https://chat.whatsapp.com/G95gqVKg6Lu8XUDUhQnA5W *From 1 follow channel* https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaFdnm1CXC3LOi24EY01 TITLE : ECHOES OF THE HEART STORY BY L.T. MAHACHI O77799O714 O775O72O31 INSERT 2 ASHLEY I dressed up ndokubva ndanyatsozvigadzirisa as advised by my friend but hazvina hazvo kuchinja how I was feeling. Ndave kuda kubuda muroom mangu helper akauya achindidaidzira breakfast. I had no appetite at all but I had to force myself to eat nekusatoda kuita worry my parents. Wayne texted ndave kupedza the little food that I had dished and his message read, Message : I am on my way now, I will pick you up at the usual place. I quickly responded with a simple ok and ndakabva ndatoonekana nevabereki vangu. Ndakatakura plate necup zvandakanga ndashandisa and ndisati ndabuda mukitchen amai vangu vakapinda, vakandibvunza vakanditarisa mumaziso chaimo vachiti, Mum : Ashie, is everything ok? You are looking so down. I smiled weakly and lied to her saying, Me : Ndiri right ini mhamha, maybe inyaya yekuti ndanonoka kurara. There is this latest movie that I have been watching. Vakangogutsura zvavo musoro but vachinyatsoonekwa kuti vakanga vasina kugutsikana nezvandakanga ndataura. Ndakabuda pamba and ndisati ndatosvika paclose iri a few houses away from our home where we have always met since I was in high school ndakaona mota yake yave kutopinda paclose paya. Unongonzwa munhu wave kufemereka so nekusagadzikana. Ndakawedzera kufambisa and ndakamuwana akamira akazembera mota uku akatarisa pasi. Akatozosimudza musoro ndave kusvika, I believe akanga atonzwa my footsteps. Akangoti, “Ashley......” ndokubva afamba achienda kunovhura passenger door. For the first time kubva musi wandakatanga kudanana naye ndiri lower 6 we did not greet by sharing a hug. Ndakapinda mumota and he closed the door kwave kuenda paseat pake and started the car. Ndakamboti zii so ndichinyatsoshaya kuti ndomuti chii. Akazotanga kutaura iye achiti, Wayne : So how have you been? Me : I would have been ok if you were not acting zviri wierd kudai! What is going on Wayne? He responded with his eyes fixed on the road achiti, Wayne : For now rega ndimboita focus on driving. Ndakangoramba ndakamutarisa and akabva awedzera volume yeradio, he was playing some gospel music. Ndakangoisawo gotsi rangu paseat and closed my eyes trying so hard to calm myself but bundu raakanga aisa mumoyo mangu mazuva apfuura raitowedzera kukura zvakanyanya especially ndichinzwa perfume yake yakazara mumhino mangu munhu ari paside pangu asina chine musoro chaaitaura. We drove for approximately fifteen minutes with my eyes still closed ndokubva mota yazomiswa. Ndakavhura maziso angu and I was so surprised ndichiona tiri pa the very spot yaaisiuya achinditakura nemota yake during my high school days kuChisipite Senior School. Ndakatomboshama muromo ndokubva ndazomuti, Me : Why are we here Wayne? Akangokwidza mapendekete ake ndokubva atarisa panze kwave kutaura achiti, Wayne : Maybe I chose the wrong place......it's actually getting more difficult........ Me : Iwe......chiiko chiri kukutadzisa kutaura zvacho zvauri kuda kutaura? Uri kutambireiko nepfungwa dzangu uchidaro? Akabva abuditsa mashoko andakanzwa kunge bhomba chairo rakanoputikira mumoyo mangu achiti, Wayne : I'm sorry Ashley, I am not the man whom you think I am. I am sorry I have wasted so many years of your life........maybe by now ungadai wave committed to someone who knows your worth and values you. Let us break up. Wakadedera muromo wangu zvekuti ndakambotadza kutaura kwechinguva, handina mashoko akawanda andakazogona kubuditsa, ndakangoti......... Me : Tell me this is a joke Wayne......where is this coming from?, you are my perfect man. Ipapo maziso akanga atozara misodzi kare, zvandainzwa chaizvo mukati mangu handikwanise kuzvitsanangura. He took my hand and squeezed it, handizive kuti kwaive kundinyaradza here kana kuti aiedza kuita sei nekuti akandibata kudaro akawedzera kutsemura moyo wangu waichururuka ropa achiti, Wayne : I am not perfect Ashley. I have cheated on you......I will be getting married soon because the other lady is already pregnant. Ndakaita “Noooooo” yakavharira mota yese and ndakatadza kuramba ndiri mumota make imomo ndichiita breathe the same air with him. I opened the car door ndokubva ndabuda ndichiita