Chapter 3 My 'Role Model' Husband! The agony of a Mother, Wife, and Friend.

It was Friday and Themba was away for business as usual. Fezile dropped her children to school as she always does and continued to the Law Firm where she works.

Babz, Bongz, and Thando do walk back home in the afternoons; their schools are not that far away from their home. The Primary school which Thando goes to is opposite the high school which the twins attend. The Primary and High schools are sister schools and they have the same name, Lincoln Primary School and Lincoln High School.

Bongz and Babz always cross over after school, pick up Thando and they walk together back home since their mother, Fezile couldn't pick them up from school due to her work schedules.

That Friday afternoon, Bongz told Babz that he was going to stay behind with his girlfriend, Phindile, aka Phindie; he said that he will walk home with Phindie later on.

Phindie, Bongz's girlfriend was a very beautiful young lady. She and Bongz started dating when they were in Grade 10; now they are both in Grade 12, their final year of high school. Their families knew each other and they believed that they will be in-laws in the near future. Bongz and Phindie love each other very much and they always spend most of their break time together when Bongz is not busy with his head-boy duties.

Things between Phindie and Bongz changed when Mandla joined Lincoln High School. Mandla also wanted to date Phindie; although she told him that she was dating Bongz.

Mandla refused to give up, he insisted on trying his luck with Phindie. He would give her very expensive gifts. I think, because of such gifts, Phindile gave in. This does not mean that Bongz was not giving her gifts; he always did, his mother, Fezile, always bought something special for Bongz to give to Phindie.

Phindie decided to date Mandla secretly. Both Mandla and Phindie agreed to keep their relationship a secret and they only met without Bongz or their friends' knowledge.

Rumors about Mandla and Phindie were buzzing at Lincoln High school but they both denied it and Bongz being a kind-hearted person; believed in his girlfriend Phindie and his friend Mandla.

Babz on the other hand; didn't believe in Phindie, she was hearing so many rumors about Phindie and Mandla. Babz is a curious and investigative young lady; she advised her twin brother to stay away from Phindie but he refused, he accused Babz of being judgmental.

On that Friday when Bongz told Babz that he is going to stay behind with Phindie, Babz felt something weird inside her body, it was like something bad was going to happen. She tried to convince her brother to go back home with her and Thando but he refused; he had already made plans with Phindie.

After school, Babz crossed over to Lincoln Primary School to pick up her young brother, Thando; they both walked back home. At home, their maid, Gugu, had already prepared lunch for them. After lunch, Babz went to her room to do some studying and also do her homework while Thando sat in the lounge and watched TV, it was his favorite hobby!

At around 5:30 pm, Fezile came back home, she was too tired, she had had a long day in court. Fezile sat in the lounge, took off her shoes, and relaxed on the couch.

Fezile conversed with Thando about how his day at school went and afterward, she asked him where the twins are. Thando told her that Babz is in her room while Bongz stayed at school with his friend Phindie. Gugu served Fezile some tea and snacks.

Fezile called Babz to come from her room. Babz greeted her mother and explained to her that Bongz stayed behind with Phindie. She continued to say that she wasn't comfortable to live him behind but he insisted to stay.

Fezile also felt something weird within her soul after talking to Babz; Bongz rarely stays behind without telling his mother beforehand. She immediately decided to call Bongz on his cellphone but Bongz was not answering his phone.

Fezile frantically called and called Bongz but with no luck. Babz also called many times until the phone was no longer goes through. This worried the family. Now the time was coming to 7:00 pm.

Since Bongz's phone was no longer going through; Babz decided to call Phindie. Phindie immediately answered her phone.

Where is Bongz, it is getting late? Babz asked.

I don't know where he is, Phindie responded.

He told me that he was meeting with you after school; you mean you did not meet? Babz asked.

No. We did not meet and we had no such plans; I walked home immediately after school because I was not feeling well. Phindie responded.

Fezile and Babz called all Bongz's friends including Mandla, but they all said that they last saw Bongz in the afternoon at school. Fezile got really scared, she immediately told Babz to go with her; they got into the car and drove to Lincoln High School.

The school gate was closed and the gateman was seated inside the gateman room which is near the gate. The gateman knew Babz and Fezile; he immediately came and met them at the gate.

Babz asked the gateman if he saw Bongz at school. The security guard said that he can't recall when he last saw him. He said that almost all students left after school apart from a few who were standing at the gate waiting for their transport to come.

The security guard said that by around 4:00 pm, all students were gone. Fezile, being an intuitive lawyer, her intuition tells her that the security guard might be lying, he was not confident in the answers he was giving.

Fezile told the security guard to open the gate for her, she wanted to check inside and make sure that her son is not locked there. The security guard refused, that the principal told him never to open for anyone when the school ended.

Being that Fezile and Themba are well-known parents at Lincoln High School and good funders of the school; she immediately called the principal. She explained the situation to the principal and the principal asked her to give the phone to the security guard. The principal asked the security guard to open for the Khumalos.

Fezile and Babz drove into the school, they started calling and searching for Bongz. They checked all corners of the school; they checked inside the classes too, the security guard had all keys of the classes; he was opening them one by one.

Now it was almost 08:00 PM. Fezile called Gugu to check if Bongz has arrived home, but it was all in vain. Babz remembered that there is a place on the rooftop where boys always go to enjoy some sun. That place was always locked, only prefects have access to it.

Fezile asked the security guard to go open the door to the rooftop. Babz and Fezile went up and they looked around the rooftop, but what they saw, they will never forget!