In the restaurant
“Babe, are you okay?”
Thuto is eating but there is something about her. She looks more distracted.
“I thought this is your favorite food” I added.
“Didn’t you tell me you have 5 mothers?” she asked.
“Yes, so?”
“Not according to the detective”-Thuto.
“What are you talking about?”
“He mentioned the names of your mothers” she said.
“Yes I’m aware of that. It also came as a shock because I never heard them calling each other with their names”
“Really? How do they call each other then?” she asked.
“Sisi, sister, chomi”
“Oh” her response is kinda weird.
“So why are you bothered?” I asked, seeing that she has a lot in her mind.
“He mentioned six names”
“I’m sure you have heard wrong. Are you sure?” suprisingly, I am calm about it.
“Vanessa, Violetta, Virginia, Victoria, Vivian, Veronica. Yeah I heard correctly”
“Are you sure?” here I am with double questions.
“Babe, if the names are 6 then it means there is another woman who can possibly be your mother”
Woooah, i didn’t think of that.
“What are you saying?” I have to ask.
“All I’m saying is if your have 5 mothers and the detective mentioned 6 then something is really going on. I mean, look at it from my perspective, he called your mothers stupid. For what? We don’t know” trust Thuto to think like a pro.
“I wonder where is the sixth woman” here I am trying to solve a mistery case. Maybe it’s time I get into police team.
“Well you know where you can get that kind of information” who am I’m fooling? Thuto is the smartest.
“I doubt they will tell me. It means the whole DNA thing was just going to be for nothing. I don’t know. What if my real mother ran away?” are we ever gonna get somewhere with this? It seems like a dead end to me, especially when I have to ask my mothers.
“Or maybe she is… you know.. dead” Thuto said shyly.
I could hear my heart wanting to jump out of my body. This whole thing just scares me.
“It means tomorrow we have to pack up and leave. It’s time I deal with all of this once and for all” honestly speaking, I don’t have I still have the energy to get head to head with my mothers.
“Why don’t you just call a prophet or sangoma?”-Thuto
“You’re right. What could I do without you mara?”
“You know I got your back”-Thuto
“I promise when all of this is over, my full focus will be on you. I just hope it won’t get long to be resolved, I am tired of trying to figure out my identity”
“It will end soon and all will be well” That’s Thuto, trust her to calm down whatever your nerves are up to.
“I’m tired really” that’s me dragging my appetite down to 0%.
“Let’s order take aways and leave. We don’t have to eat hotel food today” Didn’t I tell you how smart Thuto is? Exceptional.
We ordered and collected our food. When we got to our hotel room, we took a shower and watched comedy movies.