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SUNSETS AND SUNRISES (Season 4): Chapter 9
Kupa is ashamed to have been caught acting out so angrily. She feels tears welling up in her eyes but will not give...
SUNSETS AND SUNRISES (Season 4) : Chapter 8
Tanya starts work and realises how much she has missed being in the office. Rue is always in her office now, catching...
SUNSETS AND SUNRISES (Season 4): Chapter 7
“Manheru Mama, what is it?” Her mother has her “I know better” look on. She doesn’t even respond to Kupa's greeting....
SUNSETS AND SUNRISES (Season 3): Chapter 15
A few days later ,over a Sunday lunch, Dylan is updating Tanya on the church news as she hasn’t been to church since giving birth. ‘Mai Tengu is likely going to take over as head of that department, the way she’s diligently served.’ ‘But you know...
SUNSETS AND SUNRISES (Season 3)-Chapter 14
Later that evening after dinner, everyone is in the sitting room. The twins are awake. Tino is in his mother’s hands, Nyasha is with Kupa. Tadiwa is jumping from one sofa to the other to smile in each child’s face in turns, he is excited about the...
SUNSETS AND SUNRISES (Season 3): Chapter 13
Tanya tries to hide the shock on her face, considering how sensitive Annie is. She is genuinely at a loss however.At her age and with her experience with the church, she knows people are not always what they want you to believe, she still finds it...
SUNSETS AND SUNRISES (Season 3): Chapter 12: Annie’s Secret
Dylan is quick in nudging his wife to keep silent as Rudo, Kupa and Tadi leave the table. His mother leans into the table, pushing her plate to the side, looking all somber. ‘Vanangu, we all are Christians, I am an elder as you know. I...
SUNSETS AND SUNRISES (Season 3): Chapter 11
BATTLE LINES ARE DRAWN She is startled and makes a jump , this frightens the baby and he starts crying. She responds in anger. ‘Why are you sneaking up on me like that, you know I have a weak heart. Do you want to kill me?’ Tanya is thrown...
SUNSETS AND SUNRISES (Season 3): Chapter 10- Tension in the house
There is something about giving birth that makes you sensitive to everything about your motherhood especially coming from other people. Tanya knows she isn’t a perfect mother, she knows already however, she is one to bend double trying. She could...
SUNSETS AND SUNRISES (Season 3): Chapter 9- Managing relationships
Her body had changed, had Dylan paid attention, he would have recognized the more pronounced curves on her body as a sign of her pregnancy. The ever so slight bulge of her tummy still told of the little humans that had been resident inside her. She...
SUNSETS AND SUNRISES (Season 3): Chapter 8- Becoming what she once despised
After a few days of the same routine, visits from family and friends, mother and sons are declared healthy enough to leave. The boys, christened Nyasha and Tinotenda, are now able to breathe on their own. Tanya is smiling, looking down at Nyasha as...
SUNSETS AND SUNRISES (Season 3): Chapter 7- Happy Family?
2 days later, Kupa and Tadi are visiting their mom in hospital. Tadiwa , who is too young to comprehend the idea of Tanya still recovering from an operation, is all too excited to be with her. He is throwing himself at his mother and demanding her...
SUNSETS AND SUNRISES (Season 3): Chapter 6: Priceless moment
‘What was that about?’ Dylan tries to sound casual. ‘Ah you know Mhama, always on about some nonsense.’ Although Dylan would want more details, his tight-lipped wife does not let out, so he doesn’t interrogate any further. ‘I just spoke to the...