Chapter 4: The Dilemma
Mornings in Gweru always felt colder when you woke up alone. The kind of cold that made the blankets feel like the only safe place in the world. Reo lay still, staring at the damp patches on the ceiling of…
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Simba Chitsa is a creative-driven entrepreneur in Zimbabwe's branding and digital design space. As founder of Kilomarket Partnered brands and LogoCert, he spearheads logo design, brand audits, and web-design projects. Also, Simba Chitsa is a distinct figure in Christian leadership and founder of Redeemed.
Chapter 3: The Crusade
“Alleluia!” The word rolled out like thunder and was answered by a wave of “Amen!” The tent shook with voices as women ululated, young men stomped on the dusty ground and babies strapped to mothers’ backs joined the noise with…
Chapter 2: Lakapadi
Reo and Shawty stared at the moving crowd, each of them scanning faces and shapes, searching for the man who had just changed everything. The rush of people in Gweru’s busy town was in full swing. Schoolchildren in faded uniforms…
Extra 1: Where Pressure It Leaves Us
Pressure does not always shout. Sometimes it arrives quietly and slips into your life without a sound. It can be the silence between two people who once laughed together, the way your chest feels heavy when you lie awake at…
Chapter 14: What Remains
The sky was still black when the police finally found her, a woman lying limp and barely breathing under the old bridge at South Downs. The first officer to see her froze for a second, not sure if she was…
Chapter 13: A Sign in the Night
MaSibanda slipped out of the police station like a ghost, unnoticed in the confusion. No one saw her leave. The night pressed close, thick with the smell of dust and old rain. Every step she took felt heavier than the…
Chapter 12: Sirens in the Night
The night was still heavy as the city lights flickered on and off. The ambulance sat quietly near the hospital’s back gate, its white body shining under the dull glow of a streetlamp. Inside, the driver leaned his head on…
Chapter 11: Aftermath and Vanishing
It took six officers to finally pin Phillip to the ground. Even as his rage gave way to exhaustion, his arms still lashed out and his feet kicked until the last ounce of fight was wrung out of him. The…
Chapter 10: The Edge
Some nights are so dark that even the world seems to stop breathing. On this night, under the deep sky near South Downs, a man sat alone on an old concrete bridge, his legs dangling over the edge, a torch…
Chapter 9: Pressure Breaks
The police charge office had become a storm, too many secrets, too many wounded people and too much noise echoing off old, cracked walls. Temba’s joy at seeing Lazarus in cuffs faded fast as the air thickened with accusations and…