Soon, he went down to reach his lips against the woman’s nape. He brushed them onto her soft and warm skin. Finally, Mpumi brought her hand to his that held onto her chest. She let him drop her on the floor. He climbed onto her. He carefully unbuttoned her shirt. His lips kissed all over her neck and then soon started sucking on her nipples. She only moan and yearn for more.
He reached his hand down to undress her pants and that was when sense popped into Mpumi’s head. She realised what was to happen. She would not let it go on, she tried pushing him off, she failed. He was too heavy. “Dion, stop.”
Dion was already far too deep to heed her warning. He continued to pull her pants down—she would pull them back on. At this point Mpumi was getting mad at her weakness. She cursed her chest pains. She cursed her injuries. She cursed her bad memory that went away with her boxing skills. The only way out she knew was to scream, “Dion, please
Even in the next morning not one person set eyes on Mpumi since the previous day. Mpumi did not return home. The children continued questioning their dad if he knew why Mpumi did not return home.Dave managed to beg Dion into going to church with him. They were all dressed and prepared to leave the house. Dave was worried, “She won’t be at church,” he was complaining to Dion. “She said she would come. She said she would come!”“If she said she would come then she will come. Let’s get going already.”The pastor gave a good sermon that got Dion thinking, even Vincent and Dave. They all rumbled over the pastor’s words. Dion had many questions left in his mind. He wanted answers already. He knew that he was becoming curious about region again, but he remained in denial. He wanted to believe that he only wanted to expose the “lies” hence, he had every right to question every word. Another one of Dave&r
Mpumi finally pulled her eyes away from Dion after realising that he suspected her presence. She then shot her eyes across the room to Dave. She saw that he was happy. He was chatting with his teacher. A group of children Dave’s age and even younger ran past her, one or two shoving her off. She quickly caught balance and watched to see where they were rushing to, she saw them make a stop by Dave. They started pulling Dave with themselves. The teacher grabbed one of them. It was a little girl, she wiped the content flowing from her nostrils and gave her a kiss on the chick. She finally let the child go to join the rest of the flock.The teacher then got up and went up to Dion. She sat with him. Dion had a pair of sunglasses. He did not want people to know that he was blind. He played it well the entire day, not one person noticed that the father of Vincent and Dave was blind.Mpumi heard the teacher ask Dion, “Where’s their mother.”
“Can you look after my house?”, she was handing her a set of keys. “You should turn on the light at night and turn them off in the morning. And also, feed my dog. I’ve put his food in the lower cupboard on the right, the moment you walk in.Mpumi accepted the keys. “When do you think he’ll be here? Because, I have work, and I’m moving out.”“Oh, no. Please, my child. Stay a little longer, please. It’s not much you’ll be doing. You’re just turning on and off the lights and feeding the dog, that’s all.”The woman’s phone interrupted, she had to answer it, she quickly departed from Mpumi. She answered her phone while rushing to catch a taxi at the far away taxi rank. Mpumi did not seem happy about any of that. She knew would be stuck around that place a bit longer.Dion and the children returned home and did not find Mpumi. Dion said all he could to get them not to worr
Funani had found Mpumi in his mother’s house. She was about to leave when he invited her to have smoothie with him.Mpumi hesitated a while, but finally, she brought herself over. He handed her a glassful of the blended juice. She looked around and she saw cubes of apples, oranges and an egg shell. She realised that those where the ingredients. He slid her a plate with a cheese sandwich. He was having the same lunch. He reached to sit on the table (kitchen counter) so that he was higher than her. He had not much to say. She started eating like he was. She was beginning to feel comfortable and he saw that. That encouraged him to talk, “You can sit up here with me if you like.”“You helped me on that day of the heavy rain…” she said. “I didn’t treat you right around your friends.”“You really didn’t. They still laugh at me to this day. It’s no big deal anyway.”“I was mean.
The woman strolling in the corridors of big ITSU finally approached one of the doors in the corridor. She pushed it open. She was sure that she had found herself a quiet room to calm herself. She entered and found a man sitting at the big table. He had his palms covering his face. “Grace, please I said I want to be alone,” he said as soon as he knew there was someone that had entered. He thought that was his secretary.The woman neared the man. “Oh, no. It is not Grace.” She went behind him, “The day seems frustrating for some and superb for others.”“And I’m having the worst of it,” he moaned not lifting his head to see the woman.“No, so sad.” She put her hands on his shoulders, she pressed gently, that gave the man a sudden tickle. He startled, and finally turned to see the lady. “I’m only giving you a massage. Are you not comfortable?”“No, no. It’s just&he
Coco was the first to run towards. She wanted to know already. “Look!” she said bending to handle the pocking wires. “Sparkling.”“Get away from there!” Dion finally made it, and without realising it he stepped on the bare wires and the electric shock ran all over his body. Dave saw this. He was too scare to touch him, he started screaming, “Help! Someone, help!” he quickly ran to one of the houses that circled their shack. He budged in.MamaZee was still complaining about her electricity that instantly ran out, “Damn this thing! It finally cut out.” She was with her cousin whom had been staying there since forever. From the start of the week MamaZee had been complaining about how quick her power meter was running to out. She was suspecting that someone was tempering with her electricity, “There is no way it can be us. We always live on this much. You know, we’ve had to buy this damn electricity ma
Dion was hospitalized for the injuries he obtained after the electric shock he suffered. Vincent and Dave would be alone at home that night. They were heading home, while discussing their feelings along the way. They were very devasted at the accident. They tried conversing to figure things out.Dave had lost faith in Mpumi, “She said she would go to church with us. She doesn’t want us anymore. Don’t you think she put that cable there to hurt dad?”“Anyone could’ve gotten hurt.”“Then, it should’ve been me! She wanted to me dead, not daddy! Vincent, it all makes sense now!”“Dave, come on. Shut up.”“But, Vincent—”“Shut up! You know, I’d never let anyone hurt you. What are you saying about me? You mean I’m too weak to protect you? Come on, man.”Their journey continued to stretch through the busy crowds.…&h
It was finally the end of the day. Bowman was standing at Gladys’s door step. He would not go in, he was not staying, he told her. “Thanks again, for the cake.” “Don’t mention it.” An awkward silence. “Um,” Bowman asked, “do I have to say it again that you should come to the office to sign the contract on Monday? The manager will have it drafted and signed by then, and—” “Shh,” she held onto his lips, “I don’t want to talk business. What I want…” she was drawing more closer, “is…” she tried kissing him. He was hesitant for a while, and then he pulled back. “I… I don’t think this is professional.” “Professional?” she was not following. “I don’t mix business with pleasure. They go terribly wrong.” “I thought…” “I’m sorry I led you on. I did—I admit that, but I’m realising now that I won’t be able to go through with this. I won’t stop thinking of you. That, I know. You are a successful business woman, yourself, I’m sure you understand. There are always boundaries in a work enviro