felt like I was dying all over again…I was in serious pain. I dropped the call and shoot Ziyanda 5 times as if I didn’t have a care in the world… G2 fell down on his knees and cried. Xolani screamed in shock…he was still asking me what I was doing when I spit saliva once and shot G2 few times along with his guys…I was feeling like kak…I just wanted to kill erybody who was tryna get in my way. My new born baby was gone before I could even hold him and my wife was dead. I then fell down on my knees and broke down and sobbed. My world was spinning, i didn’t know what to do with myself, I felt as if the world was angry at me, i was going through pain after pain, it was really painful
X:” Thembuluwo” he looked at me with fear in his eyes
Me:” he took my baby” I said crying
X:” what are you talking about?”
Me:” Svig, he took my baby Xolani, I was talking to Bonita and the baby is missing”
X:” nooo”
Me:” yes”
X:” come…we need to get to the hospital plus the police might come here anytime…lets go” the shuttle driver also got shot…we couldn’t risk him saying anything to the cops. We got in Xolani’s car and drove away. We called Ndivhuwo while on our way to the hospital and told him that we will meet him there. We got to the hospital and went traight to Bee’s room
Me:” what happened?” Bee just looked at me and said nothing
X:” we need to find out what happened and we should do it quickly”
Me:” whoever did this is going to pay Xolani”
“where is Rendani?” a calm voice said from the doorway. We all turned around and looked and it was Ndivhuwo…
Me:” uhm Bee where is Rendani?” I was now looking at Bee
Bee:” Rendani? I don’t know...she was here, she must be out somewhere”
Me:” and you have her phone?”
Bee:” yahh”
Ndiv:” s*** she took the baby” he threw his feist on the wall
X:” no ways”
Ndiv:” come to think of it, we killed Svig’s team, everyone of them and we told Rendi that we were going to kill the love of her life. If he ran from us and came here and made a deal for them to runaway do you think she was gonna say no?”
Me:” you think she took my child and ran?”
Bee:"what? That b**** better bring my baby back"
Me:”my sister ma washu” I felt like I was being stabbed again and again. The thought of being betrayed by my own blood was more than painful
Ndiv:” i will try my level best to work this out ok?”
X:” and i-“ he got interrupted by his cell phone ringing
X:” hello....what?....no..please nooooo” Ndivhuwo and I we were just looking at him
Ndiv:” what happened?” he looked like he had seen a ghost
Me:” Xolani?”
X:” Onndwela, she lost the baby, someone shot her” i sank to the floor and died, just like that i realised that my life was officially over
Ndiv:” how the f*** did this happen?” he was looking on the roof
Ndiv:” these are just babies...why do Svig has to involve babies?” he looked like he wanted to cry
X:” it’s over...i am not going to be a father anymore...Svig won....it’s over, he took the things that mattered most to us”
He said that while crying. This was the gangster mission gone wrong, Svig was few steps ahead of us and he hit us so bad. Yes we killed his team but he also managed to hit us where it hurts the most. We just stood there looking all defeated.
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We sat there in that hospital room for what felt like ages. I was trapped, i think we were both trapped, we didn’t want to move, we stayed like that just looking into space.
Ndiv:” the mopping around need to come to an end” he said that standing in the middle of the room, nobody moved, it was as if we didn’t hear him
Ndiv:” damn people are you gonn act like bitches now? We don’t lose, we don’t do losing...we are the winning team, we are going to win this...F*** it man!...look at my damn face!” he yelled the last part. We all looked up at him....i looked at Xolani and then at Bee, what i saw in their eyes was pain, plain P-A-I-N
Ndiv:” sitting here and mopping around aint gonn help us with s***, we need to go out there and hunt this person down” he roared
Bee:” he took off with his boss i think, i am sure that’s what he did and i doubt we will find him” she looked hopeless and tired...it didn’t look like Bee, The B**** never gives up so I was shocked
Ndiv:” hear me and hear me very carefully....i don’t fail ok? The word don’t exist in my vocab so i don’t give a damn who Svig ran off with but one thing for sure...i will hunt them down and i will make it my damn life mission to find his f****d up self and then kill him”
X:” you know what? Do that stuff all you want but i am out”
Bee:” what?”
Me:” are you insane?”
Ndiv:” this is seriously not a good time for some lame joke ok?”
