Abducted

S’bu spent the whole morning and day thinking about a way to resolve the issue of the man troubling Thandi. He wandered if the private chat messages would be enough to convince the judge to grant restraining orders against the man. He consulted Zake about it. Zake was a respected lawyer and his father’s youngest brother. Since he was not as old S’bu could speak freely with him and they got on very well. After a long conversation with him S’bu discovered that unless the young man were threatening Thandi there’s was no way to get the law involved in the matter. He had to come up with another plan to get the man to back off and leave Thandi alone. He was interrupted by a call from Mandy.

“S’bu they took Thandi!”Mandi shouted frantically over the phone. S’bu could not make out the details as Mandy was now sobbing over the phone. He got into his car and drove like a crazy man to the school where he met his sister outside the school gate. Thandi and Mandy were walking home when a red van stopped in front of them, pushed Mandy away and dragged Thandi to the car screaming and kicking and drove off.

S’bu gave his sister nine photographs to look at to see which one of the man abducted Thandi. Mandy identified one man her hands shaking. The man had a scar on his upper lip and piercing eyes she could not forget that face. The young man Mandy identified was Sivu, he hated S’bu the most . The girl he loved and had spent five years chasing, fancied S’bu and hooked up with him every chance she got. What made things worse was she always posted about it on her social media profile making Sivu a laughing stock. S’bu made a sharp u-turn and drove fast towards Sivu’s home address which was written on the personal details below his photo. He drove though red traffic lights with other drivers hooting at him for breaking the rules of the road.

Thandi who had been knocked unconscious woke up with her head painful.

“Hi, I’m Sivu. S’bu slept with my girl so today I’m returning the favour”he said coming towards her.

Thandi shook her head tears rolling down her cheeks, she wanted to explain that she was not S’bu’s girl but she could not talk. Her mouth was stuffed with a cloth and her hands bound.

“Don’t worry beautiful I will make sure your first time is special” He said turning on the video camera in front of her. He wanted to send evidence to his chat group to get the reward money but more importantly to S’bu as revenge. “Maybe after this we may even fall in love, who knows”he said coming closer to her grabbing her shirt.

Thandi used all her energy trying to push and kick him away but her strength was no match to him. Soon her shirt and skirt were torn in many pieces exposing the underwear she wore underneath. She found herself pinned to the bed unable to scream or move.

Suddenly a big bang noise was heard as the door was kicked open by a huge force. Before Sivu could react he was pulled away from Thandi, thrown across the room and his head hit the wall and he fell down.

S’bu looked at Thandi who was laying on the bed with her clothes torn so much that her underwear was exposed. He took off his vest and put it next to her then turned to Sivu who was trying to get up. Sivu felt multiple punches landing on his face one after the other and blood started flowing from his nose and mouth. He felt his jaw breaking and his teeth coming off.

Thandi who had managed to untie her hands and removed the cloth that was stuffed in her mouth was coughing uncontrollable because of the irritation in her throat caused by the cloth. She put on S’bu’s vest which looked like a short dress on her. She heard a scream and turned to look to find a pool of blood on the floor with S’bu still punching Sivu like a possessed man.

“You are going to kill him, are you crazy!”Thandi shouted at S’bu pulling him away. “If you kill him, you will go to jail and your life will be ruined.”

“Did he?” S’bu looked at her without completing his question.

“No, he did not” Thandi answered knowing what he was asking.

S’bu sighed, he was never going to be able to forgive himself if Thandi was raped because of him. He walked towards Thandi and hugged her tight. Thandi was still shaking and her heart beating fast. She pressed her face on his shoulder trying to forget what could have happened.

“I’m sorry, he muttered. I’m really sorry” S’bu repeated.

Thandi came to her senses and pushed him away. “All this is your fault, you’ve made me a target” she said angrily walking out the door.

Outside she met Mandy who was pacing up and down next to S’bu’s car debating in her head if she should come in. S’bu had told her to call the police and stay outside but she was getting impatient. Just when she had decided to go in, she met Thandi and ran to embrace her.

“Are you ok? did he hurt you?” Mandy asked her friend looking at her worried.

Thandi shook her head “S’bu came in on time.”

“Mom and your Aunt are on their way, they said you should stay with us until they get there. The police are also on the way”Mandy told her friend relieved.

The police arrived and took statements from Thandi, Mandy and S’bu who also handed the video Sivu was going to use to claim his reward.

“You really are an idiot, you even recorded yourself committing a crime” the police officer said cuffing Sivu’s hand on his back. “You are under arrest for abduction and attempted rape. You have a right to remain silent, what you say may be used against you in a court of law. You have a right to an attorney, if you can not afford one, one will be provided for you” the police officer recited all this and pushed Sivu into to the back of the police van and drove off.

Mandy and Thandi were sitting at the back seat of the car holding hands as S’bu drove them home.