The buzzing of the phone woke everyone up in the bedroom.

“Baby,answer your phone,“ Cici said, standing up.

Thabo searched for his phone, it’s Winnie. Winnie has been dating Thabo since last year. They met through social media. Winnie usually visited Thabo when he allowed it. She knew he was married but didn’t care about that because she wanted to make him leave his wife for her. She wanted to be the only one.

“Baby, how are you?” she asked.

“I am okay and you,” he answered​.

Cici looks at him then she went out.

“I told you not to call me,” he hissed quietly.

“You would have replied my messages,” she answered.

“I love you, Winnie. I am really serious,” he said.

“Ok. When will you be back?” she asked.

“Next week,” he said.

Thabo heard Cici closing the front door.

“We will talk. Later,” he said and slammed his phone on the bed.

“Who was it?” Cici asked concerned.

“It’s my boss. I have to leave the day after tomorrow,” he answered.

“But… You promised you will take me to the gynae,” she sighed.

“I can’t lose my job,” he said standing up. He put on his trousers and put his phone in his pocket.

“I hope you will resign and come home so we can have our life here,” she said hugging him.

Thabo smiled when he looked at her face. She smiled and kissed him.

“Our baby and I need you back. Thabo please don’t hurt me,” she said seriously.

“I love you,” he said and embraced Cici.

Things were different when he me Cici, they fell in love when both were still in school. He was her first love. She was his third but he had lied to her to make her happy. He had also lied that he was a virgin. He had started having sex at sixteen. He had slept with woman older than him​. He wanted the fun but he really loved Cici. He just wanted to enjoy his life and taste all the fruits of the world.

Cici prepared for work while Thabo had to clean the house. He wasn’t lazy and didn’t want to spend time in a dirty house. When Cici left, he ate his breakfast and laid on the bed.

“Winnie, baby how are you?” he asked on the phone.

“I am good, just waiting for you,” she replied.

“You seem to enjoy your wife,” she continued.

“No, Winnie, I just found out that she is pregnant,” he sighed.

“So you are not going to divorce her?” she shouted.

“Relax baby. I will do so at the right time,” he said.

Winnie dropped the call. He knew she was hurt. Winnie sounded like the woman he wants not Cici. He made a mistake to marry young. He checked his phone, there were loads from his other side chick, Lisa.

Baby were hv u bn?

I m still in Zim.

Ok. I Ms u.

M 2.

Luv u.

Luv u 2.

And, then also messages from his other side chick, Theresa.

T baby.

Hey.

Luv ,hw u?

GD n u.

M k.

Ms u.

Luv u.

He smiled at that and thought he had to leave soon so he could have fun which he missed. Thabo had been in Zimbabwe for two weeks. Cici wouldn’t suspect a thing. She was far away, hundreds of kilometres away. He started to pack his clothes.

When he was finished packing his bag, he took a walk to the taxi rank. He saw it was not that busy, people weren’t travelling. A rank marshall was calling out ‘Joburg’. He approached him.

“Is there a taxi to Joburg at night,” he asked.

“Yes. Book it because you may find it gets full,” the marshall answered.

“Ok, where do I do that?” he asked .

“You see that container, buy a ticket there,” he answered pointing at a yellow container.

Thabo walked to the container which had a lady​ inside who was shouting to another woman. He stood there waiting for an angry woman to leave.

“We can’t refund you, but can change date. Please stand that way so I can serve another customer,” she said pointing to the left.

Thabo walked to the window and said, “I need a ticket for today.” He pulled out his wallet and gave the woman 30 dollars.

“Can I have your passport?” she asked.

Thabo searched for his pocket and handed her his green passport.

“You are lucky ,there is only one space left,” she said and wrote in a book. She tore out a ticket and handed it to him. She looked inside the passport and gave it back to him. They always checked if your passport is legal.

He walked back home. It was noon when he looked at the clock. He started to cook meat so he could cook and leave before Cici got back.

Tell us what you think: What will happen when he goes to Joburg?