Vincent followed Sphesihle after school. He wanted to know where she was rushing off to so frequently at the sound of the siren. He saw her go around the school. She stopped at the swimming pool. It was the school’s oldest swimming pool. It was less used and less visited. She started pulling off her clothes until she was in her swim suit. She jumped in. That was all Vincent saw.
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Mpumi had locked herself in her room all day long. She did not open for the landlord who banged on her door and yelled. Instead, she chewed on her noodles and played on music through her earphones.
Her phone started ringing. “Hello?” she answered, and it was Thabo. Thabo w
//--Her name is Mpumi. Her full name is Mpumelelo Dladla. How did I not know that? She must have been looking for me. She has found me now. I failed but she did it. We cross paths again all because of her. There’s a settling in my heart finally. A sense of belonging. --////-- The kids must hear of this… but where do I begin explaining that she has been in my company the whole time. I have been too proud and so egotistic that I had refused to meet my employees. It was my duty to personally introduce myself to employees but I shut myself in my office all to myself. How will Vincent judge me now? She has been the amazing Mpumelelo Dladla all along. --//…………………………………………………………………………………….It was the fi
Vincent woke up in the middle of the night and found Dave’s bed empty. Vincent was woken up by his dry throat—he needed water. He was heading to the kitchen to get himself a glassful but he paused in his tracks along the corridor when he heard soft music coming from one of the rooms.He followed the sound intensity and it led him to the room on the next floor up. It was a music room with instruments and few music notes and books.Seeing his brother enter, Dave gently paused.“You should be in bed,” Vincent said to Dave. “Have you seen the time? Three in the morning.”“Did I wake you up?”“No. I got thirsty, actually.” He was near his little brother now, “How often do you come here to practice, Dave? You seem way ahead of music already!”Dave laughed with his brother, he was pleased to hear that. His older brother was showing appreciation of his work, it meant a lot to hi
That very night Vincent got good news that got him cheering up, making a noise in the huge house. Liam quickly brought himself closer to find out what was going on with the kids, he found Vincent jumping around, and Dave practising his violin on the floor. Of course, Dave paused to watch his brother run and jump around, in awe.“What’s with him?” Liam had asked.The little child answered with a quick shrug, “I don’t know.”Finally, Vincent was done attracting attention to himself. He brought himself closer to share the news, “I just received an email,” he said, “and it said that I’m in! Get it? I’m in.”Still not following, the rest.“Oh, you guys. Days ago, I signed up for swimming and finally, they’ve responded. I’m in the team! This is great news!”They were happy for him, but still, Dave did not understand why Vincent gave up on marathon&mdash
“Fine, we’ll change the song.”They changed the song, but it was no better choice either. It was yet another love duet. They knew they couldn’t back out of the game or else, it might raise suspicions.Dion followed along with his verse with the aid of the subtitles on the screen. He was not so familiar with the song. He had heard it a couple of times, he had never memorised the lyrics, but Mpumi was glad enough that he at least knew the tune.“God, they look so beautiful together,” Sam whispered to Thabo. Thabo was not pleased with that. Emilia too felt betrayed by the two people. She cursed Mpumi for being so innocent to her face and snatching Dion’s interest behind her back. She grieved over Dion for falling for a woman he ‘recently met’.Everyone was shocked over how Mpumi and Dion fell in love over ‘just two days’ of camp.………………&he
That morning, the hospital received three people in desperate need of medical care. Two being Mpumi and Dion, and the third being an old man, probably unrelated to any of them two.When Bowman heard the news that his only son was laying in hospital bed in the very earliest hours of morning, he hesitated not. He took the first flight back home, his son needed him. He took no time to explain things to Daphne and the others, his son needed him. He stood outside Dion’s allocated room and with few friends and family. There was anxiety and frustration, “Why are they taking so long?”The father would not stand still.Almost like the doctor heard him ask, he showed up.“Doctor?” the family was impatient.“We ran some tests—”“Yes, doctor. We know!” cried Liam. “You told us that hours ago. Now tell us the results.”Aunt Gertrude held Liam back.“The resu
With the days passing, the wounds were starting to cover—the people were getting used to the situation. It had been over a month. They were starting to accept Dion’s cancer, and starting to understand why Mpumi was that skinny and shaky, often dizzy and nauseous. The office was slowly becoming a happy place again.…………………“Your son will become history in seven months from now,” a man said at the meeting that Dion was absent from,” who will be CEO? We need to start looking for a new CEO.”Bowman did not like that. He saw a glimpse of satisfaction in the man’s eyes. Bowman gathered all his strength on this one to keep contained, “He is not dead yet, sir Simon. It is insensitive to start plotting his demise so soon.”“Whoa, whoa. Insensitive? Huh!” the man leaned onto the table as if approaching Bowman who sat opposite him around t
Mpumi was finally evicted by her landlord. She had run to Sam and opened up to her about some of her problems regarding money and homelessness. As a good friend that Sam was, she opened up her little home to Mpumi.Ever since they got back from work, they had been discussing Bowman’s response to what Mpumi did in the office.A short silence…“Did you see how he looked at me? It’s like he hated me before meeting me. He was angry. No. Furious. I’ve never seen that sort of anger before.”Sam reached for Mpumi’s shoulder, “Hey, it’s going to be alright. Now, come on. Let’s get some sleep. We’re working over-time tomorrow, remember?”They finally laid down and brought the blanket over their bodies. “You are so cruel for what you did today. Why would you dare me like that?” Mpumi began laughing, “You are such an evil child!”“You are brave to not
Mpumi had told Sam everything regarding Dion, the CEO. Mpumi had found friendship in Sam, she was glad to finally get to tell someone about everything.Sam was in awe. Such a story didn’t seem possible but hearing it from Mpumi, she was so excited that she wanted to tell Thabo about it too.“Sam, no. It’s best we don’t.” Mpumi did not want Thabo knowing about this. He had professed his love for her and it made her uncomfortable. She had been avoiding him since then.“Oh, you’re right. This so great. All along I didn’t know I was walking around with someone this amazing. You held three jobs for them, and then you had to study. You turned him from a beast of a man to the charming and polite gentleman that he is today. You know, this is like our modern-day society...”Sam continued, “All these young women straining in these toxic relationships grooming the boys for the next woman. It pisses me off.