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SHADOWS OF MY PAST
Season Two
Created and written by
Tinashe "The Alpha" Chimvuramabwe
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C h a p t e r O n e
*MAEVE*
Handizive kuti chii chakazoitika after the

phone call asi chandinongoziva ndechekuti
ndakamukira kumabed. Ndainzwa
kurwadziwa kukuru pamoyo pangu kuti ndini
here ndainge ndatouraya munhu. Ndakaita
nguva ndakarara pamubhedha paya ndichiti
pakapinda nurse ndonyepedzera kuita kunge
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ndainge ndiri unconscious yet ndainge

ndatomuka and I understood everything that
was happening muroom mandainge
ndakaiswa.
After kwapera nguva ndakavata pabed paya

ndakabva ndanyatsoona kuti kurara hakuna
chakwainge kuchibatsira, I had to face the
problem head on. Slowly, still feeling a heavy
head, ndakamuka kubva pamubhedha
ndokubva ndagara ndakaisa makumbo angu
pasi pafloor. Hapana kumboita nguva
yakareba nurse akabva apinda and it was that
same nurse akambotaura neni achindiudza
kuti ndainge ndabata pamuviri.
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"You really need to take good care of yourself,

for the sake of you and the baby" akadero
achindibata ruoko achibvisa drip randainge
ndakaiswa.
"I'm trying, I'm really trying"
"Don't try, you have to do it"
"Zvinhu zvacho zvinonetsa, it is life, problems

keep piling up in top of each other, whenever
you try to be happy, another problem pops
up"
"Manje munotofanirwa kuita zvakanaka

amai, otherwise zvinozoaffecter mwana or
imimi mukaita miscarriage or complications
pamunozobatsirwa, keep a steady head,
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munhu wese ane maproblems, hapamborina

munhu ane hupenyu hunoendeka"
"Iiii kana zvangu zvanyanyisa ini, izvezvi

murume wangu akasungwa, mhosva itori
pachena kuti haasiri iye akaiita but he was
framed and in the middle of the court, his
mother just collapses and now she's no more,
how do you want it to handle this, just how do
I handle it, I can't handle it, it's too much for
me, it's too much" ndakadero ndave
kutochema.
"I understand your situation dear, but

breaking down will only cause you more
problems, especially regarding your condition,
you should not worry too much about what
has happened or what you've lost, rather be
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happy with what you still have, you should

stay strong"
"It's not easy dear, izvezvi I don't know how

to tell my husband that his mother is no more,
apa nyaya yepamuviri it happened so fast,
wasn't actually according to plan and I..."
"You haven't told him?"
"Yar, I haven't, and I don't know how I can

tell him"
"But you are very lucky, you should use that

for your advantage, is this your first child?"
"Yes it is"
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"Great, the news about your pregnancy will

be the healer to his wounds"
"I just don't know, this is just too much, I

don't know how he is going to process this"
"Ipapo you are the one anofanirwa kutove

strong, akaona iwewe uchiratidza kuti uri
strong, he will feel motivated and know that
he's not alone"
"Mmmm, wow, thanks, zvamataura is

actually making sense now, thank you so
much, you are the first friendly nurse I've
seen"
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"Ahh, you guys musadero, isusu manurse

titori very friendly but vanhu havazvione kuti
ndivo vanotiita push into being people we're
not, pane mamwe masituations ekuti wega
unotonyatsoona kuti apa ndikave friendly
hapana chinobuda, shuwa shuwa unoona
munhu achiramba kunwa mapiritsi inini
ndichinyatsoziva kuti mapiritsi iwayo ndiwo
achakuporesa, nyamgwe ndimiwo, should I be
friendly pakadero?"
"Haa ipapowo hapazoite"
"I'm glad you understand, ndinongogara

ndichitryer kuexplenera vanhu issue iyoyo,
kana munhu uine basa rako unofanirwa
kutoriita nemazvo, we can't keep being
friendly Kaa vanhu vachizongofa just because
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vairamba kunwa mapiritsi, ndiko kukonewa

basa kaaa kwatinenge taita"
"Haa munenge makonewa zvechokwadi"
"Manje vanhu havazvinzwisise unotonzwa

umwe munhu achitoomesa tsinga kutaura
kuti nurses are very rough, asi vanhu kaa"
"Imimi just keep doing your job right,

zvevanhu siyanai nazvo, mhuka inonzi munhu
hamumbofe makaikwanisa"
"Yar, that's a point, and ndisati ndakangawa,

there's some paperwork that needs to be done
regarding your mother-in-law's body, manje
hanzi kunodiwa munhu wehukama, either
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mwana wavo or anyone anoshandisa surname

imwechete navo"
"Mmmm that's tough, kunoku kunongori

nemwana wavo, the one ari mujeri so I have to
know kuti nyaya yake yamira sei, the court
was cut short after his mother collapsed, inini
ndazongobuda handizive kuti chii chazosara
chichiitika"
"Ok, I'm just telling you, you've to be fast, she

has to be transferred kune parlor
yavaibhadhara, mortuary yegeneral hospital
is not in quite good condition saka hazvizoite
kuti body igarise inozoshata, saka please do
whatever you can to make it quick, as quick as
less than 72 hours vanofanirwa kunge
vsbviswa mumortuary yepano"
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"Ok, no problem"
"And remember what I said, take care of

yourself, apa kufenda kwamuri kuita it's just
symptoms that you're pregnant, so make sure
you take care of yourself and never be alone,
make sure panawo someone anenge
achingokuonawo here and there achiona kuti
you're doing ok, nekuti situation yamuri iri
serious and I can understand that you're
trying to be strong"
"Don't worry, I've got that covered, I'm

staying with my friend at home"
"Yar, that is great, just don't forget to come

back tichimboona kuti muri mugood
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condition here through this time musati mave

nekwamati manyoresa kuti
ndokwamuchazobatsirirwa mwana wenyu"
"Ok, thank you, that is so nice of you"
"Don't thank me, I'm just doing my job"

akadero tichibva tasekererana. Akabva
andibatsira kusimuka ndokufamba neni
kusvika anondisiya mumota mangu.
"I have to go back, but please drive safely,

keep an open mind, zvatoitika zvaitika but
after all life goes on, uyu atofa atopedzawo
zvake, zvasarira imimi vapenyu saka please be
careful" akadero akamira pawindor remota
inini ndakagara padriver's seat.
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"Ok, I will, thank you so much, anyway give

me your number so that tinenge tichitaura"
ndakadero ndichimutambidza phone yangu.
"Aizve munonditambidza iPhone munoti

ndinoizivirepiko ini" akadero achiseka but
akabva atinditambidza back because
aitotaura achiisa number dzake.
Takaonekana ndokubva ndamutsa mota

ndichidriver kuenda kumba.
Ndiri munzira ndainyatsonzwa kuti

zvaindikurira. The feeling of guilty had
overshadowed me. I was remembering the
exact words my mom used to say whenever I
did something bad to someone, she'd say,
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"Maeve, in life, we are born differently,

there's always going to be someone better than
someone at something, but one thing you
should always keep in mind wherever you go
is that when someone wrongs you, never
retaliate, just because you have the power or
the ability to do it doesn't give you the right to,
never treat anyone badly no matter how bad
they treat you"
Ndiwo chaiwo akange Ari manzwi avaigara

vachitaura and she would always speak in
English, no wonder why.
Ndichisvika kumba ndakangonanga

kubathroom nekuti ndainyatsonzwa kutsva
chaiko with everything that was going on.
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After ndabuda ndakabva ndananga

kubedroom kwangu ndokusvikozvikandira
pamubhedha only to hear the door open again
behind me. Ndakacheuka and I got the shock
of my life ndichiona Trent achisvikondibata
achitanga kutondikisa. I was confused but I
just started responding to him ko ndiye
aisimudza mafeelings angu, how could I resist.
Akabva azondirarisa nemusana akuda
kuenda pamusoro pangu ndakabva ndaona
Mai vake vakamira padivi pemubhedha
vakanditarisa vachiratidza kutsamwa kukuru.
Ndichiona izvi ndakavhunduka zvekuti
ndakaridza mhere yakaita sokunge
ndichirutsa mapapu zvese nematumbu.
Ndakazobhembenuka ndichiona
ndambundikirwa naMemo.
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"Maeve iwe, Maeve, chiiiko nhai?" Aidero

akandimbundira.
Ndakazama kutarisa everywhere muroom but

Trent namai vake handina kukwanisa
kuvaona. Ndainge ndakungohuta sorutsanga
ruri mumvura apa ndakungoita sekamwana
kadiki.
"Chiiko nhai Maeve?" Akabvunza futi Memo.
Ndakamboita chinguva ndichikoniwa

kutaura. Pfungwa dzakange dzichishaya kuti
ndomuudza zvipi chaizvo. I was scared and
confused.
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"Mai vaTrent va....." Handina kupedzisa

kutaura ndainge ndave kungochema.
"Vaita sei Maeve taura"
"Va,va,vashaya" ndakadero ndichibva

ndakwetsemura mhere.
"Maeve, zvani nhaiwe, nyatsotaura" akadero

ndikabva ndamutaurira zvainge zvaitika
kuchipatara.
"Haa life ma1" ndakadero after ndamuudza.
"Mmmm Maeve, this is worse than I thought,

nhaiwe, Trent achazvitambira sei nhaiwe?"
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"Ndiri kutoshaya kuti ndomuudza sei, apa

handisati ndamuudza nezvenhumbu but chiri
kundibatabata ndechekuti what if kuenda
kwandakaita kwamadzimai kuriko kwauraya
mai vake, Memory, ndauraya munhu kaini"
ndakadero ndichiwedzera kuchema.
"Maeve, Maeve, do not say that, iwewe hauna

zvakaipa zvawakaita, you were just trying to
protect the people you love"
"Asi ndakaenda kwamadzimai, there's no

denying it, I did it, I killed Trent's mother"
"Maeve mukadzi uya akauraiwa nezvinhu

zvake and above all she deserved it, vangani
vakauraya, you should not stress yourself
nezvinhu izvi, it wasn't your fault Maeve"
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"Memory you don't understand, ndakaenda

kwamadzimai and then munhu ongofa
mysteriously, gaya wega, ndini ndakauraya,
we cannot deny that"
"Maeve you're just confused, why don't we

change the topic, Trent's case have been
rescheduled for next week Tuesday, so ndipo
paanopiwa mutongo, why don't we think
about how we can get him out coz to be honest
musi uya kaaa, mmm we were losing the case
badly"
"Unoziva Memo kaa, I don't really know if I

want Trent to be released anymore"
"What do you mean by that nhaiwe Maeve?"
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"I mean ndinomutarisa sei, how would I live

with him, seeing him every single day,
knowing that I am the one who killed his
mother"
"Maeve hausiriwe wakauraya Mai vaTrent,

vakuraiwa nezvinhu zvavo"
"Mmm, Memo kaa, I don't know, inini hangu

I just don't know"
"Chimborara Maeve, paunomuka unenge

wave kunzwa zvakanaka" akadero ndichibva
ndangogutsirira musoro ndokubva ndatoita
lay down pamubhedha and hope hadzina
kumbotana kubata.
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Kubva musi uyu, ndakatanga kurarama a

very hard life. I had a series of unbearable
nightmares and even hallucinations, pakange
pakaipa, Memo ndiye aitozondiita calm down
at times otherwise zvaigona kutondiurayisa.
Mazuva akafamba and the date for Trent's
last court hearing rakasvika, apa Mai vake
vainge vachingori kumortuary ndainge
ndatozongoita zvekubuditsa Mari kuti
vazongoendeswa kufuneral parlor nekuti I
couldn't tell Trent what had happened.
Ndainge ndisina kana kumboenda
kunomuona kubva patakapedzera kuonona
mucourt. To be honest, ndaisaziva kuti
ndotarisana naye chirudzii.
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Patakaenda kucourt ndakatononoka kupinda

mucourt room and handina kumbomutarisa
kuface ariko kumberi. Hana yaingorova
nyaya ichitongwa, I didn't know if ndaida kuti
abudiswe or asungwe but nezvaitaurika ipapo
there was no way yaaibuditswa until someone
angopinda mucourt achimisa court. Tese
takacheuka ndokuona Ari Hennessy.
"It's not him, Trent is innocent!" Akadaidzira

munhu wese achibva ashamisika. "Forgive me
your honor for wrongly shouting in your court,
but this man is innocent and he's being
wrongly accused of something he didn't do"
"Are you sure?" Vakabvunza judge.
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"I am the victim, I was the one akatorwa, I'm

sure that this man is innocent"
"Ok, so by word of the victim, I judge James

Chiva hereby drop all criminal charges
against this man and do hereby declare him,
innocent!" Vakadero vachirova kasando kavo
ukuwo Hana yangu ichibva yarova sekunge
ichabamura chipfuva.
Chapter Two
*MAEVE*
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Full of shock ndakamhanya kubuda mucourt

room as soon as the time yakabuda judge.
Hana yakange ichibika manhanga as I found
myself running to my car. Ndakasvikopinda
mumota ndokulocker madoors ese
ndichizvirovera musoro wangu pasteering.
"Why me Lord, why me,

ndakambonyanyotadzawo chii chinoita kuti
ndingosangana nemasituations akadai,
ndakakanganisa papi nhai Mwari wangu!"
Ndini uyo ndaidero ndichichema ndiri
mumota mangu.
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Ndainyatsonzwa kudedera makumbo angu

achiita kubvunda sezvunonzi kuda ndakange
ndichitonhorwa asi musi uyu zuva rainge
richitopisa zvekuuraya munhu chaizvo.
Chinhu chainge chichinyanya
kundivhundutsa chainge chiri chokuti
ndaizotarisana sei naTrent. Munoziva kana
munhu uchinyatsoziva kuti une mhosva, even
if pasina kana umwe munhu anenge
achizviziva, iwewe unenge uchitozvidya moyo
zvakanyanya, ndiyo situation yandainge ndiri
mairi. Ndakazoita zvekuvhunduka
ndichinzwa knock padoor remota.
Ndakasimudza musoro ndokuona kuti akange
ari memo ndichibva ndaunlocker madoor
achibva avhurandokupinda achigara
pamother's seat.
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"Thank goodness it's you!" Ndakadero

ndichitura mafemo.
"Aaah why wadero, asi wanga uri kuexpecter

someone else?" Akabvunza.
"Obviously I was expecting Trent shaa"
"You should really calm down Maeve for the

sake of the baby and even iwewe, it's bad for
you, tarisa uone kuonda kwawaita in just a
few days, what about kusvika
paunozobatsirwa, aiwa be strong iwewe
Maeve, this is not you, what happened to the
badass bitch that I used to know"
"I don't know what's happening to me Memo,

