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I Never Saw This Coming by Beth
Machobane
Introduction

My name is Andile Zwane 28 years of age, the first son of my

parents, with a life like mine one would swear
that I am a ball of happiness but that is not the case, see I was
groomed from age 5, my father taught
me everything about business and making money, and mother,
she groomed me to be the perfect
gentlemen, I respect and cherish woman. I am the CEO of
Zwane holdings, a company my father
built from scratch, my mother had always been by his side since
from humble beginnings, well me,
see I am engaged to Tshepang, she is a prosecutor, from a
wealthy family like my own, we are
perfect together, just not for each other, see our marriage is
that of convenience, our mothers are
best friends so they decided that we are going to get married
since we grew up together. I grew up
with a silver spoon but I have always been one to work hard
even for my privileges, I just want to
feel like I deserve them. Let’s go back to Tshepang, see she
knows that the is no love between us,
but she doesn’t mind coz she knows we doing this to maintain
the good name of our families. I
remember the first day my mother told me to pursue
something with her, she said, son you are from
a wealthy family, every woman you meet will only be after your
money and status so to protect your
heart rather be with Tshepi, we know she is from a good family
that also has money, I know you
don’t love her but with time you will learn to trust me. And
8years later there is still no love.
Tshepang and I are engaged, I have been dragging the wedding
date coz deep down I am hoping to
find a way outf this relationship. Tshepang is not my ideal
woman, she is rude and arrogant, she
thinks the world revolves around her and I hate that, see I want
a caring, soft and humbled woman
who will be a great mother and wife. I pray that God paves a
way for me to escape this sham.

I have two siblings a brother and sister, my sister I more like

Tshepang, spoilt brat what makes it
worse is that her and Tshepang are close friends
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my sister is a fashion designer so she kind of thinks
she is an important person coz she makes clothes for well-
known people, oh her famous line ‘’honey
I studied fashion in Paris under top designers, I am not your
typical Jozi fly by night collage graduate,
show me some respect’’ arrogant I know, you will see the kind
of person she is with time. On the
other hand the is my brother Sibusiso, boy that one is a handful,
my mother and him are oil and
water, they do not mix at all, well my brother also works at the
company, he is an alcoholic,
patriarchal bastard and a womaniser, I try showing him the way
but I end up being told that I think I
am better so most times I try and keep my distance.
My folks well my dad is a great man, polite and humble, you
would never tell that he is a multi-
billionaire, he treats everyone the same from the garden man
to a fellow business man. Well my
mother, she is a great woman but very opinionated and she
loves to have her, she can sometimes be
manipulative. I have listened to her all my life but now I
question if I really did good by letting her
dictate my life.
You are welcome to walk this journey of self-discovery with me.

**************************************

I grew up in Soweto with my aunt and her two daughters, I lost

my parents in a car crash, and my
aunt had to move in and help raise me, I was their only child.
Well my aunt is my father’s sister and
she never liked my mother and in turn she disliked me too. I
never enjoyed my teen years coz I was
basically the only one who did chores around the house, my
aunt would go shopping and her
daughters would be out there enjoying, boys well I never got
the chance to explore
them. After matric, my fathers’ lawyer came through and told
me about my varsity fund. I was
thrilled to hear the news coz it meant I could finally leave aunt
Kele and her daughters.

I went to study auditing at Central University of Technology in

Bloemfontein, and that’s where I met my
husband Kagiso, he was just an entrepreneur and we would
meet at business seminars that were held at campus. He was a
sweetheart until after we got married and his business failed.
We moved to Soweto recently from
Bloem coz I got a new job, he is currently not working so I
basically do everything for him and his
family back home and I must say they are very demanding, I am
grateful for the move, maybe our
marriage will go back to its joyful place, my husband is a serial
cheat, this man has hurt me so deeply
yet I’ve forgiven him each time. I hope and pray that this
environment favours us.

One more thing

that has put our marriage in strain is the fact that I struggle to
conceive, we have tried every
treatment in the book but nothing, we are both okay but I don’t
know what the problem is, maybe
God Is doing this on purpose. I have endured insults from his
family they’ve called me all sorts of
names and in turn ask me to do staff for them. I have no one in
this world so it is really simple for
people to mistreat me coz they know I have no one to fight for
me. I sometimes think of divorcing
this man and starting afresh but I love him and I am really
scared of being alone. My name is
Kutlwano Moroka, walk with me through this life thing that is
about to show me flames
Chapter 1
Kutlwano

We have been staying with my aunt and her daughters for a

month now, this is my house coz my
parents left it to me, my aunt has turned it to hers, if it was up
to me I would have her move out
immediately but that would mean world war 3, we are trying to
co-exist in peace but my aunt and
her kids are just difficult. I am preparing to go to work and
Kagiso is just snoring in bed, things
haven’t really gotten better between us so i just bury myself in
my new job. Once im done with my
hygiene process I walk to the kitchen to have breakfast, my aunt
and her daughters are already in there.

Me ‘’good morning’’
Lebo ‘’morning yourself’’
Naledi ‘’morning sis, how did you sleep’’
Me ‘’very well thanks wena?’’
Naledi ‘’I slept alright thanks’’
Lebo ‘’slept alright where, we have to share a double bed
Naledi, do you know how uncomfortable
that is, if someone just went to rent somewhere, we wouldn’t
have had to share a bedroom’’
Me ‘’why would I rent when I have a house a house’’
Kele '’hehehe, you are arrogant, just like your mother, this is
also my brother’s house, I have every
right to be here’’ I rolled my eyes at what my aunt just said. I
open the fridge to make my self
breakfast and a lunch box for work, funny the fridge is empty
but I just bought groceries two days ago
Me ‘’where is all the food I just bought’’
Kele '’he bantu, you live with people here, we need to eat plus
your useless husband eats 10 times a
day’’ I try and stay calm, I decide to just leave, I will grab
something at work.
Lebo ‘’come with pizza when you knock off, we don’t feel like
cooking’’ I just laugh and walk out.

Andile
This weekend has been hell, Tshepang came to spend the
weekend, and I must tell you, I almost
suffocated, how will I spend the rest of my life with her when I
can’t even stomach her for just a
weekend, this is too much, Lord intervene.

Ma ‘’boy boy u’right? You seem lost in your thoughts’’ Sbu

laughs
Me ‘’I am fine ma, just thinking about the busy day ahead of
me’’
Tshepang ‘’he has been like this the whole weekend ma, we
didn’t even do one fun thing’’
Sbu ‘’hasn’t it occurred to you that he might feel suffocated by
you and all this wedding bullshit’’
Ma ‘’Sbusiso watch your mouth, you will respect Tshepi, don’t
ever for once think your brother is a
low life like you, my Andile is a responsible man’’
Sbu ‘’and I am the disappointment right ma?”
Me ‘’you said it son’’
Dad ‘’will all of you just stop, can we just enjoy breakfast
without you all being at each other’s throats’’
Me ‘’sorry pops’’
Thando ‘’on the lighter note, when are you two giving us a
wedding date, Tshepi’s dress is designed we just need to make
it’’
Tshepi ‘’you need to ask your brother that, he is the one holding
back’’
Me ‘’babe stop that, I told you I wanna finish my job, so we can
enjoy our honeymoon’’
Ma ‘’ you better finish quickly then, I want my grandchildren
soon’’
Tshepi ‘’and ruin my figure, no thank you’’
Dad ‘’haibo makoti, we want kids thina’’ she fakes a laugh
Me ‘’I need to get going, bye everyone’’I kiss Tshepi on the
cheek ‘’I will call you later’’ she nods and I leave.

Tshepiso

I didn’t go to work today, I decided to tag along to the studio

with Thando, she is a good designer, I
will also use this opportunity to pick out some clothes.

Thando ‘’you seem distracted, what’s wrong friend’’

Me ‘’your brother friend yoh’’
Thando ‘’what about him babe’’
Me ‘’he has changed
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I know we don’t have the most rosy relationship and all but I
feel like he is drifting away from me’’
Thando ‘’is this about the wedding date?’’
Me ‘’yes babe’’
Thando ‘’stop stressing yourself like this man, you know Andile
will do right by you’’
Me ‘’what if he is cheating Tee, I can’t take the humiliation’’
Thando ‘’stop this, Andile cheat, ngeke’’ she chuckled, I hear
her but I am still worried.

Sbusiso
You can call me the black sheep of the family, me and my
mother don’t get along very well, she loves
telling people what to do, she is a dictator, I just wonder how
my father stands her. She didn’t have
her way with Thando because they have the same personality,
my poor big brother on the other is a
victim of Mrs Hitler herself, its sad really, they choose a girl for
him, told him when to marry her and
how many Kids and all that, he cant do things he loves because
mother doesn’t want to be embarrassed.

I know I have been a handful. I have an alcohol problem and I

am sort of a ladies man,
but recently I met Naledi, very young she is doing her grade 12,
I don’t know how but I think I am in
love with her and its shocking, she is not the type I usually go
for but the is something about her, I
have a supermodel girlfriend, Amahle, I have been avoiding her
since I met Naledi. Now here she is
infront of me, time I have to fetch Naledi from school and take
her to lunch.
Amahle ‘’why have you been avoiding me S’bu’’
Me ‘’I have been very busy, I am sorry’’
Amahle ‘’too busy to even call me back’’
Me ‘’sorry mahle I will make it up to you’’
Amahle ‘’make it up to me now’’
Me ‘’I can’t I am swamped’’
Amahle ‘’stop lying, your PA, told me you free till knockoff
time’’ fuck it Nina is forward now I cant go see Naledi.
Me ‘’fine, let’s go for lunch’’
Amahle ‘’good’’
Me ‘’wait for me in the car, I need to make a call’’ I tors her my
car keys to her and she walks out.
I can’t dump Mahle coz she gives me sex and that’s something
Naledi is not ready for and I don’t
want to put pressure on her, I dial her number and she picks up
almost immediately.
Naledi ‘’Sibu’’ I love how she calls me
Me ‘’babe, how are you’’
Naledi ‘’i am well, just can’t wait to see you’’ I love how honest
she is with her feelings
Me ‘’about that hun, a meeting just came up and I can’t miss it,
can we make our appointment for tomorrow’’
Naledi ‘’oh I see’’ I can sense her disappointment and I hate
doing that to her she Is so innocent.
Me ‘’I am really sorry beautiful’’
Naledi ‘’its okay, enjoy the rest of your day’’ she hangs up
before I can say anything and I close my
eyes, Fuck Amahle fuck. I take my phone and walk out. I need to
make it up to Naledi big time.

Kagiso

I hate being supported by my wife, Kutlwano doesn’t complain

but I hate it still, I have tried finding
clients for my business with no luck, I feel less of a man I can’t
take this shit anymore. To make
myself feel like a man, I constantly cheat on her and spend the
money she gives me on them, and
you know whats funny I don’t even regret it at times. My phone
rings and it’s my mother back home.

Me ‘’hello ma’’
Ma ‘’dumela Kagi, how are you’’
Me ‘’I am fine ma, how are you’’
Ma ‘’I am not fine’’
Me ‘’whats wrong my queen’’
Ma ‘’why is your wife not answering my calls’’
Me ‘’she is at work, what Is wrong’’
Ma ‘’we don’t have food in the house, my stokvel money is due
in two days, and your brothers baby
mommas came here they both want money for their kids’’
Me ‘’I will tell her when she gets back from work, ma’’
Ma ‘’thank you, I hope she is treating you well’’
Me ‘’we are fine ma’’
Ma ‘’okay, tell her to send at least R5000’’
Me ‘’I will bye’’ I hang up and grasp for air.
Chapter 2
Kagiso

Staying here all day doing nothing is just frustrating, Kutlano’s

aunt is annoying. I am glad we have a
TV and a DSTv in our bedroom, the only pleasant sight in this
house is, Lebo, damn her body, those
curves, her breast, and man she is hot. I have been eyeing her
for a while now and I am pleased that
she is of a naughty nature. I love girls that can get their freak
on, see sex with my wife is boring, she
doesn’t wanna try new things hence I end up cheating. I am
hungry, let me go make myself
something to eat. I walk into the kitchen and Lebo is in there,
she is in a short and sports bra.

Me ‘’hey’’
Lebo ‘’hey sexy’’
Me ‘the house is quiet, where is everyone’’
Lebo ‘’well my mother is at work, Naledi hasn’t come back from
school and well your boring wife is
at work I’m sure you know that’’
Me ‘’oh so your mom works’’
Lebo ‘’yeah he was just on leave when you came through’’
Me ‘’so its only me and you in the house all day’’
Lebo ‘’correct’’
Me ‘’what do you do for a living’’
Lebo ‘’I breath and stay pretty’’ I laugh
Me ‘’interesting’’ she gives me a naughty look and I know it’s
clear to make my move but I will give her more time.

Kutlwano

Work today was hectic I am glad this day is coming to an end, I

need a long hot bath and a massage, I
don’t want drama tonight, not from my husband or my aunt
and her daughter, Naledi has grown to
be a sweetheart she is the only one I get along with. I park my
car outside and get in, I find Kagiso
and Lebo in the kitchen laughing, my cousin’s outfit is
inappropriate but I pretend to not notice it.

Me ‘’hello’’
Kagiso ‘’hey wifey’’
Lebo ‘’haibo, you empty handed, I thought I asked you to come
with pizza’’
Me ‘’you didn’t give me any money for pizza now did you?’’
Lebo ‘’what do you think we are going to eat tonight then’’
Me ‘’you sit at home the whole day, the least you could do is
cook lady’’
Lebo ‘’cook for who, wa ntlwaela shame’’ I laugh
Me ‘’I don’t have time for your nonsense Lebo’’
I walk to the bedroom and my husband follows me. I sit on the
bed and remove my heels, and start
undressing, he was just leaning by the door, his hands buried
deep in his pockets.
Kagiso ‘’my mom, called today’’
Me ‘’I saw her missed calls, was too busy, couldn’t even get
back to her, Is everything okay’’
Kagiso ‘’no, she needs money for groceries, stokvel money and
Kamo’s baby mommas want money
too’’
Me ‘’oh, so much things’’
Kagiso ‘’I would do it if I could but I don’t have money to help
my family out, do you think I like being
useless’’ oh here we again, emotional blackmail.
Me ‘’stop that Kagiso will you stop it, cut this emotional
blackmail bullshit’’ I felt a hot slap across my
face, tears came and I couldn’t hold them back.
Kagiso ‘’listen here
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you might be the one making all the money, but, I am still the
one who wears
the pants in this marriage’’
Me ‘’Kagiso you..’’ he cut me before I could finish
Kagiso ‘’shut up I am still talking aren’t I. send my mother R5000
before you go to bed, I don’t want
my mom dying of hunger’’ with that said he walked out and I
just stood there staring at the door.
Thando

Dinner dates with my mother are every Wednesday, we love

dinning and catching up, you know girl
time. When you grow up privileged these are the kind of
luxuries you get used to.

Mom ‘’oh darling you look great’’

Me ‘’thank you mother, you look great too’’
Mom ‘’how can I not when I am dressed by my talented
daughter’’
Me ‘’oh well your daughter has style’’ we laugh
Mom ‘’you know I am worried about Andile’’
Me ‘’you and Tshepi both, what is it that you too see and I don’t
Mom ‘’he is changing baby, I can’t easily influence his decisions
like before, just today I went to visit
him at the office to ask about the wedding date, I suggested a
few and he straight up refused, Andile
told me he will set a date when he is good and ready’’
Me ‘’oh shit, that doesn’t sound like my brother mama, now I
see why Tshepi thinks he is cheating’’
Mom ‘’I can’t have that happen, it would taint the good Zwane
name, oh my God I would be so
embarrassed, I need to get him to set a date soon, or better set
it myself’’
Me ‘’mother that would be over stepping the boundary’’
Mom ‘’desperate times calls for desperate measures’’ I sign and
sip on my wine.

Andile

Me ‘’yazi your mother was here earlier on’’

Sbu ‘’let me guess, to talk about the wedding’’ I nod
Me ‘’I don’t know why she is pushing this so much’’
Sbu ‘’why do you let her dictate your life like this bro’’
Me ‘’you won’t understand Sbu’’
Sbu ‘’then make me’’
Me ‘’I was groomed to be who I am today mfanakithi, I cant just
let go of those teachings’’ he
laughed
Sbu ‘’what about what you want, what makes you happy’’
Me ‘’I know, I know’’
Sbu ‘’for once mfethu, just choose yourself, forget uMa, Tshepi
just forget about who they want you
to be, be yourself for once’’
Me ‘’I hear you, wanna go out for a few beers’’
Sbu ‘’no can do, I need to be somewhere and I am already late’’
Me ‘’this is a first, you saying no to alcohol, Amahle promised
you monkey styles tonight’’
Sbu ‘’no mfethu, I need to see Naledi before 8pm, that’s when
her mom locks the gate’’ I laugh
Me ‘’who the hell is Naledi, you dating underage kids now’’
Sbu ‘’ai suka she is 18 lomtwana’’
Me ‘’and Amahle?’’
Sbu ‘’she is still in the picture, but to tell you the truth, I think I
am in love with Naledi’’ I laugh so loud, I can’t believe my ears
Me ‘’the mighty Sibusiso Zwane inlove, I need to meet this
Barbie girl’’
Sbu ‘’ai ftsek, let me go I will see you later at home’
Me ‘’sure ntwan yam’’ he leaves and I shake my head I still can’t
believe my ears.
Chapter 3
Kutlwano

It was a weekend and I woke up early and cleaned the whole

house then did mine and Kagiso’s
laundry. You would think that since he was at home all day
everyday he would at least do the
laundry but nope not my husband, I have to work for him and
his family, cook for him and clean, he
is very inconsiderate. I thought this move would be good for us
but nothing has changed. It was now
around 12pm the house was quite it was just me and Naledi,
Kagiso was still sleeping, yes I know at
this time right. Aunt Kele and Lebo went to the mall. I take a
bath one done I lotion myself. It has
been weeks since Kagiso touched, I was craving some action so I
decided to not wear anything and go wake him up.

Me ‘’baby’’
Him ‘’mmmmhhh’’
Me ‘’wake up’’ I touched his privates
Him ‘’no man Kutlwano I am not in the mood’’
Me ‘’please Kagi it’s been a while I need you’’ he sat up straight
and I tried to kiss him but he just
pushed me off
Me ‘’kanti whats the matter with you’’
Him ‘’no whats the matter with you Kutlwano, I said I am not in
the mood’’
Me ‘’what about my needs, I am your wife dammit, its your
duty to satisfy my sexual needs’’ he
chuckled
Him ‘’oh you want to talk about duties right, its your duty to
give me children, do you see any
running around’’ that was a low blow, those words hit me hard
that I cried
Me ‘’you talk as if I am the problem, you know we are both fine
the Dr…’’ he interrupted me
Him ‘’ýou paid that one so he can lie, you are infertile, you want
me to keep humping in and out of
you for nothing, your womb is useless it cannot produce any
kids, you are damaged goods’’ I just
cried some more
Me ‘’Kagiso its me, why are you saying all these things to me,
Kagi I love you’’ he just clicked him
tongue and walked out. I said in bed crying my eyes out, why do
I love this man so much while he
constantly treats me like trash, God please give me the
strength, I can’t take this anymore please. He
walked back in with a towel covering his lower body, he applied
lotion and got dressed.
Him ‘’the time you sat the crying, you could have made the bed,
anyway I need money where is your
handbag’’ I didn’t answer him, he spotted on top of the chest of
drawer and he opened it and took
out my purse, he took my bank card, he took his keys and
walked. I closed my eyes and exhaled I am
tired of this marriage, I have tried, he insults me, takes my bank
card and drives off with the car I pay
every month. If this is not desperation Kutlwano I don’t know.

Andile
Another suffocating weekend, Tshepi decided to sleep over
again. I tried getting myself out of it but
she just didn’t take my story. So here we are at some wedding
boutique I am bored to this, if I could
command the ground to open and swallow me I would trust
me.

Her ‘’babe, look at this centre piece isn’t it nice’’ I rolled my

eyes
Me ‘’yeah it is’’
Her ‘’can you at least pretend to be excited Andile’’
Me ‘’I just don’t understand why we are doing all this, you told
me that you got the best events planner to
organise our wedding once I’ve set the date, now what are we
doing in a store full of wedding shit’’
he was shocked
Her ‘’Andile Zwane, you will watch your mouth when you talk to
me. I am your fiancé’’
Me ‘’oh trust me I know, its not like you and our mothers will let
me forget it’’
Her ‘’what is wrong with you lately’’
Me ‘’lets see, the fact that everything is about this stupid
wedding, during sex you talk wedding staff
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on dates we talk of wedding shit, I am tired of hearing about

this wedding bullshit, I think I wanna
have the longest engagement, maybe we can get married in 3
or 5 years ‘’ she was now crying
Her ‘’why are you saying these things to me, are you cheating
on me Andile Zwane’’
Me ‘’arg I can’t listen to this bull, I am out of here’’ I left her
standing there shocked. I have never
spoken to any woman like that before, that’s not how I was
taught, but honestly It felt freaking good
to speak my mind.

Kagiso

I was driving around Jozi, Kutlwano can be annoying at times,

she pushes me to end up saying all
these bad things to her, but maybe today I took a bit far, she
didn’t deserve but hey its done, I can’t
unsay those words now, I will just have to live with it. My phone
rings and its Lebo, my wife’s cousin,
I smile, me and her have been flirting.
Me ‘’hey sexy’’
Her ‘’hey sexy yourself’’ I bite my lower lip
Me ‘’what’s up?
Her ‘’i get home, and you are nowhere to be seen, exploring
Jozi without me’’ I laugh
Me ‘’sorry just needed to get away for Kutlwano, she is
depressing’’
Her ‘’the divorce her, where are you, I can come there and show
you a good time’’
Me ‘’that sounds good, I was just driving around, I am in
Maboneng now’’
Her ‘’wait for me there, then will go find a hotel where we can
have our own fun, I am tired of the
flirting I want the real thing now’’ I got an erection instantly
Me ‘’fuck you just turned me on. Hurry I am waiting’’ she
giggled
Her ‘’I will see you in a few sexy’’

S’bu

Me ‘’order anything you like babe, don’t be shy’’

Naledi ‘’are you sure’’
Me ‘’anything for you baby girl’’ she smiled and we signalled
the waiter, we placed our order and the
waiter brought our drinks, she was having a virgin mojito and I
had a beer.
Me ‘’why are you so shy Ledi, we have chilled before’’
Naledi ‘’I know, but I thought you would be bored with me by
now, but you keep on coming back’’
her honesty is everything
Me ‘’babe look, I keep on coming back because I like you so
much nana, the is something about you,
it keeps drawing me to you, I like the person I am when I am
with you, I would take the whole day
explaining why I keep coming back to you’’ she blushed
Naledi ‘’but our age difference’’
Me ‘’Babe you are 18 and I am 26, I know it’s a bit much. But
what is age when I comes to matters of
the heart, I want to make you mine allow me please’’
Naledi ‘’I don’t know Sibu’’
Me ‘’just think about it babe please I beg you’’
Naledi ‘’okay I will’’
Me ‘’thank you beautiful. So did you do as I asked the last time’’
Naledi ‘’yes I did, I will get a response soon’’
Me ‘’good, you are smart I am sure you will get in. even if you
don’t want to be in a relationship with
me I will keep to my promise and pay for your studies till you
are done’’
Naledi ‘’thank you for that Sibu’’
Me ‘’it is a Pleasure my future Dr’’ she blushed, fuck she is
beautiful.
Chapter 4
Kutlwano

Most of you are probably judging me for staying with Kagiso

and putting up with his nonsense for
this long, see it wasn’t always like this, he was loving, caring and
he was all about me, I mattered to
him, I was his priority. I grew up alone so when I met him he
became everything, the only family i
had that cared for me. I tend to hold on to the good that
someone once possessed maybe that Is
why I am still with Kagiso, deep down I am hoping that he will
change and we can go back to how we
used to be, but my head knows that it is a farfetched dream,
Kagiso will never be who he used to be

I just need to accept that before he breaks the little I have left in
me.
I have tried everything, giving him money to restart his
business, therapy, you named them I have
tried them all. After today I think it is time I put myself first. I
kneel down on my knees and pray

‘’lord I come to you with a broken heart and a shattered soul,

the man who is supposed to love me
treats me like trash, father I have tried everything there is to fix
my marriage but nothing seems to
work, I am tired oh lord, father I am giving this battle over to
you it was never mine to begin with.
Father restore my strength so I can pick up the piecing of my life
and start afresh knowing that you
are fighting for me. Restore peace in me dear God, I pray in the
mighty name of Jesus Christ Amen’’

I felt so much better after saying that prayer, I have been

allowing Kagiso to break me, I gave him the
go ahead to continue mistreating me and I say no more, I am
taking back charge of my life, I am
letting him go so he can pursue the life that he wants, let me
not hold him hostage in the life he
clearly doesn’t want. i make my way to the kitchen to get a glass
of wine since I bought two bottles
yesterday after I knocked off. I meet my aunt cooking in the
kitchen

Kele ‘’you are in the house but you just decided to sleep instead
of cooking, no wonder Kagiso treats
you like trash, you are useless like your mother’’ I laugh
Me ‘’not today satan, not today’’
Kele ‘’you are calling me satan in my own house’’
Me ‘’excuse me who’s house?’’ she kept quiet
Me ‘’I thought so’’ I left her standing there after I rinsed my
glass.

Thank God we have a TV in the bedroom. I pour myself a glass

and sit on the bed. I watch a movie
and my phone message toned beeped I took it and checked. My
eyes popped what the fuck Kagiso,
he just swiped my card at a 5 star hotel in Sandton, is this guy
for real my Goodness, he is probably
there with a hoe he is about to fuck after he refused to sleep
with me, I just laugh. I just took my
laptop and transferred all the cash in that account to another
account. Let’s see how he will
continue entertaining that hoe. I continue watching the movie
and an hour and a few minutes later
he called but I didn’t answer, I’m sure the card is declining now,
I just laugh and continue ignoring his
sorry ass. He sent a text *why the hell would you let me take a
card that does not have money on it,
do you know how embarrassed I am right now Kutlwano. Send
me at least R3000* mxm I just ignored that text too.

Kagiso

Lebo ‘’she is still not picking up’’

Me ‘’yeah, Kutlwano can be spiteful shit’’
Lebo ‘’how are we gonna pay this bill babe’’
Me ‘’I sent he a text telling her to send me R3000, she will
respond soon’’
Lebo ‘’I hate being embarrassed Kagiso, so ill pay and you will
reimburse me later on’’
Me ‘’sorry about this babe, I will deal with her later on when I
get home’’
Lebo ‘’you better, now let’s go have fun, we didn’t book that
room for mahala’’ I smile
Me ‘’now you talking’’ I stood and took her hand, I am till fuckin
pissed at Kutlwano, she will know
me when I get home.

Andile

I left Tshepi at that wedding staff shop, this is all suffocating

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I thought I could but honestly I can’t
marry her, I don’t love her. Marriage is a big step it wants two
people who love each other and will
be there through the good and the bad, and to tell you the
truth Tshepi would be the first out of the
door if all the wealth would disappear, I need to find myself a
good woman that will love me for who
I really am not what I have. I have been sitting at this sports bar
drinking beer, I just hope I don’t run
into traffic officers when I drive home, maybe I should just leave
now. I pay the bill and drive home.

I walk in and find my parents sitting in the lounge, my mother is

having champagne and my dad is
having whisky.
Me ‘’mom, dad hi’’ I say trying to walk away
Mom ‘’not so fast Andile, come sit, we need to talk’’ I roll my
eyes
Me ‘’oh boy, what is it this time mother’’
Mom ‘’are you drunk Andile’’
Me ‘’no mother I just had a few beers, I am sure that’s not a
crime’’
Mom ‘’hehehe, what has gotten into you son’’ I shrug my
shoulder and lay back on the couch
Me ‘’ma what is it that you want to talk about I want to go take
a shower’’
Mom ‘’mxm, anyway, Tshepi was here crying because of you,
are you a man or an onion? I never
taught you to hurt a woman’’ I rolled my eyes
Me ‘’of course she can running to you’’
Mom ‘’and what is that supposed to mean’’
Me ‘’tell me mother, who is Tshepi getting married to, me or
you? Is she going to run to you each
time we fight, are you gonna be the third force in the marriage,
coz if that’s the case let me exit this
polygamous relationship and leave you too to get married’’ my
dad laughed and my mom was so
shocked
Mom ‘’Zwane, you laughing, your son just insulted me’’
Dad ‘’he just said the truth, I’ve told you to stop meddling in
Andile’s affairs with that girl but you
just won’t listen”
Mom ‘’oh so you approve of him talking to me like that’’ my dad
kept quite and mom stood up and
left my dad and i
Dad ‘’finally’’
Me ‘’finally what’’
Dad ‘’you stood up for yourself, it was long overdue’’
Me ‘’I am just tired of mom telling me how to live my life’’
Dad ‘’I am glad to hear that boy, its time you stopped listening
to your mom, and do what makes you
happy’’
Me ‘’you sound like S’bu right now’’ he laughed
Dad ‘’ihlanya lami (my crazy one). That one has his own issues,
but I love the fact that he is happy,
even though I don’t agree with the things he does most of the
time, but recently I’ve seen a lot of
change in him’’
Me ‘’he met a new girl’’
Dad ‘’I like her already’’ we laugh
Me ‘’me too pops me too’’
Dad ‘’just put yourself first son’’
Me ‘’you know when I was at that bar, I thought of a plan. Pops
I don’t want to marry Tshepi’’
Dad ‘’I know’’
Me ‘’of course you know. Pops I wanna marry a girl I am crazy
about, a nice, humble girl, who will
love Andile, not Andile the CEO or Andile the billionaire’s son. I
want to experience how it feels to
love someone whole heartedly and for that person to love me
back, and that will never happen if girls know these things’’
Dad ‘’ you spoke of a plan’’
Me ‘’yes pops, I want to go live in the township and hire a
backroom, I want a small car, a regular
job, meet a girl and fall in love, when I am sure that she truly
loves me, only then I will revile my true
identity to her’’
Dad ‘’sounds like a great plan. I totally support it. I will find you
a room in Soweto then ill find you a
job, what car where you looking at’’
Me ‘’I think we should forget the car’’
Dad ‘’will you cope with taxis’’
Me ‘’yes dad I will, and find me a security guard post’’ he
laughs
Dad ‘’hehehe I wanna see this’’
Me ‘’love makes a man do desperate things’’
Dad ‘’indeed’’
Chapter 5
Kutlwano

I can’t tell you how happy I’ve been since I started putting
myself first, it’s been a month since he
swiped my card at that hotel, when he got home that night he
insulted me so much but I didn’t even
let him get to me, I just continued minding my business. Today
is a public holiday, I am just gonna
Netflix and chill and maybe drink a bottle or two of wine. Oh
boy here come the devil I call my husband

Kagiso ‘’hey babe’’

Me ‘’hello’’ I say without even looking at him
Kagiso ‘’my mom called, she said she hasn’t received her
monthly allowance’’ I laugh
Me ‘’oh’’
Kagiso ‘’when were you planning on sending it?’’ I roll my eyes
Me ‘’I am not planning on sending it Kagiso’’
Kagiso ‘’and why is that Kutlwano. You know my mother
depends on the money you send her’’
Me ‘’your mother is not my responsibility, its high time your
siblings find a job and support your
mother. I have a lot on my plate’’ he chuckled
Kagiso ‘’or so now my family is a burden to you’’
Me ‘’exactly my darling husband’’
Kagiso ‘’what the hell has gotten into you’’
Me ‘’nothing just that self-love started kicking in’’ I sip my wine
Kagiso ‘’I never thought that you could be this heartless
Kutlwano, you want to starve my mother, if I
could I would be supporting them but I can’t because I do not
have a job, why the hell am I still with you’’
Me ‘’oh honey if you feel that I am too much for you, there is
the door, use it. And on your way out
leave the car that I bought you, I will only let you keep your
clothes’’
Kagiso ‘’Kutlwano, are you aware of who you are talking to’’
Me ‘’I am talking to my unemployed, abusive, cheating and
ungrateful husband’’ I said walking out
and leaving him there shocked as hell.

Kagiso

Okay what just happened, this is the first time Kutlwano has
spoken to me like that, these past few
weeks got me so scared and today she confirmed my suspicion,
she is fed up with me and right now i
don’t doubt that she is going to leave my sorry ass. I have been
treating her like shit and now I have
pissed her off, she could only take so much of my bull and I
guess now she has reached her breaking
point. Kutlwano has been nothing but a great wife to me and I
took her for granted. Shit is about to
get real now. My phone vibrates distracting me from my
thoughts. I sigh

Me ‘’my queen’’
Mom ‘’don’t my queen me, Kagiso when is that barren sending
me money, we need food, kapa she
wants me to die so she can start mistreating you’’
Me ‘’mama stop insulting my wife please’’
Mom ‘’he bathing, since when did you start defending her’’
Me ‘’since I am about to lose her’’
Mom ‘’what are you talking about’’
Me ‘’Kutlwano is tired of my shit ma, she told me to pack my
bags and leave her car when I move
out’’
Mom ‘’haibo the weak Kutlwano said that’’
Me ‘’I am as shocked as you right now ma, she has been
standing up for herself lately, she no longer
fights me or beg me to spend time with her, she is just her own
person now’’
Mom ‘’this is not happening, you need to make amends with
her, I will start being nice to her I
promise’’
Me ‘’that won’t work Ma, she told me she can’t continue
supporting you guys’’
Mom ‘’tjonna jehova, Kagiso what are we going to do, what
have we done’’
Me ‘’ma I need to fight for my wife’’
Mom ‘’please do, because without Kutlwano we are nothing’’
Me ‘’exactly mama, Kutlwano is the best thing that has ever
happened to me’’
Mom ‘’son, we will talk, my airtime is finished’’ with that the
call cut and I let out a heavy sigh.

S’bu

Chilling with my big bro and old man have always been my
favourite moment, my dad is easy going,
its easy to talk to him about anything, he will never judge you,
he will just make things simpler for
you
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his advises are the best. He has always been the parent I run to
coz my mother and I don’t really get along.

Dad ‘’you know boys, I want you too to be very happy. I don’t
want you to live by anyone’s rules. I
want you to be who you really are this world will adjust to
accommodate you, but importantly I want
you to treat people with respect like I have always taught you
whether they are rich or poor, you can
always learn a thing or two from each person you come across’’
Sbu ‘’thanks pops we will forever remember that’’
Dad ‘’good, wena I hear that you have a new girlfriend, what
happened to that supermodel girl of
yours’’
Sbu ‘’aah Bafo you’ve told dad about that’’
Andile ‘’sorry ntwana yam, but dad had already saw the change
in you’’
Sbu ‘’she is not my girl yet, I like her so much, I even think I love
her pops, thing is she is very young,
only 18, currently doing her grade 12, she wants to study
medicine I have promised to pay for her
education, whether she agrees to be mine or not, she is
passionate about medicine, forever talking
about it’’
Dad ‘’you have grown Sbusiso’’
Sbu ‘’why do you say that’’
Dad ‘’you are doing a great thing for that girl without expecting
anything in return’’ he smiled
Sbu ‘’yeah I guess I am growing’’
Dad ‘’she is quite young, I think you should continue being
there for her without mentioning the fact
that you want her, give her space to explore things, or yet
expose her to things, legal things I mean,
let her decide if she wants to be her age and have fun or she
wants to be in committed relationship
at her age, let her decide for herself, don’t impose it on her’’
Sbu ‘’thanks pops, I needed your wisdom’’
Dad ‘’I wanna meet this girl’
Sbu ‘’you will soon’’
Dad ‘’I never thought I’d see this day, my son in love hehehe’’
Sbu ‘’ Naledi is possess every quality I want in my potential
wife’’
Andile ‘’yoh ai I give that girl a 100 she’s even got you talking
marriage’’
Dad ‘’make that meeting sooner, I need to see my future
daughter in law’’ I blush

Me ‘’thanks for a wonderful time guys, but I need to go see her

now, I promised her lunch’’
Andile ‘’thata Naledi thata’’ I laugh and walk out

Andile

This has been a chilled day, I am just glad that Tshepi didn’t
insist on coming over I need to breath,
she is taking too much of my time. My plan remember that, well
it got pushed back a little coz I had
to secure the biggest contract ever for our company. Sbu just
left to see his girl, so it’s just pops and I

Dad ‘’how far are you from completing your duties at the
office’’
Me ‘’three more weeks then I am done’’
Dad ‘’okay I will call my contacts and tell them you can only
start work in a months’ time’’
Me ‘’thanks pops, you the best’’
Dad ‘’you sure you still want to continue with all of this’’
Me ‘’yes dad I have never been so sure of anything in my life,
my happiness lies in this plan pops I
feel it’’
Dad ‘’I am glad to hear that, I spoke to maShirley, she has
backrooms at her place, she agreed to
keep it vacant for you, we just need to buy furnisher and you
sorted’’ I smile
Me ‘’did you explain everything to her’’
Dad ‘’yes I did, and she understands that she has to keep it to
herself’’
Me ‘’great then, my operation find love will start in a month’’
Dad ‘’I am proud of you and your brother, you have proven to
be your fathers sons’’ he gives me a
hand shake.
Chapter 6
Kutlwano

I am driving home from church, todays sermon was fire, pastor

Mhlaba’s wife Minnie was the one
preaching today, she spoke of self-love and she also gave a
testimony on how you will never be
happy for as long as your happiness depends on people, she
told us her story of how she did not
obey her father and ended up with a drug dealer who later
turned his life around and left her, that’s
when she started picking up the pieces of her life and went
back home to ask for forgiveness, it is
such a touching story, it gave me hope and the strength to
continue choosing myself. It feels good
being in the house of the Lord really.

I get home and park outside, I notice my clothes as well as

Kagiso’s clothes on the washing, okay who did the laundry, I
was so confused I walked in and found
my husband if I can still call him that, well he was in his apron
cooking, it smelled really good, Naledi
was on the counter doing her homework I think and she
seemed frustrated

Me ‘’afternoon’’
Naledi ‘’hey sis, how was church’’
Me ‘’it was amazing doll, you should come with next time’’
Naledi ‘’definitely’’
Kagiso ‘’hey babe, I’m sure you are hungry, the food will be
ready soon, I will dish up for you, in the
meantime sit down and put your legs up I will pour you a glass
of wine’’ I give him a confused look
Me ‘’thanks but I was hoping to go eat out, it’s been a while
since I dinned out’’
Kagiso ‘’okay give me an hour to get ready then we can leave’’
Me ‘’no need to do that hey, I was planning on going out with
Naledi’’ he gave me a pained look
Kagiso ‘’oh I see’’
Naledi ‘’oh really sis, thanks I was really drowning in this
homework, trigonometry is not my fave’’ I
laugh
Me ‘’I am good at math, I will help you with that, go get ready,
you have one hour then we out of
here’’ she practically ran to the bathroom leaving her books
there I laugh and make my way to the
counter and collect them I was about to walk out of the kitchen
when he spoke
Kagiso ‘’I know I have been a jerk baby, but I am trying here,
please my love try and meet me half
way’’
Me ‘’I have been trying for months to make things between us
and you couldn’t give a fuck, and now
that you see I don’t have the energy for this useless marriage
you suddenly want to fix thing, don’t
make me laugh wena please’’
Kagiso ‘’baby please, we can’t let go of what we’ve build all
these years please my wide’’ I laugh
Me ‘’you destroyed whatever we have built not me, so don’t
bore me with this rubbish, I am done
with your ass papi’’ he closed his eyes obviously feeling
defeated and I let him standing there, the
nerve of this thing, so he wanted me to be depressed while he
was out there living his best life
aowa, I am done been his fool, honey no man is gonna treat me
like that ever again, he can be
Obama or Motsepe’s son I don’t care, my next one better have
his shit right. I went to our bedroom
and changed into a maxi dress with a high slit and gladiators let
my weave down and changed
handbags,

I went back to the kitchen and Naledi was all done excited as
hell. On our way out we met
with my aunt and Lebo
Kele ‘’where are you too going’’
Naledi ‘’out for lunch’’
Kele ‘’and you are leaving Lebo, wena Kutlwano don’t cause a
rift between my daughters’’
Naledi ‘’ma stop being dramatic’’
Lebo ‘’leave them ma its fine, Naledi has shown me who’s side
she is on’’
Naledi ‘’what side Lebo, are you Kutlwanos enemy or
something, please balance me’’
Me ‘’ledi lets go please’’ she got in the car and drove off to
Sandton, I wanna have a meal at Pigalle .

Andile

It’s one week till I move to Soweto, I am not sure on what to

expect, I have never had to use a taxi all
my life except for uber when I am drunk obviously
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I can’t cook or do my laundry so this move is a big
one for me really It won’t be easy but it will damn right be
worth it. A part of me is excited, this is a
way for me to explore and not be in my comfort zone, but I am
also scared, fuck the hood can be
nasty at time and my poor cheese ass is not the fighting type, I
can stand up for myself but I rather
avoid fights at all costs. Well this weekend was not a nice one
coz Tshepi is here, I have been trying
to call the engagement off for weeks but she keeps interrupting
me, it’s like she can sense what I
intend to do. I don’t want to disappear on her like that, yes I
don’t love her but I still respect her as a
woman, so leaving her hanging won’t be fair, though she is
trying to avoid this break up it is going to
happen one way or the other, I just want it to be in a civil
manner. Speak of the devil , here she comes

Tshepi ‘’babe, what should I make you for lunch’’

Me ‘’’nothing I am okay, but thanks’’
Tshepi ‘’not even a glass of hennessy’’
Me ‘’no thanks Im okay, We need to talk though, and please
don’t try and avoid this we really need o
talk’’ she closed her eyes and made her way and sat down, I
held her hands and looked her in the
eye
Me ‘’you are a beautiful woman, smart and successful, you and
I have been known each other for a
very long time and its safe to say, we are both in this for the
wrong reasons, and going into marriage
with that little is nothing by suicide, we might divorce even after
3 months of getting married, I think
its best if we…’’ my mothers voice disturbed us, she was calling
out Tshepi’s name
Tshepi ‘’your mom is calling’’ she stood up very fast and walked
out quickly so I don’t call her back.
Dammit mother dammit.

Mrs Zwane

Tshepi ‘’mama you called’’

Me ‘’for a prosecutor, you can be stupid man, what did I say to
you’’
Tshepi ‘’I don’t understand’’
Me ‘’Andile was about to dump you man, I told you to avoid
these serious talks with him until next week’’
Tshepi ‘’ma I am tired of all of this, it’s clear that Andile will
never love me, we can’t force him really’’
Me ‘’Andile is just confused, after next week he will be fine trust
me, he will be forced into a corner
in front of all of those people, he respects me too much to
embarrass me in front of our friends
including your parents, next week just act surprised nawe, I
want you to go upstairs and pack, I will
go distract him until you leave, do not meet up with him during
the week. You will see each other
next Saturday, I promise you that he will set the wedding date,
come hell or high waters’’
Tshepi ‘’thank you ma, you are the best’’ I smile
Me ‘’now go upstairs and pack and leave without him noticing I
will come up with an excuse’’ she
leaves and I go to distract Andile.

Kagiso

Kutlwano is showing me flames, I have been trying to show her

that I am trying, but she doesn’t
want to hear any of it. Today I woke up after she left for church,
I did our laundry, cleaned the house
and cooked Sunday lunch, but now she refused eating and
decided to go eat out, she didn’t even
want to go with me, it is safe to say that i have lost her, I
honestly don’t know how I will fix this but I
will try by all means to get her back, I know she loves me and
that doesn’t go away easily.
Chapter 7
Naledi

Having a sister like Kutlwano is everything, she is smart,

beautiful, educated and most of all she has
self-respect I honestly look up to her, her life seems great,
except for her marriage of course it has
always been clear that Kagiso mistreats her but recently I have
noticed that she no longer cry’s in her
car or the bathroom, she seems to be genuinely happy. I doubt
she would ever mislead me so I am
going to ask advice from her regarding Sibu. I keep stealing
glances at her, we are enjoying our meal
in peace, I wanna say something but I end up swallowing my
words

Kutlwano ‘’Ledi I suggest that you cough whatever it is out.

Me ‘’what do you mean’’
Kutlwano ‘’you keep looking, you obviously have something to
say so say it please’’ I sigh deeply
Me ‘’well I met a boy’’ she stopped eating
Kutlwano ‘’okay?’’ she says in a questioning tone
Me ‘’infact I met a man’’ her eyes popped
Kutlwano ‘’give me the full story Ledi’’
Me ‘’well, his name is Sibu, he lives in some expensive suburb,
he is the son of a business mogul
named Zwane, well I met him on my way from school, he was
around visiting a friend, he asked to
give me a lift and I refused then we met again that’s when I
decided to give him my number, he is 26
years and ive went out with him a few times. I honestly like him
Kutlwano I like him a lot I even think
I am inlove with him and all, but I am scared, girls at school told
me he is a player but I see none of
that when I am with him, he asked me to apply for medicine
since I love it so much I did apply and
they accepted me, he promised to pay for my studies, whether I
become his girl or not, I don’t know
what to do he has been waiting for my answer for so long now,
he is not pressurising me or anything
though’’ she sighed deeply
Kutlwano ‘’firstly congratulations on being accepted I am proud
of you, well nana, I don’t have much
experience when it comes to boys, Kagiso was my first
boyfriend and we ended up getting married
something I regret but we not talking about me. what I know is
people change for those they love,
talk to him about your fears and let him clear his name from the
rumours if he really cares for you he
will tell you the truth, another things is, you are still young, you
might realise that you don’t want to
be tied down in a relationship as yet, I married young, I regret
marrying Kagiso not committing to a
relationship, clubs and changing boys was not my thing, I do
have some fun though, I believe that
every man will hurt just find the one worth your tears, love is
beautiful embrace it, I say explore but
don’t let him rush you into anything you not ready for, if you do
decide to explore let it be on your
own terms and own pace, who knows Mr man might be your
hubby’’ we laugh
Me ‘’I really like him, I stare at his pictures when I’m alone, he is
practically running in my head all
day everyday’’ I blush as I say that
Kutlwano ‘’haiii girl you are in love, stop tormenting yourself
like this’’
Me ‘’I’m gonna call him tomorrow and let him know that I want
to be his’’
Kutlwano ‘’you do that baby girl, but remember, your own
pace’’ I feel better after sharing this with Kutlwano is just
amazing.

Kutlwano

I have finally decided to divorce Kagiso, so today I am meeting

with a lawyer so she can advise me, I
am glad I finally gathered my strength to leave this sorry excuse
of a man, the Lord has been good to me, If only I had turned to
prayer earlier, but I guess everything happens for a reason. I am
waiting for her at a restaurant, a lady walked in a suit and made
her way to me
Her ‘’Kutlwano?’’
Me ‘’yes, hi’’ I say standing up and shacking her hand
Her ‘’sorry for keeping you waiting’’
Me ‘’not a problem, I am just glad you are here’’ she smiled and
pulled out a sit
Her ‘’okay, we can start, what’s happening, why do you want to
divorce’’ I narrate the events of my
marriage to her and she is listening attentively
Her ‘’in community of property ne eish, but not to worry’’
Me ‘’so how will the estate be divided’’
Her ‘’well, The common misconception made by parties in a
divorce action based on a
marriage in community of property is that the Court will decide
on how the division of the
property will take place, that is, which party will remain owner
of the immovable property or in
most cases the movable property including the pots and pans.
This is however not the case as according to Section 7 (1) and
7(2) of the Divorce Act, Act
70 of 1979, which states that the Court granting a decree of
divorce may, either in
accordance with a written agreement entered into by the
parties, or mero moto
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in the
absence of such an agreement, make an order with regard to
the division of the assets of
the parties.When an written agreement is made between the
parties prior to the divorce
order being granted the Court will incorporated such an
agreement into the decree of
Divorce explicitly dealing with the division of the estate. In
normal circumstances and if a
spouse does not claim for forfeiture of the joint estate and a
forfeiture order is subsequently
granted, the joint estate will be equally divided between the
parties unless the parties agrees
in writing on how the estate will be divided.Forfeiture order
must be applied for by the party
requesting same as such the pleadings must clearly convey the
said application and if not
the Court will not grant a forfeiture order. In deciding whether
to grant a forfeiture order the
Court will take into consideration, the duration of the marriage,
the circumstances which
gave rise to the breakdown of the marriage and any substantial
misconduct on the part of
either of the parties and the fact that an undue benefit may
accrue to the one party in relation
to the other if an order of forfeiture is not granted. A Forfeiture
order is based on the
common law principal, being that no one ought to benefit
financially from a marriage that he
or she had destroyed. To enable the Court to perform or comply
with the order of division of
the joint estate, the Court has the power to appoint a receiver
or liquidator to realise (which
means valuate and sell the assets) and divide the assets of the
joint estate on its behalf.
A further question that then arises is who pays for the
appointment and subsequent division
of the estate by the receiver or liquidator? The simple answer is
you and your husband. The
receiver or liquidator’s fees will be covered by the joint estate.
Thus if the parties still cannot
after consultation with the receiver or liquidator agree in
writing how to divide the joint estate,
the receiver or liquidator will sell every asset in the joint estate,
after which the receiver or
liquidator will settle all the liabilities of the joint estate, which
includes his/her fees and then
divide the proceeds of the sale equally between the parties.
Me ‘’okay I think I hear you, so what do you advice I do’’
Her ‘’well firstly, we keep this out of court by formulating a just
and fair agreement on how you will share the estate and make
sure he agrees’’
Me ‘’okay out of court sounds good’’
Her ‘’so tell me all about your assets’’ I hand her all my paper
work of everything I own
Me ‘’He doesn’t have anything, I paid up his debts so we are
safe from that right’’ she nods
Her ‘’well from what you told me he is the one who destroyed
this marriage so the cant benefit financially from it’’
Me ‘’so what can we offer him’’
Her ‘’I will have to calculate how much your estate is worth and
then I will draw up everything from that’’
Me ‘’okay but please don’t include the house in the estate, my
cousin lives there as much as
I don’t get along with her mom, I don’t want to distract her, this
is her matric year’’ she nods
Her ‘’by looking roughly at this, I think we can offer him the car
he is driving and I thinkR250 000, but I will let you know’’
Me ‘’sounds fair, at least he won’t hurt my pocket as much’’
Her ‘’for your age you’ve done well for yourself except for
getting married in community of
property, honey did love blind you that much’’ I laughed so hard
and she was just smiling
and shaking her head
Her ‘’okay I think we are done now, I will draft the agreement
and one he agrees to what we offer him we will file with the
court'’ I
nod
Me ‘’thank you so much’’ we shook hands one more time and
she left.

Andile

My mother just asked to see me quickly, apparently the is an

emergency at home, so I am
driving home like a complete maniac, I wonder what is going
on, I had to leave the round of
golf with a serious potential client. Whatever it is just ruined my
Saturday afternoon. I get to
my house and there are a lot of cars parked outside, okay what
the fuck is going on here. Iget out of the car and Tshepi’s car
enters, she also parks and gets out.

Tshepi ‘’what’s going on, your mom called me and said the was
an emergency’’
Me ‘’I don’t know, I just got here, she called me too’’
Tshepi ‘’let’s go in and find out’’ she holds my hand and I roll my
eyes, what the hell is going
on, I am supposed to be leaving tomorrow for operation find
love, I just hope it won’t set me
back. We walk in and people started shouting
*suuuuuuuppppprrrrriiiiiiiiisssssssseeeee’’ I looked around and I
saw our close family friends
and Tshepi’s parents, my dad was standing far from the crowed
looking pissed, people were
smiling like lunatics, Tshepiso was next to me acting surprised, I
know she and my mom
planned this whole thing. Mother came to us and kissed Tshepi
first then me
Me ‘’what the hell is this mother’’ I whisper faking a smile
Ma ‘’hao boy, it’s your engagement party’’ she whispered back
and faced the crowed
Ma ‘’everyone here is the couple, and I am glad they are both
surprised. I am so proud of my
son for taking this step, Tshepiso is a wonderful girl we are
happy to have her as our
daughter in law. I wish them all the best and they must give me
many grandchildren’’ the
guests laugh, and the other devil decided to speak after her
Tshepi ‘’thank you for organizing this ma, you are the best, me
and my soon to be hubby
would like to say thank you for coming through and showing
respect. I am happy to be
marrying this man right here, he is the best thing that has ever
happened to me, I love you
baby’’
Guests ‘’ncoooooooooh so cute’’ I cant take this bullshit any
longer I am pitting a stop to this
now.
Me ‘’hey everyone, uhm I am truly surprised that my mother
would do this to me, you know I
have nothing but respect for my mother, she raised the
gentlemen that I am, but this stunt
she pulled today has made me to feel indifferent, I look at her
right now and I am really
ashamed to call her my mother’’ the guests were confused
Ma ‘’Andile what are you doing’’
Me ‘’what I should have done a long time ago, you are
manipulative mother, you enjoy
playing God in other people’s lives, I have let you do it for years
but I am done with you, I am
sick and tired of your cheating and scheming’’ she was now
crying I clear my throat and face
the guests
Me ‘’ I am sorry you had to see that, it was never my intension, I
was just backed up into a
corner. I am sorry but there won’t be a wedding, Tshepiso I am
sorry but you let my mother use you, you knew i wanted out
but you still plotted this whole thing with her. I might be quite
but I am sure as hell not stupid. I hope you find a man that
loves you one day because I am not him’’ with that I walked to
my father who was smiling
Dad ‘’I am proud of you Andile, MaShirely is waiting for you, I
suggest you head there today Iwill get Sbu to bring your clothes
later today or tomorrow morning’’
Me ‘’thank you pops, I love you man’’
Dad ‘’I love you son, remember only me you and your brother
and MaShirley know about
this. All the best, I hope you find what you are looking for’’ I nod
and walk out everyone still
staring at me, my mom is not in the room and Tshepi is crying in
her mother’s arms. I walk out

Hello Soweto, hello new life.

Chapter 8
Andile

I drove like a maniac to Soweto, I was furious, how can my own

mother be this wicked does she not
care about my happiness, why does everything have to be
about her and what make her look good
in the public eye. I get to MaShirley’s house and park outside, I
sit in the car trying to calm down,
and a few minutes later I walk out and make my way to the
house, I knocked and someone shouts come in.

Me ‘’sawbona maShirley’’
Her ‘’Andile, yebo ndodana’’
Me ‘’I know I was only supposed to come tomorrow but I
couldn’t wait any longer’’
Her ‘’its okay your father already called to let me know’’ I nod
Me ‘’can I have the key’’ she walks to the lounge and comes
back with it hands it to me
Her ‘’would you like anything to eat first’’
Me ‘’no ma but thank you, I just wanna rest’’ she nods and
walks me out to show me my room.

Iopen and walk in and honestly it is not bad not at all. But
something’s are a bit overboard. Its two
rooms. The bedroom has a bed and a nice black headboard
with matching pedestals and a huge
wardrobe for my clothes, the is also a long length mirror on the
wall, on the side opposite to
wardrobe there is a nice painting. The bedding is black and grey
and white, the is a fluffy black
carpet. In the kitchen the is a metallic fridge, with a cupboard
on top of it the is a metallic
microwave, kettle and canistersnext to it a small stove, in the
same room on the other side there is a
L-shape black leather couch with a coffee table in the middle
facing the plasma mounted on the wall
a small tv stand with vases on both sides and a decoder and
also a sound system, I notice a play
station and I smile. The fridge and grocery cupboard are packed
okay at least it’s just ready mates I
will just pop them in the microwave. Okay, it’s not what I am
used to but it will be comfortable.
I throw myself on the couch and take a deep breathe, I take out
my phone and there are millions of
missed calls, from, my parents, Thando and Tshepi, a text
message from my brother which reds *you
are my fucken hero, I will see you in a few hours* I laugh and
decide to call my dad who picks up in no time

Dad ‘’Andile’’
Me ‘’baba’’
Dad ‘’did you arrive well’’
Me ‘’I did baba, the place looks nice thank you’’
Dad ‘’I am glad you like it. I am so proud of you’’ I smile
Me ‘’I’m glad you are’’
Dad ‘’your brother will bring your things yezwa, we are still
packing’’
Me ‘’I will be waiting on him’’
Dad ‘’okay sure’’ we hung up, and I decide to take a nap.
Mrs Zwane

Does Andile know what he has gotten me into, this boy wants
to end my marriage I see. I am in deep
shit. I don’t know how I am going to fix this mess. I gulp down
the whisky in my glass. The door
swings open and Tshepi’s mother walks in.

Me ‘’I am truly sorry for what Andile did’’ she gave me a deadly
stare I know she is mad as hell.
Her ‘’I thought you said that this marriage was a deal’’ I sigh
Me ‘’it was I don’t know what got into Andile’’
Her ‘’I don’t want to hear this shit. I want you to get that spoilt
brat you call a son to come back here
and do right by my daughter’’
Me ‘’ I am working on it, I promise’’
Her ‘’did you see how embarrassed my baby girl was, fix this, or
I will embarrass you the same way’’
Me ‘’Ntswaki please don’t do this, if you reveal this secrete it
will break my family apart, I promise
that Andile will marry Tshepi come hell or high water’’
Her ‘’it better happen. I will be in touch dear friend. Make this
wedding happen and I will take your
secrete with me to the grave’’ she gave me an evil smile and
walked out. Dammit Andile dammit.

Tshepi

Me ‘’how could your brother do this to me in front of everyone,

Thando I will be the laughing stock
of this town, how can Andile make me go through this, I know
love was not on the table but I
thought we were working towards that’’ I was crying
hysterically
Thando ‘’I know babe, and I am really sorry, but I am pretty sure
he will come back to his senses and
come apologise’’
Me ‘’I hope so, coz this engagement can’t be over, I have told
the whole world how I will be Mrs
Andile Zwane in a few months, how will I go out in public,
people will laugh at me, I don’t want to
talk about work, oh my God’’
Thando ‘’my mother will fix this
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you know she will and I will definitely help her, even if it means
beating sense back to Andile we will do it. We love you babe
and only you will be my brother’s wife’’
Me ‘’thank you for the support my friend’’
Thando ‘’now cheer up this is just a hiccup you will be okay,
Andile will come back to you. Prepare
for your wedding so long’’
Me ‘’you give me hope. I know your mom will fix this mess. I
will stop crying and start picking with
my wedding preparations, he will be back I can feel it’’
Thando ‘’now that’s my girl. Let me bring some champagne
darling’’

S’bu

I get to where my brother stays and it’s just a street away from
Naledi’s house, I will see her when I
am done with Andile. I take out two of his biggest suitcases full
of his clothes and two medium one’s
full of his shoes. This guy has so much clothes, we didn’t pack
everything, just his favourites. I take
the suitcases in and MaShirely shows me his room and I knock a
few times before he opens

Andile ‘’ahh ntwana yami’’

Me ‘’bafo, unjani’’
Andile ‘’ngi’right ntwana, come in’’ I walk in and the place is not
bad at all.
Me ‘’you have a cute pozi here’’ he laughs
Andile ‘’its not the luxury I am used to but its comfortable’’
Me ‘’ngiya bona’’
Andile ‘’unjani uTshepi’’
Me ‘’ai futsek, you are free stop asking about that one and
please don’t even try ask about the witch
you call a mother’’
Andile ‘’don’t talk like that she is still our mother’’
Me ‘’this good heart of yours will get you into shit someday I
tell you. But honestly what you did was
boss, seeing you standing up for yourself. It was like I was
watching a movie, I never thought I could
hear you talk to mother like that’’
Andile ‘’ai suka’’
Me ‘’we need to celebrate, let’s go buy ibeer nyana, we can
walk I know a bottle store not far from
here’’ we locked the room and walked to the bottle store
Andile ‘’for a kasi this place is quite’’ I nod, as we approached
the bottle store I realised that the was
a crowed outside Naledi’s house
Me ‘’bro we spoke too soon, look at that cheering crowed it’s
like they are fighting and khabo Naledi’’
Andile ‘’Naledi wakho?’’
Me ‘’yes, lets rush there maybe they are killing my wife lapho’’
he laughed and we picked up the
pace, we get to the gate and people are cheering some begging
for someone to stop. We walked to
the front and a lady was giving a beating to a girl and a guy who
were naked, guess she caught him
cheating. The way she was whipping them they were even
bleeding a bit.
Andile ‘’ntwana we have to stop her before she kills them’’ the
gate was locked we jumped the fence
and Andile held her and I walked to those who were given the
merciless beating. Dammit uya shaya lo girl.

Kutlwano

Today my boss came through for me, she gave me a day off. I
was so distracted, I have this bad
feeling, I don’t know what it is about, but my spirit is troubled, I
just need to get home, pray and go
sleep. I get to the house and this feeling just escalated like this
bad thing is happening or it is about
to happen here. I said a short prayer silently and walked in, the
house was quiet which is odd
because Lebo was and Kagiso are the ones who stay at home
during the day, maybe they are sleeping.
I walked towards the bedroom we use and I heard sounds, like
sexual sound I stopped to
listen closely and it was obvious that Kagiso was having sex with
someone else, he now brings his
hoes home. I walk back and remove my heels and my blazer and
my shirt, I am left with my vest and
suit pants barefoot. I went to lock the gate and walked back
inside I remember that my aunt has a
sjambok she keeps behind the kitchen door I take it and walk
back to our bedroom, I open the door
and what I saw was the most disgusting sight ever.

My husband and my cousin having sex on my

bed. Lebo was on top of him his hands on her breast as soon as
they saw me they stopped and Lebo
got off him. I walked in and closed the door making sure that I
back them into a corner so that they
do not escape. As soon as they saw the whip the both went to
one corner and I went to them
burning with anger, I have never been this furious. I started
whipping them with all of my strength
they were both screaming their lungs out.

Kagiso ‘’Kutlwano stop this you are hurting us stop it’’

Lebo ‘’cuz please stop please, its not what you think’’ I whipped
their naked bodies as they begged
me to stop they even started bleeding but I had no mercy on
them. All the pain Kagiso ever caused
me came back like a rush and I took it all out with the whip.
They managed to run outside but I
followed them coz they were too weak to outrun me. they were
now on the ground hiding their
bodies, but I continued moering them the neighbours came out
to see what was going on, some
pleading with me to stop before I kill them while other
encouraged me to continue coz Lebo is used
to sleeping with married man, they couldn’t get in coz I locked
the gate, two guys jumped the fence
and managed to hold me but I tried fighting them off and failed
the one holding me was too strong.
Me ‘’let me go, I want to deal with these two traitors’’
Him ‘’stop this, you will end up killing them, I am sure you don’t
want to go to jail. They are not
worth it’’
Me ‘’fine let me go I am fine I will leave them alone’’
Him ‘’thank you, please sit over there’’ I did as he said. The
neighbours were laughing so much,
some screaming my name calling me boss. I am not a violent
person, but it felt good beating the living shit out of them.
Chapter 9
Kutlwano

One of the ladies in our street is a nurse, she came with a first
aid kit and started treating their
wounds, we were now in the house and the neighbours had
left. I was sitting by the corner crying,
not crying because Kagiso cheated on me with Lebo but
because I let him influence and change the
type of person I am, I am not a violent person, I hate fighting I
hate been in the public eye for all the
wrong reasons. I am a peaceful and humble being. I am tired of
this man, he has managed to turn
me into this monster, I need to cut all ties with him, the two
guys who stopped me earlier were still
around they were making sure that I don’t give them a repeat, I
stand up and wipe my tears that’s
when the devil decided to say something

Kagiso ‘’I don’t know why I keep hurting you like this my love. I
don’t know why I always do you
wrong. I have cheated on you countless times and you forgave
me each time coz you love me, I do
not deserve you, you are too god for me. God blessed me but I
chose to throw away a diamond coz of
glittery rocks, you have been my pillar of strength from day one,
please my love I ask for one more
chance to make this right’’ I laugh
Me ‘’you are right, I deserve better, you don’t deserve me, and
worry not I realised that long ago. I
am beautiful, humble, smart, intelligent , focused, driven and I
was nothing but faithful to you, you
Kagiso decided to cheat on me with thousands of trash like
Lebo, you have broken me I thought I
was beyond repair but God came through for me. I will not
curse you, I wish you nothing but the
best, as for this sham of a marriage, I am done, I want no more
Kagiso’’ I walked to where I placed
my handbag and retrieved the brown envelop and threw it to
Kagiso
Me ‘’those are the divorce papers, that’s all I am offering you
can try and dispute it but after this no
court will even offer you more than I offered you, I suggest you
sign them ASAP’’
Kagiso ‘’baby please no, you can’t divorce me, you can’t leave
just one more chance babe, that is all I am
asking for, one chance’’
Me ‘’i have ran out of those’’ I was now crying deeply a part of
me felt free but another part of me
was broken, yes he treated me like trash but at some point I
loved this man with all my heart, and he
once showed me that he loved too, I am hurting coz the good
memories are also flooding into my
head. I vowed to spending the rest of my life with this man and
that has all come crumbling down,
don’t judge me allow me to grief my failed marriage. I looked at
Lebo
Me ‘’you will only be good enough to these man for a quick
fuck, you will never know how good it is
to be cherished and worshipped, all you will ever be good for is
entertainment. I pray that you
change your ways, you are too young to be a playground for
married man’’ she looked down in Shame
Me ‘’sign those damn papers Kagiso’’ with that I walked out.

