Getting in the car felt like entering heaven for Zimba, it was warm and there was no more rain.
She tried not to move around a lot to avoid making the expensive car seat more wet. It was very uncomfortable.
"Where do you want to shop?" He looked at her through the rear view mirror.
"Anywhere where I can find a pink dress." She said and he rolled his eyes.
"You're not being serious, are you?" He watched with surprise as she nodded her head.
"He loves pink, so I'm going to wear pink."
Her mystery man had mentioned how he would sell his soul just for the chance to see her in something pink. She couldn't wait to see his reaction.
"I'll take you to the place where he shops for his pink suits." The thought of seeing him in a pink suit made her clench her legs.
"Thank you."
The rain was getting heavy and she watched the droplets of rain race down her side of the window.
She never thought her life would end up this way. It all started when she agreed to join her ex best friend, Talia, to a party at the local club.
The atmosphere, the people, the vibe, everything about the place just made sense to Zimba, it felt like home. Ever since she lived her life moving from club to club.
She knew everyone who frequented the clubs and also everything that made someone want to come back to a club for this reason she worked part time at most of the clubs.
Her favourite club in Lusaka was Hollywood City Night club. The vibes, the music and the blood pumping atmosphere was unmatched. That's where she met her mystery man who is now the father of the child she doesn't want to keep.
"We are here. I'll wait in the car." He hands her a purse which is hopefully full of cash and she gets out of the car to meet her old friend, rain.
She rushed to the glass doors of the fancy shop and pushed the doors open. She was a little dry but she was still dripping water onto the mirror-like floors.
"Hello, my name is Tanya and I'm here to escort you out. This way please." A short woman in a black and green uniform is standing next to her gently pushing her arm in order to send her outside.
"I just got here, what did I do wrong?" Zimba looked around and noticed that no one looked like her, no one was dripping wet and no one was dressed like they were born in a club.
"Please, we don't need to make a scene." The woman kept pushing gently at her arm and Zimba was getting more and more embarrassed.
"I'm here to buy a dress, please believe me. I might not be dressed , but I have the funds necessary." Zimba thrusts the purse into the woman's hands and she sighs deeply as she opens it.
Whatever she sees causes her eyes to open wide, "I'm so sorry I didn't know you were part of Mr Akebu. Please come this way."
The woman led her to the back of the children's section and opened a hidden door.
"Once you find something suitable, you can come in here and change. We also have a shower." Zimba smiled at the woman.
"Thank you."
The woman bowed down and left. Zimba was impressed, whoever this Mr Akebu is, he is someone powerful. It would be good to have such a baby daddy.
She focused on the goal ahead, to find something to wear. She went to the women's section which was upstairs and her jaw dropped. She could recognise some of the dresses from the photos of celebrities that she kept in her phone.
She found an all pink area and began scanning for clothes. The first was too slutty even for her, the second was giving too much church girl vibes she almost threw up. The third was too formal but the fifth dress was perfect.
It showed a little and left a lot to the imagination, not like he needed to imagine anything.
The flashbacks of skin to skin, the way he worshipped her body. She squeezed the dress with her fists and closed her eyes.
She had to stop.
**
Next she went to the lingerie section. What was she thinking? She was pregnant but she was still hoping that he would love her pink lingerie enough to rip them off and fuck her to the moon and back.
She moved her hands on a silky set, it was perfect. It matched the same material like the dress she had chosen earlier.
With all her clothes she went downstairs to the children's section and entered the secret room that that bitch Tanya had shown her earlier.
The room smelled amazing, it smelled like an expensive men's cologne. Was this the room he used to change into his pink suits?
She fell on the bed and wrapped the silky sheets around her body. After a few minutes of inhaling the amazing smell and enjoying the warmth of the soft blanket she stood up and walked into the shower.
There was a man there.