Fixing Things

By Thabi Majabula

Helen goes to meet the woman that her husband left her for, and finds the woman completely unrepentant. The woman dismisses her, filling her with rage.

A few days later, she waylays the woman and beats her. She is stunned when she, and not the other woman, is arrested.

She has to phone her husband, and he sees to it that she gets out of jail, but leaves her there once she is free, instead of taking her home, as she expects. She goes home, feeling like a victim, but her cousin tells her to get over it, and get a job.

She starts looking for one and gets it. Her husband returns, she is not sure that she still wants him. Their tense relationship makes everyone in the home uncomfortable. Her husband is upset by the children’s lack of enthusiasm for him.

Helen works on making sure that her husband’s accusation that she is an unfit mother does not hold water.

After the divorce, her ex-husband leaves, and Helen and the children are grateful to have their home to themselves again.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Thabi Majabula
• Release date: Nov 11, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301510214

Thabi Majabula

Good romance stories are mood enhancers. I am thankful to all the romance writers who improved my mood many times. I am also thankful to be among romance writers, and I am thankful to all entities, physical and spiritual, who make it possible for me to write. I am thankful to you, reader, and I am thankful for every single person who has read any of my stories. I hope reading the stories gave you as much pleasure as writing gave me. Best of all things, Thabi

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FIXING THINGS

By

Thabi Majabula

Published by Thabi Majabula at Smashwords

Copyright 2012 Thabi Majabula

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This is a work of fiction. The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarities to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental and not intended by the author.

CHAPTER ONE

What do you expect me to do? asked Cathy, rolling her eyes. Helen felt her blood boil.

The honourable thing. Send Herbert back to me, she said.

I don’t know where he is, and I have no influence on him.

You told him to leave me!

I told him to finish with you, if he wanted to be with me.

He finished with me, alright.

He’s not with me.

But he left me for you!

I didn’t like his attitude, so we didn’t get far in a relationship.

Send him back.

I don’t know where he is, and I don’t care.

I care.

Good for you! I’m very busy, Helen, please leave.

You’ll pay for this.

Pay for what, exactly?

Stealing my husband.

I didn’t steal him! Just go.

You’ll pay.

For your own sake, you shouldn’t go about making threats.

I’m not making a threat.

Go.

You’ll see me. You’ll see me! vowed Helen, then she left Cathy’s office.

She thinks she’s clever. She thinks she can steal other people’s husbands. No one does that to me. She’ll see me. She’ll see me, she vowed. She was walking fast, with fury bubbling in every one of her pores.

When she arrived home, the children were home, doing their homework. She fixed dinner, thinking about insolent, unrepentant Cathy. I’ll make her sorry, she thought.

Late in the night, she sat on her bed, remembering Cathy’s smile. That whore needs to be taught a lesson, she thought, as her heart pumped faster.

Next morning, after the children had left for school, she dressed well, and went to Herbert’s place of work.

Do you have an appointment? asked the receptionist.

An appointment? Sharon, you know me, I’m his wife, said an incredulous Helen.

You need to make an appointment.

I’m his wife!

He can see you tomorrow at…

I want to see him now!

Madam, this is a place of business, please conduct yourself accordingly, said a security guard. Helen looked at him in shock.

How dare you speak to me that way! Do you know who I am?

No, that’s why I can ask you to leave.

What? What are you doing? How dare you… shouted Helen, as she was dragged towards the door.

What is the meaning of this? shouted a man. Everyone stilled.

Herbert, I’m here to see you, said Helen, trying to escape the security guard. Herbert looked at her disdainfully, then he looked at the receptionist.

Does this person have an appointment? he asked. Helen gasped in shock.

No, said the receptionist.

Herbert… said Helen. Herbert looked at her.

If you can behave yourself, you can make an appointment, he said, then he left. Helen tried