L.G.Kamnqa
It’s in the morning the summer sun is heating the white
sands of the Cape, everything so bright and beautiful. The
glimpse of the glittering green Azalia with colorful flowers
covering the landscape.
Michael woke up early and make breakfast for him and his
wife, as he always do before he go to work but Angelina was
not working. When the breakfast was ready he shouted,
“Angelina comes down here my love, the breakfast is ready
but Angelina didn’t reply. After a few minuets Angelina
coming downstairs with a lovely smile on her faces, wearing
a pink light gossamer gown and she sat on the table in the
kitchen and her husband kissed her on the chin.
“Good morning my love” and Angelina replied “good morning
Michael” when they finished their breakfast, he kissed her
goodbye as he was leaving for work. Michael did commercial
studies when he passed his metric. His mother died when he
was sixteen, he didn’t knew who his father was and he used
to ask his mother and she would snarl at him not to ask her
that again.
Michael couldn’t understand why he can’t ask her about his
father but unfortunately for Michael his mother Juliana died
before she told her son who his father was, then he was
forced to live with his grandmother and she knew who was
Michael’s father but she couldn’t tell that his mother was
raped and that was how he came to being, by doing that she
didn’t want to add salt into Michael’s wounds.
Six years later his grandmother died was the only elder in
the house. His grandmother taught him everything that was
significant for his survival in the future, by then he was
the only child in the house. When his mother died he faced
great ordeals, in his ruminations he was exposed to this
cruel and monstrous world half-fledged, but the old lady
showed the orbit of life.
He became strong, that he could face the world with
confidence. When he got to University to do commercial
studies, he managed to get a diploma. At the graduation
ceremony he was very happy that he achieved such
qualifications because his mother had left him with nothing
on this land of great animosity and plight with happy tears
flooding out of his eyes.
“Then it is true that when God close the door he open the
window” he said and he recall his mother’s words, when his
spirit was running low and she wanted to lift it up, she
would say “don’t let your fears get in the way of your
dreams because, the devil inside you can take advantage of
such weakness can be very grating and ultimately persuade
you to give up what’s yours and meant to be…
When he was at work his wife was alone in the sense that she
was able to make decisions that can put her in turbid
situations. It was midday when Angelina decided to go
shopping in order to make his husband a very nice supper of
the day. She took a taxi and got to town because the only
car they have was used by his handsome husband who loves her
very much. When he got there on her way to the shops she
bumped into a sexy looking young fellow who offered to pick
up her fallen purse and gave it to her as he apologize.
“I am sorry for that” he said. “No it was not your fault,
anyway I’m Angelina” and you are “Mark” he said, “can I get
you something to drink by any chance”. Angelina seems
tempted.
“Yes! but I was heading for shops, where were you heading”?
“I was coming from the bank, depositing some money for my
sister”.
“So where is she”? he looked up side down and he said “she
is in Joburg, living with her uncle.
“I should get going, it was nice meeting you Mark”. “You too
Angelina and I would like to see you again”.
“I don’t think that is possible. On her way to the shops she
was in a great haste and she look at the time, it was 15:30
in the afternoon.
She did her shopping very well and got home early enough to
get the supper ready when his husband got home by 18:00. She
looked at the clock in the kitchen and the time was 18:15
but her husband was no where close to the house, suddenly
she hared something like the door was opening and she rushed
to the front door but there was nobody there only a cat
scratching it’s front legs and was the only pet on the
house. The light in the house was very bright with the
reflection of cream-white walls.
At dusk she hared him shouting her name with a soft voice as
he always do “Angelina darling I’m home”. By the time he got
in Angelina was a bit waried about her husband not showing
up by the time he used to. I couldn’t bear the thought that
maybe something had happened to you or you had an accident
or you got hijacked on your way home but, I will forgive you
if you promise you will call next time and let me know.
Michael looked at her face with a smile on his face
“I promise, but I have a good reason for that you don’t want
to hear it”. “Oh!Yes it better be”. “Ok ! here is what
happened we have a new guy at work his name is Mark, but he
is on probation for six months so I was asked to show him
around but we didn’t finish today because I left my wife
alone at home and we will finish tomorrow”.
“Did you say Mark” “Yes! why” Angelina stood up, her husband
waiting for an answer “No it’s nothing” and Michael didn’t
put his mind on that because he trusted her but Angelina had
many questions in her mind but she couldn’t ask any of them
because she thought that Michael can get suspicious about
what she can ask about this new guy at work as Michael say
but was thinking about one he met in town. The problem was
that she couldn’t know if the one she is met. She got to the
kitchen and prepares the supper, as it was getting cold,
when it was ready served and ultimately forgot about Mark.
After they finished eating Michael immediately got to bed as
tired as he was and few minuets latter his wife followed.
Angelina was born in Stellembosch in the early 80’ѕ ,she
grew up in a caring family with both parents before she got
married to Michael, who met her at the party by then Michael
was doing his last year of his Diploma. Then they fell in
love there and then. Two years later they got married.
Michael woke up early as always got ready for work by that
time his wife was awake but still in bed, few minuets later
she got up and make breakfast for his husband that day.