I'm really worked up, I try so much to
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motivate myself and feel strong asi

ndinonyatsonzwa kuti simba mumiviri umu
hamuna, I feel like the worst loser in the world
right now"
"Ko chii chawaloser nhai Maeve, you are

carrying the baby of a rich an loving guy
anokuda achikuremekedza, what more do you
want!"
"But I killed his mother Memo, I murdered

his mother, do you think anoramba achindida
if he finds out kuti ndini ndakauraya mai
vake"
"Find out kuita seiko nhaiwe Maeve, anenge

audzwa nani, you know what, we shouldn't
even be discussing this issue izvezvi
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tinofanirwa kunge tichitopangana mazano

ekuti how are you going to tell him kuti
mhamha vake vakashaya"
"Memory mugoni wepwere ndeasinayo,

zvinhu izvi zviri kuita sekunge zviri very easy,
zvikuita kunge zvakareruka just because I'm
the one ari musituation iyi kwete iwe, dei
wanga uri iwewe wainge urimo dai
uchinyatsonzwisisa kuti I'm not joking
pakaipa sahwira wangu, it's not like I'm weak
asi kuti zviri kutondikurirawo"
"I know kuti zviri kukukurira Maeve but

thinking about it, nekuzvidya pfungwa will
not solve anything, you need to be strong and
face it nekuti that's the only way out of this,
there's no other way, no cheat code, nothing,
you just have to face it"
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Handina kuzombomupindira after

ndangonzwa door rekumaseat ekumashure
ravhurwa ndichicheuka and realizing kuti
ainge ari Trent.
"Hey babe!" Akadero achiratidza mufaro.
"Hey" ndakangodaro trying so much kuvanza

kusuwa kwandainge ndakaita.
"Boe here, mabudiro awaita mucourt I was

expecting kuti uuye uchitomdijambira
nemufaro but wangobuda in a hurry without
saying anything, is everything alright, hauna
kuzombodzoka kuzondiona since the last
hearing, is my mom ok?" Aladaro hana yangu
ichibva yawedzera kurova tichitarosana
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naMemo apo ndakange ndaisazive zvino kuti

ndainge ndomudaviri ndichiti kudii.
"Your mother passed away Trent"

akangokaruka ataura Memo ndokubva
ndamudzvikora but I could not say any word
ndakatotadza and also I was eagerly waiting
to hear what Trent was gonna say after this.
"You are kidding with me right?" Akadero

Trent achisekerera.
"No, she's not kidding Trent, it's true, your

mother is dead..." Ndaida kutaura
zvakawanda asi maemotions akandikurira
ndainge ndongochema iyewo akabva amboita
chinguva akatarisa pasi.
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After moments akabva angovhura door

remota zvekumhamhanya achibva abuda ari
chahwiriri, zvekuti ini naMemo takamboita
nguva pasina amover or ainge ataura kana
word rimwe chete zvaro. After moments
ndakabvawo ndavhura door ndokubuda
ndichimhanya kumutevera but by the time I
could have cought up to him ndakaona
achivhaira door retaxi ichitosimukawo.
Ndakabva ndatotendeuka ndokumhanya
ndichidzokera kumota ndichinopinda
ndakataoimutsa.
"Ko aenda kupi?" Akabvunza Memory asi

simba rokumupindura ndakange ndisina,
ndakangosimudza mota ndichievhetemesa
kutevera taxi iya.
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"Nhai Maeve unoreva here kuti

zvandabvunza hauna kuzvinzwa?"
Akabvunza zvekare Memo.
"Memo please do me a favor and shut your

mouth right now because I'm really in no
mood of talking" ndakadero trying to hold my
emotions together.
"Ko chii futi chandaresva Maeve, inga wani

ndangobvunza zvakanaka"
"I said shut up Memory!" I yelled at the very

top of my voice, iye aida kupindura asi akabva
angozvidzora ndokunyarara.
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Ndakaramba ndichidriver ndichitevera taxi

iya yaitaridza kuti yakange yakananga kumba
kwana Trent ukuwo hapana akange achitaura
neumwe pakati pangu naMemory until
tasvika pamba panaTrent pakamira taxi
iniwo ndokumisa mota ndichiburuka.
Ndichingoburuka ndakabva ndamhanya
ndichitevera Trent uyowo akangoburuka
mutaxi Ari chahwiriri kupinda mumba.
Ndakamhanya zvakanyanya until I cought up
with him, ndakasvikonomubata ruoko
ndokubva ndamumbundira from the back
achibva amira.
"I'm truly sorry my love, I know what you are

going through right now, and believe me, I'm
going through the same, I'm sorry I couldn't
tell you anything, ndaida kukuudza but I
didn't have the strength umwe wangu,
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everything that was happening, uri mujeri

babe, I did not want you to worry more, I'm
truly sorry Trent" ndakadero ndichiita
kusvimha misodzi asi iye haana kana
zvaakatakura.
"Trent, please understand her, I was with her

and I realized the situation first hand, it was
really a tough time for her, trying to get you
out of jail and then your mom just collapsing
and die, aive panguva yakaoma Maeve please
munzwisisewo" uyu ainge ari Memory ainge
anditevera.
Trent akamboita time asina chaakange ataura

ndokuzoti, "Where did you put her body?"
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"Iri kumortuary" ndakapindura

ndichimuregedza nekuti ndainge ndichiri
ndakangomumbundira.
Akabva azoti tiende kumortuary kwacho and

we did just that, ndopaakatanga kuronga
everything for burial and it all went well
kusvikira vavigwa. Although parufu pavo
pakange pasina vanhu vakawanda,
everything went well.
*[2 WEEKS LATER]*
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Two weeks dzakange dzadarika after

tachengeta Mai vaTrent. I was trying to forget
what had happened asi zvainge zvichiramba
although ndainge ndisisamboone any of the
nightmares andaimboita mazuva ekutanga asi
kuti zvaingoramba kubuda mumusoro mangu.
Chimwe chainge chichinyanya kundinetsa
ndechekuti ndainge ndisati ndaudza Trent
kuti ndainge ndiine pamuviri.
"Saka unoda kuzomuudza rini nhai Maeve?"

Akandibvunza Memo tigere zvedu
mumumvuri wemuti wainge uri kulawn yaive
pachivanze.
"Mmm nyaya iyoyo dai wamboisiyana nayo"
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"Aizve ko tosiyaniranei nayo nhai Maeve, you

know you gonna still have to tell him right?"
"Ehe I know but not now?"
"Ko uri kumbotyeiko nhai Maeve, asi you are

doubting kuti nhumbu yacho inogona isiri
yake?"
"Aaah nhaiwe, ikasaita yake ingazoita yani,

inga wani ndakakuudza kuti handina
kuzomborara neumwe murume kubva
pandakatanga kudanana baTrent and even if
ndakawana wandakamborara naye, you
know kuti I always made very sure kuti
ndaishandisa protection"
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"So then why usiri kumuudza kuti

wakazvitakura, zvinhu zvinotyisa kutaura
here izvozvo, it's not like he is your high school
boyfriend kaa, this man is your fiance, it's
only a matter of time till ave murume wako"
"Ndichamuudza hangu"
Tiri pakati pekutaura pagedhe paita knock

ndokubva ndadaidzira kuti munhu wacho
apinde gedhe richibva ravhurwa ndokubva
ndarohwa nehana ndichiona ari Hennessy.
Ndakaramba ndakamutarisa without even
blinking achifamba achiuya kwatainge tiri.
"Hi girls" akadero achisvika patainge tiri

achigara pane imwe chair yainge isina munhu
akange akaigara.
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"Hesi urisei" takapindura tese naMemo and

there was silence for a moment.
"Ko magonyararirei, aren't you going to

thank you for saving your so called husband
from going to prison?" Akadero ndichibva
ndaramba ndakamutarisa.
"Wakangogadzirisa zvawakanga waita"

ndakadero with a serious face.
"What?" Akakanuka, "Saka you are saying

kuti ndini ndainge ndiri behind the whole
thing and framed Trent inini?"
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"Whatever you understand it like, I'm pretty

sure wanzwa zvandataura"
"Iii mhai dai mambomira zvenyu kuonererwa

handitika, if you knew how hard it was for me
to escape pandaive kaaa, you shouldn't be
blabbering nonsense zvamuri kuita ipapa,
munofanirwa kunge muchitondipfugamira
kana zvaibvira otherwise mungadai
kuchizhamba pano murume achidriver
mamop kuchikurubhi uko"
"Saka apa pano apa wanyatsofambirei,

chimbonyatsondiudza kuti chawanyatsovinga
pano chii, unondiudza kuti ungauya
kuzotendwa pano here?" Ndakabvunza
ndakutoratidza kubhohekana naye.
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"Amai makutoda kundienderera kumberi

sehembe iri kudambuka, I used to take you as
a friend but now makuonererwa, ndinoshaya
kuti chii chamunombonyanyoonererwa nacho,
kana Ari Trent wamunotidadira naye ka, you
better tie him up from now on,
motomusungirira pamuti because
akangobuda gedhi iro today kuona kuti
munozoramba here muchivhaira naye"
"Uchireva kuti kudii ipapo?" Ndakabvunza.
"I don't know how you understand it but

chandinongoziva ndechekuti zvandataura
mazvinzwa nenzeve dzenyu mbiri idzo dzakati
kwamgwa sedzezizi idzodzo"
"Iii hausi wave kuda kufarisa here?"
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"Handina kuuya pano kuzoita hondo nemi asi

ndangoti murume wenyu ngaabude gedhi
tione, handiti imimi maramba kunditenda
Kaa, now I will make sure he thanks me
himself and I can't wait!" Akadero
achitofamba achienda.
Ndainge ndonzwa kudumbirwa nemashoko

andakange ndichida kumuudza mazikukutu
asi askaramba kubuda uyuwo Memory
akangewo angonyarara akanditarisa uku
hana yangu ichita sokuti ichibamuka
nokurova kuita sezvinonzi mukati mangu
makange muine munhu aindiridza sengoma.
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*End of chapter*
Chapter Three
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*MAEVE*
"Nhaiwe ukati musikana uyu

haandishurire?" Ndakadero ndichibvunza
Memo a few minutes after Hennessy aenda.
"Iiii ndatozvishaiwawo ini, chii chakadero

nhaiwe"
"Nhaiwe Memory unoti zvangu zvichiri zvega

here, don't you see kuti izvi zvinenge zvave a
bit spiritual nhaiwe?"
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"Aaaah Maeve, hakuna munhu

asingasangane nenhamo mukurarama, don't
say that nekuti iwewe ndiwe wasangana
nedambudziko nhasi"
"Memory izvezvi I'm worried about telling

Trent kuti ndakazvitakura kwakuuyawo uyu
Hennessy achitaura zvakewo"
"Maeve inini ndinogona hangu

ndisinganamate, hongu handitonamate, but
chandinongoziva ndechekuti chinhu chinenge
chakangonzi ndechako naMwari chinenge
chingori chako no matter what happens"
"But ini handifunge kuti Trent ndewangu ini"
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"Why nhaiwe Maeve uchingogara uine

negativity mumusoro mako"
"Haimbosiri negativity Memory, ukaona

ndasvika palevel rakadai ndinenge ndaona
zvakawanda umwe wangu, shaa, why uri
kuona sezvinhu zviri easy spending the rest of
your life nemurume mumba uchitarisana
naye zuva nezuva uchiziva hako kuti haasisina
mai because ndiwe wakavauraya"
"For the 1 billion time, you didn't kill anyone

Maeve, that Witch deserved to die and she
killed herself, iwe hautomborina mhosva"
"One thing I know is that rinamanyanga

hariputirwe, no matter how much you try to
cover the reality, it won't change anything"
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"But sometimes the best is just to ignore

reality nekuti dzimwe nguva reality may not
even be what r see and also sometimes reality
is wrong"
"Motivational speech is sometimes the

greatest sword, some problems haapaedzwe
nemashoko nekuti mashoko anopfuura but
not my problem, problem haingodarike just
like that"
"Maeve unofanirwa kufara about the

positives in your life, ehe zviripo zvinonetsa
asi fara shaa, just less than a year ago
waizhamba iwe usina kana pekutangira
uchiita kukwangwaya, nhasi wawanirwa
nyasha, look at your house, your car, and your
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fiance, iwewe kaa, learn to appreciate what

