CHAPTER 1 It had been a long year for Peeps. The year was 2007; a year after a terrible separation of Peeps with his wife. The hot summer nights of Durban had been keeping Peeps awake. This night he kept twisting and turning on his queen sized golden bed. He had been thinking a lot about his life lately. Since 2006, 22 September, he had not been himself. In fact this is the day he left the house they have been living in with his family. He got involved with women but not in the manner he liked. He got involved in what we call one night stands. He had been seeing some women nichodemously.
As a matter of fact people in Pinetown shared the rooms to rent. A 40 square meter room could be shared among 5 people. This could also mean that someone would not be having enough space. Hill Street is one of the busiest streets in Pinetown. There are various shops where you can buy food, furniture, do hair, repair your phone or computer, take a photo etc. Finally in the passage of the same street, Peeps got one place which would cost him half of the arm. When he talked to the main guy of the place, he found that there were four people sharing this place. He was going to be the fifth person to rent a space in the same room.
Smalls locked the house and started going towards the road. The blanket of the night began covering the earth and Peeps had to think fast. As they go he asked about Wishbone. Smalls told him that he must take the road that went towards the river. He had to ask anyone where Wishbone lived. Worried as he was he begun to go down the road as told by Smalls. As he moves down the road he wondered how much the whole place had changed. The place which was now full of three room public houses was once a forest. As youngsters they used to run around this place which had few houses scattered all over the land. They used to climb trees and got mango fresh from the tree. There were cows and goats. What was now the tarred road was then a path used by pedestrians. As he moved down the road he noticed that the farm which sold Maas was still there, the company which was cold Cola back then was still there. Across the river there were more houses than it used to be. It amazes how today`s world`s changes affect the way people live. Many of the people who were now living here came from places far from Nazareth. Some came from Clermont, Hammersdale, St.Wendolin`s, etc. Peeps could not stop thinking that the place which was now buzzing with noise was so peaceful. Now there was electricity, people could actually get water from the tap in the comfort of their own homes. Even there were these changes, Peeps noticed that the old houses were never removed or demolished when the new houses were built.
Wishbone came back with a six pack of some cider he loved. We shared in celebration of seeing one another one more time. His woman told him that I explained to her how much we meant to each other. He was happy that we got acquainted while he was gone. Wishbone told Peeps about his life while they were in absence of one another.
Peeps managed to make enough money to go home that evening. At his home they asked him about the life of their relatives. He told them that Hope, Wishbone`s big brother was living with another woman after leaving his wife of