Loving Pezo

Episode 9

Pezo never really saw him stare at her as she couldn’t directly look at him in expectance of the
worst following her late reporting. But as she didn’t hear him say anything, she slowly lifted her
face and immediately their eyes met, it was Mr. Mitti who now turned away, a little ashamed that
he had exposed his weakness in front of his employee

Pezo: – this is the report and its attachments sir. I have also shared the same via email in case you
may need a soft copy as you review.
Joe: [clearing his throat] – thanks. Place it over there. I shall have a look and revert
Pezo: Sure. –I will take leave.
Joe: yeah.
He was speechless. He couldn’t believe he just got taken away by a beauty figure. He cursed as
he recalled how he was lost in love with Pezo as she stood before him. She looked so elegant and mature in her black well fitted dress. As she left the office premises, he watched her majestic walk
as he admired her the more. He had never seen her this dressed up and he wondered what
special occasion she was headed to. He had been thinking about her since they separated on
Friday and by then, he loved her just as simple as she seemed. More than anything, he had fallen
in love with her intellectual intelligence that he noticed as she professionally presented her paper
that day. And today, he could not just believe it that she had this combined quality of a lady that
any man would tirelessly pray for to hold and have with them for their lifespan in a woman. He felt
bad that in an effort to see her that morning, he went out of his way in demanding for her to
immediately come through- all in an effort to satisfy his own desires. As Mr. Mitti went deeper in
his thoughts, a certain sharp pain suddenly hit his chest as his thoughts suddenly reminded him
that he was supposed to get married in two months’ time. Matimba, his long lasting love didn’t
deserve this- not at least from him that she trusted so much with his life.

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Pezo only arrived a few minutes before they could all move to the dining room for their lunch. She
gave thanks to God when upon entering the house, she could hear laughter of both families from
the main living room. She went in through the kitchen door and poured a glass of water before she
could finally join the rest. It was Mrs. Chomba who spotted her first as she entered the room
Mrs. Chomba: Oh and there you are child. Come and join us- we were just waiting for you to join
us before we could proceed to have lunch
Pezo slowly walked past them and sat comfortably next to her friend, Mukuka. Kalima’s heart
started to beat fast. He couldn’t believe that the lady he longed to see was right there in their
house and seated just a few inches away from him.
Pezo: Good afternoon all. My apologies if I delayed the meal.
Mrs. Chomba: By no means did you child. I hope you feel better now

Pezo: I got some painkiller and am perfectly fine- thank you.
Mr. Chinyama: Well I bet you didn’t even get a chance to properly meet with the main man after all
that mix up. [Facing Kalima] – That’s Kalima child
Pezo innocently smiled widely and stood to give him a handshake as a way of welcoming him.

Pezo: Welcome back home- we hope you will never find any reason to think of going back because am sure you can see that all good things are actually back here bro.
They all laughed as they agreed with her. Kalima felt his blood race throughout his veins. He didn’t
understand how this humble lady could easily move him so strongly. He wished he could say
something in response to her statement but his voice was gone. He had always thought there was nothing good to return for back home and the only reason he returned was to convince his parents
on a face to face conversation that his destiny was never in Africa and much so Zambia. But with
what he was looking at during that particular moment- he would swear to have a courier company
ship all his movable goods to Lusaka. He smiled back as he watched back at his parents who
seemed so happy. Then it dawned on him……did she just call him Bro? He definitely wasn’t ready
to tolerate that kind of language when he already defined what hear relation with her would be
Mrs. Chomba: Well- everyone, please- shall we before the food gets cold.

As they were pulling chairs for their seats on the table, Kalima ensured to strategically sit on the
opposite side of Pezo. Of course his sisters were ever sandwiching him whenever they could at
any particular point. But even with that, he still managed to steal glances of Pezo whenever he
could and one thing he noticed was that she was so humble and quite different for an average
rich kid. She was so soft spoken and rarely did so unless it was so necessary. And because of
that, whenever she would speak up, Kalima noted that all would be attentive to hear her out. She
indeed created a great basis to which she could draw people’s attention and he would confess
before anyone that was already in the trap. She really seemed to be so loved and cherished by
both his and her own family but one could clearly see that she never took advantage of that less
acknowledging this fact. He also noticed that other than others, she really picked on her food and
it explained his slimness- which he never really had issues with but felt would look a little much
much better with a little flesh. His thoughts were destructed as Chisala spoke up

Chisala: Well am only disappointed with one thing here- I was so hopeful that big bro would come
with an English girlfriend- wasn’t it just the perfect time for you to bring along Carolyn?
Kalima almost chocked with his food as he coughed out uncontrollably.
Mr and Mrs. Chomba dropped their faces as they both moved about their seats unnecessarily.
Mrs. Chinyama seemed disappointed and just looked at Kalima in anticipation of his answer.