Make it Work

Her Answer

“This place is beautiful! I love it.” I stare elated by the beautiful sight my eyes are laying upon.

“You seem proud of your achievement!” I turn to look at her and she is looking at me with a blank stare.

Take my eyes off of her and respond, “Yes! I am proud of everything I have achieved in my life so far!”

“Is that so? Rightfully you should be!”

“And I am!” I raise my chin and chest trying to look manly and she bursts into laughter.

Cease my manly walk, “What?”

“You really doing it!” she continues to love at me.

“You are a mean young lady!”

“How is telling you the truth mean though?”

“At least pretend to be entertained.”

Contorts her face in a funny way, “I do not even have to pretend I am entertained!” she amplifies her laughter.

I have to say, the view of her laughing is better than seeing her sad but I have to admit, she looks cute in that sad face too. Kind of reminds me of Vimbai, I hope she is alright! I am sure she is doing good right now. Ruvarashe will never let anything happen to her at all.

Smiling now looking at the clouds, I do not know why I am smiling after everything I am feeling at ease. Davidzo and Anaishe always seem to defecate all my heavy burdens from my heart and mind. I came here dejected, demented by everything I learned. But over here with them consummate me. I can feel my face, heart, mind and soul in concord not commiserating one another.

I turn to look at them playing together, Davidzo puts her down and directs her to me and my eyes are not on Anaishe but her.

“Why are you looking at me like that?” she looks shy and avoids eye contact places both her hands at her back.

“I was just thinking that you and me we have been through so much together!”

She looks down on the ground, “What about it though?”

“After everything that has happened ever since we met, you are one of the few people in the world that are capable of arousing emotion in me, just watching you blossom makes me feel excited just thinking about!”

“Really?”

“Yes!”

Enamoured by her hard work ever since I found her beat up looking lifeless on the road side and I barely had a foot in the industry back then but I tried my best to take care of her.

“Although I have to say you were pretty hard to get you up to speed on a lot of things…..!”

“Ohh, do not remind me! I was terrible at almost everything and I tried so hard to do things that I ended up doing everything badly.” She cuts me off.

I want to laugh but I can only smile that is weighing on me more for the memories to me are precious.

“There is a nice spot there we can rest for a bit!” I point out towards an area with nicely cut grass.

“Yes, actually I would love to sit for a while before we continue with our tour around the plot,” bend down, “Come here, baby!” Ana turns and run toward her.

Upon reaching the spot, I drop down and lay there whilst Davidzo sits and Anaishe after being freed runs wild.

“There was a time I was really drub by sadness, drowned in depression and my endeavours to climb out of that where all in vain. And my thoughts at that time where suicidal contemplating over my egregious life but just when I thought I reached my limit, I met you that day and gave me a purpose and something to protect!” I turn to look at her and lock eyes with her staring at me confused.

“You never told me that before? What brought this on now?”

Smile, get up from the grass to sit up straight, “I am reminiscing and appreciating everything that life has done for me, who knows what would have happened to me if I had not met you!” her eyes are still set on me and I breathe audibly and look up in the sky, “ You are actually one of the few people in the world that are capable of making me emotive and just watching you grow and blossom just makes me proud and I cannot restrain the aroused excitement in me.”

“You told me that not so long ago, while we were walking!”

“I did, did I?”

“Yes!”

“Then it must mean it is true.”

“Maybe, but if it was not for you I do not know what could have become of me. My life before I met you was a déjà vu of sadness but ever since I have been at peace and I cannot thank you enough!”

“You already did!” we both stare at Anaishe.

“Hopefully she will have a heart like yours, you have been through a lot but you still strive to help others despite of everything.”

“Thank you but that I am doubtful of all that exult and I have to say you are doing a great job raising her!”

“Do not doubt that ever!” she breathes softly and looks at me, “During of these years I have been in your life I have noticed people know that too and tend to take advantage of that fact and I do not know if you ignore it or you just do not see it. At times I worry they will take everything from you because you are too nice.”

“Being good does not make me weak, it just means I am strong enough to not lift a heavy weight of hatred in my heart but rather embrace everyone even those that hate me.” Put my hand on her shoulder, “And I hope by the time you get married and have a family of your own you will have already learned to be kind and deign without asking for anything in return and to grow a heart to forgive and be at peace with everything and be happy!”

“You sound like an old man right now!” a weird look manifests on her face, “What does deign mean?”

“To be kind and gracious enough to do something and thank you for the compliment!”

“Ohh that is what it means? Nice!”

An empty soul has a lot bear and after all this time she has filled a large part of her soul and I do not want her to hold herself back from living a full life.

“I will support you on every decision you make and I hope you will not deprive yourself from living the life you want to live because of me and junior here.” I continue from where I left of in a hushed tone.

“And I am eternally grateful for that but we are definitely not going to talk about m getting married right now,” her tone has changed and sounds a little harsh blocking me from bringing up the topic.

“And why is that?” I press on.

“Because, I have Anaishe and I have school and you. I have to say, my life is pretty much great, it is actually perfect,” she gets up and stretches her body smiling, “I am in no rush to get married or even want to get married or even want to get married,” she sits down again, “You and Anaishe are my world, the only two people in my life and the only thing that makes sense!” she places her head on my shoulder and blows softly, “And I will not trade that for anything else and besides, getting married will mean I will have to deal with things that will force me away from both of you and I do not want that at all!”

Her words make me smile, but I doubt she understands I want her to have someone in her life to always be there for her unlike me. Just in case something happens to me like what almost happened, guess I have no choice but to tell someone I can trust about them from my family just in case something happens to me.

“I understand! Hopefully, one day you will change your mind.”

“Maybe or maybe not! If I may ask what brought this on all of a sudden?”

“Nothing!”

She moves her head from my shoulders, hits me with a dubious stare, “If you say so.”

I wonder why she does not want to get married but hopefully she will change her mind as time goes. This life is hard and it will be even harder if she is alone. But for the mean time I will protect her and our daughter. She has always been biddable to me, and I will protect her until she actually finds her feet and begin to walk on her own direction.

“I think I am tired now! We should head back to the house, eat and rest!”

“What about finishing the tour around the place?”

“I think I can finish it some other time. Besides, I only wanted to spend more time with you guys and even if we go back, I will still be doing so!”

“Okay, Ana, let’s go!”

She actually is turning and heading for her mom. Heard I always ran for it, and yet Davidzo says she is like me or wants her to grow and become like me. Why can I not get this smile off my face?

“Let me hold her this time!”

A strong man protects what he has in life! And so, I believe that is how a strong man is supposed to be. And these two I feel like I have done so well, but I have failed to protect Vimbai and I am not strong as a man for instead of protecting her, I am making things hard on her.

“You seem to be thoughtful?”

“Yes I am.”

“May I ask what it is about?” she gets closer.

“It is appreciative thinking!”

“Oh yes, you have been doing that a lot today right?”

“Yes, I am appreciating you, the little one here, Vimbai and my family, you make life bearable, and burdens less severe.”

“You know I can tell when you are lying right?” she is so candid about it and it is making me feel asinine, “I will wait till you can tell me what is really going on!”

“Okay!”

She is so audacious, I have to say Anaishe, you have a strong mother who is still learning her strength!