I stopped by my car and let all the

emotions out, I cried so much I swear I though I was going to
faint, the two guys were next to me
clearly not sure of what to do, I continued crying I felt numb so I
sank down on my knees, if only I had parents or siblings at least
I could run to them for support, I only have Naledi and she is
too
young for me to place my burden on. I was now feeling weak
from all the crying, I heard the guys
whispering and one of them disappeared in the house then
came back and opened the gate, got in the car, the one
who stopped me earlier came down and picked me bridal style
and got into the backseat of my car, I
didn’t have the energy to even ask where they were taking me
to. the car drove out and the one
driving got out when we got to the bottle store and came back a
few minutes later
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I was still
weeping in the other one’s arms, a few minutes we parked
outside some house a street away
from my house. We got out, I still haven’t asked them why they
took me, I just wanted to be away from
that house. We passed the door of the main house and made
our way to the backrooms the driver
opened and we walked in, the guy went to place me in bed and
tried moving but I held on to him. I
continued weeping and by now I had hiccups and the poor guy
was rubbing my back rocking me until
I fell asleep.

Andile

she refused me to leave her alone in bed. I kept of rubbing her

back trying to calm her down, her cry
earlier on pierced through my heart, I could not find it in me to
leave her alone so my brother and I
decided to take her with us, S’bu said he will call Naledi to ask
her who this lady is. That guy is
heartless how could he break a woman like this, a woman who
clearly loved him very much, I don’t
understand why people rush to get married then cheat, there is
nothing wrong with not being ready.
I look at her and she has finally dozed off, I lay her down and
cover her with flee on top of the bed and closed the bedroom
door.

S’bu ‘’how is she’’

Me ‘’finally asleep’’
S’bu ‘’man no woman’s cry has ever hurt me like that’’
Me ‘’me too bafo, that guy really hurt her bad’’
S’bu ‘’kodwa she gave them a hell of a beating’’
Me ‘’that she did mfethu’’
S’bu ‘’I need to call my ex-girlfriends and apologize for ever
hurting them like this, if they felt the
kind of pain this girl is feeling, then bafo I am an animal I need
to ask for forgiveness’’
Me ‘’your maturity scares me these days, hand me a beer’’ he
passes me one corona and I open it and take a gulp
S’bu ‘’slow down tiger’’
Me ‘’have you called your girl’’ he was about to answer when
we heard a knock on the door
Me ‘’come in’’ a beautiful light skinned girl in school uniform
walked in and S’bu smiled and stood up I guess that’s Naledi
S’bu ‘’hey nana, that was fast’’ she smiled and they hugged
Naledi ‘’I was already on my way when you called’’
S’bu ‘’oh okay, nana meet my friend Andile, ntwana this is
Naledi’’ I sighed at least he didn’t blow my cover and called me
his brother
Me ‘’nice to meet you Naledi, I have heard a lot about you, I
must say I see why my friend is crazy about you’’ she blushed
Naledi ‘’nice to meet you too Andile, are you sure you too are
not related you guys look alike’’ Icough
S’bu ‘’nah we not babe, we just close friends’’ she nodded
Naledi ‘’can I see the lady you called about’’
S’bu ‘’oh yeah sure, you can go into the bedroom she is
sleeping’’ she placed her school bag on the
carpet and walked to the bedroom. She came back after a few
seconds
Naledi ‘’that’s my cousin Kutlwano, what happened Sibu’’ she
says asking alarmed, we explained
everything that happed from when we got there till we decided
to leave with her
Naledi ‘’how can my sister be this heartless, I knew she hated
Kutlwano, but to sleep with her
husband that is just poor evil, poor Kutlwano she doesn’t
deserve this she is such a great person’’
Me ‘’this is all so messed up hey’’
We stayed until 7pm for her to wake but she was sleeping so
peacefully that I didn’t want to disturb
her and remind her of her pain. So I told Naledi to leave her
here, S’bu and his girl left and I was just
left with her, I continued watching soccer highlights.

Naledi

Me ‘’I can’t stay long, you know my mom will lock me outside’’
S’bu ‘’I know nana, it was nice seeing you though’’ I blushed
Me ‘’uhm Sibu’’
S’bu ‘’yes beautiful’’
Me ‘’I agree’’ he gave me a confused look
S’bu ‘’you agree to what manje Ledi’’
Me ‘’ I will be your girl’’ he gave me a smile
S’bu ‘’don’t joke with me babe’’
Me ‘’I am not, I will be your Girlfriend Sibu, I am not kidding’’ he
screamed yessssssss so loud that I laughed
Sibu ‘’do you know how happy I am to hear that Ledi, thank you
so much for giving me a chance, you won’t regret it’’ I smile
Me ‘’I hope not’’ he pulled me to him and gave me the most
passionate kiss ever
Sibu ‘’I love you Ledi, have a great night, I will call you once I get
home’’ I blush I walk out the car and
blow him a kiss then walk to my house.

I get in and find my cursing Kutlwano for what she did

Me ‘’stop cursing her your daughter deserved it’’
Mom ‘’and wena where are you coming from this night’’
Me ‘’I went to see Kutlwano’’
Mom ‘’where is that bitch, I want to give her the same beating
she gave my baby’’
Me ‘’shame you are confused mama, the thing you calling a
baby is the bitch, wena Lebo she did
nothing to you she should have rearranged your face shame,
kore you are such a loose panty,
sleeping with your cousins husband, as for wena Kagiso after all
the good she has done for you, you
cheat with this thing that doesn’t know whether its coming or
going, ai shame you are the definition
of stupid, wena mama Lebo is the way she is because of you, I
wonder what she will become when
you die’’ they were all shocked I hardly talk in this house so my
opinion really shocked them
Kagiso ‘’I just need to know if she is alright, please tell me
where she is’’ I gave him a nasty look
Me ‘’the only thing you need to do is to fucking leave her alone.
Focus on this Hoe you chose over your wife’’ with that I left
them in the kitchen and went to lock myself in my room.
Chapter 10
Kutlwano

I woke up with a massive headache, i scanned my surrounding

and It was not familiar, I almost
panicked and but I remember I came with those two guys and
one of them put me to sleep. The
room was actually nice, there were suitcases I guess he just
moved in. I got up from the bed and
opened the door he was seating on the couch having beer while
watching soccer, I am a soccer fan
too but for now I couldn’t care less who won or lost. He noticed
me standing behind him

Him ‘’oh you awake, come sit’’ I made my way to the couch and
sat
Him ‘’how are you feeling’’
Me ‘’I have a massive headache’’ he stood up and opened the
grocery cupboard and came back with
pain killers and a bottle of water
Him ‘’here you go’’
Me ‘’thank you’’ I drank the pills
Him ‘’you will be fine in no time’’
Me ‘’thank you so much for everything’’
Him ‘’ you are welcome Kutlwano’’
Me ‘’how do you know my name’’
Him ‘’oh sorry, your cousin Naledi is my friends girl so she was
here when you were still asleep’’
Me ‘’okay, you know my name so I think it’s only fair you tell me
yours’’ he chuckled
Him ‘’oh yeah sorry, my name is Andile’’ I gave him a faint smile
Me ‘’thank you so much Andile, its late I should get going’’
Him ‘’it’s after 11, I am sure they are asleep at your place, you
can sleep here I will take the couch’’
Me ‘’you have done so much for me, I will take the couch and
you will take the bed’’
Him ‘’no man, I am a gentleman. I wouldn’t sleep a wink’’ I
laughed
Me ‘’stop being dramatic, I will be fine on the couch, I doubt I
will get any sleep anyway, so I will just watch TV’’
Him ‘’absolutely not, we will share the bed then, and put
pillows between us, I wont do anything I
promise’’ my eyes pop ‘’don’t over think thing, we just going to
sleep’’
Me ‘’okay’’
Him ‘’would you like something to eat, I could pop something in
the microwave for you’’ I shake my head.
Him ‘’in that case, let us head to bed, it’s late already’’
Me ‘’okay’’ we stood up and he switched off the TV and
decoder then the light and we walked to the
bedroom, he removed the pillows and opened the blankets. He
opened one suitcase and took out
two shorts and a vest, he handed me one short and a vest
Him ‘’you can sleep in that’’ I looked at him hoping he would at
least exit so I can change
Him ‘’ oh sorry let me just’’ he turned his back to me and I
started changing
Me ‘’all done thank you’’
Him ‘’okay then’’ we got under covers and switched off our side
lambs
Him ‘’its all going to be okay Kutlwano just hold on, goodnight’’
I smile
Me ‘’thank you Andile, goodnight’’ he drifted to lala land before
me and I don’t know when I finally dozed.

Andile

I wake up around 7 am and Kutlwano was still sleeping next to

me, I just sat on my bed staring at
her, god she is so beautiful. Looks innocent too, that guy really
broke this girl, woman need to be
loved and cherished. A woman is God’s gift to men, but all we
do is mistreat them. How I wish we
were all born with the picture of who we are supposed to be
with, we could avoid all these heart
breaks really. I decide to go make breakfast for us since she
didn’t eat anything last night, I make my
famous omelettes and I decide on orange juice, since I don’t
know if she is a coffee or tea person. I
place everything on the tray and take it to the bedroom, I place
it on the pedestal and stare at her
for a few more minutes, I was about to wake her up when she
opened her us.

Her ‘’didn’t they teach you that staring is rude’’ I laugh

Me ‘’please forgive me, I brought breakfast’’ she sat up straight
Her ‘’oh it smell great thank you’’ I join her in bed and we start
eating
Her ‘’I am supposed to be at work eish’’
Me ‘’work on a Sunday’’
Her ‘’yeah there’s a lot I need to do before Wednesday so I was
trying to push it during the weekend’’
Me ‘’I see, but your cousin also came here wearing her school
uniform and it was Saturday
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now I am confused"
Her ‘’she is in grade 12, so they have SSIP (secondary school
improvement programme) the attend on Saturday for their key
subjects’’
Me ‘’oh I see’’ she continues eating once we done I take the
plates back to the kitchen I just wash
them. I go back to the bedroom and she is done making the
bed.
Her ‘’thank you for everything Andile, I really appreciate it.’’
Me ‘’don’t mention it, next time don’t trust strangers that
easily’’ she looks down in shame
Her ‘’I should get going, I missed church so I need to go do my
laundry’’ I nodded and I walked her
out to her car she was still in the clothes I borrowed, she threw
her own in the backseat and started the car
Me ‘’don’t be a stranger, stop by sometime so I know you are
fine’’
Her ‘’will do. And thank you once again’’
Me ‘’bye beautiful’’ she smiles then drives off.

Kagiso

I read the divorce papers and I see that Kutlwano offered me

R250 000 and my car, that was
generous of her especially after all I put her through my God. I
decide to call my mom and tell her everything.
Mom ‘’boy boy’’
Me ‘’ou’lady, how are you’’
Mom ‘’I am fine kagi, wena’’
Me ‘’not so good mama, Kutlwano caught me in bed with her
cousin, she whipped us with the sjambok and served me with
divorce papers’’
Mom ‘’she what, why didn’t you hit her back, she is full of shit
that wife of yours, and what divorce don’t sign those damn
papers’’
Me ‘’ma I have hurt her so much, I should just take what she is
offering and leave her in peace’’
Mom ‘’what is she offering’’
Me ‘’my car plus R250 000’’
Mom ‘’she is crazy that small amount, it won’t last you even for
2 years, she assaulted you right,
blackmail her, tell her she should add another R100 000 or you
are going to open a case of assault,
she wouldn’t want that she is a career woman and no company
would want to work with a girl that
has a criminal record, you will use that money to restart your
business’’ she was making sense
Me ‘’I don’t know mama, I’ve hurt her so much’’
Ma ‘’hewena do as I say, do you think your conscious with feed
us’’ I sigh
Me ‘’I will do as you say mama’’
Ma ‘’good, I will be there in 2 days I promise’’ we conclude on
our convo then hang up. My wife
walks in and I close my eyes
Her ‘’I hope you have signed those papers’’
Me ‘’not so fast missy’’ I felt guilty saying that
Her ‘’what do you want from me Kagiso, what is it that you
want to take that you feel I still have’’
Me ‘’R250 000 is not enough, I need you to add another 100K’’
Her ‘’what Kagiso, you not getting any more from me’’ I laugh
Me ‘’well baby girl if you don’t I will take Lebo and we will go
straight to the police station to open an
assault case, and let’s see who would want to work with you
and your criminal record’’ her eyes
popped and tear started flowing down her beautiful face, why
must I add to her pain, oh mama why are you making me do
this
Her ‘’I will ask my lawyer to revise the agreement, but for
everything you are doing to me Kagiso Moroka God will deal
with you on my behalf’’ she wiped her tears then walked out.
Shit shit shit
Kagiso, I scolded myself.

Kutlwano

I walked to my car again and dialled my lawyer

Her ‘’Kutlwano’’
Me ‘’hey, please add R100 000 to the agreement’’
Her ‘’why though, that’s what he deserves’’ I sigh and tell her
everything from me finding them and
beating them, she took a deep breath after I am finished telling
her
Her ‘’bastard he’s got you where he wants you, I will draft the
agreement and a non-disclosure
agreement so he can keep his end of the deal, I will have them
by Wednesday, try not to sjambok anyone till them please’’ I
laugh
Me ‘’thank you and I promise to behave’’
Her ‘’thank you, and Kutlwano it’s all going to be okay, you will
get through this I promise’’ I smile then hang up.
Chapter 11
Andile

I spend the whole of Sunday thinking of Kutlwano, I just hope

she is fine, I forgot to take her number,
manje I can’t even check up on her. I can’t even go to her house
because I don’t wanna cause drama,
I am going to call S’bu and ask him to ask his woman how
Kutlwano is. I started work two days ago
and to tell you the truth, opening the gate for people’s cars is a
hard job, writing down registration
numbers for numbers of visitors and checking the boot on their
cars to check for things that are not
allowed, or to check if company property was not stolen, I
thought being CEO was tough but being a
security guard takes the cup, and these boots are not helping at
all. My shift is from 8 am to 6 pm. i will get used to it with time
though. It’s my lunch break now so I decide to call my brother,
he answered in no time

S’bu ‘’’matjingilane’’ I laugh

Me ‘’ftsek wena saan’’
S’bu ‘’how are you, how is the new job’’
Me ‘’I am okay bafo, work is hectic, 10 hours on my feet it’s no
fun’’ he laughs
S’bu ‘’you choose this life, hold on, you will find what you are
looking for and then come back home’’
Me ‘’yeah hey, I actually called to ask for a favour’’
S’bu ‘’shoot’’
Me ‘’can you ask your girlfriend how her cousin is’’
S’bu ‘’I did actually, and she said things are not good in the
house, too much tension, that scum
asked for more money so he doesn’t open a case of assault
cabanga’’
Me ‘’what, that guy is sick in the head really’’
S’bu ‘’you can say that again bafo’’
Me ‘’let me eat before my lunch break ends ntwana, we will
talk’’
S’bu ‘’sure’’ we end the call

Kutlwano
Things at that house have been tense, I want to move out of
that house and go start afresh, I don’t
want anything that will remind me of them. Work and Naledi
have been the only things keeping me
sane really. I just came out of a meeting with my lawyer, she
gave me the revised divorce papers,
Kagiso will get his car and R350 000. It is fine really my peace of
mind means a lot to me than money,
by the end of this day I will be a single woman.

I get to the house and take a deep breath, I walk to

the house and find, my aunt on the stove cooking, Lebo and
Kagiso were sitting on the bar stools
holding hands, Kagiso’s mother was here, I wonder when this
witch arrived, I keep my cool and walk
passed them, and the evil mother in law said something

maK ‘’I didn’t wake up with you this morning you no longer
greet’’
Kele ‘’haaa you don’t know this one very disrespectful’’
MaK ‘’I am just glad that my son found your sweet Lebo this
excuse of a marriage was long over, she
couldn’t even give my son children, I hope Lebo will get to it
soon’’
Kele ‘’don’t worry my daughter is 10 times a woman, her womb
works very fine’’ I swallowed and
turned back, I took out the brown envelope containing the
divorce papers and slide them to Kagiso
Me ‘’those are the divorce papers, sign now please’’ he took
them and scanned them
MaK ‘’di right boy boy’’ he nods and takes the pen and signs
both the divorce papers and the NDA,
he puts them back into the envelop and hands it to me. I smile
Me ‘’well then we are officially done, congratulations on your
new relationship and i wish you
nothing but the best. Your money will clear soon maybe in 2
weeks or so. And when it does I want
you all out of my house, and oh do me a favour and behave coz
if nje you get to my nerves I wont
hesitate to throw you out. And Kagiso please come take out
your rags from my bedroom’’
Kagiso ‘’I was hoping that my mother could sleep in there and
you share with Naledi as Lebo will
share with her mom and I will take the couch’’ I look at all of
them and laugh
Me ‘’you don’t see me shame
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whether your mother is comfortable or not its not my concern,
she
should learn not to come to people’s houses uninvited. Like I
said stay out of my way until you get
your money and move out or I won’t hesitate calling the red
ants and throwing you out’’ they are all
quite. Naledi walks in and I smile at least my favourite person.
Naledi ‘’the tension in this house I can cut with a knife’’
Me ‘’shut up and go change we going out, we have something
to celebrate, and oh move your things
into my room we sharing now’’ she screamed in excitement and
ran to their bedroom. I took the key
out and open the door, heeiii I can’t leave my door open you
can never let your guard down with
these people. I take Kagiso’s clothes and throw them in the
corridor everything that belonged to him le
toiletry tota. He comes and picks it up one by one. I change and
in less than an hour we out, we
drove to Sandton, we shopped till we dropped then went to
watch a movie then supper at the most
expensive restaurant after that we went home.

Mrs Zwane

I am panicking, Ntswaki is on my throat and I don’t even know

where my son is, my husband and
S’bu won’t even tell me where he is I try calling him but he just
doesn’t pick up but I would hear his
father speak to him, I know he might be mad at me, but he has
to go through with marrying Tshepi,
if he doesn’t all hell is going to break loose, I can’t afford that,
Zwane is a good man but if he learns
the truth he won’t even hesitate to throw me out. I send
Thando to try and fish, she has been in
there for a while, I am pacing up and down and soon she
appears from Zwane’s study

Me ‘’and did he tell you where Andile is’’

Thando ‘’I wish mom, all he is saying Is Andile is safe and he will
come back when he is good and ready’’
Me ‘’shit shit shit’’
Thando ‘’kodwa ma, why do you want Andile to marry Tshepi so
bad’’
Me ‘’baby, Tshepi is a good girl, from a good family, we get
along with her, we are guaranteed
peace, would you rather your brother bring some girl who is
after his money and cause us chaos’’
she frowns and nods I know she doesn’t fully believe me.
Thando ‘’I will try S’bu’’
Me ‘’please do my love’’

Kagiso
Everything that’s happened has already started haunting me, I
am a horrible man, I let my mother
manipulate me so much, I lost a jewel for what, now I have let
my mom and aunt Kele convince me
to be with Lebo so she can bear me kids, I desperately want
children so I agreed. With this money
Kutlwano gave me, I am going to restart my business, I am going
to need a source of income to
support the children I want and Kele and my mom and siblings,
it is just too much hey, now I see the
kind of burden we had placed on Kutlwano. We are sitting
around the lounge eating dinner, I am
listening to Lebo talking about the kind of wedding she wants
and where she wants us to buy a
house and all that. I am depressed already, what have I put
myself into.

The ladies seemed to be enjoying themselves, the door opened

and Kutlwano and Naledi walked in with so many shopping
bags, some from expensive brands like you Gucci and LV. We
have been divorced for only a few
hours but her glow is already on another level.
Kele ‘’wena Naledi you have school tomorrow but you busy
gallivanting with the return soldier at night’’
Lebo ‘’leave them mama, they are just trying to make me
jealous, I don’t have their time, soon I will
be shopping in Paris’’ Kutlwano laughed and shook her head as
they made their way to the
bedroom, they came back and went back to the car and
returned with more shopping bags, they
were also holding a take away paper bag from the most
expensive restaurant. Time we are having
pap chicken and cabbage ya ne.
Me ‘’I am very sure you guys heard Kutlwano the first time, stay
out of her space, or do you want us
to end up in the streets’’ they all kept quiet and I sighed then
continued eating.
Chapter 12
Andile

Last night I received calls from Tshepi, I didn’t answer she was
practically blowing up my phone,
she send me a long ass text it sounded like a suicide note, I was
so scared I called her and luckily after
a few attempts she picked up, and I promised her that I will
come see her in the morning since I
don’t have a car with, she promised not to hurt herself. I woke
up so early today its 7 am and I am
almost at her house, I must admit not having a car sucks. The
security guard at the complex gate
knows me so it wasn’t a hustle getting in. I opened coz I still had
a key to her place. The whole place
was a total mess bottles of alcohol everywhere and takeaway
packs, this is unlike her she hates take
aways and she hardly ever gets drunk, she only has champagne
and wine, and this here is not her,
bottles of the heavy staff. I walk to her bedroom and she is still
sleeping, a bottle of vodka in her
hand, I let out a sigh and sat down next to her. She is a total
mess, I sat there for a few minutes then
woke her up

Me ‘’Tshepi, come on wake up’’

Her ‘’mmmmhhh no just a few minutes’’
Me ‘’’no no wake up’’ she opened her eyes and she was
shocked to see me
Her ‘’baby you came, you really came’’ she attacked me with a
hug and I just let her be, it lasted
more than it should have.
Me ‘’okay, go have a shower, I will order breakfast so long and
the cleaning company’’
Her ‘’okay, I will be right back don’t go please’’ she went to the
bathroom and I called for food and
for people to come clean this place. They came and in a hour 30
minutes they were done and we
were in her bedroom eating, I didn’t want to be here but I also
don’t want to be the reason why she
kills herself so I am just gonna suck it up.
Her ‘’I can’t believe you came’’
Me ‘’I was worried’’
Her ‘’I am sorry, it’s just that life without you has been hard,
love I miss you’’ I sigh
Me ‘’Tshepi don’t do this, we both know the is no love between
us, you don’t love me, you doing all
this coz you don’t want your followers on instagram to laugh at
you, it’s not because you love me.
Trust me you don’t want to be in a love less marriage with me
coz you want be Mrs Andile Zwane,
daughter in-law of the billionaire, what happens if we wake up
and all the money and power is gone,
will you still want me then?’’ she just looked at me without
saying anything.
Me ‘’I do not love you, you are not the kind of woman I see
myself building with, I am not saying this
to hurt you, but I want to be honest with you. I want to marry
someone I am so crazy about,
someone who will love me even when I lose it all, and that is
not you Tshepi, we can go ahead and
get married but I promise you our union wouldn’t even last for
a year. Please let me go, you will find
a man that loves you and worships the ground you walk on. I
am just not that man please hear and
understand that’’ she was now crying she got up from the bed
and started undressing
Her ‘’make love to me one more time Andile, and after that we
can go our separate ways, I will
never bother you again, just one more time, please, let me feel
you for the last time’’ thought about
it for a few minutes then I attacked her with a kiss and started
undressing her further and also took
of my clothes, we were both naked
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I pushed her and she fell flat on the bed and I parted her legs
and just entered her, it was not an emotional thing for me, I just
wanted to grant her, her last wish. I
humped into her for a while then that was it, quick and
emotionless. I got up and started wearing my
clothes.
Her ‘’thank you Andile, I wish you nothing but the best’’
Me ‘’me too Tshepi me too, I will see you around’’ with that I
left feeling guilty as hell

Kutlwano

Naledi and I were chilling outside listen to music playing from

my car, we are having vodka and
cranberry juice with finger foods. I allowed her drink coz they
are on recess. She is 3months away
from writing her finals. I make sure she studies and attends her
extra classes, she has to get good
grades to make it to medical school, and her boyfriend also got
her the best tutor for her main
subjects. Kagiso is washing his car and he keeps on eyeing us,
he got his money a week ago, they
have went shopping a thousand times, I wonder if he will still
try and rebuild his business. My phone
rings disturbing me. It’s a number I don’t recognise

Me ‘’kutlwano hello’’
Caller ‘’hey K. its Remi’’ oh yes a friend of mine from some
company he is a big shot there
Me ‘’hey Rems, ho jwang’’
Him ‘’I am good nana, listen I am in a meeting, I just wanted to
see if you still recommend Kagiso, we
shortlisted him for a contract’’ I wanted to say no but a voice
deep inside of me told me not to be
evil that a punishment fit for him will come in Gods time
Him “K, you still there’’
Me ‘’oh yeah sorry, he is still the best you can find’’
Him ‘’I am glad to hear that. Listen will call you so we can have
lunch when I am in bloem’’
Me ‘’I am now based in Joburg’’
Him ‘’great then I will call you soon, bye.’’
Me ‘’bye Rems’’ he hung up. Ledi was giving me an evil eye.
Me ‘’ what’’ I asked laughing
Her ‘’you never told me of any lad’’ I roll my eyes
Me ‘’mxm that was an old friend of minie, I once recommended
Kagiso to him, so he wanted to ask if
he was still good at his job and I said’’
Her ‘’what the hell sis, you supposed to be punishing him, not
giving him a nice life’’
Me ‘’I am not God Ledi, he will punish him if he see fit. Let him
go make money so they can leave us
in peace’’
Her ‘’another thing, why haven’t they moved out coz he got his
money’’
Me ‘’because I wanna slay them’’ she busted out laughing
Her ‘’and you are showing them flames, I saw my sister even
bought clothes similar to yours, shame
she is trying really hard to be you’’
Me ‘’I am aware honey’’ we laughed then toast with our plastic
cups, Kagiso approached
Kagiso ‘’Tlwano’’
Me ‘’hey’’
Kagiso ‘’if you don’t mind, I can wash your car for you since I
was washing mine’’ I looked at Ledi and
she shrugged her shoulder
Me ‘’uhm okay sure, the keys are in the car’’ he went to the car
and took mine out and took his and
parked it were mine was and he opened the passenger door
and played music
Ledi ‘’ke mehlolo yang’’
Me ‘’haiii I don’t know Ledi, atleast we saved R70 ya car wash’’
we continued drinking and having a
light conversation.

MaShirley

Having Andile with me is great, I have lived on my own for a

long time so having someone to take
care of is really great, I cook for him most nights when I get
back early from his parents’ house, I
have been their maid for the past 32 years. This house harbours
a lot secrets, I would have resigned
years ago, but that means I wouldn’t have been a part of their
lives. It’s really painful watching them
from the side line but ke its better than nothing, I am just
grateful that Mrs Zwane didn’t kill me. I
just pray that God shows me his mercy someday. I am in the
Zwane kitchen making dinner, they
have prestige guests tonight as the madam of the house said so
I am cooking up a storm in hear. I
am disturbed by the clicking sound of heels waking towards the
kitchen and I know that she devil is
coming to check up on me.

MrsZ ‘’I just hope you following instructions’’

Me ‘’yes ma’am I am’’ she opened one of the pots and smelled
MrsZ ‘’I was meaning to ask Shirley’’
Me ‘’I am listen Mrs Zwane’’
MrsZ ‘’do you happen to know where Andile is’’ I froze but
quickly composed myself
Me ‘’no ma’am I do not’’
MrsZ ‘’you know Shirley, if I find out that you are lying, those
people you hiding from, I will make
sure they find you’’ I close my eyes in total fear, but I will never
disclose Andile’s location.
Me ‘’I would never lie to you Mrs Zwane’’ she gave me her
wicked smile then walked out doing her
Naomi Chambal walk. This woman is evil, I wonder why Mr
Zwane doesn’t see that. Oh Lord show
me your greatness father please.
Chapter 13
Tshepi

What Andile said to me really hit home, I was in this

relationship for all the wrong reasons, i never
thought of Andile in that way until my mother started planting
thoughts in my head and I finally fell
for the fantasy, being Mrs Zwane was going to be great but
honesty I wanna be happy too, it’s not
like my family is poor anyway, just that the Zwane family is
powerful, my children would have
wanted for nothing, but I guess God will come through for me. I
regret ever asking Andile to make
love to me for one last time coz honestly that was not love
making he was just fucking my brains off,
no emotions nothing, but I don’t blame, at least I had one last
feel of him. He is a good man I hope
he finds a good woman who will love him like he deserves.
Being at home with my family is exactly
what I need to forget Andile.
Mom ‘’earth to Tshepiso’’
Me ‘’oh hey mommy’’ she hands me a class of sparkling water
Mom ‘’you seem lost in your thoughts’’
Me ‘’I am thinking of Andile’’
Mom ‘’don’t worry mommy is fixing that, he will come and
marry you I promise’’
Me ‘’no mommy don’t, I was with him this morning, and we
spoke, I need to let him go’’
Mom ‘’what are you crazy Tshepi’’ she gave me a look
Me ‘’no mama, we can’t force Andile to marry me, it’s not fair,
he is a good man he deserves to find
a woman that loves him and in fact we both deserve better”
Mom ‘’I can’t talk to you when you are like this Tshepi, I will talk
to you about this in a few days’’
Me ‘’don’t bother Ntswaki, I will still feel the same. She clicked
her tongue and left the room.

Mrs Zwane
I received yet another threat from Ntswaki, and this time she
was furious as hell I need to find Andile
ASAP, my whole world will come crashing if I fail to this, or I
need to find something dirty about
Ntswaki so I can blackmail her too. If I get Andile to marry
Tshepi and she wants something else and I
refuse she will continue using this as her leverage and I can’t
have that. I need to get that bitch in
her place but first I need to find Andile and as it stands Sibusiso
is the only person who can tell me
where he is. I walk into his bedroom and he is lying in his bed
looking at the ceiling

Me ‘’Sibusiso’’ he just gave me a look

Me ‘’I am talking to you’’
Him ‘’what do you want mother’’
Me ‘’you dear son can test the patience of a saint, anyway I am
going to ask once and you will tell mommy the truth’’
Him ‘’you have always bought my truth so how much this time’’
I sigh I don’t know where I went wrong with this one.
Me ‘’I will give you R5 million if you tell me where to find your
brother’’ he laughed
Him ‘’haaaa ma, only 5 million for your precious son I am
disappointed in you’’
Me ‘’dammit Sbu how much do you want then’’
Him ‘’lets see, how about nothing’’ I felt my blood boil
Me ‘’if you do not tell me where your brother is I will rain down
on you’’
Him ‘’doesn’t feel good not getting what you want ne ma’’ he
says laughing
Me ‘’you will regret this’’ he rolled his eyes
Him ‘’close the door on your way out Khumbuzile’’ I walked out
with so much fury, this brat even
called me by my name such disrespect nxa.

Andile

I am trying to put the Tshepi situation behind me, guilt is eating

me up, she was vulnerable and I
took advantage of that even though she asked me, I should
have known better, but I can’t dwell
much on it coz it happened. I just got home and changed into a
short and vest with slippers I took
out a beer from the fridge and threw myself on the couch, it
was late afternoon on a Saturday, so
there was a match playing at least that will distract me. I was
about to order food on the phone via
app when MaShirley walked in holding a plate of food.
Me ‘’ma come in’’
Her ‘’Andile I thought I should bring you something to eat’’
Me ‘’aahhh thank you ma, I was about to order take out. You
are a life saver’’ she smiled
Her ‘’I hate it when you eat those things’’ I smile and take the
plate from her, It was pap spinach and
stew, she can cook that I know.
Me ‘’you can take out some juice or coke from the fridge’’ she
stood up. She went to pour herself
juice and sat next me
Me ‘’you can change the channel too’’ she took the remote and
changed to Nigerian movies channel
Me ‘’you like these movies too, these people are too loud ma’’
she laughed
Her ‘’it is the only thing that reminds me of back home’’ I
frowned
Me ‘’home?’’
Her ‘’yes Andile Home, I am from Nigeria’’ okay this is new
Me ‘’I thought you were from KZN, your accent’’ she laughed
Her ‘’I have been in this country for long, I had to adapt’’ I
laugh
Me ‘’you have never been away from us, that means you have
never been home’’ her expression
changed to that of being sad.
Her ‘’let’s just say there are a lot of demons back there and
besides I have precious cargos I need to take care of here’’
Me ‘’want to talk about it?’’ she shook her head no and I didn’t
want to push further
Her ‘’maybe one day Andile’’ the was a knock on the door and
we shouted come in, in unison
Kutlwano walked in looking so beautiful my God this woman is
gorgeous.
Kutlwano ‘’dumelang’’ we responded and MaShirley excused
herself
Me ‘’what a lovely surprise’’ she smiled and something deep
within me melted
Kutlwano ‘’I was in the neighbourhood, so I thought I should
just stop by and say hi’’ I laughed
Me ‘’you live in the neighbourhood njena’’ she blushed again
Kutlwano ‘’okay okay, I came to give you this, it’s a small token
to show my appreciation" I smile and take
it
Me ‘’thank you’’ I unwrapped it and it was a Ted Lapidus gift
set, cologne, body lotion and shower gel’’ Not my Usual poison
but its the thought that counts
Me ‘’ahhh Lolo, thank you, I appreciate it’’ I gave her a hug and
it lasted longer than it should have
but man it felt good, she even smelled good, she was
hypnotising me damn. We finally broke the hug.
Me ‘’what can I get you, I have wine and vodka and beer too’’
Her ‘’vodka please’’ I was happy to learn that she is soccer lover,
we continued watching soccer and
having a light conversation. Her presence woke something in
me I don’t know what but it is awake.

MaShirley

Talking about home with Andile made me miss it so much, I

wonder if my parents are still alive, or
my siblings. Well I am originally from Nigeria, I grew up in a
small village, growing up life was
amazing, my father had two farms and he was the best hunter.
We had everything, a warm home
loving parents, and means of survival, until one day when papa
suddenly fell ill and we had to sell
the farms to pay for his hospital bill, see things back home are
not like here. It was bad that my
mother sold me to the chief priest as his wife, rumour has it
that he was a slave driver and with time
he would sacrifice his wife to the Gods, we believed it coz all of
his wife would die a few years after
they marry, it was also said that he was the reason why my
father fell sick so we can go broke and
then he would come and offer help but with a condition that
my mother allow me to marry him.
Immediately after I heard mama agree to that I was hurt, as
night fell that day I left everything and
ran away to my aunt in another village while my family was
asleep, I ran for hours scared for my life
but God kept me safe, I arrived at my aunts at down, she was
already awake coming back from the
stream to fetch water, she was shocked to see me, I explained
everything and she was scared
because she knew that chief priest, she hid me in he empty hut
so that her husband and kids don’t
see me, a stayed there a week until one of the people from my
village came to warn my aunt, it was
said the chief priest knew that I was there and he was going to
come in 3 market days to get me. my
aunt was so scared and I wont tell you how frightened I was.
She got me a lift to the city that left the
same night. When I got to Lagos I was so scared I have never
been there. The man who drove me
there told me that he was gonna take care of me but little did I
know he was gonna sell me to his
brother who was already in South Africa, I was sold to be a
prostitute, imagine I was a virgin now my
virginity was gonna be taken away by a stranger. I arrived in
Hilbrow at age 17, the were many
people from home so it was very simple for me to make friends,
I got to meet Amaka, she was 10
years older than me, I shared a flat with her, Emeka had
instructed her to teach me everything about
the business, Amaka was like my big sister, she didn’t want me
to be a prostitute like her, a few days
before I had to start working like a few girls she packed my bags
and told me to take a taxi to Soweto
she gave me an address and gave me money, she went to
seduce Emeka so I can leave the flat. I ran
as fast as I could and got to the taxi, I got to Soweto and
unfortunately the lady Amaka referred me
to had long moved out, once again I was helpless, I slept in the
streets of Soweto for days till one
night when I met Mr and Mrs Zwane they were driving and I
was running from some guys who
wanted to rob and rape me. They saved me as they stopped to
ask why I was running in the streets
that late. I explained and they took me home with them. Home
as in this house, I stayed here with
them as a maid. I had told them everything about myself, they
gave me this house when they moved
to town. Years passed as they tried to have kids but Mrs Zwane
would have a miscarriage each time,
it was heart breaking as Mr Zwane would be so disappointed
but he would continue supporting, she
had her 5th miscarriage and that’s when she approached me.
She asked me to sleep with her
husband so I can be pregnant with their child, I was horrified,
when I refused she blackmailed me,
saying she will take me back to Emeka, I thought long and hard
before I agreed, it was better this
than going back to Hilbrow and being a prostitute and drug
addict so I agreed, the first night I slept
with Mr Zwane I was ovulating as Mrs Zwane said. She had
planned this for months. That day she
prepared a meal and told me to shower with her oils and use
her perfume, she dressed me in her
night dress that was too reviling, I went to their bedroom as
they were having dinner, after that Mr
Zwane entered he didn’t look like himself, he kept on calling me
Khumbuzile, that’s Mrs Zwane’s
name, it was like he was given a charm, that night Mr Zwane
took my innocence and I conceived
Andile, I started showing around months Mrs Zwane would give
me beggy clothes to hide it, she
faked Dr’s notes and told Mr Zwane she was pregnant, he was
very excited it was a bliss to see but
the way it was happening was wrong but I just kept quiet. She
came with a sangoma and told Mr
Zwane that she was under attack from evil spirits that wanted
to kill all her children till he divorced,
scared that doesn’t happen he agreed to the solution, which
was for Mrs Zwane and I to disappear till she give’s birth. Her
friend Ntswaki Tshepi’s mom, hid us well and ensured that the
Dr came to
check on me and the baby. I gave birth to a healthy baby boy,
and Mr Zwane was informed and he
named him Andile. The same thing happened with Sibusiso. A
few years after Sibusiso, She fell
pregnant with Thando but she never moved away, they just told
Mr Zwane that the evil forces had
given up. I have been watching my son’s grow up from the side
lines, she kept me around to keep an
eye onme. I have mothered my children as a maid, as much as
that might hurt I am just grateful to
have been in their lives. I love them so much, I wish that one
day they will know that I am their mother.
Chapter 14
Kutlwano

I had just gotten home from work, Ledi is back at school so she
was busy practising math while I
cook us dinner, we live on takeaways most days but I felt like a
home cooked meal today. nothing fancy just spaghetti
Bolognese. Work has been a bit hectic and all but I am
managing, Life after marriage is coming along fine, I just need
them to move out so I can move on
with my life and forget I ever got married to Kagiso. I have
forgiven him but its time they moved out
of my space, I let them stay and for that I was totally wrong. I
spoke to Ledi about asking her mother
to move out and I told her its fine if she would want to leave
with them and fortunately she chose to stay
behind with me, I don’t know what I would have done without
her these past couple of weeks. I was
busy cooking when we heard Kagiso screaming in excitement.
They were sitting in the lounge, him,
Lebo and their mothers, I guess he shared the good news coz
shortly after his joyful noise the
woman started ululating, Lebo screaming from the top of her
Lungs, it can only mean one thing Remi has been in touch.

Kagiso ‘’go get ready everyone, we going out to eat, we going to

celebrate this good news’’
Lebo ‘’definitely baby, life is coming along very well for us now,
we need to celebrate’’
maK ‘’I am so proud of you boy boy, some people leave your life
and great things start happening, it
shows that they were blocking your blessings’’ she says
shouting just to ensure that I hear her
kele ‘’modimo o moholo man, now you two can start you
wedding preparation and start trying for a
baby, God has heard your cries Kagi ngwanake’’ they all appear
by the kitchen as its on the way to the
bedrooms and Kagiso stopped to address us
kagiso ‘’I just received a call, I got a contract, I don’t remember
when I applied for it but I have, we
are going out to celebrate, you can join us’’ Ledi looked at me
Me ‘’oh congratulations that’s worth celebrating, but I won’t be
able to join you, have fun though.
Ledi you can go if you want nana’’ she gave me a girl please look
Naledi ‘’no I would rather stay behind with my sister,
congratulations though’’
Lebo ‘’why am I not surprised, ereng jealous mo baneng, baby
leave these enemies of progress alone’’
Kele ‘’Lebo is right, they are obviously not happy for you. Wena
Naledi you will wish that you
supported your sister through all this’’
Me ‘’Kagiso I have let you stay long enough, we have endured
insults so I think its time you all excuse
us. Please move out by the end of tomorrow’’
Kele ‘’where do you want us to live Kutlwano why are you so
bitter’’
Kagiso ‘’its okay we will leave tomorrow’’
Me ‘’thank you’’
Lebo ‘’remain in this big house alone, no husband no children,
you will wish you let us stay time we
will be on to bigger and better things in the North while you age
in the dusty township nxa’’ I just
shook my head and let her be.

Andile

It was a Sunday and I was helping MaShirley cook, I have been

spending a lot of time with her, my
routine, go to work, come back home, watch T.V sleep and
spend time with MaShirley. She is a great
person, I grew up with her in the house but I never really paid
much attention to her maybe coz
mom always told us not to be too friendly with the help, she
has been teaching me how to cook
Nigerian dishes and now I can master egusi soup, I enjoy it very
much, I swear I can eat it every day, we
are working on my Igbo too, I have taken a lot of interest in
Nigeria so much that I have decided to
visit there after I find what I came here for, I want to take
maShirely with, she really misses home so I think she would
appreciate it.
MaShirley ‘’how is operation find a wife going’’
Me ‘’honestly ma, I thought It was going to be easy but it is
proving quite difficult, though I have set
my eyes on a lady, she ticks most qualities I want in my
potential wife, I can’t be too sure if it’s truly
who she is or it’s just a facade’’ she smiles
MaS ‘’who is the lady that your eyes have seen’’
Me ‘’its Kutlwano ma, she’s come here a few times’’
MaS ‘’on the beautiful one with the red car
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I see her, she looks like a good girl’’
Me ‘’I think so too, I really like her, each time I am around her I
feel foreign things’’
MaS ‘’then why not tell her and take it from there, time is not
on your side Andile, you have your life to go
back to, this might be a nice escape but you need to go back to
your reality someday’’ she was saying the truth
Me ‘’I know ma, trust me. its just that she just got divorced, I
just don’t
want her to think that I am taking advantage of her’’ she
nodded
MaS ‘’that makes sense, so what you need to do, is be there for
her, make sure you are always
around when she needs you, check up on her to make sure she
is alright, don’t give her a chance to
forget that you exist, don’t be too much in her space but also
get your point across that you like her and not as a sister’’ I
laughed
Me ‘’not as a sister, got that. Thank you for the advice’’ she
smiled, then we suddenly hear a car
parking outside, she went to look via the Window in the lounge,
she came back rushing
maS ‘’Andile you need to go hide, its your mother’’ I panicked
shit shit shit, what is my mother doing here
Me ‘’what the hell is she doing here’’
MaS ‘’there is no time for that now Andile, go to my bedroom
and hide in there’’ I did as she said
and a second later I heard my mother’s voice
Mom ‘’Shirley, can I come in’’
MaS ‘’Mrs Zwane, what a lovely surprise, please come in’’
Mom ‘’thank you, I was around to see an old friend of mine so I
thought I should stop by"
MaS ‘’that’s very thoughtful of you ma’am’’
Mom ‘’you know ever since Andile left I have been so stressed
out. I just want to find my son’’
MaS ‘’I am sorry, I hope he comes home soon’’ she sounds so
scared
Mom ‘’I hope so too, are you sure you don’t know where my
son is’’
maS ‘’like as said before Mrs Zwane, I do not know where
Andile is, I have no reason to lie’’
Mom ‘’oh for your sake I hope you are telling the truth Shirley,
coz you know what is at stake, if our
secret gets out we are all doomed, I lose my family and I contact
Emeka to come take you, I drove
past Hilbrow and I was glad to find out that he is still alive’’ okay
what the fuck is my mother talking
about, is she blackmailing MaShirley, who is Emeka, this is so
confusing, I continue to listen
MaS ‘’the wont be a need for that ma’am I will keep my mouth
shut like I did all these years’’
Mom ‘’I am glad to hear that, you keep your mouth shut I keep
Emeka away it’s that simple, I wish I
could stay for a glass of juice but I doubt you have any with
quality, I should get going see you
tomorrow’’ my mother is a bully God, I hear her car drive off
then I walk back to the kitchen and find
MaShirley crying, I go and hug her.
Me ‘’why is mother blackmailing you, what secrete are you
keeping for her’’ she just breaks from
my hug and shake her head no ‘’talk to me, who is Emeka?’’ she
kept quiet still
Me ‘’I heard how scared you were, tell me what’s going on so I
can help you ma’’ she still maintained
her silence
Me ‘’we can tell father, you know he can fix it’’
maS ‘’not everything is black and White Andile’’ with that she
walked to her room and closed the
door, whatever is going on, I will find out, this sounds deep. My
mother is manipulative I know that for sure, poor MaShirley she
can’t even fight back. Whatever secret they are hiding I dig
deep till I find it.
Chapter 15
Andile

I can’t seem to shake off the feeling that my mom and

MaShirley are hiding something big, and
whatever it is I am going to make it my mission to find out what
it is and the only person who can tell
me more about MaShirley is my father, I called him earlier on
and he said we can meet at some
restaurant, I was walking there right now, I am about 5 minutes
away, taxis are the worst, I get to
the place and dad is already waiting, looks like he has been here
a while coz his drink is almost finished.

Me ‘’hey pops’’
Dad ‘’Andile how are you?’’ we shake hands
Me ‘’I am okay thanks, unjani wena’’
Dad ‘’I couldn’t be better, how is everything’’
Me ‘’just okay, I met a lady, but haven’t made a move yet, but
that’s not why I called baba, please
tell me about MaShirley, how did she come to work for you and
mom’’ he gave me a look
Dad ‘’okay, why the sudden interest in her’’
Me ‘’just that mom came to the house, and started blackmailing
her about some guy named Emeka,
she said if MaShirley doesn’t keep her secrete she will call
Emeka to come take her’’
Dad ‘’what secrete, why would she blackmail Shirley with such a
painful thing’’
Me ‘’dad who is this Emeka guy’’ he told me the whole entire
story regarding MaShirley
Me ‘’what, why would ma do that, threaten to take her back to
the guy that wanted to prostitute
her, how could she be so heartless’’
Dad ‘’I am also wondering hey, we need to find out. Something
is not right here’’
Me ‘’I asked her to tell me the truth, promised to take care of
her but she refused, she said not
everything is black and white. I am so confused, your wife is
heartless and whatever secrete she is keeping has to be big’’
Dad ‘’I agree son, we gonna get to the bottom of this I promise
you, I will get a PI to dig deep’’
Me ‘’please Thaima, something is off here, it is not siting well
with me’’
Dad ‘’i am on it Andile, just focus on finding a wife’’ I laugh
Me ‘’man I am starving, can we order’’
Dad ‘’let’s do that’’ he signalled the waitress and we placed our
order.

Sibusiso

I haven’t seen my woman in a week, man I miss her, school is

just hectic for her now, she is
preparing for her final exam, I made sure she has the best tutor
and everything she needs to pass
and qualify to go to medical school. I have already opened an
account for her education. She refused
me buying her an apartment near the campus because she
doesn’t want to leave her cousin alone,
which I understand. So to make sure that she gets to school in
time I am thinking of getting her a
small car that will get her from point A to B, I am thinking of a
red Mercedes, I need to start teaching
her how to drive on weekends. Naledi makes me so happy
that’s why I want to give her the world,
she is an amazing woman I even forget that she is 18, my kids
are gonna have the best mother ever,
hehe I can’t believe that I, Sibusiso Zwane is content with just
one woman, who is not even giving me
sex, we will get to that once she is ready, I won’t pressure her at
all. I learned that love is patient and
I really do love her. I am staring at our picture, the one on my
office desk, she is beautiful and I am
really blessed to have her. My office door opens and disturb me
from my nice thoughts, its Amahle,
damn what is he doing her cant she read in between the lines.

Amahle ‘’Sibusiso Zwane’’ I sugh

Me ‘’what are you doing here Ama’’ she smiled
Amahle ‘’is it a crime for a girl to visit her man’’
Me ‘’you need to stop coming here unannounced’’
Amahle ‘’if you were picking up my calls you would know’’
Me ‘’listen Ama, this, you and me, its not working out’’
Amahle ‘’what are you saying S’bu?’’
Me ‘’I am saying I want out of this, whatever it is’’ she just gave
me a smile and came to my side and
sat on top of me then noticed the picture on my desk
Amahle ‘’well well well
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you are dumping me for this plain thing here’’
Me ‘’don’t call her a thing please’’
Amahle ‘’you even defending her, thixo am I dreaming’’ she
laughed
Me ‘’listen Amahle, I love Naledi, I don’t want to hurt her, so
please just understand that we are
done, sorry for stringing you along, but I want to be with Naledi,
please get off me Ama’’ she got
shaking her head
Amahle ‘’you think you can just use and dump me S’bu, you
clearly don’t know me shame, we are
not done till I say we are. Me and you and still very much in a
relationship. You better get rid of that
girl and soon, I will call you, get over this madness’’ she walked
out even before I can answer her.
Fuck it Ama is crazy y’all, I need to tell Ledi about it before she
fucks up my relationship, I can’t lose
my future because of my meaningless past.

Thando

I came to check on Tshepi, haven’t seen her in a while, she is my

friend still, even though things
between her and Andile are still uncertain.

Me ‘’babe, how are you holding up’’ I ask as she hands me a

glass of wine
Tshepi ‘’I am great hey babe, work has been a good distraction, I
am moving on with my life friend,
Andile deserves to be happy and so do I’’
Me ‘’what you saying is you no longer want Andile’’ I ask
shocked
Tshepi ‘’me and him spoke friend, and he said things that made
me realise that I want to be happy
and live my own life, not a life chosen for me, I let him go friend
and I am glad I did, I will meet a man
that loves and adores me’’
Me ‘’my mom won’t be happy to hear that, that woman wants
no one but you. She wants you to be
the mother of her grandchildren’’
Tshepi ‘’oh well. She should just forget it. Me and Andile are
done, there is no going back’’
Me ‘’haibo Tshepi, you and my brother need to sort out your
issues please babe, I don’t see myself
vibing with some hoe he will bring home’’
Tshepi ‘’sorry friend, but t is what it is babe, enough about me
and your brother. How are things
between you and Bafana’’
Me ‘’oh my God don’t spoil my mood with that wimp I call a
man. Fana is just weak friend like I can’t
stand him anymore’’
Tshepi ‘’then why not dump him’’
Me ‘’you wouldn’t understand babe’’ I sip on my wine and she
laughs

Kutlwano

They finally moved out, it’s just me and Naledi, we have been
fine really, happy in fact, they took
their furnisher and sold it just to spite me but none the less I
was still gonna change it. We managed
to find nice proper things and I must say the house looks
elegant now. I am all alone in the house,
Ledi went on a date with S’bu, I am not her mother but I am the
adult so we agreed that 8 pm is
still her curfew on weekdays and on weekends she has to
inform me of any plans that might make
her come home later than that. We have a system that works
for us. There is a knock on the door, I
drag myself to go open and I find Andile on the other side, I felt
butterflies instantly.
Me ‘’uhm Hi, what are you doing here’’
Andile ‘’ouch, I thought you would be happy to see me’’ I laugh
Me ‘’I am, just wasn’t expecting you. It’s a lovely surprise’’
Andile ‘’I am glad to hear that, can I come in’’
Me ‘’oh sorry, please come in’’ he flashed his beautiful smile, I
was left there melting, we walk into the lounge
Andile ‘’I love the look, you have taste’’ I smile
Me ‘’thank you, can I get you anything to drink’’
Andile ‘’I was actually hoping that we could go to the chisa
nyama, and eat’’
Me ‘’I would love very much, let me go change my shoes’’
Andile ‘’okay I will be waiting’’ that made me blush, the
butterflies are on another level at this point,
muhle lo guy shame. I changed my shoes and went back to him
Me ‘’I am ready we can leave’’
Andile ‘’you look beautiful lolo’’ I blush again, I love it when he
calls me that
Me ‘’thank you’’ he gives me that smile again. Okay he needs to
stop that coz he ends up looking so
cute and making these butterflies a tad crazy
Andile ‘’we can go now’’
Me ‘’let me get my car keys’’
Andile ‘’no no no, we are walking Lolo’’
Me ‘’okay that sounds nice’’ we head out and lock then walk to
the place. I think I like this guy.
Chapter 16
Andile

I am not really feeling well, for the past two days, going to work
like this made me even worse, I
couldn’t even find the time to go to the Dr, I just said thank God
its weekend, I have been in bed
since morning, Kutlwano even came through to check up on me
coz I sounded weird over the phone.
She just got here, asked me about my symptoms and checked
the fridge then she was out the door,
she didn’t even say a word which was weird. Well Lolo and I
have been so close, we have been
spending so much time together, I really really enjoy her
company, I am definitely attracted to her,
she is not only beautiful but she is smart and humble
everything I desire in a woman. Thinking about
her even makes me feel foreign things. I still haven’t made my
move and to tell you the truth I am
intimidated by her, she has this aura and when you in her
presence you have to know your staff.
Whatever I am coming down with is really making me weak, I
need to get up and go see the doctor I
can’t anymore, I was about getting up when the kitchen door
opened, it was Lolo, she took time and
the kitchen that I decided to go check on her

Me ‘’Lolo’’
Kutlwano ‘’hey, sorry I took my time, the mall is so full I forgot
its month end’’ she said busy
unpacking groceries.
Me ‘’you did groceries with your own money’’ she smiled
Kutlwano ‘’yes I did, you are sick and you need proper food and
there was none in the cupboard’’
Me ‘’you could have told me though Lolo I would have given
you my card’’
Kutlwano ‘’stop it, I don’t mind’’ see she is also selfless man I
just fell deeper for her
Me ‘’thank you Lolo, I really appreciate it’’ she blushed and that
just made my heart melt
Kutlwano ‘’lets make a deal’’
Me ‘’okay’’ I said narrowing my eyes
Kutlwano ‘’go take a bath, I will fix you something to eat, soup
to be exact, then you can take your
medication and sleep for a bit’’ I just nodded while blushing like
hell. I went to take a bath and when
I got back she had already made my bed and placed clean
pyjamas on the bed, I just smiled and
change immediately when I was done she came in.
Kutlwano ‘’now get in bed’’ I didn’t protest
Me ‘’yes boss’’ she giggled
Me ‘’I love that sound’’ she just had to blush again
Kutlwano ‘’okay enough turning me red, take these, the
pharmacist said your symptoms are that of a
common cold’’ I took all the pills she gave me and downed
them with water
Me ‘’thank you Lolo’’
Kutlwano ‘’it’s a pleasure. Now rest a bit, you will eat once you
are awake, I will clean the house and
do your laundry so long’’ she said that left the bedroom. It is
official y’all I have found Mrs Me. I
need to make my move soon.

Kagiso

This contract is exactly what I needed, I haven’t met with the

big shot that gave me this contract coz
he is not in the country, but he made the contract available
from his right hand man. Life is really
coming well. I can’t believe I finally have my big break, I just
wish Kutlwano was here to celebrate
this, she was always the best wife any man could ask for, I just
had to mess that up. Lebo and I are
fine she can be too much at times but we good
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she is a beast in bed and our sex life is amazing, we
are trying for a baby, both our mothers are pushing for this.
Even though she does monkey styles in
bed, and can dress nicely and knows how to have a good time,
she can never be Tlwano, Lebo
doesn’t cook, clean or do the laundry, she made me buy this big
ass house that she couldn’t take
care of, we had to hire a maid and her mother was so
embarrassed that she volunteered to cook,
Lebo is more of a liability to me, and in life a man needs an
asset as a wife, and Kutlwano was that to
me but I pushed her away, it no time to cry over spilt milk. My
study door opened and Lebo walked in, I wonder what it is this
time

Lebo ‘’honey’’
Me ‘’Relebogile’’
Lebo ‘’you calling me by my full name love what’s wrong’’ I
yawned
Me ‘’its nothing was just a bit busy with these tender
documents’’
Lebo ‘’oh well sorry, but we need to discuss something’’
Me ‘’cant it wait’’
Lebo ‘’no it cant baby’’
Me ‘’okay out with it’’
Lebo ‘’don’t get me wrong my love, but I honestly don’t think
it’s a good idea having your mom and
sister stay here with us, I man we are a young couple, we need
our privacy hun. You need to tell
them that they cannot live with us’’ I couldn’t believe my ears
Me ‘’I assume you will also tell your mom to move out’’ her
eyes popped out
Lebo ‘’no Kagiso, we need my mother, she cooks and we are
already trying for our first child I am
going to need my mom around so she can assist me’’ I laughed
Me ‘’is that the only reason?’’
Lebo ‘’yes’’
Me ‘’well then if that is the case, we will employ a chef and a
baby nurse, problem solved then, tell
your mom to move out too’’
Lebo ‘’I can’t believe you. You want your mother to dictate our
relationship like she did your first
marriage, why do you think you and Kutlwano fell apart, it is
because of you mother. I am not going
to have that nna. Listen here its either you want me and the
little family we planning for us or you
want to be a mama’s boy forever’’ she then walked out, her
words about my mother hit home that
the last part didn’t even shake me. Fuck its true I lost Tlwano
coz of my mother, I let her control me
so much that I couldn’t even notice that my wife was
suffocating. Oh how could I be so stupid .

MaShirley

I had just finished cooking dinner for the Zwane’s in their

mansion, today is a Saturday, I hardly work
weekends but the girl that does weekend shifts is not feeling
good so I had to fill in for her. I am glad
to be keeping busy coz Andile has started spending most of his
time with that beautiful girl. I was still
thinking of how nice it is staying with one of my sons when Mr
Zwane cleared his throat. I turned to
look at him and he was so serious i have never seen him like
that so I started panicking
Me ‘’Mr Zwane, can I get you anything sir’’ he shook his head
no then took a deep breath
Him ‘’’Shirley’’
Me ‘’yes sir’’
Him ‘’I have a big beautiful heart, but I hate traitors, I hate
people who hurt me and my family on
purpose’’ oh my God what is going on
Me ‘’I know sir’’
Him ‘’I am glad to hear that. So tell me Shirley would you hurt
me on purpose’’
Me ‘’I would never Mr Zwane’’
Him ‘’then if that’s the case Shirley, tell me what secrete are
you and my wife keeping’’ oh my God,
how did he, oh no Andile told him, oh this is not happening
Me ‘’Sir its noth..’’ I could even finish my statement
Him ‘’think long and hard before you answer me Shirley’’ the
thought of lying to him was too much
but I also thought of Emeka. I am caught between a rock and a
hard place. Next thing I know I was sprinting out of that house.
Chapter 17
Andile

My dad told me what went down with MaShirley a week ago

and that really proved that whatever
they were hiding was big. We are now worried about her my
mother can be ruthless at times that I
know, we need to help her. On the lighter side, Kutlwano has
been amazing, we spend so much time
together, almost every day. She took me to gold reef city during
the week, I was off and she also
took a day off, which was so cute. It shows she is all about me
and for that I am making my move on
her. S’bu is taking Naledi to Mpumalanga so she can relax
before starting her exam, my brother is
really in love it’s a bliss to witness. Since Naledi won’t be home
this weekend, Lolo will be spending
the weekend with me. I am at home nje waiting for her to
knockoff and come, she told me she took
everything she will need with her to work which means she
won’t have to go back to her house to
get her staff. I honestly cant wait to spend this weekend with
her. The first thing I do when she walks
through that door is tell her how I feel about her. I heard a car
park outside I looked at the time and Iknow its Lolo.

A few minutes later knocked and I opened she was holding her
weekender in one
hand and her handbag in another, man she looked beautiful so
damn beautiful. I couldn’t hold back
the urge I just pulled her to me and smashed her lips, she didn’t
respond to it at first then suddenly
she dropped her bags and snaked her hands on my neck with
one hand brushing my head, we kissed
slowly and passionately. I felt nothing but raw emotions
between us, there was this electric current
flowing between us. I moved my hands to her butt and
squeezed that’s when she released a soft
moan that turned me on instantly. Fuck my erection was now
strong and steady. I wanted her now. I
pushed her closer to me further so she can feel it and boy she
did coz another moan escaped her
mouth, fuck it I will tell her how I feel when I am done. I picked
her up and she wrapped her legs
around my waist, man her thighs are soft I had easy access coz
she was wearing a skirt. She didn’t
stop me so I guess she wanted me to continue. I walked to the
bedroom and gently placed her on
my bed and looked her deep in the eyes, I saw everything I ever
wished for, she was perfect and at
this moment I know I want her more than anything, I want her
to be mine and mine alone, I wanna
make her my queen, my stare scared coz she closed her eyes. I
smiled. I got on top of her and
started kissing her again, I removed her skirt and shirt and I was
leased to find a matching bra and thong, I bit my lower lip.

I removed my vest and the sweatpants and my erection sprung

free. I found
her underwear already wet so I just removed it and inserted a
finger she ached her back and her
toes curled, then I went down on her and she was moaning
which made me want to just enter her
already, fuck she tastes good. I open the drawer and took out a
condom and put it on I went back on
top of her and parted her legs, her nana looks so well taken
care of I am going to enjoying being
inside of her, I rubbed my manhood on her clit and she hissed a
bit, I entered her and I felt like this is
who I am supposed to be doing this with, she was warm and
tight fuck, I started moving and she was
moaning eyes closed, it was clear she was lost in the pleasure, I
kept going and she would scream my
name each time, oh God my ego is being fed here, she is very
responsive to my touch and I love it. I
kept on going and she was screaming, her body tensed up and I
knew she was about to come, I kept
the thrusts equal and even so I don’t mess up her rhythm
‘’come on baby give it to me’’ I said to her
and with that she screamed louder and her legs started shaking
and I knew I was done, he body just
obeyed my command. Man I love that, a minute later I came
and collapsed on top of her.
Kutlwano

I was in Andile’s arms oh my God what he just did to me was

out of this world, but God I gave it up
so easily, I am not even his girlfriend
but honestly I needed that it’s been a minute since I got some,
oh but I was already attracted to him and now that I know him
intimately it’s going to be worse,
what if he only wanted to fuck and disappear and I already
caught feelings shit, shit shit Kutlwano.
He was playing with my hair, I can’t remember the last time I
was cuddled after love making, it feels
great. He spoke and my heart stopped for a Nano second coz his
voice sounded so sexy.

