It was a world-wide spread news that Dion was a now changed man. Even so, there were other people who doubted him. Karabo being one of them. Karabo was a long-term member of the GREEN organisation and she had been working side by side to Brenda—sourcing investors to buy seeds and fertilizers so that they could plant more trees around the city.They have had many doors shut in their faces and even escorted out of buildings by security guards. They’ve had the most wealth businessmen and businesswomen look down on them with disdain almost as though they were ‘lazy’ beggars.“No. Look,” Karabo was adamant on voicing out her opinions on Dion. “I just think that he is arrogant. I don’t care about what you all are saying about him being a changed man, but really... Do people change? This is probably some PR for him.”Mpumi was so angered by that, such that she shoved Karabo’s shoulder as she was heading to the bus. That was on purpose and Karabo knew it. Karabo would not back down from such

Dion finally, managed to get Dave to the kiddies' playground, at the swings. He went back to Vincent, who would not touch his meal or his ice-cream, “Hey,” he sat beside him. “Are you alright?”“Yes.”“Lying. Here's the nice thing about you, you can’t tell a lie anymore.”“Okay, dad.”“This is about that girlfriend of yours?”“She’s not my girlfriend.”“She’s going through some problems, isn’t she? And you want to know what is going. You know, how you always tell me what to do? It’s my turn now, but unlike you, I will be sympathetic. Don’t wait, because she won’t say anything. Find a way to make her trust you and comfortable around you. Find a way make her talk to you.”“Like you did with Mpumi?”“Well, we all know that Mpumi was different. Truth is, she opened up to me once

Bowman had fired Mpumi for a mistake that Dion did not believe she made. He remained back in the office with Mpumi. Very concerned, he asked her, “Why did you lie?”But woman was silent.……………… At the dining hall, Thabo found Mpumi looking very drained as always. She looked especially sad and confused in that moment. She looked depressed and tired.“Hey,” he said and he saw her do it all over again—she straightened up and gave a bright smile. She immediately went from sad to extremely joyful.“Can I just say that shirt on you...my favourite,” said she.“So, did you buy anything?”“No. I was waiting for you. I just can't decide what I want for lunch today.”“You always can’t decide and I’m always there taking decisions for you. It’s like you’ve turned into a wheelbarrow that I ha

Benson Hill, the son to Gertrude and a cousin to Dion was in town. He was out with two of his goons on lunch. They sat at their table and discussed way forward.“I thought you'd have forgiven him by now.” Ted said, “Considering that he’s changed and all.”“Allegedly,” said Benson, a fit and handsome young man. “And I don’t care if he’s changed or not. He treated me so badly when we were kids. He bullied me and made fun of me. He humiliated me. I want him to pay. Oh, I’ve waited so long for this day. Dion must pay!”The second friend, Henry, “What do you plan on doing then? We didn’t come here to talk about your past with him all over again. Do you have any ideas on a way forward? Anything at all?”As they gathered at the table, they made sure to keep their voices down. Only they could hear one another. There were occasional pauses here and there. And there an intensi

Dion took a day off from work. He felt that he needed to nurse his bruised heart. He missed Mpumi. She walked away from him and the life they could have had. Walking down the pavement, through the cool breeze Dion hauled and pushed forward.It began raining, but Dion did not stop to turn back home. Eventually, a car stopped by. Two men jumped out; Benson and Henry. They charged towards Dion and tried pulling him with, but he fought back.Angered by his resistance, they began ganging up on him. Beating him to a pulp. Dion limbered, as if he was suffering from broken bones. No, he limbered in numbness. He would push the ground off his face but in milliseconds he fell back down.Now he was defenceless. Now they carried him with. Inside the car, he seemed unresponsive and that scared Benson. Dion did not seem okay. In fact, he seemed extremely injured. Benson feared for the worst—he didn’t want to be found with Dion’s body if Dion was to end up dea