Free The Lonely Spy by Mkululi Nqabeni

other as they
sipped from their glasses. ‘’ I am an astronomer but I never
thought in my wildest dreams that I would ever travel to space’’ he
said. ‘’ That makes the two of us’’ she said. ‘’Do you think we can
pull this off and get back to earth?’’ he asked. ‘’I think there is
a 50/50 chance we can do it. I mean if it wasn’t for the
indestructible spacecraft. We would be long dead by now’’ Yolanda
replied. ‘’ I agree with you there, but can believe it that we have
6 Nuclear weapons in our spacecraft’’ he said. ‘’It’s unbelievable
hey, this spacecraft can survive, if we detonate the bombs outside
the spacecraft’’ She said. They enjoyed their light snacks and
Yolanda has never felt this comfortable since she was with Charles,
long time ago. Charles took the wine bottle from the floor and
poured it on his glass. ‘’ Refill?’’ he said.
    Yolanda smiled and shook her head.
‘’Are you trying to get me drunk, Charles?’’ she asked. Charles
raised his eyebrows. ‘’No, no, that is not my intention’’ ‘’I’m
just pulling your leg. Yes I need a refill and I love the taste
South African wines’’ she said. Charles poured it on her glass and
read the label of the wine bottle. Everything was perfect, the
food, wine, mood and the connection between Yolanda and Charles was
electrifying.
    Yolanda’s facial expression changed
from being happy to sad in an instant. ‘’What’s wrong Yolanda? Did
I do something wrong? He asked. ‘’No, it’s not you, everything is
perfect here’’ She replied. ‘’Ok, do want to talk about it?” he
said. Yolanda took a deep breath and took a sip from her glass. ‘’
I messed up, Charles. I have I have let my country, family, friends
and you down. I’m sure you must be very disappointed in me? She
said. Charles touched Yolanda’s hand and looked at her. ‘’ I am not
angry at you, I never was. How can you love and hate a person at
the same time? As President Sharon Washington said, you are already
a hero back home even if this journey is not successful’’ he said.
‘’ Really?’’ she asked. ‘’Yes, people will forget about it and
focus on the latest gossip in the press’’ he replied. Tears
streamed down Yolanda’s cheeks. ‘’ I’m going to prison Charles, I
can’t go there’’ she said. Charles took the wine glass away from
Yolanda’s hand, put it down next to the side lamp and hugged her.
‘’It’s ok, let it go’’ he said. Charles stroked her back very
slowly and gently. She wiped her tears on her eyes with his hand.
Yolanda pulls away from Charles and looks at him. ‘’Can I ask you
something?’’ she said. ‘’Ok, shoot’’ he said. ‘’Can you give me one
reason you broke up with me?’’ Yolanda asked. Charles finished the
wine in his glass and looked remorseful.
    ‘’ That was 10 years ago, I
was 28 year old lecturer and you were this beautiful, bright and
naive 18 year old student. ‘’ I felt you were too young and
immature to be in a relationship. You were constantly interrupting
me in the middle of lecture session and ask me about some girls I
laughed with. I take some of the blame too, because I took
advantage of a young lady’’ he said.
    ‘’ I guess I’m mature now
and you want me back and get in my pants right? Charles shook his
head and stared at Yolanda. ‘’ You got it all wrong, I’m
co-grieving with you’’ he said. ‘’Nope, I think you enjoy dating
naïve young girls. So that they look up to you like you are some
kind of a god then kick them to the curb. When was the last time
you dated a woman same age as you?’’ she shouted. ‘’Yolanda since
we broke up, I never dated anyone else. It was just work and work,
and when I come home I feel lonely every night. You have always
been on my mind every night. I’m sorry I have hurt you. One thing
and one thing I only know for sure is, I love you Yolanda
Anderson’’ he said. Yolanda pushed