Loving Pezo

Episode 17

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

Joe: You are no longer this little girl that you should always run to Ambuya for every small
argument we have- shouldn’t we instead try to show her that we are mature enough to now handle
our own differences?

Matimba: am sorry. It’s just that I get worried sometimes. Signs are so strong that you are still with
me only because of our son- Yamiko.

Joe: [squeezing her hands the more] – Am sorry if that’s the picture you get. I love you Timba.

Yamiko too. That’s why I had to follow you even after you made it so clear in your note that you
want nothing to do with me
Matimba just smiled in the midst of her tears as though to confirm that it was a silly decision.

Joe: [still on his knees and now toying with her fingers] Now- Mrs. Mitti to be- I need you to go
back to Ambuya and tell her your visiting time is up- am taking you and our darling son for a long
drive and to a place you won’t have to think twice about the love I have for you.

Matimba: I love you Joe- always remember that.

Mr. Mitti just gave her a kiss on the lips as she stood to call her grandmother. In no time, they were
leaving the premises and Matimba and her grandmother were the happiest.
Having lost her mother during child birth of herself, Matimba was raised by her grandmother with
so much love and care. With a little support from her Aunties and uncles, she was able to go to
good enough schools and got a government scholarship to study in Russia after doing so well
during her grade twelve final examinations. Her father abandoned her immediately after the burial
of her mother and it was only through the grapevine that the family heard he remarried after 4
months of losing Matimba’s mother. He had never seen his daughter until the day she was leaving
the country for her 1st degree in medicine. Even with his appearance and demand for his
daughter, no family member told Matimba anything believing it would only disturb her. All her life, Matimba was told her father died while she was a child and she has always known herself to be an
orphan. Today, she was a medical doctor under the university teaching hospital full of great
passion for her work. With her wedding on the way, her uncles, aunties and cousins were really
supportive of her union with Mr. Mitti and with their child. But even with that, Matimba always ran
back to her grandmother and nobody else for anything that she would need. Even with all the little
problems that she would face with her lover, Ambuya would always be there for her. To comfort,
strengthen and give her more hope for her love with Mr. Mitti. For she knew to a larger extent that
she contributed a lot to all the weaknesses that Matimba possessed. The disrespect, the rudeness
exetera -All in the name of love for the girl. By the time her aunties and uncles were joining forces
to help their mother discipline the girl, it was too late. And so with the many down moments she
would have with Mr. Mitti, Ambuya always interrogated her granddaughter first before trying to
resolve the issue with Mr. Mitti who she equally loved as much her Matimba.