X:” my unborn child just got shot today...my...i don’t know my what but Onndwela is in hospital and you want me to run around with a gun looking for Svig? We need to accept this...it’s over Ndivhuwo...Thembu, Bee it’s done. You might not accept defeat Ndiv, but i think it’s about time you do because we will end up losing more than this” I went to him and grabbed him by the neck and pinned him against the wall with tears in my eyes
Me:” don’t you dare ok? Don’t you dare give us that crap ok? You don’t get to give up on us, to give up on my son...our son. I know Onndwela lost the baby and it hurts like s*** bro, i have been through that s*** before remember? I know the damn feeling so don’t give me the lame s*** about giving up and accepting defeat...we are going to look for Svig, we gonn find him and take my baby and then kill him”
Bee:” and your sister?” we both looked at each other
Ndiv:” she will have her punishment” I let go of Xolani
X:”can we get on it already?”
Bee:”I am coming with,..i have to look Svig in the eyes and watch him as he meet his maker”
Me:” you just gave birth Bee so you aint going anywhere”
So we left the hospital without Bee and she was not happy about that. We had no idea where Svig was…there was no trace of him. we went to Ndivhuwo’s house where he made few phone calls and organised for our passports…yep we were about to leave the country. He said that he had some computer apps in Brazil that he could use to find them…he said he couldn’t do it from here because he didn’t have the right apps…well I knew nothing about the crap he was talking about so Xolani and I just agreed with whatever he was saying. Xolani called Onndwela to find out how she was doing…well she was obviously devastated. The following day we left the country to Brazil. As much as we were in pain…we still managed to have some laughing moments together, we spent most of our times making jokes and laughing…I guess it was our way of coping. It felt as though we have known Ndivhuwo our whole lives.
We got to Brazil the following day. Xolani and I were kin on sight-seeing but Ndivhuwo didn’t want to hear of it…he wanted to get down to business. Ndivhuwo hired a car and then we drove to some visibly rich people’s suburb. Yeah Ndivhuwo had an apartment in one of the complex there. we got to his apartment and damn…the guy had a good taste…it looked hella fine. Ndivhuwo didn’t even waste time once we got there because he started working right away. He had lot of screens and computers in one room. he hacked into the cctv footages for different airports….he had Svig’s photographs and was searching for him through the crowd of people coming in and out of different airports…I thought it was only the cops that had this ***.
Ndivhuwo was busy working when I went up to the balcony and just looked down on the streets. I saw a girl that looked like Tshililo…I swear to God it was her. I fell to the floor and chocked because I was battling to breathe and I couldn’t believe that I just saw her. everything then went blank. I woke up some time later and found Xolani and Ndivhuwo looking at me, they looked worried. They asked what’s wrong and I told them that I saw Tshililo. They couldn’t believe me…they told me that it was just in my head and all that crap…I don’t know why it was so hard for them to believe me because I really saw her. they told me that they believed me and said that we should go hang around on the streets where I saw her and maybe I will see her again. We left the apartment and went to the street and just chilled. The girl I saw came back…I looked at her and blinked…it wasn’t Tshililo but she looked like her…she was dressed up just how Tshililo loved to dress up. she was in shorts…a tank top and some Adidas sneaker wedge…my wife loved looking like that. Ndivhuwo and Xolani held my hand and walked with me to the apartment. They didn’t say much, I guess they didn’t want to make me feel like kak…I got to the apartment and went to the bathroom and cried again…why did she had to die?
So Ndivhuwo managed to find where Svig was. He was in Seychelles. Yep we were all shocked but that’s where he was spotted so Ndivhuwo organised flight tickets to go there. He told me that I was not well and that I was still dealing with losing my wife so I shouldn’t come along. Yohh I didn’t buy it…I wanted to go because I also wanted to watch Svig die. He gave up and said I will also come along.
