The Mistress

soon as Mrs Irene Chomba saw F

idn’t you sa

sorry

seems I didn’t do a good job of raising him. I

a, don’t talk like that. You raised him well and taught him well too. He is a grown-up. We can’t

ock some sense into his hea

is so enamoured by that woman. If the hunger-stricken faces of h

seen your tears and heard y

head whilst fig

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with the basket of food and others things she had packed that her sister and Mrs

pa, officer Banda and officer Juba. Inspector Katepa stepped closer to her, waving the paper to her face

happening, the uniformed officers had already

into the back of the van like a sack. He ran after the van but it sped off before he could even cross the road. Only after the vehic

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ng to find the station that the three

r left the siblings in shock. JR did not bother to waste time with the officers who were determined to

ith the call, he got in

t each other hopelessly. They had

’t we fo

emplative look.’ Go back to the hospital and make sure that ma and Feggy don

the hospital where she found her wo

at happened? Why was

is in jail because of the

his heart twist with pain. He thought he had lived too long. Never had he thought

ting by one spouse can destroy a home, he had tried his best to live an exemplary life. He had never though

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screeching halt outside G

e walked past the beautiful arr

t when they saw the furious man striding across the showrooms floor towards their b

out, Gershom came out

oth

attack sent him staggering back and instantly numbed half of

ith their salaries. There had been months when they had gone without pay, and the other months when they had gotten their pay, it was always less than what they wer

you? What kind of son are you

alm d

ow do you expect me to calm down after what you did to mother? Can you ev

n’t lik

lain what you did to mom? And if that was

ther's arms off him and tried to b

blame me for what happened to mom? Theo started it all.

ieve his brother

her young sister. Do you have no shame at all? What kind of a sister wou

king her nose into other people’s affai

ss and have her d

mm,

yself, have that woman drop

? That woman is my woman a

ling to lose everythin

ed him against one of the cars. “Don’t make me forget that you are my big brothe

? You are going to choose that woman’s side over your own family. If that is how yo

olanda who had just walked in dresse

le the cab fare? Oh,

issing sound at her greet

fed at him. “Whatever,’ she murmured then de

m heard her. He could only shake hi

ne you like. Let me settle the bala

hat it would have mattered because they were used to their brazen dis

ong with people from your family, they are all savages! Hey, you go bring us so