Felicia found Dion in working again. He was in his living room. He was not happy seeing her back with the little gang. “I thought you went and dumped them where they belong.”
“Come now, Dion,” she neared. “Don’t be so harsh on the children.” The ‘children’ only stood far and watched into the room. Vincent held onto the wheelchair that his brother sat. They did not feel welcome at all. Vincent put an angry face on. He hated seeing Dion. All he could think about was how he almost got his brother fatally injured. He begrudged him for crippling his only family left.
“Vincent, dear,” Felicia said. “Come on in and sit down there.”
“Not on my couch,” Dion was anxious. He was determined to scare the children off. “And not in my house. Street beggars are not welcome here. So, if you know what’s best for you, you would turn and go back to the trash bins where you know you
Dion was in Victor’s café as his PA had anticipated. Dion managed to have Mr. Mkhize increase their credit limit by 15% and their discount to 15%. It was a hustle with the discount, but Dion seemed to know what he was doing and he was quiet a good negotiator.Dion got home in time for dinner. He was not hungry. He found a few documents on his desk in his study. He looked through and found that they were donation forms. He only guessed it was Felicia who put them there. He was not happy with that at all. He decided to keep it in heart for now. Felicia made sure the boys were well tucked in, in their beds before she could proceed to hers.Dion found her in her pyjamas. She was standing by the window in their room. It was both their favourite spot of the room. He went and brought his arms over her shoulders pushing in her spine to his chest. He knew what he wanted. He wanted to get it that night. He hoped she would not brush him off like usual. “Did you
Dion did not bother calling the two boys back. His mission was to leave them there and he left them. He did not want them back. Little did he know that he would find himself driving all over the town with Felicia looking for them. Felicia wanted to find the kids so badly, so she drove and he sat on the front seat with her. “If they go far, we might never find them again! Damnit, Dion! Why did you have to go and mess it all up?”Felicia wanted to get through to him, “Do you really feel no sympathy for others at all? Do you ever consider that someday, fortune might turn against you? You might find yourself in need and at the commoner’s mercy?”It was miraculous that they found them. They found them walking down the street. Dave was on his feet. He held onto Vincent. He pushed himself through his pain. Felicia quickly got them into the car. “Never ever leave this man!” she cried at them. “He’s a very stubborn man. Avoi
The doctor had removed the bandage from Dion’s eyes. He had asked if Dion could see anything… Dion was still yet to answer…All Dion did was weep, biting his lips closed. That was an answer enough for everyone in the room to conclude that the man had turned blind.Felicia immediately passed out. By the time she woke up, she found herself in Natasha’s house.“I turned the only son of Bowman Hill blind.” Felicia was suffering from shock. “He will destroy me. Bowman will be coming for me as soon as he finds out.” Suddenly, “Oh no! The kids!”“They were brought back by the transport.” Natasha reassured her, “They asked that the driver drop them here. They wanted to see you, but you were asleep, so I drove them to your house. Dion wouldn’t let me in. He chucked me out. He had told me to go away with you.”“He’s angry.”“Very angry.
A young lady walked into the store—Felicia’s beauty salon. She dressed carelessly. Her big sized brown shirt dangled over her pants that went down to reach above her ankles. She had sandals on and her feet powdered in dust from her endless walks. Her black pants were torn on the knees. She introduced herself.Felicia fumbled on the CVs and the list of names on a paper. She could not find the girl’s name on any of the printed papers. “I just saw the advert on the poster down the street.”“Well, I’m sorry, but the people I expect to see are these here on the CVs.”The girl knew that she was being sent away. For a very short while she stood, wondering what to do. She wondered if she should beg the woman for a job or to maintain her dignity and walk away. She turned and started walking away.Soon, after a clear view of her life flash in her eyes she quickly turned back, “I’m hungry!” the girl c
Felicia popped in the next morning. The boys had already left for school. She let herself in the house, she had her own spare key. Mpumi tried holding the struggling man through the furniture in the siting room, “Get your filthy hands off me! I am blind, not crippled!” he cried and she quickly let go.Felicia finally found them in the sitting room. It was from Dion voice that she found them. “Dion,” Felicia went to him. She tried kissing him but he pushed her off. “Ow, well. How are you, Dion?” she sat down next to him.-**So, I’m standing here, and what? She can’t see me? She won’t bother even greeting me, or sparing that one minute of silence so that I can greet, perhaps. Today, I’m clean and I smell nice, shouldn’t I be less disgusting to her now? I’ll give you privacy. Horrible people. You deserve each other, anyway. Ow, but why am I turning against her? She did nothing wrong to me. He did! He&
Felicia had been telling Mpumi that Dion’s family had abandoned him because he was not easy to deal with. Mpumi had received a salary of two months in advance and she found out that Felicia was leaving. Felicia only returned to drop off the grocery and pay the house-help, now she was leaving—“Felicia?” cried Dion. He must have known that she was around. She had tried to keep her noise down as she did not want him to know that she was there. Felicia made a decision; she was tiptoeing out of that house. She left without seeing Dion.Mpumi was only left puzzled. Her senses alerted her that Felicia would never be coming. In that moment she had abandoned the family. Now, Mpumi had no idea what to do next…-**How did I get myself into this situation? I must go…? **-She started hurrying, she was headed to her room to go pack her bags. She did not know what to do for the blind man, nor did she want eternal responsi
Dion had made his feelings known about the girl’s economic status and Mpumi did not like it. “Never ever sit where I sit. Your mother can’t afford this couch, so why sit on it?”She had a few words to say but she wouldn’t dare say them out loud.-**You don’t talk about my mother like that. You don’t know her. She could be a queen to some land. She could be a president in some country and probably, has much more money than you. Who am I kidding, that’s impossible…? But he doesn’t know that. He shouldn’t say things like that. Who says things like that? Ow, I forgot, madmen do. **-“You’re still here.”Just like that, the girl got off. She tramped out of the room. It was now that Dion paid attention to the stinging pain. It was moist and he concluded that the cut was bleeding. He did not do much. He knew that he needed some plasters, but then he disliked the girl. She was th
Vincent found his little brother in the living room, drawing a picture. “Dave,” he sat down with him. He took the drawing from the table and held it in his hands. “This is nice. What am I seeing here?”“You don’t know what you’re seeing and yet, you say it’s nice…?”Vincent laughed, “No, see it. I just want to hear it from your own words. Come on, tell me.”“That’s you.”“Ow?”“And you’re holding my hand. This is dad—”“Dad: you mean Dion?”“Yes, and that is Felicia.”“Dave, Felicia’s not… Felicia has left.”Dave naively answered, “Yes, for work. She’s coming back.”“Mpumi told me that she came, and she left again.”“That means she’ll come again,” the little boy was denying reality and V