God has done for you, inini nditoripowo
pavazhinji vari kutoshuvirawo kusangana
nenyasha dzawakasangana nadzo idzi,
usadero iwewe, not everyone is that fortunate
you know"
"Memory zvinobetserei kurarama this

amazing and luxurious life iwe usina peace of
mind, the life I'm living now hazvina
kumbosiyana nemunhu akaromba,
munindiona ndichifamba mustreet umu
nebenz yangu muchindiyemura asi
musingatozive kuti mumoyo mangu muine
hondo"
"Iiii asahwira, inga wani ndazama napose

kukuonesa kuti whatever is happening is not
forever, it will pass, it may leave scars behind
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but definitely there will come a day when it all

becomes the past"
"You don't know the pain of being haunted

and tomented by shadows of your past, it's like
you look at yourself in the mirror and expect
the person in the mirror dimension to repeat
and follow everything you are doing but the
person does exactly the opposite, just imagine
walking and you see your shadow running,
that's what shadows of the past does"
"As long as something is in the past, it has

passed and it has no power in the now nor can
it affect what's happening to you now going
into the future"
"I wish that was true"
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"It's true and I know you know it"
"Kana dziri chokwadi chituka kaa Mai vako

nhasi uone kuti hautande botso here"
"That's a completely different circumstance

Maeve"
"Don't try to justify what is unjustifiable,

kwave kuisa sugar musadza kwauri kuita, it's
better tiisiye nyaya yacho nekuti I don't think
any of what you say is gonna change my
problems or at least make them better"
"Wadii wambodzokera kwamadzimai"
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"Iii bodo, kana, nadha pachiputukezi, right

now handichatombode kana kunzwa zvaana
madzimai, do you think ndingadzokera kungu
kwandakavambirwa zvese izvi, dai ndisina
kumbogara ndaendako in the first place
pamwe izvezvi dai Mai vaTrent vasina
kumbofa"
"Kudemba kana kuti dai dai isn't and will

never bring her back, that woman was
supposed to die at that moment and time
that's why vakafa, Maeve kufa kwemunhu
ndikowo kutokwana kwenguva yake, it
doesn't matter how you die, muroi
muperekedzi chete, anotora munhu ndiMwari,
kana nguva yangokwama hapana marambiro,
mafiro ndiwo anongosiyana asi
chandinongoziva ndechekuti whether
watsikwa nemota, warwara or waroiya,
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ndoinenge itori nzira yakataurwa naMwari

kuti ndiwo mafiro auchaita"
"Whatever Memory, but the bottom line is

that everything you're saying right now will
never change the fact that I'm responsible for
rufu rwavamwene vangu"
"Iiii inini ndazvikoniwa ini unoda kuudzwa

nepaiko, ndoita zvekudiiko, even madzimai
vakakuudza kuti that witch was killed
nezvinhu zvake, you had nothing to do with it,
pakangoitwa go back to center, zvinhu
zvikadzokera kwazvakabva"
"I wish that would make me forget everything

but I don't think I'm ever going to get through
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this, I know that I was responsible and nothing

can ever change that"
"Ngatimbobuda Maeve, hande timbonotenga

something mutown tichiita refresh then
todzoka tichinotora Marry"
"Ok fine" ndakadero tichibva tasimuka tese.
*DYLAN*
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Munoziva vanhurume tinombofarisa dzimwe

nguva. Inini ndaive munhu airarama lovish
life with the love of my life, Maeve. Although
zvinhu zvainge zvakaoma to both of our
families, love yedu yaibvira and everything
was blooming. Maeve aindinzwisisa and
nenimwe ndaimunzwisisa. Maone
akazotangira pandakazoenda
kuchando. Munoziva separating with the love
of your life for the first time unochema
sekamwana even uchiziva zvako kuti
uchadzoka, that was what happened between
us pandakaenda. In my brain, Maeve was my
whole world, she meant everything to me and
the first few weeks ndichangoenda was hard
knowing that I was very fifty thousand miles
away from her. Nekufambawo kwenguva I
started adapting kalife kekuchando and I
don't know how but ndakazongokaruka
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ndatokanganwa kuti ndakasiya munhu

muZimbabwe and that was that.
Ndakanakirwa nemafaro zvekuti
ndajatozotadza kutoita zvacho zvandakange
ndafambira and I ended up being deported.
Apa ndipo pandakatanga kurangarira

mudiwa wangu wandakange ndasiya
kumusha and also it was when I got back to
my senses and realized that ndakange
ndamuramba nokumuudza magaramoyo
ndanakirwa nelove yetuvarungu
twandakange ndsangana natwo mhiri
kwemakungwa. I don't know how but when I
first got back Maeve akange achiri
kungotambura but within a few months
ndadzoka life yake ndipo payakatanga
kungoshanduka zvandisina kunzwisisa, it was
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like a punishment and a good move for me

nekuti zvaiita kunge Mwari ainge angoturner
matables and I had no one to blame but myself
nekuti Maeve wacho ndiye akatoita kuti
ndiende kuchando kwacho asi ndakadzoka
ndave kumushainira.
Hongu ndainge ndambofurirwa nemari and I

can't deny that asi musikana wangu ndakange
ndichiri kumuda, not kuti ndaida Mari
yaakange ave nayo but ndaitonzwa moyo
wangu uchiita kumupisira even if ndainge
ndatoita find out kuti she was now engaged to
someone asi ndaingonzwa kuti I was the one
aifanirwa kumuroora.
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Now all that was in my mind was to get her

back no matter what. Ndaswera kumba
ndichinyatsoplanner how I was going to win
her back, I could feel in my heart that
ndaimuwinner chete because ndainge ndichiri
nehope yekuti rudo rwatakambopanana
rwakange rwusinga kungopera just like that,
nguva yacho taidanana handide kunyepa.
*HENNESSY*
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"Henny, ukati haurware here mwana iwe,

zvawakundiitira mazuvano handitombofare
nazvo" vakadero mhamha ndichipinda
padoor kubva kumba kwanaMaeve
"Ko ndaita sei futi nhai amai?"
"Kuri kuzotsikwa wotitangira dzimwe pano,

mafambiro ako awakuita mazuvano haana
kumbonaka zvachose, wakutoda kutozviita
iwe Mai vemusha Kaa, kana kuti tototi baba
vemusha, just because pano hapana baba
hazvikupe mvumo yekuti uite zvaunoda,
izvezvi unogona kungobuda Hutu, hapana
kana munhu mumwe waunoudza wozodzoka
zvako paunonzwa kuda"
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"Iii mhamha, madii mambomira kunditsoma,

yes muri Mai vangu but inini handisisiri
mwana mudiki, I can't keep on reporting
everything I do kwamuri kaa zvingaita here
izvozvo?"
"Iiii, Hennessy, usandijairire wazvinzwa ino

imba yangu yandakavaka neangu maviri Aya,
as long as you are still under my roof
unototevedzera zvandinoda ini"
"Mhamha inini ndakura handingaswere

ndakangogara muno mumba ndoonekwawo
nani?"
"Hennessy, pack your bags and go!" Hana

yangu yakaita kurova ndichibva ndaramba
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ndakasticker as I starred at her serious

looking face.
"Hauna kundinzwa here Hennessy, ndati tora
nhumbi dzako ubve pano, handiti iwewe wati
unoda kuonekwa wakura, zvino pano
hapangagare vana Mai vaviri hazvibude, tora
nhumbi dzako uende!"
"Iii mhamha, ndinoenda kupi?"

Ndakabvunza ndakuda kuchema.
"Iyoyo iproblem yako haisi yangu, wati iwewe

haukwanise kureporter zvinhu kwandiri saka
hamba, famba fambai amai, muende kwenyu
kumba kwamunonotonga kwete pano pamba
pangu!"
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Ndakamboramba ndakamira asi

ndakatozoona kuti zvinhu zvakange zvatoipa
pandakaona vaenda kubedroom kwangu
ndokudzoka nemonarch raive nenhumbi
dzangu.
"Vakaonana havashayane, woona

kwauchaenda, ini pano handidi munhu,
ndatopedza!" Vakadero vachibuditsa
monarch rangu panze ndokubva
vandisundirawo panze ndokutokiya door.
*MAEVE*
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"Babe wangu, I feel so lucky to have you in my

life" uyu ainge ari Trent doing his usual, haaa
iri nyaya yesweet tongue, this nigaa was gifted
hake, ndaiurawa nemashoko everyday.
"Chokwadi here daddy?" Ndakangodero asi

inini mufaro waingove wekunyepedzera,
pachokwadi ndainge ndiri kuita zino irema.
"Ndichikuona ndinonzwa manyukunyuku so,

I feel like I own the whole world, izvezvi
ndikakutarisa I even forget kuti I just lost my
mother recently" Hana yangu yakabva
yarova sezvo ndakangoita kunge ndainge
ndavaona Mai vake vamire padoor
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repabedroom pedu vakanditarisa neface

tairatidza kutsamwa but I knew it was not real
nekuti zvakangoitika kwekanguva kadikidiki.
"Uchandiuraya nemafeelings iwewe aaah"

ndakadero trying to lough but I couldn't after
I saw her again and this time she was standing
beside our bed vakaita kundidzvokora zvekuti
ndakangokaruka ndaridza mhere asi handina
kuzoona zvakaitika nekuti ndakazongoona
ndangodzima.
Pandakazopepeka Hana yakange ichiri

kurova as I found maziso angu
achimhanyamhanya as I realized that the
room I was in yainge yasiyana and it didn't
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took me much time to realize that ndainge

ndiri muchipatara.
Ndichicheuka kudivi ndakabva ndaona Trent

akagara akanditarisa achiratidza kuti ainge
akatondimirira neziso dzvuku kuti ndimuke.
Ndakangonyemwerera ndakamutarisa.
"Why didn't you tell me kuti wave nepamuviri

nhaiwe Maeve?"
*End of CHAPTER*
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Chapter Four
*MEMORY*
Maeve and I had been friends since I could

remember. Our friendship started from our
mothers and it was passed on to us, munoziva
zviya zvekuti kana vana amai vachingotamba
vese, kunyangewo nevanawo vanongokurawo
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vachitamba vese, for me and Maeve that was

the case.
Back in the days when we were young waigona

kutofunga kuti zvimwe kuda tainge tiri
matwins because we were absolutely the same
person, takatozotanga kuratidza machanges
after tatoti kurei.
Almost everything that Maeve went through

in her life, I went through it with her and she
did the same for me. I've taken everyone
including myself back in time so that you can
understand me and my role in the broken life
of my best friend. To be honest zvainge
zvakuitika muhupenyu hwaMaeve was very
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much hard for me than it was for Maeve.

Kubva tichikura Maeve was always the strong
and the badass between the two of us saka apa
I was now being forced to be the person I was
not. Munoziva kuti kana wanga wajaira
kupiwa advice nemunhu kaa, kana munhu
iyeye akazoita moment of breakdown it will be
very hard for you to step up and try to comfort
that person. Zvakangofanana nekuzama kuita
counseling kumubereki iwe uri mwana, it's
merely impossible. For my case, I don't really
understand why Maeve ainge ari kuramba
kunditerera, was it because she was always the
one to guide me and I always depended on her
for guidance or was it because she was really
going through a lot and she needed
professional help, I never knew but
nemaomero andainge ndichizviita, it really
was what she wanted.
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Ndakazoti rimwe zuva ndakatorara zvangu

ndipo pandakangomutsiwa neruzha
rwemunhu aiscreamer and it definitely was
Maeve. Ndakabuda muroom mangu
ndichimhanya ndakananga kubedroom
kwana Maeve ndokubva ndadhumana
naTrent mupassage akasimudza Maeve bridal
style uku Maeve achiratidza kuti she was
unconscious.
"Chii chaitika nhai Trent?" Ndakabvunza

feeling very curious.
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"I don't know she just, you know what

nevermind, help me get her to the car, I'll tell
you on the way"
"Ok" ndakadero ndokubva ndamhanya

kumberi kwavo ndokunotora makeys emota
mudinning ndichinosvikovhura mota Maeve
achibva aradzikwa kubackseat ini
ndokugarawo ikoko Trent achibva aenda
kumberi achimutsa mota.
"Handizive kuti what happened to her,

angoscreamer achibva adonha, I really don't
know kuti chii chaitika kwaari"
"Mmmm, let's just get to the hospital

tononzwa chii" ndakangotaura hangu asi
ndakange ndakurohwa nehana as I was 90
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percent certain kuti nhumbu yaainge

akatakura ndiyo yainge yakonzeresa.
Trent was driving really fast zvekuti in no

time tainge tatosvika pachipatara.
Achingomisa mota akabva atobuda
achimhanya akananga pareceiption achibva
adzoka in about five minutes nemanurse
maviri echikadzi ainge aine stretcher
ndokubva tabetserana kusimudza Maeve
achibva apinzwa mukati.
Isusu takanzi timire doctor vamutarise kuti

tizoziva kuti chakange chiri chii chainge
chaitika. Trent ndiye akazonzi asaine mamwe
mapaper ini ndokunogara zvangu pabench
raigarwa nevanhu vainge vakamirira varwere.
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After some time doctor vakazobuda muward

mainge maiswa Maeve ndokubva vatidaidza,
inini naTrent.
"What happened do, is she ok?" Akabvunza

