Veronica jumped in to give the assurance that she was on the same page as Olivia, even more motivated, 'Please don't make us wait forever?'
Jabari offloaded what he had been holding onto. He was quite aware that he was going to need their support at some point, 'Great! Huh, Father Mathews has asked me to take over the Shalom Garden Shop.'
He paused momentarily to get their feedback.
That pause created some anticipation in all three girls. Veronica, of course, could not endure it forever. 'Did you accept?' She inquired.
Jabari didn't rush to give them an answer, he observed their faces, stealing the entire moment for himself, 'El yes, I did.'
'All my goodness! This is big. I am really happy for you. This is good for you, right?' Olivia flung back at Jabari.
Jabari nodded his head, before words followed, 'Yes it is.'
Veronica had a different perspective she was considering, as it was clearly heard from her next words, 'What about the garden?' Her face was full of curiosity.
Jabari beamed at her thoughts, 'The garden will continue, and I can sell vegetables from the shop. It means more exposure and advertising for me.'
Then Veronica commented, 'This is indeed good for you. I am rooting for you.'
'Thank you, Veronica.'
Jabari's phone rang, he glanced at the caller ID. It was a strange number. 'Excuse me, I have to pick up this call.' He politely went aside to answer the call.
A sharp voice could be heard on the other end, 'Hello? We are in your garden, we would like to buy some vegetables.'
Jabari was animated because he had been expecting customers to contact him at any moment that day. There was particularly one team of customers that had promised to come through, 'OK, I am on my way. I will be there in less than five minutes.' The call ended, Jabari walked back to the three ladies and informed them of the program that just came up, 'Guys, I now have to go to my garden, some customers are waiting for me to attend to them. See you later.'
'Bye!' Veronica, Freya and Olivia unanimously waved.
A few minutes later, Jabari was in the garden and found three women waiting for him with big buckets made of bamboos. 'Hello, how are you?' He broke the ice.
'We are fine. We would like to order tomatoes and rape.' The old lady said with a cunning smile, Jabari thought.
'For rape I usually charge per bed. And that is a hundred dollars. The tomatoes are two hundred and fifty dollars per bucket. The twenty liter bucket.
'Let us start with tomatoes, and then we will come to the rape after?' the old women suggested.
'Please follow me?' Jabari ushered them to his home. Early that morning, Jabari had plucked out the tomatoes and laid them inside the house on the floor. To prevent them from going bad.
Jabari entered the house and stuck the tomatoes into the bucket and took them outside for the customers to see. The customers started examining the quality of the tomatoes. When they were done, one of them, the youngest one among the three, made a query.
'How much?'
'Two hundred and fifty dollars,' Jabari replied.
'That is too much. Could you go a bit lower?' She bargained.
'Madam, you have seen the quality of my tomatoes and these tomatoes can stay a long time without going bad.'
'How long do your tomatoes last? A middle-ranged lady made her inquire.
'Two weeks at most.'
'No? That can't be true. You know that it's hot and tomatoes turn to go bad very fast in this season?'
Jabari gave them his assurance, for it was very true that his tomatoes stayed that long and actually more than two weeks. 'I give you my word. I assure you, when you try my tomatoes you will come back for them. So if you are not ready to make a purchase, I have another team which will definitely come and buy them, me, selling you these tomatoes. I am definitely doing you a big favor. Therefore, make up your minds as soon as possible?' Demanding their decision.
The three women dillydally, for a few minutes before they began to give their demands, 'I will take four buckets.' and another made her intentions clear, 'I will take seven.' The younger woman was the last one to express herself, 'And I will take five.' They all made their desires plain.
'Very well.' Jabari let the three women come into his house and help themselves pack the tomatoes, as he sat down to observe.
He soon became bored staring at them, his mind drifted to the conversation he had earlier with Veronica, Freya and Olivia.
He singled out Veronica out of the three. I can't believe that Veronica is really serious about that guy. But something within me says this is not how our love story ends between me and her. There is more to this story. That guy changes nothing. You cannot escape my love, just like you can't run away from yourself. I will play along with your game and when you are tired you will find me waiting for you. You will never be satisfied with another man other than me. I am your fate, Veronica, and until I choose to break this bond we have. You are bound to me.
The three women finished choosing and packing the tomatoes. Jabari made a good sell of tomatoes and rape that day.
Friday came sooner than anticipated, 'Jabari, are you ready for the Show tonight?' It was Veronica entering Jabari's vicinity, that is the garden. Her eyes deviously shining with strong piercing rays of light. Her body emanated a super-powerful mixture of emotions. Jabari could feel their instability.
Jabari sunk in his thoughts, Veronica, those eyes consume my soul, do you know that? I feel like skinning you alive. I want to feel you.
She came so close to him, Jabari Dakarai did not know how to handle himself in this instance. Her gaze, still unchanged, while it kept penetrating his dark soul, illuminating every step of the way, making him feel vulnerable, plain and naked. She made another step forward, the more she drew closer, the more entangled in her Jabari Dakarai became, and her malicious eyes completely fixed on his eyes. Jabari Dakarai was ripped apart, his whole soul was slowly being engulfed by her deadly inferno fire from the inside out.