Him ‘’Lolo’’
Me ‘’Ndile’’
Him ‘’I enjoyed that, thank you’’ I smiled
Me ‘’I enjoyed it too’’ I smiled
Him ‘’Lolo, you know I am just a mere security guard, I can’t
afford much and I can’t promise you the
world, but what I know is I will always try and provide for you.
What I am tring to say is that I really
truly like you, hell what am I saying Lolo I am in love with you.
You are everything I have dreamt of, I
don’t want to waste any more time and risk you falling for
someone else, I want you to be a part of
my life, I want to be your man and you my woman, I don’t want
to share you with anyone. Lolo I
can’t go another day without calling you my woman. I am
asking for just a chance, I know you just
got divorced but please babe’’ I was dancing inside, ereng
excitement. Man I was blushing left right
and centre
Me ‘’I wouldn’t careless of what you do, so long as you have a
job to provide for yourself, don’t
worry about providing for me I can do that, Ndile I have been
dying inside, loving you in secrete and
right now it feels so good to say it out loud, I want to be with
you too’’ he got up and looked at me
straight in the eyes
Him ‘’I love you so much Lolo wami’’ I blushed
Me ‘’and I love you too Ndile’’ he kissed me again and got on
top of me again, ting ting ting round 2.

MaZwane

I was told that Tshepi is no longer interested in Andile, and that

was a relief, it means we can all
move on with our lives, my marriage will be safe and I will not
lose anything. Thank you Tshepi, I
need to send her to an all expenses trip. My husband went to
Cape Town on business since Andile is
MIA and I don’t know where S’bu went to, he left on Friday with
his luggage, he was so excited, how
was with Shirley kept that one. I was in my pool area enjoying
my glass of cocktail when she spoke

Ntswaki ‘’you should enjoy this life whilst it lasts, coz when
Zwane finds out he is going to throw you
out like a piece of shit I tell you"

Me ‘’why are you doing this’’

Ntswaki ‘’get your son to marry my baby and I will stop, it’s that
simple’’
Me ‘’you daughter made it clear that she wants nothing to do
with Andile’’ she laughed
Ntswaki ‘’she is just hurt, get your son on board and she will be
thrilled’’
Me ‘’why are you so desperate to get them married?’’
Ntswaki ‘’I want my daughter to have the best of evething, and
only Andile can ensure that she is
well taken care of, her kids will want for nothing’’
Me ‘’your husband has money Ntswaki, Tshepi will inherit it
njena’’
Ntswaki ‘’Khumbuzile, my husband has a million kids out there
and he included them all in his will,
how much do you think my daughter will inherit, get Andile on
board and soon,I am starting to lose
my patience’’ with that she walked out. There is no running
away from this
Chapter 18
Andile

To love and to be loved back is truly amazing, I have never

experienced such before, Lolo is
everything I have ever dreamt of, I am talking of a woman I will
be proud to call my wife and definitely
one that will raise my kids well, this weekend has been amazing
indeed, it is Sunday which means
she is sleeping for the last time here, coz tomorrow after work
she has to go back home, because
Naledi and my brother are coming back, I made love to her all
weekend, I loved how she
didn’t stop me even once, we had a morning glory in the early
am’s and honestly I wanted it raw but
since we haven’t discussed that I just had to use a condom and I
hate those things. I need to talk to
her about it, she has been in the shower outside for a while
now, the bathroom door is just front
opposite my room door so it’s not a big deal coz we can lock the
security door. Finally I hear the door open and she walks in
Me ‘’finally baby, you have been in there forever’’
Lolo ‘’I needed to sooth my little girl, she is burning up Ndile’’ I
smile
Me ‘’sorry Lolo wami, that cookie of mine is too nice, you won’t
understand how I feel when I am inside of you sthandwa sam’’
Lolo ‘’I love it when you make love to me’’ shit this woman
knows how to boost my confidence
Me ‘’continue talking like that and you will find yourself under
me screaming my name’’ she giggled, my favourite sound in the
world
Lolo ‘’no baby, I love you but another round would kill me,
dead’’ I laugh, its true I wore her out, I am
even tired myself but if she was to want another round I
wouldn’t hesitate to give it to her after all uZwane oMncane
belongs to no other woman but her
Me ‘’Lolo’’ she blushed
Lolo ‘’Ndile wami’’ jesus its nice to be loved, three days in a
relationship and I want to wife her up already
Me ‘’I love making love to you muntu wami and I wanna feel all
of you, and these condoms are
limiting me from feeling that, so love if you don’t mind I would
like us to stop using them’’
Lolo ‘’I hear you baby, but we have to make sure we are okay
before we stop using them’’
Me ‘’definitely muntu wami, you will tell me when you want to
go see the Dr, I know a good one’’
Lolo ‘’tomorrow at Lunch I can pick you up from work and we
can go’’
Me ‘’okay I will be waiting’’ I pulled her to me and we looked in
each other’s eyes and she decided it
was enough and attacked me with a kiss, before I knew it her
hand was on my privates caressing it and she removed her
towel, so much for being sore, but hey the Mrs wants some and
some she will
get. See you guys later.

Mr Zwane

I just got off the phone with my PI, she managed to get some
information, apparently at the time my
wife left when she was pregnant both times with my boys,
running from evil forces she never moved
back to KZN, she was still around GP she was at Ntswaki’s
parents house. I just wonder why she had
to lie about her whereabouts. I told him to dig deeper, the first
thing he needs to find is the hospital
she really gave birth at, he said he will be able to narrow that
down based on her location at that
time, he told me to give him at least 3 days and he will
definitely have something for me, I trust that
one and he will get me the info I am looking for. Whatever these
two are hiding it is huge I tell you.
Speak of the devil, she walked in my study, how I used to trust
this woman with my life but now I sleep with one eye open

Her ‘’baba’’
Me ‘’nkosikazi’’
Her ‘’yazi Zwane
ever since Andile left, we haven’t been close like we used to be,
you won’t even
tell me where my son is baba, what is going on, you have
changed’’
Me ‘’I told you what you need to know, Andile will be back
when he is good and ready until then just stop trying to find
information about his whereabouts siyezwana Khumbuzile?’’ I
said keeping a straight face.
Her ‘’I hear you Zwane, manje can we go out for lunch’’
Me ‘’how about you cook for me, it has been years since you
cooked for me’’ she gave me a weirdlook
Her ‘’kodwa Zwane, that’s why we have maids angisho, I will tell
Shirley to prepare something for you’’
Me ‘’I didn’t marry Shirley, I married you Khumbuzile and
besides akekho uShirley, she is off so carry
out your wifely duties and stop annoying me’’
Her ‘’haibo Zwane you are being difficult, I will order
something’’
Me ‘’don’t bother’’ I stood up and took my keys and wallet
Her ‘’manje where are you going’’ I looked at her before walking
out
Me ‘’I am going out to look for a second wife, who will cook for
me without telling me I am being difficult’’
Her ‘’don’t test me Zwane, you don’t want to’’ I walked out and
slammed the door before she could finish what she wanted to
say.

Kagiso

Work has been amazing, it is also my escape from this house,

these woman are driving me crazy, my
mother wants to dictate and Lebo also wants to have a say as
the madam of the house, I honestly
prefer being at work than in this house, I am caught between a
rock and a hard place, don’t know
who to please first. I am happy that my best friend from home
is here visiting with his wife,
she was Tlwano’s closest friend. They got in two hours ago so
atleast I will have a man to talk to, we
were sitting by the pool area having a drink and some finger
foods while waiting for Lebo’s mom to finish cooking.

Me ‘’I am so happy to see you guys’’

Mohau ‘’same here man it has been a minute hey, I am glad to
see that God has been faithful to you’’
Keke ‘’I am just sad to know that you left my friend, and never
told us about it. She was supposed to
be the one enjoying all this, after all she was there when there
was nothing Kagiso. Tlwano is a
Queen and you hurt her so bad and she kept on forgiving you
and this time you went for her cousin, Kagi mara really’’
Me ‘’I know K and I regret ever hurting her like that, she wants
nothing to do with me and I need to
accept that, I just want her to find all the happiness I took from
her’’
Mohau ‘’yeah bro, you lost a good one, no offence but this Lebo
of yours boy ai’’ I laughed
Me ‘’I know ntwana trust me, she is something else, I just hope
my kids wont be crazy like her’’
Keke ‘’you even want kids by her. Jesus Christ, Kagiso are you
crazy’’ we heard Lebo replying
Lebo ‘’nope my man is not crazy, he just chose a real woman to
bear him children he desires’’
Keke ‘’wait wait, by real woman you referring to who?’’ I closed
my eyes I know Keke is not one to mess with
Lebo ‘’I am talking about me duh’’ keke laughed
Keke ‘’oh real is associated with trash these days I see’’ lebo’s
eyes popped out
Lebo ‘’what did you just say, you come into my house and insult
me, ketla o trappa girl’’
Keke ‘’oh she is also a hoodrat, waitsi go tsamaya ke go bona’’
she clapped her hands
Lebo ‘’kagiso when are your friends leaving my house’’
Keke ‘’we are leaving when we want nana, we wont be told by
you so please brika’’
Mohau ‘’okay love come down tuu’’
Me ‘’please my friend come down, Lebo go to the house and
help your mom to finish up” she clicked her tongue and went to
the house
Keke ‘’your poor kids will wish Tlwano’s eggs were the ones
fertilised’’ we all laughed
Chapter 19
Andile

My woman and I are going to see the Dr today, honestly I am so

fucking excited, I just wanna stop
using condoms, imagine how much I enjoy her with a condom,
so cabanga without one, I will be in
my own Lolo heaven, i asked the guy I work with to cover for
me in case I don’t make it back in time,
he is a cool guy he agreed without hesitation, me and him get
along just fine. Lolo will be here any
minute now. I was still in my security uniform. Her car parked
across the street I can see it from my
duty post, I didn’t waste time I went to her. I opened the door
and got in.

Me ‘’Lolo wami’’ I gave her a kiss

Her ‘’sthandwa, jealous down baby, this uniform suits you yazi’’
I blushed, wait till you see in a suit
wena sthandwa sami
Me ‘’thank you baby, you don’t want me to change’’ she
frowned
Her ‘’what for Ndile, you coming back to work mos baby’’ see
why I love this one, she is not even
ashamed of my hustle, she loves Andile not Andile the
billionaires son. Its official my mission here is
complete
Me ‘’I thought maybe you’d be ashamed nyana, I mean look at
you in that outfit, it screams
corporate lady and mina nge inform ya ma security’’
Her ‘’I love this security guard and I am not ashamed of him,
not now not ever’’ those words validated everything
Me ‘’he loves you too, now lets get moving’’ she smiled and
started the car, we got to the Dr in no
time, we got out and the receptionist welcomed us in, she is
shocked to see in the uniform
Recep ‘’welcome sir, Dr Mthethwa is waiting for you inside’’
Me ‘’hi Kamo, thank you’’ she blushed and Lolo rolled her eyes,
that made me laugh, we knocked
and the Dr told us to come in and we did.
Dr ‘’Andile, ntwana, unjani’’
Me ‘’sharp njani ntwana’’
Dr ‘’ai yizo skeem, manje ngama uniform yin from CE..’’ I cut
him so fast before he could finish and
Lolo looked at me confused
Me ‘’ai bafo, long story. Meet my woman Lolo Ai sorry man her
name is Kutlwano, baby this is Dr
Mthethwa but you can call him Danny the Dr’’ they both
laughed
Her ‘’nice to meet you Dr’’ he smiled and shook her hand
Dr ‘’same here. Wena Andile we have a lot of catching up to do
seriously. But for now what can I do
for you’’
Me ‘’we wanna test for everything bafo, HIV, STI’s, anything
sexually transmitted’’
Dr ‘’okay you wanna do the, we are now ready to stop using the
condom tests’’ I laughed and Lolo
was blushing next to me
Me ‘’if you have to put it like that’’ he laughed and started
withdrawing our blood for lab tests which
he will push stat in the Lab so we get it by end of the day, but he
also did instant strip tests which
came out clean for the both of us, obviously that was a relief.
We were now done and walking back
to the car.
Her ‘’so I guess we are done with condoms’’ I smiled like a
lunatic
Me ‘’yes baby we are done with those fucks’’ she laughed
Her ‘’I need to start on some contraceptives’’
Me ‘’aow baby, my pull out game is not weak hao’’ she laughed
Her ‘’I am not taking any chances’’
Me ‘’it’s okay baby, you do that ke’’
Her ‘’since you knock off later than me, I was thinking that you
could take the car, at least we will
drive together in the morning, drop me off and go with it, I will
take a taxi going back home’’ I
couldn’t believe my ears, Kutlwano always amazes me, she is so
selfless Jesus thank you for leading
me to this woman
Me ‘’no baby taxis are not safe love. Woman are forever
abducted I wont risk your safety, I will be
okay, plus I use a staff taxi, drops me at home. We can drive
together though I love that idea’’
Her ‘’okay then, let me go drop you off, I don’t want you to be
late’’ I smile and we got in the car.

3 weeks later
S’bu

I asked my family to all be present at tonight’s dinner, I have

decided to introduce Ledi to them, I
want the queen to be able to come sleep over here without
been scared, so when they know she
exist it will make her loosen up a bit. I also want to show her
how serious I am with her. I am
planning big things for us. MaShirley cooked up a storm, it
smells nice. I also asked our family driver
to go pick her up, they will be here any minute now, we were
sited around the dining table waiting
for her, I asked her not to mention Andile, she was curious of
why I said that but I said something
stupid
Advertisement
MaShirley removed pictures of Andile in the house so she
doesn’t see them
I heard the car park outside and I know she was here, I looked
at my dad and he smiled , I got up to
go get her, she looked so beautiful, in a white dress and gold
high heel, my baby is not a fan of
weaves she loves braids.
Me ‘’baby, you look stunning’’ I kiss her
Her ‘’thank you babe’’
Me ‘’come they are waiting for you’’ we walked in and she was
freaking out like literally

Me ‘’family, our guest of honour is here’’ father stood up

smiling my mother and sister were just
giving her a look.
Dad ‘’finally I meet the famous Naledi, my goodness now I see
why my son is crazy over you, you are
beautiful’’ she blushed
Her ‘’thank you sir’’
Dad ‘’no no such formalities, call me baba’’ I smile and Ledi
blushes
Me ‘’mother, Thando this is my girlfriend Naledi, baby this is my
mother and siter’’ she nodded
Her ‘’pleased to meet you’’
Thando ‘’okay, what is going on here, when did you break up
with Amahle’’ I gave her a dirty look
Dad ‘’Thando behave or else’’
Mom ‘’she is right to ask, my house is not a mall where your son
comes in and out with different girls
Zwane, you should be reprimanding him not cheering him up’’
Dad ‘’I don’t have time for you drama today. Naledi never mind
my wife and daughter they are
always bitter, you are very welcome la ekhaya, my son loves you
and that is a big deal for me’’
Me ‘’sorry for that my love’’ my mother sat and we followed the
dinner was going to be a flop if dad
was not here, he is really happy to see Ledi
Mom ‘’so Naledi, what do you do’’
Her ‘’I am currently busy doing my grade 12’’ Thando laughed
Thando ‘’you cant be serious, S’bu you are dating a child la’’
Me ‘’yazi Thando you are not going to disrespect my woman
like that, please hold yourself’’
Dad ‘’Thando I am not going to repeat myself, if you feel like
you don’t want to welcome your
brothers girlfriend, you are free to leave the table, Makoti
wami, Sibusiso tells me that you are going
to study medicine’’ Ledi smiled she loves talking about
medicine
Her ‘’well baba yes, I am already accepted with my june exam
marks, I just have to perform
exceptionally on my finals. I cant wait to start’’
Dad ‘’that is good mntanami’’
Mom ‘’do you have a bursary for that, coz I doubt your family
can afford medical school’’
Me ‘’she doesn’t have a bursary mama, I am going to be paying
for her studies, she is my woman
after all, I am investing in our future, my children’s future’’
Dad ‘’that is good son, Naledi thank you, whatever you are
doing to S’bu please don’t stop’’
Mom ‘’wow just wow, our hard earned money is now paying for
some girl he will dump in a few
months, why wont you find someone in you class’’
Me ‘’you were not in dad’s class when he met you mother, and
honestly Naledi has more class than
you when you first met dad, at least she has dreams and
ambitions, what did you have besides being
the wife of a rich man Khumbuzile tell me’’
Thando ‘’you wont talk to mama like that S’bu’’ I laughed
Me ‘’wena ke just shut up, I am not that boyfriend of yours that
you bully, unga ngiphapheli sisi and
don’t disrespect my woman, I will slap the living shit out of
you’’
Ledi ‘’baby come down please, its okay I can take it’’
Me ‘’you must never take it love, but I am sorry for all this
drama’’
Ledi ‘’I think I should leave’’
Dad ‘’absolutely not, you came her to meet us and unwind,
never mind these bitter people, I rather
you go outside with S’bu to relax and have drinks, you can leave
later on, but you can sleep over if
you want, I don’t mind’’
Ledi ‘’thank you baba’’
Dad ‘’now go enjoy outside, feel free this is your home now’’
Ledi ‘’I really appreciate it baba’’ I stood up and took my woman
and gave her the tour of the house
Ledi ‘’your house is beautiful baby’’
Me ‘’thank you love, and I am sorry, my mom and sister are just
problematic’’
Ledi ‘’its okay baby, you warned me, so I was prepared for that,
but your dad is amazing, you are
blessed’’
Me ‘’too blessed, will you be comfortable sleeping over’’
Ledi ‘’that was our plan vele love’’ I smile
Me ‘’I love you Naledi’’
Ledi ‘’I love you too Sibu’’ we kissed and I went to get us a
bottle of champagne and food from the
dining table, dad was busy scolding mom and Thando. i really
appreciate my father he is the best.
Chapter 20
Kutlwano

Ever since that day I came back from work and Andile made
love to me for the first time, me and him
have been inseparable, wherever I am Andile is there except for
some weekdays, we are lovers and
best friends, there is nothing we don’t share, I love that man so
much I can’t hide it. It’s a new year
and Ledi made us proud, she passed her matric with 7
distinctions, she is officially a medical student,
her man bought her a red Mercedes A45 as a present, she was
so happy, the car suits her man.
Today we are celebrating her, S’bu booked an entire boat so we
are having lunch on deck, we are
going to cruise in the Vaal River. Aunt Kele, Lebo and Kagiso will
also be coming. We are celebrating
Naledi so I don’t have time to even be bitter plus I am over
Kagiso so I don’t really care. The drive to
the Vaal was short, the four of us were driving together bo
Kagiso will come in their own car. We get
there and we are directed to the boat, Ledi and I are in short
summer dresses with sun hats and flip
flops, the boys are in shorts and flip flops as well, we are kind of
matching which is cute, we take a
couple of pictures and the drama queens arrive, they are in
stilettoes and designer clothes, Kagiso is
spending big man, Ledi looks at me and smiles and I laugh a bit.

Kele ‘’oh Naledi my child I am proud of you ngwanake’’ she

hugged her but Ledi didn’t return it
Ledi ‘’thank you, with my support structure I had no chance but
to perform exceptionally’’ she
looked at me and S’bu and we both smiled at her
Lebo ‘’congratulations, even though I don’t understand why you
chose school, when you can have a
rich husband and live like a queen’’ I laugh and Ndile and S’bu
looked at each other
Kagiso ‘’Tlwano, how are you’’ Lebo gave him a dirty stare
Me ‘’I am good thank you’’ he smiles
Ledi ‘’let’s go to the boat, the cruise is starting in 5 minutes’’ we
all went on board and the cruise
began , we were served with drinks and a starter, they were
very delicious. My aunt decided to take
the conversation south.
Kele ‘’so S’bu what are your intensions with my precious baby
girl, I hear you are paying for her fees
and that you bought her that expensive car’’
S’bu ‘’yes I am, I love Naledi and honestly when she is ready I
want to make her my wife’’ he looked
at Ledi and they both smiled
Kele ‘’that’s good, I am happy to hear that’’
Lebo ‘’so what do you do for a living’’
Ledi ‘’that’s none of your business Lebo’’
S’bu ‘’I don’t mind love, I am currently the acting CEO of my
father’s company coz my brother who is
the CEO is not in the country, he is looking for investors coz he is
working on a huge project, but
when he is around I am the fulltime Chief financial officer’’’
Lebo ‘’you must be making a fortune’’
Kele ‘’impressive, Ledi you found yourself a good one, and wena
miss goody goody, who is the young
man next to you’’ I laugh and shake my head
Me ‘’his name is Andile’’
Lebo ‘’and what does Andile do’’ I looked at my man confidently
and smiled at him
Me ‘’baby do you want to answer that’’ his eyes lit up as he
smiles at me and all I could see is love
Andile ‘’well, I am just a security guard, nothing much’’
Lebo ‘’what a security guard you can’t be serious Kutlwano,
what a down grade tjo’’ she and my aunt
laughed, I thought Andile would be embarrassed but he and
S’bu were laughing and that made all of
us confused
Me ‘’no Lebo its actual the biggest upgrade in the history of
Love, but I don’t expect you to
understand, you define love with money and material things’’
Andile held my hand and kissed it and
leaned over to whisper something in my ear
Andile ‘’I love you so much Lolo’’ I blushed and kissed him
Ledi ‘’you too with public display of affection’’
S’bu ‘’uyabazi babe’’ we laughed
Lebo ‘’public display of affection with a broke man, soze
shame’’
S’bu ‘’not everything is black and white sisi’’ okay what does
that mean. We continued celebrating
Ledi, taking pictures and Lebo and my aunt busy throwing shade
here and there but my contentment
couldn’t allow me to be offended, ngi happy mos.

Two weeks later

Andile

I believe it is time I told Kutlwano who I really am, this woman

has shown me that she loves me for
who I am and not what I have
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it is time I start treating her like a queen, my queen. I don’t
know how
she is going to take all of this but I need to go back to my life
now and she needs to know everything
about me before I can propose. I love her so much guys it even
scares me sometimes. I don’t trust
myself to tell her the truth so I asked S’bu to bring me my
album from childhood till now. I will show
her these pictures and explain everything to her. She will get
here any moment from now, I heard
the key turn and she walked in all smiles holding a takeaway
bag.

Her ‘’hey baby, I sure you are starving’’ I give her a weak smile
and her expression changed
Me ‘’baby’’ she dropped everything and came to seat next to
me
Her ‘’love, what’s wrong, you don’t look fine’’ she knows me
too well
Me ‘’I am going to tell you something and please keep an open
mind, try and understand where I am
coming from Lolo please I beg you’’
Her ‘’ndile you are scaring me, what is going on’’ I hand her the
photo album of my life, she started
paging through and she saw S’bu in the photos then pictures of
me at work in suits and some articles
of 100 youngest CEO’s in the world. She was confused and I on
the other hand, dammit I was
panicking.
Me ‘’baby’’
Her ‘’Ndile, baby what’s going, why is this paper saying you are
a CEO and why is it that you are with
S’bu’s family and who is that girl you are holding with a ring on
her finger’’ I take a deep breath and I
explain everything about my life and family and what made me
disguise as a security guard, she was
now crying
Her ‘’so you mean what we have was all a lie’’
Me ‘’no my love never, what we share is real and special baby, I
found what I have always been
looking for in my ideal wife, I just wanted a woman who will
love me for who I really am not what I
have and Lolo you loved me when I was a security guard you
didn’t care about money and status
even though some people judged you for it, you stood up for
my honour when people disrespected
me, Lolo I love you and please understand why I did all this
sthandwa sami’’
Her ‘’Ndile, so you have money and you are a CEO and you are
well off, you have a qualification and
you are not a security guard?’’
Me ‘’that is correct Lolo, but I am still me my love, I am still
uNdile wakho baby please don’t doubt
that please baby please’’ I was now crying she looked at me
straight in the eye crying too, she finally
spoke after a long while it’s like she found what she was
searching for deep in my eyes
Her ‘’so you won’t change, you will always be the same person I
know?’’
Me ‘’never baby, why would I go through all this to find you
then change, I don’t promise you
perfection but I promise you real, we will have problems but we
will overcome them, baby you are
my life. Lolo I want no one else but you please don’t leave me’’
Her ‘’Ndile leaving you will be like rejecting my own heart, how
will I live without my heart, I am
shocked that’s all, it’s going to take me a lot of time to adjust to
your real life’’ relief flooded through
my whole body and I realised that I was actually holding my
breath.
Me ‘’Lolo’’
Her ‘’Ndile wami’’ I blush
Me ‘’ngiyak’thanda baby wami kakhulu futhi’’
Her ‘’and I love you too muntu wami’’ I held her tightly and we
shared a passionate kiss that lasted
longer than it should have coz it led to her moaning and
whispering my name as I make love to her.
Once we done we cuddle and continue telling each other how
much we love each other.
Me ‘’ so baby, I will be doing back home tomorrow and you will
meet my family on Sunday’’
Her ‘’I am going to miss you so much, our morning drive to
work’’
Me ‘’I am going to spend time with you like I always did’’
Her ‘’ndile you going back to being CEO that requires a lot of
time’’
Me ‘’trust me love I will make time for you’’
Her ‘’okay my love’’
Me ‘’let me call my dad and let him know that I am coming back
home, ngiza noMakoti njalo’’ she
blushed. I made the call with her in my arms.

Mr Zwane

I just got off the phone with Andile, he has completed the
mission, I am proud of my son, I have
missed him so much, and the smile on my face sold me out coz
my wife and daughter were curious
as to why I am smiling like a lunatic.

Thando ‘’baba out with it hao’’

Me ‘’oh such good news baby girl’’
Khumbu ‘’hao Zwane yini’’
Me ‘’I am pleased to inform you that Andile is coming back
home tomorrow’’ they screamed in
excitement
Khumbu ‘’oh mntanami, I need Shirley to come early tomorrow
to prepare for my baby’s arrival, oh I
can’t wait’’
Thando ‘’we need to prepare now, I will ask the other maid to
clean his room, it must be spotless’’
they both stood up to go torture the poor maids, my phone
rings again and this time it’s my PI, I
move from the lounge and enter my study
Me ‘’talk to me’’
Him ‘’I am done Sir, I found out everything’’
Me ‘’that’s good, thank you’’
Him ‘’I don’t think you will thank me soon as you see this boss
trust me’’ my stomach turned into
knots
Me ‘’come see me on Sunday, I don’t want anything to ruin
tomorrow, my son is coming back’’
Him ‘’sure boss’’ we hang up and I sigh deeply.
Chapter 21
Mr Zwane

I couldn’t stop thinking of what my PI found, my thoughts ran

wild with me that I decided that
Sunday is far, waiting that long will just be unnecessary torture,
so I asked him to email me his
findings, I have went over these documents and I must admit I
can’t believe my eyes, I called him a
million times to ask if he is really serious, and he gave me his
word, I have no reason not to believe
him, the paper words is legit and he has a video confession of
the nurse that delivered both my sons
and she validates that Andile and Sibusiso are Shirley’s sons and
that my wife and Ntswaki paid her
to not say anything and say the kids are Khumbuzile’s. I can’t
believe, so I have kids with our helper, I
don’t understand because i have never slept with Shirley so
how come I have children with her, or
are my son’s not biologically mine, no no no this can’t be. They
are real Zwane man they have our
tribe mark that cannot be faked. I can’t contain my tears. My
life is been a lie all this while, why
would Khumbuzile do this to me. I strongly believe that the
boys are mine definitely mine. I called
Andile and told him to come immediately I can’t sleep with such
a secret it is too much to bare,
Sibusiso is also on his way. I stopped Shirley from leaving and I
called Ntswaki and told her I want to
talk about a way forward with her regarding the Andile issue,
and she couldn’t be happy to hear
from me, I told her to get here in an hour, coz Andile was
leaving Soweto when I called, he is using
his new girl’s car. I went to the lounge and found Thando and
the mother waiting, Ntswaki got here,
this woman I said in an hour mxm desperation at its best. My
eyes were bloodshot red from crying

Khumbu ‘’hao Ntswaki, what are you doing here?’’ she seemed
alarmed
Ntswaki ‘’your husband invited me, we are going to discuss the
Tshepi and Andile issue’’
Khumbu ‘’oh okay that’s good’’
Ntswaki ‘’yes, maybe my daughter will come back, she has been
gone for 3 months now, she won’t
tell me where she is, she just says she is fine, I know she is
depressed from this whole thing. What if
she hurts herself oh my God’’ she faked a tear.
Thando ‘’she says that to me too. I just wish she could tell me
where she is’’ I roll my eyes
Khumbu ‘’baba why are your eyes like this’’
Me ‘’cognac, I had a few glasses’’ Sibusiso walked in
S’bu ‘’baba you sounded serious, is everything okay’’
Me ‘’you will find out soon, Thando go call MaShirley’’ Khumbu
gave me a weird look
Thando ‘’okay daddy’’ that’s first she didn’t complain. She came
back with her and they sat Shirley
looks terrified. Andile walked in and everyone screamed
welcoming him, the mini festivity lasted a
while and I let it go on, I am about to drop a bomb on them.
Me ‘’okay everyone, please sit we have a lot to discuss’’
Andile ‘’please baba, coz I left something really special to be
here, what is going on that couldn’t
wait for tomorrow’’ I look down, I don’t want to hurt my son’s
but they have to know lying won’t do
our relationship any good
Me ‘’Andile you once came to me with some information, my
gut feeling told me to dig deeper and I
did just that. Today I got the information. It is really very
disturbing. I am hurt by these news but the
truth can’t be hidden forever. You know as I stand before you I
don’t know how i feel but amongst
all these feelings pain and hurt are dominating, people I trust
with my life have hurt me so bad I
couldn’t believe it but I can’t dispute the truth’’ I let out a tear,
its things like these that a man can’t
hold in his tears.
S’bu ‘’pops you are scaring us, tell us what is happening’’
Me ‘’you see Sibusiso, I am going to ask your mother one thing,
Khumbuzile, who is Andile and
Sibusiso’s mother?’’ her eyes popped out and Shirley started
crying, my sons where looking at me
confused
Thando ‘’haibo baba, what do you mean, ma is our mother’’ I
ignored her
Me ‘’khuluma Khumbuzile’’
Khumbuzile ‘’baba, why are saying this, these are sons, I am
their mother’’
Me ‘’okay, but who gave birth to them, don’t try and lie about
it’’ she started crying
Andile ‘’pops we are lost please fill us in’’
Me ‘’you will find out the truth just now’’ I looked at Ntswaki
Me ‘’so she promised you that Andile will marry your daughter
if you keep her filthy secret?’’ she
looked down and nodded
Me ‘’tell me and my son’s, who is their mother’’ she looked at
me and started crying and looked
down again ‘’answer me dammit’’ I shouted and everyone was
shocked I hardly ever scream
Ntswaki ‘’okay okay, I will tell you the truth’’
Khumbuzile ‘’’Ntswaki please don’t’’
Ntswaki ‘’don’t you see, he knows already. I might as well
validate what he knows. Zwane, the
mother of your boys is MaShirley’’ my boys eyes popped out
S’bu ‘’what are you saying, dad have you and MaShirley, you
know’’ I closed my eyes coz I will also
like to know
Me ‘’answer my son Ntswaki’’
Ntswaki ‘’not because they wanted to S’bu, Shirley was running
away from some Nigerian pimp
when your parents found her, they gave her a home and she
worked for them, your mother was
having a tough time carrying full term, though Zwane was
supportive, your mom felt like he was going to
get tired someday, she came up with a plan to get Shirley
pregnant by your father without his
knowledge, she asked Shirley but she refused, she was young
and she was still a virgin, her high
morals wouldn’t let her sleep with a married man, Khumbuzile
then blackmailed her saying she
would take her back to Emeka, the pimp she was running from,
scared she decided that it was better
for her to do as Shirley said than to go back to Emeka to be a
prostitute and possibly a drug addict.
Zwane was never going to allow that so
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I took her to a Sangoma I knew, he gave us muti to put into
his food, that muti made him see Shirley as Khumbuzile, luckily
they didn’t have to do it many times
as she fell pregnant at first try, then Khumbuzile told Zwane she
was pregnant. We then took the
same sangoma to tell Zwane that Khumbuzile had to move
away from this place coz it had evil spirits
wanted all her kids thus she had many miscarriages, fearing for
his baby he agreed and Khumbuzile
and Shirley came to me and I hid them till she gave birth so
Zwane couldn’t notice that she was
never pregnant, the same process happened with Sibusiso’’
tears were now streaming down my
face, I looked at S’bu and he was also crying uncontrollably.
Andile had his face buried in his hands
so I couldn’t see his face, seeing my boys this hurt broke me
even further, Shirley was also crying
hysterically, a part of me felt her pain but the other mad as hell
she could have told me, I would have
helped her, she could have had the chance to raise her children
as their mother and not a nanny
Me ‘’how could you do this to me Khumbuzile, I never blamed
you for those miscarriages instead I
was there each time, I told you only God gives children you
should have been patient, but you were
selfish, you had to put Shirley through such torture, you used
her painful experience to get your way,
you are wicked woman’’
Khumbuzile ‘’oh Zwane please don’t talk like this, I did it for us
baba, they might not be mine
biologically but they are my son’s I love them’’
Me ‘’shut up, just shut the hell up, Shirley you could have told
us the truth, we could have protected
you’’
Shirley ‘’sir biko, gbagbara m na obughi m n’obi imebi gi n’uzo
m si eme ya, enwere m aka na akuku ,
umu m, biko, gbagbara m, Chineke maara na ebigh m n’obi ime
gi ihe ojoo. Abu m nne gi ma hu gi
n’anya na m huru gi n’anya mgbe niile, I bu ndu m, biko chota
ya n’ime obi gi igbaghara m. ( sir
please forgive me, it was never my intention to hurt you the
way I did, I was backed into a corner,
my sons please forgive me, God knows I never meant to hurt
you. I am your mother and I love you, I
have always loved you, you are my life, please find it in your
hearts to forgive me’)’’ she said in her
language and translated in between sobs
S’bu ‘’yazin, this is too much, my brother and I hell even my
dad, we have been living a lie all our
lives and you think saying sorry will fix everything, hell it
doesn’t, in fact hearing you say sorry makes
me more mad’’ ne clicked his tongue and wiped his tears which
was a waste coz they kept on
streaming down his face. The atmosphere in the house was
tense everyone was crying.
Me ‘’the truth is out now, as painful as it is, we have to accept
it. Khumbuzile I am giving you an hour
to pack all of your shit and get the hell out of my house, I won’t
continue living with a snake in my
house. Shirley as much as you were a victim here, we need a
break, we need to process this all, my
sons and I need time, we will contact you when you are good
and ready’’
S’bu ‘’I want nothing to do with the both of them pops nothing’’
Shirley ‘’I pray you all forgive me, Andile, S’bu, as hard as it
might be, I love you boys more than life
its self, I will wait for as long as you want till you are ready to
talk to me’’ with that she walked out
still crying
Khumbuzile ‘’Zwane please, you are my life, what I am
supposed to do without you. I love you. I
make a mistake but it gave us our son’s please I love you please,
lets find a way to work this out’’
Me ‘’ntswaki you can leave, Khumbuzile just an hour, be gone
by the time my sons and I get out of
that study, boys come’’ they followed me and we got in and I
closed the study room, as if we
planned it, we all screamed, the pain was too deep, we couldn’t
keep it in, I pulled them by their
hands and we had a group hug. We held each other close, the
only sounds in the room was our sobs,
it is too painful.
Me ‘’its all going to be okay, we have each other we will get
through this together. I love you boys’’
they couldn’t even say anything.
Chapter 22
Kutlwano

I narrated to Naledi everything Andile told me and she was

shocked but so excited at the same time
Her ‘’so you telling me that we dating brothers’’ she says
smiling
Me ‘’that’s how it seems’’ she claps her hands
Her ‘’I don’t blame him though for going to these lengths, their
mother is a dragon’’ I give her a look
Me ‘’what do you mean’’
Her ‘’Kutlwano, that woman is bitter sis, she and the daughter
were on my throat the entire time I
was there, if the father wasn’t there they would’ve roasted me
alive’’
Me ‘’Andile did mention that she is something else, I guess I
should just prepare myself for
tomorrow’’
Her ‘’lover wear your emotional bulletproof, coz the venom that
comes out of that woman’s mouth’’
Me ‘’but atleast you will be there right’’
Her ‘’yes Sibu mentioned dinner, but he never confirmed’’
Me ‘’I just hope you are coming’’
Her ‘’do not stress the father is amazing, he will put those two
in their place’’
Me ‘’I am glad to hear that’’
Her ‘’enough about cruela and her daughter, how does it feel ti
finally be with a man that will be
able to provide for you always’’ I smile
Me ‘’honestly, I don’t know, I am used to doing things for
myself’’
Her ‘’I totally understand sis, I also want to be independent’’
Me ‘’you took the first step to that, education, I know S’bu does
everything for you but don’t let that
taint your ambition and hunger by feeling like you have already
made it in life with his money,
remember life can take nasty turns, talk to me when you need
something’s too okay’’
Her ‘’I will sis, and thank you’’
Me ‘’have you spoken to S’bu today’’
Her ‘’no hey his phone is off, since last night’’
Me ‘’you know yesterday, Andile’s father called saying there is
an emergency, he said he will call me
later but he never did, I tried calling but he never answered,
which is unlike him, I am worried’’
Her ‘’something is definitely wrong, if they don’t call by 2pm we
will drive there’’
Me ‘’okay we will do that’’ Ndile wami, what’s going on baby

Andile

I am still numb from last night, I am trying to process this bit by

bit, I am really finding it hard to
believe, I wish this could just be a horrible dream that someone
will wake me from, it is really too
much to deal with, last night I couldn’t sleep a wink, i decided
to go watch soccer in the cinema, I
found dad in the lounge crying and gulping down the cognac, I
joined him and a few minutes later
S’bu came down too. We drank till we passed out on these
couches, Alcohol numbed that pain for a
short while. Seeing my father like this is killing me, he is trying
to be strong for us but I can see right
through him he is broken, my mother’s I mean Khumbuzile’s
betrayal got him real bad. I woke up
first and ordered us some greasy food, the hangover Is on
another level, shit shit shit, Lolo dammit I
forgot to call my woman she must be dead worried, probably
thinking that I forgot about her coz I
am back to being the rich kid, I can’t talk to her coz I will break
down and I don’t want to worry her
more, I went to get my phone and I see 3 missed calls from her.
I send her a text *Lolo wami, sorry
for missing your calls muntu wami, there was indeed an
emergency at home, I can’t explain over the
phone, but promise I see you later on, please let Naledi know
too. I love you Lolo with all my heart* I
press send and a minute later she responds *ndile wami, thank
you for getting back to me, I am glad
you are okay, I will see you later, whatever it is, God will make it
alright. I love you too, and Ledi asks
that you tell your brother that she Loves him very much* her
text makes me feel a bit better. The food arrives and I wake
them up.

Dad ‘’eish, Andile, we slept on these couches?’’

Me ‘’yeah we did’’ he scanned the coffee table, there were two
bottles of empty cognac and smoked
Cubans
S’bu ‘’we had a party mos last night’’
Dad ‘’we were mourning the life we thought was ours’’
Me ‘’yeah pops yeah, Khumbuzile played a number on us’’
Dad ‘’the award for the biggest fool goes to me’’
S’bu ‘’so as it stands we are half South African and half
Nigerian’’
Me ‘’you know now that the truth is out, bro bro you have
MaShirleys features’’ dad laughs
Dad ‘’that’s true’’ he just shook his head
S’bu ‘’so what now, what are we gonna do’’
Dad ‘’what I am sure of is I am divorcing Khumbuzile I want
nothing to do with her’’
Me ‘’and our mother’’
Dad ‘’yazi Andile, Shirley was also a victim la, blaming her won’t
help us at all
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she is your mother and
that won’t change, it is up to you to decide if you want to have
a relationship with her or not, yazi
Andile, I took her virginity without even knowing, I violated her,
whether I was lucid or not, we were
supposed to protect her but we used her’’
S’bu ‘’you keep saying we like you knew the truth, stop it baba,
you didn’t know anything, you
wouldn’t have done it if you were in your right mind. You are a
great man baba, don’t let what
Khumbuzile did taint that’’
Me ‘’S’bu is right taima, I need more time before I can try
building a relationship with her, you can
give her, her job back I don’t mind’’
S’bu ‘’yeah pops, we just need more time, then we will see if we
can try build a mother sons
relationship with her’’
Dad ‘’just don’t forget that she was also a victim of
circumstance, boys please’’ I looked at Sbu and
he shrugged his shoulders
Me ‘’will keep that in mind baba’’ we continue eating ‘’oh by
the way S’bu Ledi asked me to let you
know that she loves you’’ he smiled
S’bu ‘’dammit I forgot to call her, she must be mad’’
Me ‘’don’t worry I send Lolo a text and asked her to let Ledi
know’’
S’bu ‘’yoh thank you bafo’’
Dad ‘’the meeting for tomorrow is still continuing right?’’
Me ‘’yes dad nomakanjani’’
Dad ‘’lets eat, I want to go see Shirley’’
S’bu ‘’we will catch a lift back with you, we need to go see the
Zwane brides’’ I smile
Dad ‘’okay Zwane husbands’’ we all laugh but deap down it still
cuts deep

Naledi
Kutlwano and I were chiling in the lounge watching a series on
Netflix, kamona we are having Gin
and tonic. It’s nice man go monate man having a big sister like
this one. We see her car park outside
but in the yard and we know the Zwane man are here, I see her
blush and I smile too. Me ‘’they are here’’
Her ‘’I know, the butterflies in my stomach are going crazy’’ I
laugh, they knock and enter, they look
horrible, S’bu comes to sit next to me and we hug, Andile sits
on top of Kutlwano’s lap and buries his
face on her neck, Kutlwano snakes her hands around his waist.
Her ‘’Ndile what is wrong muntu wami’’ he didn’t answer her,
next thing S’bu is crying next to me,
okay now I am scared.
Me ‘’Sibu, what’s wrong, you guys you scaring us hle’’
S’bu ‘’baby, kushubile’’ he wiped his tears
Her ‘’Andile talk me please’’
Andile ‘’ai Lolo, kunzima Sthandwa sam’’
Her ‘’okay but what happened’’ she stared crying too and
Andile wiped her tears
Andile ‘’Okay we just found out that the woman we have been
calling mother is not our mom but
rather our helper is our mom’’ a tear escaped his eye
Me ‘’what, no guys I am so sorry, so your dad and the maid had
an affair’’
S’bu ‘’no baby, Khumbuzile, used muti to make dad sleep with
the helper thinking its her’’
Me ‘’why would the maid agree to that’’
S’bu ‘’no babe, she was blackmailed, see she is originally from
Nigeria, she got here coz she was sold
into prostitution, she managed to run away and my parents
found her, Khumbuzile forced her to do
it coz if she refused she would take her back to the pimp’’
Her ‘’wait wait, is your mother MaShirley?’’
Andile ‘’yes my love’’
Me ‘’the beautiful sweet lady where you were renting’’ he nods
Her ‘’oh my God this is sad, I am really sorry guys’’ she wiped
Andile’s tears and kissed him
Me ‘’have you spoken to your biological mother’’
S’bu ‘’we need time baby, she hurt us’’
Me ‘’I don’t mean to sound insensitive, but Sibu she was also a
victim, she was in a foreign country,
she had no one, that Khumbuzile woman can be intimidating
that I know, she didn’t do this on
purpose love, you guys should talk to her really’’
Her ‘’Ledi is right guys, MaShirley is an amazing woman, Ndile
you know this baby, she was a victim
too. Don’t lose the chance to build a relationship with your
mother, the only person to be blamed is
Khumbuzile, not MaShirley. Try and put your selves in her
shoes, I know you are both hurting, but
have you stopped to think about how she felt all those years,
watching another woman play mom to
her sons while all she could be to them was a mere maid, Andile
baby please think about it’’ Andile
cupped her face and kissed her
S’bu ‘’we hear you ladies, and we love you guys very much’’
Andile ‘’that is true’’ we both blush
Chapter 23
Mr Zwane

I am outside Shirley’s house wondering if I should get in and

talk to her or if I should give her more
time, but I honestly need to apologise to her. What Khumbuzile
did to this woman is heart breaking.
She is my sons mother I should reach out to her and to at least
help her build a relationship with her
sons. I finally gather my strength and walk in, I find her in the
kitchen cooking, it was smelling divine.
I knock and she turns obviously surprised to see me.

Her ‘’Mr Zwane please come in’’ I make my way in and sit, the
house is very nice and super clean
Me ‘’how are you’’
Her ‘’I don’t know sir really, just mixed emotions’’
Me ‘’totally understandable, Shirley I actually came here to
apologise’’
Her ‘’for what sir, you did nothing wrong, I am the one who
should be apologising’’
Me ‘’no I need to apologise too, I took your innocence and that
was wrong, we violated you’’
Her ‘’Sir you were not yourself please don’t apologise, it’s
better to have lost it to a gentleman, than
to any man as a prostitute’’ I smile
Me ‘’as messed up as this situation is, I want to thank you’’ she
frowns
Her ‘’for what now’’
Me ‘’for giving me my sons, without you they wouldn’t exist,
and I cannot imagine my life without
them, so thank you so much’’ she smiles
Her ‘’how are they’’ she asks and a tear escapes her eye, I wipe
it with my thumb
Me ‘’they are not okay Shirley, this is very hard on them but
they will get there eventually’’
Her ‘’please tell them that I am really sorry I never meant for
this to happen’’
Me ‘’I will do that. Do you want to build a relationship with
them?’’
Her ‘’more than anything Sir’’
Me ‘’if that’s the case, you going to have to stop calling me Sir,
call me Muziwakhe, and I think you
should resume work, so they can see you every day it will be
hard for them to ignore the fact that
you are their mother’’ she smiled
Her ‘’I will do so, but forgive me it will be difficult for me to
address you by your first name’’
Me ‘’come on Shirley I am the father of your children you can’t
be calling me sir’’
Her ‘’still, I would rather call you baba’’ I smile

Me ‘’that better’’
Her ‘’when should I start’’
Me ‘’I was thinking tomorrow, Andile is bringing his new
girlfriend to the house, I think you can
prepare the meal and join us’’
Her ‘’Kutlwano is a good girl, I have seen her here a couple of
times, he found a good one, I will be
happy to be there tomorrow to prepare for that lunch’’
Me ‘’thank you’’
Her ‘’where are my manners, I prepared some Nigerian food,
egusi and pounded yam, would you
like some?’’
Me ‘’yes please’’ she stood up and prepared the food then
came with a small water basin and a dry
cloth for my hands, when I am done she brings my food and I
dig in, this tastes good.

The day of the Lunch at the Zwane house

Kutlwano

Today was the day I am finally meeting Andile’s father and his
sister I think if she will be there, the
Khumbuzile woman is out of the picture and that is a relief,
hopefully everything will go smoothly, I
am excited and scared at the same time, we will be driving in
Ledi’s car since she is the one who
knows the directions to the house, apparently it is a beautiful
mansion.
Ledi ‘’are you ready to go’’ I sigh
Me ‘’I am sister, do I look okay’’
Ledi ‘’you look stunning sis, like a goddess that you are’’ I smile
Me ‘’okay then, let’s go see what the Zwane boys have in store
for us’’
Ledi ‘’we gonna have so much fun don’t worry yourself, Lady
Dragon is not there’’
Me ‘’I hope so sis, let’s go, you look amazing nana’’ she blushed
Ledi ‘’thank you babe’’ we walk out and walk to the car and off
we are.

Andile

Today is a special day for me

even in the midst of all the pain, I am still excited to intrude the
love of
my life to my father. She is coming with Ledi, she knows her way
here, I just hope she will like it here
coz she will be spending a lot of time here, but whatever she
doesn’t like we will change it.
MaShirley is the one preparing today’s lunch, I don’t know how
to talk to her anymore, and we used
to be so close but we should give it time and eventually we will
get there. I was trying to iron my shirt and I am failing dismally

MaShirley ‘’I can help you with that’’

Me ‘’okay thank you’’ I moved out of her way and she did her
thing, less than five minutes she was
done. Sbu appeared holding his things
Him ‘’bafo are you winning, iron mine too’’ he looked up and
saw it was MaShirley who helped
Him ‘’afternoon ma’’
MaShirley ‘’afternoon boy, let me do that for you’’ he handed
her the clothes
Him ‘’thank you ma’’ she smiled and got on with the ironing.
When she was done, S’bu went to get
dressed. I also went to my room.
A few minutes later we were in the lounge with my father and
brother, we were having a young drink, and MaShirley walked in
with Lolo and Ledi, S’bu and I stood
up and went to embrace our woman. They were looking
amazing. i kissed my woman
Me ‘’hey baby you look amazing’’ she blushed
Her ‘’thank you Ndile’’
Me ‘’baba meet the love of my life, your soon to be daughter in
law, the one that makes my heart
beat abnormally, her name is Kutlwano, uLolo wami, babe this
is my father Mr Zwane’’
Her ‘’it’s nice to meet you Mr Zwane’’ my dad smiles
Dad ‘’It is an honour to finally meet the woman who has my
son’s heart, you are welcome Lolo
wakhe and please call me baba’’ she smiles and they share a
brief hug
Dad ‘’Ledi, it’s nice to see you again’’ he goes to hug her too.
We sit and the other helper serves the
ladies some champagne, we were a conversation, in fact dad
was asking Lolo questions just to get to
know her and make her feel welcomed, MaShirley walked in
Her ‘’Lunch is ready, you can come to the dining table’’ we
followed her and we sat down she
attempted to walk away and I just had to stop her
Me ‘’ma, please join us’’ she looked at baba and he smiled, then
at S’bu
S’bu ‘’it is okay ma, join us’’ she smiled widely obviously happy
MaS ‘’thank you’’ we smiled at her. We dished for ourselves and
the food was divine.
Lolo ‘’the food tastes great ma, thank you’’ she smiled
Ledi ‘’very good mama, you are a great cook’’
MaS ‘’thank you girls’’ she said smiling, we finished eating and
started on dessert, which was equally
great, the conversation was easy and nice, we kind of forgot our
pain for a while
Dad ‘’boys I am so proud of you for finding woman you love,
treat them well at all times. I know we
are going through a tough time right now but I am your father
and I am also hurting but I want to ask
you to give your mother a chance, I am not forcing you but I am
just asking humbly to find it in your
heart to forgive your mother, she is sorry and she loves you
boys’’
S’bu ‘’ma I am sorry for what I said the other day, I was just
hurt, we all were. But we realised that
you were also a victim, it is not fair for us to blame you, I am
willing to give you a chance to mother
me’’
Me ‘’we are your sons and you are our mother, I am also open
to working on our relationship, you
are an amazing woman I don’t doubt that you will be the
perfect mother to my brother and I’’ she
was crying. S’bu and I go to her and I hug her and she hugs us
back
MaS ‘’i love you so much boys, more than life itself and I am
truly sorry for hiding the truth from
you’’ we squeezed harder. While crying. we walk back to the
lounge and sit down, S’bu and I went
to fetch the drinks are we were enjoying our Sunday afternoon
with our woman and our parents are
real parents. We were laughing and having an amazing
conversation, the pain slowly subsiding. The
doorbell disturbed us. A few minutes later the maid walked in
with a person I was not looking
forward to seeing walked in with the biggest surprise of my life
and I knew there and then that I was
fucked.
Chapter 24
Andile

I stood up shocked as hell, I look at my father and he gave me a

confused look. Dammit dammit
dammit, I was scared to look at my woman coz I am pretty sure
she is confused. She decide to speak

Tshepi ‘’dumelang(greetings)’’
Me ‘’Tshepi, what are you doing here’’ I say stuttering
Tshepi ‘’we need to talk Andile’’
Me ‘’oh okay’’ I gave my dad a look
Dad ‘’uhm Tshepi, come have a seat’’ she went and sat down
and I also sat next to my woman, she
whispered in my ear
Lolo ‘’Ndile, is this Tshepi your ex’’ I nod and I see tears forming
in her eyes and my heart just sank
Dad ‘’what can we do for you sisi’’
Tshepi ‘’I was hoping to talk to Andile alone’’
Me ‘’its okay Tshepi, you can say whatever it is in front of my
family’’ she looked at Ledi and Lolo
Tshepi ‘’okay, if you insist, remember that morning when we
last saw each other’’
Me ‘’yes I remember’’
Tshepi ‘’well Andile, that last encounter we had was not
protected and so I found out that I was
pregnant, that’s why I went away, I needed to think of a way
forward, I thought I could do this alone
but honestly I need help and from you as the father of our
baby’’ I closed my eyes, one stupi mistake just one
Me ‘’uhm oh so uhm’’
Tshepi ‘’I promise you its your child Andile, we can do a DNA
test when he is born’’
Me ‘’so it’s a boy’’ she nods
Dad ‘’okay, such big news, I wasn’t expecting this at all, Tshepi
are your parents aware coz they are
the one’s who were supposed to come in form us about this’’
Tshepi ‘’they are aware baba, they just not traditional, you
know how they are’’
Dad ‘’still, this is not how we do things la ka Zwane’’ she looks
down embarrassed. I look at my
woman and a tear escapes her eye, I hold her hand and squeeze
it.
Me ‘’so what now baba’’
Dad ‘’we gonna have to pay her damages Andile’’
Me ‘’okay, okay’’ I honestly don’t know what to say, my only
concern right now is my woman, I need
to explain , she probably thinks I cheated on her
S’bu ‘’so tell me Tshepi, what is it that you want from Andile’’
Tshepi ‘’I just want him to be a part of our lives S’bu, we need
him, I need him’’ S’bu laughs, I need to
address this before she gets ideas in her head
Me ‘’I hear you Tshepi but here is the thing, I can only be there
for my child and what he might need,
I will be supportive as his father, but the only thing I won’t be
able to do is to be there for you on a
capacity that does not involve the baby. I am in a relationship
now and I am happy, please
understand that I will not leave Kutlwano to be with you, I love
and I am going to need you to
remember that and respect her. Anything that involves the baby
I will be available but beyond that
please do not involve me at any cost. I am going to ask this
humbly, please do not yours the baby to
try and get between me and Kutlwano I am begging you,
everything else will be discussed by our
parents’’ she was now crying
Dad ‘’I am sure you have heard Andile well Tshepi, I will contact
your father now and ask for a date
when we will come and discuss about this pregnancy, but
please nana, if you have any hope of
getting back with Andile please remove it. This here is the
woman he has chosen for himself and we
would appreciate if you respect that. Whatever the baby needs
we will assist you with it best believe it’’
Tshepi ‘’I have always believed in marrying the man who will
father my children, it is sad that Andile
is tossing me to the side, whereas we were together in making
this baby. But I have heard you baba I
would like to take my leave now, my family and I will hear from
you’’
Dad ‘’yes you will, be safe and take care of yourself and the
baby’’
Tshepi ‘’thanks baba
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and oh Andile the next Dr’s appointment is on Wednesday, I will
send you the
details, I would really appreciate it if you come’’ I don’t say
anything. MaShirley stands up
MaS ‘’I will walk you out Tshepi’’ they both disappeared
Me ‘’baba please excuse Lolo and I’’
Dad ‘’you are permitted son’’ I bow and she stands up,

we head upstairs to my room and now she

was letting all her tears fall
Me ‘’ Lolo wami, muntu wami I am really sorry sthandwa sami’’
she continues crying, I lead so she
can sit on top of the bed and she does, her cry is so painful that
I fold her in my arms and she holds
me back that is a huge relief, I let her cry for as long as she
needs to once she settled I let go of her
and wipe her tears
Me ‘’Lolo, please look at me love’’ she looked at me with her
swollen eyes
Her ‘’did you sleep with her when we were together’’ I shake
my head no quickly
Me ‘’never baby I would never hurt you like that. I had already
met you yes, it happened after that
day I took you to my place the day you found your ex and
cousin in bed, she sent me suicidal texts
and I managed to calm her down and promised to see her in
the morning, I got the and she was a
mess, I blamed myself for her state, we spoke and I told her that
I am not in love with her and that
she has to move on. That’s when she asked me to sleep with
her one more time, I foolishly gave in to
her request. We never spoke since that day, this is the first time
I saw her since that day, I swear, I
have never cheated on you Lolo, I have never even looked at
another woman baby. You are enough
Lolo I promise you that’’ she was sobbing again
Her ‘’I am scared Andile, she is pregnant with your son, a son
Ndile, you have known her all your life,
what if you wake up one morning and decide that you want to
raise your son with his mother, what
will happen to me, I won’t survive it Ndile it would break me
down and this time I won’t survive’’ her
words hit me hard that I couldn’t hold in my tears
Me ‘’Lolo, she is the mother of my son, that’s all she will be. You
are my whole life you have my
heart, baby leaving you would be like rejecting my own heart,
how will I live without my heart’’ I
repeat the same words she once said to me when I was scared
thinking she was gonna leave me
when I told her who I really man, she giggles while wiping her
nose
Her ‘’hey, that’s not cool, you stole my line’’ I laugh
Me ‘’it’s a sign baby, we belong together’’
Her ‘’so I have nothing to worry about’’
Me ‘’absolutely nothing my love I promise you’’
Her ‘’okay, I love you Ndile’’
Me ‘’I love you Lolo, I admire your strength and courage, I am
blessed to have you in my life’’
Her ‘’I am glad to hear that’’ I laugh
Me ‘’can we go back to the others’’
Her ‘’go ahead I need a minute to fix my face’’ I kiss her
forehead
Her ‘’I hope I don’t get lost, this house is huge’’ I laugh
Me ‘’shout if you do, I will come find you my queen’’

I walk back to the lounge and they are sitting anxiously

Ledi ‘’is she okay’’ I smile
Me ‘’yes she will be down in a minute’’ my dad gives me a look
Me ‘’pops I will explain’’
S’bu ‘’I’ve already explained bro bro’’ I wink at him
Dad ‘’I just hope that Lolo wakho is fine, you can’t lose that girl
Andile’’ she respond getting down
the stairs
Lolo ‘’he won’t lose me baba, I am with Andile through
everything’’ I smile
MaS ‘’Son you have found a good one, thank God every day for
her. Woman like her are hard to
come by. Same goes you Sibusiso’’
Dad ‘’your mother is saying the truth, I want you kids to stand
firm and don’t let your love be shaken
by anything, stay strong and fight everything together, love is
powerful, it conquers all’’ we all smile
at him and raise our glasses, that was worthy to be a toast.
Chapter 25
Tshepi

I get to my house totally frustrated, dammit Andile dammit. I

can’t believe he moved on, how could
he not want me even when I am carrying his flesh and blood.
This is not going accordingly, I never
planned to be pregnant but when I found out I thought I could
do it alone, I accepted that Andile
won’t come back to me, coming back home was a huge mistake,
I let my mother convince me that
this baby will bring Andile back to me. Now I have set my mind
into getting him back. I sigh and walk
in, finding mom pacing in the lounge.

Mom ‘’thank God Tshepi, how did it go’’

Me ‘’I shouldn’t have listened to you mama, Andile made it
clear that he will be a part of his son’s
life but not mine. Mama he has moved on, I even saw the
girlfriend’’ I said crying
Mom ‘’look at me Tshepiso’’ I look at her
Mom ‘’I didn’t raise a quitter, you are pregnant, with a son baby,
an heir to his legacy, the first
Zwane grandchild, do you think they will let this child grow up
and not be a Zwane, that’s where we
will get them. If they don’t marry you, they will not see this
child, and trust me baby Zwane loves
family he is going to make sure that his grandson is a part of
their lives, you my baby will be Mrs
Zwane, just exercise some patience, I will get you that ring,
come hell or high waters. In the mean
time you take care of hat child, he is your ticket to big things, I
want you to use the baby to ge close
to Andile, call him in the middle of the night telling him you
have cramps, invite him to Dr’s
appointments, just get him close to you it will be easy to
rekindle the spark and once the baby is
born he won’t want to spend his time anywhere but with you
and the baby trust me’’ she wipes my
tears and I feel a lot better I trust my mother. My father walks
in
Dad ‘’I just got off the phone with Zwane’’
Mom ‘’and’’
Dad ‘’they want to come and discuss the pregnancy and
possibly pay the damages’’
Mom ‘’we not accepting any damages here, they must marry
my daughter, who will want to marry
her with another man’s child’’
Dad ‘’this is the 21st century woman, a child doesn’t mean
marriage. I would have married all of the
woman I have kids with, what is important is for Andile to
support the child that’s all, he is not
obligated to marry Tshepi’’
Mom ‘’so you are happy with your daughter having a child out
of wedlock’’
Dad ‘’like I said this is the 21st century’’ with that said he
walked away
Mom ‘’don’t listen to this fool baby, I will get you your heart
desires’’

Andile
This whole Tshepi thing is just stressing me out, I know how
conniving she can be, she is going to use
my son to try and get me back, I need to be alert and not fall for
her tricks. The only person I am
worried about her is Lolo, I don’t want her to feel like she will
mean nothing to me once the baby is
born, I want to include her in everything concerning my son,
but I also don’t want to overwhelm her
with such responsibilities. I gulp down the glass of Hennessey

Ma ‘’that won’t solve your problems, trust me’’

Me ‘’at this point ma its making me forget’’
Ma ‘’what’s eating you’’ I sigh
Me ‘’I should be happy that I am going to be a father but
honestly ma, I am worried about Lolo’’
Ma ‘’as you should, she is a good girl but then again, a child is a
blessing from God, you just need to
be able to make it work both ways son’’
Me ‘’but how, I wanna be a part of my sons life and I also don’t
want Lolo to feel like she is loosing
me Tshepi’’
Ma ‘’then that is where you set ground rules boy’’ I look at her
with the say more expression
Ma ‘’tell me Andile, do you love Kutlwano so much that you will
marry her’’
Me ‘’ma Kutlwano is going to be my wife
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I do not see myself with anyone but her’’
Ma ‘’good then, then your problem is solved. Here is what’s
gonna happen, to keep Tshepi in her
place and to be a part of your son’s life and also ensure that the
queen is happy. You will let Tshepi
know that everything the baby needs has to be directed to Lolo,
she shouldn’t make direct contact
with you only if she has tried Lolo and couldn’t reach her, this
will make Lolo feel valued and also it
will ensure that she knows everything so you guys don’t end up
fighting coz she feels excluded.
Again with regards to visitation, since Lolo works and all we
don’t want to overwhelm her with too
much of a child that is not hers. So when you visit the baby, you
will go with someone, so that Tshepi
doesn’t try anything funny. Also when the child has to come
visit, it must not be you who fetches
him or drops him off, I will volunteer to that if you allow me’’ oh
my God this is a great solution
Me ‘’wow ma, you are wise thank you so much’’
Ma ‘’but first run it by Lolo first to see if she agrees to that
responsibility’’ I smile
Me ‘’you are the best thank you’’
Ma ‘’that’s what mothers are for’’
Me ‘’you will be going with baba to Tshepi’s house right’’
Ma ‘’if that’s what you want I will’’
Me ‘’please go with him and raise the points you just made, I
will ask Lolo immediately’’

Kutlwano
Ndile has been trying really hard to make me feel better,
concerning the baby issue, he understands
that I am a bit hurt and all, and he is trying to show me that
nothing has changed and that Tshepi is a
none factor in our relationship. I believe him with all my heart. i
am not letting go of this man I
refuse, I feel this connection deep down that he was made for
me and me for him. I have never
experienced such love before and it feels amazing I must say, I
thank God for him always. We are
naked cuddling, we just made love and the emotional
connection was on another level. I was lying
on his chest listening to his heartbeat, he was busy playing with
my hair, I love these moments with
him, its like a moment of silence for our souls to connect its
amazing really. He took a deep breath
and I knew he was about to say something very important

Him ‘’Lolo’’
Me ‘’Ndile’’
Him ‘’baby, you can say no if you don’t want to, it’s not by force,
I am just proposing this so that we
can retain the peace in our relationship, I don’t want s to fight
because of Tshepi, she is’’ he is
mumbling and not making any sense
Me ‘’whoa baby come down, you not making sense, take a deep
breath and start again’’
Him ‘’okay, I was going to ask that, you be the one that Tshepi
communicates with concerning the
baby, like what he might need, when he is sick and staff, I will
hear all those from you, I don’t want
to have a direct relationship with, my mother even offered to be
the one that will fetch and drop
him off when he visits, and also go with me when I need to go
see him, if its too much for you I will
understand, I just don’t want you to feel excluded and to always
wonder what Tshepi is up to when
contacting me, hence I see it fit if she directs everything to you’’
I was smiling like a mad woman,
this man kodwa, he is considerate of my feelings, I will do this
for him and for our relationship
Me ‘’I will do it baby’’ he smiles
Him ‘’are you sure’’
Me ‘’I am very sure, I don’t want you talking to that woman’’ he
laughs
Him ‘’I am glad that you can be jealous’’ I laugh a punch him a
little
Me ‘’this is for when she has given birth, what about during
pregnancy’’
Him ‘’I will go with her to Dr’s appointments, but for now
everything she needs my mother will
handle during this pregnancy’’
Me ‘’okay babe’’
Him ‘’you don’t mind me going with her to the OB/GYN?’’ I
blush
Me ‘’no baby, she wouldn’t try anything in front of the Dr’’ he
smiles
Him ‘’Lolo ngiyak’thanda muntu wami, with all my heart’’ I just
blush. Go monate go ratiwa man.
Chapter 26
Mr Zwane

Today is the day, we are meeting with Tshepi’s family, I will only
be going with Shirley, those people
are not traditional so I decided not to involve my extended
family in this, but I already informed
them of the situation. I just hope we reach a fair agreement
honestly Andile doesn’t need this
drama, we are happy that we are going to have a gran son but
to tell you the truth I would rather it
was not Tshepi who mothered him, that girl is not really stable
but ke we just need to accept it and wait for his arrival.

