Indigo (Shade of a golden heart) - Season 3 - Episode 24

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Indigo (Shade of a golden heart) - Season 3 - Episode 24

No, maybe she was seeing wrong. This could cover her school fees for two years; feeding for herself and Papa and could also afford his albutrol Inhaler.

‘I don’t understand, I just did some painting…’ she stuttered.
‘I know. What you did was more than painting Indi. You transformed a house into a home. You brought light and color, warmth and tranquility into our home and we have you to thank. You deserve this, you deserve more.’ Chalya smiled, she was happy to see Indigo thrilled about her paycheck.

Impulsively, Indigo jumped to her feet and embraced Chalya, excitement crawling all over her veins, she couldn’t contain it any longer.

‘Thank you. Thank you very much.’ She cried on Chalya’s shoulders. If Chalya hadn’t come forward as Ms. Lucinda Paul, she wouldn’t have had the job, and she wouldn’t have met Phillip again.

Chalya felt happy she had supplied a need.
‘It’s alright. I like you Indigo. You are a good person and you deserve to be happy.’
Indigo released her slowly, and quickly wiped the tears that had settled on her cheeks.

She had suffered for a very long time but she had not given up on her dreams. She had lost and gained jobs. She had suffered humiliation and rejection, but everything was coming to an end.

‘Are you sure your brother loves me?’ Indigo licked her lips, she missed Phillip and she wanted to kiss him again.

‘Yes. He loves you more than you can imagine. Before you met him at the house, he slept with your name on his lips and he awoke with your name in his songs. Please, don’t break his heart.’ Chalya begged.

Indigo sighed, she was sure of what she felt. She had fallen for Phillip right from the first day she had seen him. There was just an aura of perfection that attracted her to the man that had rescued her from the shrew that almost beat her up.

Phillip Hajjo was her angel and she wouldn’t ever let him go.

‘I am asking because I am deeply in love with him. I have never loved anyone before. I hope I am not making a mistake or walking into a trap that would cause my feet to bleed.’ She smiled.

She knew the answers to the questions that troubled her, but she had to pretend.
‘Phillip would never hurt you.’ Chalya returned her smile, she was about to say more when the door was being pushed open from the outside.

The spark she saw in Indigo’s eyes made her turn. And when she looked backwards, she saw her brother walking into the room with her father, Uncle Usman and a man she had never seen before.

Usman had walked in on Phillip and Nkosi talking about one Indigo Hassan, the name had struck a familiar chord in his mind.
He had done a mental check into his memory bank till he remembered that the woman had been hired by his brother’s family to redesign their living room. At first, he didn’t understand why Phillip and Nkosi were talking about her, but a closer look at her picture revealed that she was Nkosi’s daughter and a woman whom Phillip was deeply in love with.

Usman felt like a horrible father and role model to Phillip. He was very ashamed of his actions and confessed to the sinful act he almost committed with Indigo, but quickly stated her unwillingness to go along with him.

Phillip wanted to explode on hearing this, but his father had begged him to forgive Usman and move on like he had done.

Usman knew it would take a long time for his relationship with Phillip to be mended, but he was ready to take it slow.

Phillip had told Usman that he could forgive him and give him a chance to be a father if he would ask Indigo to forgive him, and hand over the deeds of the land which Mr. Hajjo had given to him.

At first, Phillip felt like he was exploiting Usman, but he wanted to be in possession of the land, so that no one could ever tamper with the buildings or the rent, like he had wanted to.

Now that Moremi was out of the picture, he didn’t have any plans of torturing low income earners like that.

Usman quickly agreed. He loved Phillip very much but he had relinquished the right to be his father, because to him, his elder brother was a better father to Phillip.

He swore to protect their whole family and never to work against them again.

When he had made that vow, Phillip had thrown a quick question at his feet, “Do you have anything to do with Moremi?” He had asked because Chalya had suspected them.
Usman wasn’t comfortable with the question, he didn’t want to be like a snitch, but he preferred being one than to lose an opportunity to bond with Phillip.
Briefly, he told Phillip that Moremi’s family was going through some financial crisis and she had come up with the idea to trick him into handing over the land deeds, so they could use it for their own purpose.

Since Chalya had already revealed Moremi’s true nature, Phillip hadn’t felt too hurt, but he felt strongly betrayed by someone he hired as a lawyer.

It became clearer to him, that Moremi had come to steal, to kill and to destroy his life and career. If she outsmarted him and took the deeds, she would have misappropriated it for her own selfish use.

Phillip shrugged and let it slide, he had no business with Moremi and he would let her know in time.

His greater focus was on the woman that he loved. With the support of her father, Uncle Usman and his dad, he hoped he would win her love back.

So, before the trio left Usman’s residence, they decided to drink to their reconciliation, forgiveness and new found unity.

A bottle of Chardonnay was emptied into three glasses, and they all drank! A new age had been born; a new relationship had been formed. Sometimes, it was better to forgive and move on.