The Busi Saga:
Eddie told Thato to apologise to the Zwane’s for being rude to them and that if she allows them to take Busi to KZN, they’ll allow her to accompany her to KZN. Of course Thato thinks this is all hogwash and is determined to fight them and stop them from taking Busi to live with the Zwanes in KZN.
Eddie and Maletsatsi had been invited to Busi’s mbeleko ceremony lunch and Eddie expressed how turned-off he was by Thato’s rudeness to the Zwane’s and exclaimed that Thato should just give the Zwanes what they want. This struck a chord with Palesa who got upset that Eddie wanted Busi to grow up without her mom and told them how painful it was growing up without her own mother.
Thato and Thoko
Thato, in a desperate bid to stop the Zwane’s from taking her daughter to KZN, told Thoko that her husband (Jomo) was having an affair and that she knows the name of his mistress. She told Thoko that if she stops this madness with Busi, she will give her the name of his mistress as well as details of where she lives.
In a shocking move, Thato told Thoko that the woman in Jomo’s life is none other than her friend, Maletsatsi and even hinted at Maletsatsi sleeping around with many other men!! Thoko then gave Thato her word that she’d do all she can to stop Busi going off to live in KZN.
After Thato left, Thoko invited Maletsatsi for tea and Maletsatsi discussed this invitation with Eddie and Lolo because she fears that she might offend Thato by meeting with a Zwane family member. Eddie encouraged her to meet with Thoko as he and Lolo feel that Thato is always manipulating Maletsatsi to do what she wants her to do. Maletsatsi later discussed this invitation with Thato who faked her offense at Maletsatsi agreeing to have tea with Thoko after all the Zwane’s have put her through. She made Maletsatsi to swear never to have anything to do with her and Maletsatsi agreed. What kind of friendship is this where grown ass women are manipulated this much? I don’t care that Maletsatsi has found religion and salvation but this is just nonsense! I can’t imagine anyone telling me what friends I can’t keep—best friend or not!
The Laqasha story:
Morongwe pretended to send Shakira on a mission to find out who Tino's source is as Tino received a call from a Frankie that claimed to know who Laqasha is. Shakira eventually tracked down the source and discussed with Tino how her lead, Frankie wanted to tell her about Laqasha’s identity. She also questioned Tino's obsession with wanting to taint his mom’s image and told him how much she’s done so much for him that he should be worshipping the ground she walks on.
Tino then went to see his mother and accussed Abigail of bad mouthing his dead father. Abigail told Tino how she shielded him from the violence he subjected her to as well as his cheating ways. Also told him that it was because of his father that she now walks with the support of a stick. Tino declared his ever lasting love to his father and his memory and Abigail asked why he can’t show the same unconditional devotion to her? Why can’t he love her no matter what she’s done and for Tino, that was an admission of guilt from Abigail.
Shakira met with the Franklin who gave her a list of people’s names all called Laqasha. She gave this list to Tino explaining that Laqasha is a syndicate of men and women from all over the world that used the name to throw the authorities off their trails so they can go in search of one person. She told Tino that he owes her mom an apology for his accusations. Tino took the list and said he would search for any connection these people have to his mom.
Tino and Alex
Tino showed Alex the list that Shakira had given him and told him that he has not found any link to his mother yet. Alex told Tino that he has dropped his investigations into Mo’s involvement with Laqasha as his relationship with her was more important and this pursuit would destroy what trust there is between them. He advised Tino to do the same thing for his mother. Tino took his advised and confided in Shakira that he’s dropping this investigation as he has realized how much his mom has done for him, even putting her life on the line for him. I’ve never seen such relief on anyone’s face as was on Shakira’s.
IN THE MEANTIME: SAMANTHA'S ATTACK
Samantha was attacked in the parking lot and her attacker pushed her into the boot of her car wielding a knife and took her possessions. She's been keeping this from Andrew, for mad reasons known only to her. She has even told Andrew she wants a gun for self defence cause it’s becoming dangerous NOT to have one. Alex then offered her self-defence lessons to boost her confidence.
Alex and Shakira
The self defence lessons have started but Sam is too traumatized to enact scenes where she’s a victim. She then decided that she needed to get an emotional grip on herself and that they could continue the lessons some other time. Alex advised her to get a pepper spray in the mean time.
Sam got the pepper spray and was showing it off at the office when Shakira commented that she would never carry anything that could be used against her as a weapon and I agree with her! Imagine someone wrestling your gun away from you and using it to shoot you dead!
Pride Security (security company owned by Abigail)
Abigail walked in on Sam looking through documents on her table and strangely didn’t ask what she was doing there. Sam was attacked in the parking lot and blames abigail’s company for letting the attack happen. She believes it was an “inside job”. Abigail, looking mildly irritated told her that she would personally ensure that nothing like that ever happened again and Sam walked out of her office, looking really disguted, clutching a file to her chest that she had taken off Abigail’s desk.
Later on Sam tells Shakira that she went to see Abigail and took a logbook from her table. The logbook has a name that was scratched off and the same name was scratched off the supervisor;s list proving that the attack was an inside job. As she opened the logbook to show Shakira, a piece of paper fell to the floor and it happened to be the same list Shakira showed to Tino of all those people called Laqasha (what a stupid name). Sam told her she got the list from Abigail’s office and Shakira took it from her to return it to Abigail.
Abigail, Mo and Shakira
Shakira rushed into Abigail’s office and found her there with Mo. She threw the list on Abigail’s desk and told her that she’s on to her. Told her that as she was speaking to Franklin, she had a vague sense of knowing him from somewhere and she has since recalled that she once spoke to him on the phone in Abigail’s office. So, basically Shakira now knows that Franklin was sent by Abigail and that Abigail is definitely running the Laqasha show and she wants in on the deal!
Last night, Shakira went to see Abigail and was given a cheque which she tore up because she doesn’t want to be on Abigail’s payroll, she wants to be part of the Mogail team! Morongwe told her to stop being ridiculous but Abigail stopped her and disclosed her support for Shakira’s quest to join team Laqasha. She made it clear that Shakira should be prepared to do WHATEVER was required of her, WHATEVER the costs and with just a single nod of her head, Shakira became part of the team.
Later in the day, Sam and Andrew went out for dinner and during their meal, Lolo came rushing in from outside screaming that there’s been an attempted hijacking in the car parking lot. This shook Sam so much and Andrew found out for the first time that Sam has been a victim of the same kind of attack. These two need to start showing some chemistry between them, gosh if I didn’t know they were married I’d swear they were brother and sister!
Daniel and Nadia
Nadia has been sleeping over at Daniel's house (i actually have no idea why!) and the two of them talked about the possibility of moving in together. Nadia wanted to know what's going to happen to Thato as they can't live in the same house with her and Daniel just shrugged his shoulders and calmly told Nadia that he owes nothing to Thato and that Thato might just as well go and live with the Zwanes and take Busi with.
It's going to be quite interesting to see how this storyline pans out because Thato has just betrayed Maletsatsi, her good friend and is about to be kicked out of the home she now lives in...