I woke up the following morning with a massive headache…I didn’t even feel my self falling asleep last night. I looked around the apartment and I was in a different apartment. It was not the same apartment we were in yesterday. I looked out the window but hardly recognised the place. I didn’t know where I was. I took my phone and I found an sms from Ndivhuwo
“sorry bro but i couldn’t take you with. You need to relax Thembu, Tshili’s death affected you more than you realise. Your mind and body need some rest and that’s what I am trying to give you. I have booked a therapist for you…she’ll be there around 10. Please she is a friendly woman and don’t go all psycho on her or hurt her in any way because if you do then I will kill you with my bare hands. I am doing all this because I love you and as your big brother it’s my responsibility to look out for you. There is food in the fridge and some grocery in the cupboards. You don’t have a car and I also took your wallet, i don’t want you to go anywhere, all you need to do is relax. There is no alcohol in the fridge so you’ll have to stick to water and juice. As for Svig...we will surely take a video of how he dies and you’ll have fun while you watch him die over and over again. We will bring Rendani and your son back…don’t worry”
After reading the message I threw my phone against the wall in anger. They left me. I went to the shower and came back and prep something to eat. When I was done I watched TV and that’s when the Shrink arrived. She was a beautiful short girl shame but I wasn’t interested in talking to her. i asked her where we were and she said we were in PE Summerstrand…what the hell? So these guys drugged me and flew me on a 16 hours flight from Brazil to South Africa and I didn’t feel a thing? I was pissed at them. The shrink looked younger than I expected. She introduced herself to me as Elelwani. So she could speak my lingo. We were sitting in the living room when she started asking me personal questions and trying to get me to talk to her like I was some toddler. I snapped at her several times but she didn’t lose her cool or looked like she was angry. She kept encouraging me to open up saying that it will make me feel better. I even asked her to leave but the girl just calmly asked me to calm down. So I decided to talk to her and get it over with. I told her about my late wife Tshililo. I told her how much I loved her and how much she meant to me…and how guilty I felt about her death and how I regretted stringing her along to this life.I then told her the whole story from when we met. Ele said she had the whole day with me so I had enough time to share my story. I felt better while talking and discussing my life with her. I even asked her to come back the following day which she did. We talked again and this time around she was sharing some light on how I can deal with my issues.
I stayed in the apartment for three day all alone waiting for my brothers. I was bored most of the time but I had nothing to do. Worst part is I had no cent on me so I couldn’t go anywhere.
I was lying on the bed when someone knocked on the door. I went to open and found Xolani and Ndivhuwo standing at the door…they were with Rendani and Xolani was holding a baby…well I might have been angry at them but I immediately forgot all about that. This could only mean one thing…they did it.
Me:”noooo” i was shocked
Ndiv:” we did it” I looked at Rendani who angrily walked inside. I then took her hand before she can go far
Rendani:” just leave me alone Thembuluwo. You should be happy that Svig is finally dead” her eyes were red. I slapped her so hard across the face
Ndiv:” Thembuluwo!” they all walked in
Me:” don’t get involved Ndivhuwo please”
X:”ok i am gonna go that side with the baby”
Me:” I don’t understand where you get the liver to do what you did….like did you go around collecting other people’s livers so that you can pull this off? How do you even get off blaming us for Svig’s death huh? Blood is thicker than water but I guess you are too dumb to understand that. How did you cause us so much pain? Running off with our enemy knowing full well that he kidnapped my baby? I am pretty sure you know about him killing Xolani’s baby but you still ran off with him”
Ndiv:” you don’t even have the right to start crying about this…be thankful that you are a family”
Me:” this girl is plain stupid….to betray family in the name of lame excuse about love?”
X:” enough about her…don’t you want to see the baby? I turned around and looked at Xolani who had my son and my heart started beating faster. My son was really here. I went to him and took the baby
Me:”Mudau” I said kissing him
Me:” he is really here” I said smiling. Xolani and Ndivhuwo came to me and gave me a hug.
I spent the following hours bonding with my son. We were a happy family except for Rendani of course. Xolani and Ndivhuwo didn’t take a video but they told me about how they killed Svig…I was glad he was out of our lives. This only meant that we were now going to start over…no more drugs and Svig...we owned our own lives now. I looked at the baby and named him Nndwakhulu (Big Fight) my brothers asked why…I told them that we’ve all been fighting since we joined this gangster life but the fight that occurred now during the birth of my son was the biggest of them all and somehow this boy made it out alive…they all smiled and said they loved the name.
Rendani asked for forgiveness. She also told us why she left with Svig. She said that she was afraid that if he left alone with the baby then would kill him, after hearing what happened to Onndwela she knew he was capable of doing such so she wanted to protect the baby. She said that he wanted to kill him but she begged him not to…she told him that they can raise him as their own and that there was no need for him to die…he saved the baby for her…if she didn’t leave with him then he was going to kill him. We felt bad for everything we said about her. We asked why she didn’t tell us this all along but she said that she was still feeling bad about everything and as much as Svig was ruthless…she loved him. Well at least we knew that our sister didn’t betray us.
The following day we went back to George where Bonota got to meet her son. Damn she was so happy she even cried. I told her that I was naming our son Nndwakhulu…I also told her what it meant…she laughed and said she was thinking of calling him Marshal…well why not give him both names then? Nndwakhulu Marshal Mudau…it had a nice ring to it right?
