The man in the suit asked, “What were you looking at?”
“That thing up there.”
“You want to go there?”
“Do you?” Titus replied.
Shortly, the driver warned them,
“People, please, I hear some of you want to go to Robben Island. This taxi is not for that. Take the trip at your time and your own risk.”
The long queue of people shortened. Titus, along with the man dressed in a suit, took the back seat. A few minutes later, the taxi bus rattled down the street, passing small flea markets, random shacks, and taverns. The fog no longer threatened him; there were more important things on his mind.
The small suitcase rumbled. A growl noise forced him to look. The head of a cat pushed out through an opening. He pulled the zip wide open. The friendly animal meowed, leaning onto him. He stroked its fur gently. “We are almost there.” The furry creature purred. Titus brushed its soft, dented belly. He remembered the fire reaching for the sky, the smell of fumes, and a strange voice crying. “You will eat any kind of food once we arrive,” he comforted the creature.
Against his chest, the cat meowed. Titus tucked the cat close—too close for its own sake. The cat's brown fur had random black spots from the fire.
-KJBeya

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