CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Saidah tapped the bridge of her nose. Her pre-adolescent boys, Mavuto and Nepthali were sitting together across from her with their heads down. Their rucksacks were under their seats. They were refusing to make eye contact with her. And for good reason. She was furious. To be summoned to the headmaster’s office in the middle of the day for her ill-behaved children was a total embarrassment. They knew better than this.
“Mrs. Loyiso?”
She looked to the door to see the principal, Mrs. Hendricks, staring back at her.
“I’m ready for you now. This shouldn’t take that long.”
She looked back to her sons and exhaled. She rose to her feet and walked to the headmaster’s office. She took one more glance back at them just to see if they were watching. They weren’t. She entered the
