From
a heavily drunk man who used to go to church with his wife but
changed his ways when his first son was forced to runaway to South
Africa after being mistreated by his step mother who is the
drunkard’s wife
He
told her that has a son 13 year old son with another woman before
their marriage and she smiled and told him that everything is okay.
She
said his child was as good as hers.
She
beamed and promised to be a good mother to his son.
He
was impressed and wondered what he had done to have a good woman like
that as his woman.
She
would make it a point that she asked about the child whenever they
met
They
would talk with the child over the phone for a couple of minutes
before sending him money via ecocash so that he could buy whatever he
wanted to buy.
What
more could he hope for….
He
had found a woman who would take good care of his thirteen year old
son who was a product of his first failed marriage.
Without
any second thoughts he married her and took his son to stay with them
so that he could go to a good school.
Soon
everything took a different turn; it started with her ensuring that
his son was busy with household chores which included washing dishes
and cleaning his bedroom.
Things
continued taking a turn as his son was now cleaning the whole house,
washing their clothes and cooking whenever his father went to work.
Failure
to oblige resulted in him not given food
Neighbors
tried to talk to him and he thought they were jealous as he had not
married their daughters.
He
ignored everything the neighbors said and listened to everything his
wife said.
His
son started to lose weight but he never noticed as he was blinded by
the love he had for his wife which made him to be under the
impression that everything was under control whereas nothing was
under control at all.
His
eyes were opened when he was welcomed by the news that his son had
been missing for two days when he got home after his field visits to
Tsholotsho.
A
police report was made but his son has never been seen ever since
Six
years have elapsed.
His
son’s friends say he said he was running away to South Africa
because of his step mother who was maltreating him.
Yes
he now has other sons from his current marriage but at the expense of
losing one.
Why
did she agree in the first place to something that she knew she would
not manage?
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