Chapter 59

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.