Trent ukuwo inini hana yangu yakange
yakuita kubika manhanga.
"Yar she's fine, it's just your carelessness

chete" vakadero doctor vaya.
"Carelessness?" Akabvunza Trent.
"Yes young man, carelessness, absolute

carelessness"
"Muchirevei kana muchidero?"
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"Don't act like hamusi kuziva zvandiri

kutaura" pavakangodero chete ndakabva
ndatoziva zvavaireva and now my legs were
starting to shake.
"Handizive zvamuri kutaura ini doctor, what

are you talking about?" Akabvunza zvekare
Trent.
"Saka munoreva kuti munoda kundiudza kuti

hamuzive kuti mukadzi wenyu ane
pamuviri?" I could not keep looking up
pavakataura izvi ndakabva ndatarisa pasi.
"Akazvitakura, aaah muri kundiudzeiko imi,

Memory did you know about this?" Akadero
achitarisa kwandiri.
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Ndakazama kumupindura asi ndakatadza, I

found myself mumbling, ndichitadza kana
kubudisa inzwi rimwechete zvaro.
"Don't blame anyone, ndinoziva kuti

zvinoitika kuti munhukadzi anogona
kunonoka kutaura and anenge ane mareasons
Ake, don't stress her, she will be awake in
thirty minutes, munozokwanisa kumuona by
then" vakadero doctor vaya Trent ndokubva
angoramba akavatarisa achiratidza kuti ainge
avanzwisisa.
"I think you should stay here waiting for

Maeve to gain consciousness, ini
ndakudzokera kumba ndonoita make sure
kuti pamunodzoka everything will be in
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place" ndakadero trying to excuse myself

from being asked a lot of questions naTrent.
"Oooh, ok, no problem, you can go" akadero

achiratidza kuti ainge angindibvumidza hake
asi ainge aine zvakawanda zvekutaura.
Ndakabva ndatofamba kubuda muhospital

ndokunokwira taxi paroad. Ndichingovhara
door, ndakarohwa nehana as I recognized
munhu umwe aivemo, it was Dylan, Maeve's
ex boyfriend.
"Wow, what an incredible unexpected

coincidence" akadero ini ndichibva
ndanogoreyesa maziso ndokuridza tsamwa.
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*MAEVE*
Ndakamboramba ndinyerere for a moment

ndokuzoti, "How could I tell you nhai Trent,
How could I?"
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"What do you mean, how could you tell me, is

it hard kuudza munhu izvozvo?"
"Dei wainge uri iwewe wainge uri

mudambudziko randaive you would
understand Trent"
"Maeve, asi handisirini baba here?" Hana

yangu yakabva yarova a bit harder than
normal after he said this.
"Of course you are the father Trent"
"So why did you keep it from me for this long"
"I'm truly sorry but ndaishaya kuti

ndokuudza sei after everything you have been
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through my love and since this child was not

planned, I thought unongona kunge
usingamude ukanditsamwira"
"For what reason would I be angry at you, it's

not like wakaita mwana wacho uri wega, of
course mwana ndinomuda, after everything
I've lost, mwana uyu will be my pain killer,
achava iye my sunrise, the beginning of a new
day with promising positivity, thank you
Maeve, you have made me the happiest man
in the world right now" akadero achindikisa
pahuma.
For a moment then I was relieved. My life was

easily starting to shower some light. Have you
ever been in the darkest moments for a long
time and then you just find light paunenge
usina kuzvitarisira. My life had became
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jumbled up in just a very short period of time,

zvinhu zvacho zvaingopiringanapiringana,
pakapinda Trent muupenyu hwangu, it was
the greatest miracle of my life. Pfambi zvayo
yekutanga nekugumisira ndiyo yakange
yawanirwa nyasha, kudiwa nemunhu aive
nemari out of all the good woman out there.
Yes, I can't deny that deep down inside me,
there was a good person who was turned bad
by circumstances.
"Don't worry yourself uchifungisisa Maeve,

inini I told you a billion times kuti
ndinokudisisa nemoyo wese and I'll never
change no matter what, kana paine chinenge
chaitika please unondiudza, usatye, I will
always be by your side chero zvikaoma sei"
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Hana yangu yakabva yawedzera kurova after

ataura izvi ndakange ndave kufunga nyaya
yaamai vake. Knowing that I was responsible
for her death zvaigara zvichindidya moyo.
'ko akazongofunga kufamba kumaporofita

akaita find out kuti ndini ndakaurayisa amai
vake, what will happen then?' ndiwo
mubvunzo wandakange ndozvibvunza
nechemumoyo.
Zuva iri ndakanzi ndaifanirwa kumbogara

muchipatara for two more days with the
medical professionals monitoring my situation.
Trent akabva ambodzokera zvake kumba
achiti aizouya achindiona the following day.
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In the morning Memory ndiye akatanga

kuuya achiti Trent aizouya masikati pane
kwaakange aenda.
"So how did it go?" Akabvunza Memory.
"Shamwari, don't even speak about that

hako" ndakadero ndichiseka.
"Ko hakusi kuzopanika kwandakazoita after

andibvunza kuti wainyarara, waiziva
nezvazvo here, iwe mashoko akatadza kana
kubuda"
"Same neni hako, but I'm just happy kuti

haana hake kuzotsamwa, akazvinzwisisa
hake"
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"Yar, ndakazviona shasha payakasvika

kumba kuti yainge iri muhappy mood, you are
truly a lucky woman Maeve"
"Mmmm Memo, don't assume that just yet,

imagine akazongobudikira nekumaporofita
akatongonoudzwa kuti ndini ndakaurayisa
amai vake"
"Watanga Maeve, how many times should I

tell you that you're not to blame for it, ukuona
chii, iwewe have some rest, inini
ndakudzokera hangu nekuti iwewe you are
over thinking, I can't stay here
uchingondidembera, maybe some time alone
will make you realize kuti you are not at fault"
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"Ok fine" ndakadero achibva asimuka

achitoenda.
Achingobuda pakabva pambinda nurse vaya

vandaiziva vaimbondiattender the previous
times I had been hospitalized.
"So what is it that brings you back in hospital

this time?" Akadero nurse uya achigara
paside pemubhedha pandainge ndakarara.
"Men, what else" ndakadero tichibva taseka.
"Aizve ko zvanzi chii futi?"
"Aaaah hapana dear, just that nhumbu yaita

misbehave aripo and he found out"
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"Nanhasi wanga usati wamuudza?"
"Ehe, I was trying but zvairamba"
"Judging by the way you are smiling, I guess

haana kutsamwa hake"
"Yar, abvuma zvake, he was just furious kuti

ndakanonoka kumuudza"
"At least now he knows, there's nothing more

for you to worry about"
"Iiii zvinodya pfungwa hazvipere dear"
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"Obviously but the load is lighter now"
"Asi kana wadero"
Takaramba tichitaura zvedu until nurse uya

azoenda kunoita attend to other patients.
Trent akazouya kuvisit yemasikati and luckily
doctor vainge vatozondiudza kuti ndainge
ndave free kuenda kumba zvangu. He walked
me to the car ndakaita kusimudziwa bridal
style. Munzira ndaingokuvadziwa
netumasweet nothings. Before he took me
home takatanga taenda nekuimba yake
yaaigara namai vake. I always go t
goosebumps going to that house asi
chekuzviita painge pasina.
Patakasvikonopinda mumba I was shocked
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kuona muina Hennessy akatorara very

comfortably pasofa kuratidza kuti ainge atove
netime arimo for her to feel that comfortable.
"Babe, what is she doing here?"

Ndakabvunza ndakazadzwa neconfusion
nechidokwadokwa chekuda kuziva.
"I'm sorry I had to do this ndisati ndakuudza

but she's gonna be staying here for a
while.........."
*End of chapter*
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Chapter Five
*MEMORY*
"Ko unondirodzira tsamwa ndaita sei?"

Akadero Dylan.
"Saka you expect me to smile on you after

what you did to us, you bailed on us Dylan, we
trusted you, unoziva imbecile, ndiwe iwe"
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"Why are you girls like this, what have I done

wrong inini?"
"Really asking me that, unoziva

ndakakutarisa I even feel like vomiting right
now, kutonzwa kuda kurutsa, unondisvota
hako"
"But vanhu vese vanokanganisa, why iwewe

naMaeve muchitoita sekutoti
hamumbototadze even one day zvaro"
"Iwe, don't try kutsvaga kushandurudza

nyaya, we trusted you Dylan, ukauya
watichinjira iwewe wanakirwa nechando
uchiti vasikana vekuZimbabwe tinonhuwa
hove, apa after all you came as the worst
singer in our group tikakudzidzisa,
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takukutruster kuenda kuchando wakuuya

uchiudza zvekunhuwa kwedu wow, just wow"
"Shaa munhu wese anokanganisa, ndiri

munhu wenyama ini"
"Even ukakumbira ruregerero zvinengei,

unoti zvichachinjei, izvezvi you wasted the
opportunity, nxaaa, useless!"
"But usadero Memo, iwewe ndachitoda

unonditaurirawo naMaeve"
"Kutaura naMaeve kuti chii?"
"I still love her" ndakabva ndaputika

nekuseka.
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"Asi unorota kahi, you should be dreaming

for sure, handi wakamushainira, manje
akawanirwa nyasha, atove nemukomana
wake anotomuda, just a few months from now
vanenge vatochata"
"I don't care about that shaa, I know Maeve

still loves me and that we're meant for each
other"
"Ukuona iwewe, dai wambonoonekwa

nachiremba nekuti njere dzako hadzisi
kunyatsoshanda zvakanaka, unotorwara
chaiko"
"Memory nditaurewo naye please"
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"Evo, undisiye zvangu, undisiye wanzwa!" I

yelled "driver drop me here!" Ndakadero
mota ichibva yamisiwa ndokubva
ndabhadhara ndokuburuka ndichimusiya
arimo akangonditarisa.
*MAEVE*
Ndakamboita chinguva ndisina kupindura. I

was losing my mind for sure. I could feel
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fireballs of rage rising down inside me, from

deep beneath my toes up to my head.
Ndakabata Trent ruoko ndokubva
ndamudhonza kuenda kukitchen.
"Why Trent, why would you do such a stupid

thing?" I yelled at him.
"What do you mean kana uchiti I did a stupid

thing?" Akabvunza.
"Sure you can just bring someone inside your

house, come on, what's wrong with you?"
"She needed help, waida ndiite sei nhai?"
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"Help yei yaaida Trent, haana here kumba

kwavo?" Apa ndainge ndave kutotadza
kutaura ndazadzwa nehasha.
"She had a fight with her mother akabva

adzingwa and she had nowhere else to go"
"So iwewe ndiwe wave black Jesus manje,

everyone anoshaya kwekugara unomutora?"
"Maeve it's not like that!"
"Then what is it like, what is it like Trent, tell

me?"
"Maeve, this girl has helped us, I'm out of jail

today because of her"
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"Whatever Trent, but her staying here, I'm

not in support of that"
"Maeve look, this house is surely empty, my

mom is not here anymore, inini I stay with you,
definitely she'll keep this place alive"
"Do you understand the consequences of what

you're trying to do?"
"I know and understand that you don't like

her, but come on babe, she helped us"
"I don't care what she did but I don't want her
to stay here, you could just have given her
money anotsvaga somewhere kwekugara"
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"I'm sorry Maeve but this house needs

someone to keep it running"
"Ita zvaunoda Trent, wagara you didn't

consult me before bringing her here which
means my opinion is not important to you so
do whatever you want, from now on I'll never
complain about everything you do, I'm going
home now, please don't follow me, your friend
may need some company!" Ndakadero
ndichifamba ndichienda.
"Babe, babe, what are you saying?"
"You heard it loud and clear!" Ndakadero

ndichitobuda ndakananga kumota. He tried
to follow me but ndakamhanya fast
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ndokunozvivharira mumota ndakakiya

madoors. Akazama kuknocker achitaura but
hapana kana chimwe chandaiterera.
Ndakanonoka kumutsa mota iri nzira yekuti

ndimbodzora hasha because I knew driving in
the state I was that moment and time was very
dangerous, ndaigona kuzingokruka ndawira
mugoronga kana kupinda mune imwe mota.
After a while Trent achingoshamatata ari
pawindow reseat randaive ndakabva
ndazomutsa mota ndokumusiya aripo.
Ndaiziva kuti Trent would never cheat on me
but apapa I was scared. I knew Hennessy had
became so cunning and evil zvekuti ndaigona
kungotorerwa munhu wangu ndakatemba.
Kutsamwa uku I was just trying to
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emotionally blackmail Trent to make him feel

guilty about the whole thing obva abvisa
Hennessy pamba but ndaifunga kaviri
because I knew Hennessy could play the same
game and got close to my man although I knew
it wouldn't be an easy task for her nekuti inini
wacho I had taken ages for him to finally come
close to me.
*HENNESSY*
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Ndaiitwa kunzwa ropa rangu

kumhanyamhanya ndichiona face yakaitwa
naMaeve when she was told by Trent kuti I
was staying in their other house. Personally
ndainge ndisina kana any problem or daka
naMaeve but chaingovapo ndechekuti
whether people admit it or not, money is
everything. How could I just move away from
their lives and leave all that glittering cash.
Trent was a very rich man, he was so rich that
he could just buy anything he wants, anytime
he wanted. Inini hangu my family wasn't poor,
taingovewo pakati napakati asi realizing all
that money yaive naTrent, I could not resist
any of it.
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The other thing was that I was also falling for

the handsome Trent. Wow, the guy was just a
man in any way you can ever think of. With
all he resembled on the outside, it was more
than obvious that he was a beast in bed.
'Its about time' ndaizviudza mumoyo mangu

after hearing both of them having a fight
because of me staying at that house. 'You are
just getting started folks, muchatorwa
kudarika ipapo' I said nechemumoyo
ndichiseka because everything was perfectly
going my way. Ndaitoziva kuti this moment
was my moment to strike and snatch Trent
away from Maeve, panguva iyoyi
vakatsamwisana vasingataudzane inini ndoita
slowly squeeze my way into Trent's arms.
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"Iii your wife has no respect at all, why do you

let her talk to you like that?" Ndakadero kuna
Trent ndichimuona achipinda padoor coming
from outside where he had been left standing
on the road side by Maeve.
"Hennessy, I understand you staying here, but

not everyone does, but you should know and
keep in mind one important thing, stay out of
my personal life"
"Aizve ko zvatoipa here?"
"You heard what I said, you bad mouth my

wife again, or say anything negative about her
and I again, then I won't even take a second or
think twice until I throw you out on the
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streets" akadero achifamba achienda kune

imwe room.
'You won't be saying that after you realize

who truly loves you and who just wants your
money" ndakadero nechemumoyo.
*MAEVE*
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"Memory could you believe zvaitika nhasi?"

