The Wall

100

“Come again?” the female voice from Central said.

“What do you mean they’re all dead?”

“I mean that they’re all dead.”

“Slowly. Are you Warrant Officer Mafu?”

“Yes.”

“The break-in at the gated community.”

“The whites started it.”

“What?” the woman asked. “They shot first.”

“Officer… Are you really Warrant Officer Mafu?”

“It’s the whites’ fault.”

“But who are the whites?”

“The whites… are the whites!”

“And now everyone’s dead.”

“Yes.”

“Who’s dead?”

“Bezuidenhout.”

“The Warrant Officer?”

“Yes.”

“He’s white.”

“Dead.” Who else?”

“Baker. Constable Baker.”

“Dead?” Dead.”

“Who killed her?”

“The whites.”

“But Bezuidenhout is also white.”

“Yes.”

“And who killed him?”

“The dog handler.”

“Inspector Dlomo?”

“Yes.”

“And where is he?”

“Dead.”

“And who killed him?”

“The whites.”