On The List
My phone buzzed. A w******p message from Dineo. > Hi Tebelo. I was with your mom at the police station. She said the case is with the CID now, and they’re moving her to prison on Monday. My hands went cold. I immediately called her using my uncle’s phone. “Wait,” I said as soon as she answered. “Is she really arrested? They’re moving her to prison?” “Yes,” she replied quietly. “Which prison?” “Sun City Correctional,” she said. My uncle brushed his head in disbelief when he heard the name. “No… no,” I said, shaking my head. “She can’t go there. She won’t survive a day there.” All I could see was my mother’s smile. Her laughter. Her softness. The way she talks to strangers like they’re family. “She’ll be okay,” Aunt Palesa said gently, trying to calm me. “Are you still ther
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