57. The beginning

Morrison ultimately got the people to sit down and to put their hands up and to introduce themselves should they get a chance to voice their opinions. He points at a man in the front row.

“My name is Khayalethu. I know Rene Bosch very well, one of the people who eloped from here, and I can assure you all she is the loveliest woman. I’m sure they wouldn’t have invited us here if it was not safe, but why did they go back to a secret hide-out in Port Elizabeth?”

“That hide-out is, according to them, 100% safe and has only provisions for ten people to stay there for a month. They can only hide there for a month, and as far as we know, they are planning to come back to the farm then. Your safety, as commander, is my responsibility. That is why I am going to rule with an iron fist.”

Other people anxiously wave with new questions and Morrison points at an obese man occupying two chairs. He rises very slowly.