Ndakadero kuna Memo takagara mudining
after I drove back home.
"Ko chii futi nhai sahwira?"
"Trent haangambotore Hennessy kuti agare

kuimba yekuRhodene"
"He What?" Akadero achikanuka
"Ndiri kutokutaurira chokwadi, zvirikowo

here izvozvo just imagine kwanzi hee anetsana
namoms vake kumba so she has nowhere to
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stay, isusu manje tisu tave charity home

yekuchengeta mastreetkids"
"Iii hanzi mastreetkids, ungabva wazodaro

here?"
"Saka ndoti kudii, nhaiwe

chandakambomutadzira chii Hennessy, yes I
may have run her over nemota but I paid her
for that, I made sure she was totally ok, now
akubdiitira izvi, haya, ichokwadi
chakataurwa nevakuru, imbwa haide
kurerwa nemukaka otherwise inofuma
yokuruma"
"Maeve unoziva chinoitika ndechekuti

marriage hachisi chinhu chiri easy, kana
wakutopida muwanano be ready to face
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problems like this, especially imimi henyu

mune varume vane Mari, you have enemies
from every single side, izvezvi ndasangana
naDylan mutaxi, dei wanzwa zvaanga
achitaura waiputika nekuseka iwe!"
"Ko hanzi kudii?"
"Hanzi hee Maeve ndinomuda nemoyo wese,

hee we are meant to be, just imagine, after
everything he did, chii chakadero"
"Uya akutorwara uya, Dylan kaa, ndiye

munhu akutorwara nepfungwa
takangomutarisa, otherwise chii chakadero,
handisirini here waaimboudza zvekunhuwa
hove, now I'm his soul mate, wow, what a
joke" ndakadero tichibva taseka tese.
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"Saka munoenda riniko kucheck up

muchitiudzawo kuti mwanai ari mudumbu
nhai mai zvichauya?"
"Shaa, now ndichiri kutomboshushikana

nenyaya yaHennessy, that woman is cunning,
who knows to what extent she'll go to rip
Trent off my arms"
"Haaa usambotya mudiwa wangu, chero

zvaita sei, Trent will never leave you, murume
uya anokuda, I can tell even achitaura
neumwe musikana he's just trying to avoid
zvakawanda zvekutaura, he's deeply in love
with you hako"
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"But kune mishonga, what if akashandisirwa

juju?"
"Izvozvo zvakutoda kuti uchienda pamabvi

ako wonyengetera munamato une simba, be
the saviour of your marriage, from now on
make sure you don't make Trent leave your
side, ita akunamirire kunge magnet, make
him fall even more deeply in love with you"
"I understand that but dzimwe nguva

ndendakutobhohekana, iye Trent he is aware
of Hennessy's true intentions asi munhu
anomuunza mumba, ndinombogaya kuti
dzakatokwana here kana kuti pane imwe
yakatamba nevana"
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"Izvozvo chirega kunyanya kufunga nezvazvo,

iwewe just do what you have to do in order to
save your marriage, zvimwe zvese hazvina
basa, ratongove drama"
"Memory, zvakangonakira imimi musina

zvinokunetsai, varume ava kungovada zvedu
asi havasi vanhu vakanaka"
"Aaah ini ndatovewo pasearching list Maeve

ini, unoti ndinosvika rini ndichingorohwa
gumbo nemunhu wese, ndakutodawo wangu
wandinoyemerawo, aah ko ndini ndadii"
akadero tichibva taseka tese.
"Asikana, kuseka zvedu asi zvamanjemanje

hupenyu hauna kundimirira mushe, I hope
everything will get back to normal very soon"
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"Don't worry yourself Maeve, just give it to

God sezvakanyorwa pahembe yako iya
yewhite yaunosimbopfeka, kuchema hakuna
zvakunobatsira, tura mutoro wako wese kuna
Mwari ndivo vachaurerutsa"
"I believe that Memo asi unoziva iwe kuti it's

hard to get hardships out of your mind and
smile, pretending like everything is ok"
"Whether you pretend or not, if you kneel

down on your knees and pray about it, Mwari
vekudenga vanopindira, always keep that in
mind"
"Ok bestie, I just hope everything will be fine
soon"
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C h a p t e r S i x
*MAEVE*
"Trent, Trent!" Ndakangotanga kudaidzira

after I found myself running in a deep forest.
Ndaingomhanya asi ndaisaziva kuti ndainge

ndichimhanyira chii, one moment it felt like I
was running away from something, or
someone, I didn't know kuti chainge chiri chii
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chainyatsoitika asi ndaingomhanya

ndichidaidzira zita raTrent.
Ndakazoti after some time ndichimhanya

ndakabva ndasvika painge paine rumwe rwizi
rwainge rwakazara mvura and it was merely
impossible for anything that breathes to cross
and get on the other side alive. Ndichiri
mubishi rekufunga kuti ndoyambuka sei
ndipo pandakaona Trent kune rimwe divi
aina Mai vake. Ndakaramba ndakavatarisa
ndichiona vakuia sokunge vaiuya padhuze
neni asi vaisafamba or kubhururuka paiita
sokunge camera yaiita zoom ichiuya padhuze
neni.
"Wakandiuraya uchida Trent Kaa, now I'm

taking him away from you, tichaona kuti
uchaita sei" ava vainge vari mai vaTrent
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vainge vachitaura and I had completely no

idea what she was talking about. "I couldn't
get to you, I couldn't get my revenge on you
but to my son I can get, you have not suffered
just yet, everything is just getting started,
Trent iyeye wawaida, you are going to lose
him forever, forever wanzwa!"
"Trent!" Ndakadaidzira futi ndipo

pandakazopepuka and realized kuti ndakange
ndiri kurota.
Before I could do anything ndakanzwa

kumbundikirwa ndokuona kuti akange ari
Trent ainge andimbundikira.
"What's wrong babe, what's happening to you,

calm down, please calm down and tell me!"
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Akadero achizama kuti ndiite calm uku inini

ndainge ndakungobvunda uku ndichitya even
kutaura.
"Please tell me what happened, what's wrong
Maeve, please speak up!"
"Are you going to leave me Trent?"
"Nhaiwe wazvinzwa kupi izvozvo, why would

I leave you, you know that I love you and you
are my whole world, why in the world would I
leave you Maeve" akadero akandibata
mabendekete.
"Trent, I'm scared ini, I've just got you back

from prison, I don't want to lose you again,
please promise me that you're not going
anywhere, I love you Trent, I need you and
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our unborn baby needs you by our side

throughout the whole childhood"
"Ukuzviwana kupiko izvozvo, you know that

I'll never leave you, I lost my mom recently,
now you and our family is all that I live for, I
will not survive without any of you"
"So why do I feel like I don't have you

anymore, why do I feel like you're slowly
moving away from me?"
"You are just overreacting my love, maybe

you just had a bad dream, I won't go
anywhere ini, I'm going to be with you
forever" akadero achibva andihugger so
tightly for a while that I started feeling calm
and at ease.
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After the hug akabva andiregedza tichibva

tatarisana mumaziso and then we kissed. One
thing leads to another, moments later we
found ourselves dipped in the amazing world
of romance and what we all get married for, I
don't have to mention it, everyone knows it. I
can't even explain the moment, it made me
ease my mind for a moment there nekuti to be
honest, nguva yainge yareba and I had craved
for him to the moment
yekutotombozvikanganwa kuri kukurirwa
nemaemotions of everything that I was going
through.
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*HENNESSY*
Getting to live in Trent's house wasn't actually

according to what I had planned but it seemed
like fate was on my side. Like it or not, this was
really a jackpot in my plan and it would draw
me closer to him even faster than I thought.
For me seducing a man was as easy as eating
popcorn but ndaiziva kuti in Trent's case, it
wasn't going to be as easy as I thought.
Handizive kuti Trent aida Maeve zviri
genuine here or kuti paitovewo nezvainge
zvaitwa naye Maeve wacho nekuti
ndainyatsoona kuti no matter how much
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effort I put to seduce Trent, iye aitonditarisa

sekunge ainge achitoona zvake chinhu chisina
nematuro ese. Paakasiwa naMaeve vanetsana
ndakafunga kuti zvimwe kuda acharara kuno
then I would do the most expected,
ndsimuseducer kusvikira arara neni. It was
the best and only move that could win me the
jackpot. Ndaitoda kuti andirare asina
kupfeka any kind of protection ndobva
ndatongobata pamuviri pake but it didn't go
according to plan nekuti akabva atevera
mukadzi wake izvo zvakandisvota.
'What should I do to win this guy over, just

what's so special about Maeve zvekuti
angatadza kuona kuti tiripo vamwe vasikana
tinomuda' apa ndainge ndichitaura ndega.
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Paya uri musikana uchinyegewa unenge

uchiomesera vakomana but when it's your
turn uchida munhu asi asingakude unoita
seuchachema, kuti ungomuudza njee zvinenge
zvisingaite asi kutongomuseducer kusvikira
akunyenga but it gets worse when you try
everything you have asi munhu okuratidza
kuti haana kana basa newe.
Ndakazoti rimwe zuva zvangu I just thought

kupinda mutown kuti ndimbofurwa nemhepo.
I was chilling mupark pakangosvika umwe
mukomana wandaisaziva.
"Hi, sorry for interrupting you if I did but

ndokumbirawo kubvunza, ndinenge
ndafananidzira but I'm a bit sure of it, are you
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friends with Maeve?" Ndakarohwa nehana

ndichinzwa mukomana uya achindibvunza
izvozvo.
"Why should I answer any of your questions,

are you a friendship officer, or not even that,
vana Maeve vakawanda munyika umu"
"Response yawandipa makes it clear that

unomuziva munhu wandiri kubvunza
pamusoro pake and to be honest I don't think
there's anyone else ane zita iroro in this part
of the world"
"Taura pane nyaya yako shaa, I don't have all

day"
"Are you friends with her or not?"

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"Wangu asi hauna nzeve here, ndati what do

you want with Maeve?"
"Actually it's something personal and I hope

you can help me" akadero achigara pasi
nechepadhuze neni.
"Aiwazve hautaure uchigara padhuze neni,

tine ukama here?"
"Just here me out please" akadero pleading

with me.
"Ok fine, taura nyaya yacho, let's hope ine

musoro"
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"You see, Maeve is the love of my life, she was

with me before she was stolen away from me
by that rich guy, I was hoping that you could
help me get her back!"
"Wow, perfect, just perfect, what did you say

your name was again?"
"My name is Dylan"
"Well Dylan, I think you and me, I think we're

gonna make a perfect team" I said smiling at
him.
"Really?"
"Just wait and see!"
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*MAEVE*
Time was moving very fast. Now that Trent

akange ozivs nezvenhumbu yangu, I
absolutely had no problem nekuoekwa
kwedumbu rangu anymore.
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Ndakazoti rimwe zuva nditori naMemory

mumall tichitotenga hembe dzedu ndipo
patakaita dhuma dhuma naDylan.
"Wow, what a pleasant surprise!" Akadero

achisekerera.
"Chaunonyenama chii ipapa

chinonyenamisa?" Ndakadero.
"Obviously every guy would smile after

meeting beautiful ladies"
"Iwewe wakutoda chiremba chete iwewe"

akadero Memo.
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"But Maeve I still love you kutaura chokwadi

chaMwari kudai"
"Usatambise Zita raMwari pasina unonzwa,

unondids kudii, nxaa, ukawana nguva
undikwanire wanzwa!"
"Zvimwe zvese ndingaita asi handingapike

naMwari ndichinyepa, ndinokuda hako
Maeve"
"Undikwanire Dylan, murume wangu

akazvinzwa izvozvo unofunga kuti anofara
nazvo, chero iwewe futi hadzina kukwana,
necondition yangu yauri kuona wotoshinga
kundiudza kuti unondida asi unorotomoka
here?"
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"I don't care about anything else Maeve, ini

ndinongoda iwewe chete, everything else
handina basa nazvo if you just give me your
heart, nothing will make me happier"
"Ukawana nguva undikwanire wanzwa,

ukwane!" Ndakadero ndichimusundidzira
ndichizama kufamba achibva andidhonza
akandibata muchiuno.
"Ndisiye mhanhiwe!" I yelled

ndichimushunya maoko achibva andiregedza.
"Do that again and you'll ether find yourself
in jail or in hospital" ndakadero
ndakumutendeka ndichibva ndafamba
ndichienda naMemo.
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"Asi Memo ukati vanhu havandishuriri

nhaiwe, chii chakadero, chimbogaya if Trent
would show up ndakaitwa zvaitwa naDylan"
apa ndainge ndotaura naMemo tave mumota
kudzokera kumba.
"Ungatevedzera Dylan here, anopenga uyo,

plus obviously Trent anokunzwisisa, that guy
anokuda zvisingaite and you know it"
"Iii shaa, ehe kuda munhu unogona kuda

munhu but pane paunogumirawo ndirini
ndikasvikira munhu wangu panguva
yakadero hazvipere mushe"
"Kungonzwisisa umwe wako kwakangonaka

because sometimes inenge isitombori mhosva
yake like you, zvaitika paya wasn't even your
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fault, asi kungozotiwo it's hard not to react

pamunhu wako"
"Wazvionawo Kaa?" Ndakadero tese tichibva

taseka.
Patakasvika pamba tichinopinda mudinning

ndakasvikorohwa nehana ndichiona Trent
agere pasofa rainge takatarisana nemain door
achiratidza kuti akange akatsamwa
zvakanyanya.
"Hey babe" ndakadero ndichifamba kuenda

kwaari Memo achienda kuroom kwake.
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"Where were you Maeve?" Akabvunza

mubvunzo wakaita kuti Hana yangu iwedzere
kurova.
"Ndandambobuda for shopping?"
"With who?"
"NaMemory wawaona ndichipinda naye

muno, who else would I be with, why are you
asking me all these questions, is everything
alright?"
"Maeve chii chausingawane pandiri?"
"Trent, what's wrong nhaiwe, why are you

being like this?"
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"Who is this Maeve?" Akabvunza

akanditaridza phone yake ndichiona picture
rangu ndakabatwa naDylan muchiono
raitaridzwa kuti rainge ratorwa that time
yandakange ndakudonha akandigamha ndiri
mumall.
"Who gave you that nhaiwe Trent?"