kujamba chaiko. Ndakafambisa without even looking back but pasina nguva ndakanzwa munhu ave mugotsi mangu achiti, Wayne : I want to explain to you how it happened....... Me : Save your energy.......I don't want to hear how you impregnated another woman. Akaedza kubata ruoko rwangu but ndakamuvhizura ndichiti, Me : Ndisiye please.....so why did you have to come with me here to break my heart? Wadii kungondiudza paphone? Akaita kunge asina kundinzwa, akatoti, Wayne : I will take you home Ashie. Me : Uri kundiona kunge benzi here Wayne? Siyana neni, handiti you have already broken up with me, chindisiya.....I will deal with my problems, go to your pregnant woman! Akaramba akanyarara but still standing closer to me. Ndakamboda kutongomhanya ndichibva ipapo but ndakaona kuti ndinogona kungonosvikopinda mumota ndikazvikuvadzisa. I couldn't think about anybody panguva iyoyo but Thandi so ndakabuditsa phone yangu muhandbag and called her. Akatodaira zvake ane mufaro wake wenguva nenguva, ndakatadza kuzvibata and broke down paphone paya. Ndakakwanisa hangu kumuudza pandakanga ndiri nekuti azonditora. Iye mwana wekwaMapfumo anonzi Wayne uyo akangoramba akamirawo not very far from me, ndakanga ndisina simba rekumubvunza kuti akanga achiri kudei pedyo neni but presence yake ipapo yaindiwedzera marwadzo mukati memoyo wangu. WAYNE It was so heart breaking seeing her like that.........ndaida kuita hold her tightly ndoita kiss all the pain away but zvakanga zvisisaite nekuda kwemandakazvipinza. Ndakatadza kumusiya ega ari muroad imomo. You may be wondering why I had to take her that far........ndaida kuita spend more time ndichimuona. Of course zvese zvakanga zvisiri ok when we drove to Chisipite but presence yake paside pangu ine kamwe kakunyevenutsa kayaiita wanguwo moyo wakaremerwa uyu. She wanted me away from her but I couldn't leave her ari ega. Thandi waakaphonera haana kunonoka zvake kusvika. She parked kumashure kwemota yangu ndokubva auya kwatainge tiri and akataura achiri some few meters away achiti, Thandi : Aaah, you guys are together? Ko chii chiri kuitika? Akadaira achichema muridzi wemoyo wangu achiti, Ashley : I don't know what he is still doing here......I told you, I told you Thandi kuti munhu uyu haasisiri Wayne wandinoziva. I cannot even recognize him. She held her friend like a true sister ndokubva anditarisa kwave kuti, Thandi : Wayne chii? Me : Thandi, thanks for coming, ndokumbirawo umuperekedze kumba. Aramba kuenda neni, she will tell you everything. Akasimudza musoro wake kubva pachest paThandi ndokubva anditarisa nemaziso akanga akatsvuka kwave kutaura in a breaking voice achiti, Ashley : Why can't you just tell her that wakamitisa mumwe mukadzi? Akanditarisawo Thandi maziso ake ajenga misodzi ndokubva afamba achinopinda naAshley mumota make. Ndakaramba ndakamira ndakaitarisa mota yake ichienda kusvika ndisisaione. I then pulled my legs ndave kuenda kumota kwangu but ndaiita kunge ndichawira pasi nekutopera simba mumuviri uku ndichidikitira zvakanyanya. Ndakanogara paseat pangu and just found myself ndave kuisa musoro pasteering wheel. I let out a heavy sigh ndokubva ndataura ndega as if someone was listening to me ndichiti, Me : I cannot drive......no, not when my heart is bleeding like this! Yangu misodzi yakabva yatangawo kubuda nguva iyoyo, ndakatotadza kuita control myself kwenguva chaiyo ndichizvituka. Nguva iyoyo ndakaedza kufunga kuti ndakarara sei naLorinda........ndakabata musoro so kwave kuridza tsamwa ndichiti, "Doro! I have been destroyed nekuda kwekudhakwa!" Ndakatora phone yangu mupocket and munhu wandaida kuphonera ndiThandi kuti ndinzwe kuti akanga asvitsa mukadzi wandichada kwehupenyu hwangu hwese zvakanaka here but ndakazoita decide kutaura nefriend yangu Regie. He picked up my call on the first ring achiti, Him : Wangu, I was about to check on you. Me : Thanks man, ndokumbirawo favor. Regie : Anything for you, where are you. Why are you sounding like someone who has been crying? I sniffed and said, Me : I believe ndizvo zvinotoitika kana munhu wabva kuramba munhu waunoda nezvese zvako. Akangotura befu and asked where I was. Ndakatobva ndamukumbira kuti auye kuzondidriver sezvo ini ndakanga ndisina simba racho, he is just as loyal to me as Thandi is to my queen. Pasina kana nguva akanga atosvika mukomana, akatouya netaxi.