Loving Pezo

Episode 12

Pezo: Oh yeah- I mean- that was such a huge sacrifice

Kalima: I know.

Short silence

Pezo: at least I can promise you one thing that- you will not have any dull moments here Kal- back
here, we live as a family full of love- and as your sisters, Mukuka and I will do anything within our
means to make you feel at home and help you love this place which is meant to be your true
home. You just have to tell- what name was that again? Oh yeah Carolyn- to relocate if she loves
you enough

Kalima: [smiling broadly] come on- you aint gonna take what the young lady was saying seriously?
[Trying to change the topic] but tell me- how did you guess that am actually called by that name; I
mean- everybody back in the UK called me that- Kal and would go all the way to spell it as such

[karl]

Pezo: well-it just popped out. But I like the full local name better
Kalima felt she was so smart. He really loved her the more. It was as though he was talking to a
person he had known for a long time. He actually said more than he should for a conversation with
a stranger.

Pezo: Oh my God Kalima- I think we have really moved too far- we should be getting back now.

Kalima: I agree.
They turned to go back and by now, they decided to talk less as it would help them get back in
time. They were so swamped in their chat initially that they could not even recall were they came
from when they came through to a road that gave two different directions. They both looked at
each other and for a while none could suggest which way they should take.

Pezo; I think we came that way
Kalima: really? I was thinking this other one Pezo: well they really look the same- what are we gonna do now.
Kalima: there should be some signage that can assist us with- only with you may look again

Pezo: Truth is we don’t normally use the back root when visiting. Everyone suggested for us to
take this way because it’s normally less congested with Vehicles. Your parents said they use it a
lot for their occasional road runs

Kalima: okay; lets then take the one you suggested-am sure it may lead us somewhere

Pezo: Oh no Karl. I think let’s just take your route- am normally bad with directions and I wouldn’t
want us to waste time incase it’s not the right one. Meanwhile I can try to call home.
Kalima: not just yet dear. And calm down please. We shall manage this.

They increased their speed as they headed down the road and immediately they reached a dead
end, it was so clear that they were in the wrong road. They began going back but by the time they
got back to the place they started from, over 50 minutes of their time had been lost. Without telling
Kalima, she decided to get her phone so she could call someone for directions using the name of
a drilling company they were close to

Pezo: oh no – this isn’t happening
Kalima: [getting worried] what? Are you okay- what happened?

Pezo: My phone batter just died Kalima. What are we gonna do if we don’t find the place. It will
soon get dark –
Kalima saw that she was really panicking. Tired too. He felt a little helpless considering he had no
clue about the place… of course it could never be easy for anyone to locate the route after taking
a stroll for over two hours. He didn’t blame her too because the poor lady was just dragged into
this partly because of his own selfish desires of wanting so much to spend time with her. But away
from what he felt for her, he slowly moved towards her and embraced her so tightly
Kalima: Listen- I need you to be strong for me. We shall find our way back. All we need to do is
take this other alternative route and perhaps find a phone booth for us to call if it gets to the worst
Pezo; am just worried that people at home will begin to panic soon
Kalima: Please don’t. They should know we are not little kids that we should completely loss our
way or get in any kind of trouble.

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And indeed back at the Chomba residence, everyone were beginning to get a little worried when
Kalima and Pezo never seemed to have been returning on time. According to the discussions they
had during lunch, it seemed like it was only going to be a 30min to 1 hour but it was now almost 4
hours since they had left. They all began to try Pezo’s number but it wasn’t going through.

Everyone worried but not as much as Mukuka did. Her heart was burning with weird thoughts over
her friend and brother. She even concluded that perhaps her friend knew about this match plan but chose to hide from her.

A few minutes later, invited guests for the welcome party began to fill the yards of the Chomba
residence and it was so worrying that even then, the main man was nowhere to be seen. Mr.
Chomba decided to send out three vehicles in different directions to follow them up but to no avail.

30 minutes passed and through her bedroom window, Chisala was able to spot them and called
after her sister who rushed to see. Kalima was holding Pezo by her left hand and sure seemed to
be pretending to be all tired. She cursed when she saw them in that way and only left the room to
alert the rest downstairs.