[At Flora’s place, Diana and her friends are busy playing cards as usual.]

Winnie: Pick the card, who is going to win today? [she smiles]

Diana: [throws the card down] So where is Rambo?

[Winnie and Flora look at each other and laugh]

Flora: I didn’t know she has a new name. We don’t know where she is maybe she is still angry you never know [looks at Winnie and smiles].

Winnie: Yeah that could be the reason. So how is your man and Angel? [she picks a card and throws it down]

Diana: [laughs] You won’t believe this, that stupid man is calling a family meeting. Eish I’m doomed.

Winnie: No, no don’t allow him to do that. You can fix this you know, just go back home early, cook for him and wash the dishes. I mean, do all the right things then beg him to cancel the family meeting.

Flora: Yes! Winnie is right. Just behave for a day or two then you go back to your old, rude ways [she winks at Winnie].

Winnie: Yeah, the time I had a boyfriend I use to beat him and guess what, he obeyed me even more. He would cook, he would do laundry… I’m telling you, you should try it.

Diana: [she smiles] I would definitely do that. I know he loves me and he will never leave me.

Flora: You go girl. Give me five.

Winnie: Yes, yes! I have won, bring my money [she takes the coins from the table and sits down]. Now the game is over, pass the beer.

Diana: So you will do that, beat the shit out of him?

[They all laugh]

*****

[At Diana’s place. There’s a knock on the door.]

Peter: Come in.

Dudu: Hello, how are you?

Peter: I’m good. [He pauses] And you?

Dudu: I’m also good.

Peter: Oh where are my manners, take a seat. How can I help you?

Dudu: Uhm… I’m not sure if you know me but I’m Diana’s friend… not exactly friends. It’s just that all the time I try to show her the right ways she chooses her bad gambling friends over me.

Peter: [he sighs] I don’t know what got into her, she was not like this before. I sometimes think it’s because I have lost a proper job, that that’s why she no longer sees my worth.

Dudu: You deserve a whole lot better; not this. I sometimes think she doesn’t deserve you. She is not the right woman for you. Oh sorry that is not my place to say such things, but I’m saying facts and you know it.

Peter: I don’t know what to say or do anymore. The hardest thing is that I love her.

Dudu: Do you think she loves you? If she did, she wouldn’t do the things she does… you doing the laundry, taking care of the baby. That is not fair; those are her duties not yours.

Peter: Do you think she doesn’t love me?

Dudu: I don’t think so, I know that she doesn’t love you. [she smiles]

Peter: I don’t usually talk about our private life. I’m so confused; I need answers.

Dudu: I will help you find answers.

Peter: I don’t remember when last I ate home cooked meals. I always eat takeaways, junk food [sigh], but I have a wife. I wasted my father’s cows.

Dudu: Oh yes you did.

Peter: Let me make tea. [he stands up]

Dudu: No sit. I will make it, [holds his hands]

Peter: Thank you, I will check on the baby.

[A few minutes later Dudu comes back with a tray with cups and a teapot. Peter is playing with Angel in the living room.]

Dudu: Oh she is so cute, she looks like you. Can I hold her? Did she eat?

Peter: [he gives Dudu the baby] No, let me go fetch her bottle.

Dudu: [she plays with Angel] Oh…cute, little auntie’s angel. Aunty loves you.

Peter: [smiles] this is a kind of family I pray for. Here’s her bottle.

[Dudu feeds Angel and sings songs to her… Peter falls asleep watching them.]

*****

[Later that day, Diana enters to find Peter sleeping on the couch with Angel on his chest].

Diana: Hey wake up [shakes Peter gently]

Peter: Oh. It’s you. Nx shut up you will wake Angel.

Diana: Don’t tell me to shut up, Loser. Get a job like a real man.

Peter: I don’t have time for this.

Diana: You have time for what? For laundry? Watching TV all day or babysitting?

Peter: [puts Angel to the bed] I have decided, I’m not calling the family meeting anymore.

Diana: Hey you did the right thing. I was just going to tell you to cancel the damn meeting. Good boy. I’m glad you can use your mind sometimes.

Peter: You are drunk!? Don’t call me a boy okay, I’m your husband.

Diana: Or what? I will call you a boy because you are. [she slaps him on the face]

Peter: [shocked] You just slapped me? How could you?

Diana: [laughs] I will kick you if you don’t shut up.

[Peter leaves her and she mumbles by herself. She ends up falling asleep on the floor. A few minutes later she starts to snore]

***

Tell us what you think: Obviously Diana is being played by all her friends. What do you think will happen next?