After a week we all went back home in Venda. Everyone was super excited for us to be there. Bonita also went home with us all. We just wanted the baby to meet the whole family. After staying in Venda for few days Bonita went back to George. We were officially enemyless…I couldn’t even remember how that felt like
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Three months later
Everything was still fine. Life itself was still perfect. We had no worries. We were a one big happy family. Ndivhuwo even had his daughter back home. He made some deal with the baby momma to let him keep the girl. Everyone was happy. We were just a full house. Zoleka was in Venda with us too and she was pregnant…yeyyy my brother was finally going to have a baby, we were going to make sure that we don’t lose this one. I was doing a lot of partying with my brothers…yep we were going out a lot, it was usually me and Ndiv, Xolani was usually not allowed to go out by his woman. Rendani was back in Cape Town…yep she still had school so she had to leave. She was still pregnant and it was now showing.
I tried to hook up with few girls but hey it just was not working out…I tried sleeping with them to get my mind off things but I couldn’t sleep with them…it was hard so I gave up. I was still thinking about Tshililo a lot. I even hooked up with Sharon and apologised for everything I had done to her in the past. She forgave me and it turned out that she was now dating Luvhengo…yep the one and only Tshililo’s ex. I tried to warn her but she didn’t listen to me until he beat her up to a pulp and she came running back to me. Well I obviously dealt with Luvhengo and made sure that Sharon was fine. I didn’t want more from her…I just wanted her to be fine…be a good guy for a change. And oww I bought another Aston Martin…yep I loved that car so I bought another one.
I was chilling with my brothers having breakfast outside…the whole family was in the house when I received a phonecall from Rendani.
Rendi:” Thembuluwo something is up, someone is following me…more like he is trying to scare me or something like that but someone is stalking me” she sounded scared
Me:” Rendani my sister what are you talking about?”
Rendani:”there is this guy who is following me around, more like he is watching me. did you put someone to follow me around for protection? I am confused because I thought we were done with the whole gangster stuff” I was confused and scared for her…we didn’t send anyone
Me:” no we didn’t send anyone…just hold on…uhm Ndivhuwo did you hire anyone to check on Rendi?”
Ndiv:” why would I do that? it’s not like we still have enemies”
Me:”Rendani I am sure you are overreacting…please stay safe, let me talk to our brothers” I dropped the call
X:” and now?”
Me:” she said someone is following her” I was looking at them
Ndiv:’ what?”
Me:” yeah she said someone is following her and she was really scared”
X:”just when we thought we were done with this s***”
Ndiv:” we are done…I think that for someone who’s been through so much she is just being sensitive…I mean why would someone follow her?”
Me:” maybe you are right….let me call her”
I took out my phone and called her immediately
Rendi:”hello” she was breathing hard as if she was running
Me:” ehh Rendani tell me exactly what’s really happening?”
Rendani:” I don’t now Thembuluwo” owk now I was convinced that she was running
Me:’ Rendani what’s wrong?” I stood up
Rendani:” he is running after me Thembu…I will call you b-“ and she dropped the call
X:” what’s wrong?”
Me:” she was running and she said that someone was following her…dammit” I started panicking…what if something happens to her…Ndivhuwo stood up
Ndiv:” and i thought this whole s*** was dead to us”
X:” I thought so too”
Me:” i think we need to leave for Cape Town now....Xolani can you please book us a flight online? Hopefully we will get the one for today”
X:”i can’t believe this is happening again, i promised Zoleka that it was never going to happen, and now i have to tell her that i am going back to Western Cape, i can’t lie to her”
Me:” yahh lying to your woman is a no no but you can stay and not go anywhere, you don’t necessarily have to come, Ndivhuwo and I will handle it…right Ndiv?”
Ndiv:” yeah we’re cool…you can’t upset your wife over this”
So Xolani booked a flight for us…it was leaving at around 6pm…at least we would get to Cape Town somewhere around 8. It was better than not showing up at all. we went to our parents and informed them that we had to leave for Cape Town…they were not happy and they didn’t even want us to go but we told them we had to…we were grown-ups so they couldn’t really stop us. We didn’t tell them what was really going on because we didn’t want to worry them.
Ndivhuwo and I left right away for OR Tambo. We got there and waited for the flight to board and when the time came we flew to Cape Town. Xolani also hired a car for us online. We didn’t waste any time. We got in the car and drove off to the University of Cape Town. we called her while on our way but she didn’t pick up. we also called her when we got to the main entrance of the University but she still didn’t pick up. Worst part is that we didn’t even know which res she was staying in. Ndivhuwo went to the security guys and explained to them that we wanted to get in and that our sister was a student there…it was already late and they didn’t allow us in. We let them be simply because we didn’t want to make a scene unless it was required. We were not even sure if Rendi was in danger or if maybe she just fell asleep. We went to the car and just stood there. I called Onndwela trying to get her to tell us anything about Rendi…she told me to f*** off and to never call her again…she blamed us for losing the baby and she hadn’t talked to use since then. Well, Ndivhuwo suggested that we keep calm for now and wait for her call and just hope that nothing bad had happened to her.
