The Love Potion

Seipati was sitting in the balcony watching the great picturesque view of the mountains that engulfed  the Caledon river. She constantly glanced at the beautiful golden sunset that adorned the horizon while sipping from the cup of coffee she was holding and was paging a magazine that was on the garden table. She could not help herself but smile as she was reminiscencing the past events in her marriage. She was now living in the subarban area of Maseru, a capital city of Lesotho. Her house was on the outskirt of the town facing the river bank of the Caledon river that runs from the mountains giving the  town that refreshing feeling especially in the mornings. She sighed with a feeling of contentment and appreciation of her achievements so far. Eversince her marriage survived the state of being in shambles, she never looked back but made sure everything remain intact. She was enjoying every moment of her new life. Her husband was

Ntate Mogoadi arrived at Seipati's just in time when the dinner was ready. The meal was scrumptious and the dessert was to die for. She prepared a three course meal. For the main course, she prepared the roasted leg of lamb and roasted vegetables accompanied by a delicious Thai sauce and few salads, all served on a bed of basmati rice. For the dessert she made a sticky toffee pudding accompanied by a dollop of ice cream. Before all these they had a spicy butternut soup for starters. They washed down with homemade ginger as it was her mother-in-law's favourite. And it happened that Ntate Mogoadi loved it as well. "So, they have something in common", Seipati thought to herself. She introduced them to each other. Her husband did not have a clue of what Seipati was about to do. It was her secret. Even her mother-in-law was clueless. She and Ntate Mogoadi got along though. Their  conversation took them back to when they were kids. It happened that they were once in the same primary

Meeting Thabo for the first time after those years, gave Mirriam goose bumps. She felt a little bit of awkwardness like a little girl going on a first date. "Thabo", she said with a low voice. "Mirram, is this you, oh!My word, Thabo said with same excited voice. They hold hands for a while until Ntate Mogoadi interrupted. "Yeah!It was a long time since we were at school. Look now some of us have families", he said looking at Seipati and her husband. He knew exactly how his friend felt about Mirriam. Her name would just pop up in their conversations all those years they met as adult friends. Now there he was, standing in front of her. The memories of the past flooded in. Thabo took one stride and grabbed the chair he was sitting on and put it next to Mirriam. He sat and looked at her with a big smile. Ntate Mogoadi asked Seipati and her husband to come Inside one of his huts to get something to drink. "Let's leave these two my children and get something to drink", he said leading the