Good Moāning Lover

#53

In Rhoxeni, that same evening, Una parked his car at what used to be their home. It looked so burnt that nothing of it was left. Meanwhile, Phila swallowed a lump sitting on the passenger sit. He still couldn\'t believe that his mother was gone, just like that. He sniffled as Nathi turned looking at him tears threatening his eyes as well but he couldn\'t manage to cry in front of his brother. He had to be strong for both of them.

Una parked behind them and stepped out of the car. He sighed looking at Phila on the passenger side as Nathi rolled down the window. He forced a smile and blinked.

Nathi: we were waiting for you Tata has been arrested and he needs us.

Una turned looking at his parents\' house and sighed.

Him: I think we should just go Tommorow cause it\'s already late and I doubt they will release him tonight *shook his head and sighed* I can\'t believe that mama is no more.

He looked at Phila and as much as he didn\'t like him he actually felt for him because he knew just how much he loved his mother. He took a deep breath and sighed.

Him: are you okay Phila?

Phila swallowed looking at him as more tears filled his eyes. He opened his mouth to talk but instead, a sob escaped his lips. Nathi and una looked at each other as una sighed walking to the passenger side. He opened the door and swallowed hugging his brother as he cried.

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Meanwhile, at King William\'s town Police station, inside a quiet and cold and cell. Mr maria sat by the corner while he kept rubbing off his tears with the back of his hand quietly.

He swallowing as he thought of what was inside the envelope, his heart tearing up. It wasn\'t the fact that his wife was cheating on him with his t en best friend and they had children out of that but the fact that, she used him to fight her battles. Him, Zweli and lunga had a very healthy brotherly friendship and he had to ruin it by allowing a woman to come in between them.

A lump sat on his throat as regrets washed over him. He was so stxpid. He couldn\'t even tell that his wife was cheating on him and loved another man over him. This explained why she hated una and Nathi so much. They were probably reminder of her past and how much she failed to keep a man.

He tried to stop his tears from falling but they just kept on coming out. His heart broke as he thought of how much he loved this woman. She was everything to him and there\'s nothing he wouldn\'t do for her, and as much as he tried to be angry at her his heart still broke that she was no more.

He held a fist on his mouth while shutting his eyes and bursted in tears.

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Meanwhile, at the warehouse, Simthandile took a deep breath quietly sitting inside her car thoughtfully. This wasn\'t the kind of person she had imagined herself to be. All these killings and hurts was something she thought that she\'d never go through or do when she gets to varsity. But the anger inside her just wouldn\'t let her to let things go. At the end of the day, someone had to pay for their sins and she was just here to serve that.

Her phone rang on top of the dashboard. She looked at Unabantu Calling and took a deep breath answering.

Her: babe?

Him: Simthandile where are you and why did you switch off your phone?

Her:*blinked* babe I at your parents\'house I am...

Him:*sighed* Why are you lying cause I\'m at my parents\' house and I don\'t see you here. *Sighed* look babe I don\'t want to fight with you. So whatever you are doing right now you better stop it and come home. *Angrily* my mother is dead for heaven\'s sake and more than anything I need your support right now. Please don\'t make me doubt you. I am giving you 30 minutes and you better be here.

Her:*swallowed* I\'m sorry.

Him:*sighed* I don\'t need your sorries Simthandile I want you here it else I will come where you are and believe me, it won\'t end well.

Her:*she took a deep breath and sighed* I hear you babe I\'m sorry . I\'ll be there in...

She frowned looking at her phone and Unabantu had dropped the call. She bit her lower lips and got out with 15 litres of petrol.

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Inside the warehouse, Mrs Mariana raised her head up from the cold floor and swallowed tearfully meeting with Simthandile\'s cold eyes. Her heart skipped looking at what she was carrying as she swallowed in mercy looking at her.

Her: *tearfully* my child please don\'t let the dévil use you. Can we please talk about this. I know that you are angrily but torturing your elders like this will only bring you bad lucks and you still have a bright future ahead of you. I don\'t want you to look back and regret this, please my baby we can talk about this and put it behind us.

Simthandile looked at the tears in her eyes and swallowed as her own eyes inched with tears.

Sim:*her voice broke* why?... What did my family do to you that you had to kill them in such a painful way. Why didn\'t you just deal with your boyfriend and leave us alone.

Mrs mariana swallowed a lump and sighed.

Her: I\'m sorry my child I d....

Simthandile:*she shouted* I don\'t want your sorrys I just want to know why you would do such a painful thing to another woman and still claim that you are a human being?

Her:*swallowed as tears filled her eyes* my child I\'m sorry, I allowed anger and hatred to take control of me. *Looked at her and swallowed* honestly your mother was a good woman and everything she did was so perfect. She had a lovely husband and kids and she was also beautiful and i envied that. I envied her life and I also wanted a life like hers. She never did anything wrong. I was just jealous of her and I wanted her gone so that I could have a perfect life like hers but your father didn\'t want me. He made it clear that what was happening between us was strictly sëx and should just accept it and move not but I couldn\'t do that because we already had children together and I loved him so much, and him rejecting me just fueled anger within me and I ordered my husband to torture them and burn them with the house. A tear fell\" I am sorry my child. I will do anything you want me to do, please let me go.

Simthandile sighed staring at her in defeat. Her phone rang in her pocket as Mrs Mariana looked at her

Her: *her voice shaking* I\'m sure that\'s Unabantu. You don\'t want to live with the guilt of killing his mother.

Simthandile:*sighed ignoring the call and looked at her* I was actually going to butcher you but I want you to feel what my family felt. So I\'m gonna burn you down along with this house. *Looked at her for a while and sighed* rest well.

She poured the petrol around the house as Mrs Mariana\'s heart pounded looking at her. She swallowed smelling the strong smell of petrol on her nose.

Her: *heart pounding* we took your father\'s businesses. I can sign them over to you.

Simthandile ignored her walking to the door and opened.

Sim: Rest in peace Mrs Mariana...

She turned on the lighter and immediately she threw it on the floor it caught up with the petrol creating a huge fire that went to Mrs Mariana and she cried screaming while trying to get up up with her hand and legs tied. She fell on the floor hitting her teeth. One tooth fell out as she ignored the pain while the fire caught with her body. She cried in agony burning.

Meanwhile, outside Simthandile sat in her car listening to Mrs Mariana\'s cries. Minutes later they dies down as the windows broke while the warehouse fell to the ground. She watched for a while before driving off as her phone rang for the umpteenth time. She picked speeding.

Her: babe I\'m...

Him: Simthandile you are starting to piss me off. Where are you?

Her:*swallowed* I\'m coming babe please don\'t shout.

Him: nxa.

He hung up as she took a deep breath speeding like a maniac.

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At the Marianas , Simthandile looked at Una\'s car parked outside the yard and took a deep breath parking next to it. Immediately when she stepped out, una also stepped out meeting her halfway as she swallowed hard.

Her: babe..

Him: What gives you the right to disrespect me Simthandile?

Her:*looked at him and sighed* babe I\'m sorry I just needed to get some air.*tears filled her eyes* what I experienced here earlier on is terrifying and traumatic. I have never heard a person cry like that for help while I couldn\'t even help. It just took me back to how my family died and how they also screamed but no one helped them *her voice broke tearfully* I\'m am sorry for angering you babe.

Unabantu looked at her cry and sighed walking over and hugged her.

Him: it\'s okay babe you don\'t have to apologize. I\'m sorry for shouting at you .

Simthandile cried in his arms as he kept on brushing her back.