We sat there for a very long time and she didn’t call. we kept calling her but she was still not picking up
Me:”ndivhuwo something must have happened, she can’t just let it ring, she wouldn’t do that”
Ndivhuwo:”I know Thembuluwo lets juts wait a bit okay? The person who took her is obviously not stupid and that person obviously waited for us to get here meaning that he is waiting for us to do something stupid and then attach us ok? so let’s just chill for a minute. Right now I need to think, I need to strategize…things like this need a bit of strategizing or otherwise we won’t be able to save her or ourselves from this lunatic so let me think” he said that and got out of the car and stood outside with his hands on his pockets. I don’t know if I was ever going to get used to having Ndivhuwo around me. I mean that nigga was weird like hell, I mean he was now just standing outside starring into nothing, probably doing some crazy calculations in his head, no wonder he never failed because he thought things through all the time…unlike some of us. He came back to the car after some time.
Ndiv:” try her again” I tried again but it ringed to voicemail.
Me:” she is still not picking up” I was now seriously panicking
Ndiv:’they took her...the worst part is we don’t even know who we are dealing with, we have no idea who we are fighting Thembu” he looked scared….the thought that Ndivhuwo was scared was really disturbing, I mean he didn’t usually get scared that easily and if he was scared then this was more serious than I thought
Me:” you look scared”
Ndiv:”nah it’s not that, it’s just that after the time I had spent at home with my daughter and the whole family I was really trying to forget about this life Thembu, I didn’t want to live it anymore but at this point my hands are tied and I will have to do anything to get our sister back. I am being put at the corner here and when that happens people die in a very bad way…I didn’t want to kill anymore people but I guess I have no choice”
Me:”ow”
Ndiv:”and I know just how much I enjoy this life and doing this again might be bad for me” I was now confused…I didn’t understand what he meant
Me:” what are you on about?”
Ndiv:”it’s like a drug, being a gangster can really become part of you in a way that when you hear the sound of a gunshot it gives you the happiness you can’t even explain, the sound of cars as we you speed on the road being chased or chasing someone can be so refreshing, the smell of blood can bring such satisfaction in your spirit…seeing your enemy begging you for mercy can be something that you look forward to every time you start a new fight……it’s like a drug and its addictive….i was addicted like that….i used to enjoy it like that, strategizing was the only thing I used to look forward to and getting down on the ground was the thing I loved most. But being home gave me a different kind of life, the life I never thought I needed and now…..if I do this now….i am afraid I am gonna get consumed and I won’t want to back down, what if I become that monster again? What if I never stop killing? What if I start going back to my house and start watching those footage and plan on how to bring down certain people? It’s a drug and doing this might mean that I might never have a chance to go back to this person I have become” what? uhm ok this scared me. I never thought his love for this life ran this deep
Me:”uhm eish…maybe you should lay low and I will see how to deal with all this” he looked at me and smiled
Ndiv:”ahg dude really? don’t worry about it…if I enjoy it so much so that I wanna do it permanently again then I will go back, it’s not like I’ll come home and massacre the whole family”
Me:” nah I won’t let you, you won’t go back to that person Ndiv. What we shared as a family during these three months is stronger than the edge to kill or to have power. I think you were so consumed because it was the only thing that you and Roli considered life…you had nothing else but now you have more…you don’t have to do it anymore, you have a reason not to do it, in the past you didn’t have one”
Ndiv:”thanks bro, try calling her again and if she don’t pick up then I will have to do what I do best” I took my phone and try calling her again…she picked up and she sounded fine. i asked if she was okay and she said she was fine. she asked where we were and i told her, she told me that she was coming. I didn’t want to endanger her but she told me that it was safe.
We waited for a while and then she got to us. We got out of the car and hugged her. After the hug she looked at us
Me:” so?”
Rendani:” where can I start?” she had her hands on top of her head
Ndiv:” from the beginning”
Rendi:”well someone was really following me and all he wanted was to talk to me. He was the messenger and was sent by…uhm I think by Svig’s father”
Ndiv:”huh?”
