The following day was a very dull day filled with nothing but rain , Owethu was sitting in her glass room as it was peaceful to her she watched the rain slide down the glass walls , in the house was only her and Enhle ..she was about to open her laptop when she heard Enhle’ scream downstairs…as she went down the stairs she saw Bhubes standing at the door with Enhle …

What did you do to her ?

Nothing, he says grining

What do you want ?

I got your message and I’ll back off ,he lifted his hands ..but this is not the last your seeing of me !

So …you came all the way to tell me that , just get out of my house man ! and pass on the message to your goons!

Bhubes feeling threatened left

Owethu you can’t keep me here forever, I need to go to work , Enhle blurts out

Well if you have a death wish be my guest, Owethu says sitting on the couch to watch the television

Irrational Enhle moved away from the door to sit with Owethu

Don’t worry about work iv sorted it out but you can’t go back now !

Uhm…about the other day , I wanted to say thank you for saving my life ..

So you see I’m not as heartless as you think and just know I will always protect you from today onwards, Owethu said genuinely

mmh-hmm…so tell me what’s the empty room for upstairs? , Enhle asked changing the subject

Owethu just stared at her hesitating wheather to tell or not , it’s for my child she ends up saying

Shocked Enhle, you have a child she asked

Yes I do , she replied

Where ?

Owethu smiled at her , she’s unborn

Enhle looked at her laughing very hard , how do you know it’s gonna be a girl ?

Ohh you wanna bet ?

Your so funny ! but no if you say so then so be it , she laughed again

While they sat chatting, Matthew barged in saying all of their staff in each club are held hostage, the two of them hurried out the house leaving Enhle alone …..when they drove around everything seemed to be normal the business was doing quite well , ALL OF THEM !

Matthew are you stupid ? , Have you lost a screw ??? Owethu lost it

I’m ..I’m sorry I just got a misterious call…

From who !! Don’t tell me bull shit , idiot she then came to realisation that Enhle is alone at home

Go to the house and check on Enhle ! She clicked her tongue

He did as he was told feeling a bit embarrassed, when he arrived he saw a black Mercedes V class parked out the yard ..he knew exactly who it was , he texted Owethu

Mr Ngcobo sir , what are you doing here ??

Come here boy , what’s your job with my daughter?

Uhm we work to…

Jaa okay , take this , he have Mat a revolver, I want you to go inside and get rid of that cop am I clear !

Sir I’m sorry but I can’t do that

Listen here boy , I wasn’t asking I was telling you or do you want to see your mother’s head hanging on my wall ?

He looked up immediately terrified, Matthew was a low confident guy after all so he did as threatened, both of them walked in the house , he shouted for Enhle but she remained silent

Owethu was busy paying her staff from one of her restaurants through her laptop, that’s when she saw Mats text it didn’t seem to bother her at the time , she carried on with work when Fanele showed up

Owethu!

Fanele , have you decided to stop playing hide and seek with your family ?

Owethu why are you doing this to me , I thought you loved me she cried

I did honestly but our thing wasn’t working, she filled her in

So you just woke up and decided our thing wasn’t working or you cheated on me with that cop ? Huh

Ms I didn’t cheat on you , and you should know that it’s over between us !

Come on babe you don’t mean that , Fanele says desperately trying to touch Owethu

Fanele , please man ! Delete my number and forget about me okay , she left

* At her house *

Enhle had over heard the conversation outside when she saw Mr Ngcobo’s car parked outside, Owethu had told her about a gun in the house she decided to borrow it and she sat quietly in the empty room , Matthew pointed the gun at each turn he took an betraying Mr Ngcobo was the last thing on his mind ,

Mr Ngcobo had munipulated his daughter and was one of the persons who wanted Enhle dead ! He had also come with on of his hitman who was waiting outside

Go upstairs you good for nothing fool , he had shouted to Matthew

Owethu was passing by just to check If everything was okay when she spotted someone there she reversed with full speed and parked

Do you have a death wish Mister , what are you standing at my door for ?

The man kept quiet and still , in a matter of seconds she took out his gun an shot him twice in the abdomen as she aimed for the third shot he shouted ” the cop ” and pointed inside , blood shot out of his mouth as he took his last breath .. Owethu droped the gun on top of him and went inside

She opened an went , as she walked up the stairs Matthew was rolling down with blood coming from his chest , Enhle had fired a shot at him and Owethu’s father but he quickly dodged

When she was finally up in the passage ,her father was about to shoot Enhle …she quickly put her hand around his neck and stabbed him right there

How could you ? she asked him as he fell to the floor , the gun was still in his hands ,Enhle quickly tried to grab it but his grip was too hard , he had strength to get up and wanted to fire a shot at her , there was a hustle for the gun between the two

Owethu pulled the knife out of her father’s throat, he bleed heavily

The gun fired and a bullet went straight to his head and came out the other side ..Enhle had shot him !

Owethu never allowed herself to cry but this time she did , she went downstairs and checked Mat’s pulse

Good his still alive , her personal doctor would come through for her

And the 2 bodies .

I’m sorry Owethu…. your father Enhle whined

Don’t talk about that man ever again , am I clear ?

Enhle cried louder

Hey , hey it’s okay , Owethu comforted her , my people will get the bodies out of here and Matthew will be fine ,okay she further said

Are these people still out for me ? ,she asked Owethu

Yes they wount stop until your … , Just stay with me okay we will leave this place and I will always protect you , she wiped her tears

Owethu I’m sorry for everything I put you through, I really am

It’s okay , we will be fine I promise

I’m sorry I can’t ,Enhle said once more and shot herself on the head***

Later on , indeed the doctor confirmed Matthew dead as well , he lost too much blood

That day Owethu lost 3 dear people, her best friend, her father and a could have been lover ,

Lesson rather trust a stone than man !

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