Motlatjo fell onto the couch and turned pale. “Madifako,
Maanda is that guy I was secretly seeing and was not able to tell you who he is
because he is married. Maanda ke motho waka mokgotse.” (Maanda is my boyfriend friend)
Madifako could not believe what her best friend has just
said. They both sat next to each other staring at the television but seeing
nothing. Motlatjo put her hand on Madifako’s thigh and said, “My friend, you
need to go and see a doctor because the last time I was with Maanda I got a
vaginal reaction which forced me to see Dr. McNeal the gynecologist and I await
my results because we suspected a serious STD.”
“What? Why did you never tell me this?”
“I was embarrassed my friend and I did not know that you
were also involved with my man.”
“I am not involved with that sick man, I got caught up by
emotion and got drunk and lost all logic. I feel sick!” Madifako dashed to the
toilet and threw up. She could not believe what was happening. When she got out
Motlatjo had returned to the house from her car to collect 2 bottles of wine…they
both needed it! The girls sat on the floor and drowned their sorrows in wine
whilst sharing stories they should have shared way before tonight. They cried
and cursed and laughed and cried some more.
“Have you taken a pregnancy test Madifako?”
“Not yet. The reason I called you was to tell you about this
and for you to be here with me when I take the test. I have it now.”
“So what are you waiting for?”
“Morning…”
“It’s 2am that’s morning enough in my books go take that
pee!”
Madifako took the pregnancy test and it came out negative.
Relief never felt that good and she was grateful that she was not pregnant. Her
concern now was Motlatjo’s results which meant that she had another issue to
worry about. “How did we get here Motlatjo?”
“Well, when Maanda asked me for my friends’ numbers to try
and recruit them to sell Forever Living products I did not think that part of
his recruitment meant sleeping with my friends. I am upset with him my friend, I
just want to call that stupid fool and give him a piece of my mind.”
“No don’t…just walk away from him and forget that he even
existed.”
“I wish it was that easy because I love him Fako.” Motlatjo
broke into tears and cried with her head on Madifako’s lap until they both
passed out! The alarm went off at 08:00 reminding Madifako of her first
appointment at 09:00. She hurried to the bedroom and started getting ready for
her client. She woke Motlatjo up, who seemed to be carrying two heads as she
could not get up from the floor. “Yohhh mokgotse ke sa tagilwe. Ke nako mang? (My friend I am still drunk. What time is it?)
“Quarter past 8 and I have a client coming at 09:00. Let me
jump into the shower.”
“Ok, I will not be going into the office feeling like this.
Let me call my boss and excuse myself.” Madifako jumped into the shower and got
ready for her client. Motlatjo went to the kitchen to prepare a concoction that
will help with the hangover they both were probably feeling. As she was busy in
the kitchen there was a knock on Madifako’s door and Madifako shouted from her
bedroom for Motlatjo to ‘get the door please.’
When Motlatjo opened the door, her heart stopped beating for
a moment as she stood face to face with the woman who has threatened her before
to stay out of her way. Maggy Mudau could not believe her eyes either because
Motlatjo was the last woman she expected to find in a space she considered
therapeutic. Maggy saw RED and all the anger she ever felt in the 15 years of her
unhappy marriage with Maanda came gushing back to life and Maggy lost it.
Without even saying anything to Motlatjo she lunged into the house fist first
which landed on Motlatjo’s left eye and all hell broke loose. Motlatjo and
Maggy had a piece of each other for what felt like hours until Madifako came
running into the lounge shocked at the chaos that was in her house with her
best friend on top of her client exchanging blows. Madifako managed to get
between the ladies and asked: “Ladies!!! What the hell? Stop it before I call
the police on both of you. Motlatjo what is going on here?”
“Well, you should be asking this bitch who just started
attacking me for nothing.”
Maggy was hyper ventilating with her eyes locked onto
Motlatjo and said, “Madifako, I am sorry for this and I am not attacking this
whore for nothing but this woman has given me grief in my marriage for some
time now.” Madifako’s worst nightmare was unfolding right before her eyes in
her lounge. The suspicion that Maggy Mudau could be Maanda’s wife was confirmed
but the problem was that she was attacking her best friend not knowing that she
too should be getting a piece of this violent pie.
Madifako asked Motlatjo to go to the bedroom so that she
could have a word with her client. Motlatjo obliged cursing at the top of her
voice while Maggy was trying to put her arm back into what has suddenly become
a sleeveless dress which was torn by Motlatjo. Madifako asked Maggy to sit down
and went to the kitchen to get her a glass of water. Maggy sat down and as she
looked at Madifako tears gathered in her eyes and cried as she was apologizing profusely.
“Madifako I am so sorry…I don’t know what came over me. When
I saw that bitch…”
“Uhm that bitch is a friend of mine and I don’t appreciate
you coming into my house and wreaking the havoc that you did in my space.”
“I am really sorry…I need to get out of here! I will call
you again and we can make a proper arrangement to meet and talk thoroughly
about this. Right now I just want to go home.”