Ndakadero Hana yangu yave ngoma kurova.
"Answer the question Maeve, haudaire

mubvunzo neumwe mubvunzo, please just tell
me who he is"
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Chapter Seven
*MAEVE*
"Aive mukomana wangu"
"So you were, planning a reunion party or

something?"
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"Trent why urikundibvunza all of these

questions, you're making me very
uncomfortable, do you think I would ever
cheat on you?"
"Maeve, I don't want to look like I'm the bad

guy here, but come on, how do you want me to
feel about all this?"
"Mukomana uyu ndakarambana naye, infact

ndiye akandiramba when he went to UK,
anyway when we first met you acted like
waiziva everything about me but now
wakundibvunza all these questions, why?"
"I know who this guy is Maeve, ndinoziva

everything about him, nezvakakurambanisai,
but mubvunzo wandabvunza uri kumuziva
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and zvandiri kuda kunzwa unozviziva, usade

kunyepera kudzungaira"
"Trent munhu uyu ari kungotondinetsawo,

ndakunguri ndamuudza to stay away from me
asi haanzwisise, whoever took that
photograph should also be aware of the fight
that transpired between the two of us before I
was about to fall down and he cought me"
"Whatever you say Maeve, this is bullshit,

hazvisi kutombondifadza kana kaone!" He
yelled achibva atosimuka ndokunovhura
main door achibuda achirivhara zvehasha.
Ndakangosara ndakangoti tuzu sokunge

munhu ainge azviitira weti
ndakangodzvokora kudoor.
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*HENNESSY*
"Well done, ndandisingakutembe but you've

proven to be useful to me"
"Listen Hennessy, inini I just want

kudzokerana naMaeve so whatever plan you
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have in mind that can speed things up,

ndakateya nzeve taura"
"Chill bhudhi, jackpot haridi kuitirwa

dzungu, dzikamisai Hana kana muchida kuti
maplans edu abudirire"
"Iii shaa, don't tell me to chill, you don't know

how long I've waited"
"Aaah aizve, ko ukazoita sezvinonzi kumira

kwako iproblem yangu zvinozoita here, ndiwe
wakazviparadzira wega, saka usada
kundiitira kadzungu kasina basa otherwise
unozviloser because panapa ndini ndine upper
hand"
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"Shaaa, zvaukutaura izvozvo hazvina

zvazvinosolver, unonyatsoziva kuti we need
each other, kuti iwe uwane mukana pane
murume waMaeve hunge unini ndadzokerana
naye, pasina izvozvo kanganwa, haulume"
"Are you threatening me?"
"Maya handisi kana kutombokuthreatener,

ndiri kutongokuudza chokwadi chiri
paground, chokwadi chinorwadza kubaya
moyo kunge banga"
"You know what, get your ass out of here,

ndichazokudaidza when I have some use for
you but for now buda muno!" Ndakadero
ndakatendeka kudoor.
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"Really?"
"Do you want me to drag you out, ndati buda

muno, unonzwa here?"
"Ok fine, I'm going!'" akadero achibva

afamba achibuda panze.
Ndakasara ndega ndichibva ndatura mafemo

ndokubatidza TV iyo yandainge
ndambodzima panguva dzandainge ndiri
kutaura naye. Pasina kana time ndakanzwa
futi door ravhurwa.
"Asi zvandataura hazvina kunzwika here?"

Ndakabvunza.
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"Ndezvipi izvozvo zvawataura?"

Ndakarohwa nehana ndichinzwa kusiyana
kwevoice ndokubva ndasimudza musoro
ndokuona ari Trent.
"Nevermind, I wasn't talking to you, pane

munhu wandange ndichirecoder audio
pawhatsapp" ndakadero ndichizama kuvhara
nyaya.
"Another part of me wants to believe you, but

the other feels like you're lying to me"
"Handisi kumbokunyeperai ini, ko

ndingagonyeperei hangu"
"Let's hope so but tell me something"
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"What is it?" Ndakabvunza hana yangu yave

kuwedzera kurova.
"Hausi kupinza vanhu mumba handika?"
"Aiwa handisi kumbopinza vanhu mumba ini,

why would you think I would do that"
"Don't get me wrong, I'm not accusing you or

something, I'm just kind of warning you,
because I thought I saw a guy achibuda
pagedhe apo pandasvika nemota, kana
ndaresva kuona it's ok asi kana uchiziva kuti
wakambopinza munhu ngazvitoguma nhasi,
usazoti handina kukuudza, if something goes
missing maybe inini I can forgive you
ndokwanisa kunzwisisa asi I don't think
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Maeve will and since she's the woman of this

house she won't think twice before throwing
you on the streets so please try as much to be
good, I won't be able to help you kana
ikapinda mumaoko ehurumende, haikona
kuzoti vanhu vakaipa"
"Mark my words Trent, you can trust me" I

said in a seducing manner.
"Just keep your word"
"Sure"
"Ok fine, anyway usare zvakanaka, I was just

passing by hangu"
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"Going already?"
"Yes I'm going"
"Iiii Trent usadero, unoda kuti

nditandadziwewo nani izvezvi uri kubva
kunditi ndisapinza vanhu mumba"
"Aaah nhaiwe Hennessy, unoona sekunge

zvauri kutaura zvinoita izvozvo, unotoona
sekunge zvinhu zvine musoro kuti inini
ndimutse mota yangu kubva kumba kune
mukadzi wangu ndiuye kunoku
kuzokutandadza iwewe"
"Ehe Kaa, what's wrong with that, handiti

we're friends here"
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"Aaaah iwe, friends kudii kwacho ikoko, uite

mushe iwewe, DStv harina here
kusubscribiwa?"
"Rakajuswa haro"
"Ko magetsi?"
"Akajuswa"
"Ko WiFi?"
"Yakajusiwa"
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"Saka what more do you want nhaiwe, with all

those things unoreva kuti ungashaye chinhu
chimwechete chingakutandadza pazvinhu
zvese izvozvo"
"Iiii Trent dzimwe nguva zvinongodawo

pangoriwo nemunhu anokutaudzawo ndizvo
zviri healthy"
"Hennessy, hauna kusungirirwa pano, you

can go wherever you want uchinoita zvaunoda
uchidzoka nguva dzaunoda, hapana
anokubvunza, dai wamira kundiyemera
zvisina basa pano, unoti Maeve akazvinzwa
zvinopera mushe here, learn to respect other
people iwewe, uzive pekutangira
nepekugumira" akadero achibva abuda
ndichibva ndasara ndakangoti tuzu
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ndakatarisana nedoor pfungwa

dzichimhanyamhanya.
'Heee Maeve chino, Maeve that, just what's so

special about her, haaa, chii chaari chisina
vamwe vakadzi, nxaaaa, manje I'm going to
break that little fake marriage of yours
yamunodada nayo iyoyo, toda kuona
kwazvinosvika, you are going to end up with
me Trent, you are supposed to be mine and
mine only, mine!!!!' ndakaita zvekudaidzira
asi ndichitaurira nechemumoyo mangu.
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*MAEVE*
"Asi Maeve asikana mucharoya imi" akadero

Memo tigere zvedu mudinning tichiona movie.
"Ko ndicharoya ndaita sei futi?"
"Shuwa shuwa vasikana murikuona kuti

nguva iri kutofamba ichitoenda
musingatombondikurudzirewo kuti ndiitewo
wangu anozondiroorawo"
"Aizve, wamwei nhaiwe chakudhakwisa?"
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"Ndichigomwei hangu, I'm perfectly sobber

ini ask kuti zvinhu zvave kutogara
zvichindidzimba nekundinetsa mupfungwa
dzangu"
"Unomhanyira chii nhaiwe, hauna

kumbonyanya kukura Wani zvekuti vanhu
vangatokupa mbiri nechiremerera chekuti
wakura, mirira nguva yaMwari zvichida
haisati yakwana"
"Zvino ndinoziva kuti inokwana rini nhaiwe,

vamwe vezera rangu mese muri kungotorwa
muchienda"
"Hupenyu hunosiyana Memory, tingave

tichitamba tese kana kuti takaenzana makore
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asi hazvireve kuti tinobudirira nguva

yakafanana, vatorikowo vakatonaka
kutidarika vaitodawo kuroorwa nevarume
vane mari asi zvikaenda nepamwe vamwe
vavo havatorina varume vacho, vamwe
ndovari kungoritaira nemabhawa
sezvataimboita, isu tinotofanira kutenda
Mwari nekuti vakatiwanira nyasha izvezvi
hatichakwanise kuenda kubhawa nekuti
everything we need tave nazvo and as for you,
as long as there's still breathe in my body,
hakuna anokudzinga pano, you're welcome
kugara pano kusvikira wazoroorwawo
watorwa nemurume wako"
"I understand hangu zvaukutaura Maeve asi

zvinombondibatabatawo dzimwe nguva
nekuti ndave kudawo waguwo
wandinoyemera sezvamunoitawo vamwe"
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"Just have faith in God and never lose hope,

inguva chete isati yangokwama, kana
yakwana you won't have to look for him,
anogouya ega"
"I hope so hangu, ndingagodii, kutongomirira

nguva yaMwari"
"That's my girl make sure we never have to

talk about this ever again"
"It's not like ndinenge ndichida kutaura

nezvazvo Maeve asi kuti ukaona munhu
mukuru akaita seni ave kubuda pachena ziva
kuti ndinenge ndadzimbikana moyo"
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"Ndizvo zvandati iwewe dei wambomira

kuzvidya moyo, wangomirira nguva yaMwari,
kana yangokwama zvinongozozviita zvega
automatically, hauna kana effort
yaunozomboisa"
Takaramba tichitaura zvedu until tazoenda

kumarooms edu. We were so dipped into
other stuff that we forgot to talk about my
argument with Trent. Ndakatozozvifunga
ndatorara mumba ndichiona time dzafamba
Trent asina kudzoka.
After some time ndatobatirwa nehope ndipo

pandakazopepuka ndanzwa sound yedoor
raivhurwa. Ndakasvinura maziso angu only to
find Trent on his knees.
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"Maeve Sithole, the bible says that a man is

not complete until he is joined with his other
half, I was wondering if you could make me a
complete man today, Maeve will you marry
me?" Akadero achinditaridza ring.
"Yes!" Ndakadaira ndisina kana

kumbofunga, akabva andipfekedza ring
achisimuka and ndokubva andimbundikira so
tightly and we kissed too. I was so happy
knowing that I was finally going to tie the knot
with him once in for all. Of course he had
asked me to marry him another time before
when we got engaged but zvainge
zvisisambonakidze, walking around calling
him my husband knowing kuti tainge tisati
tachata asi kuti ndaitochaya mapoto. Now I
knew I was finally getting the voice to deal
with low lives like Hennessy and any other
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women who wanted to snatch my man away

from me. Finally, something that I had
forgotten about and thought I could never do
it in my lifetime, wow, white wedding, Maeve
and Trent, wow, perfect.
Chapter Eight
*MEMORY*
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Mulife tinosangana nezvakawanda. One thing

chandakadzidza mukurarama ndechekuti
kana shamwari yako ikasangana
nedambudziko zvinokubata asi shamwari
yako ikabudirira zvinokurwadza
zvakanyanya, no matter how much you try to
be happy for her. Tinozama zvedu
kuzviramba kana kunzvenga asi chokwadi
hachichinje, no matter how close or how good
of a relationship we have with someone,
munhu uya paanongobudirira kukudarika
unotongoti urwadziwe nazvo.
Maeve ndakakura naye and we've been

friends kubva tiri vana. Patakatanga kuita
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zvechipfambi ndini ndainge ndichinyanya

kuwana maclients aibhadhara and since then
she has always looked up to me for financial
help.
Now kuwanirwa nyasha kwakaitwa Maeve

kunombopota kuchindibatabatawo nekuti
inini kubva ndichimuterera ndikasiyana
nezvechipfambi handina kuzombokwanisa
kupindawo murelationship kana
kumbonyatsoonawo murume anoratidza
kuva nemaintrests neni and zvinhu
zvinondibatabata. Dzimwe nguva
ndinotomborwadziwa kusvika pakuda
kutomboseducer Trent or kutoita zvinhu
zvekuvarambanisa asi ndinongozozvidzora
nekuti iye Maeve anoita everything she can to
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make sure that life yangu ishanduke ndibude

muhupenyu hwakashata hwandairarama.
Right now shungu dzangu dzingori dzekuti

ndiwanewo wangu anondidawo ndingosettler
ndifarewo, ndidzo pfungwa dzaingoringer
mupfungwa dzangu at this moment.
*MAEVE*
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[A MONTH LATER]
"It is in my honor, that by the power ordained

and installed in me, I do hereby the two souls
Maeve Sithole and Trent Muchina and
pronounce you husband and wife, you may
kiss" vakadero mufundisi tichibva tanamana
nekiss. Inini ndaitokisira svoto, ndaitoda
kusvotesa audience kunyanyanyanya
Hennessy ainge andivimbisa kuda kuparadza
marriage yangu.
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This was the best day of my life, at last, I had

finally tied the knot despite all the difficulties
I had had in the past.
"Congratulations Maeve, I'm so happy for

you!" Uyu ainge ari Memory aiuya
achindikorokotedza as people came to me
vachindiita makorokoto.
"Iiii makorokoto ndeedu tese vasikana!"

