“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonour others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs — you did not love my sister. That Bible verse talks about love and you did not love her.” This is what the sister of slain Eastern Cape businesswoman Nokwanda Maguga-Patocka told Nokwanda’s killer, after reading 1 Corinthians, chapter 13, verse 4.