Shirley ‘’baba I am done, we can leave’’ she looks so beautiful in

her Nigerian attire.
Me ‘’you look nice’’ she smiles
Her ‘’thank you baba’’
Me ‘’we better get going and get this over and done with’’
Her ‘’please, I pray everything goes well’’ we walk to the car and
drive to the Phali residence, we get
there and their helper welcomes us in and walked us to where
Tshepi’s parents are
Me ‘’Phali’’ I greet the man of the house
Phali ‘’Zwane’’ we shake hands and he tells us to sit
Me ‘’thank you for allowing us to come talk about this’’
Phali ‘’you are welcome, I thought you were coming with your
wife, why is your helper here’’ I
choose to ignore him, I see his wife didn’t feel him in
Me ‘’we can continue with the business of the day. Firstly we
would like to apologise on behalf of
our son for getting your daughter pregnant out of wedlock, we
are all aware that our children are no
longer together, but our grandson must not suffer for that, with
that said, we like to pay the
damage, and we also humbly request that he uses his father
surname’’
Phali ‘’’we accept your apology Zwane, and I don’t think you are
crazy for making that request
honestly so I will definitely grant it, the child will take the Zwane
name’’ I smile that was easy
Ntswaki ‘’over my dead body, my grandson won’t be called a
Zwane, without her mother being
married, your son shouldn’t have slept with my daughter
knowing that he wouldn’t want to her
marry should this happen, listen here and listen carefully, if your
son doesn’t marry Tshepiso then
kiss my grandson goodbye, you won’t be a part of his life, he
will grow up and know that his father
died’’ my eyes popped out and Shirley was shocked
Phali ‘’Ntswaki, I will not have that madness in my house, why
are you so desperate to get Tshepi in
the Zwane house’’
Ntswaki ‘’I just want what is best for my daughter’’
Phali ‘’and that includes getting her in a loveless marriage’’ she
kept quiet, we all went dead silent I
didn’t know what to say, we can’t lose access to our grandson
we just can’t but on the other hand I
can’t force my son to marry this girl and I won’t no matter the
circumstance, Shirley whispered into
my ear
Shirley ‘’Baba, can you give me a minute with Ntswaki’’ I gave
her a look and decided to trust her
Me ‘’Phali, how about a glass of cognac and a Cuban’’
Phali ‘’sounds like a great plan, wena Ntswaki you better be in
your right senses when we get back’’
Ntswaki ‘’mxm’’ we walked out.

Shirley

I am the sweetest person you will come across, the only people
I learned to love with my full
capacity are my sons, I would do anything for them, I want to
them to be happy, and everyone who
threatens that steps on my toes and I cannot have that, I have
been a maid in the Zwane house for
years and there are some secrets I know, and right now they
could come in handy to get my son his
freedom. Being a mother is difficult, you would lose yourself for
the sake of your children and that is what I am about to do
Me ‘’you know Ntswaki, I have worked at the Zwane mansion
for years, I have served you and
Khumbuzile. people have spoken of their deepest darkest
secrets coz they thought Iwas a nobody, and maybe I was, but
right now I am a mother, and as it stands, you are in between
my son and his happiness and I cannot have that at all’’ she
laughed
Her ‘’two days nyana of being the mother to the rich boys you
think you are powerful, ousi you are
still nothing’’ I smile
Me ‘’that is your opinion and you are entitled to it. Listen here
is what’s going to happen, you are
going to agree to my grandson using the Zwane name, and you
are also going to forget this marriage
thing. Tell your daughter that whatever she needs during this
pregnancy she will contact me, Andile
will only be available for Dr’s appointments
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once the baby is born, your daughter will direct all the
babies needs to Andile’s fiancé, she is only allowed to contact
Andile if Lolo is not available. I will
pick up and drop of the baby when he visits us and lastly
whatever you are planning forget it’’ she
laughs so hard
Her ‘’oh poor Shirley already playing Mrs Zwane, well news
flash, you are not his type’’
Me ‘’problem is you think you are in control here and you are
not, I am. If you don’t do as I say, I will
let your husband know that Tshepi isn’t his but his brothers,
and that you used muti on him so he
forgets his only son’’ he eyes pop out totally shocked, she gets
up and go check if there is no one in
the corridor who might have heard me’’
Her ‘’how do you know this, coz I have never told Khumbuzile
this’’ I smile
Me ‘’remember Andile’s graduation, you came with your whole
family your brother in law included,
you decided to have a little conversation in the kitchen, where
you thought no one would hear, little
did you know that the kitchen is my territory’’ she closes her
eyes and sigh deeply
Her ‘’you pretend to be innocent, whereas you are a conniving
little bitch’’
Me ‘’spare me that, are you going to do as I say or should I tell
your husband’’ the man walked in
Phali ‘’tell me what’’ Shirley wanted the ground to open and
swallow her. I gave her a stare and she
faked a smile
Her ‘’oh my husband, Shirley spoke sense into me, and I have
decided to accept your decision’’
Phali ‘’oh well thank you Shirley, Zwane give me my money’’
baba laughed and looked at me, he
obviously wants to know how I managed that
Baba ‘’with pleasure, how much would you like’’
Phali ‘’surprise me’’ he wrote a check and showed me, my eyes
popped but I nodded anyway, he
handed it to Phali and he smiled
Phali ‘’oh Zwane, you are generous’’ he and baba laugh,
Ntswaki’s face is plastered with the fakest
smile ever.
Baba ‘’well then, if that is all, we will like to take our leave’’
Phali ‘’yes that is all, thank you Zwane, we will see you once the
baby is born’’
Baba ‘’yes you will, stay well. Mama lets go’’ I stand up and we
walked out and drive home

In the car

Baba ‘’mama, tell me how did you do that’’ I laugh

Me ‘’I spoke to her woman to woman’’ he gives me a look
Baba ‘’don’t lie to me Shirley’’
Me ‘’okay, I knew her secret’’
Baba ‘’I am waiting to hear the secret’’ I told it to him and he
was so shocked
Baba ‘’unamanga mama, Hei Ntswaki and Khumbuzile same
whatsApp group’’
Me ‘’you can say that again, but please don’t tell the boys, you
know Sibusiso, he might blurt it out’’
he laughs
Baba ‘’I wont, ngiya’mazi uS’bu’’
Me ‘’thank you’’
Him ‘’no mama thank you, you saved our son’’ I smile, we get to
the house and my boys are playing
snooker outside, they stop as they see us.

Andile ‘’how did it go’’

Baba ‘’thank your mother boy thank your mother’’
Andile ‘’ma what did you do’’
Me ‘’you don’t need to know, just know that all our requests
were granted’’
Andile ‘’thank you ma thank you so much. I love you’’ he hugs
me and I couldn’t contain my tears,
this is the first he has ever said that
S’bu ‘’ma why are you crying manje’’ I wipe my tear
Me ‘’your brother just said I love you, I have waited all my life to
hear that’’
S’bu ‘’ai I am jealous manje, nam I love you’’ he comes to hug
me and we all laugh tears still
streaming down my face, this is the best moment ever
Baba ‘’well then in that case, let us take your mother out and
pamper her’’ I blush
Andile ‘’definitely, she deserves that’’
S’bu ‘’I am thinking, shopping nyana, a movie, supper then
anything the queen wants’’ I smile oh
Thank you God, your timing is always the best
Baba ‘’let’s go then, after you our Queen’’
Chapter 27
Shirley

I have never been this spoilt, my sons took me in and out of

shops, I feel like we are wasting money
right now, how can they buy me an R8000 scarf in the name of
a designer, Jesus Christ I would have
done enough shopping with this money at woolworths.

S’bu ‘’ma stop looking at the price if you like it just take it’’
Me ‘’hai man Sibusiso this is too much’’
Andile ‘’not for our mother, just take what you like do not look
at the price okay’’
Me ‘’we are wasting money for nothing, I have enough clothes’’
Baba ‘’Shirley stop it, allow us to treat yu like the queen that
you are, you have taken care of us for
the longest time, it is time we took care of you’’ I smile
Me ‘’fine,but this is the last shop’’
Andile ‘’ao ma you haven’t bought bags njena’’
S’bu ‘’exactly, just take a few handbags’’
Me ‘’baba, talk your sons’’ he laughs
Baba ‘’haibo, I want you to buy them nami mos’’
Me ‘’I guess I am on my own here’’ they laugh and I continue
picking the things I love, once done
they pay. And we walk out, they are holding all the shopping
bags, I really feel appreciate, we get to
the restaurant and Zwane pulls out a chair for me, I thank him
and our waitress comes, she
welcomes us nicely, it is really a nice restaurant, we place our
order, it arrives and we dig in having a
light conversation.
Baba ‘’are you enjoying your food Shirley’’
Me ‘’yes Sir thank you’’
S’bu ‘’sir? Haibo ma’’ their father laughs
Baba ‘’And I addressed that sir issue’’ I look down
Andile ‘’you can’t call the father of your handsome son’s Sir’’ I
laugh
Me ‘’I can’t call him by his name’’
Andile ‘’what would you be comfortable calling him then’’
Me ‘’Baba’’
S’bu ‘’no man that sounds dull ma, Baba ka bafana bakho
sounds better’’ I laugh
Me ‘’that is too long’’
Andile ‘’I don’t know if everyone will be comfortable with this
suggestion, but I was hoping that
mama would move in with us’’
S’bu ‘’I was thinking the same thing, so ma what do you think’’
Me ‘’I would be happy to, only if your father is comfortable with
it’’
Baba ‘’I am not comfortable with you staying alone in Soweto. I
would love if you moved in with us’’
S’bu ‘’it is settled then, ma we going to take your things when
we leave here’’ I laugh
Me ‘’haibo S’bu, I still need to pack the things I will need and
that will take a while, I will move in
tomorrow’’
S’bu ‘’okay, okay’’
Baba ‘’so, you want us to drop you off in Soweto, then we will
pick you up tomorrow?’’
Me ‘’yebo baba’’ he smile
Andile ‘’okay mommy dearest’’ I can’t get used to them calling
me mom, it’s a total bliss.

Tshepi

My mother arrives at my place, I have been waiting for her to

come and inform me on how the
meeting went with the Zwane’s. She walks in and expression is
that of defeat.

Me ‘’mama, how did it go’’

Mom ‘’Tshepi baba, I failed’’
Me ‘’what do you mean ma?’’
Mom ‘’they refused the marriage thing, they even told me that
they will fight for custody if we try
fight them. Nana I think it’s time we give up’’
Me ‘’never, never ma’’
Mom ‘’Tshepi please my baby, let him Andile’’
Me ‘’mother, I had already accepted that me and Andile are
done. You convinced me to fight for him
now you telling me to forget him, are you hearing yourself
properly’’
Mom ‘’it’s for your own good
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trust me baby please’’
Me ‘’I don’t care, mother, I want Andile, and I will get him,
whether you help me or not I will have
the father of my son with me raising him, are you hearing me’’
Mom ‘’Tshepiso, you don’t understand’’ I stood up and took the
vase on top of the coffee table and
smash it on the floor
Me ‘’listen here mother, I want Andile Zwane, and I will get him,
even if it’s the last thing is do.’’
Mom ‘’you will be risking a lot baby please listen to me’’
Me ‘’I have listened to you all my life now it’s time I did things
on my own, I have a child to think
about now, and the first thing me and him need is his father’’
with that I left her sitting there
Kutlwano

I didn’t see my Ndile this weekend, I miss him so much but I am

glad that he spend it with his family,
the finally accepted that MaShirley is their mother and I won’t
lie that has made him heal faster from
the wounds of Khumbuzile. He is happy and in turn he makes
me happy, I love Andile so much. Ledi
went to see her mother as I advised. So I am all alone in this
house cooking Sunday lunch. My phone
rings and it’s the owner of my heart, I blush and wipe my hands
then answer him

Me ‘’Ndile wami’’
Him ‘’Lolo, is my lady doing’’
Me ‘’I am okay babe, thank you, how are you’’
Him ‘’I am great love. I was just checking up on you’’
Me ‘’I miss you’’
Him ‘’my love, I miss you so much. I would come see you today,
but my mother is moving in later on
the afternoon, so we want to welcome her properly’’ I smile
Me ‘’that is great my baby’’
Him ‘’but I promise, to come tomorrow and sleep over’’ I smile
Me ‘’I would love that’’
Him ‘’i will call you again later, I love you lolo wami’’
Me ‘’I love you too Ndile wami’’ we hung up and my day is
brighter

Shirley

I have finished packing everything I will need and everything

that has sentimental value to me.
Zwane promised to move everything I will not be needing to
storage and we will rent out this house.
I am at my happiest honestly, everything I have prayed for is
finally happening. I am grateful to God
that he finally heard my cries. I love my son’s and I appreciate
their father so much. I will be able to
take care of them all day every day. They will be picking me up
in an hour. I hear a car park outside
and I smile. They are early, I guess they are as excited as I am.
The is a knock on the door and I shout come in, and Khumbuzile
entered

Her ‘’I hear, you are playing my role in my house with my

husband and children Shirely’’ I drop the
cup that was in my hand
Me ‘’what are you doing here’’
Her ‘’this is still my house if you have forgotten’’
Me ‘’I would never forget, that. Back to my question, what are
you doing here’’
Her ‘’I came to look at you for the last time and let you know
that you will never ever have my life’’
Me ‘’what is that supposed to mean’’ she laughed
Her ‘’are you sure you are ready to find out’’ her statement
scared me.
Me ‘’get out’’
Her ‘’come in dear friend’’ she shouted and a minute later
Emeka walked in looking as dangerous as
the last time, my tears weren’t far as I let them fall immediately
Emeka ‘’still as beautiful as the last time I saw you’’
Me ‘’Khumbuzile, why?’’
Her ‘’you thought I was going to let you live happily while I get
tossed out in the dark’’
Me ‘’I did nothing to you, you are the one who took everything
from me’’
Emeka ‘’I do not have time for this Ngozi, I have a business to
run. We need to get going. I once paid
a lot for you so you my dear are still my property’’ he dragged
me by my hand I tried fighting him but
he was too strong, the chairs fell as her dragged me
Me ‘’leave me alone Emeka please’’
Emeka ‘’we are going to walk out fine, you won’t scream or try
anything funny coz If you do, I will
shoot you dead like a dog’’ I couldn’t contain my tears, I just
reunited with my sons and Khumbuzile
is taking me away from me like she did before, God I trust in
you, only you can get me out of this
situation. I stop fighting and give it all to God, he will give my
boys the strength to find me.
Her ‘’nice doing business with you’’
Emeka ‘’thank you. You brought back my most treasured
possession’’ the laugh and we walk out, we get to the car and
Emeka speeds off.
Chapter 28
Mr Zwane

My sons and I are finally bringing their mother home, they are
so excited it is a bliss to witness,
mainly because Shirley is nothing like Khumbuzile, she is easy
going, it is easy to connect with her,
and she is the type of woman who makes a house feel like a
home. Something I and my boys do not
know. We just got to Soweto, wee park outside and walk out,
when we get inside, we notice a
broken cup and the chair is also down. I look at my boys and
Andile goes to check in her Bedroom
while S’bu goes to check the other. She is not in the house we
decide to check outside while calling
out her name. her staff is still in the living room. I take out my
phone and try and call her, it rings
inside her handbag. I close my eyes because I think I know what
happened here.
Me ‘’boys, I know what happened to your mother’’ they look at
me with a say more expression on
their faces
Me ‘’I think your mother was abducted’’
Andile ‘’by who baba’’
Me ‘’Emeka, the one who bought her so she can be one of his
prostitutes’’
S’bu ‘’but, how did he find her’’
Me ‘’it was Khumbuzile, I can bet with my life, it was that witch,
she did this to get her out of her
way’’
Andile ‘fuck that woman, after everything she put our mother
through she still goes to do this’’
S’bu ‘’I am going to kill that witch with my own bare hands’’
Me ‘’you will do no such thing. We are going to find your
mother, I promise you that’’ with that I
take out my phone and contact my P.I. if there is someone who
will trace Shirley it’s him. He uses
any means possible to get what he wants. After the call I go
back inside, I find the boys sitting in the
lounge
Andile ‘’we just found her baba, we cannot lose her like this’’
Me ‘’I know boy, she will be back home with us, I promise you
that’’
S’bu ‘’we just need to find Khumbuzile and deal with her. Who
does she think she is? Coming here
and taking our Queen, hehehe that witch will regret ever going
the extra mile so that I could be
born’’
Andile ‘’I am with you on that one bafo really, Khumbuzile
needs to be taught a lesson’’
Me ‘’and I know what to do, she is going to fight me, it won’t be
easy divorcing her, what I have in
mind goes against my believes and it is very much illegal, but I
will do it anyway’’
Andile ‘’and what is that nje baba’’ they give me a concerned
look
S’bu ‘’haibo wena baba, you want to do something illegal, that
doesn’t sound like you’’ that’s true I
am a man of integrity
Me ‘’like you said son, Khumbuzile needs to be taught a lesson
‘’
Andile ‘’what are you going to do baba’’
Me ‘’I am going to call my lawyer and get him to draft the
divorce papers and an agreement of we
going to share our property as we are married in community of
property. We will hire a handwriting
specialist to fake her signature. The agreement will state that
she does not want anything as she is
responsible for the divorce, by the time she realises, she will be
broke. Khumbuzile loves the high life
boys this will hit her hard trust me, it is lesson enough. They
smile
S’bu ‘’that’s great baba great’’
Me ‘’let us go fing other means to get your mother back boys’’
we take her things and lock the
house. We head back home to get more people out there
finding Shirley

Shirley
We got to this other place, still in Johannesburg though. I was
hoping he would take me Hilbrow, I
know Zwane knows there it would have been easy for them to
find me. This place looks expensive, it
is a beautiful house. He parks inside and gets out of the car, he
opens my door, I protest getting out
but he grabs me by my arm roughly and I get out, we walk
inside and the is a young girl who could
be Thando’s age, she is in her underwear and an oversized T-
shirt, he hair so long and too much
make up on her face.
Her ‘’finally you back home
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I’ve missed you’’ he look at her
Him ‘’missed you too, are the girls okay, I hope you have been
feeding them’’
Her ‘’how can I not feed our pay checks Emeka, and then who is
this Gogo’’
Him ‘’this is our ticket to riches’’
Her ‘’really Emeka, who is gonna want to buy an old woman’’
Him ‘’not just an old woman Fifi, an old woman who has slept
with only one man in her life and that
was 25 years ago’’ the girls eyes popped out
Her ‘’you kidding’’ she says with a smile
Him ‘’no I am not. See is basically a virgin again’’
Her ‘’those Russians are going to go crazy over this’’ I start to
panick, they are going to sell me to Russian man
Him ‘’tell me about it’’
Her ‘’should I start with the auction?’’
Him ‘’we still need to take pictures of her first baby. Then the
auction can start’’
Her ‘’and how much do we want for our virgin here’’
Him ‘’invite only the big dogs to that auction, I want one
hundred million rand’’ tears come down my face
Me ‘’Emeka I beg you please, I just got my children, please do
not do this to me I beg you please’’
Him ‘’oh my dear Ngozi, I don’t care about your son’s. I paid a
lot of money for you all those years
ago, you ran away when you had to start working. Now I want
all the money you could have made
me all these years and the one I bought you with’’
Me ‘’just get in touch with my children and talk to them please,
they will give your money’’
Him ‘’I know they are rich, I would do that Ngozi, but see I made
a deal with Khumbu, she tells me
where you are and I ship you out of the country so that she can
have her family back, so you see my
hands are tied, I am a man of my words’’ I just cry, my heart is
breaking into a million pieces. Lord I
give this battle over to you.
Him ‘’move her to the girls quarters fifi’’ she takes my hand and
we walk deeper in the house and
she leads me to what looks like a basement, we get in and she
switches on the light.
Her ‘’girls, welcome your new roommate. Her name is Ngozi,
play nice’’ I have never seen so many
girls in one room, some look so scared while the others look like
they have given up hope. This Fifi
girls walks out and switches of the light. It is not entirely dark
but it’s not well lit either. I go sit on
the empty bed, it is next to this girls bed. She is crying, Lord she
looks so young around 15 or 16, she
reminds me of the younger me when I first got to this country.
She is crying so painfully, my heart
breaks even further, I move from my bed and go sit next to her
and fold her in my arms.
Me ‘’it is all going to be okay, hush now’’ she weeps louder and I
just rock her back and forth.
Her ‘’it will not ma, my sale has gone through. I now belong to
some terrorist group, I am their
leaders wife. I am only 16, how can they be so cruel. How will I
survive in that country when there is
so much war, I will be nothing but a sex slave. I wish I gave my
virginity away, look at me now I am
sold because I am a virgin’’ I don’t let her go, because I know
exactly how she is feeling, I was once in
this situation and I know that she just wants to talk without me
saying anything, she just wants to
share her pain. The door suddenly opened and the guards came
straight to me and held me roughly,
I screamed for them to leave me. they moved me to a beautiful
room, there was a dress on the bed,
and a camera. The guard told me to change. I got in that dress
crying, luckily it was a decent dress.
He came back and smiled as he saw me cry
Him ‘’now those tears are gonna make us millions I tell you.
Some of our clients want older woman
like yourself and the fact that you are practically a virgin makes
it all sweet’’ I just continue crying, this is going to hit my
children hardest.
Chapter 29
Andile

It has been two days since my mother disappeared, we

managed to track down that Emeka dude, he
is living in some expensive house, we doubt that he is keeping
our mother there, coz he is in and out
with a woman and a child, I doubt he would want to expose his
daughter to such. My brother and I
are at a corner where his girls stand scouting clients.

S’bu ‘’this bastard, just look at these girls bafo, they are so
young’’
Me ‘’this man is a monster, he has a daughter but look at what
he is doing to these poor girls’’
S’bu ‘’we need to find ma, and get that man arrested bafo, then
these girls will be free’’
Me ‘’I totally agree, so which one are we taking’’
S’bu ‘’I think that little one will do’’
Me ‘’okay’’ he walks out and he walks towards the corner, the
girls rushed to him, all asking to be
picked, but he ignored them and made her way to that little girl,
he spoke to her for a few minutes
and they came to the car. We drive to some park out of Hilbrow
and she was confused and she really
looked scared
Her ‘’you wanna do it here’’
Me ‘’no we don’t want to sleep with you’’
Her ‘’then why did you pick me up’’
S’bu ‘’we need your help’’
Her ‘’what could I possibly help you with, I am just a prostitute’’
Me ‘’do you want to stop being a prostitute’’
Her ‘’we all want out of this life’’
S’bu ‘’then please hear us out’’
Her ‘’I am listening’’ I took out a picture of my mother and hand
it to her, she takes it and looks at it
for a while
Me ‘’she was taken by your boss Emeka, she is our mother.
Have you seen her maybe at the flats
where he keeps you guys?’’ she gave us a look
Her ‘’who are you guys, are you Emeka’s goons. I promised my
loyalty I won’t snitch coz I don’t want
to die, I will do my job like he instructed’’
Me ‘’no sisi, we don’t work for him, we just want to find our
mother and get that man arrested, then
you all can be free’’
Her ‘’you don’t know him. He has contacts everywhere, he is
untouchable. We belong to him, we all
do’’
Me ‘’please sisi, trust us we will get him arrested’’
Her ‘’with what’’ we explained our mothers story to her and she
started crying and told us the same
thing happened to her. She is originally from Malawi. I guess my
mother’s story warmed her heart
coz she opened up.
Her ‘’he is not a pimp, but he is also part of a human trafficking
syndicate, the mostly deal with
virgins, he sells them to Russian drug lords, terrorists groups
and to black market organ harvester.
Those that don’t get sold like myself, he moves them to Hilbrow
and become prostitutes, his sales go
through so fast. I am sorry but chances of your mother being in
a foreign country is high really high’’
I close my eyes
S’bu ‘’where does he keep the girls, and how does he sell you’’
Her ‘’at his house I assume, he blindfolds us when he takes us
there, but I once managed to see that
its his house when he moved me to the room where he takes
our pictures. I saw his family portrait
so I concluded that it is his house. He keeps us in the basement.
He sells us via Online auction’’
Me ‘’thank you so much for this information. We promise to get
you girls out of this okay’’
Her ‘’if I am still alive’’
S’bu ‘’we will take you to the hotel, you will sleep there for the
night so he doesn’t suspect you’’
Her ‘’okay thank you’’
Me ‘’how much does he want from you when you get back’’
Her ‘’if the clients take us the whole night then he wants
R1500’’ my brother took out his wallet and
handed her the money
S’bu ‘’keep some for yourself okay’’ she nods and we go to drop
her off at the hotel’’

Shirley

This two days have been hell, I miss my children so much. I just
wonder how they are taking all this.
The only thing I do is go eat sleep and pray. We are not allowed
out of this basement. This room
smells too it is just too much really. I was about to pray when
Emeka walked in with the biggest grin on his face
Emeka ‘’Ngozi, you will be pleased to hear that your sale has
gone through. I just received my money you were quiet
expensive I must add, one of my top associates bought you. He
is loaded that one. You will live like a queen, but let me give
advice, he likes sex so much, so you must never deny
him that also he is into the kinky staff, so I hope you will enjoy.
These Russian man are obsessed with
African pussy, I don’t blame them though it is fire’’ I just cry
listening to this evil man Me ‘’please don’t do this Emeka
please’’ he just laughed, one of his guards came in and
whispered in
his ear, his expression changed to anger
Emeka ‘’shit shit shit. Call Zubby at the warehouse Get the
container ready we are moving them.
Atleast their sales have been finalised, tell Obi to drive the truck
in we must move out now. Make
quick. And tell fifi to organise people to clean in here I don’t
want them to find a trail of evidence’’
the guy nods and they both get out. Oh my God could it be that
my sons have traced me. But now
that he is moving me they won’t find me, I quickly thought of a
plan and I remove my hair pin I pray
they see this. I move to the wall next to the door, the girls are
watching me totally confused. I write
underneath the door knob, they will see when they try take
fingerprints. I write we were here, find
zubby at some warehouse of containers. I move back and I am
pleased that it is not visible if you
don’t give it attention.
Edna ‘’you are smart mama, lets hope the police or whoever
scared him will see it’’
Me ‘’me too nana me too. Come let us all pray. They came and
we all prayed holding hands, the
guards came in and blind folded us and we walked out of the
basement. Lord please let them see the message at the door.

Mr Zwane
My boys came with some useful information which really
helped my team. The IT guy managed to
get into the dark web and found the auction site. It was now
closed but the information was still
there, I see Shirley’s picture she looked so scared, tears on her
beautiful, I failed to protect her, my
heart breaks seeing her like that. Looking at that picture
something in me woke up, something
foreign. I ignored it. Her sale went through an hour ago. She
was sold for one hundred million to
some Russian drug lord. I close my eyes.
Me ‘’we still have time, she was only sold an hour ago, let me
call my contacts at the police station,
he will get me a search warrant quickly and give me man power,
this Emeka guy messed with the
wrong woman this time’’
Andile ‘’we need to get her baba, once she is in Russia it won’t
be easy getting her’’ Sibusiso was just
sitting on my desk wiping off his tears.
Me ‘’we are going to bring your mother home boys’’ I make that
call and captain tells me he will
have everything in 30 minutes. I should meet him outside that
Emeka guys house.
Me ‘’boys lets go’’ we rushed out and drove to the address, 30
minutes later the captain and a team
arrived they surrounded the house and we walked in and
knocked. A woman opened holding the
baby. The team pushed her aside and rushed in the searched
the house and one of the shouted in
here, me and my boy followed that voice. We got there but the
room is empty, there is a lady trying
to clean, there are no beds, nothing to prove there were people
in here. The Captain gives me a look
and I shrug, the might not be any evidence but I can feel it deep
down in my spirit that she was in
here.
Me ‘’I know there is no evidence, but I swear she was in here’’
Captain ‘’Zwane my friend there is no evidence’’
Me ‘’I know but he must’ve gotten a tip off, you have a traitor in
your team Mbeki’’
Captain ‘’my friend, I know this is all frustrating but I trust my
team’’
Me ‘’trust me too then, she was here I am telling you. There
might not be visible proof in here, but
lets get forensics in here’’ he sighed deeply and make a phone
call
Me ‘’thank you my friend, I owe you one. Thank you so much’’
hold on Shirley I am going to find you
and bring you home I promise. I look at my boys they look
defeated and that makes me want to find
her real bad now, my children will be devastated.
Chapter 30
Mr Zwane

We are pacing up and down waiting for the forensics team to

tell us something, they are surely
taking their time and Shirley doesn’t have time at all. I keep
giving Emeka’s wife deadly stares she
knows the truth and she just chose to turn a blind eye. I would
kill her right now. My boys are just
sitting by the corner, they feel helpless but we are going to find
their mother come hell or high
waters . a girl from the forensics teams comes in rushing and
shows the captain something on her camera.

Captain ‘’where was that?’’

Girl ‘’bellow the door knob sir’’
Captain ‘’whoever wrote that there is smart, let me call our IT
division to find this place’’
Me ‘’what place what is going on’’ he tell the girl to show me
and I smile yes atleast another lead, I
take out my phone and call my team.
Captain ‘’Mafereka, take her to the police station’’ she said to
one officer pointing to Emeka’s wife,
she tried to protest but that female officer handled her well. A
few minutes later my guy got back to
me and I tell the captain, he sends his team there so they can
surround the place and secure the
hostages before they move them again. We follow them a
couple of minutes later

Shirley

We just had chips bread and water, the guards told us to be

quick coz we must get going, I kept
looking at the door hoping that help will walk in and free us
from this hell but nothing, I couldn’t lose
hope, God works in mysterious ways I will not let go of my faith,
I continued praying silently.

Emeka ‘’girls, its time to get going, I hope Russia treats you
better. For those who were bought by
organ syndicates I can only say RIP in advanced, boys load them
up. You must be in Durban soon, the
ship leaves in 7 hours ‘’ with that the guards told us to stand
and get into the truck, we got in one by
one. They closed the door and the girls started weeping, they
are piercing through my heart. I can’t
imagine what their families are going through, I don’t want to
think of my sons I will just tear up. The
trucks engine started and the car moved but stopped shortly,
someone was unlocking the door. We
all looked at the door, we all cried as we saw a police officer.
Him ‘’it’s okay ladies, you are safe now, all safe, please exit the
truck and go sit over there’’ he said
pointing to the far corner, we all couldn’t control our tears, we
sat down, all I could think of was
seeing my son’s and being the best mother to them. The medics
came and we were asked if they
gave us any drugs or injected us with anything and we all said
no. hey just gave us something to calm
us down. I looked up and saw my son’s they were looking
around trying to locate me, I stood up and
that’s when they saw me, they came running to me and that
warmed my heart, I smiled like I never
did before. They got to me and we hugged so tightly, they were
both crying
Me ‘’hush now, mama is fine, I am okay’’ they couldn’t stop I
just held her tighter
S’bu ‘’we thought we would never see you again’’
Me ‘’I know, I am sorry but I am okay now, thank God for that’’
Andile ‘’we love you ma, kakhulu’’
Me ‘’I love you boys so much, you two are my life. I am happy to
be with you once again’’ we broke
the hug as Zwane approached he passed us and made way to
Emeka who was kneeling with hands
tight to his back. He punched him and spat on him. Then he
came to me and the boys. He stopped in
front of me and looked me straight in the eye and sighed, a
second later he pulled me to him and
gave me a hug that lasted longer than it should have, and
making me feel things, nice foreign things,
we finally broke the hug
Baba ‘’did that bastard hurt you’’
Me ‘’no baba’’
Baba ‘’I was going to kill him’’
Andile ‘’I am going to make sure that he is locked up and they
throw away the keys’’
S’bu ‘’bro, his life inside will be a living hell, I will make sure of
that’’
Me ‘’come down boys, I am here now, I am safe. The girls are
safe and free’’ they smile and my boys
hug me once again. A man wearing uniform approaches us
Baba ‘’Captain, thank you so much for your help’’
Captain ‘’I am glad to have helped. You and your sons helped
save these little girls’’
Me ‘’thank you for finding us baba’’
Baba ‘’my job is protect you and our sons Shirley and that is
what I will do till the heavens remember
me’’ I smile
Captain ‘’we need to take your statement please come with
me’’ I look at Zwane and he nods. I
follow the captain and they take my statement then I walk back
to my boys and their father
Andile ‘’all done’’
Me ‘’they will contact me
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if they need any clarity’’
Baba ‘’then let us get you home’’ I smile and the boys hold my
hands and we head to the Zwane house.

Khumbuzile

Now that Shirley is out of the picture, its time I make my

appearance to the Zwane boys. I need to
remind them I am still available and I am sorry for what I did to
them, I have prepared a few dishes
for them coz I know they have been feeding of take always, I
need to be as domesticated as possible
that’s what Zwane likes and if I do the things he likes he might
reconsider taking me back. That man
loves me and I am sure that doesn’t change overnight so
whatever feelings are left I am going to
capitalize on them. Thando is looking at me like a mad woman.
Me ‘’stop looking at me like that wena man’’
Her ‘’kodwa ma, you know dad won’t change his mind, you are
just going to embarrass yourself
lapho’’
Me ‘’you clearly don’t know your mother baby girl, ngifana
no’mzekezeke mina ngiya fosta’’
Her ‘’mother what you did is huge and they are still hurt, I
suggest you give them sometime, more
now that they have found their mother’’ I laugh, oh she doesn’t
know that I conspired with Emeka to
ship Shirley out of the country
Me ‘’if I give them time, they will forget that I ever existed, so
its now or never’’
Her ‘’haii I give up shame, do you mother, I will be waiting for
you with a bottle of wine and tissues
to mend your heart, after daddy shows you the door’’
Me ‘’mxm, you are so negative Thandolwethu’’
Her ‘’I am being reasonable Khumbu’’ she says and walks out. I
take my handbag and car keys then
walk out of the hotel room.

Shirley

I took a long hot bubble bath. This is exactly what I needed, I

lotion my body and wear the warm
tracksuit and my morning slippers then walk downstairs, I find
the boys in the lounge watching soccer.

S’bu ‘’mama come sit here next to your favourite son’’ I smile
and Andile coughs
Andile ‘’oh is it now’’
S’bu ‘’yes bro bro’’ Andile laughs and I sit next to Sibusiso who
puts lays his head on my lap and
stretches his body on the couch
Me ‘’Andile come to mommy’’ he blushes and comes sit next to
me and stays in the same position as
his brother, ahh this is the life, all I ever wanted was to be their
mother and I have that now
Baba ‘’I feel like a spare wheel now’’ we all laugh at him’
Me ‘’sorry Zwane’’
Baba ‘’its okay, let me go get your food’’ smile and he makes his
way to the kitchen and comes back
with a bowl of soup and fresh buns
Me ‘’thank you baba’’ he blushes and places the food on the
coffee table and pulls it towards the
couch I am on. And he sits on top of it.
Baba ‘’I am going to feed, at least I will be next to you nami’’ I
smile
Andile ‘’jealousy never looked good on you old man’’ we all
laugh, he starts feeding me
S’bu ‘’I want to visit Nigeria, see where my mother is from’’
Andile ‘’that would be great’’
Baba ‘’and that will be our first vacation with your mother
exploring her country of birth, if she
agrees that is’’
Me ‘’I would live to, plus its time I faced my demons’’
Baba ‘’that’s true, I will get my PA to arrange everything’’ the
door bell rings
S’bu ‘’who could that be we are having a family moment here’’
Khumbuzile

The other maid opened the door for me

Me ‘’where is my husband and sons ‘’ I ask giving her an
attitude
Her ‘’in the lounge ma’am’’ I walk to the lounge and what I saw
next horrified me, Shirley is here,
how is this possible Emeka said she was sold to the Russians,
look at them playing happy family, I
accidentally drop the containers of food I was holding and that
made them turn and look at me

Zwane ‘’what the hell are you doing here’’ I swallowed

Me ‘’I came to uhm’’
Andile ‘’came to do what’’
Me ‘’to check on you guys’’
S’bu ‘’to check if we are devastated, sorry to burst your bubble,
our mother is still with us, your
partner couldn’t sell her’’
Me ‘’I don’t know what you are talking about, what partner in
crime’’ Shirley wipes her tear and
stood up from the couch and made her way to me, she gave me
a hot slap
Her ‘’if I see you near me, Zwane or my boys I will kill you with
my own bear hands. Don’t come to
this house too, stay away from us and we will do the same’’ she
said with so much hate, I have never
seen that look in her eyes, I am even scared to say something.
Zwane ‘’Shirley come sit down and leave that witch to me’’
Me ‘’baba, I apologise for what I did in the past please but I
don’t know what you are talking about
right now’’
Zwane ‘’as you saw, you disturbed a private family moment,
please get out of this house’’ my eyes
widened and my mouth went dry
Me ‘’Zwane please remember where we came from’’
Zwane ‘’I need to feed the mother of my sons, please disappear,
and remember what Shirley just
said to you’’ he went back to sit on top of the coffee Table and
started feeding Shirley. Tears just
streamed down my face. Shirley is now the madam of this
house, the Queen bee. She has my life.
They continued laughing and talking like I was not there, I
turned back and walked out shamefully
Chapter 31
Andile

Having my mother home has been a total bliss, we are enjoying

every second of it. To my surprise
dad has also been enjoying her company, since he no longer
works he spends time with my mother,
they cook together, he evens helps her with the laundry and
staff. There is something different
about dad, something he never had when he was with
Khumbuzile, I think it is safe to safe that my
father might be smitten by my mother, I wouldn’t mind them
getting together, it would actually be
nice having my parents together you know. Since mom
disappeared I haven’t seen my woman at all
that is not sitting well with me, I can just imagine how
neglected she feels, but I need to show her
that I am still here and that I love her. I had plans for us before
this whole drama unfolded and now
that everything seems to have settled I am revisiting those
plans.
Ma ‘’are you ready for tonight’’
Me ‘’honestly ma, I can’t wait, I have been waiting to do this for
a long time now’’
Ma ‘’she is a good girl, I like her’’
Me ‘’i am a lucky man really’’
Ma ‘’don’t you ever forget that, treat her right all the time’’
Me ‘’I plan to mama’’
Ma ‘’a happy Queen means the palace is at peace’’
Me ‘’my wise mother, I will remember that’’
Ma ‘’let me go finish cooking then’’
Me ‘’smells divine, you must teach her how to cook’’
Ma ‘’is she wants to learn I will gladly do it’’ I smile
Me ‘’you are the best’’
Ma ‘’where is your brother’’
Me ‘’he went out, didn’t say where he was headed to’’
Ma ‘’okay baby’’
Me ‘’mama’’ she turned to look at me smiling
Ma ‘’yes Andi’’
Me ‘’I love you’’
Ma ‘’I love you too fano’’ she says kissing my cheek, one would
swear my mother is zulu hey

S’busiso

I got a call from Amahle, she summoned me to her apartment, I

tried to refuse but she blackmailed
me and told me she would ruin things for me with Ledi, and you
all know I can’t have that, I honestly
do not know why I haven’t told my woman about this crazy ass,
but maybe I am just scared to lose
her over this issue, Amahle is a pretty good actor, she would
cook up a story that would have the
whole world believing that she is a victim and I am a villain.

Me ‘’what the fuck do you want’’

Her ‘’I have missed you’’
Me ‘’you are stubborn, how many times have I to…’’ she cut me
Her ‘’I know I know, you have moved on’’
Me ‘’then why do you think you call me here like I am your
boyfriend’’
Her ‘’you are my boyfriend pumpkin’’ this one is testing my
patience
Me ‘’Amahle I am getting tired of this bullshit really, it is boring
now, even for you’’
Her ‘’ouch, I thought you liked commanding ways’’
Me ‘’the old S’bu did, this new and improved version just
wishes you could leave him alone really’’
Her ‘’what does he have that I don’t’’ I sigh
Me ‘’really Amahle’’
Her ‘’yes S’bu’’
Me ‘’seriously’’
Her ‘’yes dammit’’
Me ‘’it would take me the whole day trying to explain what she
has and you don’t and I don’t have
the time’’
Her ‘’you think you are all that Sibusiso Zwane’’
Me ‘’I am all that Amahle, listen and listen good, stay away from
me and my girlfriend, stop
blackmailing, even if you succeed in breaking Naledi and I up, I
will still not come to you. Try this shit
one more time and kiss your career goodbye, remember I made
it possible’’ with that I take my car
keys and leave her standing there like she had just saw a ghost

Kutlwano

It has been a while since I saw my boyfriend, and honestly I am

scared he might have lost interest in,
after all things happened pretty quickly between us. I guess it is
true easy come its easy go, problem
is. I have fallen in love with Andile Zwane. I want to be with him
for the remaining years of my life.
They invited us over for dinner tonight, his mother did and he
hasn’t called this whole day to talk about it.

Ledi ‘’penny for your thoughts’’

Me ‘’oh hey I didn’t see you there’’
Ledi ‘’of course you didn’t, you were lost in your thoughts,
what’s wrong’’
Me ‘’Andile’’ she frowns
Ledi ‘’what about him’’
Me ‘’I feel like he has lost interest in my Naledi, he is no longer
the same person’’
Ledi ‘’oh sis, so has S’bu. I think they are trying to settle into
their new life’’
Me ‘’maybe that is the reason
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but still I feel like I am losing him’’
Ledi ‘’I don’t think that is the case sis, that guy is nuts about
you’’
Me ‘’he was’’
Ledi ‘’come on Kutlwano don’t be like this’’
Me ‘’what if he realised he wanted to raise his son with his
mother’’
Ledi ‘’okay now you just being petty’’ I throw myself on top of
my bed
Me ‘’I can’t help but think of all these scenarios’’
Ledi ‘’stop that, you giving yourself unnecessary stress really’’
Me ‘’you are right, Andile loves me as much as I love him’’ I
wish I could believe the words I just
uttered
Ledi ‘’and that is the truth. Get ready, we don’t want to be late
for MaShirley’s food phela’’ I laugh
Me ‘’okay, thank Ledi’’ she smiles and comes to hug me

Andile
I finish fixing myself and I walk down, I am a nervous wreck, the
day has arrived and there is really no
going back. My heart and soul agree to this so we are set to go,
I get down stairs and everything is
ready, the food smells amazing, my parents are so excited, my
brother can’t stop feast bumping me.

Dad ‘’so today is the day’’

Me ‘’yes ops it is’’
Dad ‘’I am proud of you Andile for finally choosing to be happy’’
I smile
Me ‘’thank you baba’’
Ma ‘’seeing you boys happy make me feel at peace as a
mother’’
S’bu ‘’and seeing you happy makes us happy ma’’
Ma ‘’oh my love, thank you’’ I smile
Dad ‘’not to ruin the mood, but hasn’t that Tshepi girl made
contact’’
Me ‘’nope not to me, I don’t know about ma’’
Ma ‘’no she hasn’t baba’’
S’bu ‘’she better not be planning any evil, coz she will have to
deal with me personally’’
Me ‘’lets not talk about Tshepi tonight I don’t want to sour
Lolo’s mood’’
Ma ‘’definitely, the last thing we want is make your Queen feel
uncomfortable’’
Me ‘’thank you mama’’ the doorbell rang and a few minutes
later, the maid walked in with them,
they looked breath taking, S’bu and I approached them, we hug
them, I break my hug first and kiss
her passionately she didn’t respond at first but did eventually
and she broke it
Lolo ‘’Ndile your parents are in here baby’’ I smile
Dad ‘’don’t mine us my dear’’ she blushed
Me ‘’sorry my love, I have missed you’’
Me ‘’I have missed you terribly babe’’ I kiss her forehead and
she goes to great my parents along
with Naledi. We go dine at the table, my mother prepared a
feast, everyone was enjoying the food
and laughing, the conversation was flowing, but my appetite
vanished and the panic started again,
Kutlwano realised that
Lolo ‘’Ndile, you haven’t touched your food, and you are
sweating, what wrong’’ she says placing her
hand on my forehead to feel my temperature I look at my mom
and she is milling from ear to ear, I
turn to my dad and he winks at me, Lolo is now confused I sigh
and stand up
Me ‘’Lolo, meeting you was like coming into contact with the
oxygen that keeps me alive, all my life I
have felt like life was constantly taken from me, but ever since I
found you, baby you bring life back
into me, I look deep in your eyes and I know that you are my
home, my love and my more. You loved
me when you thought I was nothing and that is what I needed
really, for someone to love me and
not the idea of me’’ I kneel in front of her and produce a huge
diamond ring she has her hands on
her mouth ‘’so baby, as flawed as I am, will you make me the
happiest man in the world and marry
me?’’ tears streamed down her beautiful face.
Lolo ‘’I love you so much Ndile wami, I want nothing more than
to live the rest of my life being your
wife’’ I exhaled and slid the ring on her perfectly manicured
finger, I got up and we kissed slowly and
passionately. My mother was ululating, everyone had the
biggest smile on their faces, and me well
my heart was at peace, the girl of my dreams agreed to marry
me.
Chapter 32
Kutlwano

This all feels surreal, I keep on pinching myself frequently to

check if I am not dreaming, and guess
what I am not, man I am engaged to Ndile wami, I look at my
ring and its beautiful, he has taste, this
rock is huge, must have cost him a fortune really. I slept over
last night, I am sitting on the bed
starring at is beautiful face, I have never had the opportunity to
study his face, my fiancé is beautiful,
if I may say so myself, he is sleeping so peacefully with no worry
in the world, I love this man guys.
Let me just go downstairs and prepare breakfast in bed for him.
I get to the kitchen and find his
parents giggling like teenagers its cute really

Me ‘’good morning’’
Dad ‘’morning ntombi’’
Ma ‘’morning lolo, how did you sleep’’ I smile
Me ‘’I slept very well ma thank you, how did you sleep’’
Ma ‘’very well, I am so happy that you and Andile are getting
married’’
Dad ‘’you can say that again mama’’
Ma ‘’is Andile still sleeping?’’
Me ‘’he is out of it, I actually came down to make breakfast’’
Ma ‘’not to worry baby, the other helper got to it even before
me’’ I smile
Me ‘’actually ma, I wanted to take it up to him in bed’’
Dad ‘’Abo Andile are very lucky man’’
Ma ‘’very very lucky baba’’
Me ‘’I am the lucky one mama’’
Ma ‘’no baby, you are both very lucky to have found each
other’’
Dad ‘’okay koti, let’s leave you to it then’’ they exit and I go to
the fridge to find ingredients

Mr Zwane
Seeing my sons happy is enough for me, and thanks to their
woman and finding out that Shirley is
their mother. She is the most caring, loving, and selfless person
I have ever met. i have never met a
woman like Shirley and to tell you the truth, I have been feeling
things for her, things that make me
question my sanity, I am a Zulu man, you know how were are,
but recently I have been a man that
enjoys cooking with her and even helping her with the laundry.
Am I in love or I am just enjoying the
company of someone who thinks differently.

Her ‘’baba, coffee or juice?’’ I smile

Me ‘’coffee please mama’’ she nods and pours me a cup
Her ‘’here you go’’ I take it and sip, just how I like it
Me ‘’ever since you moved in, I haven’t heard you talking on the
phone or dressing up and telling me
you going out, where is your special somebody?’’ she looks
down
Her ‘’well baba, I don’t have any special somebody’’
Me ‘’I hope you didn’t end it because of me and the boys’’
Her ‘’no its not like that’’
Me ‘’then how is it like’’ she looks down embarrassed but I
want answers
Her ‘’well, I have never been in a relationship of any sort with
any man’’ my eyes widen, I cannot
believe my ears
Me ‘’what? You mean you have never had a romantic
relationship or even a fling’’
Her ‘’none whatsoever’’ wow this woman never ceases to
amaze me really
Me ‘’Shirley you telling me, that I am the only man who has
ever been with you in that way’’
Her ‘’yes you are the only man’’ oh my goodness, despite my
age I am still a man, her confirming
that I was her first and only just gave me a hard, shit I can only
just imagine how tight she is
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phela
she is basically a virgin again
Me ‘’wow just wow, how did you avoid love and sex’’ she
chocked on her juice and started coughing
Her ‘’I only had my children in mind, only hoping and praying
that someday the truth comes out’’
Me ‘’you are a strong woman Shirley’’
Her ‘’sex was never something I thought of, coz I didn’t have the
time for man’’
Me ‘’since I don’t remember our first time, can you at least tell
me I was gentle’’ she blushed
Her ‘’you tried baba, it wasn’t bad but it was pleasurable
either’’ I laugh
Me ‘’then I will have to fix my past mistakes’’ her eyes widen
and she looked around to see is none
of the kids were onsite when I said that
Her ‘’oh my God baba’’
Me ‘’yini, you can’t let the heavens miss you before you know
how good it can get, I will personally
do you myself’’ she laughed and stands up
Her ‘’I am going to wash the dishes’’ I burst out laughing, her
innocence is everything, she disappears
and I look at my manhood and brush him ‘’waze wak vusa
ekseni uShirley bafanas (Shirley woke you up early boy)’’

Kagiso

It has been months now, but nothing, we have sex almost every
day but she still hasn’t fallen
pregnant, we have been to specialists but they all say the same
thing, we are fertile and we should
keep our stress levels down, I am tired now, I want kids, I want
to leave all my hard work to my
offspring’s. Lebo and I are going out to the mall, there is a bag
she wants and she has been making
noise about it, I am tired I just want to buy it and get her to shut
up. I am looking for my watch, her
mother must have misplaced it, I don’t know why she has
access to our bedroom but she does. Lebo
is in the en suite bathroom, I shout so she can hear me

Me ‘’Relebohile’’
Her ‘’baby’’ she shouts back
Me ‘’where is my gold watch babe’’
Her ‘’I think mom put it in my drawer, check in there’’
Me ‘’okay’’ I go to her drawer and find it, but I also find
something that infuriates me, I felt my blood
boil, this bitch, she has been secretly using contraceptive pills,
that is why I have been humping
myself dry with no results, I could strangle her right now, the
bathroom door opens and I turn to
look at her and she is fixing her towel
Me ‘’what the fuck is this Lebo?’’ she blinks a couple of times
and swallows her saliva
Her ‘’baby, I can explain’’
Me ‘’explain what, how you have been making a fool out of me,
you watched me pay a lot of money
at the specialist whilst you knew why we couldn’t fall pregnant,
is that what you want to explain’’
Her ‘’oh please Kagiso, what did you expect’’
Me ‘’what the hell is that supposed to mean’’
Her ‘’I asked you to ask your mom to move out of this house
but you didn’t, you let your mother
meddle into our relationship, did you really think I was going to
give you a child while you can’t man
up and stand up to your mother’’ I was shocked
Me ‘’she is my mother for heaven’s sake, your mother also lives
with us, I told you if mine leaves so
should yours’’
Her ‘’oh grow a pair Kagiso, no wonder Kutlwano divorced your
ass’’ I slap her so hard across the
face and she was shocked, I took my car keys and wallet then
walked out the audacity of this girl nxa
Chapter 33
Kutlwano

I have been at my happiest, life couldn’t be better. I am content

with all I have. I can only give thanks
to God. Ndile has been the best fiancé any girl could ask for
really. Tonight we are going to some
entrepreneurs’ gala dinner, my baby is the key note speaker
there, I have always wanted to see
Andile the CEO in action and I must admit I am so excited. There
is a knock on the door, urg who
could it be, I stand up and the scary looking guy is on the other
side, thank God the security door is
locked, man this guy is scary, he has tattoos even on his face
Jesus Christ.

Me ‘’uhm hello, can I help you’’

Him ‘’aahhh sure sister, I actually came to talk to you’’ I
frowned
Me ‘’do I know you?’’
Him ‘’not personally but I am sure my mother has mentioned
me, my name is Jomo, MaKhumalo’s
son, I was in prison’’ oh yes she mentioned him a few times
Me ‘’oh yes she has’’
Him ‘’can I come in please’’ I unlocked the door and he came in
Me ‘’you can seat over there, can I get you anything to drink’’
Him ‘’aahh no beautiful, I actually came to say thank you a
million, my mother told me that you have
been the one taking care of them, buying them groceries and
helping pay some of my sisters school
trips’’
Me ‘’its nothing really I am glad I could help’’
Him ‘’it is everything really Kutlwano, I was away and I couldn’t
provide for them and you did that for
me, I will forever be indebted to you’’
Me ‘’no, no you don’t owe me anything, I did that out of the
goodness of my heart, I had the means
and I loved helping them, plus your mother would come help
me around the house too’’
Him ‘’you are a rear specie sisi, people like you are hard to
come by’’
Me ‘’thank you Jomo’’
Him ‘’I am back now, I will be able to take care of them and give
you a break’’
Me ‘’it was no bother really, but I am glad you are back now,
and please stay out of trouble, your
mom wouldn’t survive it’’
Him ‘’I am not going back inside, worry not I will behave and
abide by the law’’
Me ‘’great then’’
Him ‘’okay then, let me take my leave, and thank you futhi’’ I
smile and he walks out

Thando

I have been in a relationship with Bafana for 4 years now, I am

used to dictating especially in our
relationship and he has never had a problem with that but
recently he has been having none of that,
I have been suspecting that he is cheating and last night my
suspicions were confirmed, a friend of
mine send me a picture of him and some girl at some club, I
was in his bed waiting for him to come
home but he was having the time of his life with another
woman, he didn’t even come home, its
around 2pm and still no sign of Bafana. I love this guy and
honestly I am scared of losing him, he is the
only who has been able to take my shit, the door opens and he
walks in, still in yesterday’s clothes, I
promised myself that I will be calm but seeing him I just lost it

Me ‘’where the fuck have you been mister’’ he looks at me and

sighs
Him ‘’you are still here’’
Me ‘’what is that supposed to mean’’
Him ‘’I think it is clear enough princess Thando’’
Me ‘’I asked you a question’’
Him ‘’I have been out’’
Me ‘’with some floozy in a leopard print dress’’ he laughs
Him ‘’oh so you, now why are you asking me where I was’’
Me ‘’so you won’t even deny it, you are cheating on Me Bafana
how dare you’’
Him ‘’why would I deny the truth princess’’ tears came an I just
couldn’t hold them in anymore
Me ‘’you piece of shit’’
Him ‘’now that’s more like it, the Thando I know, her majesty’’
Me ‘’yes her majesty, you cheat on me with some illiterate slay
queen’’ he laughed
Him ‘’not that it’s any of your business but she is actually a
lawyer doll’’
Me ‘’I don’t care what she is, from me to her honey that is a
downgrade’’
Him ‘’oh sisi, that is upgrade of the year, She is an educated,
humble, respectful, respectful lady’’ oh
my God I can’t believe he is saying these things to me
Me ‘’I can’t believe you saying these things to me’’
Him ‘’oh well believe it, I am done with your selfish self-centred
ass, you walk around as if the world
owes you something, I have tried loving you past your flaws but
you arrogant nature couldn’t see
that, you thought I was stupid and that you are the second best
thing after Jesus Christ, I am tired of
feeling like half a man because I love you’’
Me ‘’Bafana’’
Him ‘’I am done Thando, please take what is yours and leave my
house’’
Me ‘’what? You breaking up with me’’
Him ‘’you seem to be having a lot of blond moments today, but
yes Thando I am breaking up with
you. I hope you change if you want to keep a man’’ with that he
walked into the bathroom and
locked the door. I just sank down to the floor weeping
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Bafana has never said anything so hurtful to
me and I mean ever, he is really fed up with me.

Kagiso

Me ‘’I suggest you finish up if you don’t want me to leave you

behind’’
Her ‘’5 more minutes baby I will be out’’ things between us are
rocky, but for tonight we are going to
pull the best performance, I have this gala dinner, it’s a work
thing and it’s a plus 1 type of thing so I
am taking my lying girlfriend
Me ‘’you have 3 Lebo 3’’ with that she walked looking beautiful,
but I won’t tell her that
Her ‘’we can leave now, I hope there is a vibe there and
paparazzi of course’’ I rolled my eyes
Me ‘’behave yourself, my colleagues will be there’’
Her ‘’what do you mean’’
Me ‘’try not to act and sound like a slay queen that is what I’m
saying’’
Her ‘’wow Kagiso wow’’
Me ‘’these man are married or dating educated woman. Don’t
talk about champagne and hair with
them, rather listen and you might learn something’’ we walked
out to the car and drove to the
venue in Sandton. We got there and the valet took the car and
gave me ticket. We walked in and
they took a picture of us, the décor was elegant, we were given
drinks and I took out the other ticket
I was given at the door when they checked our names on the
guest list, we are sitting at table 7, we
walk to it and I pull a chair for her, 2 couples were already sited
we greet them and listen to the
music
Her ‘’now this is the Life’’
Me ‘’yep the life of the rich and famous’’
Her ‘’you can say that again’’ I turned and the beauty I saw next
was breath taking, Kutlwano was
looking great in a red body hugging dress that exposes her back
and has a high slit on the left thigh,
she had a messy bun that makes her diamond necklace to be
visible, her shoes made he more taller
and damn sexy, she was holding on to some guy, who was in a
black tux and white shirt and his
shoes screamed expensive, but that’s her security guard
boyfriend how could he afford to look tis
posh, the most confusing thing was that people were flogging
to that guy and shaking his hands so
excited like they were seeing Jehova himself
Lebo ‘’isn’t that Kutlwano’’
Me ‘’it’s her’’ they walked towards our table and they got to it,
he pulled a chair for Kutlwano next
to me and that’s when she noticed us
Tlwano ‘’oh hello’’
Me ‘’hi Tlwano, how are you’’
Tlwano ‘’I am well thanks’’
Lebo ‘’what brings you here with your security guard’’ Kutlwano
laughed and turned to face her
boyfriend
Tlwano ‘’baby, you still remember my cousin and Kagiso her
boyfriend’’ ouch not even my ex
Him ‘’oh yes my love I do’’ he extended his hand and we shake
hands, a photographer came to our
table and spoke to Tlwano’s boyfriend
Guy ‘’Mr Zwane, can I have a picture please’’
Him ‘’oh sure, baby come’’ they posed and that is when I
noticed a ring on Tlwano’s finger my eyes
widened, even that guys surname rings a bell, they finished
taking pictures
Guy ‘’who shall we address the lady as sir, I don’t want you to
say newspapers print lies tomorrow;;
he laughed along with Kutlwano
Him ‘’Mr Zwane and fiancé will be fine for now’’
Guy ‘’thank you sir, and congratulations’’ I felt like my heart was
breaking into a million pieces
Me ‘’you guys are getting married’’ I ask as the sit down’’
Him ‘’yes this beautiful woman agreed to be my wife’’ Tlwano
smiled sweetly at him and they shared
a brief kiss
Me ‘’uhm oh congratulations I guess’’
Lebo ‘’oh well congratulations to poverty Kutlwano, you sure
know how to pick them’’ Kutlwano and
her guy looked at each other and laughed. The guy that gave
me the contract, His name is Remi,
approached our table too and looked at Kutlwano and smiled
Remi ‘’hehehe mabotle how are you’’ they hugged and spoke a
while
Me ‘’maRemza, how are you’’
Remi ‘’KG mfana, ke sharp man, you have been doing a great
job man, Kutlwano thank you for
recommending this one, he knows his story’’ I was dead shock
Tlwano ‘’yeah he is good at his job yena’’
Remi ‘’I just saw you and I had to greet you man Tlwano, I still
owe you lunch’’
Tlwano ‘’I will wait for your call’’ with that he left our table and
guilt ate through me, so I made it all
because of Kutlwano, the woman I hurt so bad the woman I
broke still came through for me, I am
out of poverty because of her, what did I do, how did I lose this
diamond God blessed me with, look
at me now I am stuck with her cousin, the Karma of fucking
over a good woman is the monster you
wake up next to. the event started and I couldn’t stop looking at
Kutlwano with admiration. It was
time for the keynote speaker to address and motivate us as
young entrepreneurs.
MC ‘’ladies and gentleman, the person I am going to introduce
is no stranger to the business world,
this man is only 28 years of age, took over his father’s business
when he was only 25 after working
closely with him when he finished his qualification, he has
moved the company to greater heights
since being the CEO he has managed to merge and buy out his
competitors to make his firm a giant
in the industry, I could take the whole day talking about this
multibillionaire, ladies and gentle please
put your hands together to welcome our speaker, the CEO of
the conglomerate, Zwane Holdings, Mr
Andile Zwane’’ the crowed stood up and cheered, Tlwano and
her guy stood up and shared a kiss
and he walked to the stage and she was just looking at him with
a smile while applauding, to say I
was shocked was an understatement really, I can’t even find a
word to describe me right now
Lebo ‘’so you are getting married to a billionaire and not a
security guard’’
Tlwano ‘’it appears so’’ she said sitting down, as for me I
couldn’t even utter a single world, I just felt
like the ground could open and swallow me
Chapter 34
Lebo

I couldn’t believe my ears so I decided to google this guy and to

my surprise it was indeed him, this
guy is filthy rich, his dad and his brother who happen to be
Naledi’s boyfriend, man these boys are
living thee life, Kutlwano really struck gold here, honestly I am
silenced, I have nothing more to say
for the first time in my entire existence, I keep stealing glances
at Kutlwano and her man, she looks
very happy and well taken care of, my eyes move to her hand to
see her ring but it is hidden, as if
she noticed me she positioned it well on the champagne glass
and I have a proper view, damn that is
a rock, it must have cost a fortune. I suddenly felt small to be
here that I wanted to go back home
immediately, Kagiso was right these woman speak a totally
different language to mine, they have
these rich man but all of them are doing something with their
time, they all have careers and big
jobs some have their own company, not even for once have I
heard them speak of fashion and all
these things I know, so it made it really hard to be a part of the
conversation, they were all admiring
Kutlwano as Andile narrated how they met as he disguised as a
security guard and she didn’t mind
that not even once rather she wanted to help him better his life,
I always thought it was stupid of
her to take care of man financially, but look at where her good
heart landed her, in big bucks while I
am here indulging in her left overs, living a life that she made
possible for Kagiso. I am embarrassed
and I feel very ashamed right now. Life is something else

Kagiso ‘’you look bored want to go’’ he whispers in my ear

Me ‘’yes please’’ I said very quickly
Kagiso ‘’okay let’s get you home’’ as much as it might seem like
we leaving coz of me, he is also
uncomfortable seeing Kutlwano in the arms of another man
Me ‘’thank you’’ we stood up and I faked a smile
Kagiso ‘’enjoy the rest of your night everyone, my woman and I
are leaving, we need to be
somewhere early tomorrow’’ he lied
Andile ‘’okay, drive safely and all the best with your business’’
Kagiso ‘’Thank you man, congratulations once again’’ he shook
Andile’s hand and we walked out, the
drive is silent, we are both lost in our thoughts, I guess
Kutlwano messed up with our heads tonight, I
check the time and it is only half past 9. We get to the house
and park. We get inside the house and
found our mothers watching some Nigerian movies, it is so
loud. Kagiso’s mother is the first to speak
Kmom ‘’oh you are back early, how was the gala papa’’
Kagiso ‘’very nice ma, learned a lot hey’’
Kmom ‘’you don’t sound too excited about it’’ my mother
looked at me and she knew something
happened
Kele ‘’okay what happened at that gala’’
Me ‘’kutlwano happened ma’’
Keke ‘’oh what has that thing done now’’
Me ‘’she is getting married’’
Kele ‘’what, to who’’
Me ‘’that boy she introduced us to, when we were in the Vaal’’
my mother laughed so hard
Kele ‘’to that security guard boy, is Kutlwano that desperate’’
Kmom ‘’my son was too good for her, now she has moved to
security guards, good things my boy is
living the high life now, she was holding back’’ Kagiso chuckled
Kmom ‘’why are you laughing boy’’
Kagiso ‘’actually ma, we are living this high life because of
Kutlwano, if she didn’t recommend me to
that guy we would be in blo
em hungry’’ our mothers were shocked that they didn’t say
anything, Kagiso stood up and left the
room
Me ‘’it sounds unbelievable but it is true, and ma Andile is not a
security guard, he is Naledi’s
boyfriends big brother’’
Kele ‘’the CEO Brother?’’
Me ‘’yes ma, he is filthy rich, if you could she her engagement
ring, it is a huge diamond rock’’
Kmom ‘’you lie’’ I took out my phone and went to instagram her
account is private but I am
following her
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the is a picture of her and Andile tonight and lucky enough her
ring is visible, I show
them
Kele ‘’oh my God this in unbelievable’’ after seeing that picture
they didn’t say anything and trust me
I understand.

