Loving Pezo

Episode 16

Mukuka: okay great, I will be the other side with a few friends

Kalima: – is- Pezo there too?

Mukuka just looked at him for a while before she could say something

Kalima; – sis?

Mukuka: [blatantly] No- she isn’t- excuse me.
And she left. Kalima didn’t understand his sister for a while but his thoughts were cut short as he
saw Pezo walk down to where everyone was and while picking a glass of red wine from one of the
waiters going round with drinks, he went ahead to receive her. In her usual polite ways, Pezo
smiled as he received it

Kalima: Hope you don’t mind me saying this but, You look incredibly beautiful tonight
Pezo: Thank you Karl.

Kalima: I got a little worried when I never saw you get downstairs. It’s only now that am realizing
that walking is not so much a part of your everyday lives here.

Pezo: Oh no. well you could say that- cause indeed that stroll got me tired
They both laughed and Mukuka couldn’t help watching.

Pezo: Please, excuse me- I will be with Mukuka and the rest
As she turned to leave, Kalima never stopped staring at her and even throughout the night he
always found reasons to at least be around the ladies. The party finished so late and it was only
good that the next day was a public holiday and everyone would get enough rest for the day.

For Mr. Mitti, he had the worst day after Pezo Left, he couldn’t understand why he was thinking so
much about her and it got bad when her name kept popping up by mistake in his conversations
with other people. It worried him the more when even after meeting with his fiancé later that day,
he couldn’t concentrate much on her.

Matimba was able to pick it and they ended up separating
on a very bad note when she tried to question his behavior. For that evening, he never even
bothered to talk to her or make amends to what happened as he felt he needed to rediscover
himself. But even with that, his heart was never at peace, it was a mixed feeling of beautiful
thoughts of Pezo on the one hand and the guiltiness of hurting the supposed love of his life,
Matimba.

Mr. Mitti and Matimba had been dating for over 4years. Their relationship started on a very strong
friendship basis to which Mr. Mitti never saw Matimba and him being more than friends at any
point in life. But having separated for over a year at some point, their reunion demanded for them
spending more time which made Matimba confess her feelings to Mr. Mitti. It was not a mutual
feeling on Mr. Mitti’s part but not wanting to hurt the lady, he decided to learn to love her and it
was never an easy phase in his life. He loved Matimba as a friend but not as his lover. He came
from a family that was firm on tradition and for the kind of a woman that Matimba was, he was
always skeptical about announcing to his family that they were dating and so in the hope that she
would change a bit, he kept on buying time and that’s how the many years passed before they could take their relationship to another level. Matimba was beautiful, educated and very fun to be
around but she unfortunately never had respect for people and was too emotional and that’s one
area Mr. Mitti had failed to correct. On several occasions, their relationship had ended but always
reconciled because of the child they had in their third year of dating. It was for the sake of this
child, Yamiko, the pride of his heart that Mr. Mitti always thought twice about leaving Matimba.
Their wedding arrangements had really reached an advanced stage with both families really kept
busy on all sorts of preparations before their wedding day. In a week’s time, Mr. Mitti and his
family were expected to receive Chilanga Mulilo from Matimba’s family and with everyone so
excited with all these things and more, Mr. Mitti never saw himself messing up but in as much as it
hurt him so to love someone not for his own sake but for that of his son and to make others happy.

The next day, the first call he made was to his fiancé but she never picked. Once twice and a lot
more. He text and she never answered and that’s how he decided to drive to her place only to be
greeted with a note specifically for him and her phone beside it. Mr. Mitti’s heart suddenly began to
race as his thoughts took him to Yamiko and were her mother could have taken him.

Immediately
his thoughts took him to her grandmother’s place and he straight away drove to Matero to check
on her. True to his guess, Matimba and Yamiko were there and they seemed to have only arrived.

Immediately he got in, her grandmother, who seemed to have been keenly listening to her
complaint stood, greeted him and walked away. Mutinta, her maid, got Yamiko from the mother’s
hands and was almost walking away with him when Mr. Mitti stopped her
Joe: [Taking his son away from her] I will take him- please excuse us.

Mutinta left and closed the door behind her

Joe: [carefully holding his son as he sat next to Matimba] did you really have to do this?
She never answered.

Joe: don’t you think you went a little too far? It was just a small argument honey.

Matimba: Please- I don’t want to discuss this- just leave Joe

Joe: am sorry okay. I m sorry that I may have come out a little too strong but I need you to know
that am going through so much at the office and it hasn’t been easy

Matimba: I need some time alone Joe. Give me some space please
Joe: well you know how much of an impossibility that is to me Timba- I need my son nearby

Matimba: -its always about your son right? What about me Joe- am I not supposed to mean
something to you? To us? Am supposed to be your wife Joe!!

Mr. Mitti just carefully placed Yamiko on his carrier and held both her hands as she turned her face
away from him

Joe: am – am not letting you go honey. You are mine and I need you and my son to get back to
your rightful place.

A sudden grin appeared on Matimba’s face and Mr. Mitti knew it was a done deal.