waited.
“Who’s there?! Hallo?!”
I kept quiet, waited, then
started again.
“Is somebody there?! Trevor, is
that you?! Frances? Hallo? Hallo?”
She started calling out the
whole family. “Nombuyiselo?
Sibongile? Mlungisi? Bulelwa?
Who’s there? What’s happening?”
It was like a game, like I was
trying to hide and a blind woman
was trying to find me using sonar.
Every time she called out, I froze.
There would be complete silence.
“Who’s there?! Hallo?!” I’d pause,
wait for her to settle back in her