Mr Zwane

Shirley is seriously not feeling well, and the boys are not around
so I need to take care of her myself,
I think its just flu nothing major it won’t that hectic. She is
sleeping now but she really needs to wake
up so she can eat something and take her meds, I go to the
kitchen and warm some soup for her
then take it upstairs to her room, she is sleeping so peacefully
but I need her to wake up I shake her gently

Me ‘’Shirley, mama wake up’’

Her ‘’mmmhhh, no please’’
Me ‘’you need to take your meds mama’’ she made a cute noise
that made me laugh
Her ‘’do I have to baba’’
Me ‘’it is a matter of must beautiful’’
Her ‘’okay okay’’ she got up and sneezed
Me ‘’I need to feed you so you can drink your meds’’ she
smiled
Her ‘’what pleasure do you have from feeding me baba’’
Me ‘’it is a secret of mine, though I know that might give the
both of us great pleasure’’
Her ‘’and that is?’’ she asks really confused
Me ‘’me inside you, making you feel things’’ I whisper into her
ear
Her ‘’baba you are embarrassing me’’
Me ‘’we are both adults kodwa, we have been spending a lot of
time together Shirley and honestly I
have developed some feelings for you, and I like how you make
me feel’’
Her ‘’you are not divorced yet Zwane’’
Me ‘’that shouldn’t bother you mama, its almost done’’
Her ‘’but still Zwane, you are still married’’
Me ‘’stop over thinking things’’
Her ‘’its really hard not to’’
Me ‘’do you love me Shirley’’ I say getting closer to her and he
breathing spikes
Her ‘’baba please’’ she says and I can tell from the way she is
breathing that she is feeling things
Me ‘’answer me, do you love me?’’ I cup her chin and make her
look at me
Her ‘’Zwane please’’
Me ‘’it’s a simple question really’’
Her ‘’I do’’
Me ‘’say it Shirley’’ her eyes widen and I nod
Her ‘’I love you Zwane’’ I smiled and words gave me an erection
instantly
Me ‘’I am glad to hear that’’ I pull her to me and kiss her and
she returns it, we kiss for the longest
time, and I take her hand and plave it over my manhood and
she stops kissing me and she looks
scared
Me ‘’I want to take you to my bed and make love to you
properly’’ she looked down scared, I stand
up and she hesitated but finally stood up with me, we walked to
my room and we stood there in
each other’s arms starring deep in each other’s eyes, Gosh she
is so beautiful, we kiss again and this
time she was letting lose coz I could feel her relax. I stopped and
untied her gown and she is naked
under, her body is so firm and yet so mature, she was now
completely naked infront of me, I took off
all my clothes too and she looked and bafanas and swallowed
her saliva, that made me smile, I took
her to the bed and laid her down, I went to get body oil and
rubbed it all over her body massaging
her, she was moaning obviously enjoying, she was now facing
up now, so I parted her legs and she
was not shaved but it was neat, I run my finger on her entrance
and I am pleased to find her that
wet, I slide in my finger and her back arched a bit and her face
frowned, i inserted a second finger
and she moaned , I continued fore playing her until she asked
me to make love to her, and man was I
pleased to have her ask me to. I placed my manhood at her
entrance and pushed it in and she
screamed, fuck fuck, it is even tighter than I thought, I didn’t
move for a full minute taking in her
warmth and giving her a minute to take in my size so she can
relax, she is really a virgin with two
sons, her virginal lips were hugging me so tight man it felt good
being inside, I started moving and
she moaned and screamed my name so loud, I let her be coz it’s
just us in the house, I felt like I was
20 again. I felt myself about to come but I managed to keep it in
because I want her to come first
and luckily she was not far, I felt her legs shaking so I know she
just done her first business, I didn’t
waste time I just poured my whole load inside her, I collapsed
next to her and held her tight in my
arms and kissed her forehead, we were both breathing heavily
and she broke the silence
Her ‘’that was nice baba, you really made up for our first’’ I
laugh so hard I wasn’t expecting that
Me ‘’oh we aim to please my lady’’
Her ‘’and please you did Mr Zwane’’
Me ‘’I love you Ngozi, kakhulu’’ I say and kiss her forehead
Chapter 35
Shirley

Last night was such an experience really, and a great one I must
add, I never thought I would enjoy it
at my age, but Zwane was right I have been missing out on
something great, but honestly I am glad I
didn’t engage in any sexual activities, I have always wished to
sleep with only one man and I am
happy that my dream came true, I woke up very early to make
breakfast for in bed, but I noticed
that my sons were home, so I will just cook for everyone. I am
busy whisking the eggs when I felt
someone hug me from behind, it can only be baba, I blush

Him ‘’Good morning mama, why wake up so early, I wanted to

cuddle you plus you are still sick’’ I
blush
Me ‘’haibo wakhe, I needed to make breakfast, plus I feel fine’’
Him ‘’mmmhhh no baba anymore, I like it, if I had known
bafanas would make you loosen up like this
I would have taken you to my bed sooner’’ I laugh and hit him
with the dish cloth
Me ‘’my goodness, you should stop talking like this, the kids
might hear you’’
Him ‘’let them hear, this is my house, we are not going to hide’’
Me ‘’you want us to tell them already’’ he was about to answer
when Andile and Kutlwano walked in
laughing, I quickly move from Wakhe
Lolo ‘’good morning baba, ma’’ I smile sweetly at them
Baba ‘’morning sweetheart’’
Me ‘’morning my babies, go to the dinning I will bring breakfast
now’’ Andile gave us a look then
chuckled
Andile ‘’morning and thank you ma’’ they went to the dinning
and baba helped me move the food to
the dinning, and S’bu was already sited, we greeted him and
sat, everyone dished for themselves,
we ate in comfortable silence, Wakhe and I kept stealing
glances at each other and we’d smile each
time.
S’bu ‘’okay, bazali, are we missing something here’’ I looked
down embarrassed
Andile ‘’I would also like to know nami’’ Wakhe laughed
Him ‘’what would you wanna know boys’’
Andile ‘’come on baba, do you want us to spell it out’’ he held
my hand and kissed it
Him ‘’well boys, your mother and I, decided as adults that our
feelings were too strong to be
ignored, we fell in love with each other, so do not be surprised
when you find us kissing or your
mother waking up in my bedroom, we will be sharing a
bedroom as from today onwards’’ I was just
looking down
S’bu ‘’way to go pops, congratulations man’’
Andile ‘’its about time. I have been secretly waiting for this to
happen’’
Me ‘’so you are not mad’’
Andile ‘’we are happy ma, congratulations, you too deserve all
the hapiness’’
Me ‘’thank you babies, I love you boys, and I love you too Lolo’’
Lolo ‘’I love you mama. And congratulations to the both of you’’
Baba ‘’thank you makoti wami’’

Tshepi

I have been watching these weird series, basically this show

talks about me and my situation, I wont
lie It is giving me ideas on how to get Andile back in our lives
and to get rid of this Kutlwano girl for
good, this is gonna work I feel it deep down.

Thando ‘’why are you smirking like this’’

Me ‘’I think I have a way to get back with your brother’’
Thando ‘’babe you know Andile is now engaged’’
Me ‘’I know that but still there’s hope for us T’’
Thando ‘’I don’t know babe’’
Me ‘’trust me it’s going to work out, my son and I will have
Andile back in our lives’’ I smile
Thando ‘’you sound weird really, just not as weird as this series’’
I laugh and she frowns
Me ‘’enough about me, how are you doing’’
Thando ‘’honestly babe, I am not doing good, I thought I would
be over this by now but its hard’’
Me ‘’I am also shocked that Bafana did that’’
Thando ‘’I am still broken really, and what makes it worse is that
he is forever with her and they look
so happy’’
Me ‘’I saw their pictures on instagram, they really look happy’’
Thando ‘’I am jealous really, I realised that I actually loved him
but my attitude drove him off’’
Me ‘’oh friend, if you feel like that than I suggest you fight for
your man’’
Thando ‘’how I am supposed to do that when he wont even
reply my text’’ she said and wiped her
tear
Me ‘’oh babe don’t cry, everything will work out trust me’’
Thando ‘’I really hope so my friend, I hate feeling like this’’
Me ‘’I know exactly what you telling me babe’’ I felt a sharp
pain and I winced
Thando ‘’hey what’s wrong are you okay’’ I was about to answer
her when the pain came again, oh
my God it’s still early he can’t come now
Thando ‘’oh no no, let’s get you to the hospital’’ I stood up and
we went to her car then we drove off
to the hospital where my Dr is.

Khumbuzile

I was at some expensive restaurant treating myself

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oh I deserve it shame, after the humiliation Muzi
and his sons put me through, but I am a smart woman I will find
myself back in the Zwane mansion
one way or the other, I had a bottle of their most expensive
champagne and caviar, what I need now
is to go back to my room and sleep the rest of the day off. I snap
my fingers signalling the waitress to
come so I can pay and she came wearing the brightest smile
ever, she is definitely hoping for the fattest tip I just roll my
eyes

Me ‘’please bring me my bill’’ she smile’s more

Her ‘’will it be cash or card’’ I roll my eyes
Me ‘’card sweetheart’’
Her ‘’okay I will be right back’’ she left and came back so quickly
and I gave her my card and she
handed me the machine and I punch in my pin, she frowns and
looks at me
Her ‘’Mrs Zwane, it is declining’’
Me ‘’impossible, try it again’’ she tried again and I punched in
my pin again
Her ‘’I am sorry ma’am it’s still declining’’ okay what’s going on,
I took out another card
Me ‘’try this one’’
Her ‘’its still declines Mrs Zwane, sorry but don’t you have cash
on you’’ I was officially embarrassed
now thank God she is not shouting for everyone to hear
Me ‘’oh my God I honestly don’t know what is wrong; these
cards have so much money on them. I
need to call my bank manager’’
Her ‘’excuse me, I will go and call my manager’’ she left and I
call the bank manager and she answers immediately
Manager ‘’Khumbu my friend’’
Me ‘’I am so embarrassed right now, my cards are declining and
I don’t know what’s going on coz
those accounts all have money’’
Manager ‘’let me check’’ she went quiet for a minute
Me ‘’and’’
Manager ‘’you accounts are all frozen Khumbu’’
Me ‘’oh my God how is that possible’’
Manager ‘’only Zwane can do that’’ I close my eyes, how can he
do this to me, how am I supposed to
survive, the waitress came back with the manager, I hang up
without saying anything to her
Hotel manager ‘’Mrs Zwane’’ I have him the sweetest smile
Me ‘’hey, oh my God this is so embarrassing, I just got off the
phone with my bank manager she
say’s its going to take a while till my accounts are okay, my
husband made some changes and he
didn’t tell me about it’’
Hotel manager ‘’we understand, we will put it on your tab Mrs
Zwane’’
Me ‘’oh thank you so much, I will come back to pay the bill, or
one of my sons will’’ he smiled
Hotel manager ‘’very well then, enjoy your day’’ I give him a
smile then they walk away. That was the
most embarrassing moment ever, I take out my phone to ask
Zwane why he would do that to me, I
have the right to that money as much as he does

Andile

I was having a very chilled day at the house with my woman; I

was giving her a foot rub, and she was
really enjoying it.
Lolo ‘’I am going to enjoy having you giving me foot rubs once
we married’’ I laugh
Me ‘’oh no don’t bet on it my lady’’
Lolo ‘’haibo love, that’s not fair’’
Me ‘’oh what I will enjoy is making love to my wife every night’’
Lolo ‘’I still can’t believe you mine, I am so blessed’’ she say’s
planting a kiss on my lips
Me ‘’I am the blessed one, I love you so much’’ she blushed
Lolo ‘’I love you more Ndile’’ I was about to kiss her when my
phone rang it was my sister I answer
Me ‘’sis’’ she was breathing heavy
Thando ‘’bro, come to the hospital now, I think Tshepi is in
labour’’ I panicked
Me ‘’what it’s too early for that’’
Thando ‘’just come Andile, we are 15 minutes out’’ the house is
just 5 minutes from the hospital
Me ‘’okay we coming’’ I look at my woman who looks scared
Lolo ‘’baby what’s wrong’’
Me ‘’we need to go to the hospital, Tshepi is in labour’’ she
stands up without saying a word and we
rush out, a few minutes later we at the hospital we wait at the
reception and a few minutes later
they walk in, Tshepi looks at Lolo and frowns then attacks me
with a hug which I do not return
Tshepi ‘’oh Andi, I am glad you came’’
Me ‘’let’s get you to the doctor’’ the nurse came with a
wheelchair and took her to the room and the
Dr came in, he examined her for a few minutes, I was standing
in the corner with my woman holding
her hand
Dr ‘’oh well, good news you are not in labour, you just having
Braxton hicks’’
Me ‘’what is that Dr’’
Dr ‘’we can simply say they are false contractions, it’s a way the
body prepares for labour’’
Lolo ‘’so the baby is okay’’ I smile, my woman is amazing and
strong
Dr ‘’the baby is well, still safe in mommy’s womb’’
Tshepi ‘’thank you Dr, the father and I wouldn’t want anything
to happen to our precious cargo, he is
our first. We love this one with all our hearts’’ I rolled my eyes
and fake a smile
Me ‘’okay so she can go home’’
Dr ‘’definitely, there is no reason to keep her here, she must just
take it easy’’
Me ‘’thanks’’ he walks out and I look at Lolo and she gives me a
reassuring smile
Tshepi ‘’I don’t think I should stay alone after this scare Andi, it
not safe for our boy’’
Me ‘’oh well, you can move in with your parents’’ I say and she
looks at me shocked
Tshepi ‘but Andile I was hoping…’’ I cut her before she could say
more
Me ‘’uhm, thanks for calling sis. Lolo and I have to be
somewhere. She is okay now so you will drop
her off’’
Thando ‘’ I will bro bro’’
Tshepi ‘’I was hoping you would drive me Andile’’
Me ‘’well I can’t, like I said my woman and I need to be
somewhere, and you were told to contact my
mom during this pregnancy and to talk to my wife here once
the baby is born’’
Tshepi ‘’but this is our child Andile, OURS’’ she said shouting
Me ‘’well then, Lolo and I will come, I will call’’ I look at my
woman
Me ‘’baby let’s get going’’ I hold her hand and we walk out and
turn back to look at Tshepi
Me ‘’you heard the Dr, take it easy. For our sons sake’’ I said and
we walk out. Tshepi thinks she is
smart but for my woman’s sake I will try to be ahead of her
each time. I will be there for my son, but
she must never think that he will use him to get between me
and Lolo.
Chapter 36
Naledi

Med school is very challenging but honestly I am enjoying the

challenge, as much as I enjoy school, I
miss my life, I don’t have time for Sibu anymore and that is
hurting him, as from today, I am going to
make time for my man after all he is the reason I am living this
dream. We are meeting at a
restaurant and I got here before him, so I ordered a drink so
long, he walks in looking like everything, I smile and he returns
it

Him ‘’my beautiful beautiful woman’’ he says kissing my lips

Me ‘’lerato laka’’
Him ‘’how have you been baby’’
Me ‘’hectic hey, I’ve missed you so much’’
Him ‘’I have missed you more than you can imagine Ledi’’
Me ‘’I am glad to hear that mister’’ he smiled
Him ‘’I wanna go away with you this weekend, think you can
squeeze me in’’
Me ‘’you are squeezed love, I would love to’’ he punches in the
air as a sign of victory
Him ‘’I am so excited, having you all to myself the whole
weekend is exactly what I need’’
Me ‘’I am really sorry for neglecting you this past weeks’’
Him ‘’Ledi baby, you don’t have to apologise, I want you to
focus and do great in your studies love’’
Me ‘’you are amazing baby’’
Him ‘’I am blessed to have you babe, I will support you all the
way and help you archive all your
dreams’’ I just blush and hold his hands
Me ‘’I love you’’ he smiled at me about to say something but his
face changed like he was seeing a
ghost
Me ‘’Sibu, what is wrong baby’’
Him ‘’my love, please understand that whatever she is about to
say is a lie, I have never cheated
since i got with you, I love you and I would never hurt you in
any way, I would never jeopardise our
relationship’’ I was so confused I didn’t even know how to
respond, a second later a tall melanin
slender girl stands by our table and she has a face on.
Her ‘’well well well, what do we have here, S’bu is this the
whore’’
Me ‘’excuse me, who are you calling a whore’’
Her ‘’what do you call a girl that sleeps with another girls man’’
I look at Sibu searching for an answer
Sibu ‘’Amahle you are going to do me a favour and never talk to
my woman like that, I told you to
leave me alone but you just can’t, please move along we having
a moment here’’
Her ‘’you got to be kidding me’’
Me ‘’what the hell are you two talking about Sibu’’ he was
about to answer me but she beat him to it
Her ‘’well baby girl, I am Amahle, his girlfriend of more than 5
years’’ my ears couldn’t believe what I
was hearing
Me ‘’Sibu’’
Him ‘’baby she is lying my love, I would never do that to you’’
Her ‘’oh really, then what do you call this’’ she shows me a
picture of them in bed, tears just came
rushing Gosh this is too much, how could he do this to me.
Him ‘’baby please whatever she is showing you its not true, Ledi
my love please’’ he is even lying the
picture is real. I just stood up and took my things
Me ‘’let me leave you with our boyfriend then, I am really
sorry’’
Him ‘’baby please don’t do this Amahle is lying muntu wami
please’’ he had tears in his eyes but he
hurt me why would he cry
Her ‘’you even crying for her S’bu. You are very disrespectful’’
Him ‘’you are the devil herself Amahle, you have no pride as a
woman’’
Her ‘’oh spare me that bullshit’’ I couldn’t the pain was too
much, I just took my things and walked
out, Sibu came after me calling my name, I got to the car and
got in and drove off. He was busy
screaming after me. tears are streaming down my face, they did
say he is a player but I decided to
look past that and love him with all my heart but he decided to
cheat.

Tshepi

I moved in with my parents 2 months ago after that scare, i was

hoping that Andile would invite me
to stay in the Zwane mansion but he didn’t and that’s
Kutlwanos fault that bitch is standing between
me and my happiness and I can’t let her do that to me really.
My son deserves both parents and a
loving warm home. I must be a Zwane too and I won’t stop till I
get that. My mother came in disturbing my faults

Mom ‘’baby girl, what should I make you for lunch’’

Me ‘’I am not hungry ma, but thanks’’
Mom ‘’okay, but I am going to make you something in an hour,
if not for you but for my grandson okay’’
Me ‘’yes mama, will eat in an hour then’’
Mom ‘’I can’t wait to meet him’’
Me ‘’any day from now mommy, he will be here’’
Mom ‘’I am just glad that everything is ready and waiting for
him’’
Me ‘’I am too
but he needs to come now hey I miss my body and my clothes
nothing fits anymore
mama’’
Mom ‘’oh baby girl don’t stress yourself with your body, you
need to enjoy these last days’’
Me ‘’honey, I need to pop him out and start looking like fire so
Andile can see that he can have me
and his son not some basic bitch from Soweto’’
Mom ‘’Tshepi we spoke about this, leave Andile alone, he is
engaged now please nana’’
Me ‘’ma stop it please I won’t give up on this, my mind is made
up, we will have Andi back with us’’
she closed her eyes and sighed deeply, I couldn’t listen to this
anymore, I just decided to walk away, I
stood up and something happened, no no at my age Gosh
Mom ‘’why is your face like that’’
Me ‘’I just peed myself’’ she looks down on me and smiled
Mom ‘’oh baby you didn’t pee, your water just broke, the baby
is coming, I need to get you to the
hospital’’ I started panicking
Me ‘’oh my God mama, lets hurry please’’
Mom ‘’don’t panic Tshepi, your blood pressure will rise baby’’ I
started taking deep breaths.
Me ‘’come lets go’’ we walked out and we went to my car
because that’s where the baby bag and
car seat are, we drive off, the pains were too much now Gosh I
am never getting pregnant again
Andile will forgive me, we only having this one.
Me ‘’mama please call the Zwane’s they must be present’’ the
pains were getting more hectic, but
soon enough we were at the hospital.
Mom ‘’I will baby’’

Shirley
S’bu hasn’t been feeling good for two days now, I suspect he
fought with Ledi, I hate seeing him like
this he is not himself really that is breaking my heart, my boy is
usually bubbly and crazy. Andile just
got back from work, I just finished making Lunch for him.

Me ‘’here you go baby’’

Andile ‘’thank you mama’’ I smile, them calling me mama never
gets old
Wakhe ‘’hao mama what about me’’
Me ‘’haibo, you ate before Andile got home’’
Wakhe ‘’I am being starved in my own house by my own
woman’’ our son laughed
Andile ‘’jealousy oh oh jealousy, pops you can’t compete with a
woman’s son’’ he laughed
Me ‘’you really want something to eat wakhe’’
Wakhe ‘’no my love I am just joking’’
Me ‘’okay then’’ I sat down and my phone rang it was Ntswaki
Me ‘’hello’’
Ntswaki ‘’Shirley, you all need to come to the hospital my
daughter is in labour’’
Me ‘’okay, we on our way’’ I hang up
Wakhe ‘’where are we going mama’’
Me ‘’that was Ntswaki, she says Tshepi is in labour’’ Andile
chocked on his food
Andile ‘’what my boy will be here today’’
Me ‘’looks like it, let’s go, you will eat in the car’’ my boy was so
excited, I went upstairs to let S’bu
know and he said he is coming with us. We all got to the car and
their father drove us there,

we got there in no time and Tshepi’s mom was in the waiting

room alone. We greet her and she responds happy to us.
Andile ‘’how is she’’
Ntswaki ‘’she was scared, but she will be fine’’ he nods and the
Dr came in
Dr ‘’Tshepiso Phali’’
Ntswaki ‘’yes’’
Dr ‘’she just got a bouncy baby boy, you can come see her and
the baby’’ he says and we follow him,
we get in and Tshepi is holding my grandson
Tshepi ‘’Andi I am glad you are here. Come someone wants to
meet daddy’’ I looked at my son and
he smiled and went over to her and she handed him the baby
Andile ‘’he is perfect, mama come see’’ I went and he is so
adorable.
Me ‘’oh he is so cute’’
S’bu ‘’he looks like Andile’’
Me ‘’oh my boy, he is still too young to tell who he looks like’’
Tshepi ‘’I also think he looks like his dad, I feel robbed’’ Andile
rolls his eyes and I laugh a bit that
only he could hear me. he handed the baby to Zwane and he
was happy to hold his grandchild
Ntswaki ‘’so the new parents what are you naming him’’
Tshepi ‘’Andile Zwane Jnr’’
Andile ‘’junior okay I can work with that’’ Tshepi blushed
S’bu ‘’AJ my boy, I am gonna have fun teaching you about life’’
Andile ‘’hell no don’t even think about it’’ we all laughed
Tshepi ‘’I was thinking we could go for a photo-shoot once we
get out’’
Ntswaki ‘’sounds good’’
Shirley ‘’only if it’s at the house, he is still young to go out
there’’
Tshepi ‘’oh God, MaShirley this is not the 80’s’’
Wakhe ‘’watch your mouth when you talk to the mother of my
son’s’’ she looked down embarrassed
Andile ‘’excuse me a bit, I need to call my woman and let her
know’’
Tshepi ‘’Andile this is about us and our son hao’’
Andile ‘’Lolo is my fiancé Tshepiso, technically she will be a part
of AJ’s life so it includes her’’ he said
walking out and I smile, I am glad my son thinks of his woman,
he is definitely ready for marriage
Chapter 37
Sibusiso

I should be happy that my nephew is finally here but I am not, I

miss Ledi so much, I can’t even
concentrate at work, nothing is making sense to me, life is not
worth leaving, I send her a message
every now and then but she never responds, if this is how all
the girls I’ve hurt felt when I leave them
then I need to find each of them and apologise sincerely coz
shit isn’t nice, I know that now. I
haven’t seen or spoken to her in almost two weeks, each time I
go to the house in Soweto she locks
herself in the bedroom. my mother appears from the kitchen
holding a plate

Her ‘’boy, please eat this’’

Me ‘’ma, I am not hungry please’’
Her ‘’Sibusiso Zwane, I am not asking you now, I am telling you
to take this plate and it the contents
right now’’ okay now I am scared my mother never shouts, I
take the plate and start eating, it’s a
Nigerian dish It tastes really nice
Me ‘’thank you ma, and I am sorry’’ she just smiles and watches
me till I am done.
Her ‘’now tell your mother what is going on’’ I sigh and narrate
what happened at the restaurant and
my past with Amahle
Me ‘’so ma that’s what happened, I just wish she could let me
explain’’
Her ‘’boy, you can’t expect Naledi to act like she is okay,
remember she is still very young and you
are her first boyfriend, she doesn’t know how these things work
baby and like you said she was told
that you are a play boy and you agree that you once were, you
were wrong in not telling the woman
you claim to love that your ex is giving you a tough time, if you
had mentioned this earlier this could
have been avoided. If you love this girl like you say, you will fight
for her, if she won’t listen to you
willingly then make here. But don’t get physical with her okay’’ I
smile
Me ‘’thank you so much mama, what could I be without you’’
Her ‘’now get up from this couch and go shower, you will make
my couch stink’’ I laugh, I feel lighter
now, I know what to do to get Ledi to listen to me.
Me ‘’I love you MaZwane’’ I say running upstairs

Naledi
Two weeks of absolute torture, I miss him, I miss him it hurts
but he cheated on me, is it because I
am still not ready to have sex with him, but he promised to wait
until I am ready. I love Sibu so
much, he is my first ever boyfriend I wanted to grow old with
him but I am starting to wonder if I still
want that. I have been stalking this Amahle girl on instagram
and I must admit she is beautiful, she is
living large traveling the world, she just got back Paris 2 days
ago, maybe this is why Sibu likes her,
she has money like him, and I on the other hand have nothing,
he pays for everything concerning
me, there are pictures of them on instagram but since last year
she has only being uploading
pictures of Sibu alone, there is even one of him when we were
at the Vaal river cruise. This is strange
from someone who has been uploading so much of them to
only uploading pictures of Sibu alone,
could he be telling the truth but she is beautiful why would she
lie, okay this is frustrating, let me go
and study once. I toss my phone to the side and move to the
kitchen, my books are scatted on the
counter. i read a sentence and there is a knock on the door, who
could it be, I drag my feet to the
door and Sibu is standing on the other side the security door is
not closed, so he just scoops me over
his shoulder without saying anything

Me ‘’Sibusiso Zwane put me down now’’ I scream, he doesn’t

say anything he just opens his
passenger door and gets me inside then locks the door. He
walks back inside the house and locks the
door, then comes back and gets in the car. He leaned over and
buckled my sit belt. Still saying
nothing
Me ‘’Sibu where are you taking me, I need to study’’ he remains
quiet and starts the car he drives
like a maniac, I am scared for my life at this point. What if he is
going to kill me? No that’s not like
him I decide to keep quiet like him. He drives into Sandton and
we get to some expensive estate, the
security guard peeps through the window and he notices Sibu
and smiles then opens the gate, you
would think he will drive like a normal person since we have
reached our destination but he just
drives in speeding, he stops and he comes to my side opens the
door and undoes the seat belt I walk
out and close the door and this mad takes me over his shoulder
again this time I don’t protest, he
walks to the door across the car and puts me down holds my
hand and opens without knocking.
Okay whose house is this, the interior is beautiful, we get to the
lounge and find that Amahle girl
sitting on the couch in her underwear and no bra, man she is
sexy AF but why would he bring me to
his girlfriend’s house
Her ‘’oh hell no, I know you didn’t bring this whore into my
house Sibusiso’’
Me ‘’why the hell would you bring me to this girls house Sibu’’
Him ‘’will the both of you just shut up, shut up and sit down’’
Amahle looked scared okay I
understand why
coz right now he looks scary, she sits quickly
Her ‘’you heard the man’’ I let go of his hand and go sit on
another couch, he walks to the kitchen
and comes back drinking a beer
Him ‘’I am going to talk and you are going to hear me’’ he says
looking at Amahle
Her ‘’fine’’ she says with an attitude
Him ‘’you are going to stop this bullshit, me and you are no
longer together Amahle, I told you this
months ago when I first started with Ledi, you saw her picture
in my office and I explained, stop
running after me I am with her now and that is not going to
change anytime soon, at least that is
what I’m hoping for. But my point is Amahle we are done and I
need you to understand that and
move on with your life. Leave my girlfriend and I alone. Even if
you succeed in breaking us up I would
still not go back to you’’ I was now crying, my baby has a picture
of me in his office
Amahle ‘’you just gonna throw away 5 years’’
Him ‘’I told you, I am the one doing all the talking here’’
Him ‘’Naledi, I love you with all my heart, I am sorry that I didn’t
tell you about her in time coz if I did
we wouldn’t be here, I know I am your first and you don’t really
have experience with this dating
thing, but you will never do this shit again, you are never going
to believe a stranger over me, you
will give me a chance to explain myself. I love you dammit and I
have proved that a million times
already, we wont always be happy, but when we face challenges
we stick together you don’t run’’
Me ‘’I am sorry baby’’
Him ‘’its fine, will talk more alone’’ he looks at Amahle ‘’I hope
you have heard me, leave us alone’’
Her ‘’you will regret this, I promise you’’
Him ‘’Ledi get up we leaving, Amahle leave us alone’’ he took
my hand and we walk out and go to
the car, he opens my door but I don’t get in, I just pull him to
me and kiss him slowly and
passionately
Me ‘’I am sorry babe, I love you Sibu’’ he just smiles and I get
into the car.

Kutlwano

I am about to knock off now, I had a day from hell, my boss was
just being difficult for no reason
honestly, but you know me, I am not one to complain. I just
want to get home and take the longest
bath ever, I have a few bottles wine, I will just unwind with
them. My phone rings and its Tshepi I roll my eyes and answer
Me ‘’hey’’
Her ‘’uhm hi’’
Me ‘’what can I do for you’’
Her ‘’I just noticed that AJ needs to change nappy size, the ones
he has are really tight, I can’t use
them anymore, also I need something for his cough, I would go
but he is not feeling okay’’
Me ‘’I am about to knock off, I will stop by the mall’’
Her ‘’oh thank you, please bring me a box of pizza too’’ I
chuckle and hang up. I gather my things and
walk out of the building, I get to the mall and get enough
nappies okay maybe more than enough. I
get some cute outfits too, I couldn’t help myself. I finally go to
the pharmacy and get him a cough
syrup. I go collect the pizza coz I called and ordered, I get to
Tshepi’s house and take out everything
and put them on the door coz it’s a lot, I knock and she comes
to open,
Her ‘’oh God you are the best personal shopper ever’’ I just
remain quiet, I won’t entertain that
insult, I take some of the plastics and walk in and she follows
with the rest. I place them on the floor
and go pick up AJ, he looks so cute my God I love him so much.
Her ‘’he looks so much like Andile now, I honestly feel robbed,
oh thanks for the pizza’’ I still remain
silent, my phone rings and it’s a video call from Ndile I smile
and Tshepi looks at me
Me ‘’hey fiancé’’ he smiles
Him ‘’can’t wait for it to be hubby’’
Me ‘’soon my love soon’’
Him ‘’I miss you so much, I want us to go out for dinner’’
Me ‘’that sounds like a plan baby, I would love that’’
Him ‘’okay I will pick you up in like 2 hours, pack something you
sleeping over tonight’’
Me ‘’okay, guess where I am’’
Him ‘’tell me’’ I lower the camera and AJ’s face appear
Me ‘’I came to drop something off for him’’
Him ‘’oh baby you are just the best, kiss him for me’’ I kiss him
and Andile laughs while AJ smiles that
cute toothless smile
Him ‘’no no Junior, you can’t be blushing coz my woman kissed
you, that one is mine, grow up and
find yours’’ I laugh
Me ‘’oh babe’’
Him ‘’I need to run love, see you later, I love you’’
Me ‘’I love you too’’ we hung up. Tshepi was looking like she
wanted to burst I bet it’s the call that got her like that
Me ‘’I need to leave’’ I hand her the baby
Tshepi ‘’thanks’’
Me ‘’sure, and next time get your own pizza, I am not your
personal shopper, if it’s not about AJ
don’t bother me with it. i am doing this for my man and boy,
don’t get it twisted sis’’ I walk out
Chapter 38
Tshepi

I am having a good Saturday with Thando, though I miss my boy,

he is with his father this weekend,
and he will come back on Monday. I have never seen Andile
since the day I we had a photo shoot
and from that day, nothing.

Thando ‘’don’t tell me you still thinking about AJ’’

Me ‘’I am so used to having him around all the time babe’’
Thando ‘’you deserve a break though’’
Me ‘’I know friend, but still it’s difficult’’
Thando ‘’you should be thinking of going back into the dating
scene honey, not obsessing over AJ
while he is with Andile and his step mother’’
Me ‘’don’t call her that’’
Thando ‘’okay, I thought you guys were cool’’
Me ‘’urg I am forced to, and its nothing major, Andile assigned
her to get us everything AJ and I
need’’
Thando ‘’haibo friend don’t exaggerate hao’’
Me ‘’I am telling you, I just call and she shows up to deliver’’ she
chuckled
Thando ‘’I see’’
Me ‘’so you see, Andile still feels something for me, he is just
teaching me some sort of lesson, soon
he will be in my arms were he belongs with me and his son’’ she
coughed
Thando ‘’so you are still hoping that Andile comes back’’
Me ‘’I am working on a plan to get him back, if I wait for him to
figure out that he belongs to me it
would take us decades’’ she frowns
Thando ‘’okay then friend, all the best then’’ she took out her
phone and started scrolling, she smiles
obviously seeing something nice’’
Me ‘’mmmhhh you are now smiling with your phone, are we
over Bafana’’
Thando ‘’I wish, I am just admiring the photo of Andile and AJ
on instagram’’ oh I take my phone and
log onto instagram and go to him page, I see the picture and it’s
so cute, I save it on my phone, this is
gonna be my wallpaper, I scroll to see the others and I see one
of Andile, AJ and Kutlwano, it is
captioned *what more can a man ask for? AJ and the rents*
Me ‘’oh your brother is really stepping over the boundary’’
Thando ‘’what did he do now’’
Me ‘’look at the caption of the next photo’’
Thando ‘’I don’t see anything wrong with it friend’’
Me ‘’really Thando? You are supposed to be on my side, not on
Kutlwano’s’’
Thando ‘’okay I think it’s time I leave’’ she says standing up
Me ‘’yeah go, you two faced bitch’’ she coughs obviously not
believing what I just said and she walks
out. How dare she. This Kutlwano girl took my man now she
wants to do the same with my son, she
has another thing coming. I will show her flames, she will think
twice before taking a man from his
woman. I have had this plan since my pregnancy and now I
think it’s time I execute it, Kutlwano
won’t know what hit her, I take out my phone and call this other
guy
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I was told he would do a great job.

Kutlwano

I was having the best weekend with Andile and AJ, my boys are
everything. AJ is so cute he makes
me want to have a baby myself

Andile ‘’baby are we sleeping here or Soweto’’

Me ‘’I think we should sleep here, after all your family also
wants to spend time with this cute man right here’’
Andile ‘’you are right my love’’
Me ‘’but boy is just so cute’’
Andile ‘’I know right, you think you ready?’’
Me ‘’ready for?’’
Andile ‘’for us to go see your aunt so she can give us your uncles
contacts’’
Me ‘’I was even thinking of tracking them down on my own, you
know my aunt she is spiteful, she
might turn this whole thing into her punishing me for
something I don’t even know’’
Andile ‘’you making sense love, but let’s start with asking her, if
she proves difficult we will get a PI
on it’’
Me ‘’that’s the only solution, coz Ledi doesn’t even know where
they are’’
Andile ‘’okay sthandwa sam’’
Me ‘’I want a baby’’ I blurt out and he smiles
Andile ‘’me too, I want your baby, a daughter please give me a
daughter one that looks like you’’ I
laugh
Me ‘’I want her to look like you mos’’
Andile ‘’are you for real though love’’ I nod
Andile ‘’don’t play like this Lolo, there is nothing more than I
want than to have you kids’’
Me ‘’Ndile I am serious babe’’
Andile ‘’you my love just know how to make me happy, so you
not taking your pills anymore right?’’
Me ‘’until I give birth to our daughter I am off it’’
Andile ‘’I am going to enjoy the baby making sessions’’ I laugh
Me ‘’I just got so excited, I can imagine myself with a big belly’’
Andile ‘’I can see you nagging me and me enjoying every
minute of it’’ we both laugh
Me ‘’I love you Ndile’’
Andile ‘’I love you too Lolo’’

Jomo

You know prison changes a person either for better or worse,

and in my case it’s for the better, I
have some money I made from my last job before I was arrested
so I am going to use to get into
something legal, I don’t want my mother and sister to suffer
anymore, if I go back inside it would kill
my mom really. So me and crime are done, I was sitting outside
having a beer when a close friend of mine walked in

Me ‘’ao bra wam’’

Batista ‘’sure bozza, how are you’’
Me ‘’I am all good bafo, wena’’
Batista ‘’ngi right, how’s life been since you got out’’
Me ‘’I am taking it a day at a time ntwana but I am enjoying my
freedom’’
Batista ‘’ai I am glad to hear that’’
Me ‘’wena zikhiphani’’
Batista ‘’I actually came coz I need a partner for a job I got’’
Me ‘’is it legal?’’
Batista ‘’when did we start doing legal jobs manje, stop playing’’
I am not getting myself into this
one, but let me find out what it is
Me ‘’okay ispane san’’
Batista ‘’some cheese girl from e suburb, wants us to stage a
kidnapping, we just need to take her
son and keep him safe then in a few weeks she will give us a
signal to plant the baby at a some girls
house so she can be arrested for kidnapping’’
Me ‘’rich people are crazy yaz, why would she do that’’
Batista ‘’she wants the baby daddy back so the other girl is
standing in her way’’
Me ‘’ai le ifebe ziya fosta (these bitches force things) she must
just accept that the homeboy is done with her’’
Batista ‘’ai I don’t care about all of that, I just wanna get paid’’ I
laugh
Me ‘’ai count me out, I don’t do kids mina, imagine getting
arrested for such a petty crime ngeke
man’’
Batista ‘’aahh come on’’ I just shake my head no, I made a
promise to myself and my mother so no thanks
I never saw this coming

Chapter 39
Tshepi

Today is part 1 of operation get rid of Kutlwano, the guy I found

got back to me yesterday and
accepted the job, to say I am excited would be an
understatement really, I am over the fuckin moon
honey, I hope everything goes smoothly I can’t afford any slip
ups coz I would lose my child and
Andile both, but I will hold on to my faith. Someone knocked on
my door and I know its Batista, Iopen and he walks in

Him ‘’sure cheese girl’’ I roll my eyes

Me ‘’thanks for agreeing’’
Him ‘’the money is too good’’
Me ‘’I guess, so have you found someone to keep my baby
with’’
Him ‘’yeah, I told my mother that a girlfriend of mine just gave
birth a few months ago and never
told me so now she wants me to take the child, she was so
excited so we good to go’’
Me ‘’that’s good to know, so I sent you money for his things and
I wrote down his nap times, feeding
time and all that’’
Him ‘’hai hai cheese girl, nap times zani, my mother has raised a
thousand babies’’
Me ‘’right, so let’s get this show on the road’’ he smiled and
punched me so hard on my face I felt
fire
Me ‘’what the fuck dude’’ I say holding my eye
Him ‘’haiwena, we need to convince them angisho’’
Me ‘’right, but you should have warned me’’
Him ‘’it would have hurt more, listen we are going to play a little
wrestling so the are bruises to
prove that there was a struggle, I will break a few vases too,
twenty minutes after I have left with
your son only then will you call your baby daddy and the cops,
tell them the guy came in wearing a
balaclava and you couldn’t see his face, in fact you a lawyer
come up with a great story’’
Me ‘’okay that sounds good’’ he winked and me and I picked up
AJ and kissed him repeatedly on his
cute face
Me ‘’I am doing this for us baby, for our future and our family,
we are going to be happy you will see,
mommy is not abandoning you she just needs to get daddy
back to us, uncle Batista will take you to
granny and she will take good care of you, I love you baby so
much’’ Batista was looking at me like a
mad woman but I ignored his ghetto ass. I hand him AJ after he
is done setting up the place and then
they left, I miss my son already but this is for him.

Andile

Me ‘’I love this baby making thing, its fun’’ she laughs
Her ‘’I know right’’ she says with her legs up high and her head
down, he fat ass balancing on the
edge of the bed, I laugh that’s creepy
Me ‘’baby why are you in that position’’
Her ‘’maybe your sperm will travel quicker this way’’ I burst out
laughing
Me ‘’okay I am no doctor but I can bet 1 million that what you
saying it’s not true at all’’
Her ‘’I just want to give AJ a baby sister love’’ I smile
Me ‘’I know baby, and I want that too, but we won’t be able to
if you break your neck now would
we’’ she smiles
Her ‘’you right, I must stop being crazy’’ she comes back into my
arms
Me ‘’I love you’’
Her ‘’i know that’’ I smile at her cocky response
Me ‘’well I am glad you know’’ we snuggle until my phone rang,
I look at my phone and its Tshepi, I
roll my eyes coz she knows she is not allowed to contact me
unless Lolo is not available
Me ‘’babe, has Tshepi tried calling you’’
Her ‘’I don’t think so
no’’ she checks her phone and there is no missed calls, she call
me again
Me ‘’why is she calling me’’
Her ‘’just answer her my love’’ I answered annoyed
Me ‘’Tshepiso, you know you not all…’’ she cut me before I
could finish
Tshepi ‘’Andi, you need to come, he took him, he is gone, that
guy came in here and attacked me
then took’’ she was hysterical, not making any sense
Me ‘’Tshepi come down and make sense’’ I say sitting up right
Tshepi ‘’AJ was kidnapped’’
Me ‘’what?’’ I say shouting getting off the bed and Lolo looked
at me scared
Tshepi ‘’just come to me Andi please’’ I hang up and start
dressing, Kutlwano doesn’t ask she just
gets dressed too, I run out and she follows me to the car and a
few minutes we are at Tshepi’s and the is a police van outside

Kutlwano
I didn’t want to ask Andile what is going on, coz I could just see
from his facial expression that he
was freaked out and asking questions would just work him up
even more, he was with me so where
would he get answers to give me, we got to Tshepi’s place and
there was a police van outside and I
started getting scared, Andile just parked and ran out not even
switching off the engine or closing his
door, I did that for him and walked in the house, the police were
looking around, I walk in the lounge
and Tshepi was in Andile’s arms, they were holding each other
very tight, I got jealous immediately, I
know something happened with AJ and they are consoling each
other but you know the heart, I
shifted my eyes from them and play with fingers, they lasted in
that position for almost 5 minutes, until the cop cleared his
throat

Cop ‘’we have taken the evidence, if you remember anything

please let us know immediately’’
Tshepi ‘’I will captain, thank you for coming through’’ the cop
smiled and they walked out with his team
Andile ‘’you shaking Tshepi come sit down’’ they sat down and
he folded her in his arms, I closed my
eyes a bit my heart can’t witness this it’s too painful really. I
decide to sit on the couch facing them
Andile ‘’what happened’’ she started crying so loud and he
started comforting her, my subconscious
woke up from the dead wearing sunglasses looking at me while
sipping her cocktail like girl do you
see what I’m seeing, I slap her down coz I want to hear what
really happened with AJ
Tshepi ‘’some guy just got in the house I don’t know how, I was
in the kitchen and AJ was in the crib
in here, when I came back in here I saw that guy trying to sneak
out with him, I screamed and he
tried running that is when I threw the vase and him and he
tripped a bit then we struggled for AJ he
put him back down that’s when we started fighting but he was
so strong he over powered me he
gave a blow that’s when I hit my head hard and I went
unconscious and when I woke up AJ was
gone’’ she cry’s loudly again and this time Andile was crying
with her. I wanted to comfort him but he was with her
Andile ‘’shhh don’t cry, I will find our son I promise, sorry I was
not there for you guys, I will make
this alright I promise you, I will find our boy’’ right now at this
moment I felt like an intruder,
creeping into the personal space of parents going through the
disappearance of their son and when
Andile kissed her forehead my heart broke into a million pieces I
couldn’t sit there watching them
anymore so I stood up and went to the kitchen, I know I might
sound crazy and heartless considering
that AJ is missing and he is their son but still my heart can’t bare
them being that close to each other.
Chapter 40
Andile

It has been a week since my son disappeared and I am totally

devastated, I feel more for Tshepi, she
does not even eat, I am so worried about her really, I have every
PI working on finding my son but
none of them is finding anything and that is crashing us really
further. What bothers me is that the
kidnapper hasn’t even contacted us for ransom, this is so
frustrating really, I hate feeling powerless. I
was back at home to pack my staff I have been at Tshepi’s place
since this happened, Kutlwano
walked in with my mother
Me ‘’oh hey love’’
Her ‘’hi, going somewhere’’
Me ‘’yeah, back to Tshepi’s place’’ my mother gave me a look
Her ‘’oh I was hoping I would sleep over you know and be there
for you’’
Me ‘’I know baby I miss you nami, but right now Tshepi needs
me’’ my mother narrowed her eyes,
okay what’s her deal
Her ‘’oh in that case I will leave, call me if there is any news’’
Me ‘’I will’’ I say continue packing I didn’t even see that she left
till my mom clapped her hands
Me ‘’ma, what’s wrong manje’’
Mom ‘’you couldn’t even look at your wife Andile’’
Me ‘’mama my son is missing, my head is all over the place, I’m
sure Lolo understands that’’
Mom ‘’what I don’t understand is why you have you stay with
that girl’’
Me ‘’AJ is our son, she needs someone to look out for her’’
Mom ‘’she has her family for that’’
Me ‘’kodwa ma’’ she cuts me before I could finish
Mom ‘’I love AJ, he is my grandson, I want to see him back
home, but the decisions you are making
right now boy I am not for them’’ I sigh
Me ‘’mama please’’
Mom ‘’Andile Lolo is a strong woman, she has stood by you
through trying times, but remember she
is also human, she hurts too, you haven’t seen her in a week
and when she tries to reach out, you
don’t even give her a hug yet she is the woman you wish to
spend the rest of your life with, I don’t
want to be the one to say this and seem insensitive, but I will
just say this, when all is done and AJ is back be careful not to
lost Kutlwano by then’’ her statement just stunt me but Lolo
understands that
my son is missing here.

Kutlwano

I have been through so much with Andile, but this time around
he is shutting me out, I also love AJ
and would love to be there for him and help find him but he is
just not having it, he is staying at
Tshepi’s place, we didn’t even discuss it, he just informed me, I
understand that his son is missing
but what about me, his fiancé. I get home crying, I am just glad
that I am alone, I need to get drunk
and just numb this pain I am feeling, on my way back from
Andile’s place I bought a bottle of
Hennessey, I get home take off my shoes and start drinking
directly from the bottle, it is so bitter but
it will get the job done. The is a knock on my door and I frown,
but quickly get up thinking it could be
Andile maybe he realised he has been pushing me away and he
came to apologise, my heart warmed
up, I opened the door and it was Jomo

Me ‘’oh it’s you’’

Him ‘’haibo were you expecting someone’’
Me ‘’not really’’
Him ‘’you don’t look okay, let me leave, I will come back some
other time’’
Me ‘’no, come in’’ he walked in giving me a weird look, we
walked to the lounge
Me ‘’should I poor you a glass’’
Him ‘’no ngi’grand’’
Me ‘’okay then, I guess it’s more for me’’
Him ‘’ haibo Kutlwano are you okay’’ his concern just send me
off, I just cry my hurt out
Me ‘’I will be fine, I sorry for scaring you’’ I say after letting it
out and noticing that he is not an
emotional person, he couldn’t even comfort me
Him ‘’no ku’grand don’t apologize, just tell me what’s wrong’’ I
might as well share with someone
Me ‘’well my fiancés son got kidnapped and it’s been a week
now and he is pushing me away and
what hurts more is that he has moved into his exes house, I am
scared I will lose him Jomo, I love
that man so much’’ he gave me a weird look
Him ‘’oh I am sorry to hear that Kutlwano, I hope everything
works out and they find him’’
Me ‘’me too Jomo me too
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coz if AJ is not found my man will drift further away from me’’
he nods
but I can tell his head is not here anymore
Him ‘’listen, I need to leave, I will see you later’’ with that said
he is out the door, okay that was
awkward, I go back to my misery and hold onto my dear friend
Hennessy.

Jomo

Okay is it a coincidence that Kutlwano’s step son disappeared

and Batista gets the same job, no no
no, he said they want the frame the current and if this is the
same case it means Kutlwano will go to
jail for something she never did, she too fragile and innocent
she wouldn’t survive a day inside stru
nasi, I need to tail Batista and see what he has been up to, poor
Kutlwano, I will try help her coz she
came through for my family, this is the best way to repay her
kindness. I make my way to Batista’s
house, it’s not far from here, so I get there soon enough. I
knock and his mother opened for me
Her ‘’Jomo ndodana yami’’
Me ‘’yebo ma, unjani’’
Her ‘’I am very well baba just this arthritis yeiii’’
Me ‘’I will bring some pills for that magriza’’ she smiles
Her ‘’Anathi (Batista) tells me you have changed your ways, I am
proud of you, I just wish he would
join you and go legit’’
Me ‘’give him time ma, he will’’
Her ‘’when Jomo, he keeps terrorising people, he has a son now
he has to change his ways’’ what
Batista a son, unless he sold that story to his mother to look
after the child
Me ‘’yebo magriza’’ I play along, luckily for me the child cried
Her ‘’let me fetch AJ’’ fuck its Kutlwano’s step son, shit shit shit,
she came back wiith the baby
Her ‘’he is just a sweet baby, your friend named the baby after
him’’
Me ‘’that’s very nice o’lady’’
Her ‘’kakhulu ndodana, I am happy to be a grandmother yazi’’
Me ‘’I can see that, look ma please don’t tell Anathi I was here,
you know he will think we were
gossiping about him, since I have changed’’ she laughed
Her ‘’I was gonna say the same thing’’ I laugh too
Me ‘’let me get going ke’’
Her ‘’keep on the right path son, hambe kahle’’
Me ‘’I will mama, I will bring those pills’’ she smiles and waves
goodbye, I need to help Kutlwano
with this mess, Jomo is my hommie but he was never there
when my family was struggling and all
Kutlwano helped them so my loyalty is with her, I have a history
with such and I am on parole so I
can’t risk being directly involved, I need to come with a solid
plan coz the authorities might think I
was working with Batista coz we’ve done every job together in
the past.

Tshepi
My plan is coming along nicely, Andile is where I want him, and
he is falling right into my arms and
drifting away from Kutlwano. I couldn’t be happier, I take out
my banner phone and dial Batista it’s
time for the last part of this operation. He answers at first ring

Him ‘’cheese girl’’

Me ‘’stop calling me that, how is my son’’
Him ‘’u’grand, uthini, I am about to get a job done, you
disturbing me’’
Me ‘’tomorrow is Monday, I want you to plant AJ at her house
30 minutes before she gets home and
call the police immediately after you plant him’’
Him ‘’sharp I will get to it’’ he hangs up and I smile
Me ‘’oh I hope you enjoy prison Kutlwano’’ I laugh and I hear a
car pull up the driveway and I know
it’s Andile, I go back to the couch and act miserable, a second
later he walks with a takeaway paper
bag
Andile ‘’hey I am back, I brought food’’
Me ‘’I am glad you are back, I sorry for keeping you away from
your fiancé’’
Andile ‘’don’t worry about that, Lolo understands that you need
me more than ever’’
Me ‘’I am glad to hear that, she is a good one, you are blessed’’
Andile ‘’I am highly favoured hey, you need to eat now’’
Me ‘’I can’t Andile, how can I eat when I don’t know if our boy
is being fed’’ I let out a tear
Andile ‘’AJ needs him mommy strong, we are going to find him,
I promise you’’ I sniff and nod he
goes to the kitchen and I smile, I have this in the bag baby,
tomorrow this time he will hate Kutlwano
and I will be there to comfort him with our son back in our
arms.
Chapter 41
Kutlwano

I had to go through this whole day with a massive hangover, I

guess that bottle of Hennessey on a
Sunday was not entirely a good idea, work was hectic I guess it’s
the way of the universe trying to
punish me for not showing mercy to my dear friend Hennessy. I
am happy that the day has ended
and I can go home and relax, I miss Ledi so much, she has been
crashing at one of her friend’s place,
its exam time so they study together. I take my staff and head to
my car, I drive slowly listening to
some Frank Ocean. I get to the house after what seemed like
forever. Walking in I felt strange like
something was wrong. I see a bottle and tin of milk and other
baby staff scattered all over the house,
okay this is weird I start to get scared, I walk to my bedroom
and there is AJ sleeping peacefully on in
the crib, where did all of this come from. I run back to the
kitchen to call Andile but it takes me
straight to voicemail I leave a massage *I just got back from
work and found the house in a weird
state Ndile call me now, I am coming over to Tshepi’s house. Call
the cops* I went back to check on
AJ, that’s when I heard a loud bang on my door and police
flooding in my house pointing guns at me,
oh my God what is happening, I raise my hands totally scared

Cop ‘’you are under arrest for the kidnapping of Andile Junior
Zwane, anything you say or do will be
used against you in the court of law, you have the right to an
attorney if you cannot afford one the
state will provide one for you’’ with that they cuffed me and I
just cried my eyes, me kidnap AJ what
the hell is going on, who would do such a thing to me oh my
God. They pushed me out and people
where already outside watching my humiliation I could not even
pay attention to them I was just
breaking my skull thinking of who would frame me for this but I
was failing. Jomo appeared running
and came to me
Jomo ‘’lalela, just stay strong in there I promise I will get you out
of this mess yezwa’’ I just nod
Cop ‘’get in the car you child kidnapper’’ wow what happened
to innocent till proven guilty, I got in
and wondered what Jomo meant does he perhaps have an idea
of what is going on here coz I clearly
don’t and that is driving me crazy. We got to the police station
and they took me to the interrogation
room. He interrogated me for hours and hours and my response
was the same each time. I DID NOT
KIDNAP AJ, I GOT BACK FROM WORK AND HE WAS IN THE
HOUSE WITH HIS STAFF SCARTTED ALL OVER THE HOUSE

Andile

I could not believe what the detective was telling me, Lolo
would never do this to me, she loves me
and she loves AJ like her own child, why would she do this to
me.
Me ‘’are you sure detective’
Tshepi ‘’of course she is, your fiancé took our boy coz of her
insecurities, why would she put us
through this hell, I thought she loved AJ’’
Detective ‘’we are very sure sir, your son was drugged so he
could sleep for hours, we think it’s what
she does when she goes to work plus a lot of baby suppliers
that were used proves that she had him
for a week, sir your fiancé did this no doubt and I bet the court
will agree with me there’’ I close my
eyes and tears just fell I can’t believe what I am hearing, my
mother spoke
Ma ‘’Detective are you sure you were thorough’’ she asks
Detective ‘’very maam’’ she nods but I can see the doubt in her
eyes
Dad ‘’let’s go to the hospital and get my grandson’’
Tshepi ‘’yes and to the police station too I wanna look her in the
eye and ask her why she would so
this us’’ she says between sobs. I am so hurt right now, I
thought she was different but why would
she do me like this, was it all about the money for her too. We
got in the car and get to the hospital.
The Dr told us he was all fine, Tshepi held our son so tight crying
her eyes I just fold my hands
around them, I am glad my son is back with us, I still need to
confront Kutlwano about this
Me ‘’pops can we go drop Tshepi at her parents, I want to go to
the station to see Kutlwano’’
Tshepi ‘’you still want to see her after what she put us through
Andi’’ I sigh
Me ‘’I want to know why she did this, why she would hurt me
like this’’ my mother coughed
Tshepi ‘’fine I also want to go’’
Ma ‘’there only thing you should want right now is to go back
home and spend time with the son you
just reunited with your son Tshepiso everything should come
after’’
Me ‘’mom is right Tshepi, we going to drop you off, I will see
you guys when we get back back’’
Tshepi ‘’fine’’ she says with an attitude and my dad narrows his
eyes
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he hasn’t said much either
about this whole situation. We drive Tshepi and AJ to her
parents and then head to the station.

Kutlwano

Me ‘’I have been in this room for hours now, I didn’t kidnap him
I swear to God’’ the detective laughs
Detective ‘’we can do this all night, I don’t mind’’ I was about to
respond when his colleague came
and whispers in his ear, he stood up and they went out. A
second later Andile came in looking like he
has aged ten times. I stand so fast happy to see him. I go hug
him but he doesn’t hug me back, I let
go of him
Me ‘’I am so happy to see you baby’’ he says nothing but tears
fall down his face
Me ‘’no no no. don’t tell me you believe them Andile’’ he gives
me a cold stare oh my God he
believes them
Me ‘’I swear I didn’t take him Ndile wami’’ he still remained
quiet, I don’t know what to say anymore
he finally spoke
Him Lolo why would you do this’’
Me ‘’I didn’t do it Andile, I love you why would I put you
through such a painful experience’’
Him ‘’then what was he doing in your house, you doors have
security doors and windows are bugler
proof, did they break in’’
Me ‘’no but’’ he cut me
Him ‘’but nothing Lolo, you kidnapped my son and for that you
will rot in jail’’ he said and walked
out slamming the door. I sank down crying, why is he saying all
these things to me? The door opened
again and I felt a person hold me close to them I just wailed
harder till I couldn’t anymore I stood up
and it was Andile’s mom, his dad standing by the door his eyes
red I sat down and they also did
Me ‘’I didn’t go it I swear on my parents grave’’ they looked at
me straight in the eye and I didn’t
break contact
MaShirley ‘’see wakhe I told you’’ Mr Zwane continued the
stare for a few minutes then he stood up
and made his way to my side
Baba ‘’we believe you Koti wami’’ tears just came rushing, he
held my hand I stood up and he
hugged me
Me ‘’he doesn’t believe me baba, he thinks I did it’’
Baba ‘’’hush baby, the evidence is all pointing to you sisi, he is
the father so he won’t see what me
and his mother see, but don’t hold it against him please’’
Me ‘’baba he knows me, he hurt me so much, I don’t think
there’s a comeback from this really’’
MaShirley ‘’please don’t talk like this Lolo, you and Andile
belong together, Wakhe is right he is too
close to the situation to turn on the 3rd eye’’
Me ‘’who would want to frame me though’’
Baba ‘’we will know soon my baby, stop crying now’’ he said
getting me back to my seat
Me ‘’where is he’’
Ma ‘’don’t worry yourself with that fool now, we need to get
you out of here’’
Baba ‘’listen my lawyer can’t come in tonight as he is on his way
back from England, you going to
have to spend the night in here nana I am sorry’’
Me ‘’its okay baba, I am just glad that you believe me’’
MaShirley ‘’we know you Kutlwano, and this is not something
you would do, you love my son too
much to hurt him’’ I smile but after what he said I am not too
sure about us anymore, he should be
the one in here giving me hope, I was lost in my thoughts when
Jomo popped up in my head
Me ‘’baba, you need to find Jomo, when I was arrested he said
something to me I think he might
know something please find him please’’
Baba ‘’okay that is a start, what’s his address’’
Me ‘’mama you know maKhumalo who lives opposite from
me?’’
MaShirley ‘’yes yes I know her baby’’
Me ‘’her son, find her son and tell him you were sent by me’’
Baba ‘’let us not waste any time then, be safe tonight, you will
be out ksasa yezwa’’ I nod and wipe my tear
MaShirley ‘’we love you Lolo, hang in there and please don’t
give up on him please he is just
confused’’ she said and they walked out. Out of everything
Ndile could do to me, this takes the cup,
he should believe me, and he knows me more than anyone. The
cop comes in and they take my
jewellery and heels apparently they can be used as a weapon. I
got to my cell and lucky for me it was
just two girls who look like prostitutes and they were already
sleeping, I tossed and turned the whole
night I don’t know when I dozed off.
Chapter 42
Mr Zwane

Me ‘’yaz sthandwa sam I knew Tshepi was not to be trusted, but

to go through these lengths it’s
appalling really’’
Her ‘’I never trusted her not for a minute, imagine if she can use
her own son to get Andile back, she
could kill’’
Me ‘’exactly, why is your son so blind’’
Her ‘’that fool Wakhe, I don’t even want to think about him’’ I
chuckle
Me ‘’I am just scared that when the truth is reviled Kutlwano
won’t want anything to do with him’’
Her ‘’that is also my fear baba, I don’t know what we going to
do’’
Me ‘’right now we need to get that poor girl out of that place,
and find enough evidence that Tshepi
is behind this’’ she nods and we continue the drive it is now
10:14 when we get to Soweto and
Shirley points at the house, I park and we walk in. I am glad the
lights are still on. We knock and a
young man opens
Me ‘’sowubona’’
Him ‘’yebo thaima, can I help you’’
Me ‘’I believe so, I am Zwane and this is my wife, we are
Kutlwano’s inlaws, she sent us’’ he
disappeared a while and came back to unlock the door
Him ‘’please come in baba’’ we get in and find an elder woman
we greet and she welcomes us
Me ‘’Kutlwano believes you might know something about this
whole thing’’ he sighs
Him ‘’she is right, and futhi she is innocent in all of this, the
mother of your grandson is the one that
staged this whole thing and framed Kutlwano for it so she can
get your son back, she worked with a
friend of mine, but I was not a part of it, he asked me to help
but it I have changed since I got back
from jail, when Kutlwano told me about her step son being
missing I put two and two together and
yeah’’
Me ‘’this information will help Kutlwano kakhulu’’ he nods
Shirley ‘’we going to need more than one person to verify this
story’’
Him ‘’I could get his mother to tell the cops everything’’
Shirley ‘’his mother was involved’’
Him ‘’not directly, my friend sold him the story of him being his
son and the mother dumped him’
Shirley ‘’that could really work, thank you so much for your
help’’ he nods
Him ‘’we can go tomorrow morning, I think Batista is at the
house now, we don’t want to alarm him
then he ends up running’’
Me ‘’siyabonga ndodana, this will really help my daughter’’
Him ‘Kutlwano has a pure heart she did so much for my family
this is the least I could do to help her’’
We take our leave and our drive home was a hopeful one

Andile
After leaving my parents at the station, I was confused and hurt,
how could the woman I love so
much hurt me like this, I don’t understand, I never made her
feel neglected, she was the one who
had power on my relationship with my son, she had no reason
to feel insecure, hell we were even
trying for our own baby. My brother was giving me a weird look

Me ‘’yini manje’’
S’bu ‘’can I be blunt’’ I sigh
Me ‘’go ahead bro’’ he smiled and gulped his cognac
S’bu ‘’you are the biggest fool to ever exist bafo’
Me ‘’haibo why the insult’’
S’bu ‘’do you really believe that Kutlwano would do this to you’’
Me ‘’bro all the evidence is pointing to her’’
S’bu ‘’fuck evidence bro, evidence can be planted, you my
brother you know your woman, you know
that woman is mad about you, she would do anything for you,
she has proved her loyalty a million
time, the least you could do was support her’’
Me ‘’I love her S’bu you know that, but she took AJ’’
S’bu ‘’you not even gonna give her the benefit bafo, she is your
woman Andile man’’
Me ‘’what do you want me to do Sibusiso’’
S’bu ‘’I want you to at least investigate before you make your
mind up at least try to believe she is
innocent before you condone her’’
Me ‘’eish S’bu this is also confusion’’
S’bu ‘’you are just blind, and I hope the truth comes out and
you don’t lose Lolo wakho over this conspiracy’’
Me ‘’you also belive she was framed’’
S’bu ‘’I am not the one to remove the blind folds, you were
supposed to love and take care on her
but look at you now’’
Me ‘’bafo please stop’’
S’bu ‘’no you need to hear this. But let me tell you one thing, if
it gets to picking sides, I am with my
sister in law’’ he said then walked upstairs, I just buried my face
in my hands, the door opened and
my parents walked in
Me ‘’hao guys khana nifika’’ my mom looks at me and walks
away, okay why is everyone acting like this
Me ‘’baba, what is wrong’’
Dad ‘just know I am disappointed in the lack of faith you have in
your woman’’ with that said he
walked away too. Oh my God my family is on her side and I
know them they don’t just stick by
someone if they are not sure, what if my woman was framed,
oh my God what have I done shit shit.
I need to find people who will get to the bottom of this, my
phone rings and its Tshepi, I just ignored
it, I will see my son tomorrow, she hangs up and a minute later
the sms tone beeps, it’s her *hey
baby, AJ and I miss you, I hope you dealt with that Kutlwano girl
for taking our baby and putting us
through this hell* it suddenly click, fuck how could I be so
stupid and fall for her tricks, she is behind
this whole mess oh my God I need to get my woman out of
there first thing tomorrow’’

The next morning

Narrated

It was 5:45 when Mr Zwane received a call from an unsaved

number, he was hesitant to answer but
he did, it was Jomo, he was informing him that he was with
Batista’s mother who had agreed to go
tell the police all she knew
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Mr Zwane asked that they wait for him so he can pick them up
but Jomo
said he had already borrowed a car so they will meet at the
station in 30minutes. He kicked off the
blankets and woke up MaShirley, and explained the phone call
he just received. They didn’t even
take a shower they just changed and woke S’bu up and they left
Andile sleeping on the couch. They
got to the station and found Batista’s mother already in the
interrogation, Jomo had already told
them what he knew, The investigating officer came back with
Batista’s mother, he explained to
everyone that what the old lady and Jomo told them was
concrete even the pictures Batista’s
mother showed will be used as evidence, he explained that all
they will be on their way to get
Batista soon as they locate him, they were advised to keep this
discrete so the perpetrators don’t flee.

