Chapter 1: Lutho
Coming to the church was probably a mistake. What if they know? What if they call the Police? I listen intently, ready to run. N ...

Chapter 2
Chapter 2. Kay I am totally out of my depth. I didn’t expect to counsel a child. I have spent most of my life avoiding chi ...

Chapter 3.: Lutho
When I hear the police sirens, I feel like I have jumped off a high building and am waiting to crash. My body takes over from my ...

Chapter 4: Kaye
Kaye. I dream about Peter again. I feel his warmth in my arms. He looks so tiny. I smell his sweet milky breath and the baby sha ...

Chapter 5: Lutho
Chapter 4 I lie shivering on the hard concrete. The towel has fallen off. I grab it and wrap it around my body again. I am afra ...

Chapter 6: Lutho
           I take the back routes to Alex. The small printing busine ...

Chapter 7: Kaye
Friday starts badly. I wake to the sound of Marshmallow getting sick on my bed. “Off the bed!” I kick her off and sh ...

Chapter 8: Lutho
         I don’t know why I agreed. Maybe it was because the police won&rsquo ...

Chapter 9: Kaye
I thought Jasper might show aggression to the boy. Usually he barks more at black people. However, he seems to view this visitor ...

Chapter 10: Lutho
          I never thought I would see Lucky again. He looks terrible. I can se ...

Chapter 11: Kaye
Chapter 11. Kaye          Dora bustles in to the lounge. “I told that bo ...

Chapter 12: Lutho
I pull the blanket right over my head. It smells clean and dry. I take a few deep breaths of the freshness. As I relax I see Luc ...

Chapter 13: Kaye
Chapter 13Kaye         Lutho looks taller this morning somehow, less insubstantial. ...

Chapter 14: Lutho
Chapter 14Lutho          I have lots to think about. Gogo Kaye said it was ste ...

Chapter 15
Lutho          The sun is getting low by the time I get near Stella’s ya ...

Chapter 16: Kaye
Sunday is Dora’s day off. Jasper wakes me and I get up to let him out. I get back into bed and continue reading my book fo ...

Chapter 17: Lutho
 I get up before the sun rises. I fold the blanket Gogo lent me and place it neatly on a chair. I don’t want to wake ...

Chapter 18: Kaye
 I wake before my alarm goes off and lie in bed enjoying the warmth. My mind goes back to the conversation I had with the M ...

Chapter 19
Chapter 19Lutho. Catching a taxi to Soweto is much easier in the early morning. I ask to be dropped off at the Jabavu libra ...

Chapter 20: Kaye
I can’t believe it’s been over a week since I last saw Lutho. Each day last week I expected him to buzz at the gate ...

Chapter 21: Lutho
I don’t expect the car that arrives and I don’t expect the man who drives it. The car is a gold Subaru; I think four ...

Chapter 22: Kaye
Robert seems to have taken over. I watch him. Even though he is in a comfortable chair sipping cappuccino, he seems constantly a ...

Chapter 23: Lutho
I lie in a clean bed, smelling the newness of the sheets. I am used to sleeping on the hard ground under a blanket or newspaper. ...

Chapter 24: Kaye
It was probably childish to organise a lunch date today of all days, but I was miffed at Robert for excluding me. After all, Edw ...

Chapter 25: Edwin
I open my eyes after the best night’s sleep I’ve ever had. My bed is free of cats and I hear the sound of a vacuum c ...

Chapter 26: Kaye
I still remember that day six months ago when Edwin walked into the counselling office. His face was solemn but his eyes were br ...