The Big 5

14

Francis walked into Mr. Dambes’s office. “ I hope after this next time you're here we will go sightseeing,” said Mr. Dambe. “ I'd like that sir but I’m here to finalize everything.” Wilberforce then began setting up a projector and a slideshow was set up. Mr. Dambe then stood up and said “ the cocaine we will have our pilots fly it indirectly from Colombia and it will land in Johannesburg. It will then be unloaded in several trucks of ours that will deliver to your location of choice. The h****n however will have a more complicated route. It will be placed aboard several cruise ships that will sail in the Gulf of Mexico to Cuba. Once in Cuba however we will be able to fly it into your country and have it land in Johannesburg once again where our trucks will deliver them to your destinations of choice.” He sat down after making his presentation. “ We have heard rumors that this deal is, however, causing tension amongst members of the Molefe household,” asked Wilberforce. Francis just nodded his head in agreement and Mr. Dambe then said, “ well then so you know most of our revenue streams are generated by the Molefes so how you guys go about it with them better not result in our cash flows being affected”. Francis left. “ These guys are most likely going to start a war,” said Wilberforce “ yes, and if they go against the Molefes, and if that happens let’s be ready to take over the Khosa Empire,” said Mr. Dambe.

Rita was in bed at night alone worried about where her husband was. She does not think of any negative thoughts like him being with other women. They had only been married for a month. She checked her phone and it said 02;15.  10 minutes later she heard his car pull up. She put on her gown and got up and waited for him by the passage. Dwayne walked unlocked the door and found Rita standing with her arms folded. He walked past her without saying anything and she said “ hi to you too bro” again he ignored her as he began to undress. “ So you aren’t going to tell me where you’ve been all day and night,” she asked “ you're not my mother okay” he replied “ yeah im your wife” she replied. “ Well I don’t have to explain myself to you,” he said. “ what a load of bulshit Dwayne!” and he lunged at her and slapped her. “ now look at what you made me do,” he said. She fled out of the room and locked herself in the spare room. She ignored his knocks and she began to cry. She then leaned against the wall and cried some more as she began to ask herself what had happened to the man she married. He was never like this. She spent the night in the spare room.

Themba was at the Molefe mansion early in the morning. Johnny walked past him and asked if everything was okay for him for which he simply said he needed his father’s signature. Johnny then went for his early morning run. “ Morning. I thought I ought to show you what my boys found.” Mr. Molefe then led him into the study “ the Khosa family have been busy making moves. In the past 3 days, they have met with Christopher, Harold, and Tobago. All to discuss this Ray Haines venture. They are also spreading a rumor that you are against the deal while your sons are for it” said Themba as he showed him pictures of the meetings. “ All Sean made was a suggestion that we take the deal and give this guy the money,” said Mr. Molefe. “ I suggest we increase the personnel in your security detail” suggested Themba. “ No, that will tell them we are nervous and expecting something. We can't afford to lose our element of surprise” said Mr. Molefe. “ okay what were you thinking ?” asked Themba. “ they think there's friction here so let's keep it that way. I think we need to use this to our advantage, I'll ask Mark to hang around Khatombela owned establishments. Once they take the bait maybe Mark could slip out a word that maybe he's looking to change sides.”

Katherine is in the sitting room enjoying a comedy show on television with her brothers. There's a knock on their door “ who could it be at this ungodly hour” complaints Patrick, Katherine then goes to answer the door. She opens and sees Ray who is let in by Katherine. She rolls her eyes at Patrick and she leaves to her bedroom. “ Guys we need to figure out a way to get the old man out of the way” started Ray. There was silence in the room as all men were in deep thought about what to do. “ Let's have someone not associated with us do the work,” suggested Patrick, “ this would be a Jimbo specialty but they aren’t going to do it,” said Francis. “ I know a guy who's in the security services. We could have him observe the security detail of Mr. Molefe, maybe we will find a weak link” said Patrick. “ You're talking about Troy aren’t you. Even then if we say that works how do we stop that hot head called Sean” replied Francis. “ we could get help from other people, Obakeng has a bone to pick with the Moles. I think he might want revenge for that beating so we could use that to our advantage.” “ Yeah but I don’t think his father would let him retaliate” answered Patrick “ the old man doesn’t have to know s**t,” said Francis.

Francis Khosa had just finished wiping his bill at a restaurant after he had a cappuccino and muffin. He was about to leave when he saw Mr. Khatombela, Mr. Dambe, and Mr. Jimbo walk in. All 3 heads went and sat at a booth table and their respective guards sat in booths behind and in front with their bosses in the middle. Francis wondered what the meeting was about. He pretended to be on his phone as it looked like they hadn’t seen him.

“ Why did you call us here Baogo? I know the coffee here isn’t something to brag about” said Mr. Jimbo. “ Yeah my cheaper hotels have better coffee than the s**t they serve here,” said Mr. Khatombela. Francis then decides to go to the bathroom but really he wants to hear what the meeting is about. He walks into the bathroom and stands by the door trying to listen in on the meeting. “ I think we need to talk Godfrey into seeing that this deal with Ray will make all of us a lot of money.” Said Mr. Dambe.“ I agree but you know once Godfrey sets his mind on something he isn’t going to change his mind about it. So we need to come up with an alternative plan.”  Said Mr. Khatombela “  well I don’t understand why we don’t call another meeting and discuss this with everyone present. I don’t like sneaking around if I’m being honest,” said Mr. Jimbo “ come on Harold we don’t have time to be calling meetings. We need to get Godfrey on this as soon as possible,” said Mr. Dambe. “ I just find it ridiculous that instead of finding a way to come up with the $15 million needed we've resorted to trying to strong-arm a man who doesn’t think this idea is a winner into giving us money. I won’t have him leaving”  said Mr. Jimbo who then stood up and began to leave with his guards not too far behind him. As MrJimbo left Francis came out of the bathroom and went to his seat and sat down. He smiled because he knew that if there was anything to go by the meeting that just transpired, his family will have the Khatombelas and Dames by his side. He then stood up and left heading straight home.