Kutlwano
I think I slept for only an hour and from there I was wide awake,
this place is creepy, the blanket and
matrass smell and they are itchy, I wouldn’t survive the rest of
my life in here, I just need to get out
of this place, God please see me through this, you know the
truth I didn’t do this. I was crying when
the cop appeared screaming my name
Cop ‘’Kutlwano’’ I quickly stand
Me ‘’yes’’
Cop ‘’come you getting out of here’’ my whole world stopped,
what but how
Me ‘’I am no longer a suspect’’
Cop ‘’no sisi, seems you were framed, we apologize for the
wrongful arrest, the evidence was just
enough against you’’ I got out of that cell so quickly wiping my
tears. He closed the cell and I
followed him, I got to the front desk and Andile’s parents and
brother were waiting for me, even
Jomo and a lady I don’t recognise, seeing them made me cry
more, Andile’s mother came to hug me
Her ‘’its okay baby, you are free now the truth is out, we taking
you home’’ I cry harder
Me ‘’who did this ma?’’
Her ‘’its Tshepi baby, I am so sorry’’ what! Is she that desperate
for Andile?
Me ‘’thank you so much for believing in me, I really appreciate
it’’ she kissed my cheek
Baba ‘’let’s get you home nana’’
Me ‘’thank you baba, haholo’’ he hugs me briefly and MaShirley
gives me my jewellery, I look at the
ring and decide not to wear it. I thank Jomo and the older lady
and she was happy to help. We get to
the car and even before it could turn the corner I was out. S’bu
shakes me
Me ‘’I was hoping to go straight home to Soweto, I don’t want
to see Andile’’
S’bu ‘’sis the place needs cleaning and it’s somehow still a crime
scene’’ I close my eyes
Baba ‘’I will keep him out of your space nana I promise’’
Me ‘’thank you’’

Andile

I woke up and everyone was not here, the only thing running in
my head is the fact that I let my
woman sleep in a holding cell, I am a sorry excuse of a man, I
need to go find a good lawyer and go
see her and beg for forgiveness. That bitch will regret ever using
my son as her pawn in her sick mind
games, the door opened and my parents walked in with Lolo oh
my God they got her out, my heart
sank when she went behind my dad using him as a shield, she is
scared I might hurt. I went down on
my knees and tears came rushing.

Dad ‘’I want you to give this poor girl her space, you hurt her so
keep your distance’’
Me ‘’please baba I need to say this’’
Dad ‘’okay’’
Me ‘’Lolo, sthandwa sami, I am ashamed to even address you
right now, you have been nothing the
best woman a man can ask for, I failed you Lolo, I failed you
muntu wami, I was supposed to believe
in you from the get go, I knew you love me beyond imagination
and that you would never want to
see me hurt, I will not give you excuses coz I know you and I
chose to stick by a snake and let you
suffer while so innocent. I love you with all my heart. Please
forgive my love please from the bottom
of my heart I am so sorry. Tshepi will pay for putting you
through this. Ngiyaxolisa my love ‘’ she was
now crying my mom comforting her. She stopped and wiped her
tears then walked to me
Her ‘’stand up Ndile’’ I did quickly
Me ‘’I love you baby and I sincerely apologise for everything I
put you through’’ she smiled
Her ‘’I love you too Ndile’’ he words went straight to my heart
Me ‘’I am happy to hear that’ I hugged her and she hugged me
back tight
Her ‘’as much as love you Andile, you hurt me so bad, you were
supposed to give me a chance,
believe in my innocence just a little I know your son was but to
believe I had a hand in it hurt me to
my soul and there is no coming back from that’’ she kissed me
and took my hand, she placed her
engagement in my hand and I shook my head vigorously
Me ‘’baby no no no please Lolo please don’t leave me baby
please no, I love you’’
Her ‘’you failed to be there for me when I needed you the most
and when you were going through
something you took the opportunity for me to be there for you
away too, that’s not how you treat
someone you want to spend your life with’’ I was now crying a
river
Me ‘’I understand, but please we can work through this, I
promise it will never happen again’’ she
freed herself from my grip and faced my parents
Her ‘’thank you so much for welcoming me into your home and
loving me, you stood by me in this
trying time, I will forever be grateful, but your son and I end
here. I love him but he has proven that
his love for me can be shaken. Please forgive me but I will not
be able to stay here, S’bu can you
please uber for me’’
S’bu ‘’I will drive you home sis’’
Baba ‘’we understand nana, we will always hope that you too
get back together, you will always be
welcome here’’
Ma ‘’we will always love you, and I will always come to check up
on you’’
Her ‘’I love you guys too, and thank you once again’’ she hugged
them and they went out with my
brother, I went to sit down crying, fuck I messed up, I have lost
the only woman who has ever loved
me for who I am and not what I have.
Chapter 43
Kutlwano

We in the car, S’bu is driving me home, we are in total silence

the radio is not even playing and I am
happy for that, I need to be alone with my thoughts. I love
Andile with all my heart but he hurt me, if
I had let this go easily it would have become a norm, I was in an
abusive marriage for years and I will
tell you this, I allowed Kagiso to treat me that way coz I never
made him aware that I would never
settle for his bullshit, I won’t repeat that same mistake with
Ndile no matter how much I love him,
like they said, once bitten twice shy. We park outside some
hotel and he gets out, I don’t even want
to ask why we are here. He comes back after a few minutes and
opens my door.

S’bu ‘’come sis, I booked you a room, just get your rest and I will
pick you up later once your place is
clean, and don’t worry about work too, I will go talk to your
boss okay’’
Me ‘’thank you S’bu’’
S’bu ‘’that’s what siblings are for’’
Me ‘’speaking of which, did you tell Ledi about this whole
thing?’’
S’bu ‘’no I didn’t coz she is writing tomorrow, I didn’t want to
worry her during her exams’’
Me ‘’oh thank you for that S’bu, I will tell her myself when she is
done with her exams, I don’t want
anything distracting her’’ he smiled at me
S’bu ‘’you have the purest heart Lolo, you are going through this
hardship yet you are thinking of
other people, Andile is really blessed, it’s just sad you guys had
to end like this’’
Me ‘’yeah I guess so’’
S’bu ‘’are you guys really over though?’’ I give him a faint smile
Me ‘’S’bu I love your brother so much, I would do everything for
that man anything at all, but he hurt
me real bad, right now at this moment I don’t see myself
forgiving him for this, maybe someday we
will get back together who knows’’
S’bu ‘’í will pray for that someday to be soon, you are the best
thing that has ever happened to him,
like the best thing ever ever’’ I laugh
Me ‘’just go I want to sleep man’’
S’bu ‘’okay sis, I will see you later, eat something please’’
Me ‘’I will and S’bu’’
S’bu ‘’yes sis’’
Me ‘’please look out for him’’ he smile and nods then walks out

Andile

I was still in the same position I was when she left, I feel like my
heart is ripped out of my chest, my
woman is done with me and I have no one else to blame but
myself, I messed up real bad, I don’t
blame her for wanting nothing to do with me. But how do I
continue without my heart, she is
everything to me. I look at her ring and tears just stream down
my face. I love her damn I need her.
Oh Tshepi got me real good. Speaking of that witch, I stand up
and grab my car keys, I drive to her
parents’ house and her car was there. I get out of the car and
walk in without ringing the bell, she
was sitting with AJ feeding on his bottle, and she turns her head
and sees me

Her ‘’oh hey baby, I didn’t hear you come in’’

Me ‘’yeah, how is AJ’’
Her ‘’he is doing okay, it will take him a while to get over the
trauma that hoe put him through’’ she
faked a tear
Me ‘’yeah, that hoe will rot in jail for doing this’’ I says looking
her straight in the eye
Her ‘’thank you for being there with me through all this’’
Me ‘’he is my son too Tshepi’
Her ‘’I know, I feel this whole experience brought us closer
together it rekindled our love, don’t you
think we should try again’’ I stand up and take my son from her
and she smiles
Me ‘’isn’t it tiring?’’
Her ‘’what is?’’
Me ‘’the conniving the scheming the lying’’ she looked at me
confused
Her ‘’what are you talking about baby’’ I just got so mad, I went
and placed my son on the couch, I
went back to her and held her tight and shook her
Me ‘’why did you use our son as a pawn in your stupid games
Tshepiso why’’ she was crying, my grip
was too tight
Her ‘’Andile what are you talking about’’
Me ‘’I know what you did, you bitch, Why would you frame my
woman for something she didn’t do’’
Her ‘’what me
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no she took him, her Andi not me’’
Me ‘’stop lying man, she is out coz the police know the truth,
you planned all of this’’ he eyes
popped out, she couldn’t say anything
Me ‘’oh cat caught your tongue now huh’’ she cry some more
Me ‘’you disgust me Tshepiso, I curse the day I met you, you are
nothing but a desperate twisted
bitch, you will never see AJ again’’
Her ‘’Andi please, I did this for us, I love you can’t you see that, I
gave you a son, she didn’t, you
should be with me not her, you should love me not her, give us
a chance and let us be a family
please my love I beg of you’’ her confirming it just killed me
more, I let her get in between of my
woman and I, I caused all this.
Me ‘’you will rot in jail Tshepiso and after that hell will be
waiting for you their Queen’’
Her ‘’no no prison I won’t survive in there, AJ needs his mommy
please’’
Me ‘’oh and Lolo could have survived right, for something she
didn’t do’’
Her ‘’Andile what did you expect, she stole my life’’
Me ‘’you are sick’’
Her ‘’my only crime was loving you’’
Me ‘’no your crime was using my son to send the love of my life
to prison, and look at God you are
the one going to prison’’
Her ‘’I beg you please, don’t send me to prison, I swear I will
leave you guys alone, just not prison ‘’ I
was about to respond when the officer investigating the case
walked in
Him ‘’sorry to disturb, but the door was open’’
Me ‘’just arrest this bitch already’’
Her ‘’arrest me for what’’
Me ‘’Tshepi do not try me please’’
Her ‘’please Andile’’
Me ‘’just arrest this things, lock her up and throw away the
keys’’
Her ‘’fine, but if you think you are going to play happy family
with my son then you are mistaken, if I
can’t have you and AJ no one will especially not Kutlwano’’
Me ‘’officer please’’ he read her rights and they cuffed her
while she was kicking and screaming.
Finally silence filled the room and I looked at my son making
these cute baby sounds with his hand in
his mouth, I couldn’t contain my tears, I picked him up and cried
somemore. After a few minutes Itook a few of his things and
left.

Shirley

Me ‘’wakhe, as much as I am mad at our son, I am worried

about him’’
Him ‘’I understand what you saying coz I feel the same’’
Me ‘’this is going to break him’’
Him ‘’I know mama, but he hurt that girl so much, he was
supposed to believe in her and stand by
her through it all, I understand his son was involved and
emotions all over the place but still’’
Me ‘’exactly, he had to gather his facts first, he knew how
sneaky Tshepi is’’
Him ‘’I just hope they will be able to get past this’’
Me ‘’you and I both, a love like that is hard to find baba’’
Him ‘’I would know, coz I we have that’’ I blush, the door opens
and Andile walks in with AJ I stand
up and take my grandson and play with him
Andile ‘’Tshepi has been arrested’’
Wakhe ‘’we are aware of that’’
Andile ‘’guys thank you for believing in Lolo’’
Me ‘’someone had to, we know her character so it wasn’t hard’’
he looked down embarrassed
Andile ‘’bazali bami, please forgive me please’’
Wakhe ‘’the only person you need to apologise to is Kutlwano
not us’’
Andile ‘’then please be okay with me, I need you now more
than ever, I know you love her and I cost
you guys a great daughter, I lost her, I can’t lose you too mama
please’’ his words hit hard
Me ‘’Fano we love you, we tried showing you the way but you
dismissed us’’
Andile ‘’I know and for that I am really sorry please’’
Wakhe ‘’it’s okay, we are here for you’’ I nod and smile at him
Andile ‘’AJ will stay with us from now on’’
Me ‘’oh that is great news it’s going to be so much fun’’
Andile ‘’not as fun as it would have been if Lolo was here, my
family would be complete’’
Wakhe ‘’then fight for your wife Andile, show her with actions
that you are sorry’’
Chapter 44
Andile

My life has been a perpetual night, nothing seem to be bright,

my life has been going down south,
she pick up my calls or even reply my texts, this is too much, my
son is with me and I am thankful for
that but the is a huge gap in my life and that is Lolo that woman
completes me and right now it is
safe to say I am an empty man without his heart and that makes
life not worth living, but for AJ I will
try with each passing day but honestly I will do all I can to get
my woman back. It has been a week
since I laid my eyes on her, she is constantly in communication
with my parents, S’bu entered with
Ledi, and seeing her made me miss her sister more, she looked
at me with pity

Her ‘’hey Ands’’

Me ‘’hey Ledi, unjani’’
Her ‘’I am okay thanks, how are you’’
Me ‘’I am trying hey, but it’s not easy, how is she’’
Her ‘’she is not good Andile not good at all, but you know
Kutlwano she is forever smiling even
though she is breaking inside, I just hope you guys fix things I
hate seeing you two like this’’
Me ‘’yeah hey, I miss her so much, just take care of her please’’
Her ‘’I am sure she misses you too, just give her time she will
come around’’ I give her a faint smile
and they walk upstairs.

Naledi

Me ‘’baby I am really worried about these two’’

S’bu ‘’I know babe, they are both dying inside’’
Me ‘’we need to do something’’ he shook his head
S’bu ‘’absolutely not my love, Andile has to suffer a bit for what
he put Lolo through’’
Me ‘’but babe you saw how he is, he regrets it, isn’t that
enough’’
S’bu ‘’not yet my baby, he must learn to trust in his woman,
phela your sister loves Andile kakhulu’’
Me ‘’yes she does not doubt, I want them to be okay that’s all’’
S’bu ‘’they will babe don’t worry, those two belong together’’
Me ‘’true that’’
S’bu ‘’enough about them, how did you write yesterday’’
Me ‘’it was a fair paper my love, I nailed it, can’t wait to finish
so I can spend all my time with you’’
he smiles
S’bu ‘’I can’t wait for that too, I have so much planned for us’’
Me ‘’I cannot wait, I love you babe’’
S’bu ‘’I love you more boo’’

Kutlwano

Okay no I have cried over this it’s enough now, I love Andile that
is not questionable and what he did
doesn’t change that at all, he hurt me though he hurt he real
bad. I need to live for me now, I wanna
have fun explore things, get crazy, travel the world you know
the whole shebang, and it all starts
tonight, I am taking myself to the club tonight I need a change
of scenery, Its around 6pm so I get
ready to paint the city red, I start with the hygiene process, I
wear my short black bodycon dress and
my black thigh high block heels and a leather jacket on top and
honey I look amazing. I take my black
baby Chanel bag and head out, let’s have some fun tonight, I
drive to McDonalds drive through and
get something to eat then head to the club in the North, I don’t
struggle with packing, I walk in and
its already lit, I find a table that is well hidden and the waitress
attends to me, I buy three bottles of
champagne, 3 tequila shots and 2 bottles of water, the sweet
man girl bring my order and I start
with the shots and then pour a glass of champopo, I am not a
club person but I needed this really.
Since I am sitting alone my eyes are wondering around and I can
see some slay queens with their
blessers, while some don’t even have water in front of them
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I don’t understand how you come to a
club without money to buy your own booze, I feel sorry for
them shame. For someone who is alone I
am really having a great time hey, the music is on point and no
one is bothering me since my table is
hidden, a guy comes to my table and greets, I guess I spoke to
soon.

Him ‘’hi, mind if I join you’’

Me ‘’it’s a free country’’ he laughs
Him ‘’oh thanks, you are very welcoming, are you alone’’
Me ‘’all alone’’ he smiles and i must admit he looks mighty fine
Him ‘’oh by the way my name is Lesego’’
Me ‘’hey Lesego, my name is Kutlwano’’
Him ‘’nice to meet you beautiful’’ he flashes another smile and
his dimples gosh, he is really good
looking shame or maybe it’s just the alcohol
Me ‘’’likewise, want anything to drink?’’
Him ‘’I was about to call a waiter’’
Me ‘’no let me buy you a drink’’
Him ‘’oh that’s a change’’ I laugh the waitress comes again and
he places his order and I order two
more bottles of the good staff
Me ‘’so why are you only coming in this late’’
Him ‘’I have been here a while. Was with my friends over there
but they invited some girls, and I
can’t vibe with them, I was actually leaving when I saw you’’
Me ‘’oh okay’’
Him ‘’why are you at a club alone’’
Me ‘’Life my guy life’’ he sighs
Him ‘’I suggest we get lit and forget life and its troubles’’ I smile
and rise my glass for a toast since his
Hennessy hasn’t come he took a bottle of water and we clicked,
and laughed at the same time. The
conversation was just flowing and so were the bottles of
Champagne, okay right now at this moment I am fucking drunk.

The morning after the night before

Kutlwano

I opened my eyes and my head was so heavy, Jesus what was I

drinking, oh fuck it is going to be a
long day really, I don’t even remember driving home, what
happened to that beautiful man from last
night, It took me a while to realise that I was not in my room, I
jumped now fear consuming me, I
was in a beautifully decorated room, the bed is so soft and the
white cotton covers were so squishy
and all that, I notice my clothes on the chair and I panic oh my
God, I am in my underwear and a
black T-shirt that almost fits perfectly oh my goodness, I will
enjoy this moment if I knew where I
was. I look at the side pedestal and the is a glass of juice and
Advil’s, I drink them and take the note
that was placed next to them *good morning, take a shower
and wear the clothes on top of the bed,
then come down stairs to eat. LESEGO* I get up and make the
bed then take that shower and wear
the grey sweat pants and a white vest, luckily there was a brush
in the ensuit bathroom, my wig is
well combed. I make my way downstairs and I hear people
laughing and little kids voices, oh my God
his wife is around jesus Christ. I make it down and the is an
older good looking guy who looked just
like Lesego and a young lady oh she is so beautiful, the kids are
so cute my God, I swear all the good
looks ingredient finished here. The older man saw me first and I
looked down embarrassed

Him ‘’oh good morning’’

Lesego ‘’oh and she is awake’’
Me ‘’good morning everyone’’ I said sitting down and the lady
dished up for me
Her ‘’here you go’’ I smiled sweetly and here’’
Lesego ‘’uhm Kutlwano, meet my folks and my siblings’’ I gave
him a look his folks I mean what, they laugh
Lesego ‘’this is my father, Derek and his beautiful wife, my mom
just not the way you thinking, her
name is Boikokobetso but you can call her Koki, and these
cuties right here are my siblings, these are
the twins Zoe and Zach and this is our last sweet thang Zara’’
Me ‘’oh okay, nice to meet you everyone, you have a lovely
home and you children are so adorable
Koki’’
Her ‘’thank you so much hun’’ the girl twin spoke
Zoe ‘’I am more beautiful than Zara though, right mommy’’
Her ‘’you can take Zoe with you if you want’’ we all laugh, and
their dad spoke
Him ‘’okay you three let’s get going, grandma is waiting on us’’
Zach ‘’yeppiee’’ the twins ran out and Koki picked up the sweet
Zara and they left. It’s now lesego
and I
Me ‘’you family is nice’’
Him ‘’thank you’’
Me ‘’you mom is rather uhm’’
Him ‘’young for my dad’’
Me ‘’yeah, sorry I didn’t mean to imply’’ he laughed
Him ‘’don’t worry about it. Those two have been through a lot.
She is not a gold digger she loves my
father so much, their love is something else hey, I want to have
that someday’’ I smile
Me ‘’how did I get her’’
Him ‘’you passed out when we got to your car, I wanted to drive
you home, but you passed out
before telling me where you live, so I came here with you
instead’’ I was so embarrassed
Me ‘’oh my God I am so sorry’’
Him ‘’don’t be I understand why you would party that hard’’ I
gave him a look
Him ‘’you ended up telling me about your problems with your
fiancé’’
Me ‘’oh shit, I am sorry’’
Him ‘’stop apologising it’s okay, we all need to vent sometimes’’
I smiled at him and continued eating this delicious breakfast
Chapter 45
Kutlwano

The hangover is doing things to me, I must have went in hard on

the champagne, and never shall I
drink like that again ever. I was still at the Taylor house, I must
admit this house is beautiful and their
photos are so cute, they are just a cute little family, I imagine
myself with Andile like this, but hey life
happened. Lesego came back downstairs smelling so fresh, man
he is good looking.

Lesego ‘’ready to go?’’

Me ‘’yep I am. Thank you for looking out for me like that’’
Lesego ‘’just promise me that you will ever get that drunk with
a stranger. I would have been a
psycho you know’’
Me ‘’I know but thank God you are the good one’’ he smiled
Lesego ‘’please drive safely’’
Me ‘’I will thank you once again’’ we hug
Lesego ‘’it’s okay, I had a great time though, can I have you
number?’’
Me ‘’’sure why not’’ he gave me his phone and asked for mine.
We typed in each other’s numbers
and returned the phones.
Lesego ‘’I am around for a while we will keep in contact okay’’ I
nod
Me ‘’no problem. I need to get going. Have to prepare for work
tomorrow’’
Lesego ‘’okay beautiful bye’’ I get into my car and drive to
Soweto, the sun roof open, soul music
playing. On a normal day I would enjoy this really but I am
missing Andile so bad. I get to my house
and I find Andile’s car parked outside, a part of me is doing
flapjacks I am so happy he is here, seeing
his face will be enough for me but he is not going to see that
because as far as he can tell, I am mad
as hell and he must sweat a little. I walk out of my car, and his
door opens he walks out looking all
sorts of yummy oh my mans guys, his eyes are swollen looks like
he is always crying and that breaks
my heart.

Andile
I have been waiting outside for about 4 hours waiting for her to
get back, according to MaKhumalo
she left late last night and asked that they keep an eye out coz
she will be out all night, the pain I felt
in my heart, Lolo is not a club person and I can guess that she
went out coz of the shit is did. I don’t
want this to change her character, Lord knows I would hate
myself if that happened, I was still deep
in my thoughts when her car pulled up, she walked out and I
followed suit, she was dressed in man’s
clothes and I died a million deaths inside, fuck she slept at some
random guys place, oh what the hell
did I do to my woman. She was looking at me expressionless
and I just stood there not knowing what to say

Her ‘’uhm hi’’ she broke the silence

Me ‘’my love, how are you’’ she unlocked the gate
Her ‘’I am okay I guess’’ she walked inside the yard and I
followed her
Me ‘’that’s good’’
Her ‘’what brings you here’’ I sigh and we walked in the house
and she threw herself on the couch
Me ‘’I just came to check up on you’’
Her ’’oh that’s sweet thank you’’ she yawned obviously tired
Me ‘’you look tired, where were you’’
Her ‘’I went out last night then I slept over at a friends’’
Me ‘’that friend is a man’’
Her ‘’yes he is’’ I swallowed hard and buried my head in my
hands
Me ‘’Lolo, baby I am so so so sorry, my love I miss you so much’’
Her ‘’Andile please, I’’ I cut her quickly
Me ‘’wait please, I know I messed up sthandwa sam but baby
please forgive
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I would everything to
get you back my love, everything. I regret everything please
baby’’ she wiped her tear
Her ‘’I need time Andile, can you give me that’’
Me ‘’as much as that is killing me, I will give you your space. Just
know that I am sorry and I love you
with every fibre of my being’’ I said and stood up and went to
kiss her forehead and walk out. I just
wish she doesn’t give up on me. She is the only person I want to
do this life thing with.

Lesego

I will be in town for a while, I need a break and honestly home

is where I want to be, my siblings
make life so simple, and Koki is just chilled, no drama and
complications from her. Last night I met
the beautiful Kutlwano, I was actually leaving coz my friends
just had to invite these airhead slay
queens over to our table and honestly, I am not about that life, I
was leaving when I spotted her, she
was alone and having fun alone and I was intrigued, I looked at
her from the bar and
decided to join her, she has the best sense of humour when she
is drunk, I had fun I could see myself
dating her, but when she mentioned a fiancé I just had forget
that, she genuinely loves him but he
messed up real bad, all she wants is for him to sweat out a bit
so he can stand by her next time, so
since I like her so much I will just be her friend, the door
opened and Zach ran to me

Me ‘’hey buddy, how was lunch at Grammies’’ he didn’t bother

answering me so I chuckled, my dad
walked in with Zara in his hands, man she is the sweetest thing
ever, madam Zoe was crying her eyes
out.
Me ‘’what’s wrong princess’’
Zoe ‘’Zach wouldn’t play with me, he doesn’t like me anymore’’
Me ‘’oh baby sorry, you can play with your big brother’’
Zoe ‘’I want Zach’’ she said sulking and following him to their
playroom
Koki ‘’Zach just give your sister some attention please’’ I laugh
Dad ‘’I seriously thought she will stop being so needy of her
brother’’ we heard a loud pitch cry from
Zoe and Zach laughing
Koki ‘’I will go see what is going on in there’’ she says and my
dad came to sit near me
Dad ‘’so mister, are you and the beautiful lady a thing’’
Me ‘’dad no, I just brought her here coz she passed out before
she could give me her address’’
Dad ‘’oh okay’’
Me ‘’I am serious, plus she has a fiancé they just facing some
challenges’’
Dad ‘’oh I see’’
Me ‘’she is a good person though, I think we will be great
friends you know’’
Dad ‘’you not planning on moving on are you’’
Me ‘’man I am not ready to move on, I want to enjoy being
single, she played a number on me’’
Dad ‘’yeah just thank God she showed you her true colours’’
Chapter 46
Andile

It has been weeks and still nothing with me and Lolo, I miss her
so much but she is not giving me the
time of day, I feel like giving up at times but I love that woman
and I know she loves me too, she will
come around and forgive me eventually, but I am scared really,
she is an amazing woman, what if
she meets someone who treats her better than me, then what?
I am always in her face so she
doesn’t forget me, Ledi once called me after I got back from
Soweto to take AJ she didn’t even say a
word to me she was just so happy to see the champ, I was so
hurt but she told me to give her more
time and not give up on her, how can I even try giving up on her
phela that woman is my lifeline I
need her, I will wait for as long as she needs. I was having a
drink with Sbu at the house.
Him ‘’bafo snap out of it or I am leaving and going to spend this
day with my woman hao ngeke’’
Me ‘’sorry bro bro, I have a lot on my mind’’
Him ‘’Lolo?’’
Me ‘’I miss her bafo yoh’’
Him ‘’ahh no I must give it to her, she is making you sweat’’ he
laughs
Me ‘’what do you mean’’
Him ‘’bafo even a blind man can see how much she loves you,
she is just teaching you a lesson’’
Me ‘’what lesson’’ he rolled his eyes
Him ‘’she wants to show you that she is with you because she
loves you and not because she is
desperate to be with you, she wants you to learn that she can
live without she is just choosing to do
this with you’’ I hate it when he makes sense
Me ‘’I have learned my lesson I swear can she just come back to
me now’’
Him ‘’she is not yet satisfied ntwana’’
Me ‘’it’s been 2 months how long does she want to drag this’’
Him ‘’for as long as she wants, just be glad she still makes time
for your son’’
Me ‘’and to tell you the truth I am fucking jealous of AJ he is
getting all the snuggles and kisses and I
get nothing, you should see them bafo, its heart breaking’’ he
laughs so hard
Him ‘’you sick bastard, give her time man she will be back, just
show some effort, flowers,
chocolates, you know the works’’ I sigh and drink from my glass

Mr Zwane

I am giving Shirley a foot rub in our bedroom and she is

moaning obviously enjoying it
Her ‘’your hands are magical my love’’ I smile
Me ‘’just for you my darling’’
Her ‘’thank you for everything Wakhe’’
Me ‘’no thank you mama, you don’t know how much you have
changed my life’
Her ‘’if we were to talk of who changed who’s life here, I am
sure the law would even be on my side
and confirm that it is indeed you who changed my life’’ she says
smiling
Me ‘’okay then, you changed mine, I changed yours’’ she
chuckled and nods
Her ‘’okay fair enough’’
Me ‘’what was the one thing you wished for when you were
growing up’’ she smiles and sits up
Her ‘’well I was raised up in the village I didn’t know how the
city looked or how modern things could
get until my aunt got me to Lagos when I was running away
from the chief priest, well when I was a
young girl, I wanted to be a house wife with the most loving
husband, I dreamt of us living in a
beautiful home with many farms across our village, our children
happy and healthy’’ I laugh and how
cute she looks
Me ‘’that is cute’’ I smile
Her ‘’I know it’s not too ambitious’’ she says embarrassed
Me ‘’hey don’t do that, it was all you know’’ she gives me a faint
smile
Her ‘’yeah that is true baba’’
Me ‘’so let’s see, you have happy and healthy kids, okay one is
not happy at the moment but he will
survive, you live in a beautiful house, in the space of farms, we
can say you have companies and
there is one thing left’’
Her ‘’I don’t have companies
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and what is left’’
Me ‘’a husband’’ she smiles
Her ‘’oh yeah that’’
Me ‘’so I want to make your dreams come true, be my wife
Shirley and live your dream my darling’’
her eyes are popped out
Her ‘’i uhm mmhh, wakhe what are you saying’’
Me ‘’I am asking you to marry me, Shirley, I want you to be Mrs
Zwane’’ tears streamed down her
beautiful face while she nods vigorously, is she saying yes? Is
that a yes?

Kutlwano

I spend so much time with AJ and Andile always feels the need
to sit in, and for the past few weeks I
just can’t stand him, he bores the living shit out of me, when he
is away and not begging I miss but
when he is around and doing the calling and nagging he pisses
me off like you don’t understand, let’s
just say these past few weeks I have been a monster. Ledi just
brought my favourite pizza, she got in
a few minutes ago so I was taking a shower I took out a pair of
jeans and they were too tight, I even
gained some weight mara what is happening with me, my
breasts are even tender and large, am I
PMSing, plus I have been off the pills for a while maybe I will get
my period, oh but I just hate them,
okay this is frustrating, I take the jeans off and opt for a maxi
dress with no bra. I go to the lounge and find Ledi on the couch
Her ‘’oh God, I thought you would never come out of your
room, I am starving’’
Me ‘’sorry, was struggling to find something to wear, my clothes
no longer fit, I need to go shopping’’
Her ‘’yeah you have gained some weight sis hey’’
Me ‘’just shut up and go warm the pizza’’ she goes to the
kitchen laughing, a few minutes later she
comes back with the box, soon as she opens the box the smell
puts me off.
Me ‘’oh no no. WTF Ledi what flavour is that, it smells like shit’’
she gives me a weird look
Her ‘’what do you mean, this is something meaty, your
favourite’’
Me ‘’why is it smelling so horribly’’
Her ‘’okay something is wrong with you’’ she says biting a slice
Me ‘’mxm’’ she put her slice down and laughs while clapping
her hands
Her ‘’I’d be damned’’ and nou
Me ‘’what?’’
Her ‘’you know I am studying medicine right’’
Me ‘’I take it that’s a rhetorical question’’ she smile
Her ‘’you’ve gained weight, your breasts a large moghel, your
fave thing smells horribly and lastly
you have started hating the love of your life’’
Me ‘’your point’’ I say with a little attitude and she laughs
Her ‘’you are so blond God, I am pleased to inform you that you
my darling sister are double’’
Me ‘’Naledi, what are you trying to say’’ she gives me a weird
grin and nods repeatedly, and
suddenly it hits me, oh my word no, nah me, LOL no it can’t be,
I caress my tummy
Her ‘’and she connects the dots’’ she says and I remain shocked
as hell, can it be that I am…OMG
Chapter 47
Kutlwano

I have been scared and excited at the same time, It has been a
week since Ledi and I have suspected
that I might be pregnant, excited that finally I will get a chance
to be a mother too but scared that I
might be a false alarm, after all I have struggled during my
marriage and I was called barren and
those words let scars with me, I have been so nervous to even
take a home test, I can’t take the
disappointment, I couldn’t even tell Andile I was suspecting that
we might have been successful in
operation get AJ a sibling. I have a brunch date with Lesego, we
spoke and agreed on just being
friends and this is the first time we meeting after that night,
though we speak every day. I was
driving to the restaurant annoyed at some shitty driver, I did
mention that my temper is quick these
days right? I get inside the restaurant and he is already waiting
on me, he looks so casual, and
flashes me a smile and I get to our table

Me ‘’hey buddy’’
Him ‘’hello yourself my dearest friend’’ we laugh
Me ‘’I am starving hey’’
Him ‘’you look it too’’
Me ‘’hey come on, you can’t say that to a lady’’
Him ‘’that rule only applies when you want the lady not when
she is your friend’’ I roll my eyes
Me ‘’mxm whatever’’ the waitress comes and we place our
order
Him ‘’can I please have a medium rear stake with chips and a
bottle of your dry red’’
Me ‘’uhm I will have your sea food platter for two as main and
so long can I have your sticky wings
and a glass of cranberry juice’’ Lesego was shocked
Him ‘’damn woman, platter for two are you going to finish it?’’
Me ‘’I am thank you very much’’
Him ‘’do you always eat like this, not that I mind’’
Me ‘’nope, I actually eat small potions, but recently my apatite
is on steroids’’
Him ‘’maybe you are pregnant’’ he say laughing and I got so
emotional I started crying, he came to
my side shocked
Him ‘’hey shhhhh, I am sorry, I didn’t mean to upset you so
sorry’’ he says brushing my back trying to
calm me down
Me ‘’oh my God I am so sorry, these days I am such an
emotional wreck, I cry easily I get so annoyed
at everything, I think I might be pregnant but I am scared it
might be a false alarm coz I have been
hoping to be a mother for years without any luck’’ he wiped my
tears
Him ‘’sorry to hear that K, but you really need to take the test
and find out, if you are you will need
to start with some supplements and those things pregnant
woman do, if you are not will cry our
eyes out and hope God will still bless you with time’’ I smile
sweetly at him
Me ‘’thank you so much’’ he goes to seat down
Him ‘’in fact I am going to call my Dr Friend, I hope she will
squeeze us in after lunch’’
Me ‘’uhm so soon’’
Him ‘’you can’t run away from this beautiful’’ I sigh
Me ‘’fine we will go he takes out his phone and he called the Dr
who says she will squeeze us in after lunch.

At the Dr

We walked in at the beautiful white walls expensive furniture

private practise, the receptionist is a
beautiful gay guy. Who blushes as he sees Lesego, the converse
and he tells us that the Dr is ready to
see us, we walked in and a beautiful think light skinned young
Dr welcomed

Her ‘’long time no see Mr Taylor’’

Him ‘’you know I reside in Cape Nelly, Jozi is just too busy for
me’’ she blushes and looks at me
Her ‘’hello and welcome, my name is Dr Ndlozi’’ she extends
her hand and I take it
Me ‘’hi, I am Kutlwano’’
Her ‘’you didn’t tell me you had such a beautiful girlfriend’’
Him ‘’she is a beauty yes but we are not together, she is just a
good friend of mine’’ she smiles wider
obviously pleased to hear that, I bet these two used to fuck.
Her ‘’oh okay I see, what can I do for you?’’
Him ‘’Tlwano want to explain?’’ I explained everything to her
and she smiled and opened her drawer
and took out a cup
Her ‘’please go through there and fill this so we can take a look’’
I took it and went to the toilet I am
nervous as hell Jesus please make it two lines please. I did my
business and got out and she was
already wearing latex gloves, she too the cup and put in the
stick and took it out placed it flat on the
table, but I don’t have a view, I think I am shaking when Lesego
held my hand in reassurance I gave
him a fake smile. The girl took the stick after what felt like
forever
Her ‘’oh what do we know, congratulations Kutlwano you are
indeed pregnant’’ I don’t know if I
should scream or jump around, oh God you are good, I couldn’t
contain my tears, they are definitely
of joy. I remembered when I might have conceived and I have
been drinking like a fish
Me ‘’oh my God
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I have been drinking so much though’’ smiles
Her ‘’just promise you won’t do it till we deliver safely’’ I nod
‘’so can we go take a look at how far
you are’’ I stand up and we go to the sonar, I lay on the bed and
she applies the cold gel on my belly
and ran the scanner on me we heard a heart beat
Her ‘’and there is your baby, strong heartbeat, everything looks
great’’ I cried once again, it is finally
happening, I am going to be a mommy. She gives me
supplements and a list of the do’s and don’ts.
Lesego assisted on paying the consultation and we left.
Him ‘’congratulations my friend, you will make a great mommy’’
Me ‘’thank you so much, for taking me to the Dr I am so happy, I
have always wanted this’’
Him ‘’I can see that, s when are you telling daddy’’ I blush
Me ‘’I actually want to go tell him right now’’ he smiles
Him ‘’you must I am pretty sure he is going to be over the
moon, maybe this will bring you guys
closer together again’’ I smile and we say our good byes and I
am out

Andile

I was chilling with my son, man this little guy helps me take my
head off things for a while. I haven’t
seen my parents today and Sbu is with Ledi upstairs, i want to
go see Lolo tonight and maybe sleep
over, I wouldn’t mind if I even slept in the guest room, I want to
wake up tomorrow and spoil her if
she lets me though. Ledi and Sbu come down giggling and
holding hands.
Sbu ‘’where are your parents haven’t seen them at all today’’
Me ‘’I honestly don’t know hey’’
Ledi ‘’I am going to make lunch, what should I make you Ands’’
Me ‘’whatever you making sis’’ she smiled and made her way to
the kitchen
Sbu ‘’she is amazing right’’
Me ‘’she is perfect for you ntwana, I am so happy for you’’ he
smiles and the front door opens and
our parents walk in, my mother in a white dress and pops in a
slim suit the look good, they must
have been attending some posh event
Ma ‘’hello boys’’ my mom say
Me ‘’you are glowing mama’’ she blushes
Sbu ‘’okay what is going on?’’ the hold hands and baba
whispers in her ear and she laughs so loud, I
have never heard her laugh like that.
Baba ‘’boys I am pleased to introduce you to your mother and
my beautiful wife, Ngozi Shirley
Zwane’’ he says and kiss her
Sbu ‘’what?’’
Ma ‘’we got married today at home affairs’’
Me ‘’congratulations, way to go pops, Mrs Zwane finally’’
Sbu ‘’okay this is the best news ever. My parents finally got
hitched, kodwa why at home affairs, we
can afford a proper wedding’’
Baba ‘’we didn’t want to waste any time, we will plan a small
family gathering and celebrate this’’
my mother is smiling like a school girls inlove. Ledi heard the
news and she also congratulated my
parents, the doorbell went off and Ledi goes to get in, we still
chatting and looking at mom’s ring
when she came back with the love of my life, she was smiling
from ear to ear, I am guessing my mom
called her and told her that she got married, she looks like she
has gained weight though.
Me ‘’my love hey’’
Lolo ‘’afternoon everyone’’ they greeted her back and gave her
hugs
Ma ‘’I got married today’’ she says smiling
Lolo ‘’congratulations mama and you too baba, you guys
deserve this’’
Baba ‘’thank you my daughter. Its nice seeing you la ekhaya’’
Lolo ‘’I came to talk to Ndile’’ she looks at me
Me ‘’is everything is okay baby?’’ I ask alarmed and she just
smiles at me
Lolo ‘’here open it’’ she hands me a medium flat box that is
wrapped, I unwrapped it and I opened it
and there is a new born vest. Okay I am confused
Me ‘’for AJ?’’ she laughs and Ledi screams a little in excitement
leaving everyone confused
Lolo ‘’no silly, AJ is big for that, look in the box again’’ I did and I
found a sonar picture written see
you in 6 months daddy, is she? Are we? Oh my God
Me ‘’baby?’’ she nods and I drop everything on the floor and
rush to her, I pick her up and spin her
around
Lolo ‘’I found out today’’ she whispers and I put her down and
kiss her passionately
Baba ‘’what is going on hao’’ I smile and pull out of the kiss
Me ‘’my baby is having my baby. I am going to be a father again
family’’ my mother ululates
Baba ‘’congratulations this is great news, my family is growing
ngiya jabula, thank you makoti’’
Ledi ‘’congratulations sis and you too Ands’’ she hugs us
Sbu ‘’you don’t shoot blanks bro, you my hero. When I grow up
I want to be just like you’’ I laugh
‘’congrats sis, you will make a great mom’’
Lolo ‘’thank you everyone’’
Ma ‘’everyone go get ready, we going out to celebrate’’ we all
cheer and I carry my woman upstairs,
I am so happy I could by her the whole world if I could.
Chapter 48
One month later
Andile

It has been bliss between my woman and I the news of our

pregnancy really took us back to where
we used to be, I can’t wait to meet our baby, and I hope it’s a
girl. Her bump is so cute I don’t tire
playing with it and talking to the angel inside, AJ is so clingy, he
wants Lolo all the time when she is
around, I swear he can sense that his little sister is coming. We
were at Soweto, her house I brought
her the tin roof ice cream as requested, and her cravings have
me waking up midnight running around buying hot wings

Me ‘’I just can’t wait to meet her’’ I say rubbing her tummy
Her ‘’and who says it’s a she’’
Me ‘’I can feel it’’
Her ‘’I want a boy’’
Me ‘’we have a boy njena baby’’
Her ‘’I want lots of boys, the princes taking care of mommy’’
Me ‘’but the king is here for that mommy’’ she laughs
Her ‘’all of my boys will take care of me then’’
Me ‘’thank you so much my love’’
Her ‘’what for’’ she asks licking the spoon
Me ‘’for this beautiful gift’’ I kiss her bump
Her ‘’no thank you Ndile, you are the one who gave me the
biggest most beautiful gift ever’’ I blush
Me ‘’so babe, I have your ring with me now, when do you think
you going to be ready to wear this
again so we can start with the process of making you my wifey’’
Her ‘’Ndile, I just want to enjoy this pregnancy please, I don’t
need the stress my aunt will give me
when we go ask for my uncles contacts’’ I frown I know that is
not the real reason, she is still scared
that I might hurt her again, I think somehow she is scared to be
my wife
Me ‘’okay, you will let me know, when is the next Dr’s
appointment’’
Her ‘’next week, but you will be Cape for that meeting’’
Me ‘’I will cancel that, I want to be there’’
Her ‘’okay, but I had already asked my friend Lesego to
accompany me and he agreed, but we will all
go together, its time you too meet’’ I fake a smile, I don’t like
this Lesego guy, he is all Lolo speaks of,
they go to lunch, movies and everything in between, I know He
is her only friend and I don’t want to
ask her to stop seeing him but jeez if only he was gay.
Me ‘’oh okay’’ she smiles and kisses me.

S’bu

Ledi and I have been together for the longest time, I love her
and I have already established that I
am going to wife her, I have always been a problem, never
dated one girl only, couldn’t even stay
long without having sex but look at me now it’s been over a
year and I haven’t had any, I hate having
to service myself with my hand, I am craving sex so bad, but I
will not put Ledi under pressure. She
was studying in my bedroom at home and I was laying on bed
with my headphones on
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she removed one and kissed me

Her ‘’I am hungry’’ I smile

Me ‘’it’s about time book warm’’
Her ‘’I don’t want to waste your money babe, I need to pass’’
Me ‘’that is what I want to hear, you fail I stop paying, I want
nothing but 75% on all modules’’
Her ‘’yes Mr Bursary official’’ I laugh, sense of humour check
Me ‘’what do you want to eat then’’
Her ‘’you can order pizza its fine’’ I take my phone and place an
order online
Me ‘’all done, your food will be here soon’’
Her ‘’uhm babe, I wanted to talk to you about something’’
Me ‘’okay shoot’’ she swallowed hard
Her ‘’I am ready baby’’ she says and looks down
Me ‘’ready for’’ she plays with her fingers
Her ‘’to give you my virginity, I want us to be intimate’’ okay this
is news I should be happy but
Me ‘’okay, love are you sure’’
Her ‘’I have been thinking about for some time and I couldn’t be
more sure, I love you and you
deserve it’’ I blush and I had an erection same time, she came
to me and tried to take off my clothes
Me ‘’baby wait not like this’’ she stopped and looked
embarrassed
Her ‘’you don’t want me? Are you cheating’’ oh Fuck S’bu
Me ‘’no baby no, listen I am sexually attracted to you, I can’t
wait to bury myself in you, I mean look’’
I show her my reaction
Me ‘’I just want your first time to be magical, one you will
remember for the rest of our lives’’ she
smile
Her ‘’I love you Sbu’’
Me ‘’baby I love you too, and thank you. I am going to make
love to you soon and you will be very
addicted to me I tell you’’ she blushes and I hold her tight in my
hands. I am finally going to get some.
Tshepi

Prison hasn’t been that tough on me, I just miss my freedom

this place is shit. My mother managed
to buy me some protection, I have a phone and all, so I can
access my instagram, Andile and that girl
have been playing house with my son, I can’t wait to get out of
here and show them flames. The
warder came to tell me that I have a visitor, I know it’s my mom
coz it’s not visiting hours as yet. He
leads me to the same office mom and I meet. She has my lunch
with her thank goodness

Me ‘’hey mama’’
Her ‘’hey princess, how are you’’
Me ‘’considering where I am, I am doing pretty good’’ she
smiles
Her ‘’I am glad to her that, I pay a lot of money for your safety’’
Me and thank you for that’’
Her ‘’the Zwane’s still won’t agree for AJ to come see us’’
Me ‘’why would Andile do this though, he is also your
grandson’’
Her ‘’your dad is so mad, but he says he understands where
they are coming from’’ I roll my eyes
Me ‘’of course he does, mxm your husband is useless’’
Her ‘’stop it Tshepi, he is still your father’’
Me ‘’let’s stop talking about that weakling, how is the plan
coming along’’
Her ‘’the judge is on board baby, so hopefully you will be out
soon’’ I smile
Me ‘’thanks mama, you the best’’
Her ‘’but when you get out, just leave Andile and his fiancé, we
will work on visitations with AJ but
please Tshepi, leave them alone nana please’’ I nod, but that is
the last thing I will do mommy dearest.
Chapter 49
Thando

I am honestly fed up with my mother, she is such a selfish

person, we found out my dad divorced her
without her knowing, and married her helper, that took a toll
on her, she was devastated that she
turned to alcohol, we live off my money from my business and
the allowance dad still gives me every
month, she has nothing to her name, I mean nothing. I got us a
house and bought it cash, it’s nothing
fancy or in an expensive suburb but it’s a roof over our heads. I
would leave money for her to buy
groceries but nope she will spend it all on alcohol, she has even
started gambling and she was too
broke that she made a bet with my car, I mean who does that, I
left my comfortable home and
turned my back on my family for her and she was the wrong
one, yet she turns her back and does
this to me, I want nothing to do with Khumbuzile, she is selfish
and thinks about no one but herself.
She walked in holding a bottle on cheap vodka, the stench of
alcohol is one I could smell from here.

Her ‘’aow my baby, you are packing, where are you off to’’
Me ‘’I am going far away from you’’ she took a sip
Her ‘’haibo what do you mean’’
Me ‘’I am going back to my father and my brothers, I am leaving
you here’’ she laughed
Her ‘’after everything I have done for you, you do me like this’’
Me ‘’and I have tried returning the favour but you dearest
mother decided to throw it back in my
face, you stole my money, sold my clothes and bet with my car,
what more do you want from me?’’
Her ‘’I raised you Thando, you and those brats I used to call my
sons, but you are all turning your
backs on me’’
Me ‘’it was your job and you did a shitty job at it’’ she cried
Her ‘’don’t you dare speak to me like that missy, I am still your
mother’’
Me ‘’and I wish you weren’t’’ the shock on her face
Her ‘’how do you expect me to survive then, you know your
father took everything, I don’t have a
cent’’
Me ‘’you are a big girl, you can take care of yourself’’
Her ‘’you will regret this, I am Khumbuzile I will bounce back
you will see’’
Me ‘’good luck with that’’ I finish packing the last bad and I will
it out
Her ‘’hamba you brat, I don’t need you, I don’t need anybody’’ I
laugh
Me ‘’yes I am leaving, and oh please move out by tomorrow the
new owners are moving in on
Tuesday, you can sell the furnisher or burn it for all I care’’ I
close the door and go to the uber

Andile

Me ‘’babe finish up we going to be late’’ she came out wearing

a jacket
Her ‘’Ndile, the Dr is 10 minutes away’’
Me ‘’still babe, it’s an appointment’’ she rolls her eyes and I
laughs
Her ‘’okay I am ready, I am sure Lesego is already waiting
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he is very punctual’’ I tense up
Me ‘’does he really have to be there’’
Her ‘’’but babe, I had already asked him, I would be rude if I just
cancel on him like that hao’’
Me ‘’but next time it’s just us right’’ she laughs
Her ‘’are you jealous Mr Zwane’’ I frown
Me ‘’jealous of what psshhtt’’ I lie but deep down this guy is
giving me chest pains
Her ‘’oh baby, no need to be, I only have eyes for you daddy’’
Me ‘’I am glad to hear that’’ we kiss then drive to the Dr

At the Dr

We park and we walk out, some guy smiles as we approach, he

is leaning by an expensive Mercedes,
he is good looking too, oh fuck now my mind is going to work
overtime when she says she is with
this guy, I trust my woman just don’t trust this Lesego person.
She lets go of my hand and they hug, it’s appropriate but still.

Lolo ‘’hey Lesh’’ they even on nickname base

Him ‘’hey mommy’’ no I am the only one allowed to call her
that
Lolo ‘’buddy meet my significant other Andile, and babe meet
my friend Lesego’’ he smiles at he and
gives me his hand which I acknowledge
Me ‘’hey man, its nice to see, I have heard a lot about you,
finally nice to put a face to the name’’ he
laughs looking at my woman, emphasis on MY.
Him ‘’I was going to say the same, she can’t stop with Ndile this
Ndile that, she is totally in love with
you man’’ I smile and my heart skips but he could just be saying
that, but she does love me I know
Me ‘’and I am crazy about her, the mother of my kids’’ I look at
her and she blushes
Lolo ‘’okay boys let’s get in’’ we get in and the Dr does her
things and I am pleased to tell you all that
my daughter (I assume) is very healthy. Hearing her heartbeat
was everything. We were done we
went out, Lolo and Lesego went to lunch and I headed to the
office I had a conference call, I am
going to call her a million times till I go pick her up.

Shirley

Being married to this man is everything, I am at my happiest,

and my life is everything I have ever
wished for just better, I was busy in the kitchen making dinner
for my family, it feels much better
doing chores as the wife and mother than a maid much better I
swear. My husband entered

Him ‘’you know I was thinking’’

Me ‘’about what Wakhe’’ this can’t be good he sounds so
excited
Him ‘’remember you told me what you wished for’’
Me ‘’yes and I have it all now’’
Him ‘’except for one mamakhe’’
Me ‘’humour me’’
Him ‘’I want to buy you a well-established farm and make
money out of it’’ I laugh
Me ‘’what do I know about farming baba’’ he smiles
Him ‘’I thought of that and I was hoping that you would go do
some short course in agriculture, and I
will also get someone to help you with things, I will do it with
you if you want’’ I smile I love the idea
Me ‘’are you serious?’’ he nods ‘’oh my darling husband thank
you I would love that very much’’ he
come and holds me by my waist and we kissed until someone
cleared their throats and we just
turned to look without letting go of each other. The shock on
our faces, it was Thando, she had her
luggage with her and looks like she has been crying
Her ‘’sanibonani’’ she greets
Wakhe ‘’Thando, what brings you here’’ he asks coolly
Her ‘’’baba, I want to come back home’’
Wakhe ‘’oh, so you no longer siding with your mother and
shutting me out of your life like you did
the last couple of months’’
Her ‘’baba ngiya xolisa’’
Wakhe ‘’yazin Thando, you hurt my feelings, you chose your
mother even though she was wrong. I
can’t talk to you right now’’ he walks away and I am left with
the crying Thando
Me ‘’uhm, you can go to your room so long, I will go plead with
him to talk to you’’
Her ‘’thank you MaShirley and I am sorry for everything, please
forgive me’’ I smile
Me ‘’it’s okay child, I will go talk to my husband now’’
Her ‘’and congratulations on that’’ I just smile and walk away.
Chapter 50
Mr Zwane

I couldn’t believe my eyes, why is Thando here, is she here to

cause trouble between me and my
wife, as much as I love my daughter I cannot allow her to cause
a drift between me and the love of
my life, Shirley is everything to me, she has given me a reason
to believe that some people come to
your life for all the right reasons. I cannot shake the feeling that
she is here to cause trouble, the
door opens and my wife walks in looking as submissive as ever
and I know I will give into her request.

Me ‘’maZwane please’’ I say before she could say anything, this

is a form of defence for me
Her ‘’wakhe, do you love me’’
Me ‘’my love, that is a question that needs no answer’’
Her ‘’and in that is case you know I will never mislead you’’
Me ‘’I hate that you are about to make sense right now’’ she
smiles
Her ‘’my husband, I love you, and never will I mislead you’’
Me ‘’I know that Mrs Zwane’’
Her ‘’I will never pressure you to do something that you are not
comfortable doing but I am your
wife and I will never give you the wrong advise coz whatever
you decide affects us and our children,
Wakhe, Thando made a mistake, she is a girl child and it is in
the nature to feel the need to protect
their mother even if they are in the wrong, I am glad she
realised that her mother is toxic before she
could expose her to more harm, please my husband give her
another chance, allow her to live with
us, I will mother her and show her the way, just allow her back
home, show her that you still love her
like you love the boys and all will fall into place’’
Me ‘’but mama ka Bafana bami what if she is here to cause us
problems?’’
Her ‘’then she does not know the power of a praying woman’’ I
smile coz I know my wife is a prayer
warrior.
Me ‘’you said a mouth full, but I need time mkam’’ she kisses
my lips
Her ‘’and time is what you will have my darling, just be
accommodating’’
Me ‘’I will try maka Andile’’ she smiles
Her ‘’ I love you my husbae’’ I laugh loud
Me ‘’where did you get that grammar’’
Her ‘’I heard Lolo say that to Andile’’ I smile and pull her to me,
I need to show her some loving.

Kutlwano

My pregnancy has been a bliss, I take care of it more than I

should, I take extra extra care that my
gynaecologist finds it funny, I even asked her if she could give
me a maternity leave immediately and
she bluntly refused, apparently I am still well in the working
capacity
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I can’t shame, I even think it
would be best if I resigned. I have waited for years to carry a life
and now that it is here I do not want
to take any chances with my son (I assume), I am chilling with
Jomo, he is drinking his Heineken,

Him ‘’so vele beautiful, you let that fool score’’ I laugh
Me ‘’don’t call my fiancé a fool hao’’
Him ‘’I thought you refused to wear the ring mos’’ I sigh
Me ‘’I am just making him feel more bad Jomo’’
Him ‘’you woman are confused, then you call us trash hai’’
Me ‘’jomo I love Andile but he has to learn’’
Him ‘’you are pregnant mos what more do you want’’
Me ‘’he needs to know that Kutlwano loves him and wants to
be with him and it is not a need for me
to be around’’
Him ‘’I hear you, you must befriend my girlfriend’’ I smile
Me ‘’why is that’’
Him ‘’she can learn a thing or two from you skeem’’
Me ‘’our personalities wouldn’t allow us though’’ he gulps his
beer and laughs
Him ‘’eish I know maK. Mine is a bit of a hood rat’’
Me ‘’a hood rat that you love’’
Him ‘’vele ntwana, I love that crazy thing’’
Me ‘’that is all you need’’
Him ‘’yeah, kodwa wena nale bari yakho must be happy you
guys deserve it shame’’
Me ‘’this pregnancy is what we needed friend’’
Him ‘’your child is blessed to have you as a mother’’
Me ‘’thank you Jomo’’
Him ‘’let me go buy more beer, you not going to the rich suburb
today right"
Me ‘’no, Andile is coming over, I am sure he will be pleased to
see you’’ he chuckles and walks out.

Thando

My dad has been avoiding me, we only see each other at dinner
or breakfast us, even my brothers
are questioning my return and honestly I do not blame them.
The only person who has been
welcoming is MaShirley, she is such a great woman, I see why
my dad wifed her up, I mean who
wouldn’t she is selfless and compassionate, my brothers are
lucky to call her mother. I walk in the
utility room and she is doing the laundry and humming some
gospel song

Me ‘’ma, can I help you’’

Her ‘’no nana, I am almost done, do you have any dirty laundry’’
Me ‘’no everything is clean, thank you’’
Her ‘’okay, would you like to help me prepare dinner’’
Me ‘’I would love that mama’’ she smiles
Her ‘’great then’’
Me ‘’my dad and brothers must hate me’’
Her ‘’hey look at me’’ I do and wipe my tears
Her ‘’they do not hate you baby, they just don’t trust you and
that is understandable’’
Ma ‘’I am sorry for everything ma’’ she comes to hug me
Her ‘’hush now, I know, just act right so they know that you are
sorry and trying to make amends’’
Ma ‘’you think daddy will give me a chance’’
Her ‘’definitely, just give him time’’
Ma ‘’God bless you mama’’ she kisses my forehead and I feel a
mothers love that I have always
longed for.
Chapter 51
Thando

I have been doing a lot of thinking, and honestly right now my

life is a mess, the only thing going
right is my career and business, as for my love life and family it
is all messed up, I am glad that I am
home and if it wasn’t for MaShirley i wouldn’t be here, she has
made my stay here a little comfortable,
to tell you the truth, I feel she is more of a mother to me than
the woman that gave birth to me. I
have never met a compassionate and selfless woman like that
one, in all honesty I wish she was my
biological mother. When it comes to my love life, you all won’t
believe that I miss Bafano so much, I
am starring at his instagram pictures hoping and praying that he
would one day give me another
chance. A voice scared me and it is my big brother Andile

Him ‘’you miss him’’ this is the first time he has ever initiated a
conversation with me
Me ‘’yeah, I miss a lot’’
Him ‘’I can tell, what happened with you two’’
Me ‘’let’s just say I was being my mother’s daughter’’
Him ‘’oh no that was the worst thing ever hey’’
Me ‘’I miss him so much bhuti’’
Him ‘’question is, do you love him Thando’’
Me ‘’with all my heart, and it hurts coz I only realise that when
he is with another’’
Him ‘’you too have been together for the longest time, and
honestly baby girl you were the rudest
ever to him’’
Me ‘’I know that bro’’
Him ‘’if you want him back, fight for him, let him reject you
while you know you fought to make
things better between you two’’
Me ‘’how do I do that’’
Him ‘’show it to him, be the real you, don’t put up does
defensive walls that block him out, respect
him and decide if you want to submit to him. We men love a
woman that respects us more than they
love us at the same time being their bubbly self and all, it might
sound like a lot but honestly it’s not
sisi’’
Me ‘’thank you Andile, I will do as you say’’ he smiles
Him ‘’want anything to drink’’
Me ‘’yeah, I want to get drunk with my brother’’ he laughs and
stands to fix me a drink

Shirley

I have been craving some dishes from back home and I don’t
want to be the one to prepare them, so
I asked my darling husband to take me to some Nigerian
restaurant down town Johannesburg. I
cannot wait to eat, oh how I wish I could just visit home with
my husband and sons so they see
where I come from, I want my family back home to see how
happy I am and how the good Lord
came through for me. we are in the car driving and he is playing
some romantic oldies.
Him ‘’kodwa mama, this place is dodgy ai’’ I chuckle
Me ‘’stop being a snob Wakhe’’ he looks at me shocked
Him ‘’haibo mkami, me a snob, ngeke’’
Me ‘’you will enjoy it I promise’’
Him ‘’I married a Nigerian woman so I kind of have to enjoy
everything to make her happy’’ I laugh,
we get to the restaurant and it’s filled with people from back
home, I am happy to hear people speak
Igbo. We are shown a table and a waitress takes our orders, I
can’t wait to feast on the dishes. My
husband is here for moral support coz shame I know it’s my
food he only wants to eat. I look at him
and smile
Me ‘’I love you Zwane’’ he smiles and looks away blushing
Him ‘’you don’t have to say these sweet things mama, we are
already here, though I am a man that
love’s his wife’s cooking’’
Me ‘’I will cook a feast for you tomorrow at Lunch I promise’’
Him ‘’and I want a little snack later on in the bedroom’’ I blush
Me ‘’Wakhe stop it’’ he chuckles and our meal arrives
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I am showing no mercy to this pepper soup
and my husband is enjoying this more than me but I don’t want
to ridicule him, I see a face that is so
familiar yet I last saw it years ago, I know this person and my
soul connects to it so much, I try to
avoid but my eyes can’t stop following her
Him ‘’maZwane are you okay my love’’
Me ‘’I think I know that girl’’ he looks around and spots who I
am talking about
Him ‘’she looks like you’’ i share the same sentiments
Me ‘’I think so too, she looks like my baby sister Ebere’’ he looks
at her again and this time she is also
looking at us and definitely trying to figure out where she
knows me from
Him ‘’do you see how she is looking at you’’
Me ‘’yebo baba’’ my sister can’t be here maybe it is just the
resemblance, my sister wouldn’t be in
South Africa it’s just impossible, my look alike comes to our
table and looks at me some more, okay
this is weird, she wipes her tears and smiles
Her ‘’Ngozi’’ her calling me that made me believe that it is my
little sister
Me ‘’Ebere?’’ I say questioning and she screamed her lungs out
and I stood up shocked
Her ‘’oh chineke oh, my siter oh. God is good o. Sisi Ngozi, is this
you’’
Me ‘’na me oo Ebere, how far na? (How are you)’’
Her ‘’I dey my sister (I am fine my sister), I never thought I
would see you here in South Africa, how
did you get here’’ I was now crying and my husband came to
comfort me
Me ‘’oh Chineke is good, oh baba God, thank you so much’’ I let
go of Wakhe and hug her tight
Her ‘’sisi, how did you come here’’ I smile wiping my tears and
her doing the same, I can see my
husband feeling left out
Me ‘’where are my manners, Ebere, this is my husband
Muziwakhe Zwane, Wakhe this is my baby
sister, Ebere’’ they shake hands and my baby sister is screaming
happy
Her ‘’you don marry? (You are married)’’ I laugh
Me ‘’I am sisi, and I have two sons’’ she screamed louder and
that made me look at papa Andile and laugh coz my
husband is narrowing his eyes, he hates noise
Him ‘’maZwane, how about we take your sister home with us so
you guys can catch up’’ I smile
Me ‘’I would love that baba’’
Her ‘’me too na, heeeeee’’ my husband goes to the counter and
pays more that we ate I wonder
why, he comes back after the brief conversation with some lady
Him ‘’I just spoke to the owner, she said its fine, your sister can
take the day off’’ I was excited when
he said that, okay having a rich husband has its perks I must
admit. We leave our food and I drag my
sister out of there I just want to know everything, how long has
she been here, how are my parents
doing, I am so excited to have reunited with a family member,
Wakhe is smiling obviously happy to
see me happy, that is the kind of husband I have.
Chapter 52
Shirley

We get to my house and my sister can’t stop screaming, exactly

how i felt when I saw this house, it is
a mansion and a half if I must say so myself. Zwane parks in the
drive way and walk in, her screams
escalating now, and my husband and I can’t help but laugh.

