Mika called me early in the morning. I hadn’t expected that from him.I knew how much he loved his personal time undisturbed. “so early? Did someone die?” I teased.
Mika chuckled. “you need to come to the safe house, Katleho and I have found something.” With that said, I put the phone down, took a quick shower, an apple or two for breakfast and I left. My mother didn’t even see me leave. At the safe house, Katleho was not in her usual blue striped pyjamas,I felt relieved inside. She only held a cup of coffee in one hand and a paper in the other. Reading the paper intensely.She didn’t even notice me entering the room, nor was she startled when she heard the door close. After a few minutes trying to put her gaze away from the paper, She finally looked up at me, with a smile on her face. “Lebo finally you came!” said Katleho with a relieved sigh in her voice. &At the safehouse..“where is our special guest?” I asked“He’s in the garden.” said Katleho“but how do you know, he could be in the basement searching for a way to escape? Besides you have been at work for two hours waiting for Ben” said MikaKatleho chuckled.“what are you laughing at?” Mika asked“The man is in the garden as I said. He’s always there.”Andries entered the house from the back door.He had an apron wrapped around his body, it didn’t have any stain on it.The scene reminded me of my father,he always made sure to never stain his clothing.“i thought I heard voices. Good morning my children.” said Andries, removing his gloves carefully from his hands.“Morning Mr Meyers” we all greeted.“do you need me now or should I return to the garden?”
I have always enjoyed my mother’s cooking, the pastries she made, the curries, but what I couldn’t eat from all of those foods were fish. I love food but fish left horrible effects on my skin,it was bad for me. My entire face would swell up from eating even the tiniest bits of fish. My wedding date was close by, the caters still didn’t know what they were going to prepare, My mother seemed occupied, she spent her days out of the house and returned home late. We hardly spoke and this worried me.“Have you found the document yet?”asked Mr Phenyo. He and my mother were meeting in his apartment. He was sober,but the booze wouldn’t leave his mouth.“You still haven’t told me what you want with the document.” Patricia replied.“Does it even matter? Forget it!” Mr Phenyo shouted“Why is the file so important to you?”“It will help me get my
“Sir sir there are two people who say they want to speak with you.” said the security guard,speaking on his walkie-talkie.“Let them in.” said a respond.Mika and Katleho entered the FWCUSA research facility, without punching anyone on the face,which was a start.“I have been expecting you. Come heave a sit.” said Oliver. Wearing white a t-shirt that had the words, “preserve marine life” written in a large red font.“Thanks for letting us in.” Said Mika.“Of course, You said you could help me with the case?”“yes we can. We are investigators.We care a lot about the environment.” said Katleho.Oliver put on a smile, but Mika could sense that it was fake.“exactly when did you notice that the fish were dying?” Asked Mika.“two days ago, I was doing my usual routine work, feeding the seal
“What happens then is that when you are inside, You will collect the information we need from your work computer, the video, your findings, anything and everything that can be used as evidence to expose the FWCUSA.” said Mika.“Since you’re wearing a Tshirt we need to get this on the button, no one will notice that I’ts there.” I said, putting a round, tiny object on top of the button.“What is that for?” Oliver asked.“That is for in case you need help. Only press that button when you are in an emergency.” I said.“Where did you get it, let me guess, Sam?” asked Katleho.I chuckled.“No not really. I watched a you tube video and followed all the tutorials of making this object.”I said.Mika smiled, so did Katleho.“cool” said Mika. “are you sure that this will work?” Oliver ask
“were in.” Mika whispered.“Okay, now walk 6 metres to your right, there is one security guarding the place,ask him to show you the bathroom, it’s not too far. He is walking each guest inside, I think it’s because Mr Estenhuiz is trying to be strict on security now.” I explained.Thanks for the heads up.” Mika said in a low voice.The security guard did indeed walk Mika and Katleho to the bathroom, that is how they found an opportunity to knock him out and place him in one of the toilet rooms. “Okay he’s out. Where do we go next?” asked Katleho“They is one guard passing, okay, now you can go a further to your right, when you see a notice board with the words Research, stop then turn to your left and walk for 3 metres, the least. There are two other guards there, and a few guests walking past.So look normal.” I explained.Mika and Katleho did as instru
“This is going to be a recorded interrogation, don’t be alarmed it will only take a few minutes.” said Ben.Oliver sat upright and breathed heavily.“Agent S, could you bring the other gentlemen in the room as well.” Ben instructed.After a few minutes, Mr estenhuiz also made his way into the room, He’s hands and feet were cuffed to prevent him from escaping.Oliver was alarmed, his eyes widened with fear.“Why is his hands trembling?” Katleho asked.“maybe he thinks the man will kill him.He needs to be assured that nothing bad will happen to him.” said Mika.“Wait don’t go there. Let’s see first.” I said.“Mr Zwane, do you know this man?” asked Ben.“Yes, I work for him. He’s Mr Estenhuiz, the executive director at the organization I work for, FWCUSA.” said Oliver, in a tr
Getting married was something I never thought could happen to me, let alone last this long in a relationship with a man. After the rape incident I found it hard to be attracted to any man. I hate them, they disgusted me. Mr Phenyo had a charm to him that made my knees weak, but he also scared me. However with Sam, thing’s were different, he was the ideal match I had long been waiting for. Where was Mr Phenyo anyway? I wondered.Early in the morning, at the GOH site, cafeteria.“one week left and you’ll be Mrs Hansling.” said Sam, the smile on his face was so wide, that you’d swear he was advertising toothpaste.“Do you have a groomsman yet?” I asked“do you have a bridesmaid yet?”I chuckled.We both had a lot of work to do.“Do you think Mika would agree to be my groomsman?”“Mika’s is my friend, so y
I returned to my father’s house, while Mika and Katleho went to the school.I found my mother paging through an old photo album, what she normally did when she wanted to relive old memories.“I am so proud you my child.” said Patricia.“Proud, why?”“Look at this picture, tell me what you see?”Patricia said pointing at one of the pictures in the album.I leaned closer to my mother to get a clear view of the picture. And began to laugh.“I see a two year kid, butt naked carrying a ball and laughing. I was probably playing.”“and I see something else entirely. I see joy, we struggled so much but you were so happy my child. You didn’t even know how much pain I was in at the time, how stressed I was for not being employed, not being able to provide for you.It was so hard back then.” Patricia cried.“But we didn’t stru