Chapter 63
NEO
Lethabo and I actually slept at the hospital on the chairs. That's how difficult the situation was. I can't believe Pat decided to do that, do that in the presence of Lethabo. This is going to haunt her for a long time.
The Dr approached us..
Dr: Good morning
Me: Morning
Dr: I believe you are with Mrs Patricia Marè?
Me: Yes we are.. How is she?
Dr: Stable.. You did good by bringing in her early
That was a bit of a relief..
Me: Can we see her?
Dr: Not now maybe tomorrow
Me: As long as she's stable.. Thank you
He nodded and walked back. I picked Lethabo up and walked to the exit..
Lethabo: Is Mommy going to be okay?
Me: She's going to be fine
As we were walking out, we bumped into Lorraine..
Lorraine: How is she?
Me: What are you doing here?
Lorraine: I saw you checked in at a hospital on your social media, and you had uploaded Pat's picture
Me: You have no business here
Lorraine: Pat is family, she was married to my Son
Me: You kicked us out
Lorraine: I didn't, you moved out.. Both of you!
Me: We not going to do this in front of Lethabo
Lorraine: Neo can you stop this nonsense and come back home?
Me: No and don't come here again, I'll alert the Nurses to not let you anywhere near her ward
Lorraine: Neo!!
SIBA
When I got to work the following day I told Sis Glo about what happened last night..
Glo: You need to pray Siba don't sieze, especially since you told me about how much your Aunt hates you
Me: I don't understand why family would do this to you, I mean I did nothing to my Aunt. Why would she do this to me?
Glo: The thing is, people who wanna bring you down are people who are always close to you. Family, friends, relatives, and neighbours even colleagues. It's highly unlikely for a stranger to wish you harm
I nodded..
Me: It hurts, they the only family I have left now. I wish that we could all just get along well
Glo: You did nothing to them, just continue praying and God is going to fight for you
Me: Thank you
Glo: At 12 in the afternoon go to a quiet place, even in the rest room to pray.
Me: I'll do that.. Thank you
RAZOR
I waited until he picked up..
PI: Mr Van de Merwe
Me: Did you locate the witness protection house?
PI: Yes Sir
Me: Are they there?
PI: Yes Sir.. There's two officers at the front door and a surveillance cop car parked outside the gate
Me: Okay thank you.. Thank you for your help
PI: Anytime
I hung up and called Ace..
Ace: Razor
Me: Two officers at the front door and a cop car at the gate
Ace: Text the address
Me: Right on it
Ace: By tomorrow the job will be done
Me: You better not mess up
Ace: I'm a pro!
Me: Good!! I'll wire your money after the job is done
Ace: Half now and half tomorrow when the job is done
Me: No problem
Ace: Bye
Me: Bye
KAT
Thabiso is the groundsman, I expected someone old. He looked like he was in his mid 30s, maybe 35 or 34..
He was wearing his blue overall pants, shirtless, boots and a hat..
He really kept the garden clean..
Me: Wow.. The garden is clean
Thabiso: There's no job that's useless, every job is important no matter how useless it looks
Me: What do you enjoy most about the garden?
Thabiso: Everything.. You take care of nature, and nature will take care of you too
Me: True
Thabiso: I believe you are interested?
Me: Very much
Thabiso: Why?
Me: Just to keep busy
Thabiso: I understand.. In this place you have to keep busy
Me: True
Thabiso: Let me show you how to trim the flowers
Me: I'd like that very much
SIBA
I received a text from Neo letting me know that Pat was admitted..
Me: What? How did that happen?
Neo: She cut her wrists, worse in the presence of Lethabo
Me: That's insane, how serious is it?
Neo: She's going to be fine
I exhaled in relief..
Me: That's good, that's better Babe.. How is Lethabo holding up?
Neo: She's sleeping in the car, we slept on the chairs
Me: That's a relief Baby.. I'm truly sorry, you don't need this right now
Neo: It's going to be okay.. How are you holding up?
Me: I'm holding up well
Neo: Still feeling sick?
Me: I'm a bit better today
Neo: That's good Nana
Me: Have to go back to work
Neo: Okay Nana I'll call you later
Me: Hey..
Neo: Yeah?
Me: Everything is going to be okay and I love you
Neo: I love you too
He hung up...
MAHLODI
I took my phone and called Razor..
Razor: Miss me already?
Me: Just a little
He chuckled..
Me: Just in a bit of pain
Razor: I'm sad to hear that
Me: I'll be fine.. How are you?
Razor: I'm good just going through that case, hoping I'll beat you in court
Me: Well I doubt you will, if it wasn't your job I'd say you evil
Razor: What can I say? He's paying us a lot of money to make this go away
Me: An amount of money to lose, he's just donating it to you guys.. There's no way his Son is going to win this case.. There's too much evidence against him
Razor: Well at least I would've tried
Me: That's all that counts
NEO
I put Lethabo down on the bed, I looked at her as she was sleeping. This is all messed up. How did things get so out of control?
My phone vibrated, it was a text from Ges.
"Doing an exchange tonight at 19:00, don't be late"
What am I going to do with Lethabo now?
KAT
Me: Here I got the water
Thabiso: Thank you
He took the bucket..
Me: Why can't they buy another hose pipe?
Thabiso: It's a government hospital, they don't care
Me: I can see that
Thabiso: We'll just have to make it work somehow
Me: That's true
At least I'll be sending most of my time outside getting fresh air..
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To be continued