Me:” what? nooo ways the man is long dead, Svig told us himself…he said he died when he was 14 or 15 I don’t really remember but that’s why he became the gangster because he had to avenge his father’s death”
Rendi:” but I was with him and he kept on saying that my baby was his grandchild Thembu….what if the story about his father was just that…a story. What if a big fight broke out and the old man ran and faked his death in order to protect himself huh? What if he was the man behind everything that Svig owned? What if his father is the big boss that he’s been talking about? I spent an hour or so with that man and he sure looked and sound like Svig” Ndivhuwo and I just looked at each other
Rendani:”he had someone following me around”
Me:” so you actually talked to him?” she nodded
Ndiv:” tell us everything he said to you” she looked at us and breathed
Rendi:” after talking to you I locked the door and stayed in my room…I don’t know how he got in but he managed to open the door and entered…I was so scared, I thought he was gonna kill me. I mean the door was locked but somehow he managed to open. He then told me not to be afraid because he only wanted to speak to me about his grandchild. I just looked at him because I was still scared. He told me that he takes family very serious and that he had people following me in order to ensure my safety….he said that after what happened to Svig he was afraid that something might happen to me or the baby when the people learn about my pregnancy” Ndivhuwo and I just looked at each other without saying a word
Rendani:”so he promised to keep me safe and he told me that after giving birth I will have to choose to either stay with him and his family or give him my child and leave because he is not going to be separated from his grandchild because the child has to take over the family’s business”
Me:” that’s totally insane, it’s not going to happen”
Ndiv:”so you are positive that it was Svig’s father?”
Rendi:”it looks that way to me guys and he also asked me if I knew the people who defeated Svig...i don’t think he knows that you guys are my brothers and he is out there looking for you…he said he will do anything to find the people who killed his son”
Ndiv:”so he is hunting us?”
Rendi:”yah but he doesn’t know that it’s you so let’s hope it stays that way because that man is super scary believe me. …if you ever thought that Svig was scary then you have not seen scary…I found myself shaking in fear the whole time when he was talking”
Ndiv:” what happened after all that?”
Rendi:” he told me that if I ever need anything or if I feel that my life might be in danger then I should contact him”
Me:” he won’t take your child and we are not afraid of that old man”
Rendani:”Thembuluwo…Ndivhuwo please I know that you are good at this but this is not Svig…with Svig you knew who you were dealing with but we know nothing about this man so please don’t start a fight…all that he want for now is to keep me safe”
Ndiv:”ok I guess we lay low for now…I have to find out more about this guy though”
Rendani:”oww thank you, I thought you were not going to agree with me” we chilled a bit and then said goodbye to her and then went to book a room and slept.
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The following morning I decided to call Ele…yep the girl who was my shrink. I asked her out for some lunch but she refused saying that it was against the law for her to see her patients privately. Well I liked her, she was pretty and I kinda wanted to try and date again. Maybe I could be happy again. After she refused going out with me I booked a flight for that afternoon and I left Ndivhuwo getting ready to drive to George and went to PE where she was working.
I got there and hired a car and then drove to her work. I got there and asked to see her. I was asked to make an appointment but I said my visit was personal…still I was not allowed to see her. I waited at the waiting area until she walked out of her office. She was shocked to see me. we walked out to speak in private. I asked her out for lunch in person this time around but she still said no. wow I was disappointed, I never thought she’d still turn me down. I was about to leave when she told me that she was having a busy day and that we could have dinner at her place that night…she also said that she’ll cook….yeyyy she told me that she’ll sms her address.
That evening i went to her place as planned. She cooked a nice dinner and the setup was also nice. The girl wasn’t only a shrink but she was also a good cook. After eating I helped her with the dishes while we talked. She even told me about not having a boyfriend…which made me even more excited. We shared a kiss during the evening…it was a long passionate kiss but she stopped it. Yep she did. She said that she knew things about me that most people don’t and that my life scared the s*** out of her. She told me that she didn’t want to be part of it and that she just got off the relationship so she wasn’t thinking straight. I liked the girl and I wanted her as mine but I got to give her some space. After this dinner I was convinced that I really wanted her. She was a bit older than me though but not too old. After sometime I said goodbye to her and had to leave. We agreed on having lunch tomorrow though.
I was out at the parking when I realised that I didn’t want to leave her. I walked back to the house and she told me that if I wanted sex then I should just forget. I told her that all I wanted was her company. So we watched movies while she told me about herself…She knew everything about me already. So we spent the night on a sofa and nothing happened…yep no sex happened. As much as she didn’t want sex, I was also still trying to forget my wife…I couldn’t disrespect her by sleeping with another woman…not when I was still think about her this much.
The following morning we said proper goodbye and she went to work while I flew back to George. When I got to George I decided to go check on Bee before going back to the house. I tried calling Bee’s phone while on my way but she didn’t pick up. I realised that I had tried calling her a couple of times but she still didn’t pick up. I started panicking immediately. I got to her house and was shocked when I found some old car out on the driveway. It was a very old car and it sure as hell didn’t belong to Bee. I was about to reach for the door lock when the door opened and an old man that looked exactly like Svig walked out. He looked at me and then walked to his car without saying a word. He got inside the car and drove off. he left me standing there shaking in fear…his description fit the one that Rendani gave us. I’d never seen someone so scary.
