FINDERS KEEPERS

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FINDERS KEEPERS

ELEVEN

I've been sitting here for God knows how long, I can't bring myself to open the envelope. What if it's something bad, and I end up....the waiter comes back to fill up my now cold coffee, I say thanks when he exchanges the cup and gives me a new one. He flashes a smile and walks away.

Before I make myself crazy, I have to do one thing first.I take out my phone and go to messages. I dial the number and it rings before he answers.

"hello" he answers on the second ring

"how badly would the envelope affect me?" I'm trying not to sound panicked at all... Truth is, I'm s**t scared to put it mildly.

"honest to God?"

"yes please"

I hear him sigh before he answers.

"it's really, really bad, things could end up way worse than they already are right now"

"what do you suggest I do" I ask.

"talk to Kagiso, that's all I'm gonna say right now."

I end the call feeling way more confused than before, with the envelope in my hands, I walk to the next block just to clear my head anc then I call an uber back to the apartment but not before sending a rather important text.

When the elevator doors opened I was buy a... Well I don't know a what looking Kagiso. He looked a mess and a half.

"I'm sorry" those are the first words he said when he saw me. I'm touched, but not entirely.

"let's go in please" I'm supprised by how calm I am. Because I know deep inside I'm a mess waiting to explode.

He grabs his shoes that were on the floor next to the door when i usher him in.

"how long have you been here" he looks at me like I've grown some horns "you took your shoes off" I point out.

"ooh yeah, since you walked out of the hotel room" right! "where did you go anyway"

Should I tell him? No. I won't I don't owe him anything.

"sit down I'll be back, you can make some tea while I go take a shower"

I leave him not waiting for his response, I'm stalling I know, but I need to calm myself down before my emotions go highway.

I don't know how long I've been here for, but I can tell you one thing, it's been long, because Kagiso is knocking on the bedroom door.

"I'm coming" I shout out. I get to the closet and take out my tracksuit and put on a pair of fluffy socks. I put a beanie on and head out.

"what wrong" he's standing with his hands in his pockets, legs crossed on the ankles and the back of his head in the wall right in front of the bedroom door.

"nothing, I was getting restless" this guy. I can't believe him.

"ooh" I walk in front of him while he follows me.

We settle on a two sitter couch, I can see an empty mug on the coffee table. The TV is off and his phone and car keys on the stand.

"okay soo..." he stops me before I say anything.

"Wait... I need to say something before you do" he sits properly facing me and he takes my hands in his. "I'm really sorry about last night, I didn't mean any of those things, I could sleep because I felt like s**t, well... I felt more shittier after I said everything to you and having you walk out like that" he stops to take a deep breath "I'm really sorry Ora, trust me, I truly am"

"okay I hear you" after that, I kept quite, I looked at everything except him. After minutes if awkward silence he spoke ip again.

"you said you wanted to talk" oooh yes, that... How can I forget that I texted him to meet nne here and talk, well... Not that he was actually here when I texted him.

Come to think of it, why did he stay outside when he had keys to the apartment?

"uhm... Okay yeah soo... What really happened last night, what did Vhutshilo say"

He didn't expect me to ask him that, I can tell from thge look on his face.

"don't worry about it"

"Kagiso... If it has anything to do with our marriage I have the right to know okay"

I know Mulcum already told me but I still need to hear him say it.

"things aren't looking good Ora, someone reported our marriage to home affairs so they opened an investigation"

"who would do that? And why?" this is shocking really.

"mmmh... I might know who did it by thge why? I'm not too sure. All this is frustrating really. If they look in we might end up in jail"

Okay! Now I'm scared. Why would someone do something like this, legona what would they gain? Mos we only doing what is required by the will... Why would they fault us in that.

"so what do you suggest we do now"

He looks at me and shifts his eyes.

"well... I know what we can do, question is... Can you?" what's that supposed to mean.

" I say let's have a baby. A year into marriage we could say we grew tired of everything or make up some s**t and get divorced"

He's obviously thought about all this before, why else would he say this.

"you do know that I'm with a girl right?"

"yeah I do" he blankly answers.

"meaning that I can't do what you really asking of me... I mean -"

"have you never been with a guy?" oooh...

"I have -"

"and -" he probes me

"and I didn't enjoy it"

"it meaning s*x? You didn't enjoy having s*x with him" okay this is uncomfortable.

"yes... I didn't enjoy it" I look away from his soul boaring eyes.

"and your s**t ass girlfriend, do you enjoy it?"

"she pleasures me"

"do you pleasure her?" uuh....

"okay stop, this isn't a topic of discussion and-"

"what do you suggest we do then?"He interrupts me, He has both his elbows on his things and his hands cupping his face. " I mean there is the five year marriage s**t"

Ooh! That.

"I really don't know Kagiso... I know mayona is gonna flip with either one of the choices"

"yoh Oratilwe, will you fucken stop, mayona this, mayona that, we could go to jail damn it and all you care about is some deadbeat girlfriend of yours who doest give a s**t about you."

"why are you shouting then"

I saw him rubbing his face in frustration. "because Oratilwe... I'm here, putting my life in line to help you out and you don't care at all.. You busy giving s**t about someone you barely even know, six months isn't s**t when you only see each other once or twice a month nakhona when you skype so please, open you'd eyes and see things for what they are, stop f*****g day dreaming "

With that said, he grabbed his things and headed for the door, he stopped once he opened it and turn back to me." I really hope you get your s**t in oder before the end of the day, if not, I'll call Mulcum tomorrow to get annulment papers ready, but if you choose to put yourself first and fight for your inheritance, meet me at my house in the morning" then he slammed the door and walked out.

So much for trying to seek clarity.

I take my phone to make a call and it sends me straight to voice mail. Mayona! mayona, mayona.

She doesn't even care how I'm doing.

Annulment he said, which reminds me, Mulcum gave me an envelope, let's see what's in there.