Ebere ‘’sisi, this is your house?’’

Me ‘’yes it is’’
Ebere ‘’haiii, you are living like a queen’’
Me ‘’all thanks to my husband’’
Ebere ‘’’where did you take this one from’’ I laugh
Me ‘’long story, would you like anything to drink, wine, juice?’’
Ebere ‘’give me wine sisi’’ I call on the other helper and tell her
to bring her wine
Wakhe ‘’mama, I will be in my study’’ I blush
Me ‘’okay my love’’ he winks at me and walks away.
Ebere ‘’you too are like school children, in love and not hiding
it’’
Me ‘’we are, but how did you get here, where is mama and
papa’’ she frowned
Ebere ‘’hai sisi, life become very hard after papa died, and
mama wanted me to marry some old man
from the city and I couldn’t have that so I ran to my boyfriend,
Ike, but little did I know he will sell
me to a guy in Lagos who sold me to his South African contact
Emeka in Hilbrow, I have been her for
year Shirley, working as a prostitute’’ tears escaped her eyes
and I went to sit next to her, I was
consoling her, we suffered the same fate, but at least I was
never a prostitute so I am thankful. I
decide to tell her about my experiences too and she couldn’t
believe it
Ebere ‘’we thought you had long died sisi, I don’t know what is
going back home, mama is wicked’’
Me ‘’I am here now, we have each other’’ she smiles and wipes
her tears
Ebere ‘’where are you children?’’ they walked in right on queue
Me ‘’oh here they are’’ they greeted and we acknowledged
Ebere ‘’they are fine boys, like their papa’’ I chuckle
Me ‘’boys, this is Ebere, my little sister and your aunt’’ they
frowned
Andile ‘’kanjani?’’
Me ‘’remember Wakhe and I went to the Nigerian restaurant
today?’’
S’bu ‘’yebo ma’’
Me ‘’she works there, I found her there a few hours ago’’ they
smiled and hugged her, they seem
happy to meet a family member from my side too.
Ebere ‘’it is nice to meet you my boys, I am grateful to have
reunited with my sister after so many
years’’ I smile at her
Me ‘’I thank God too, we would take you out to celebrate, but
my husband ate out today and taking
him to another restaurant won’t be a good idea, he loves my
cooking, so me and you will go out
tomorrow, I will go prepare a feast now’’
Ebere ‘’I will help you sisi’’
Thando

I decided to take Andile’s advice and fight for Bafana, he had

mentioned on instagram that he has flu
so bad that he didn’t go to work so I just saw it as a plan to
make a move, I prepared soup at home
and went to the pharmacy to get medication. I got to his condo
and I was pleased that it was only his
car in the drive way, I walk to the door and knock, and seconds
later he opens, and is shocked to see me there

Him ‘’thando?’’
Me ‘’hey, unjani?’’
Him ‘’I am okay thanks, how are you?’’
Me ‘’all good I guess’’ awkward moment of silent
Him ‘’uhm, do you want to come in?’’
Me ‘’please’’ he moves to the side giving me access inside.
Him ‘’so what brings you here’’ he coughed
Me ‘’I saw you say you having a terrible flu, so I brought you
soup and some good meds’’ his eyes
narrowed
Him ‘’oh that is very thoughtful of you, but you never did this
when we were together’’
Me ‘’I know, I guess I thought our relationship was only about
me, I am sorry’’
Him ‘that is true’’ I remained silent and he coughed again.
Me ‘’let me warm up some soup so you can take the meds’’ he
smiles
Him ‘’thank you’’ I got up and went to the kitchen

Tshepi

I walked out of the prison and the sun was just so good on my
skin, God I finally have my freedom
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I
was released today, I don’t know what strings my mother pulled
but she pulled them, all I know that
Batista will take the fall for everything, the perks of having rich
parents I tell, you can get away with
almost everything, thank you money thank you. My mom is
waiting in her car, I get in and we hug

Ma ‘’oh it’s good to have my baby girl back’’

Me ‘’I am happy to be outside mama, I have missed my
freedom’’
Ma ‘’you have it now, Tshepi please behave or you will go back
and for good this time’’
Me ‘’oh mother relax’’
Ma ‘’let’s go get my grandson then’’
Ma ‘’not today ma, I need to be in the right space’’
Ma ‘’no no Tshepi, we miss AJ we need to go get him’’
Me ‘’mama I said not today hao, I just want to have a long hot
bubble bath, eat steak with
vegetables and some dry red wine’’
Ma ‘’mxm, call the maid to prepare that for you’’ I take her
phone and instruct our maid, I am out of
here, I will get my son, just not now, I need to look my best
when I face Andile, I had plenty of time
to think inside that hell hole and I know what I need to do.

Kagiso

I had a meeting, but the person cancelled on the last minute, so

I decided to stay and have lunch coz
I was already here plus its lunch time already, I was having my
soda, and my thoughts were having
their way with me. The stress I have from my mother and Lebo
is just too much hey. I don’t even
want to think of it. My eyes wonder around and I see a glowing
beautiful Kutlwano on the other
table busy with her phone, I decide to go join her, I hope she
won’t have a problem. I stand infront
of her and she lifts her head from the screen

Her ‘’oh hi’’

Me ‘’hello Tlwano, how are you?’’
Her ‘’I am okay thanks, wena?’’
Me ‘’ke right lenna, you waiting for someone?’’
Her ‘’no, just came to have lunch then go back to the office’’
Me ‘’come to think of it I never really knew where you worked’’
I say sitting down
Her ‘’time you were chowing my money, left right and centre’’ I
look that embarrassed
Me ‘’and I apologise for everything I ever put you through’’
Her ‘’it’s okay, I am over all of that’’
Me ‘’I am glad to hear that, you deserve your peace’’
Her ‘’that I do hey’’ the was awkward silence
Me ‘’so how is work?’’ I start again
Her ‘’hectic very hectic hey, we are very busy it’s that time of
the year’’
Me ‘’yeah you would be so tired that you would sleep with your
shoes on at times’’ I laugh alone
Her ‘’yeah hey’’
Me ‘’but you have a rich fiancé, you could just be a house wife’’
Her ‘’that is more of your girlfriends style, and besides I love
what I do’’ ouch that hurt
Me ‘’sorry I didn’t mean to’’
Her ‘’its okay Kagiso’’
Me ‘’I wish I could take it all back, all the pain I have caused
you’’
Her ‘’I am super glad that you can’t coz I wouldn’t have met
Andile and you wouldn’t be with the
love of your life trying for a family coz I was a barren woman
who couldn’t fulfil her wifely duties’’ I
felt that
Me ‘’you love him ne?’’
Her ‘’not that it is any of your business but I do Love him’’ I felt
a sting, jealousy consuming my heart
Me ‘’I hope he treats you right’’
Her ‘’he knows the jewel that he has, not to sound rude but I
won’t discuss my fiancé with you’’ she
said with a straight face
Me ‘’oh sorry I was just’’ she cut me off
Her ‘’enough with the sorries dude jeez, we are not friends me
and you, when you see me just greet
and move along and I will do the same’’ my heart broke further
Me ‘’I will excuse you, enjoy your lunch’’ she sighed
Her ‘’thank you and you too’’ she looked at her phone and I
stood up embarrassed, wat was I hoping
for, a conversation until midnight, I mean I hurt this girl, I broke
her even then I want to sit like
nothing happened, I just I just miss her, the type of woman she
is and I just want to go back to where
we used to be, I want Kutlwano back, I want to marry her again,
hell I made a mistake and I want to
rectify it, I want my wife. I couldn’t go back to the table so I just
left.
Chapter 53
Kagiso

I just parked outside from the gym and I hear them screaming
at each other, oh Jesus what have I
gotten myself into dear Lord, these woman don’t have peace
they fight every chance they get, I
think I should get myself an apartment and leave them here, I
take my staff and walk in the house
and the screaming escalates.

Lebo ‘’that is you problem, you want to dictate your son’s life’’
Ma ‘’yes, he is my son, so I have a right to give him advice’’
Lebo ‘’if you were giving him advise yes, but you old hag are
destroying his life, he is a grown ass
man, he can make his own decisions’’
Ma ‘’yei wena, you have failed at what brought you here, I
wanted grandkids but where are they,
you ate all of them, from abortion to abortion, I want you out of
here’’
Lebo ‘’sorry you old witch, I am not going anywhere, if there is
someone who needs to leave its you’’
my mom laughs
Ma ‘’leave my own son’s house, you must be crazy’’
Lebo ‘’old woman what is your problem, do you want to sleep
with your son, do you want to be a
mother and wife to him, why are you so obsessed with him
like’’ okay that was enough I had to
intervene.
Me ‘’shut up, shut the hell up you too, this is my house and I
want peace, can’t we go for one day
without you too being at each other’s throats, I am tired of this
shit tired’’ I shout
Ma ‘’its this piece of shit you call a fiancé’’
Me ‘’I don’t give a damn who started it ma, you are older you
should have avoided the quarrel and
wena Lebo, you will not talk to my mother like that’’
Ma ‘’yes tell her’’ can my mother just shut up.
Me ‘’mama, I want you to move back to bloem, I will support
you like I have been doing, but it’s time
you left now, maKele please you should also move out, we will
assist you with rent but you need to
leave’’
Lebo ‘’bathong babe, who will cook for us then’’
Me ‘’you said you wanted a house right, as the woman of the
house you will do all those’’
Ma ‘’you are throwing me out of my house’’
Me ‘’no Ma, but I need peace and that will only happen when
you have moved out and it’s just me
and Lebo’’ she faked a cry but I just ignored her and walked
away, I am tired of this shit.

Andile

Saturdays with Lolo are the best, we normally go out but today
her feet were a bit swollen so I am
making sure she is taking it easy, it’s just me and her in the
house, I don’t know where Sbu is but my
parents and aunt went to check the farm my dad brought for
moms, apparently she is going into
commercial farming and that is a great business move, with
dads contacts it will flourish. Lolo is
obsessed with foot rubs, so since I am the one who knocked her
up it’s my responsibility to keep her
happy and give her all she wants. AJ was sleeping on top of her
with his head on his belly, that’s his favourite position

Me ‘’is he asleep?’’
Her ‘’he just closed his eyes, let him sleep a bit then move him
to the crib’’
Me ‘’okay love, and the princess?’’
Her ‘’she seems to love it when her brother sleeps on top of
her’’ I chuckle,
Me ‘’they are bonding
I just can’t wait for her to come’’
Her ‘’me too baby’’ the doorbell rings and the helper walks in
with Tshepi a few minutes later.
Me ‘’what the hell are you doing here you snake’’ I say
removing Lolo’s feet on top of me standing
up, she started crying, Lolo stood up and put AJ in his crib
Lolo ‘’you have the nerve Tshepiso, after the shit you pulled you
show your face here’’
Tshepi ‘’I just came to apologise Andile, I am sorry, I was not in
the right frame of mind’’
Me ‘’so that’s the bullshit that got you out, you played the
mentality challenged card to avoid
standing trial’’ she wiped that fake tear
Tshepi ‘’I was really not myself and the psychiatrist can attest to
that’’ lolo laughs
Lolo ‘’you might have manipulated the system, but you can’t
manipulate God, he will punish you for
this’’
Tshepi ‘’I am so sorry please forgive me’’
Me ‘’I want you to take your flat ass and get the hell out of
here’’
Tshepi ‘’I just want to see my son Andi please’’
Me ‘’which son, I want you to stay away from my family’’
Tshepi ‘’you can’t keep AJ from me, I am his mother, he needs
me’’ I laugh
Me ‘’the day you used him as a pawn in your silly games, that is
when you ceased to be his mother,
he does not need a lunatic like you’’ she cried
Tshepi ‘’I am begging you please, even the court knows a little
child needs their mother, he needs’’
Me ‘’oh please show me that crazy court that will grant you
custody of my son’’
Tshepi ‘’let me just hold him then’’ she is not hearing me, anger
just came to me faster, I changed to
her and grabbed her by her arm and dragged her out of this
house, I threw her out and I shut the
door. I was sweating, mad as hell how dare she. I go back to the
lounge and Lolo is siting brushing
her tummy
Me ‘’baby I am sorry she came here, I didn’t even know she was
out I swear’’
Lolo ‘’it’s okay Ndile, just keep her away from me’’ I realise the
brushing her tummy gesture is a
protective sign, she is scared for our baby
Me ‘’I will protect you and princess I promise my love’’
Lolo ‘’money has once again proved that our justice system is
fucked up’’ I sigh and take her into my
arms, I will not fail you twice my love never, she will never come
between us ever again, I say to myself.

Tshepi
I get up from the ground and pick myself up crying, I have a
little cut on my knee from the fall, I am
so mad, he refused me seeing my son, and he man handled me,
to top it all she is damn pregnant
and playing mommy to AJ, oh they will pay for side-lining me
and they will learn the hard, like I said
the last time, If I cannot have him, no one will, I go back to my
house and go to my next
appointment, I park at some dingy park, and lock my doors and
wait for the person, I see him
approach then I open, he gets in.
Him ‘’what do you want Tshepi’’
Me ‘’come on why are you so cold’’
Him ‘’the last contact I gave you is in jail, my contacts no longer
trust me’’
Me ‘’I am sorry man, I will pull some strings to get him out, I am
a prosecutor remember’’
Him ‘’you better, coz you messed up my street cred’’
Me ‘’calm down, you know I keep to my promises’’
Him ‘’what do you want, I know you didn’t call me for this bull’’
I laugh
Me ‘’I want a gun’’
Him ‘’who are you planning to kill’’
Me ‘’not kill just scare’’
Him ‘’okay, I will organise and call you’’ I hand him R5000 and
he walks out and I drive away.
Chapter 54
Andile

I am so frustrated with Tshepi, I would kill her with my bare

hands, she has really shaken up my
woman, and I don’t want her to stress and put the baby in
danger, I am scared so scared that she
might decide to leave me again, I need to find security for her,
24 hour security detail, I think I even
need her to move in with us so I can look out for her myself. I
need to talk to my father about this, I
walk in his study and he is on the phone with my mother, she
has started her agriculture short
course, so she spends most of her day at school then after go to
the farm so they teach her practical
things, he hangs up and has this widest smile on his face, it
disappears soon as he sees my
expression
Him ‘’haibo son, what is wrong, you look like you are carrying
the worlds problems’’
Me ‘’eish baba, it’s like I keep on fighting the same demon, over
and over again and it just won’t give
me a break’’ he sighs
Him ‘’what happened’’
Me ‘’would you believe Tshepi is out, coz the psychiatrist said
she is not mentally fit to stand trial’’
Him ‘’what and why were we not informed’’
Me ‘’I honestly don’t know, she came here yesterday and Lolo is
worried baba, I want her to move in
and also organise some guards for her, I don’t trust Tshepi
pops’’
Him ‘’definitely, I will get a full security team for her and some
for the house, so they can look out
for AJ’’
Me ‘’thank you baba’’
Him ‘’its only a pleasure son’’
Me ‘’I need to talk her into moving in with us’’
Him ‘’that would make looking out for her easy’’
Me ‘’I will get to convincing her soon pops, I don’t know when
Tshepi will strike’’
Him ‘’that is true son’’
Me ‘’anyway, how is her first lesson’’ he smile
Him ‘’she is really enjoying it hey, she is so excited it is a bliss to
see’’ I laugh
Me ‘’I am glad she is happy’’
Him ‘’me too boy, you know a happy queen means the kingdom
is at peace’’ I nod smiling

Lebo

I walk in and Kagiso has dozed on the couch, his phone in his
hands, he has been acting weird these
past days and it is not making me feel at ease, so this is the
perfect opportunity to go through his
phone, I take it and luckily he doesn’t move but snores deeply, I
know he is out of it. His phone
doesn’t have any password so accessing it is not a problem, the
first thing that appears on the phone
is an old photo of him and Kutlwano, he was about to post it coz
it was already captioned. I guess he
was fighting with himself on whether to post or not, the picture
is captioned *i often wonder how I
became so stupid and lost this perfect woman, I don’t believe in
regrets but God knows that loosing
you is my biggest regret, all I will pray for is one more chance or
maybe in our next life? She is
everything and more, three times a lady* I wanted to smash
this damn phone, but I don’t want him
to see that I am aware of his plans, so he wants to leave me and
go back to Kutlwano, what the hell
does she have that all these man go crazy over, I hate her I hate
her with passion. I put the phone
down and walk to my mother’s bedroom crying

Me ‘’mama, you won’t believe, Kagiso wants to go back to

Kutlwano’’
Her ‘’what, how do you know this’’
Me ‘’I saw some message on his phone mama’’ I cry some
more, she goes to close the door
Her ‘’shit this is not good but Kutlwano won’t go back to him
and leave her billionaire’’
Me ‘’that’s true mama but he can leave me and find another
girl with Kutlwano’s personality’’
Her ‘’oh that is true Lebo, you can’t lose him, what will you do
with your life’’
Me ‘’what will we do mama’’
Her ‘’are you still trying for a child’’
Me ‘’we have sex most nights mama. But still nothing’’
Her ‘’you need to fall pregnant nana soon’’
Me ‘’but how mama how’’
Her ‘’we don’t have a choice but you will need to cheat and
maybe you will conceive faster than with
Kagiso’’
Me ‘’ma
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you want me to sleep with another man, and say the child is
his’’
Her ‘’that is our only chance Lebo, it will stay between us, he
will never find out the baby is not his’’
Me ‘’I don’t know mama’’
Her ‘’wake up Lebo, you must do this. Or you will be nothing, no
matric, not qualification no job’’ she
was making sense, so I just nodded
Her ‘’I will arrange everything soon’’ she hugged me as I cry
some more

Ebere

This is the first time I am enjoying myself in this country, from

going from man to man as a prostitute
to being a waitress at a restaurant earning peanuts, my sister
has been living here like a queen while
I suffered, have you seen how her husband looks at her and
how her son’s adore him, I crave for that
too, I want to be loved and appreciated like that, Shirley is living
her best life, she drives an
expensive car, lives in a mansion, has a lot of money in her
account, she affords anything at any
time, and now she even has a farm, her own farm that will
make her more money, I often wonder
why the universe has always favoured her, she was my father’s
favourite and he didn’t even hide,
she was the type of girl all the mothers in our village wanted
their son’s to marry. I am just 2 years Younger
than her so it was hard been as perfect as her and when she ran
away I thought here is my chance to
be a somebody, but still everyone was just too broken to even
see that I existed, here I am again,
we went through the same human trafficking syndicate and she
escaped and I didn’t, I was
prostituted and she got herself a rich husband, once again the
universe favoured her, how is it that
everything good happens to her and nothing but heartbreak
and misery follow me, I had buried all
this hate but she just had to show living the best life, she mocks
me when she treats me like a charity
case, I want this life, I want her life and I will get it. She came
back under the tree where I was seated
after her lesson with the farmer.

Her ‘’sisi, are you okay’’ I fake a smile

Me ‘’I am perfectly fine, are you enjoying your lesson’’ she
smiles wider
Her ‘’I am having so much learning, Wakhe got me the best
teacher, he is patient with me’’
Me ‘’you are blessed to have a husband like him’’ I say with a
smile but the bitterness in my heart
Her ‘’I cannot thank God enough for blessing me with Wakhe as
my husband’’ she blushes
Me ‘’I am sure. I am tired can we go’’
Her ‘’oh sorry, I thought we could take you shopping’’
Me ‘’oh is there anything wrong with my clothes Ngozi I know
they are not fancy as yours’’ her eyes
widened, I told you she likes mocking me
Her ‘’no, I just wanted to do something nice for you, I am sorry I
didn’t mean to offend you’’
Me ‘’can we just go’’
Her ‘’take the keys and go to the car I am coming just have to
talk to the staff for a few minutes’’ she
hands me the keys and I get so mad, she even orders me
around, she thinks she thinks I am her maid
to tell me what to do like a child, she narrows her eyes so I fake
a smile
Me ‘’sorry sisi, you know I just don’t want to feel like a charity
case, you know after Emeka’’ I faked a
tear and she came to hug me.
Her ‘’its okay I understand, everything will be okay my sister I
promise, maybe we can get you a
psychologist’’ I nod continue faking this cry but deep down in
my heart I know I hate her. She is too
perfect and is everything I am not but wished I was.
Chapter 55
Zwane

There is something about my wife’s sister that isn’t siting well

with me, my spirit is not at ease, and
this is worrying me really, but maybe I am over thinking things
since I don’t want to trust people
easily when it comes to Shirley and my son’s. People constantly
want to tear us apart so maybe that
is why I am putting up walls to protect us, but Ebere is family I
should just let it go, it’s a Saturday
and I am with my wife and grandson, then the sister came to
join us, we are just having drinks and a
light conversation.
Me ‘’haibo AJ, this is the third time you messed up your T-shirt’’
Shirley ‘’just wipe him with those baby wipes Wakhe I will
change him in a few minutes’’ I did as
instructed and rocked him so he can sleep
Me ‘’so my wife I was thinking’’ she smiled
Shirley ‘’share’’
Me ‘’I want us to go on holiday, just the two of us’’ she blushed
Shirley ‘’that sounds great, but honey you know I have school’’
Me ‘’I know my love, hence I was hoping it would be for the
weekend and in the country’’
Shirley ‘’so thoughtful Wakhe, where do you want us to go’’
Me ‘’anywhere my beautiful wife chooses, I live to please her
after all’’ she blushed
Shirley ‘’I would love to go to Cape Town’’ she sounded so
excited
Me ‘’consider it done, next weekend we are leaving prepare
yourself’’ she smiled and looked at her
sister who had a sour look but quickly faked a smile when her
sister turned to her and my spirit just
went I told you so
Ebere ‘’you are lucky sisi to have a husband like Mr Zwane’’ I
chuckled
Me ‘’I am blessed to have her as my wife, and please call me
Muzi’’ she gave me a genuine smile and
I just wondered
Ebere ‘’I wish to find a husband just like you Muzi’’ she said
blushing and I frowned, just like me, that
is weird hey
Shirley ‘’God will bless you when the time is right’’ she faked a
smile again and I narrowed my eyes,
what is wrong with this girl, she gives me a genuine smile but
fakes one with her sister, it is official I
don’t trust this girl, I have a feeling she hates my wife and that
is not something that sits well with me.

Tshepi

I have been friends with Shirley’s sister for a week now, I made
a stupid conversation with her at the
grocery store and made sure I made her feel important so she
can welcome me, we have been
chatting every day, she has no clue that I am AJ’s mother, she
talks a lot that she let it slip that
Andile’s Parents are going to Cape Town, and that he is driving
them to the airport and she will be
babysitting the child until Kutlwano knocks off, I made her invite
me for drinks, I disguised so the
security doesn’t see me and also changed cars, my plan will go
very smoothly. I am parked at a
corner and I see Andile’s car leave and I know he is taking them
to the airport, I wait five minutes
then drive to the house, and I got in with no problem coz Ebere
confirmed me as her friend, stupid girl.

Me ‘’oh hey friend’’

Her ‘’hello, welcome, let’s go inside’’
Me ‘’you live in a beautiful house’’
Her ‘’my sister’s husband is a rich man’’
Me ‘’I can see that hey’’
Her ‘’you should see Muzi, he is sexy for his age, I wouldn’t
mind getting it on with him’’
Me ‘’you would do that to your sister’’
Her ‘’arg that one, it would teach her a lesson to calm down
from that high horse’’ okay she is crazy,
but that is not my business
Me ‘’okay, so where is the baby’’
Her ‘’arg that brat is sleeping, he has been screaming so I
drugged him with some meds’’ whaaaat
this bitch does she want to kill my baby, I felt my blood boil but I
quickly composed myself
Me ‘’he is only a child though’’ she rolled her eyes
Her ‘’not mine, what would you like to drink’’ I fake a smile
Me ‘’water please’’ she stood up and that is when I took the
vase on the coffee table and hit her
hard on the head she passed out, I took her, sat her on the
dining chair then tied her up, I went to
pick up my son from the crib, he was sleeping looking so much
like his daddy, I kissed his forehead
Me ‘’I am back now my baby, mommy is here AJ, this is the last
crazy thing mommy has to do, to
convince Andile that I love him and he belongs to us’’ I kiss him
some more and place him in the crib
again. I take out the gun and place it on the table, am I really
doing this, but it is the only way. A few
minutes later a car parked and I went to peep by the window it
is Andile
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I quickly ran and took AJ
and my gun, I sat on the couch, and he got in shouting for his
aunt, his eyes popped when he saw
Ebere tied up and AJ in my arms with a gun.

Him ‘’get that gun away from my son Tshepi’’

Me ‘’our son Andi our son’’
Him ‘’what the hell did you do to my aunt’’
Me ‘’if you knew what she did you would thank me’’
Him ‘’put my son down and get out before I call the guards’’
Me ‘’move an inch and I will blow us up’’
Him ‘’you are crazier than I thought’’
Me ‘’I am crazy about you, can’t you see that Andile’’
Him ‘’you need help’’ I started crying
Me ‘’why won’t you love me Andile, why?’’
Him ‘’is it by force Tshepi is it?’’
Me ‘’you have known me longer, I am beautiful, smart, I gave
you a son, why isn’t that enough’’
Him ‘’you are not Kutlwano, that is why’’ I cried harder
Me ‘’Andile I love you so much, I would die for you, if you don’t
come back to me I will kill myself right now’’
Him ‘’what?’’
Me ‘’I want you to call off that engagement and come back to
me and our son, we will move away
from all of this, you will see how happy we will be baby I
promise, we can even leave now’’
Him ‘’I will do no such thing Tshepi, you need help’’
Me ‘’I need you dammit’’ I shouted and AJ woke up, I put him
down and pointed the gun to my head
Me ‘’I will kill myself now if you don’t call her and dump her,
and you will have to explain to our son
why I killed myself’’
Him ‘’go ahead, blow your brains out Tshepi, the world would
be a better place, go ahead kill
yourself’’ my eyes pop out, this is not going according to plan,
oh my God why
Me ‘’why won’t you love me why?’’ he chuckled
Him ‘’you thought I was going to fall for this little act girly, you
don’t know me shame’’ I cried some
more, another car pulled up and he looked panicky and I knew
the bitch has arrived to play mommy
to my son, I got infuriated, the door opened and he shouted
Him ‘’Lolo baby please stay outside don’t come in please baby’’
but as a strong willed woman, she
just had to come in and be Thomas
Her ‘’hao Ndile baby why’’ she dropped her handbag when she
saw the situation.
Him ‘’I need you to go home baby, I don’t want you here,
please’’ the love in his eyes as he pleads
with her put me off, I got real mad
Me ‘’she is not going anywhere, do not try me’’ she was now
scared
Him ‘’this has nothing to do with her, let her go’’
Me ‘’it has everything to do with her Andile, she is living my life,
she took you away’’ she was just
standing there scared, not even sure what to say.
Him ‘’Tshepi please’’ he loves her, she has his heart without
even trying, if she was not in the picture
this wouldn’t be happening, she is the problem she has to go,
she has to go for me to get my family,
she has to die
Me ‘’she is the one making you act like this, without her, you
will realise you belong with us’’ I
pointed the gun at Kutlwano and pulled the trigger, Andile
jumped in front and took the bullet for
her, I was not aware at first coz I shot him 3 times, oh my God
what have I done, I killed him, I didn’t
mean to oh what have I done, the door opened and the security
rushed in and I knew I would rot in
jail, I can’t have that, the only way to end this is for me to join
my love so we can be a family in our
afterlife. I looked at AJ and cried, I shot my son then shot myself
in the head, and just like that it was
all over.
Chapter 56
Kutlwano

I open my eyes and I am in a hospital ward, and Andile is the

first thing I think of, I scream
immediately in pain, the last time I saw my man he was
bleeding excessively, and AJ was just on the
couch lifeless, the pain of seeing them like that got to me that I
fainted, I get off the bed and try to
remove my IV but the Dr got in immediately and stopped me

Dr ‘’Kutlwano please come down please, if your blood pressure

spikes the baby will be in distress,
think of the baby’’
Me ‘’I don’t care about the baby, I want my fiancé, where is
Andile’’ I scream crying, I want him, I
want to see him
Dr ‘’please, if you don’t come down, I will have to sedate you’’
Sbu walked in with his eyes red from
crying
Me ‘’Sibusiso where is Andile where is my man’’
S’bu ‘’come down sisi’’ he held me tight
Me ‘’Sibu where is Ndile I need to see him, I want to see my
man please’’
Dr ‘’I should sedate her, this is not good for the baby’’
Me ‘’do not tell me about the damn baby, all I want is my Ndile,
take me to my man, Sbu please I
need him, he can’t leave me S’bu, how will I survive without, I
might as well die, I need him S’bu’’ he
cried too
S’bu ‘’sshhhhh, Andile is in theatre, they are trying to remove
the bullets, he didn’t die sis he didn’t
die, we all need to have hope and pray they pull through’’
Me ‘’he is alive? My love is still alive? He didn’t die, Ndile didn’t
leave me’’
S’bu ‘’he didn’t leave you sis, just be strong please, allow the Dr
to sedate you so you can rest and
the baby can be safe, you know he won’t be happy when he
wakes up and finds out you put his
princess in danger’’
Me ‘’wait S’bu, how is AJ’’ I say with more tears streaming down
S’bu ‘’the little man also pulled through, he is also in surgery,
sleep and when you wake up they will
all be out of theatre’’ I nod, thank you God they are alive thank
you Jesus, please be with them so
that they can pull through I beg you lord, the pain is too, I can’t
imagine my life without my Andile,
father we need more time, his daughter is going to need him,
please don’t let her grow up without
her daddy please Lord, save her brother too. God please. The Dr
injected something into my IV and Ifelt myself drift to lala land.

Shirley

Our flight got delayed a bit and I am grateful for that because,
we managed to find out what Tshepi
had done, before boarding that plane, my heart is shattered, I
couldn’t believe what S’bu said over
the phone, my baby boy, my first ever, oh Andile
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don’t die on my mommy baby please, I don’t see
myself coping if you leave this world, my husband is next to me
in the cab holding me tight, he is also
hurt but is trying realy hard to be strong for me.

Me ‘’can you drive faster dammit’’ I shout at the driver crying

Him ‘’I am sorry ma’am’I will do that’’
Wakhe ‘’MaZwane, we want to get to the hospital alive, they
said he is alive and in surgery, we will
get there eventually’’ he kisses my forehead
Me ‘’I just want my baby Wakhe, he needs to fight and come
back to us, oh Wakhe our grandson oh
dear Lord’’
Wakhe ‘’be strong my love, they will pull through’’ he said with
a breaking voice. We get to the
hospital and he pays and I practically run inside and luckily S’bu
was at the reception
S’bu ‘’mama’’ he said rushing to me and we hug, he is also
crying
Me ‘’oh my boy, how is your brother’’
S’bu ‘’they are all in the Operating room, that bitch mama that
bitch did this to my brother ma, she
has to pay mama she has to pay’’
Me ‘’vengeance is for the Lord my baby, we will pray and he will
see our family through’’
S’bu ‘’I am just so mad, mama if you can see Lolo ma she is
broken she saw their bodies ma she is
devastated all she wants is Andile’’
Me ‘’oh Lord, my daughter, where is she?’’
S’bu ‘’in her room sleeping, they sedated her’’ my husband
walked and they greeted with S’bu, I
couldn’t stop crying
Wakhe ‘’they are going to be okay my love, God will favour us
you will see, son lets go to the waiting
room, want your mother to sit down’’ we made our way to the
waiting area, my heart couldn’t bare
this pain, why must my family be tested like this oh Messiah
come through for my boy protect him
and my grandson with the mighty blood of the lamb. About 30
minutes passed and the crying had
stopped but the pain still running deep, even through this trying
time my faith is not shaken. The
Lord will show his mercy to my family. My husband stood up
and I raised my head, Tshepi’s parents
walked in, I stood up and hurried to Ntswaki, gave her a hot slap
and my husband came to stop me
Wakhe ‘’mama please come down maZwane wami’’
Me ‘’you see where all the poison you fed your child has landed
us’’
Ntswaki ‘’I am sorry Shirley I tried to talk her out of this thing
with Andile, I did trust me’’
Me ‘’you better pray that my son and grandson make it out
alive’’
Ntswaki ‘’I am so sorry Shirley, forgive me for my influence on
my daughter, I never thought she
would take it this far’’
Wakhe ‘’I know you are the one who got her out of prison, if
she was still in there all of this wouldn’t
have happened, if AJ dies just know his blood is in your hands’’
he said and pulled me back to our
seats and they went to sit further from us with Ntswaki crying.
Her tears don’t even shake me.

Thethree Doctors who were operating came in.

Dr1 ‘’Andile Zwane’’
Me ‘’yes we are here, I am his mother’’
Dr1 ‘’uhm, your son had three GSW’s (gunshot wounds) one on
the stomach, the other on his chest
then the last on his shoulder, the operation was intense but we
managed to remove all the bullets
and I am pleased to inform you that he is okay and in the
recovery wing, it will take hours before he
wakes up and the recovery will be long and painful’’ I cried to
hear that my son was out of danger,
indeed God is good
Wakhe ‘’thank you Dr and my grandson?’’
Dr2 ‘’luckily Mr Zwane little AJ was not badly injured, the bullet
was logged between his ribcage, he
just lost a lot of blood, he is okay now though, he is a fighter,
very strong’’
Ntswaki ‘’oh thank goodness AJ is okay’’
S’bu ‘’and that bitch that did all this?’’ the last Dr cleared his
throat
Dr3 ‘’well in Ms Phali’s case, I am afraid I am not the barrier of
good news’’ Ntswaki screamed
Ntswaki ‘’oh no no, please don’t say it’’
Phali ‘’just shut up Ntswaki and let the Dr finish speaking ’’’
Dr3 ‘’thank you Sir, we removed the bullet from her skull, she is
not brain dead which is miraculous,
but honestly her quality of life won’t be the same, we have
detected that she will be speech
impaired and also she lost the function of her right hand’’ her
mother screamed in pain some more
and the Dr’s told us we can see them.
Chapter 57
Andile

I open my eyes and its foggy, I hear the beeping sounds of

machines, I look around and I see I am at
the hospital, the events of the house play in my head and I
immediately jump and hurt myself a bit,
the machines beep faster and louder and the Dr comes rushing
in

Dr ‘’Sir please come down or you will hurt yourself’’ I try and
come down
Me ‘’where is my fiancé, is she okay, did Tshepi shoot her’’
Dr ‘’who is your fiancé so I can find out’’
Me ‘’Lolo, sorry I mean Kutlwano’’ he smiles
Dr ‘’oh the pregnant lady, yes she is okay, she was not shocked,
we just sedated her so she could
come down, she was agitated, we were worried for the baby’’ I
sigh in relief
Me ‘’please call my family in, are they around’’
Dr ‘’yes, I will bring them in. for now, how is your pain’’
Me ‘’I feel like I have been hit by a truck’’
Dr ‘’I will give you some painkillers’’ I smiled and he walked out.
A few minutes later my family
walked in, S’bu pushing Lolo on the wheelchair, she is already
crying her eyes out, and that breaks
my heart, my mom looks horrible, and my dad is being himself
bottling in his emotions trying to be
strong for everyone else, I mentally roll my eyes at that
thought.
Ma ‘’oh my boy, oh thank God you are awake, I’m glad you
came back to us, oh I love you my boy’’
Me ‘’I love you too mom, sorry for scaring you guys’’
Dad ‘’it’s good to see you awake Andile’’
Me ‘’it’s good to be awake, I thought I was dying at some point’’
I laugh
S’bu ‘’don’t joke like that man, thank heavens you are okay’’
Me ‘’I see I got you crying bafo, you love me don’t you’’ we all
laugh except my woman who is crying
silently
Me ‘’can I say hi to my girl now?’’ they smile and make space for
the Queen and my dad helps push
her near me, she stood up and sat on the bed then buried her
face in my neck, luckily not the side
where I was shot.
Me ‘’shhhhh baby, thula sthandwa sam, I am okay now. I am
back to you, I could leave you and
princess no AJ’’ she continued weeping
Lolo ‘’oh Ndile don’t ever scare me like that’’
Me ‘’I am sorry baby, I love you and I am here now, hush, we
don’t want to upset princess’’ she
laughs between sobs
Lolo ‘’she was sad thinking daddy left us’’
Me ‘’daddy is going nowhere, now look at me and give me
some sugar’’ I try to improve her mood,
she giggles and look at then smile, then lowers her face to me
and we kiss passionately
S’bu ‘’’get a room you too’’
Me ‘’we are in one, you all should excuse us’’
Lolo ‘’don’t be silly baby’’ she is still scared I can see her in her
eyes but at least she is smiling, this
woman loves me you guys
Me ‘’so where is AJ and is Tshepi arrested’’ they all looked
down. Okay what is going on here?
Ma ‘’baby boy, Tshepi shot herself in the head, she is here in
recovery also, but she is not doing
good, and she also shot AJ’’ I felt my whole world stop
Me ‘’she whaaat, no no mama where is my son ukuphi uJunior
ma?’’
Lolo ‘’baby calm down please, our boy is okay love, he is
recovering too, he was not badly injured, he
is okay, I saw, our boy is fine’’ I let a tear fall and she takes my
hand and tangles hers with mine and
squeeze reassuringly.
Me ‘’Tshepi is the devil herself, she could have just died, save us
all the stress, her existence is
poison’’
Ma ‘’Andile, don’t talk like that, leave God to handle this’’ my Dr
walked in holding some syringe and
pills
Dr ‘’sorry to disturb, but my patient needs to take his meds and
get some sleep, this will knock him
out
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he will only wake up in the morning, you all can go and come
back then’’
Lolo ‘’I don’t want to leave him, I can’t Dr please allow me’’
Me ‘’baby, look at me, I am okay. I will try not to die, I need you
to go home with mama and rest,
please my love, you will find me waiting tomorrow I promise
baby’’ she frowned
Lolo ‘’okay I will go, I love you Ndile’’ I blush
Me ‘’I love you too my Queen’’ everyone says goodbye and walk
out, the Dr inject me and I drink the
meds and seconds later I am out of it.

Shirley

I just thank God that my son and his son are okay, thank you
Lord for your mercy and grace. I am
also happy that my unborn baby is also fine. We get home and
all get inside and Ebere is there
waiting, she looks scared, and I am mad at her.

Lolo ‘’mama, I am going to bed, the pills are making me

drowsy’’ I smile
Me ‘’okay my love be okay, I will check up on you later’’
Wakhe ‘’makoti don’t you want anything to eat’’
Lolo ‘’no baba, I am fine but thank you’’ she says and walks
upstairs, S’bu also goes upstairs.
Ebere ‘’sisi, how is my nephew and grandson’’ I give her a death
stare
Me ‘’I open up my home to you Ebere, and you invite strangers
in my house without our permission’’
Ebere ‘’sisi, I am sorry please, I am sorry, I didn’t know Tshepi
was AJ’s mother, she told me different
information about her life’’ she cried
Me ‘’still, you had no right to open our home to people you
don’t know’’
Ebere ‘’forgive me I didn’t know she would do this’’
Me ‘’your actions have landed my son and his in hospital, what
if she had managed to kill them,
would your apology bring back my boy would it?’’
Wakhe ‘’my love please come down, lets go to our bedroom
and shower’’
Lolo ‘’she has to know how her stupidity almost cost me my
children’’
Wakhe ‘’I know maZwane, but please come down mkami,
please’’ he wipes my tears and kisses my
forehead then takes my hand and leads me upstairs. We leave
my sister screaming her lungs out, but I couldn’t be shaken.

Ntswaki
If I knew my actions would lead to this I wouldn’t have done
what I did to my daughter, I thought I
loved her but in all honesty I was toxic towards her, I wanted
her to have everything she desired but
look at where it landed me. They told me to be stricter but I just
wanted to be the best mother, I was
selfish and now she has paid the ultimate price. My husband
walked in and leaned by the door, legs
crossed and hands buried deep in his hands

Him ‘’I warned you day and night’’

Me ‘’Phali please’’ I sigh
Him ‘’no Ntswaki, you need to hear this’’
Me ‘’can’t it wait till we get home please’’
Him ‘’no It can’t, I want you to look at our daughter and see
where you finally led her’’
Me ‘’I am already blaming myself, you don’t need to add to it
please’’
Him ‘’each time I would reprimand Tshepi, you would dismiss it
and tell her not to listen to me, you
made my daughter think that I do not love her, coz I wouldn’t
give her everything she wanted, or let
her get away with things like you do’’
Me ‘’I am sorry my husband’’
Him ‘’I begged you to let her stay in prison, so she can pay for
her mistakes like every other person,
but no you just had to play super mom, now look at the
outcome’’ I cried some more
Me ‘’please’’
Him ‘’she might be paralysed for all we know, all because of
your love, this is not Love Ntswaki, in my
eyes it is the exact opposite, you made her this monster, you
encouraged her bad behaviour and
rewarded it. We almost lost our grandson and she will never see
him again, it will be a miracle if the
Zwane’s allow us near him, she is going to be charged with
attempted murder, all because you
promised her a ring, you promised her the Mrs Zwane titled,
promised her the millions, I want you to
see where your so called love has landed her’’ with that he
walked out and I just cried louder, his
words hit home, I felt them, I am responsible for this, I might as
well have been the one who pulled
the trigger.
Chapter 58
Andile
It has been a month since I was discharged from hospital, the
Dr’s were right the recovery is very
long and painful, but I am taking it like a man. My woman took
a month leave and tomorrow she has
to go back to work, though I secretly wish she could just resign
and be a house wife, but I will never
ask that of her. We were all at the dining table having Sunday
Lunch.
Baba ‘’makoti, ready to go back to work’’ she frowned
Lolo ‘’honestly baba, I am not, I don’t want to leave Andile and
AJ’’ I blush
Baba ‘’then resign Koti wami, and join the family business, there
you will come to start with work
once you have given birth and bonded with my grandbaby’’ I
looked at my dad then at my woman
waiting to hear her response
Lolo ‘’that sounds lovely baba, but I need to serve a notice with
them first’’
Baba ‘’would you do it though’’
Lolo ‘’can I give it a thought?’’ my dad smiles
Baba ‘’okay baby, and don’t worry the office is huge, you and
Andile will hardly meet trust me you
two will still find something to talk about after work’’
Me ‘’baba is right love, I would love driving to work with you
but no pressure’’
Ma ‘’exactly, no pressure my baby, choose what makes you
happy okay’’
Lolo ‘’yes ma, thank you’’ she say’s smiling
Thando ‘’if it’s all overwhelming sis you can come to my studio’’
S’bu ‘’oh my God and do what, I mean she is a corporate lady
not a clothes marker’’ I laugh
Lolo ‘’thanks sis, but trust me I can’t even sew on a button’’ we
all laugh
Ma ‘’well baby, come work with me at the farm, you know
nature has a way to keep you calm, it has
a tranquil I can’t explain’’
Me ‘’okay will you all stop trying to pouch my woman’’ they all
laugh
Ebere ‘’count me out Andi, I can’t offer her nothing coz I am
unemployed myself’’
Baba ‘’your sister asked you to join her farm but you refused so
I don’t get why you are saying that’’
Ebere ‘’farming is not my thing, I would love to work at the
company’’
Baba ’’you do not have any qualifications Ebere’’ she looked at
my mom bitterly and I narrowed my
eyes, I look at S’bu and he also saw what our aunt did, he gives
a questioning look and I shrug

Shirley
Today I woke up very late and my husband was already gone, he
is helping S’bu run the company
since Andile is not well, I am glad coz the is not a lot to do at the
farm, my team will survive today
without me, I want to wait and meet Andile’s nurse, since we all
go to work, he refused that I take
time off to take care of him like Lolo did but he is refusing and
insisted on the nurse. I woke up and
tidied my bedroom and took a shower then went down stairs, I
went to the kitchen to make myself a
cup of coffee and I notice Wakhe’s lunch that I packed last night
on the kitchen counter, he must
have forgotten it. He hates eating out and I won’t be able to
take it to the office coz I need to meet
Andile’s nurse. My sister walked in
Her ‘’hey sisi’’
Me ‘’morning Ebere, how was your night’’
Her ‘’oh I slept peacefully, my bed is very comfortable and the
sheets are everything, what about
you’’
Me ‘’I slept too great I only woke up an hour ago, I didn’t even
see my husband leave, he even forgot
his lunch’’
Her ‘’take it to him, you know he only prefers your food’’
Me ‘’I know but I need to wait for Andile’s nurse’’
Her ‘’well I could take it to the office’’ she says excitedly
Me ‘’I would really appreciate it sis’’
Her ‘’so how will I get there’’
Me ‘’the driver is off, so you will have to take an uber, I will ask
Andile to order it for you’’
Her ‘’okay sisi let me go get ready so long’’ she disappeared
upstairs and I continued making my
coffee
my son walked
Him ‘’morning mommy’’
Me ‘’morning baby, have you taken your meds’’
Him ‘’yebo ma, I did, you overslept?’’
Me ‘’I did, I didn’t even see your father leave’’ he laughs
Him ‘’you should have seen your husband, running around the
house like a headless chicken, the
man couldn’t even find his ties, you spoil him too much ma’’ I
chuckle
Me ‘’hey that is my husband you are talking about, I feel bad
though. He even forgot to take his
lunch, get Ebere an Uber, she is taking it to him’’
Him ‘’yes Mrs Zwane’’ he said taking out his phone

Mr Zwane
There is a reason why I decided to step down and enjoy my
money, being a CEO is hard work, I don’t
understand how Andile does it with so much ease, I have been
on my feet since I got in, I am so
hungry and I forgot my lunch at the house, Shirley was asleep
when I woke up and she looked so
peaceful and I couldn’t find it in my heart to wake her, but boy
did I struggle to even find socks and
ties, my wife makes that everything is ready for me, I am
nothing without Shirley and this little things
prove that, my office phone rand and Andile’s assistant called to
tell me my sister in law is here to
see me and I told her to send her through. She walked in a
minute later
Her ‘’your office is huge’’ I frown
Me ‘’Ebere, what are you doing here’’
Her ‘’oh my sister sent me to bring you your lunch’’ I blush
Me ‘’what could I be without my lovely wife’’
Her ‘’where should I put it?’’
Me ‘’just on that table, thanks, let me call my wife and thank
her too’’ I was dialling Shirley’s number
when her sister asked me the most silliest question
Her ‘’tell me what do you see in Shirley’’ I place the phone
down and look at her
Me ‘’what is that supposed to mean’’ she came and sat on my
desk with her thighs exposed, she is in
a skimpy dress, I am disgusted
Her ‘’I mean, she is old, dull, boring, I am sure she is even
boring in bed’’ my eyes popped
Me ‘’I think it is time you leave’’
Her ‘’oh come on Wakhe’’
Me ‘’only my wife calls me that, see little girl, I don’t know what
games you are playing, but you will
never disrespect my wife in my presence and think that is okay,
also, you are nothing and will never
be half the woman your sister is, even if you were given a
million years to catch up to her, I love my
woman matured and classy not confused and slutty, now get
the hell out of my office’’ she started
crying
Her ‘’I am so sorry Mr Zwane, I didn’t mean to do this, is just
that I was taught to be this kind of
person, Emeka really messed me up’’ a part of me felt for her
but another part remembered how bitterly she once looked at
her Sister, she was full of hate, the pity disappeared after that
Me ‘’I said get the hell out of my office’’ I screamed and she got
off the table and hurried to the door, the nerve nxa
Chapter 59

Zwane
My day has been off since Ebere decided to be the devil, I have
thought long and hard and I will not
mention this to my wife, I know how woman like her operate, I
will keep my office footage safe in
case she runs to my wife and spins this whole thing, I know I
should just come clean but I don’t want
to hurt my wife like that, most of you will judge me for this, but
I know what I am doing, I hate
keeping things from Shirley but this I will and maybe confide in
one of my sons. I get home and park
in the drive, I find them already at the dinner table, I told them
to start eating without me, I find
everyone eating except my wife, I smile and she returns it
Me ‘’sorry I am late family, got caught up in traffic’’
Shirley ‘’it’s okay my love, how was your day’’ she asks taking of
my jacket and my briefcase
Me ‘’just long and the devil tried to test me but like always he
failed’’ I look at Ebere and she looks
down scared as hell
Shirley ‘’the Lord we serve is faithful my love’’
Me ‘’all the time honey, so madam what time did you wake up’’
she laughs
Shirley ‘’oh Wakhe I woke up so late around 10:30’’ I chuckle
coz she never sleeps past 6am
Me ‘’were you tired?’’
Shirley ‘’I guess so, the farm can get hectic’’
S’bu ‘’you deserved the rest my queen’’
Me ‘’true son, even so my love I was a total mess in the
morning, I couldn’t find anything, I swear I
didn’t even know how to turn on the shower tap’’ they all
laugh
Andile ‘’exaggerating much baba’’ I frown
Thando ‘’hai ma you spoil him too much’’
S’bu ‘’spoil is an understatement shame’’
Shirley ‘’hey this is my husband, leave him’’
Me ‘’tell them Mrs Zwane’’ I say blushing and they all laugh
Ebere ‘’sorry everyone, I am not feeling good, I am going to
rest’’
Shirley ‘’hao sisi, what is the matter’’
Ebere ‘’just a headache from the afternoon’’ I roll my eyes
Shirley ‘’oh sorry, there are painkillers in the bathroom’’ she
nods and walks upstairs. Mxm

Lebo
I finally found myself another man who I have been sleeping
with, so I can get pregnant, and that
also is taking its precious time, but I will conceive soon, I know
that, I can feel it deep down in my
heart. I need this child, it is the only thing that will guarantee
me Kagiso and this life I want. I am not
about to lose him back to Kutlwano or any other woman. I just
got back home from seeing Dave, the
guy I have being having sex with, I must admit nigger knows his
story and the dick size is also on
point, I find Kagiso sitting on the couch, I pass him without
greeting. I do this every time I have been
with Dave so we can fight and not have sex.
Him ‘’where have you been?’’
Me ‘’out’’ he chuckles
Him ‘’it is 9pm Kelebogile , you left here in the morning and you
only coming back now’’
Me ‘’I am sorry’’
Him ‘’listen here, this is my house, which means my rules, you
will never again come back at this
time on a weekday without informing me of your whereabouts’’
Me ‘’are you for real right now’’
Him ‘’I am dead serious, you leave this house without cooking
and cleaning, you don’t take care of
me yet you want me to jump when you want something, well
that is about to change missy’’
Me ‘’what is that supposed mean’’ I bat my eyebrows
Him ‘’I mean you will have pull up your weight, pussy alone
won’t get you everything from me’’ my
eyes pop
Me ‘’whaaaaaaaaaaat’’
Him ‘’I let go of the maid today
meaning it is now your responsibility to cook clean and do the
laundry are we clear’’
Me ‘’I am not a maid Kagiso’’
Him ‘’and I am not a money machine, if I get a maid, you will
have to get a job and pay for your
lifestyle’’ I start crying
Me ‘’this is not love Kagiso’’ he laughs
Him ‘’between us it has never been about that, so decide missy,
you want to be the lady of the
house and do everything to keep it in order or you want to be
an employee, plus I have a tea lady
post open at the office’’ what an insult, the only way to get him
back to the loving and caring man is
to fall pregnant and fast. The is nothing he wants more in this
world than to be a father, and I will
give him that and I know I am guaranteed the queen ship
forever.

Tshepi ‘
I have been awake for two weeks, and I have been pretending
to have amnesia, so I don’t go to jail,
the Dr’s are buying my story since the brain is one complicated
thing. I regret what I did every day
and I am really sorry for it, but I can’t go back to prison I
wouldn’t survive it at all no, condemn me all
you want but I will cry amnesia till the day I die. My speech is
impaired now, I cannot speak properly
and my mouth has turned more to my left, my right hand is no
longer working and worse I will use
the wheelchair for the rest of my life. If you ask me this is all the
punishment I deserve, jail can miss
me. I am sorry and I regret what I did. What I do not know is if
Andile and AJ are alive or not, guilt
has been eating through my soul, especially for my son, how I
could let my love for Andile push me
into shooting my own son, what made me do it was seeing how
Andile jumped in front of the bullet
to save Kutlwano, and from there I saw that even if she died he
will never love me, so what was the
point, I just wanted to die with him hoping that in the afterlife
he will realise how much I love him.
My mother comes in, she is here every day crying and blaming
herself, I pretend not to know she is
and that hurts her more, she hasn’t spoken of Andile or AJ and
that is really what I want to know, so
I decided that today I will ask, I know she won’t tell anyone that
I remember everything and risk me
being sent to jail, she sits next to me and brush my hair, I look at
her and she lets out a tear
Her ‘’I am sorry baby girl I was such a bad mother to you’’ she
sniffs
Her ‘’I should have been the parent and showed right from
wrong, look at you now, everything is a
mess. Oh my baby’’ I move my eyes to the door and it is open
Me ‘’mom go ad close the door please’’ her eyes pop and she
wipes her tears
Her ‘’what, you know who I am?’’
Me ‘’yes, just go and close the door’’ she hurries and closes
then comes back all shocked
Her ‘’wait is you memory back’’
Me ‘’I never lost it mama’’
Her ‘’I don’t understand you said’’ I roll my eyes
Me ‘’I know what I said mama, I said that so I don’t go to jail’’
Her ‘’what, Tshepiso, what is wrong with you’’ she started
crying
Me ‘’mama please, how is Andile and AJ’’
Her ‘’I can’t believe this, I can’t believe you’’
Me ‘’just answer the question, how is my son’’ she laughs
Her ‘’are you even remorseful Tshepiso’’ I roll my eye
Me ‘’of course I am mama, AJ is my son’’ she shook her head
and walked out crying
Me ‘’mama come back please’’ I say louder just not loud
enough for the nurses to her me, she
walked out without even looking back. What is wrong with her?
Chapter 60

Ntswaki
I left the hospital and went straight to the hospital, I sat in my
car wondering if I should report this or
not, I was so scared that I called my husband to come, he was
worried about me, I explained what
happened and he was so shocked, pass me I can say. he didn’t
tell me what to do, he just told me to
decide, and for once I decided to be a mother and show my
child love and that is me reporting her
so she can know that every action has a consequence, as much
as it hurt I reported what had
happened and the police came with us to the hospital and they
brought their psychiatrist with so she
can assess, and you won’t believe that the psychiatrist said she
is really suffering amnesia and that
she faked knowing who she was, apparently she concluded that
Tshepi took bits and pieces from
conversations to make herself feel better, I couldn’t believe my
eyes but at the same time I
understand why that would be her conclusion coz wow the
show my daughter pulled is Grammy
award winning perfume hai I gave birth to a snake shame. I was
so heartbroken coz this means she
will get away with this. We didn’t even stay after the cops were
done we followed, she has been
asking the nurses to call and ask me to come see me and I told
them I will be there, but I am not
ready to face so I wont be going anytime soon. I am having a
glass of whisky when my husband
walked in
Him ‘’I am proud of you’’ I frowned
Me ‘’what do you mean’’
Him ‘’you finally became her mother, you did the hardest thing
and that was the first to rectifying
those mistakes’’
Me ‘’but still, she won’t pay for what she did’’
Him ‘’still, you didn’t keep the truth to yourself, you reported it,
as hard as it was’’
Me ‘’I guess’’
Him ‘’be proud of yourself too Ntswaki’’
Me ‘’I am the reason she turned out like this’’
Him ‘’for the mere fact that you realise that it means you are
being accountable and that is the first
step you need’’
Me ‘’I wish I did a lot of things differently’’
Him ‘’it wont change anything, but you can work on being a
better parent’’
Me ‘’I really created a monster in my daughter, I disrespected
and hurt you Phali, forgive me please’’
Him ‘’it’s okay, come lets go to bed’’

Kutlwano
My pregnancy has been the best time of my life, my baby and I
have this bond I can’t explain, I am
grateful that God heard my cry and gave me a chance to carry a
life inside of me and a chance to
know how it feels to love someone unconditionally, I almost
became a single parent but God was
not for it and for that I am grateful once more that he kept
Andile safe, I love that man like my life
depends on it. As amazing as it is to be carrying this amazing
soul I still have some complaints, why
does she (I assume) have to make me hate my favourite food
and make me obsess over things I
hated, imagine I am now a fan of pumpkin and I hated that
thing, who even eats peanut butter with
cheese and ghekins, yes those are my 2 am cravings, she needs
to come now. I am on my way to the
Zwane house, and TGIF, so it means I am waking up next to my
man all weekend. I get there and
park in the drive way and notice his nurses car still there, I don’t
like that girl man, or is it my
hormones. I get in and hear her giggle like a school girl
Her ‘’oh you are so funny Andile’’
Him ‘’my woman would agree with you there’’ I blush at his
statement
Her ‘’she is really blessed to have you’’
Him ‘’honestly Nandi, I am the one who is blessed, I love that
woman with all my heart, I would do
everything she asks of me’’ I blush some more and brush my
bump
Her ‘’so you telling me you would never cheat
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I mean look at you, I am sure girls throw themselves
at you, I know I am attracted to you’’ What the hell bitch
Him ‘’I would never hurt Lolo like that, she is everything I have
ever wished for in a woman and
honestly no woman would ever catch my eye like that, I only
have the hots for her, all these girls I
see them as my brothers’’ aow that is my man, take that bitch
Her ‘’ouch, I guess I stand no chance hey’’
Him ‘’not even one sorry, it can only be the mother of my
babies’’ she faked a laugh
Her ‘’I was just kidding, I would mix business with pleasure’’ liar
mxm only saying that coz he
rejected you, walk in making it look like I didn’t hear them
Me ‘’hey baby’’ I say going to kiss him and he smiles and kisses
my belly
Him ‘’and the queen walks in, hey my love I have missed you
two’’ I blushed
Me ‘’we missed you too daddy, see we even left work early, oh
hi Zandi’’ she smiles
Her ‘’hi Kutlwano, and it’s Nandi’’ bitch I know that, it was on
purpose
Me ‘’oh my bad’’
Her ‘’its okay. I need to finish cleaning Andile’s wounds’’
Him ‘’oh no you can take the rest of the day off, Lolo will finish
off, right baby?’’ I smile and nod

