Dion did not bother calling the two boys back. His mission was to leave them there and he left them. He did not want them back. Little did he know that he would find himself driving all over the town with Felicia looking for them. Felicia wanted to find the kids so badly, so she drove and he sat on the front seat with her. “If they go far, we might never find them again! Damnit, Dion! Why did you have to go and mess it all up?”
Felicia wanted to get through to him, “Do you really feel no sympathy for others at all? Do you ever consider that someday, fortune might turn against you? You might find yourself in need and at the commoner’s mercy?”
It was miraculous that they found them. They found them walking down the street. Dave was on his feet. He held onto Vincent. He pushed himself through his pain. Felicia quickly got them into the car. “Never ever leave this man!” she cried at them. “He’s a very stubborn man. Avoi
The doctor had removed the bandage from Dion’s eyes. He had asked if Dion could see anything… Dion was still yet to answer…All Dion did was weep, biting his lips closed. That was an answer enough for everyone in the room to conclude that the man had turned blind.Felicia immediately passed out. By the time she woke up, she found herself in Natasha’s house.“I turned the only son of Bowman Hill blind.” Felicia was suffering from shock. “He will destroy me. Bowman will be coming for me as soon as he finds out.” Suddenly, “Oh no! The kids!”“They were brought back by the transport.” Natasha reassured her, “They asked that the driver drop them here. They wanted to see you, but you were asleep, so I drove them to your house. Dion wouldn’t let me in. He chucked me out. He had told me to go away with you.”“He’s angry.”“Very angry.
A young lady walked into the store—Felicia’s beauty salon. She dressed carelessly. Her big sized brown shirt dangled over her pants that went down to reach above her ankles. She had sandals on and her feet powdered in dust from her endless walks. Her black pants were torn on the knees. She introduced herself.Felicia fumbled on the CVs and the list of names on a paper. She could not find the girl’s name on any of the printed papers. “I just saw the advert on the poster down the street.”“Well, I’m sorry, but the people I expect to see are these here on the CVs.”The girl knew that she was being sent away. For a very short while she stood, wondering what to do. She wondered if she should beg the woman for a job or to maintain her dignity and walk away. She turned and started walking away.Soon, after a clear view of her life flash in her eyes she quickly turned back, “I’m hungry!” the girl c
Felicia popped in the next morning. The boys had already left for school. She let herself in the house, she had her own spare key. Mpumi tried holding the struggling man through the furniture in the siting room, “Get your filthy hands off me! I am blind, not crippled!” he cried and she quickly let go.Felicia finally found them in the sitting room. It was from Dion voice that she found them. “Dion,” Felicia went to him. She tried kissing him but he pushed her off. “Ow, well. How are you, Dion?” she sat down next to him.-**So, I’m standing here, and what? She can’t see me? She won’t bother even greeting me, or sparing that one minute of silence so that I can greet, perhaps. Today, I’m clean and I smell nice, shouldn’t I be less disgusting to her now? I’ll give you privacy. Horrible people. You deserve each other, anyway. Ow, but why am I turning against her? She did nothing wrong to me. He did! He&
Felicia had been telling Mpumi that Dion’s family had abandoned him because he was not easy to deal with. Mpumi had received a salary of two months in advance and she found out that Felicia was leaving. Felicia only returned to drop off the grocery and pay the house-help, now she was leaving—“Felicia?” cried Dion. He must have known that she was around. She had tried to keep her noise down as she did not want him to know that she was there. Felicia made a decision; she was tiptoeing out of that house. She left without seeing Dion.Mpumi was only left puzzled. Her senses alerted her that Felicia would never be coming. In that moment she had abandoned the family. Now, Mpumi had no idea what to do next…-**How did I get myself into this situation? I must go…? **-She started hurrying, she was headed to her room to go pack her bags. She did not know what to do for the blind man, nor did she want eternal responsi
Dion had made his feelings known about the girl’s economic status and Mpumi did not like it. “Never ever sit where I sit. Your mother can’t afford this couch, so why sit on it?”She had a few words to say but she wouldn’t dare say them out loud.-**You don’t talk about my mother like that. You don’t know her. She could be a queen to some land. She could be a president in some country and probably, has much more money than you. Who am I kidding, that’s impossible…? But he doesn’t know that. He shouldn’t say things like that. Who says things like that? Ow, I forgot, madmen do. **-“You’re still here.”Just like that, the girl got off. She tramped out of the room. It was now that Dion paid attention to the stinging pain. It was moist and he concluded that the cut was bleeding. He did not do much. He knew that he needed some plasters, but then he disliked the girl. She was th
Vincent found his little brother in the living room, drawing a picture. “Dave,” he sat down with him. He took the drawing from the table and held it in his hands. “This is nice. What am I seeing here?”“You don’t know what you’re seeing and yet, you say it’s nice…?”Vincent laughed, “No, see it. I just want to hear it from your own words. Come on, tell me.”“That’s you.”“Ow?”“And you’re holding my hand. This is dad—”“Dad: you mean Dion?”“Yes, and that is Felicia.”“Dave, Felicia’s not… Felicia has left.”Dave naively answered, “Yes, for work. She’s coming back.”“Mpumi told me that she came, and she left again.”“That means she’ll come again,” the little boy was denying reality and V
Dion thought that Mpumi was in her room. The children were at school. Now, he could go into the kitchen and prepare himself something to eat. Dion was still getting used to his life as a blind man. He patted every piece of furniture in the room until he finally found the fridge. He opened it.Mpumi was not in her room. She was in the kitchen the whole time. She watched Dion from the distance, quietly.-**What’s he looking for now? Ow, a cup. Won’t he just drink from the bottle? Hurry up, already. I want to see his reaction when he realises that’s cooking oil. Why did I put oil in the fridge though?**-The man sipped. He quickly spat into his handkerchief. “Is she stupid or what?”-**Hey, watch it!**-He put the bottle of oil aside. He went for a container he pulled out of the fridge. He opened it and sniffed, he realised it was meat. He had a gag reflex and he quickly put it away.-**Is that how vegetarians reac
Someday Mpumi was amazed to find Dion not fighting her off. He was calm that day. In fact, he was listening to her. He was trying to connect with her for the first time. “You’re always sitting down and thinking… and hurting,” she was on the couch with him. While he sat formally with his feet on the ground, she had hers crossed on the couch. She cuddled a pillow between her arms.She sat facing him and starring senselessly at his pretty face. He would’ve likely been uncomfortable if he could see her staring like that, but luckily, he didn’t. His eyes stared blankly into space as he mainly focused on her voice.“I once read somewhere that the darkest part of the night is when it’s almost dawn. I don’t really know your story, but I actually see hope in your situation. Look at me, I didn’t have a home when I got here. I slept on a train. I slept in public toilets. I slept outside. I got cold. I got attacked. I go