All Chapters of In love... with her own African beast: Chapter 71 - Chapter 78

Chapter 69After they packed the lion cubs’ stuff away, Sergio loaded them on to the back of his truck. They fetched the two volunteers from the sanctuary just after four and then they tackle the thirty kilometers to the game farm where the lion mother gave birth to three cubs three weeks ago. She lost two of them so far. One of the two as recently as somewhere over the past weekend.The cubs in the cage at the back is a bit older than the little ones she lost. But seeing that it is her first litter, and hoping that inexperience on her side may play in their hands they drive to where the last of her cubs is hiding between the roots of a sycamore tree.According to the rangers that was staying close by to keep an eye on her movements, she was there until about midday, and then she left. They then did something not that ethical. They left the carcass of an Impala on the root she was going to take, when coming to feed her baby again.Man is not supposed to interfere in nature. But as man

Chapter 71Monday at the hospital and sanctuary, Sergio’s got one thing in his head. Actually, that thing is a person and she’s got a name.Leah…He never thought that a women can be your best friend and the girlfriend of your dreams at the same time. Then he realises. This is how it feels to be madly in love with someone.Sergio walks over to the wall calendar to see what the rest of his week looks like. Tomorrow is the day when he and a few of the volunteers are going to some of the small towns to do clinics there. Sterilise some of the stray cats and dogs. Check for rabies and just attend to the farm animals. Make sure that all the animals are treated okay by their owners.For their field excursions they have a Tata bus, with a small examination table, operation theatre and a laboratory at their disposal. Basic. Primitive.But somehow it works for what they’ve got to do.Sergio will leave early today in order to go and pack. They will sleep three nights in tents in the veld. There

Chapter 73Sunday evening and Sergio is checking his cell phone, wall calendar and white board. His to do and to remember lists are on there. The date of Leah’s surgery is also written on there.That was three weeks ago. Her check up is in two weeks. But they are not going to drive the distance to Inhambane. No, he booked them a charter in Aleit’s small plane. They don’t really need a vehicle in Inhambane with family there.His dad’s beach buggy is always at his disposal. Or the Nissan pick-up. As long as you don’t touch the old man’s Prado.Now Sergio is counting back from the date he picked Leah up from the floor in her apartment. Twenty-five days. Which means her period has to start this week.He draws a red dot on Wednesday. Oh, may goodness that means she is in PMS at the moment. He’s got to be real careful what he says to her, and how he says it. He gives her a sideways glance and his eyes goes to Gato.It also means by the following weekend his cat will be pregnant for a month.

Chapter 75There are two of them. And it's been going on for months. Pale yellow, like the grass in which they hide, they watch the village in front of them with intent. By now, the lions know that the prey they are looking for lives in branch structures and plastered with mud. The roofs are made of a thin layer of mulch. The doors often consist of twigs and brances, flanged together with ropes in a frame.At dusk, the people begin to make fires. A deterrent to many of the large predators. Don’t go there.But here, no more. On the contrary. It's sign to get closer. If someone doesn't come out soon enough to throw more logs on the fire, the lions will start scratching at the doors. Or stand up against it. The doors usually break out of the frames and the big animals walk in and simply harvest a meal. Drag it out without hesitation and go feasting on it in the grass nearby.When the door is strong enough to remain standing, the lions step back and jump onto the roof of the rickety struc