Yesterday Page #5

I used to run to the toilet all the time.

Every five minutes.

But there are no toilets...

under the ground.

Not where I work...

blasting the rock...

going deeper into the earth.

What else could I do?

I messed in my pants, over and over...

until they were wet and sticking to my legs.

I stank like an animal.

No one would come near me.

I did not want to believe what you told me.

I did not.

But...

it kept playing over and over in my mind.

Over and over, driving me crazy.

And the shitting would not stop.

Until my shift boss had had enough

and made me go to the doctor.

The doctor...

did tests.

And he said just like you said.

I hear your husband is back.

I hear he is sick.

What's the matter with him?

Tell me, when is he going back to work?

Why doesn't he come out of the house?

No one has seen him for days.

I hear things are not so good.

I must say, Yesterday,

you're doing very well.

Very well?

Your body is strong.

It is keeping the disease in check.

It is not my body.

It is here.

I have made up my mind.

How so?

Until my child goes to school...

I'll not die.

Your child?

Yes. My daughter, Beauty...

starts school next year.

I can't wait for that day.

Only then can this "thing" take me away.

No. I will not die till that day.

But my husband...

he is in great pain.

Is there nothing you can do for him?

Is there no medicine that you can give him?

I'll see what I've got.

- I am sorry.

- For what?

For...

Forget all of that.

That is all in the past.

You need to rest.

Rest now.

- May I come in?

- Of course, come in.

- I am not disturbing you?

- I am making dinner.

Who is it?

No one.

There is an urgent matter I need to discuss.

What is it?

- May we speak outside?

- Yes.

Come.

I wish the summer would hurry up.

I thought you should know

that everyone in the village is talking.

- Talking? About what?

- About your husband.

What are they saying about him?

They say...

he has the virus.

H.I.V.

- Is it true?

- It is true.

- I have it, too.

- You?

But why did you not say anything?

You heard what happened

to that woman in Bergville?

No.

There was this young woman. Very clever.

So much so that her whole village

helped save money...

to send her to university in Johannesburg.

She went there.

She was going to be a somebody.

But, she got AIDS.

And when she came home

to tell her mother and father...

everyone found out.

You know what happened?

They killed her.

Killed her?

They threw stones at her until she was dead.

Oh, my God.

- Is this true?

- It is true.

How long have you known?

Since the summer.

Since the summer?

What are you going to do?

He should not be able to stay here!

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