GUNDO
I stand there looking at a nerve wrecked Given then I turn to look at Thandi. She has confusion written all over her face
I was going to do it tonight. I was going to tell her everything and risk losing her but things just keep getting fucked by the second. No doubt Jerome is fuming downstairs so I stand in there middle of my bedroom conflicted, Thandi is daring me to walk out. She's daring me with her eyes and Given is standing there expectedly, waiting for me to go attend the beast I've awakened
"Stay here, don't leave the room" I tell Thandi and walk out before she can protest
I shut the door behind me and look at Given
"The guards are on alert, You have your gun with you?" he asks
"That won't be necessary"
"You think? Jerome is livid and you know how quick he is to react"
"He won't shoot me Given, he stands to lose a lot if I'm dead" I say to my little brother then I start walking
I can't help but think of all the poor decisions I've made in the past, the stuff I agreed to... The lengths I went to in order to get everything that I have right now and even now as I walk to go face off with Jerome
I don't regret being with Thandi. Not one bit. If that makes me a selfish man then yes, I'm selfish, too selfish to get passed by a chance at real raw love. Meeting Thandi, for the first time a woman looked at me and saw beyond my monetary status, she saw more than a mobster too. She reached deep inside and I felt what it's like to really be wanted. I don't regret that...
What I do regret is keeping her in the dark about my dealings with Jerome. This might cost me my true love and I'd be to blame for it. I didn't give her an option to choose, I didn't let her know about Emme and now it's come back to bite me in the ass
"You son of a bitch" Jerome spits when he sees me "What the fuck are you playing at Netshia!" he attempts to punch me on the face but I duck just in time
"Did you come to fight or to talk?" I feel my own frustration rise
He glares at my wedding band and if looks could kill, I'd be one dead man right now
"You fucking bastard, Have you forgotten that we have a deal? Are you trying to test me Gundo because I can tell you right now that I'll kill that bitch you call a wife and I'll burn this entire fucking house with the both of you in it"
"Jerome sit down and stop making threats in my house, keep my wife out of this too"
"Oh no you've got this twisted Netshia, that little whore isn't your wife. Your wife is currently in my house, waiting for you to fix this fuckery you have created, and you better fix it Gundo, you better fucking fix it!"
"Maybe there's a way we can go about this" I say and he looks at me "I messed up, yes I'll admit that but I realised that I made a mistake with that deal we made. We are going to have to find other ways to keep this partnership beneficial for the both if us because I can't marry your daughter now Jerome"
"You see that right there!" he points at me "That right there is the shit I don't want to be hearing right now. That bullshit you're spitting in my face is what I did not drive here for"
"Our partnership doesn't have to fall off, You want your legacy preserved and protected. I'll still help with that"
"How the hell will you help with that if you aren't married to a Smith. You agreed to marry Emme dammit"
"That was before I met Thandi! It was irrational and you know this"
"I don't give a damn that you went and stumbled onto your Cinderella, this love story will burn out before she even tries on the damn shoe that's for sure. Netshia, I will kill her" he seethes