Ndakapindura tichiseka takambundirana.
Hennessy haana kana kumbouya kuzoti

makorokoto, ndaingomuona achifinyamisa
kumeso kuratidza kusvotekana ari nechekure
ini ndichingoti Satan wanya nechemumoyo,
shuwa munhu angangomuka akada kutora
mufaro wangu ini ndisina chitema naye.
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*[FOUR MONTHS LATER]*
Time was moving so fast, it was hard for me to

realize kufamba kwemazuva nekuti ndainge
ndakungogara ndiine mufaro. Trent was a
really loving husband and ndainge
ndisimborina kana chimwechete
chandaikwanisa kucomplainer pamusoro
pake. He always did everything he could to
make sure that I was always
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happy. Ndainyatsonzwa kuti nyasha

dzakange dzandiwandira.
*MEMORY*
Now that Maeve and Trent were finally

married, chijana chakange chave kwangu.
Kuvaona vachisasana nekuyemerana zuva
nezuva kwaisave nyore kwandiri not because
ndainge ndichinzwa godo, maybe a little, but
the main reason yaive yekuti ndainge ndave
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kudawo munhu wanguwo. Pfungwa dzese

dzechipfambi dzakange dzabuda mandiri
zvekuti paitove nemamwe maclients
aitondifonera achindibvunza kuti why
wakasiya achida kutondipa Mari yakawanda
asi ndairamba ndichingozviudza kuti
ndaizorara nemunhu wandainge
ndichidanana naye.
Kufamba kwenguva, kupindana kwemazuva

nekutotapuka kwawo eupenyu. Kuzvidya
pfungwa chakave chidyiro changu, kufunga
kuti ndaizowanawo here aizondidawo asinei
nezvakawanda asingade kutombonzwa
anything about my past, aingondida
ndakadero sezvandaiveri asingandijudge.
Unoziva ukanamata uchida chinhu chaiko
nemoyo wese ndopaunotozoona kuti prayer
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warrior is just a pair of words nekuti unenge

wakufambawo neminamato kwete
zvekutamba, praying day and night like
nobody's business.
Ndakazoti rimwe zuva ndatopindawo mutown

after ndabva naMaeve kuscan achinonzwa
kuti ainge akatakura mwana musikana,
ndainge ndaenda mutown ndiri ndega iye
akangobva kuhospital akananga kumba.
Ndainge ndakangotozvimirira pane umwe
muti mupark ndipo pakangosvikawo umwe
murume aitotaridzikawo zvakanaka achibva
angomira mberi kwangu.
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"Ndokubatsirai nei?" Ndakabvunza as it was

the only normal reaction anyone would do
during a situation like this.
"Do you speak English?" Akabvunza munhu

uya achishandisa accent yairatidza kuti ainge
akangokura achitaura chirungu.
"Yar, how may I help you?" Ndakapindura

ndakutonozawo.
"My name is Clack, I'm New here, I was

wondering if you could help me locate a place
called Rhodene"
"Oooh, Rhodene, that is actually where I

stay"
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"Ooh, really, is it far from here?" Akadero

uku inini mupfungwa makange makutofunga
zvakawanda.
"Yar, it far"
"Are you busy or I mean do you have anything

you want to do in town or you were just going
home so that you can join me and we can go
together in my car"
"Mmm, I don't think there's anything else I

need, we can, we can go" ndakapindura full of
exaggeration.
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"Ok fine, let's go, by the way, you didn't tell

me your name" akadero tichifamba tichienda.
"My name is Memory"
"Wow that is a very nice and unique name"
"Thank you!" Ndakadero as we approached

one of the most beautiful cars I'd ever seen in
my life.
It was a shinny white presidential like BMW.
"Is this your car?" Ndakabvunza as he

walked towards it.
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"Yup it is my car" akadero achiunlocker

nebutton raive pakey. "Get in and please
make yourself feel very comfortable" akadero
achindivhurira door.
Ndakapinda mumota muya iye

ndokupindawo achibva atoimutsa
ndokutanga kuifambaisa tichienda.
Munzira takambonyararidzana for some time

but ndakazongokaruka takutotaura iye
achinditi ainge achimbogara kuEngland
nevabereki vake but vakazoshaya and he was
deported asi vainge vakamusiira property
yese sezvo vainge vangori vana two
nemusikana ainge akatoroorwa ikoko inini
ariye aive mukuru and this guy was the young
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one. Ndaingoramba ndichimufire

nemibvunzo iri plan yekuda kukaruka
ndamupotsera bebig question yekuti ainge
akaroora here or was he in a serious
relationship. I didn't even have to ask nekuti
munhu wacho akapedzesira atongotaura ega
kuti akange asina kuroora and he had no
girlfriend, musikana waaida ainge
akatomuramba when he was deported.
Ndichinzwa izvi ndakanzwa moyo wangu

kurerukirwa. Ndakanzwa mufaro
uchimhanyamhanya netsinga dzangu. I knew
kuti whatsoever was gonna end up happening,
this guy was the one for me, this guy was an
angel sent from above, zvese zvandainge
ndanamatira, that was exactly how he looked
like. Ndakatotanga kutenda Mwari
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nechemumoyo asati atombotaura anything

about love me.
Ndakaramba ndimudirecter until we got to

street yaaida but inini ndaida kuenda street
yaive and four blocks kubva pane iyoyo.
Ndakamuudza kuti I was gonna walk there iye
achibva atanga kuti hee let me drive you
ndigodzoka hee wandibetsera but inini I
insisted ndichida kunyatsoona kuti ainge
asina here kutodyirawo. Ndakanzwa azongoti
"Ok go, if you insist" achingodero ndakabva
ndatanga kubatabata door ndichinyepedzera
kukonewa kuvhura. Iye achizviona akabva
ananavira chihandle chekuvhurisa door kana
uri mukati nemota. Akatanga kuchinanavira
from the driver's seat apa achindiguma zvidya,
veduwe, ndainge ndakutonzwa kuti kana.
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Parakavhurika door riya achiti adzorere

musoro uko takabva tasanganidzana maziso
and he stopped tese tichibva tapoauser for
about half a minute takangotarisana and
everyone knows what followed. It was crazy
and I don't know how it happened but
ndakazongokaruka yangova mwaa mwaa
mumota, with his hands slowly moving all
over me imika......................🔞
Chapter Nine
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*MAEVE*
*[5 MONTHS LATER]*
"Now we are even, am I right Mrs

Ruvheneko" ndakadero ndichiseka zvangu
naMemory.
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"Unoziva I'm really happy Maeve, al this

happened so fast, I don't even know kuti
ndomuitirei Mwari uyu"
"Hapana chaunombifanirwa kuita dear,

ndambokuudza kuti you were overreacting
paya, kana nguva yaMwari yangokwama
zvinhu zvinongozozviita zvega, just imagine,
makadanana for just 5 months, makatochata
makutogara mese kana neni mwana wangu
handisati kana ndatombomubatsirwa but
wewe watovewo neimba yako, do not ever
doubt God Memory, chese changonetsa,
chingozviisa kuna Mwari, he'll always be
there for you"
"Iii shaa, now ndakunyatsoona kuti Mwari

vane nyasha, just imagine kuti taimbove
mahure asi nhasi ndisu tatoroorwawo
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nevarume vane Mari, wow, hard to believe but

it's real"
"Chakanakira Mwari ndechekuti

vanosarudza ivavo vakashoreka ndivo
vavanosimudzira kubva muhuruva, the best
way to receive God's blessings kuzviramba
wobvuma kuti chokwadi uri mutadzi"
"Manje vazhinji vedu vanenge vachida

kuzviita vana Mr and Mrs holy, manje
hazvishande, nekuti Jesu chaiye akataura kuti
munhu wese mutadzi, saka kuzviita mutsvene
hakushande, kutozvipa mutoro wekuti Mwari
vakufuratire"
"That's the truth Memo, Jesu achiuya

panyika akavinga vatadzi, kana iwe uchizviti
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uri mutsvene nekuti ungave uri mufundisi

kana muporofita, aiwa, ita hako, isu vatadzi
ticharamba tichikomborerwa imi muripo"
"Iii sahwira chiregera ndiende ndinobikira

baba ndinosvikirwa ndisipo hazvizoite
zvakanaka" akadero Memory achisimuka.
"Ok dear ufambe zvakanaka,

handichakubuditse, just make sure you drive
safely, you know kuti handichakwanise
kufambafamba necondition yandave nayo iyi,
anytime is tea time" ndakadero tese tichibva
taseka.
"Don't worry dear, I'll be ok, sara hako

uchizorora akadero achitobuda kunopinda
mumota make.
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*HENNESSY*
"So what's the next plan now?" Akabvunza

Dylan after ndamudaidza kumba.
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"You tell me Dylan, toita sei?"
"Aaah nhaiwe Hennessy, ukati haupengi here,

unoreva kuti ungandidedzera kuti
uzondibvunza kuti toita sei, zvine musoro here
izvozvo?"
"I'm asking because ndazopererwawo ini, I

don't even know what to do now, I think it's
better we accept that we've lost"
"What do you mean we've lost"
"You know what I mean Dylan, we've lost,

vanhu vakatochata ava shaa, hapana kana
chimwe chatichakwanisa kuita, we failed
vachiri mukomana nemusikana, I don't think
there's anything we can do now"
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"I don't know about you asi ini Maeve wangu

ndinomuda"
"You are still dreaming Dylan, kurota chaiko

ndiko kwauri kuita, you think even if you
separate them ndipo pazvichadii, just accept
reality, imba yavanogara iri muzita raMaeve,
meaning kuti if they separate, she has nothing
to lose ndipo paunofunga kuti with all that
money and that multi million dollar mansion,
ndipo paachakucheukira iwe svari zvake,
wake up my guy, hapana apa"
"Nhaiwe Hennessy, what has changed your

mind, not long ago you were totally sure kuti
we would break them apart, what happened to
that assurance now?"
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"I realized I was dreaming and I woke up,

shaa I tried to seduce Trent but anotonditarisa
sekunge Ari kutoonawo zvimwe zvinhu
zvisina kana nebasa rese, we lost shaa"
"So what do we do now?"
"Nothing shaa, absolutely nothing, we have

lost and that's it"
"Mmm Hennessy"
"Chii?" Ndakadero achibva aramba

angonyarara akanditarisa.
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Inini ndainge ndakamutarisa kumeso asi iye

akaramba akanditarisa zvekuti we ended up
locking eyes. Slowly but surely ndakaona
tichitanga kuswedera padhuze nepadhuze.
Ndakange ndisisafunge about anything, I was
just going with the flow until I found his lips
on mine and we were kissing. Pfungwa dzangu
dzakange dzisisashande. I was starting to
realize kuti I was chasing someone else's
someone yet u had a romance guru by my side.
To be totally honest, since my first kiss,
ndainge ndisati ndambokisiwa
sezvandakaitwa naDylan. Honestly speaking
ndainge ndonzwa nekuzasi kuchidairira
nekutototesa ndichichinzwa kuchiita
kuvhitavhita, imiwe, what happened next is
pretty obvious and I don't even know how to
describe it, it was the greatest sex I've ever had,
aiwa aiziva zvake zvinhu zvake Dylan. And
since then, something new started and a new
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me was born, all I could ever think of now was

