Suurlemoen | Chapter 35 | English Summary

Suurlemoen deur Jaco Jacobs

Chapter 35: Great

Tiaan creates a design with two lemons that are joined together in the shape of a heart with a straw coming out of it. Above it, the words read “My heart is a lemon” and below it, “...and you are sugar”. On the back of the shirt design, “Come let’s make lemonade!” can be found in neon green text. Liezl likes the designs and asks who’ll fund their creation.
Tiaan’s father felt bad for kicking them out of the garage and so he decided to get the first 10 for them. Liezl says Tiaan’s dad is cool and Tiaan responds that his father surprises him sometimes. Liezl teases him saying that even Tiaan himself is full of surprises. Tiaan leaves the room to get them something to drink. When he gets back, she tells him that they could call their T-shirts “Suurlemoen!-T” (suurlemoentee, as in “lemon tea”) and it takes a while for it to sink into Tiaan’s brain. She’s thinking that they could create an entire line of T-shirts. Tiaan comments that if the band flops, they’ll still have something Suurlemoen!-related to hold onto. Liezl tells him that the band is the best thing she’s ever done.

Suddenly, they’re both silent. Tiaan finally notices how close to each other they’re sitting. His mind runs a mile a minute as he thinks about how this particular scene plays out in movies – the protagonist kisses the heroine; or at least the audience really expects it. He thinks that maybe he’s that protagonist that everyone in the audience loses their patience with because he never makes a move. Liezl laughs and tells Tiaan that he’s amazing, but before he can respond, another voice says “The two of you are amazing”.

It’s Zane, standing in the doorway to Tiaan’s room. Tiaan can tell that there is trouble. When he turns around, he just sees Zane’s form turning around to leave. He hears the kitchen door shut. Tiaan asks Liezl if he should go after Zane, but Liezl tells him that it’s her fault and she apologises. She explains that she and Zane had planned to get drinks together but she cancelled on him last-minute when Tiaan called, saying that something else came up. Tiaan asks why. Liezl simply grabs her bag and leaves. He can’t figure out what was worse between the furious, hurt expression on Zane’s face or the ashamed expression on Liezl’s.



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