Angelina was always thinking about getting a job, tired of
living in the house alone despite that she had a friend not
very far from their house, sometimes she used to go there
when she feel like talking. But she always had the thought
that is very young for staying home doing nothing, whilst
she was preparing breakfast house was thinking of telling
Michael, came downstairs when he was ready to fix himself a
breakfast but his wife had already done that for him. “Sit
down and eat you are running out of time” and he did but he
didn’t look very happy.
“Angelina you shouldn’t have done that”, with a smile.
“What! making my husband a breakfast no I just wanted to get
up I’m tired of always lying down in bed I need to get a job
if that is fine with you”. Michael giggled a bit “No it’s
fine if you think you can make it I have no problem with
that, what made you to think about getting a job anyway ?.
She looked at him twice before she answered”
“Nothing serious, think about this Michael to live in this
world is very expensive these days then if we want to have a
family we have to make more money than you income cannot
carry us all with the children in future”. Michael stood up
after he finished his breakfast and put his jacket on.
“I said its fine you can get a job, I have no problem with
that. What I am saying is you should prepare yourself
because you will have hard times in work places, the
environment can be very bitter in the sense that you can be
very rueful about your decision and I don’t want you to get
hurt that’s all”, and he kissed her goodbye.
Few hours later Michael called and the phone was ringing but
nobody picked it up.
“I wonder where is she didn’t tell me about going somewhere
or maybe she had an interview but she didn’t say anything
like that maybe I’m getting too anxious. I’d better call
here later just to make sure she is not there. Two hours
later he called again, the phone ringed but not for long and
Angelina picked it up “Hallo--!”
“Yes it’s me my love”. “Oh it’s you Michael, I was wondering
who that can be” .
“I called a few hours back but you were not there and I
thought that you must have gone somewhere.
“No I was just around at the back watering some plants, are
you alright because you sound very tired Michael are you
still there”. “Oh yes I’m still here what were you saying”.
“No it’s not important you have a nice day, I’ll see you
later. “You too my love”.
Two weeks later Angelina was in town to pay some bills and
other things she need at home, when she saw Mark was coming
towards her crossing through the robots and Mark had already
saw her before she did. When he got closer he smiled with
joy
“Hi Angelina” with a smile on her face and narrowing her
gleaming eyes, she returned the greetings. “I thought I’ll
never see your lovely face again”. Indeed Angelina was very
beautiful and she couldn’t stop smiling from what she was
hearing coming from Mark
“Well you did now”, “Oh yes I’m very glad for that, perhaps
can I give you a lift home. That’s my car over there”.
Angelina couldn’t refuse that offer.
“Ok if you promise you will not tell my husband about this
Mark did not grasp and he asked “why is that, I work with
the man remember. I don’t understand why I can’t help his
wife whilst is at work”
Angelina was greaming. “I don’t think he can take it that
way”.
“Oh yes he can and he will believe me, so shall we-----!”
Angelina sighed “Alright let’s go”.
Mark glancing with his eyes lowered, “let me help you with
those”, and he carried some of the bags with glossaries.
“You are very kind”. Angelina with a lovely smile. At 18:00
Michael was at home as usual, his wife with one thing on her
mind “Michael I think we should start a family” and Michael
seem to be surprised, where does that come from, suddenly
you want to have babies”
Angelina shrilled “I am serious Michael, I think it’s time
to bring them over and it’s boring to be in this house alone
all day anyway, at list it will be better when there are
kids running around”
“Ok, alright I’ll think about it”, Michael seemed
unconvinced about this abruptly idea of his wife of having
children. Thirty days gone, on Saturday. Michael is sitting
on the sofa in the lounge sipping tea and his eyes glued on
the television screen, suddenly he hered a sound like a
stone rolling downstairs. He shouted “Angelina ----!, but
she didn’t reply. He walked over to the room calmly when he
was close to the passage at the end of the stairs he saw
Angelina lying hopelessly on the floor, he rushed towards
her. “Angelina-!”, he shooked her “Angelina----!”, please
don’t leave me. “Oh! —oh! baby please come back to me. He
started groaning when he saw that she was unconscious after
she stopped convulsing tremendously and the blood was
increasingly flowing on the floor. He immediately called for
emergency and his body was shivering. After few minuets an
ambulance arrived and they quickly took her to hospital. The
doctor off the theatre after forty minuets and Michael
walked towards him. “Doctor how is she, is she gonna be ok
!”.
Dr Sing gasping with melancholy in his face. “No!
Mr. Connor unfortunately we lost her before the operation
took place. Did you know that your wife was pregnant?”.
Michael nodded his head. “Your wife had landed awkwardly and
she have a severe crack on the skull. Michael thwarted
himself from screeching, but eventually he did leaving the
hospital his ruminours telling him one thing and one thing
only, that his life is over without her. When he was on his
way home, driving though the town he had nobody to comfort
him.
He stopped the car nearby the liquor store to get himself a
drink, instead of buying a soft drink he bought a hard one,
a whisky of rawest kind to calm his nerves because he
couldn’t bear the thought in his mind that his wife was
gone, gone forever it was when he started using ether to
wipe out the melancholy and erase the gyrating thoughts in
his head. Since then for sixty-five days he had never been
sober. Ultimately the man lost everything he strived for
even his life. But there was something he didn’t knew that
his wife committed adultery and all that was because the man
didn’t have faith.