Dylan.
*MAEVE*
*[A FEW WEEKS LATER]*
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"Hennessy azondiudza kuti she has decided to

move out of our house" akadero Trent tigere
zvedu mubedrooom medu, mazuva aya
shasha yakange isisade kutambira kure neni.
"Hoo, ko hanzi zvaita sei?"
"Yooo, I thought you were going to be happy,

handika ndiwe waitsamwa mafirst days when
I told you kuti akugara pamba pedu"
"Did you forget kuti tave nyama imwe,

zvaunenge waita iwe, handipikise because I
know unenge uine good reason"
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"Wow, you've actually grown up now, anyway

akati hanzi mukomana wangu akuda kuroora
so ndakunogara naye"
"Wow, lucky her" ndakadero smiling.
Trent akabva angoramba akanyarara

achisekerera.
"Ko uri kusekererei?"
"I'm just admiring the goddess in front of me"
"Haiwawo, apa ndipo pawave kundikwidza

ndege yemashanga apa"
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"Mmm, I love you, you're so adorable"
"I love you too, you are so sweet" ndakadero

and we kissed. "Aaah!" Ndakangokaruka
ndaridza mhere "Maiwe, aaah!"
"Ko chii babe?" Akabvunza Trent.
"Call an ambulance, I think zvakuuya babe

fonera ambulance fast" haana kumbotora
time ainge atodailer number and ambulance
was on its way.
Haina kumbotorawo nguva yakareba

ambulance yakatobvawo yasvika sezvo
kumadheudheu kwataigara kwainge kuri
padhuze nehospital. Ndakatakurwa
ambulance ndokuvhetemeswa ichidzokera
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kuchipatara apa ndainge ndichirwadziwa

kwete zvekuseka. Apapa Trent ainge ari
paside pangu achizama kundipa
maencouragements ekundisimbisa,
ndaingoshinga hangu asi painge pakaipa,
honestly the pain was nothing like I imagined,
it even ten times more painful, aiwa labor
haasi mafunnies. In no time ambulance
yakasvika pachipatara ndokubva ndaiswa
pastretcher ndokutanga kusundiwa. Trent
aingove padivi pangu akandibata ruoko.
Patakati takusvika pamukova welabor Trent
akabva angocollapser. Tese takavhunduka
nemanurse ainge aripo. Vamwe vakabva
vatobatsirana kusimudza Trent ndokunotora
imwe stretcher bed ndokutomuisa vachienda
naye kumwewo. Ini kuti ndichizama
kubvunza about him ndainge ndisisagone, the
pain was too much zvekuti chero BP
yaisatombokwira asi definitely with a lot of
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the pain nekufunga kudonha kwainge kwaita

murume wangu I couldn't carry on ndakabva
ndaitawo pass out.
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G r a n d
F I N A L E
*MAEVE*
By the time I opened my eyes. I hardly felt any

part of my body, ndaiti ndikazama kusimudza
ruoko rwangu ndaitadza. Honestly speaking
ndakatombogaya kuti zvimwe ndainge
ndatofa nekuti I was lying on the bed but I
could not feel or control any body part of mine.
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Ndakaita nguva yakareba

ndichingoshishikana kutadza kuziva kuti chii
chakange chiri kuitika kwandiri nekuti
chandainge ndichingokwanisa kuita nguva iyi
kungofambisa maziso chete, zvimwe zvese
handaikwanisa. Pakazoti papera chinguva
ndipo pakazopinda nurse vaya vandaiziva.
"Congratulations babe girl!" Akadero

achiona kuti ndakange ndakasvinura.
"Mak....mako.....ko makorokoto ndeedu?". I

stummerd as I realized it was the other thing
I could do at that moment.
"Wabatsirwa kaa mwana musikana"
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"Aaah uchirevei nhaiwe kana uchiti

ndatobatsiswa inini ndauya pano just about
ten minutes ago and all I can remember is
passing out I don't remember going through
any labor ini"
"Chiregera kufunga zvakawanda sahwira

wangu, you passed out nekuda kwepain yanga
yawandisa and your body could not endure so
much asi manje the baby was ready to be
delivered, the doctors could not wait for you
to work up, it was too risky taking so much
time so they performed a c section birth while
you were unconscious, matove Mai imi"
"Iii to be honest, I'm totally confused, so then

where's my baby?"
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"She's fine, aiswa muglass, pane zvinofanirwa

kuitwa before she's too exposed to the outside
environment"
"Ko murume wangu, I remember kuti

angodonha, do you know what happened to
him?"
"Do not worry yourself nekuda kunyanya

kufunga sahwira wangu, you need to rest your
body is still weak now you need another thirty
minutes to an hour kuti body yako izotanga
kuita fully functional"
"Don't try to change the story, I said murume

wangu Ari kupi?"
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Akambotarisa pasi ndokubva atura mafemo

ndokuzoti, "To be totally honest, right now I
can not say he is ok or he is not, all I can tell
you is that the doctors are trying to figure out
what is wrong with him"
"So then where is he now?"
"Ari kuICU uko"
"ICU, that's not a joke, is he awake, or

ambomuka here since he passed out?"
"You should not really be troubling yourself

let the professionals do their jobs, iwewe your
job right now is to rest so please do just that,
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you need to regain your strength because

you're going to need it so much"
"What are you saying, why am I gonna need

strength, please tell me everything, do not hide
stuff from me please"
"Sezvandambotaura, right now hapana

chandingakuudza dear, we haven't gotten any
word from the doctors yet, so until they say
something, nothing is certain, we only hope for
the best"
"Just tell me if he's conscious right now"
"No, he has not awaken since he collapsed,

please rest don't think too much, it will not
solve anything, the best thing you can do now
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is rest, it is all you need" akadero nurse uya

achibva abuda.
Pasina nguva Memory nemurume wake

vakabva vapinda vachindikorokotedza.
"Finally, you are an adult now!" Akadero

Memo achiratidza kufara kukuru.
"Asi ndaimbove mwana mudiki?"
"Just kidding Kani, I'm just glad you and the

baby are fine"
"Yar, except the father"
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"Ah-ah, that siyana nazvo Maeve, Trent is

strong, I believe in him, he'll be fine in no
time"
"How can I just leave it nhai Memo, Trent is
my husband, we just had our first child and
now he's unconscious, who knows what's
wrong with him, it could be something serious
for God's sake, how do you expect me to ease
and not think about it"
"Just be positive chete"
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*[A WEEK LATER]*
After one week, ndakange ndabuda

muchipatara. Inini hangu I was still a bit weak
semunhu ainge asonewa mastiches. My baby
was ok, healthy and energetic, baba vake
ndivo vainge vachiri muchipatara. The
doctors were doing everything to try and
figure out how to make him well again asi
ainge ari makwikwi. Semunhu ainge akaita
quite a number of organ transplants, they
were just assuming kuti ndizvo zvainge zviri
kukonzera zvese.
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"Mrs Muchina, we've really tried everything

we could, but we have reached a level we can't
get past, your husband's problem is far much
beyond what we can handle physically as
human beings, handizive kutiwo poitwa sei?"
Ava vaive doctor vainge vachimurapa ari
muchipatara.
"Kana muchidero munorevei, imimi ndimi

madoctor, how can you tell me kuti
mungasvika paposition yekutadza kurapa
munhu chii chashota, ndiudzei, I will provide
everything you want, be it money, resources,
whatever!"
"Madam, he is your husband, I understand

the pain, but to be totally honest, we've tried
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our best but this is far much beyond our

knowledge"
"Aiwa zvee hamudero, hamudero kani imimi,

hamungatadze kumurapa kani imimi muri
kuti chiiko imi!" I yelled at him.
"Calm down madam, you should worry about

yourself, your health and your own wellbeing"
"Trent is me, he is my everything, without him,

I'm nothing!" Ndakadero ndiine hasha
ndokubuda muoffice muya ndichienda
kuroom kwainge kwakaiswa Trent.
"Maeve, you shouldn't be shouting

kumadoctors kuita sekunge it is their fault
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kuti ndive mucondition iyi" akadero Trent

achitaurira pasi pasi zvishoma nezvishoma.
"Trent you don't understand, I need you back

home, our baby needs you, we need you, you
have to come home hunny, mwana
akatomirira kupiwa zita newe"
"Call her Sunrise"
"Zvichirevei izvozvo?"
"Maeve, we all have dreams but the truth is

we can't make them all come true, we all want
to live long asi dzimwe nguva Mwari vanenge
vaine kuronga kwavo"
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"Uri kuti chiiko Trent!" Apapa ndakange

ndave kungohwihwidza nekuchema.
"Maeve usacheme, I'm not leaving you,

whenever you need me, I will be there, I will
be there for all the highs and lows, I will be
there everytime you need me"
"No you're lying Trent, do you know kuti I

killed your mother just to be with you, I love
you Trent, more than you know"
"You didn't kill my mother Maeve,

ndakafamba a long time ago, Mai vangu
vakauraiwa nezvinhu zvavo zvavakange
vakabata, and unfortunately inini
ndakazvibatiswawo futi nekusaziva, asikuti
kutadza kutadza, there's nothing I can do now,
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I have to take responsibility for my actions,

yes ndaisaziva but still ndakabata magetsi and
mubairo wechivi rufu"
"Trent don't say that please, I really need

you!"
"Maeve, if you check, all the property me and

my family owned is now in your name, all the
businesses, I transferred them to you Maeve
please keep it running"
"Trent you knew this was gonna happen?"
"I know a lot of things Maeve, please take care

of our child and Mary, don't give up chero
zvaoma sei, I will always be by your side"
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"Trent please don't do this to me, I really need

you Trent, I can't survive in this world
without you!"
"I love you Maeve" these were the last words

and the last time I heard his voice.
Ndakazama kumuzinginisa but there was

absolutely nothing I could do than to watch
him close his eyes for the very last time, I
didn't want to believe it but it was real, my
Trent, my husband, my soulmate was gone.
Musi uyu ndakachema zvisina akamboona.
All the dreams I had with him, everything, it
was the end of it. Ndifunge pekutangira
ndakapashaya, of course I was left rich but it
all meant nothing without him, Memory ainge
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aine murume wake, Hennessy ainge ave

naDylan and inini all I was left with was
Marry and Sunrise, Trent was gone.
Life, an unpredictable piece of sh*t! No

matter how much you try to be happy,
something always happens to ruin it and I
mean always and usually things that ruin our
present, comes from our past. We may deny it,
try to run from it, but to be honest, shadows
of our past will always follow us wherever we
may go x just like Trent said, he would be with
me forever, he'll just be in shadows watching
over is, so good or bad, shadows of our past
will never go away, they will keep haunting us
until we also become the shadows watching
over the present. Was this the end? No,
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obviously not, it wasn't even the beginning,

this was what I could say to make everyone
aware of what they do now because once it
becomes the past, it will haunt you for the rest
of eternity, who knows how many shadows
were gonna cause chaos for the future which
was coming, Trent gone, I having to manage
all that wealth by myself with only my child
and sister, of course friends also Memory and
whoever was to get in my good books,
whatever happened next, just hope Trent
keeps his promise of watching over me and
our family and is it said, it's never neither the
end nor the beginning but whatever has to be
told, that's another story, for this story, we
end here.
The End
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I can't thank you enough guys nekumira neni

throughout this whole book, may the
almighty God bless you, makandikoshera
and my gratitude isn't enough compared to
the love and support you've all shown me
over the years. Thank you, siyabonga,
ndatenda.
See you on the next project, you're loved.
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Handizive kuti chii chakazoitika after the

ndainge ndiri unconscious yet ndainge

After kwapera nguva ndakavata pabed paya

"You really need to take good care of yourself,

"I'm trying, I'm really trying"

"Don't try, you have to do it"

"Zvinhu zvacho zvinonetsa, it is life, problems

"Manje munotofanirwa kuita zvakanaka

munhu wese ane maproblems, hapamborina

"Iiii kana zvangu zvanyanyisa ini, izvezvi

"I understand your situation dear, but

happy with what you still have, you should

"It's not easy dear, izvezvi I don't know how

"You haven't told him?"

"Yar, I haven't, and I don't know how I can

"But you are very lucky, you should use that

"Great, the news about your pregnancy will

"I just don't know, this is just too much, I

"Ipapo you are the one anofanirwa kutove

"Mmmm, wow, thanks, zvamataura is

"Ahh, you guys musadero, isusu manurse

"Haa ipapowo hapazoite"

"I'm glad you understand, ndinongogara

vairamba kunwa mapiritsi, ndiko kukonewa

"Haa munenge makonewa zvechokwadi"

"Manje vanhu havazvinzwisise unotonzwa

"Imimi just keep doing your job right,

"Yar, that's a point, and ndisati ndakangawa,

mwana wavo or anyone anoshandisa surname

"Mmmm that's tough, kunoku kunongori

"Ok, I'm just telling you, you've to be fast, she

"And remember what I said, take care of

"Don't worry, I've got that covered, I'm

"Yar, that is great, just don't forget to come

condition here through this time musati mave

"Ok, thank you, that is so nice of you"

"Don't thank me, I'm just doing my job"

"I have to go back, but please drive safely,

"Ok, I will, thank you so much, anyway give

"Aizve munonditambidza iPhone munoti

Takaonekana ndokubva ndamutsa mota

Ndiri munzira ndainyatsonzwa kuti

"Maeve, in life, we are born differently,

Ndiwo chaiwo akange Ari manzwi avaigara

Ndichisvika kumba ndakangonanga

After ndabuda ndakabva ndananga

"Maeve iwe, Maeve, chiiiko nhai?" Aidero

Ndakazama kutarisa everywhere muroom but

"Chiiko nhai Maeve?" Akabvunza futi Memo.

Ndakamboita chinguva ndichikoniwa

"Mai vaTrent va....." Handina kupedzisa

"Vaita sei Maeve taura"

"Va,va,vashaya" ndakadero ndichibva

"Maeve, zvani nhaiwe, nyatsotaura" akadero

"Haa life ma1" ndakadero after ndamuudza.

"Mmmm Maeve, this is worse than I thought,

"Ndiri kutoshaya kuti ndomuudza sei, apa

"Maeve, Maeve, do not say that, iwewe hauna

"Asi ndakaenda kwamadzimai, there's no

"Maeve mukadzi uya akauraiwa nezvinhu

"Memory you don't understand, ndakaenda

[2 WEEKS LATER]