(At Lwazi’s house on another day. Mihlali’s phone rings, and she answers.)

Mihlali: Talk to me.

Tiger: I found something about Miss Goody Two-Shoes.

Mihlali: Excite me.

Tiger: Our little Miss here has an admitted mother: apparently she was operated on weeks ago and she is still in the Intensive Care Unit as we speak.

Mihlali: So? (She chews her gum.)

Tiger Yoh, you really are slow and foolish, see why I abandoned you? We will send one of my guys to finish her off. Rumour has it that our little Miss is overprotective when it comes to her mother, sensitive in a way that she’d even quit her job for her mother’s safety.

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Tell us: How do you think Alicia will cope if something happens to her mother?