When Thabang got home, he tried to call Amo but she did not answer. She was very hurt for someone who was in the relationship for revenge. She wanted to teach Thabang a lesson. She was busy outlining a plan on how to get revenge. She thought maybe she should poison him or go see a Sangoma, to bewitch him so he would be unloved. Her mind was blank.

She opened the drawer to take out her diary so that she could write down her emotions, she always did that to calm herself down. She saw an unopened pack of sanitary pads, her periods were late. It was like she was struck by a lightning. She was panicking. She took the pack and hid it so that her mother could not see it. She remembered the day she slept with Kabelo, they did not use protection.

“No, it can’t be!” she screamed.

She immediately called Kabelo but his phone was off, she left him a message.

“Kabelo, we need to talk it’s urgent. Please get back to me as soon as possible!”

She was pacing up and down in her room. She was panicking. She knew that Kabelo won’t call her back so she decided to go to his house. It was getting dark but she decided to go anyway. She wore something warm and got on the way.

She walked as fast as her legs could, she finally got there. She did not care if Kabelo’s parents were home, this was an emergency, she thought to herself. She knocked but there was no answer but the door was quite ajar. She let herself in. There was no one in the kitchen but she could sense there were people in the house. She went to the dining room and still there was no one.

“Kabelo!” she called out.

She decided to check him in his room. She stood at the door and she could hear sounds. She opened the door slowly, she could not believe her eyes. They didn’t even hear her get in. Kabelo was in bed with another girl. She caught him in the act. She took out her cellphone and videotaped the whole thing. After she got what she wanted, she coughed to let them know that they’ve got company. They stopped immediately knowing that they have an audience.

“What are you doing here?” Kabelo asked furiously.

She did not say anything. Kabelo and the girl got dressed.

“Are you Omphile?” Amo asked as she got closer to the girl. She did not reply. “I’ll take that as a yes,” Amo continued talking.

The girl’s name was Omphile, the same girl Reba told Amo about.

She went back to where she was standing, at the door. Omphile wanted to go but Amo was standing in her way.

“Can I pass?” Omphile asked Amo.

“Oh, the bitch can talk!” she exclaimed.

She got out of her way but when Omphile was about to get out of the room, Amo pulled her back inside by her ponytail. Amo gave her a hot slap in the face and kicked her. Kabelo stopped her. Omphile wanted to fight back but Kabelo was in-between them. Kabelo asked Omphile to go home and told her that they will talk later.

Kabelo and Amo were left alone in the room, but they didn’t say anything to each other. When Amo was about to leave the room Kabelo stopped her.

“Amo, I’m sorry that you had to see that,” he said.

“You are not sorry that you cheated? Wow! I am such a fool to even think that you loved me.” she sobbed.

Kabelo tried to comfort her.

“Don’t you dare touch me,” she yelled at him.

She wiped the tears in her eyes and got out of the room. It was already dark outside, it was 21h30. Amo was afraid of the dark and Kabelo knew that. Amo just stood outside; Kabelo came to her and held her hand. He took her inside the house.

“Why don’t you stay for the night, it’s already late?” Kabelo suggested.

Amo knew that she can’t go home at this time, there are thugs out there. So she agreed. She called her mother and told her that she would sleepover at Kamo’s place. She was very tired and wanted to just sleep.

“Amo, let’s go and sleep in my room,” Kabelo said.

“In the same bed you slept with that bitch? No, thank you,” she replied furiously. “I’d rather sleep on the couch.” she continued talking.

Kabelo brought her a blanket.

“Before you sleep I want to talk to you about something,” Kabelo started talking.

Amo did not say anything.

“Amo, I love you. I really do, you might not believe it but it’s true. You are the only thing that make sense in my life right now. I mean look at me I’m all alone, my parents don’t care about me or my well-being. All they care about is chasing deals and when I complain they say I’m ungrateful. I – Amo! Amogelang?” he called Amo but she was asleep.

So much for pouring my heart out, he thought. He went to sleep.

Kabelo woke up early so that he could make breakfast for Amo. He went to check up on her but she was long gone. He did not want to lose Amo but he had been behaving like a jerk lately. He knew that it was just a matter of time before she left him.

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Tell us: What would you do if you were in Amo’s shoes?