I walked into the house and found Bonita on the couch
Me:” Bonita who the hell was that?”
Bee:” what the f*** are you doing here? We don’t have an appointment do we?”
Me:” ok Bee you are my son’s mom so i don’t really need an appointment...so answer my question...what are you doing with that man Bonita?” she ignored me and went to take our son who was sleeping on the other sofa
Me:” my boy” I smiled looking at the baby
Bee:” you can’t just show up like this Thembu” she gave me my boy and I took him and kissed him
Me:” your cellphone is off...do you like to tell me what’s up with that?”
Bee:” i don’t have a cellphone anymore”
Me:” what? Why is that? Bonita i am sure you can afford to buy a cellphone so what happened to your old one? I was worried thinking that maybe something happened to my boy”
Bee:” i just don’t have it anymore and i don’t think i need to explain myself to you” she was walking away and I took her hand
Bee:” the hell?” she removed her hand from my grip
Me:” ok i know we don’t have any relationship Bee but we are parents to this boy and we need to get along at some point just for him ok?”
Bee:” so what do you want me to say?”
Me:” you seem jumpy…what is wrong? Are you in any danger? If so Bee then you better tell me about it because i will be damned if anything happens to my son” she sat on the sofa and looked at me…I sat on the one opposite hers
Me:” Bonita you seem scared...what is going on?” ok something was going on…this was not the usual Bonita
Bee:” i want to leave the country and i don’t have a cellphone because i don’t want to be found...i am sorry Thembu but i need to do this” I stood up and looked at her
Me:” what are you saying? Bonita are you listening to yourself? That’s my son you are running away with and you didn’t even think to consult me?”
Bonita:” Thembu i wouldn’t just run ok? It’s for his own safety...i can’t risk anyone knowing about where i am going, not even you...no one even have to know that i am going away” she stood up looking all confused
Me:” this is my son too so i am sure you can trust me...i will never do anything to hurt my son you know that...tell me what’s going on or i will stop you Bee, i will call my brother and his army and we will make sure that you don’t leave the country” she looked at me and shook her head while giving me a fake smile
Bee:” oww really now? Ok the man that just drove out of here….” I looked at her with my eyes wide open
Bee:” he is Svig’s dad” she said that and I felt tired....so it was confirmed...daddy was back to the living
Me:” so ?”
Bee:” are you dumb? You killed his son ok? Not just that but you killed the whole crew...everyone and everything they owned died...their operations came to a standstill and now the old man came back for a very sweet and bitter revenge....that man is evil...his face says it all” I started swallowing saliva
Me:” uhm so all this time you knew he was alive?”
Bee:” no i didn’t, i just knew that there was someone else up there who was calling the shorts but i had no idea that it was his father. The things he was saying here Thembu? He had visited me a couple of times and believe me that man wants revenge and i am afraid that he might know that i was involved with the people who brought his son down because i know he will kill me”
Me:” so he knows nothing?” she shook her head
Bee:” nothing, i told him i was pregnant when everything was going down so i was not part of it but i am afraid that maybe one of the wives might know something about you guys switching teams and all that...i mean Jay’s wife is still around, Stick’s wife too and everybody’s so if those women breathe so much of a word about you guys....he will kill us all so i want to save my son, he can’t find out that i am associated with you in any way...he will think i betrayed his son” she was really scared
Me:” i understand what you are saying Bonita but you can go to Venda, i am sure he can’t find you there” she looked at me and laughed
Bee:” are you serious now? That man is a damn gangster boss who pretended to be dead for more than a decade...do you think that he would fail to track us in Venda? I need to run Thembu, leave the country and don’t stay in contact with anyone”
Me:” Bee please don’t leave yet, let me talk to my brother and then we will come up with a plan to keep you safe please” she just looked at me
Me:” Please Bee, i am gonna leave now to talk to him”
Bee:” ok” she didn’t look like she wanted to do what I was saying
Me:” ok thanks, i will do my best please Bee don’t do anything stupid...i will get back to you in less than an hour”
Bee:’ ok”
I quickly drove to the house…. I got there and told Ndivhuwo what I gathered from Bee. He said that we had to strike before the old man could find out anything about us…we had to hit him unexpectedly. So the first step was to get Bee out of the country as well as finding more info about the man and once we have info about him then we can attack. Ndiv and I drove to Bee’s place. Ndivhuwo wanted to organise for her to leave the country immediately. We got there and Bee asked us to park our car in her double garage just in case the man decide to come back because she didn’t want him to be suspicious.
