Loving Pezo

Episode 29

Three weeks past.

Even after with so much happening in preparation of their wedding day, Mr. Mitti and Matimba’s relationship was ever getting sour by the day. Two weeks later from the night they spent at the
Samboko farm, the Chilanga Mulilo was taken to Mr. Mitti’s family and it was only a week to go
before they could have their kitchen party. Even with all these things happening, Mr Mitti never
really felt so eager to have the mother of his son with him in his home. Matimba always found
faults in blaming him for one thing or the other. Its either she felt he was loving his family more
than her, or he was spending too much time with his friends or at work or that he was not so
concerned about their wedding preparations. As a person who was not so sure if he made the
right decision in deciding to take their relationship to another level, it always pained his sister and
brother’s that he had to continue with this even in the midst of all the confusion. For Jane his
sister, she only did all she could for the sake of her brother and not that anything good would
come out of their relationship. She had tried to bring Matimba as close to the family but it was all in
vein.

As for his feelings for Pezo, it was even getting more worse by each day that Mr. Mitti had to be
with her to finalise the proposal document design and strategies. The process demanded so much
more time of most members of staff and Pezo was no exception due to the initial involvement she
had with the project. At most, it required just him and Pezo to put the document together after
most of the brainstorming sessions they would have. It was not easy for Mr. Mitti to always hide
the now strong feelings he had for Pezo but atleast, the manner in which Pezo related with him is
what helped him a lot. She was ever professional, focused, dedicated and very innovative
towards her work . Above all, she had both inner respect and for others too that always made
anyone have limits on how they could relate with her. With time, Mr. Mitti discovered she came
from a rich family and was shoked to know this aspect knowing so well how wealthy people raised
their children.

As for Kalima, he had become so busy with work having been placed as a CEO of the family
company by both the Chomba and chinyama families. The company dealt with so much and
ofcourse with the many branches across the country that demanded for his close supervision or
attention at most, he was ever in and out of town. But even with that, his thoughts were ever with
Pezo whom even with the many days that passed by without seeing, he loved her so much with all
his being. Every now and then, or whenever he would try to ask for a date out or for them to watch
a movie together but she always had excuses. Kalima knew it was all in an effort to avoid being
with him knowing so well what happened the night she differed with his sister Mukuka. There was
nothing much he could do knowing what kind of a sister he had. Rather, for a few days that
followed, he just decided to avoid meeting with Pezo so openly and it’s just as well Pezo wasnt
forthcoming to any proposed date.
For the beautiful but so frustrated lady, Mukuka, it was not easy for her to live the next days of her
life with the manner in which she performed the other evening. Pezo’s words to her were so few
from the incident. Just a text apologising if she wronged her through any means (words or actions)
and asked her to be at peace. For Mukuka, she felt good that her friend bowed down to her accusations but it hit her hard when she saw that Pezo no longer had any interest in spending time
with her or her brother Kalima. Not that she didn’t want to be friends with her anymore but just to
allow her friend adjust to all that was happening. Inwardly, Mukuka missed Pezo alot but she
noted that more than ever, Pezo seemed so busy even to see her from the office or her home.