Chapters

Thoughts About Vanessa, published one chapter at a time. New chapters arrive weekly.

Prologue: She Still Picks Up

Two years later

She said you cannot develop real feelings for a person in twenty-one days. Months later she sent a poem that undid her own equation.

Jul 13, 2026

The Unseen Connection

Pretoria, the first morning

Seventy-seven strangers, thirteen countries, one missing adapter. The morning it all began — two rows apart.

Jul 13, 2026

A Note on YALI and Why It Mattered

A door out

What a fellowship means when you have spent years knocking on doors — and the email that arrived in February 2024.

Jul 20, 2026

The Charger Chronicles

UNISA, week one

A borrowed charger becomes a strategy, a WhatsApp thread, and a three-word message he still cannot decode: ‘U miss me?’

Jul 27, 2026

The Bro Code

The unappointed committee

No man runs a three-week campaign alone. The advisers, lookouts and hype men who watched a slow-motion almost — and rooted for it.

Aug 3, 2026

We Know It’s Not Just Dinner

Week two

A sticky note in Portuguese, an unanswered invitation, and four words that named everything: we know it’s not just dinner.

Aug 4, 2026

A Duet for Two

The bus rides

One earbud each, songs chosen like messages, and a playlist saying what neither of them would say out loud.

Aug 18, 2026

Excursion to Soweto

Soweto, on excursion

Captain Godwil welcomes you aboard YALI Air. Freedom songs on Vilakazi Street, a headdress in her bag, and a pose he still returns to.

Aug 19, 2026

The Graduation

UNISA, the last Friday

Cultural dress, a video three weeks in the making, and a reply that changed the evening: ‘Yes My Lord.’

Sep 1, 2026
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Coming next

  • The Last Bus from UNISA — Monday 8 September
  • The Last Night — Monday 15 September
  • The Airport — Monday 22 September, where the serial ends

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