"You are stubborn Maya I told you not to look back now. Look all of them are looking at us; I think they were talking about us like we're talking about them.""Sorry, mother I didn't know that we were talking about, with people you know curiosity always leads them, I included.""I will beat you now, do you think you have a hot mother like me. How can I mother a stubborn child like you? I can't mother a stubborn child because I'm not stubborn."We both laughed at that statement I was not sure why Mr. Jere was there.I think I watched too many movies but the last time I watched the movie was when I was at college so why would I think that he was stalking me? What do stalker tendencies look like and does it happens in movies only? By the way, he said he loved movies maybe he was stalking me how did he know that I was there? "Please do not look at again do not embarrass me. Two are coming toward us; if you look this time around I'm going to kill you."I laughed at her serious face
“You know I felt so hurt when we were at the border and those little girls were busy selling instead of going to school, so I know what I want to do when I get back home. I want to start an organisation for the orphans. I know people have different purposes. I think this is my purpose whenever I go to court and there are some kids involved in some disputes or there are kids that are selling outside or that are not going to school I feel like our country is failing us so I want to start an orphanage.”I do not want to lie I had tears in my eyes. Sometimes we feel like people's purpose is supposed to be attached to the family. People’s purposes are not supposed to be aligned with what society thinks. My sister was thinking out of the box, I had never thought of orphans in my life because I had everything going on growing up, so it was selfish of me and it was selfless of her I envied her. The envy was in a good way it was coming from a good place because I felt like my sister had a hear
It was good to be back at work because the second contract was on its way and I was ready to be keeping myself busy.There was something offish about Alfredo. I don’t even know if I using the correct word but that was better describing her attitude. I didn't want to put it into my mind and heart because I didn't know her so I didn't want to judge her but Samantha was her old self she wanted to hear all the details about the trip. She was even asking for photos so that she can post I laughed at her and left at that."When I'm looking at you and these handsome men I want your life, can I please go to Mozambique and meet such beautiful creatures?""I will go with you next time, do not worry and you will enjoy this. At least I have their contact so if you want a boyfriend don't worry I will hook you up."She seemed so excited she was even sharing the pictures on her status I laughed at her because I didn't want to stop her. She was so excited she even shouted for Mr. Manager to come and v
"Excuse me, what did you just say please say it again I didn't hear you clearly."That was a total lie I had heard her clearly and then I just wanted her to repeat so that I can breathe and gather my thoughts to answer her."I'm saying who do you think you are? You come here you, find everything intact but you change people and you change how things have been done before.""Listen, Alfred please do not test me, I .....""My name is Alfredo, not Alfred.""It doesn't matter to me I don't care what your name is, it might as well be afraid. I am doing what I am paid to do here. I do not know what you are talking about, what do you want specifically from me? So that at least I can answer you clearly what do you say you want from me?"I didn't want to be rude I was not a rude person but something inside me was eating me alive I was boiling I could even smell the heat emanating from my intestines coming out to boil her too.She hesitated before answering me."Samantha is my friend, and we ha
Samantha started coughing I stopped looking at Alfredo and looked at the coughing Samantha."What is going on Samantha please breathe, please breathe."I didn't even want to put two and two together. All I knew was something was amiss. I just went to the manager's office."Chisomo, please come and help us around, something is wrong with Samantha, please help me. I want to take her to the hospital, I think Alfredo did something to the tea that was meant for me. Come quickly, please stop what you doing we do not have time."I didn't even want to put a full stop to my sentences. I just wanted him to help me I look at him and I thought he was being slow for me I pushed him crying but he was shocked to see tears that were gushing out without stopping."What is going on Mayamiko, please breathe?""I do not have time to breathe why are you telling me to breathe just run and come after me. We cannot wait for help we need to rush, please come with me if you can drive I will be happy."When I g
"Officers, how may I help you."To say I was shaken would be an understatement. I have never seen the police in my house in my life. Worse, I was renting, so I was wondering how my landlord was going to feel about that. What did they want?"Are you Mayamiko Nyirenda?""Yes, officer, that is me."The other officers looked at me with so much hate, I was wondering what was going on I was shaking in my boots."Madam Nyirenda, you are under arrest for the assault of Miss Alfredo who laid the charges. I would like to take you to the police station so that we get your statement you have the right to remain silent......."I didn't hear the rest it was like I was in the movie. I had seen that happening in movies I didn't think that it was going to happen to me worse in Africa. I thought in Africa they just take you and throw you into jail they didn't read your rights for you. What have I done to this girl for her to hate me so much she's the one who wanted to poison me and then she went ahead
"I am coming from a broken relationship, a broken marriage; I don't think I am ready for any relationship right now."I was being honest because I knew I would not be ready for any relationship soon. I was so emotional, I was traumatized because of Alfredo, my mind, my feelings and my state of being were in different places at the same time."Okay, I have an idea let us not call it a relationship or give it a name."I looked at him confused and he was serious he smiled. His smile always made me feel some things in my stomach; I wondered why he didn't smile often because I was going to be a cheerful person."I do not know what you're going to say but I'm listening, please enlighten me.""Let us just go with the flow and call it our ‘Stolen Moments’, on these stolen moments we should get to know each other even if it's not deep just the little things you want to throw in the conversation so that I know you. We will get there, I mean to the bigger things later on. I'm open to telling you
"Come on, you just scared me to death what type of brother are you how did you get inside my house, anyway?"My brother just laughed at me, dangling the keys in my face."I knew you were going to follow in your father and mother's footsteps of leaving the keys under the pot flower. These old habits never die, they are passed from generation to generation. I already have a clue that your kids are going to be leaving the keys under the mat as well. Even your grandkids are going to do that and are going to pass it on to their grandkids, come on it's an old habit that is in our family it will never die. So what's up?"My brother spoke too casually as if he didn't just scared me to death I was shaking I even almost peed on my pants.I was so angry that I even hit him playfully on his head."Please do not do that you know Samantha is in the hospital and you almost sent me to the same hospital by your scare tactics.""Sorry I wasn't trying to scare you, I wanted to talk to you and you