Bee:” you have a plan?” we were all in her living room
Ndiv:”yeah we do…I will get you out of here within an hour and you are leaving the country to a place that only me and my brother know about….you’ll have new identity and new everything”
Bee:” so I won’t be traceable?”
Ndiv:”I am a pro Bee, you won’t have to go to the airport…you’ll use a private plane obviously”
Bee:” so I won’t be able to be tracked?”
Ndiv:”nahhh there won’t be any cctv footage of you in any airport”
Bee:” ok, can we go already? What are we still waiting for?”
Me:” pack few important things for the baby, you’ll sort yourself out when you get to the location” she was about to go pack when we heard a car outside. We both just looked at each other. she went to the window to check
Bee:” its him” she said that and swallowed. Me and Ndivhuwo took out guns immediately…I even forgot about the baby I had on my arm
Bee:” what the f*** is that? Are you kidding me? Just go hide somewhere…..give me the baby” she was whispering looking at me because I was holding our baby
Ndiv:”but B…”
Bee:” just go hide ok? I am sure he just wanna talk” I rolled my eyes because that was obviously not true
Me:” that man was here less than an hour ago and you think he is back here just to talk?”
Bee:” I said go?” she gave us her bossy look. i gave her the baby and walked to the bedroom with Ndivhuwo.
The man knocked and Bonita went to open
Bee:” come in”
“hey Bee, I am back again” his voice said it all people…this was some serious thug…like it was clear that the poor voice has had it…it was extremely hoarse
Bee:” is there a problem? I mean you were here few minutes ago”
“I think there is a problem”
Bee:”ow?”
Man:” so you are sure that you know nothing about the people responsible for my son’s death? “
Bee:” positive”
Man:” I am asking because he was only killed after the whole escapade was over and I am just wondering why the same people didn’t come after you too? I mean you already had a child and they knew where you stayed but yet they are letting you live…did you sell them out?”
Bee:” what? I honestly don’t know what’s happening here ok? I mean after I fell pregnant I was not on the game for few months just like how I told you and maybe that’s why I am still alive, I’ve told you that before”
Man:” I know you have but I just wanna make sure so that when I find out that you are crossing me then I’ll kill you knowing that it’s what my son would have wanted me to do”
Bee:” ok I understand but I promise you, I have nothing to do with it”
Man:” so you keep saying, I will see you around….i am this close to finding out the truth”
Bee:” that’s what we both want….the truth” after few seconds we heard his car leaving. After that Bee ran to us”
Bee: ”you need to get me out of here now” she was shaking
Me:” let’s do this Ndivhuwo” Bee quickly packed a smaller nyana bag for the baby and then we walked out of the house
Bee:” I texted my sister, she will be waiting for us at the main street” she was sitting at the backseat.
Me:” what are you on about?” Ndivhuwo started the car
Bee:” she is leaving with the baby, you didn’t think that I’d just run away and let this man kill you right?
Ndiv:”I appreciate your boldness Bee but this is not the time for some sick game…if that old man find out that you were trying to run then he will kill you and this baby without even blinking so stop the madness”
Bee:” it’s not the madness, I do guns, I jump fences, I race cars….that’s what I do for a living and I aint gonna let some old man take my life away from me….i am a mom yes and that only means that I get to protect my son and I can’t do that with him here because I will always be worried about his safety”
Me:” I hear what you are saying, I do but…”
Bee:” but nothing, my sister will make sure that the baby is safe and I will be left here with you guys figuring out a way to bring the old man down…..i want my son to grow up knowing his dad V Boy, I can’t let you get killed, I just can’t”
Me:” you won’t take no for an answer will you?”
Bee:” of course not”
So we picked up Bee’s sister and then went to where they were gona be picked up. I bid my son farewell and hope to see him soon. I wanted this whole thing to be over so that my son could be safe. After Bee’s sister had left we drove back. I received a call from Ele while we were on our way back…apparently she’d been trying to call me for a while and I was not picking up, I guess I was still worried about my baby. Well, she said she just wanted to thank me for coming over to PE and for being a great company last night…well I was glad that I made her happy.
We were still driving back to the house when Bee asked
Bee:” what’s the next step? The old man can’t know where I am right now” Ndivhuwo and I looked at each other, there was only one place we could go with her
Ndiv:”let’s go to Venda…that’s our next step” she looked at us with her eyes wide open
Me:” you don’t wanna be found right? We’ll only be there for few days while gathering more info about him”
Bee:” let’s leave already”
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