Same Old, Same Old

[HAWI]

It was really happening.

They were back at the same spot, the same stage, the same accused. 

Everything was just like it had been. Her bloody crown sat on her head. Her torn groin was on her body. The blisters she had once had, were visible for everyone. The pain she had gone through because of that one trial could be seen.

She was no longer the girl who had been teasing Mbali about Amina earlier, or even the girl who had been telling Mbali that having a mate wasn't always going to be a bad thing. 

She was the same girl who believed that Jabali Lihle deserved to be loved and that she just had to let Amina in… That Mbali just had to take the risks like Hawi had with Rukiya. It was something that she wasn't sure she would ever get over. 

But right now, she was different.