Sindie

Everything happened so fast that I did not even see when the shot was fired but all I remember was me rushing to Shawn as he fell to the ground.

“Shawn!!!” I screamed with agony and pain. It felt like someone has taken a dagger and stabbed me right at the centre of my heart.

“Please don’t leave me.” I cried as I balanced his head on my legs. He looked at me with his one hand on my stomach and mouthed “I love you.”

“No no no no.” I lay my head on his bloody chest and cried with him fading away I lay there on his chest sobbing. As he took his last breath his hand continued touching my stomach.

I don’t know how long I have stayed like this, the only thing that brought me back into my senses was hearing Naledi’s voice “Dada. Dada.”

I got up from the floor, with my dress now covered with blood, I took Naledi in my arms and looked at Ndumiso, not allowing him to break me.

“If I can’t have her then no other man will have her too.”

“I hate you.” I said with tears streaming down my cheeks. “I hate you with all of my heart, you took away the man that I loved.”

Ndumiso stood there not saying a word but just looking at Naledi. “Come to Dada.” He said opening his arms.

Naledi turned her back on him. He shook his hea as if he was not believing that this was happening to him.