Thando
I have been around Bafana so much, it made me fall deeper
with him and I noticed that he won’t
dump his girlfriend for me, I guess he doesn’t believe that I
have changed, I spoke to my mom
(Shirley) about it and she advised that I let him be coz this will
only cause me pain, she had a point, I
came back home to rebuild my life and that has been going on
well, I feel loved and I feel like I finally
have a mother who loves me and can tell me when I am doing
wrong rather than letting me get
away with things and call it love, I am grateful and blessed that
she loves me like her own, my
brothers are lucky to have been the fruits of her womb. I was in
the kitchen with her, I am learning
how t cook and its fun
Her ‘’that’s enough now baby, you can add the pepper’’ she
said smiling sweetly
Me ‘’this is so much fun’’
Her ‘’I am glad you are enjoying it’’
Me ‘’ I am and mama’’
Her ‘’yes baby’’ I sigh deeply
Me ‘’I love you so much’’ she stopped chopping the vegetables
and looked at me with a huge smile
Her ‘’oh Thando, oh baby, I love you too sweetheart’’ she gave
me the warmest hug and felt safe
and loved, my phone disturbs our moment, I answer and talk
then hang up
Me ‘’mama, that was Bafana, he asked to see me’’ she smiles
Her ‘’your absence got to him, he misses you’’
Me ‘’you think so’’ she smiles
Her ‘’take your time before going, make him sweat a little for
not noticing that you have changed
and you love him’’ I laugh
Me ‘’no offence mama, but how do you know these things I
mean baba was your first boyfriend and
you ended up marrying him’’ she blushes
Her ‘’ai suka, I watch movies’’ I burst out laughing
Me ‘’oh my God’’ she laughs and we continue cooking, I will go
see him once I am done with my
mother
Chapter 61
Thando
I park outside his place and I am honestly nervous but I don’t
know why, so my mom advised that I
look classy, so my outfit right now is on point, I walk out and
walk to his door then knock, he shouts
come in and I walk in, he is sitting on the couch and watching
soccer but mutes the TV soon as he
sees me
Him ‘’hey T’’ he says standing up and we share a brief hug
Me ‘’hey, I came as soon as I could’’ he smiles
Him ‘’you look amazing, where were you’’
Me ‘’oh just shopping with my mother, is everything okay’’
Him ‘’can we please sit’’ I do as he asks and he follows
Him ‘’you have been scares these days, where are you hiding’’
Me ‘’nowhere really, I just work most days and when I am not, I
spend time with my family, but
mostly with ma, she is giving me cooking lessons and other
house chores you know’’ he smiles
Him ‘’you? House chores? Really?’’ I chuckle
Me ‘’yes, yes, and yes’’
Him ‘’wow, that is good’’ the was silence for a little while and I
cleared my throat
Him ‘’Thando, you know I left you coz you were so arrogant and
self-centred, but you came back and
you were this woman I always wished you could be, and
honestly I fell in love with you all over,
when you disappeared my world became dull, I missed you’’ I
smile inside and my sub conscious
twerks
Me ‘’I just thought I should stay away you know, I didn’t want to
come between you and you girl’’
Him ‘’I understand, baby listen, I miss you T, I want you back
with me hell I need you back with me,
you are the girl I love and since you have changed this much, I
have fallen deeper with you, baby if
you can please give us another shot’’ I blush so hard, it is finally
happening
Me ‘’what about her’’
Him ‘’I ended things the same week you stopped coming over
or calling and texting me, I could lie to
myself and to her’’ I attacked him with a kiss that was so
passionate and we broke it and hugged
tight
Me ‘’I have missed you so much, I Love you Bafana’’ he kisses
my shoulder and tightens the grip
around me and I know this is home, where I belong.
.
.
.
Naledi
I could believe what S’bu did for me this weekend, Gosh, I knew
I had to lose my virginity someday
but I never thought it would be like this, I felt loved and adored,
my man is the best and giving him
my virginity was the best thing to do, I can’t stop blushing, I am
genuinely happy shame. So
yesterday S’bu came to pick me up from campus and we drove
to Free State, some resort in the
mountains man, the view from our room is life, the bed was
covered in white and there were rose
petals on the bed and bunch of roses filled the room too, the
romantic candles were lit and on the
other side there was a romantic picnic setup with champagne
and some sea food, the music that
was playing was setting the mood already. i was a bit scared but
he was so gentle and I was amazing,
I am a woman now, and I enjoyed every minute. I walked out of
the shower and he is on the bed
smiling at me and that has me blushing
Him ‘’you are beautiful
you know that’’
Me ‘’you tell me that everyday love so I know’’ he laughs
Him ‘’how is my cake feeling’’
Me ‘’still a bit sore but the water soothed it a bit’’ I sit down on
the bed and he kissed my exposed
skin
Him ‘’baby, thank you for giving me your purity, I feel honoured,
thank you for keeping it for me, I
love you so much baby’’ I blush
Me ‘’I am glad I kept it and lost it to you, you made this
experience great, I love you too Sibu’’
Him ‘’now I don’t want to see any boys near you or I will kill
them’’ I laugh
Me ‘’haibo baby, I go to school with boys so that means a lot of
them will be near me, so does that
mean you will kill them all’’
Him ‘’ I would kill anyone who tries to take you away from me’’ I
blush
Me ‘’oh baby, I feel special right now’’
Him ‘’that is because you are special my queen’’ I giggle
Him ‘’baby are you sore that I cant bury myself in you again’’
Me ‘’but babe, we had a round before I went to shower’’ I say
shocked
Him ‘’I can’t get enough of you please baby’’
Me ‘’but S’bu’’ I say and he is already kissing me all over, I moan
coz oh he is making me feel things
Him ‘’do you want me to stop Ledi?’’ his finger is now rubbing
my clit
Me ‘’no, no baby don’t stop, ohhh ahhh’’ I let out more moans
and he gets on top of me, oh my God
this feels great, now I see why Kutlwano is always screaming
Andile’s name
.
.
.
Shirley
My daughter wants to do a different collection for her fashion
line, so I suggested that she tries
Nigerian designs and she totally loved that idea, she spoke of
modernising it and staff, she was so
excited, I am happy to see her been so happy and carefree and
welcoming of everyone without
caring about their social status. She and I have been so close, I
have a daughter and I thank God for
it. I brought her to a fabric shot down town Johannesburg, I
know the owner, and she is from back
home, we walk in and she notices me
Her ‘’oh Ngozi, is this you’’
Me ‘’yes oo my sister na me oo’’
Her ‘’chaiiiii look at you na, I hear you don marry one rich man’’
I laugh
Me ‘’leave that one na, meet my daughter Thando, baby this is
Chioma, she owns this place’’ they
exchange greetings
Her ‘’what can I help you with today’’
Me ‘’my daughter is a fashion designer, she wants to do
Nigerian collection so we are looking for fine
cloth’’
Her ‘’ I was on my way out so one of my people will assist you,
Khumbu’’ she shouted and we
couldn’t believe who appeared from the back
Khumbuzile ‘’yes madam’’ she laid her eyes on us and looked
down embarrassed, she was worn out,
she looked like she had aged 10 times, she lost weight, she was
just horrible.
Her ‘’please assist Ngozi and her daughter, I will be back later to
count the money and lock up,
Shirley I will wait for the invite to your mansion oo’’ she say’s
and walks out
Khumbuzile ‘’Thando my baby how are you’’
Thando ‘’I am fine Khumbuzile, can you show us were you keep
Nigerian print cloths, we didn’t come
here to chit chat’’
Me ‘’baby no, that is rude, no way to talk to an elder, apologise
now please’’ she holds my hand and
kiss it and I smile at her
Her ‘’I am sorry for being sorry Khumbuzile’’ her eyes popped
not believing that she could apologise
Khumbuzile ‘’thank you Shirley and its okay Thando, I want to
apologise for all I did to you both’’
Me ‘’I long forgave you or I wouldn’t be able to be a great
mother and wife, so it’s okay’’
Thando ‘’it is fine, I am over that, I am happy now, I wont hold
grudges’’
Khumbuzile ‘’thank you both’’
Thando ‘’please take us to the fabric’’ she leads the way and
Thando holds my hand and we follow.
Chapter 62
Shirley
I wake up sweating from a terrible dream, I screamed that my
husband wakes up with me, the look
on his face is that of worry, I am trying to catch my breath so I
can answer his questions
Him ‘’mkami yini?’’ I continue breathing heavily and he gets out
of bed and goes to pour me water
Him ‘’here my love please drink’’ I take it and drink, once I am
done he takes the glass from me and
places it on his pedestal then takes me into his arm hushing me
Him ‘’it was just a terrible dream MaZwane’’
Me ‘’we need to pray Wakhe, there is great evil in our home,
someone wants to cause a rift between
our marriage, we need to ask God for guidance and protection’’
he doesn’t hesitate coz he gets off
the bed and kneels down, I smile and join him.
Me ‘’father God we kneel down before you as your children and
humble servants, father I come to
you and seek for your protection oh Lord, father the enemy is at
work but I know in the book of life
you said no weapon formed against your children shall prosper,
and in your word I believe, put my
husband and children in the shadow of your wings where the
enemy cannot reach, Lord let them
stumble and fall when they try to harm them. I protect them
and our household with the blood of
the lamb, for greater is he who is in me than the one who is
with me in the world, I pray in the
mighty name of Jesus Christ our lord and saviour. Amen’’
Him ‘’Amen. Thank you my love, I am happy to be blessed with
a prayer warrior as a wife’’
Me ‘’nothing beats prayer baba, God will fight this battles like
the ones he already won for us’’
Him ‘’you are the best thing that has happened to me Shirley, I
love you so much’’
Me ‘’I love you Mangethe’’
Him ‘’you know what you do to me when you call me that’’ I
blush
Me ‘’its 3:17am Wakhe we need to rest, we have work in the
morning’’
Him ‘’do you think God will mind, if I to make love to my wife
right after prayer?’’ he says smiling
Me ‘’hao baba’’ I laugh
Him ‘’so will he mind’’
Me ‘’I doubt, we are husband and wife after all’’
Him ‘’I like the sound of that’’ he on top of me and I giggle like a
school girl, my husband though
.
.
.
Andile
She is sleeping peacefully in my arms, and snoring just a little,
but don’t tell her I say that, I am her
personal human pillow, you know with this pregnancy she finds
it hard to find a comfortable
sleeping position, so when I am with her I let her use me as her
giant pillow, it is the least I can do
coz she is one carrying the baby, but we are both pregnant, it is
morning already but she is still
sleeping like the angel that she is. I brush her bump, and my
princess kicks like a maniac and wakes
mommy, she winces in pain, shit my bad
Her ‘’ouch nana, so early though’’ she brushes her bump to try
calm the princess
Me ‘’I am sorry my love’’
Her ‘’its okay baby, and good morning’’ I smile at her
Me ‘’good morning my love, how did you sleep’’
Her ‘’you know I sleep better with you’’ I blush
Me ‘’I know my baby’’
Her ‘’Ndile’’ she says with so my love of God
Me ‘’Lolo wami, ma we ngane zam (mother of my children)’’
Her ‘’ will you do make me the happiest woman in the world
and marry me’’ I chuckle excitedly
Me ‘’oh my love, the is nothing I want more than that, so the
engagement is back on’’
Her ‘’I want that baby’’ I screamed in excitement and got out of
bed to go get the ring, I kneeled on
one knee on her side on the bed
Me ‘’lolo wami, mother of my children, the only woman who
can turn my world upside down, I
would go to all the corners of the world to make sure you have
everything you desire, so my life
please accept this ring again as a sign that you still want me as
your husband’’ she is now crying,
these hormones are playing with my woman shame, I keep my
laughs in
Her ‘’yes my love I will be your wife’’ I slid the ring and happy it
still fits, I get up and kiss her
Me ‘’I need to find your uncles so we can pay Lobola, I am not
waiting forever to make you my wife
officially’’
Her ‘’we will go see my aunt tomorrow
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how is that?’’ I smile from ear to ear
Me ‘’that’s perfect love, now let’s get up and take a shower, I
need to feed you two’’
Her ‘’okay my love, let me go check on AJ first’’
Me ‘’babe, check on the video monitor he is still sleeping’’ she
gives me a look but ends up in the
shower with me
.
.
.
Ebere
I deserve this life God knows I do, hell even more than Shirley, I
need to live perfectly for once, I
deserve a husband like Wakhe, I also want to own a farm and
call the shots and be madam, why
does God favour her this much. A friend of mine took me to a
strong nyanga, and he gave me strong
muti that will make Wakhe hate Shirley and want me with all his
heart, i made sure that I place only
hot chocolate on the table, he doesn’t drink it, so he can
request tea coffee or juice and I will be able
to put in the muti, I woke up early and prepared breakfast for
everyone. Andile and his fiancé came
down first.
Andile ‘’morning Aunty’’
Lolo ‘’good morning’’ she says smiling
Me ‘’morning babies, please sit, breakfast is ready we just
waiting on your parents’’
Andile ‘’if the come down’’
Me ‘’why is that’’ I ask and Thando responds entering the dining
area
Thando ‘’because Aunty our mother is giggling like a school girl
in their bedroom’’ I get annoyed
Lolo ‘’I just love how those two are, at their age they are not
afraid to love fearlessly’’ I fake a smile,
the giggles approach the dining area and the walk in only
wearing their robes
Them ‘’good morning family’’ they say in unison then look at
each other and laugh
Thando ‘’guys there are kids in here’’
Wakhe ‘’maybe it’s time the kids moved out, my wife and I
could do with the privacy’’ exactly after
today, I want them gone
Me ‘’good morning, please sit breakfast is ready’’ they sit and
everyone starts dishing up, Shirley
dishes up for Wakhe first, the smiles on their faces
Wakhe ‘’we only have hot chocolate?’’
Me ‘’what would you like to have Mr Zwane’’
Wakhe ‘’rooibos please’’
Me ‘’coming right up’’
Andile ‘’well family, in other news, our engagement is back’’
Shirley ‘’oh that is good news babies, thank you Lolo’’
Wakhe ‘’finally, I am happy to hear this, we need to pay Lobola
soon, I will start writing the letter to
your family my baby’’
Thando ‘’way to go brother’’ I come back with the rooibos and I
have already put in the muti, after
today I will be Mrs Zwane soon and Shirley will move back to
Nigeria
Andile ‘’I am so excited’
Thando ‘’I hope I am the one making your outfits’
Lolo ‘’you don’t even have to ask’’
Me ‘’here is your tea Sir’’ I hand him the tea and it slips and falls
down, the cup breaking, I look at
the contents and they are on the floor, I can’t believe this
Me ‘’oh I am so sorry Mr Zwane, I didn’t mean’’
Wakhe ‘’oh it’s okay, I thought I had, I will go change’’
Me ‘’no no sir I can go make another one’’
Wakhe ‘’don’t worry about it sit down and eat’’
Shirley ‘’sit down sisi, this is a bad omen, the cup broke coz
something bad was going to happen, but
God exchanged it for the tea, it is fine, don’t worry okay sit
down and eat’’ I swallow hard shit shit
shit my plan is ruined
Me ‘’okay sisi’’ I fake a smile
Wakhe ‘’maZwane, how about we take our food and go eat in
our bedroom’’
Shirley ‘’I would love that, take our plates and go upstairs, I will
go pour us juice and meet you up’’
Wakhe ‘’okay love, bye everyone, me and mine will see you
later’’ the walk away smiling
Thando ‘’they are so in love, Bafana and I will be like them
someday’’ I was boiling with anger deep
down, how did this go wrong? How? I had this planned right oh
Shirley damn you. I wasted my sleep
to prepare this damn breakfast and I don’t succeed in my plans.
This is not over.
Chapter 63

Kutlwano
Today is the day I am going over to Kagiso and Lebo’s house to
meet with my aunt, I really need to
contact my uncles, Ndile and I don’t want to waste any more
time, he will be accompanying me so I
know I am safe, I am just not looking forward to seeing my aunt,
you all know how she can be. I am
in a very comfortable outfit, that shows my bump very well, I
just want to rub it in Kagiso’s face, I am
allowed right? Right. Ndile walks in from the en suit bathroom
whistling
Him ‘’okay, you look all shades of sexy my love’’
Me ‘’oh is it Mr Zwane’’
Him ‘’I swear I could eat you up right now’’ I blush
Me ‘’can we do that later sir, it sounds very interesting’’
Him ‘’in that case I can’t wait to go and come back so I can carry
out my responsibility’’
Me ‘’I suggest you get dressed then’’ he chuckles
Him ‘’ready to face your ex and aunt?’’
Me ‘’arg my love, they don’t have any hold over me’’
Him ‘’I am glad to hear that mama ka Andile’’
Me ‘’but that sounds weird, it’s like you calling me your mom’’
he laughs
Him ‘’I wanted to test it but I agree with you, it doesn’t sound
good as it did in my head’’ I smile
Me ‘’baby is your mom around’’
Him ‘’I think so why?’’
Me ‘’our son is still sleeping so we can’t take him with,
especially since he was restless last night’’
Him ‘’I am sure she is around, let me go check’’
Me ‘’no babe, you get dressed I will go find her, I hope she is
awake’’
Him ‘’me too since they have been cooped in their bedroom the
whole of yesterday’’
Me ‘’they are so in love it is a bliss to witness’’
Him ‘’it is weird babe, knowing that your parents are having sex
in the next room, no no no, saying
that even gives me the creeps’’ I laugh out loud but the image
of them at it is so wrong guys no
.
.
.
Tshepi
I have been home for a week now and honestly the tension in
this house is so thick you can cut it
with a knife, my mother no longer looks at me the same, she
avoids me at all costs, and she even
hired a nurse to take care of me. Things are really bad. She
walks in the lounge and tries to go back
soon as she sees me in there
Me ‘’mama please’’ she stopped on her tracks and turned to
face me
Ma ‘’what do you want Tshepi’’ I close my eyes in pain
Me ‘’please don’t hate, I am still your daughter’’
Ma ‘’I don’t hate you’’
Me ‘’but you can’t even stay in the same room as me ma, if that
is not hate I don’t know’’
Ma ‘’you know, I am the one who drove you to pursuing Andile
again after you found out you were
pregnant, and I am also the one who begged you for months to
leave him and his fiancé alone,
maybe this is all my fault, no let me rephrase I am the reason
this all started in the first place, but I
will not blame myself for what you did, I tried changing your
mind but you didn’t listen, you have a
chance to go pay for you sins but as always you took the easy
way out but I don’t blame you, I taught
you that, majority of everything that has happened is my fault
so tell me how do I look at you
knowing that you turned out this way because of me?’’ I was
now crying
Me ‘’it is not your fault mama, I did all this it is on me, I am the
one who needs to be blamed, I
almost killed my son and his father, I am the one sitting on this
wheelchair and I got myself here, not
you mama, you tried getting me out of jail so I can have a
second chance but I blew it. I am sorry for
what I did, I would do anything to change everything’’
Ma ‘’you can tell everyone that you don’t suffer amnesia’’
Me ‘’but mama I will go to jail’’
Ma ‘’exactly Tshepi, you need to go there and pay for all you
did’’
Me ‘’I can’t mama, I wouldn’t survive a day in there, especially
since I am bound to this damn chair’’
Ma ‘’then I am afraid Tshepi, this is how it is going to be
between us’’
Me ‘’what do you mean?’’
Ma ‘’our mother daughter relationship is tainted and if you
don’t tell the truth, I am afraid we can’t
go back to how we used to be, I am sorry’’ I was now crying
Me ‘’mama please I can’t please’’ she wiped her tears and
walked away
Ma ‘’mama please don’t forsake me I need you mama please’’ I
shout but she continued walking
away from me, my tears just continued falling, I need her but I
can’t go to jail
.
.
Khumbuzile
The day I saw my daughter and Shirley, my heart broke to a
million pieces, if you could have seen
them, even the way Thando listened to Shirley as she
reprimanded her, she listened and apologised,
Thando has never been that way, she has always been spoilt
and rude, and she turned out that way
coz of me, it took Shirley what? A few months to get her
straight something I failed to do for more
than 20 years
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it pains me to even say that I have failed as a mother, I failed my
daughter. I have
been living at some flat and working at a fabric shop in down
town, the pay is not much but I pays
the bills, luckily I don’t use transport so I save a lot plus we
share the flat and split the rent, so I am
able to buy food and clothes even though it is not as fancy. My
flatmate was reading an old
magazine sitting on our old couch already drinking black label
Her ‘’Khumbu, you don’t want a sip?’’
Me ‘’no thank you, I have to go to work, maybe when I get
back’’ she nods and screams
Me ‘’it is too early to make noise man Maria’’
Her ‘’and why didn’t you tell me you are rich’’ my eyes popped
and I snatched the magazine, there
was an old picture of me and Zwane, I couldn’t recognise the
woman on that page. How I miss this
Life.
Me ‘’I was once rich, not anymore’’
Her ‘’what happened’’
Me ‘’long story’’
Her ‘’when you get back from work, you will find me waiting
with a lot of 1 litres of black label’’
Me ‘’save that money for rent Maria’’
Her ‘’I have already put my share of the rent and groceries in
the tin sweetie, so we are going to
drink when you get back, I want to know what happened’’
Me ‘’I don’t want to talk about it, I am out of here, I don’t want
to late, Chioma will have my head on
the platter’’ she laughed
Her ‘’I told you to leave that job and join me’’
Me ‘’I don’t want to find myself in jail Maria’’
Her ‘’you know I don’t keep those drugs here, I pick them up in
the morning and drop off with the
cash later, come on it will be fun’’ I roll my eyes and take my bag
and lunch box
Me ‘’I will see you later Maria, don’t get drunk it’s still early’’ I
say walking out
.
.
Kagiso
Lebo is really getting on my last nerve, this woman comes home
late at night most evenings, she is
really trying me and I will show her flames. She feeds me
takeaways and takes our clothes to the
Laundromat imagine, I always punch myself for stupidly
thinking she could be a wife. I get into the
kitchen and she is trying to prepare breakfast, and take it from
me it is going horribly wrong. I open
the pantry and come back with milk and cereal, then take bowl
and spoon and sit on the counter
Her ‘’morning my love, you do not have to eat that, I am making
breakfast’’ I frown
Me ‘’no thanks I am fine, it’s after 12 noon, you should be
making Lunch not breakfast and besides it
is burned’’
Her ‘’I am trying her Kagiso’’
Me ‘’well good for you ousi’’ I say eating my cereal and the
doorbell rang
Her ‘’please get that’’ I roll my eyes and stand up walking to the
door, the next thing I saw almost
made me faint, but I held on the door knob for balance and
swallow hard, man she looks breath
taking, pregnancy suits her, I couldn’t take my eyes off her belly,
she moved her left hand to brush
her bump and her ring got exposed, that moment reminded me
of what I had lost, a rear kind of
woman, the once in a life time type
Tlwano ‘’uhm hey, sorry for just showing up unannounced’’ I
clear my throat and move my eyes
from her belly
Me ‘’oh sorry, hey, please come in’’ she takes Andile’s hand and
walk in, I show them where to sit,
Lebo noticed them and came to us
Her ‘’oh Kutlwano, what brings you here’’ her eyes move to her
bump and her eyes flicked a few
times and she swallowed hard
Tlwano ‘’I am actually looking for your mother’’
Me ‘’oh is everything okay?’’
Andile ‘’oh yes everything is okay, my woman and I just want to
get your uncles number, I need to
pay lobola ASAP’’ those words hit me bad, she is getting
married, I no longer stand a chance
Her ‘’what’s the rush, is it because of the pregnancy’’ I gave her
a look
Tlwano ‘’the reason is not your concern Lebo, is your mom
here’’
Her ‘’no she moved out, but I have my uncles number I will go
find my phone’’ she walked out
Me ‘’congratulations on the pregnancy, you deserve it’’ she
smiles, man she is glowing
Tlwano ‘’thank you, God has been faithful, he wiped my tears
and shame and proved that I am not
barren’’ I swallowed hard and remember how me and my family
used to insult her, but she is
pregnant and I am the one with nothing, no dog no cat no heir
or heiress, I am ashamed.
Chapter 64

Andile
Finally got her uncle’s number and we sent the letter to them
too. I am so excited I don’t want to lie,
my dream is finally coming true, I am marrying the love of my
life and she is pregnant with my baby,
life is coming along nicely for us, I thank God. I am tired of being
at home, I feel fine but my woman
won’t have it, she wants me home till the Dr Clears me, at least
she will be home on maternity leave
in a weeks’ time, I won’t be bored all day, she walked in from
the closet crying
Me ‘’hey baby, what’s wrong?’’
Her ‘’Andile, this is too much now, I just want to give birth’’
Me ‘’you will baby soon’’
Her ‘’Andile I can’t even tie my fucking shoe laces’’ okay the
hormones are at it again
Me ‘’I am sorry baby, let me help you’’
Her ‘’no don’t I am pregnant not an invalid, I can tie my own
damn shoes’’ she shouts and my eyes
narrows, okay what do I do now
Me ‘’I didn’t mean to I am sorry’’ I say lifting my hands in
defeat, and she cries some more
Her ‘’I am sorry baby, I just, my hormones are just, Andile you
baby is making me crazy’’ I hug her
while holding in a laugh
Me ‘’we are almost at the finish line, she will soon be here’’
Her ‘’I am not having any more kids Ndile, two is enough’’ she
says wiping her nose
Me ‘’but baby we agreed on two more Kutlwano, you can’t
change your mind’’ she looks at me with
tears forming in her eyes, okay what now
Her ‘’you called me by my name Ndile, I am no longer your Lolo,
you no longer love me, is it because
I am a fat pregnant cow’’ defuq, okay princess you have to come
now you making my wife crazy
Me ‘’baby no, no ,no, I love you with all my heart you know this,
you are my entire life, you are not
fat, you are just carrying my baby, incubating her and for that I
will not have you call yourself a fat
cow, you are beautiful and sexy for me, I love you okay’’ I say
wiping her tears and she nods
Her ‘’don’t call me Kutlwano again, that is not my name where
you are concerned’’
Me ‘’what is your name then’’ she smiles
Her ‘’Lolo ka Ndile’’ she blushes and I give her a hug. Thank God
it’s over soon, these hormones have
been abusing me for a while now
.
Kagiso
I cannot get rid of Kutlwano’s imagine in my head, she looked
so beautiful and sexy, the glow was
everything, she is happy, happy without me, pregnant for
someone else while I am stuck with her
cousin coz I thought she was better and could give me all I
wanted being my kids, but I have nothing,
Lebo has been a pain in my arse so I decided to go home in
Bloemfontein for a while. My mother is
fussing over me like always.
Mama ‘’oh baby, you awake, how did you sleep’’
Me ‘’okay I guess mama, wena?’’
Mama ‘’just fine
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I am glad you are here, you have lost weight Kagi, that thing is
not feeding you well,
Lebo is useless, all she knows is how to shop’’
Me ‘’mama please, I came home to rest not talk about my
girlfriend’’
Mama ‘’haii shame Kutlwano was far better than that thing in
your life’’
Me ‘’she is pregnant’’
Mama ‘’what, Kagi I am finally going to be a granny, at least she
got something right’’ she says
excitedly, I sigh
Me ‘’no ma, I mean Kutlwano is pregnant mama, like she is very
pregnant, her belly is huge, she
looks so beautiful’’ I smile thinking about her
Mama ‘’what, wasn’t she barren, how is that possible’’
Me ‘’God ma, God. It can only be him. Why did I let you ruin my
marriage mama, now I have lost the
best thing God Has ever blessed me with, she is happy with
someone else’’
Mama ‘’what Kagiso, are you blaming me for your failed
marriage?’’
Me ‘’who else ma, my failed marriage is because of you, you
treated her like shit and I let you
manipulate me in to doing the same, now I lost her and all I
have left is what she has made possible,
she was everything to me and you took that away from me’’ I
said and wiped my tear
Mama ‘’heee I cannot believe my ears, you are a grown
Kagiso…’’ I cut her off
Me ‘’please leave my room mama, I want to think’’
Mama ‘’I don’t have time for a grown man who had no balls no
stand up for his wife, and now he
wants to blame it all on me’’ I laughed
Me ‘’you are a horrible mother’’ I say getting off bed and finding
my clothes, I am getting out of here
Mama ‘’you are ungrateful’’
Me ‘’not as much as you, no wonder my father left you’’ I took
my bags and walked out
.
Ntswaki
I got a call from my husband’s brother who also happens to be
Tshepi’s dad, he and my husband
don’t really get along for reasons known to them. He said he is
coming over to my house coz he
knows my husband is at the office and that Tshepi went to her
Dr’s appointment with her nurse, I
gulped down my glass, he has never made contact with me so
why now, this is scary, I am pacing up
and down, and a minute later he got in.
Joseph ‘’still as beautiful as ever’’
Me ‘’what do want here’’
Joseph ‘’I came to see you, we have a lot to talk about’’
Me ‘’we have nothing to talk about, leave my house’’
Joseph ‘’oh Ntswaki, still stubborn, how is my daughter’’
Me ‘’she is not yours, leave my house’’
Joseph ‘’oh come on stop that, I just want to know how my kid
is’’
Me ‘’cut the crap and just tell me what brings you here’’
Joseph ‘’okay then, I need R5 million’’ I laughed
Me ‘’where do you expect me to get that kind of money’’
Joseph ‘’I don’t care, do as you are told or I am letting my
brother know of this little secret’’
Me ‘’please joseph you can’t do that to me please’’
Joseph ‘’I wouldn’t do it if I wasn’t desperate, I need to save my
company’’
Me ‘’so you want to break up my marriage for a company’’
Joseph ‘’stop this, get me that money or I will tell him that
Tshepi is not his but mine’’ we turn when
we hear a laugh behind us
Phali ‘’oh brother, you thought I didn’t know’’ my eyes widen
Joseph ‘’and here comes my big brother’’
Phali ‘’still as pathetic as ever I see, always looks for the easy
way out’’
Joseph ‘’says a man who has been raising my daughter’’ my
husband laughs
Phali ‘’it only proves that I am million times a man you could
ever be’’
Joseph ‘’you’ve always thought you were better than me’’
Phali ‘’you are in my house, blackmailing my wife for my money,
so yes I am better than you
brother’’ I was just standing there witnessing their pissing
contest, how does he know oh God.
Chapter 65
Phali
My brother has the nerve to show up here and demand money
from my wife, see I have always
known about the affair they had and that it resulted in Tshepi, I
was heartbroken, but soon realised
that I have hurt Ntswaki all those times with different woman,
having babies with them and she
would forgive me each time, I realised that I made her to sleep
with my brother I pushed her into his
arms, I didn’t have time for her and I didn’t give her the
attention she needed as my wife. I chose to
stay and raise Tshepi as my own, I decided that I must change
my ways and be the husband she
deserved. We were still in the lounge and she was on the couch
crying
Me ‘’please Ntswaki stop crying please’’
Her ‘’I am so sorry Phali, I made a terrible mistake’’
Me ‘’I know you did, it is okay, let it go’’
Her ‘’why are you okay with this I mean he is your brother’’
Me ‘’because I understand why you did it my wife, I was
horrible to you, I kept on cheating and
having children with every other woman I met but you’’
Her ‘’I was stupid I am sorry’’
Me ‘’stop it I am the sorry one, forgive me please’’ she wiped
her tears and sniffed
Her ‘’the is one more thing, and I am sure you will hate me once
you know’’
Me ‘’are you going to tell me about the son I had and that you
wanted to feed me muti to make me
forget him’’ her eyes popped out shocked
Her ‘’how did you uhm how did you know’’
Me ‘’I heard you talking to your mom about it, I didn’t eat the
plate you mixed with muti but threw it
out then you thought I ate it, I went to the woman and she told
me that she had a son and he died
from some baby sickness’’
Her ‘’and you still stayed with me, why don’t you hate me Phali,
I kept you from your son why are
you okay with me’’ I sigh
Me ‘’most times we men hurt woman who love us with their
souls, we hurt them to a point where
they lose their morals and their true self’s to keep us even
though we don’t deserve them, whatever
you did to save our marriage I understand why you went
through all those lengths to be with me, as
messed up as it is that is when I realised how much you love me
and that I needed to change before
you lose yourself more than you had already. I am sorry I made
you that person I am sorry Ntswaki’’
she was crying and my heart was breaking further
Her ‘’I am sorry too, and she lied your son is still alive, I have
kept tabs on him while growing up, I
stopped years ago and recently started digging again, I wanted
to find him so I can tell you the truth
someday’’ my heart started racing more, I have always wanted a
son, an heir
Me ‘’where is he? Please tell me my love’’
Her ‘’he moved from Bloemfontein to Johannesburg about two
years ago’’ I went and hugged her
tightly, I have hurt her so bad I am sorry more than they can
imagine. I made her do all those things
and I will stay with her without judging her coz I did this to her, I
broke her.
Me ‘’please forgive Ntswaki please’’
Her ‘’I am the one who is sorry’’ I kiss her forehead
Me ‘’do you think we should tell Tshepi the truth?’’
Her ‘’I think we should to get Joseph off our back and to just be
free from this secret’’
Me ‘’are you sure’’
Her ‘’yes, lets look at it as a fresh start’’ yes we could do with a
fresh start I totally agree
Me ‘’I agree, when should we do it?’’’
Her ‘’after we have contacted your son’’
Me ‘’you wouldn’t mind me having a relationship with him?’’
Her ‘’not at all, I have already kept him away for long’’ I smile
Me ‘’stop saying that MaPhali’’
Her ‘’we are okay now?’’
Me ‘’we are fine my wife’’
Her ‘’we should go for counselling’’ I smile wider
Me ‘’that is a great idea, it would do us good, I love you’’
Her ‘’I love you too Phali’’ she say’s blushing. Finally my
marriage is secret free
.
Kutlwano
I am meeting Lesego for lunch today, he flew in from Cape Town
for his sibling’s birthday so he
asked that we have lunch coz this is the only time he will be
free, after the party he is flying back, I
am so excited to see him it has been a while. I get to the
restaurant and he is already waiting, he
sees me and stands up with a huge smile on my face
Him ‘’and look at you two’’ he say’s hugging
me
Me ‘’we are fat right’’ he laughs
Him ‘’I wouldn’t exactly say fat but we are growing in there’’
Me ‘’I just want to pop her out already’’ he chuckles
Him ‘’oh so you finally agree that it’s a she’’ I roll my eyes
Me ‘’Andile is adamant that it is a girl so I kind of let go of the
it’s a boy part’’
Him ‘’as you should, i have already ordered for you’’
Me ‘’what did you order Lesh’’
Him ‘’nothing much just sushi and oysters’’ I cringe
Me ‘’what you knows I hate those things come on’’ he laughs
Him ‘’oh I was just pulling your leg
where did your sense of humour’’
Me ‘’my hormones have taken over everything’’
Him ‘’poor Andile’’
Me ‘’you can say that again hey, if I don’t cry I snap at him for
the smallest of things, and I am always
horny, I think he is tired but just doesn’t want to leave me dry,
so he will just give it to me each time
I want it and that is basically everyday’’ his eyes pop
Him ‘’what wow, I feel for him, yeah sex is bomb but everyday
nooooo’’
Me ‘’I know right, see why I need to give birth already’’
Him ‘’princess you know your uncle loves you right but baby
you need to come now you are driving
my friend crazy here’’ I chuckle
Me ‘’oh come on, I am not that bad’’
Him ‘’if you say so’’ I roll my eyes
Me ‘’can we please order’’
Him ‘’yes mommy we can, what do you feel like having’’ I smile I
have missed having my friend around
.
Shirley
I have been having the weirdest dream ever but it’s more of a
revelation, the evil force that is on a
mission to harm my family is in this house, I am just not sure if
its spiritual or what coz I don’t see
anyone in my house who would want to break off our family, I
have been fasting and praying for
days now and my husband has been doing it with me all the
way, today we are breaking the fast so I
am going to prepare a feast for my husband. We just finished
taking a shower.
Me ‘’what would you like to eat’’
Him ‘’lets see, pounded yam and egusi’’ I roll my eyes
Me ‘’that is all?’’
Him ‘’you can also make pepper soup and jollof rice, we will
store the left overs in the fridge’’ I smile
Me ‘’okay then Mr Zwane, let us go down stairs and cook you
some food’’
Him ‘’thank you Mrs Zwane, after you’’ I blush and we go
downstairs, Ebere is in the kitchen talking
on the phone and what she just said shocked my husband and I
Ebere ‘’yes, today they are breaking their fast I overhead them, I
have started cooking already so I can put the juju in his
food…tomorrow by this time my sister will be off her high house
and Wakhe will want no other than me’’ she laughs an evil
laugh and tears fall down my face, how could she do this to me.
I walk to her and force her to turn, her phone falls and I slap her
hard across her face, she couldn’t believe
Me ‘’how dare you piece of rubbish’’
Ebere ‘’sisi, what is going on’’
Me ‘’don’t you dare, we heard you, how dare you, I welcome
you into my house and you want to
break up my marriage my family’’
Ebere ‘’it is not what you think sisi’’ I slapped her again and she
started laughing
Ebere ‘’try that shit one more time Shirley and I will kill you, you
have always had it easy, everyone
loves you, what about me, for once I wanted you to feel what I
felt, to be discarded like trash’’
Me ‘’you think I had it easy? Do you know what I had to go
through you stupid girl, you think I have
been living like this ever since I got to this country, I suffered,
my children taken away from me,
watching them and their father playing house with another
woman while I occupy the house help
vacancy, you are selfish and heartless Ebere after everything we
did for you’’ she looked at me with
so much hate in her eyes my goodness
Wakhe ‘’Ebere, I want you out of my house now’’
Ebere ‘’I will gladly go and pack’’ I chuckle
Me ‘’oh no, I bought everything you have and my husband’s
money stays in this house, get out the
same way you came in’’ she threw the spoon down and walked
out I just went to cry on my husband.
Chapter 66
Shirley

I prepared dinner for my family, I am wounded by what Ebere

wanted to do to me and my husband.
I will not dwell on it because the good lord revealed it to me
before she could do any damage. I am
just hurt but I will get over it. See me and kill me welcoming
anyone in my house. I took the food to
the table and my husband and kids were already seated
Me ‘’and dinner is served family’’ my boys cheered
Sbu ‘’and it is egusi, thanks ma’’
Lolo ‘’and princess is already jumping, I can tell she already
loves Nigerian dishes’’
Andile ‘’she has Niger genes, she has to’’ we all laugh
Thando ‘’how I wish I has some Nigerian genes, I mean look at
your skins guys’’ I laugh
Me ‘’oh baby, you are beautiful either way’’ she smiles sweetly
at me
Sbu ‘’aow mama where is aunty’’ I look at my husband and he
nods
Me ‘’well babies, Ebere turned out to be an enemy, she wanted
to harm our family, now she is gone
and never coming back’’
Wakhe ‘’I don’t want any of you to keep contact with her, she is
no longer a part f this family,
understood?’’ they all nod.
Wakhe ‘’on the lighter note, Lolo your uncle got back to us and
the date has been set, we are paying
your dowry next weekend’’
Andile ‘’finally’’ he kissed Lolo’s hand
Lolo ‘’this is great news baba’’ she smiles. Andile goes down to
her big belly
Andile ‘’you hear that princess, when you are born mommy and
daddy would have been married so
you my love will come to this world a Zwane’’ we all laugh
Wakhe ‘’I couldn’t be happier’’
Me ‘’my baby is finally doing it, oh I am so happy’’
Thando ‘’I need to start working on a dress you will wear that
day, tomorrow you must come to the
studio, I need to take measurements’’
Lolo ‘’thank you babe, I will be there’’
.
.
.
A week later
Kutlwano

I have been excited all week and the day is finally here, I am so
happy, I am becoming Mrs Andile
Zwane traditionally today, my aunt had to come stay with me
the entire week, she has been trying
to get to me but shame nothing could ruin my mood, Naledi
also decided to come back from her
friend’s apartment just to be with me. I am sitting in my
bedroom with Ledi waiting for instructions
from the elders, my aunt and her daughter walked in.
Kele ‘’do not leave this room till you are told to’’
Me ‘’you have said that a million times already’’
Lebo ‘’no need to be rude’’
Kele ‘’leave her be, she thinks because she is getting married for
the second time she has the right to
be disrespectful’’
Lebo ‘’with that attitude, this marriage will fail the exact same
way her first did, and another woman
will be ready to rescue poor Andile’’
Me ‘’you mean another willing hoe, but luckily for me my fiancé
is not a man hoe’’
Lebo ‘’I am sure that is what you said with my fiancé’’
Ledi ‘’what fiancé, stop it will you, he is not your fiancé, he is
your boyfriend, you two are just in a
vat n set situationship skatlo re bora tuu’’
Lebo ‘’mxm since you know dick you have become forward’’
Ledi laughed
Me ‘’if you won’t be able to hold your horses Lebo please do
leave, we don’t need your negativity,
not today satan please not today’’
Kele ‘’come wena ngwanake, leave them be’’ she clicked her
tongue and they walked out. A few
hours later MaKhumalo
Jomo’s mother came in ululating and making joyful noises
Me ‘’what is it ma? Are they done?’’
Her ‘’yes my baby, everything is concluded, you are now Mrs
Zwane, his uncles would like to see
you’’
Me ‘’oh thank goodness, oh finally’’ I say with tears and rubbing
my big belly
Her ‘’come nana, put that throw over your shoulders’’ I smile
and do as told then we walk out.
Andile’s father and his uncles and mine are in the lounge
drinking the cognac or Armagnac
whichever it is, they are laughing loudly obviously having a good
conversation.
Her ‘’sorry to disturb, but you asked to see your bride, her she
is’’
Baba ‘’brothers, this is the beautiful flower we came to pick for
Andile’’ I smile
Uncle 1 “mmhhh Andile has taste, she is a beauty, she will bear
us beautiful children’’
Uncle 2 ‘’aow bafo, you can’t see, she is already with a Zwane
grandchild’’
Uncle 1 ‘’haibo Andile doesn’t waste time man I am proud,
siyabonga makoti’’ I bow
Baba ‘’koti, I will see you at home yezwa’’ I nod still facing down
and walk away to the kitchen.
Lebo ‘’so when is the white wedding’’
Me ‘’why are you concerned’’
Lebo ‘’duh, so my man and I can fix our outfits’’
Me ‘’that would require you getting an invitation and you
won’t’’
Lebo ‘’bathong Kutlwano, we are family’’
Me ‘’family really wow, no baby girl, besides my wedding will be
in Paris and it will be intimate just
close family and friends, and from my side the only close family
I have is Ledi, but shame you can
come to my traditional wedding, I wont mind’’ she was about to
respond when my phone rang, its
Andile, I smile and answer
Me ‘’hello Husband’’ I say walking out and Ledi laughs
Andile ‘’my wifey, Mrs Zwane, mfazi wami’’ he says and I blush
Me ‘’when are you coming’’
Andile ‘’just waiting for S’bu the dude has been in the shower
for like 30 minutes now’’
Me ‘’do drag him out, I want to see you already, princess misses
daddy’’
Andile ‘’tell her daddy will be will be the soon, what would my
two favourite woman like me to bring
for them’’
Me ‘’could we please have non alcoholic wine and hot wings’’
he chuckles
Andile ‘’okay MaZwane, I will be there soon, mom can’t wait to
see you’’
Me ‘’me too baby, hurry please’’
Andile ‘’I will baby, I love you Mrs Zwane’’ I blush
Me ‘’and I you Zwane wami’’ I hang up and blush away, finally
we are husband and wife, I need to
start with my wedding preps
Chapter 67
Tshepi

My parents just asked to see me, and I am pretty sure they are
going to beg me to tell the police the
truth and go spend my time in jail, I will be charged with double
attempted murder, I won’t survive
even a year inside, if this is the reason they are calling me then
they are really wasting their time, the
burse wheels me in the lounge where they are seated.
Me ‘’you called for me’’ they both sigh and my dad takes my
mother’s hand and gives it a reassuring
squeeze, okay what is going on
Dad ‘’you know baby, before you were born, I did a lot of things
and they really hurt your mother,
she ended up doing things to ease the pain, I want you to know
that the only person you should hate
or probably be mad at is me and not your mom, but just know
that we both love you very much’’
Me ‘’you love me huh, you have been treating me like an
outsider’’
Mom ‘’hold it there, if you are referring to you almost killing
your son and his father please hold it
right there coz you don’t want to take accountability for it’’ I
chuckle
Dad ‘’this is not why we called you here, you know where we
stand with regards to that situation
and that won’t change’’
Me ‘’then why am I here’’
Mom ‘’well baby girl, I am tired of keeping this from you so, I
think it is time you knew the truth, I
knw you might hate me but then the guilt will be off me and
you would know the truth and that is
what I want and I am hoping this truth will do you a great deal,
as much as it hurts, see Tshepi many
years ago I did a very terrible mistake nana, I slept with your
uncle Joseph’’ whattttttt
Me ‘’you cheated on dad with his brother, mother how could
you’’
Mom ‘’yes it was a mistake I live to regret, but I do not regret its
outcomes’’
Me ‘’which are?’’ they look at each other and dad nods at her
Mom ‘’baby girl, my interaction with Joseph resulted in you,
Tshepi Joe is your real father baby I am
so sorry’’ I laugh
Me ‘’you must be joking right?’’
Dad ‘’she is telling you the truth baby, but that doesn’t change
anything, you are still my baby girl
biological or not you are mine’’ tear were now streaming down
my face
Me ‘’my whole life has been a lie, how could you mama, how
could you do this to me, I hate you, I
hate with my entire existence’’
Mom ‘’I am so sorry baby please forgive me please’’ she say’s
crying too, this is too much.
Me ‘’forgive you, can you hear yourself Ntswaki, you are othing
but a conniving low class slut that
slept with brother for her own selfish reasons’’
Dad ‘’I know you are hurting but you will not talk to my wife
your mother like that’’ I laugh between
tears
Me ‘’you are such a fool, you should be mad, she slept with
your brother for Christ sake’’ he gave me
a chilling look
Dad ‘’like I said I made her do those things, if I hadn’t hurt her
like that she wouldn’t have done that’’
Me ‘’I can’t stand the sight of you both’’ I wheeled myself out of
the lounge, how could my mom do
this and keep it for this long, I hate her.

Ebere

After my sister threw me out, I was so mad, I just hated her

more than ever that I wanted to hurt her
more than anything, and I knew one person that hated her like
me and with her hep we could take
her off her high horse, I have been crashing with a friend of
mine, and today I am going to see my
possible accomplice, I got into the taxi and in 15 minutes I was
already there, I knocked at her flat
door and luckily she is the one who opened.
Her ‘’morning, can I help you’’
Me ‘’hello Khumbu, nice to finally meet you’’
Her ‘’sorry but who are you?’’
Me ‘’someone who can give you back your life, can I please
come in’’ she narrowed her eyes and
moved aside to let me in.
Her ‘’I am listening’’
Me ‘’oh sorry, my name is Ebere, Shirley’s sister’’
Her ‘’what can I do for you’’
Me ‘’well I want us to work together to get Shirley out of your
house and you back in’’ she laughs
Her ‘’what’s in it for you’’
Me ‘’the pleasure of seeing her off that bloody high horse’’ she
laughed louder
Her ‘’you certainly don’t know Zwane ne, when it comes to his
family he can be ruthless, you see me,
he took everything and even divorced me without thinking
twice and without my knowledge, if you
want to cross him leave me out of it. I am trying to rebuild my
life’’ I thought she would be excited
and jump at the opportunity I am presenting
Me ‘’come on Khumbu, at least think about it’’
Her ‘’there is nothing to think about, I have already caused
Shirley a lot pain, she is a good mother to
my daughter and hurting her means hurting Thando and I won’t
do that to them, please leave’’
Me ‘’arg stay here and be a poor ratchet thing nxa’’
Her ‘’I will thank you, get out and close the door on your way
out’’ I got up angry as hell and left her
damned smelly flat.

Kagiso

Seeing that I was alone in the house, coz Lebo went to

Kutlwano’s house, they were paying her
Lobola today, the pain f that was cutting deep coz I kept on
going back to when I was paying her
dowry, God it was a special day, I had the most humble, selfless
and beautiful woman, I was the envy
of all the guys that knew them and here I am envying Andile
funny how life turns out hey, but there
is no use crying over spilt milk, I decided to go see a friend of
mine, more like a business partner. I
drove to his house and luckily he was there, I found his getting
drunk and I was happy coz that is
exactly what I needed. You see Dave is a man hoe, sleeps with
every skirt, I know I am being a
hypocrite right now, but I’ve only being fucking Lebo.
Dave ‘’you look depressed my guy, what’s up’’
Me ‘’they are paying Lobola for my ex-wife today’’ he laughed
Dave ‘’and you are sad because?’’
Me ‘’you wouldn’t understand man’’
Dave ‘’you need a booty call to get over her man’’
Me ‘’I have a girlfriend man you know this’’ he chuckles
Dave ‘’it’s obvious her pussy isn’t doing the trick’’ I laugh
Me ‘’it’s not about that too, she was a woman of substance no
one can live up to her standard’’
Dave ‘’If you could taste my girl boy I swear you would forget
this ex of yours’’
Me ‘’she is that good huh?’’
Dave ‘’man she is the bomb, ass so thick, pussy tight each time
and bruh the type of monkey styles
she pulls in the bed, she has me crying like a bitch my guy’’
Me ‘’I need to see this sex goddess’’ he laughs
Dave ‘’let me show you her instagram bruh’’ he took out his
phone and a second later handed it to
and the face I saw next, I almost fainted, WTF, am I seeing
correctly? My heart rate, am I getting a heart attack.

Andile
She is finally Mrs Zwane, she is mine, my wife, finally we did it, I
just had to fall in love more knowing
that she is officially mine, man I have been waiting for this day
since my heart said she is the one, I
wouldn’t let her go and I am not planning to, I am ready to fight
off every challenge with her, my
mom told me of one weapon that will get us through
everything, PRAYER, and I will use that advice
well. We are standing outside my car with her in my arms, the
dress is looking real good on her,
Thando did an amazing job with such a short time,, her bump is
showing off real nicely, it is huge
though.
Me ‘’so Mrs Zwane, how are you feeling’’
Lolo ‘’I am over the moon, my dream came true, I am Mrs You’’
I blush
Me ‘’that you are wifey, so you are moving in permanently
right?’’
Lolo ‘’most definitely baby, can’t wait to wake up next to you
every morning’’
Me ‘’me too my love, I have an idea’’
Lolo ‘’share’’ she says smiling goodness she is beautiful
Me ‘’how about we disappear for a while, I want to make love
to you for a few hours’’ she blushed
Lolo ‘’that sounds like a great idea’’ we kissed and then she
winced a little in pain
Me ‘’what is wrong baby, is princess kicking hard’’
Lolo ‘’this was more intense, I don’t think it was a kick’’ I was
about to say something when i felt
water on my sneakers.
Me ‘’baby did you just pee on me’’ she lifted her dress and tears
came
Lolo ‘’Ndile baby’’
Me ‘’maZwane?’’
Lolo ‘’my water just broke, we need to go to the hospital,
princess is coming, get her bad from my
boot’’ my eyes widened, I ran to her car but thought I should go
call my mom, so I ran towards the
house, I heard her screaming so I ran back to her. I was so
scared
Me ‘’baby uright?’’
Lolo ‘’Andile, go get the damn bag and get me to the hospital
will you’’ i ran to her car and took the
baby bag out then screamed my mother’s name loudly that
everyone came out to see what was
happening
Ma ‘’Andile, why are you shouting like a mad man’’
Me ‘’her water broke, we need to go’’
Lolo ‘’AAAAAANNNNNNDDDDDIIIIIIILLLLLLLEEEEEE’’ okay that
was scary, my mom and Ledi rushed to
her and got her to the car, I got in the driver seat with Ledi in
the passenger seat and mom and Lolo
in the back
Ma ‘’just breathe my baby’’ she kept breathing, I looked at her
in the review mirror and she was
sweating like hell
Lolo ‘’stop looking at me and drive Andile please’’
Me ‘’so my love, we will get there soon’’ and soon enough we
were in there, they rushed her to the
delivery room and I ran to change into scrubs, I was in the
labour room in no time holding her hand,
the Dr’s kept on checking her cervix and she was screaming and
she would squeeze my hand damn
where did she get this strength man. Finally the Dr came to
deliver the baby, she kept on pushing
and pushing till we heard a piercing cry fill the room and a
second later they handed the baby to
Lolo, I couldn’t contain my tears.
Dr ‘’here is your little girl’’
Lolo ‘’she is so perfect oh my God’’
Me ‘’thank you so much my love’’ I kissed her forehead, oh she
is the perfect sight, I have a mini
Kutlwano, I am blessed. They cleaned them both and she was
handed the baby back after we were
moved to a private room
Nurse ‘’yes perfect, that is how you do it’’ she was shoeing her
how to breast feed
Lolo ‘’thank you sister’’ she smiled and walked out
Me ‘’she is perfect I love her so much’’ I say brushing her
chubby chick. My parents, siblings and Ledi
walked in smiling
Ma ‘’oh my God my grandbaby is here’’ my wife handed the
baby to my mom
Ma ‘’she is amazing Lolo, thank you makoti wam’’
Thando ‘’oh my niece is so cute, I am already starting with a
kiddies collection’’
Ma ‘’ai wena ke business woman’’ we all laugh
Baba ‘’have you named her yet’’ I look at my wife and she
smiles
Lolo ‘’you name her’’ I took my daughter from my mom
Me ‘’thank you baby. Her name is Ndaloyothando Minenhle
Zwane’’ I kiss her forehead
Baba ‘’Minenhle ngempela (truly a beautiful day) I gained a
daughter and I am blessed with a grand
daughter
Thando ‘’and we even have the same name, our bond is sealed’’
Me ‘’everyone please do not call my baby Thando, if you want
to cut it short let it be Ndalo’’ they all
laughed and my sister frowned. I kissed my woman on the lips
and thanked her again. I am happy
Chapter 68
Kutlwano

I didn’t know I had this much love in me, see Ndalo has me and
everyone wrapped around her little
finger, my daughter is everything and more, I love her so much,
I spend most of my day starring at
her, I can’t believe that I am her mommy, me, Kutlwano a whole
mother, truly God always has the
best planned for us, him delaying is not him denying, I have
learnt this. We are still at the hospital, I
don’t know why they are still keeping us coz they said we are
both okay. Andile left us in the
morning and his phone has been off since, speak of the devil,
he walks in holding AJ and he becomes
so excited when he sees me
Me ‘’oh hey baby boy, come here, mommy missed you’’ i kiss
his whole face and he giggles
Ndile ‘’hey mommy’’ he kisses my forehead
Me ‘’hey daddy, where did you disappear to?’’
Ndile ‘’oh me, I had an appointment with the tattoo artist’’ my
eyes pop
Me ‘’you got a tattoo, Andile why though’’
Ndile ‘’I just had an idea and I just had to do it’’
Me ‘’let me see it’’ he showed me his arm and he had tattooed
both our kids names, it was so
beautiful, I let out a tear
Me ‘’oh baby, it is so beautiful’’ he chuckles
Ndile ‘’I see those hormones are still not balanced, but thanks
baby’’
Me ‘’oh shut up, my hormones are fine’’
Ndile ‘’and how is my princess’’ he says with so much love
radiating, and as if she could hear Andile
is asking after her she cried and he quickly went to pick her up
Me ‘’you gonna let her get away with so much’’
Ndile ‘’I think I am going to be so strict when it comes to her’’
Me ‘’we shall see’’ I say laughing
Ndile ‘’thank you once again baby for this gift’’ I blush
Me ‘’thank you my love, and for giving her such a beautiful
name’’
Ndile ‘’her name is exactly that baby, she is a creation of love,
our love Mrs Zwane’’
Me ‘’I love you Ndile ka Ndalo’’ he blushed
Ndile ‘’and I love you more, maka’Ndalo wami’’ but our baby
just brought us closer hey

Shirley

My husband couldn’t go to the hospital to see baby Ndalo coz

the Phalli’s asked to meet with us, I
wonder what is it that they want to discuss with us, I decided to
prepare some finger foods for them.
Wakhe got it looking so young
Him ‘’sthandwa sam, what do you think they want?’’
Me ‘’I honestly don’t know’’ the helper walked in with them,
they greeted and we greeted back
Wakhe ‘’you are welcome, please sit’’
Phali ‘’thank you Zwane’’
Ntswaki ‘’firstly I would love to apologise for all that my
daughter put you through, I know I had a
hand in it and I will also like to apologise, please find it in your
hearts to forgive me’’
Me ‘’it is okay Ntswaki, we do not hold grudges so we are okay
really’’
Wakhe ‘’uhm what can we do for you’’
Phali ‘’actually Zwane, my wife and I came to humbly request
that you allow us in our grandson’s
live, we know Tshepi has done a lot of damage but we ask that
you please give us a chance to be a
part of his life’’
Me ‘’Andile will never allow AJ near Tshepi
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I am sorry’’
Ntswaki ‘’we understand, can we at least be allowed to visit him
here, just me and my husband’’
Wakhe ‘’fair enough, we will talk to Andile about it then get
back to you’’
Phali ‘’thank you Zwane, thank you so much’’
Ntswaki ‘’can we please see him’’
Me ‘’unfortunately, he is out’’
Phali ‘’we can wait if that is okay’’
Me ‘’I wouldn’t mind but we, do not know what time they will
be back from the hospital’’
Ntswaki ‘’hospital? Is he okay?’’ she asks alarmed
Me ‘’oh yes he is fine, he just went to meet his baby sister,
Kutlwano gave birth yesterday’’
Ntswaki ‘’oh that is great news, congratulations’’
Wakhe ‘’thank you’’
Phali ‘’well in that case, we will leave and wait for your call’’

Kagiso

I couldn’t believe my eyes, how could she do me like this, with

my friend at that, oh Karma has got
me real good, I honestly don’t understand, why would she
cheat on me, why? Wasn’t I good enough
for her in bed or what, this is too much, my ego is bruised my
pride shamed, I feel useless
Dave ‘’hey man what’s wrong’’
Me ‘’uhm, so this is your girl’’
Dave ‘’yeah man, but bruh she treats me more like her booty
call, she shows up here for a few hours
we band like rabbits and she leaves, we don’t cuddle or talk
afterwards and that shit is crazy, coz I
am into her, I want her to be my girl’’ I took out my phone and
got a picture of me and Lebo
Me ‘’look at this’’ his eyes widened
Dave ‘’what you know my girl man, what is going on’’
Me ‘’she is my girlfriend Dave man, we live together’’ he
laughed
Dave ‘’don’t fuck with me man’’ he stopped laughing when he
saw I was serious
Me ‘’I am not kidding bruh’’
Dave ‘’WTF, we messing with the same girl?, she has been
fucking the both of us, is she crazy’’
Me ‘’how long has this been going on’’
Dave ‘’a couple of months’’
Me ‘’and for a couple of months she has been acting weird,
coming home late and picking
unnecessary fights. It makes sense now
Dave ‘’shit is messed up, sorry man I didn’t know she was your
girl’’
Me ‘’no sweat man’’
Dave ‘’so what are you going to do’’
Me ‘’right now, I don’t know Dave, my head is all over right
now’’
Dave ‘’I can’t believe this girl’’
Me ‘’me too bruh me too’’ I am trying to keep it together but
deep down my heart is shattered
Dave ‘’fuck I have never been played by a girl like this, to even
think I caught feelings’’
Me ‘’tell me this, did you two use a condom’’
Dave ‘’no man, she wanted it raw, and I couldn’t refuse’’ I
buried my head in my hands
Chapter 69

Kagiso

It has been a week since I found out that Lebo has been
screwing around with Dave, I must admit
shit hurts so much, if this is how Tlwano felt all those times
then damn I was a monster to put her
threw this pain repeatedly. I got back from my house today, I
have been gone for 3 days needed to
be away I didn’t trust myself around her, thought I might harm
her. Today I got home and she was
not around, so I packed all her shit and put it in the corridor, she
walked in as I was gulping down my
glass of the strong staff. She was so excited

Lebo ‘’hey baby, I am so glad you are home, I have something to

tell you’’
Me ‘’what is it’’ she kissed me on the lips, I felt like puking
Lebo ‘’come on take a guess’’ she says with the biggest smile on
her face
Me ‘’I am tired Lebo, just tell me’’
Lebo ‘’well you can be a party pooper, so I haven’t been feeling
too good, so I decided to go see a Dr
and it turns out, we are pregnant’’ she says excitedly, jumping
at me
Me ‘’what?’’ she frowns
Lebo ‘’I know you are tired from your trip but babe, we have
been waiting for this a long time’’ I got
so mad, this hoe is just gonna pretend like she hasn’t been
fucking another dude
Me ‘’so tell me’’
Lebo ‘’what?’’
Me ‘’who is the father’’ her eyes popped with shocked and I
kept a straight face
Lebo ‘’what is that supposed to mean Kagiso, I take that as an
insult, you are the father of course’’ I
chuckled
Me ‘’do you even know? I mean the father of your baby’’
Lebo ‘’what the hell has gotten into you, we should be happy
that we are expecting but you want to
be an asshole’’ she tried walking away but what I said next got
her undivided attention
Me ‘’is it mine or Dave’s?’’ her eyes widened
Her ‘’who is Dave?’’ she asked with tears forming in her eyes
Me ‘’a friend of mine, the one you have been fucking for a
while’’
Her ‘’I am, uhm Kagi, whatever he said he is lying I swear I never
slept with him’’
Me ‘’should we call so he can come here?’’
Her ‘’no no, the wont be a need for that’’
Me ‘’why Lebo, was I not enough?’’
Her ‘’baby it’s not that please, forgive me’’
Me ‘’you know I don’t know why I am wasting my time with
you’’
Her ‘’kagi please I made a mistake please’’
Me ‘’you slept with him for months, you were the one going to
his place, the one who didn’t want to
use a condom, so how is that a mistake?’’
Her ‘’I don’t know what had gotten into me, I am sorry’’ I laugh
wiping the tears on my face
Me ‘’the karma of fucking over a good woman and is the bitch
you end up with, man I am stupid, I
am paying my dues for all I did to my wife’’
Her ‘’exactly why I cheated, you kept on comparing me to
Kutlwano, writing beautiful instagram
posts about her, I didn’t feel appreciated’’ I laughed so loud
Me ‘’bitch are you kidding me, you cheated and that is my fault,
you are sick in the head Lebo’’
Her ‘’I didn’t mean it like that, I am sorry please, we can fix this’’
Me ‘’the is nothing to fix’’
Lebo ‘’what about our baby we are pregnant love please’’
Me ‘’will have to wait till the baby is born to find out now wont
we’’
Lebo ‘’so in the meantime what must happen’’
Me ‘’let’s see, I want you to take your shit and fokof, I never
want to see you in my house do you
understand’’
Lebo ‘’Kagiso you cant do this to me, where will I go’’
Me ‘’to the corner, where prostitutes like yourself are’’
Lebo ‘’Kagi it’s me please, don’t talk like this’’ I couldn’t listen to
her begging anymore, I grabbed her
and threw her out the door and went to take her suitcases and
wheeled them out of my gate, I
snatched her bag and took out the house and car keys, then
grabbed her again and threw her out of
my property and closed the gate.
Me ‘’only call me when that baby is born, we going to need to
do a DNA test, if it’s mine, I will take
full responsibility and if not you know Dave’s address’’ I said
and walk away crying

Andile

My wife and daughter have been home for a few days now,
having them here is a bliss, my baby girl
is so addictive, I don’t think I am going to be able to go back to
work, I am always in her nursery
looking at her sleep and patiently waiting for her to wake up so
I can pick her up, I am totally in love
with my princess, she is the cutest thing I have ever since after
AJ. I am blessed to have my kids and
my wife, I couldn’t have dreamed of anything better, Lolo
walked in holding AJ, he wants no one but
his mom, I think he is jealous of his baby sister, it becomes a
problem when Loyo (ndaLOYOthando)
has to feed, he would scream crying for Lolo to put Loyo down
and carry him instead, it is crazy I tell you

Lolo ‘’you seriously need to go back to work shame, you are like
stalking your own daughter’’ I laugh
Me ‘’I can’t seem to get enough of her’’
Lolo ‘’I feel neglected shame, Ndalo must just go back to where
she came from, I want my husband
back’’ I blushed and took AJ from her and placed him on the
couch and covered him up. I went back
to my wife and kissed her lights out
Me ‘’sorry my love, I am just so happy, thank you for giving me
our daughter and loving AJ like your
own’’
Lolo ‘’of course he is mine baby, I love him and thank you for
not shooting blanks now we have a
princess, my most amazing gift from the heavens’’ I laughed
hard at the not shooting blanks part
Me ‘’I love you so much Mrs Zwane’’
Lolo ‘’I love you too ntwana yam’’ I smiled she never ceases to
amaze me, being married to your best
friend is everything guys
Me ‘’I miss being inside of you my love yoh’’ it has been 2
weeks since I made love to her, that other
week she was at her house for the negotiations, and this week
she just gave birth
Lolo ‘’your mom told me to heal first, you heard her, speaking of
ma
she asked to speak to the both
of us, that’s what I came in here for to call you’’
Me ‘’okay let’s not keep her waiting any longer’’ we walk
downstairs and my parents are sited
already
Baba ‘’I was thinking of sending a search party’’ we laugh
Ma ‘’Andile I told you she has to heal first’’
Me ‘’not to sound disrespectful, kodwa ma, how long is that
going to take, I miss my wife phela’’
Lolo nudges me with her elbow
Ma ‘’just sit down Andile’’ my father laughs and my wife is all
sorts of embarrassed
Me ‘’okay, what is going on’’
Baba ‘’well, AJ’s maternal grandparents were here’’
Me ‘’what the hell did they want here’’
Baba ‘’come down son, they came here to humbly ask to be a
part of AJ’s life and to be able to visit
him’’
Me ‘’I don’t want my son near that crazy woman baba no I
refuse’’
Ma ‘’Andile boy, they know that, so they will really want to be in
his life, do not punish them for
their daughters mistake please, he is also their blood and they
love him’’
Lolo ‘’I agree with mama, Ndile baby listen, they will only come
here to see him, he will not go to
their house near Tshepi baby, plus when they are here they will
be under supervision though I highly
doubt they will harm him, please baby give them a chance to be
a part of their grandsons life’’ I hate
that I can’t say no to my wife, I sigh
Me ‘’eish baby fine, but they only see him here’’
Ma ‘’that is all they ask for, maybe with time we will adjust’’
Me ‘’let’s take it a step at a time’’
Lolo ‘’thank you baba ka Ndalo’’
Me ‘’I hate that I can’t say no to you yeses’’ my dad laughs
Baba ‘’welcome to married life boy, that is called loving your
wife and knowing that when the queen
is happy the palace is at peace, and also trusting that she will
never mislead you’’ I smile
Me ‘’true mama I know maka’Loyo will never direct me
wrongly’’
Lolo ‘’I am glad you know that baby’’ the baby monitor in the
lounge alerted us that the princess is
awake coz her cry came through a bit loud
Lolo ‘’let me go get her before she wakes her brother’’
Me ‘’no baby I will go get her’’ I say excitedly, finally she is
awake
Lolo ‘’I need to feed her though’’
Me ‘’I will come down with her baby’’
Baba ‘’Ndaloyothando is making Andile go crazy’’
Lolo ‘’too crazy baba, he doesn’t sleep, he spends most of his
time starring at her while she sleeps, I
haven’t even changed a nappy since we got back from the
hospital’’
Ma ‘’the bond between a daughter and her daddy, I am just
glad he is helping with Ndalo since AJ is
obsessed with you’’
Lolo ‘’yes ma, I am glad he is hands on’’

Naledi

I was at the house in Soweto packing the rest of my things,

Kutlwano, has moved permanently to the
Zwane house, I am glad she is finally happy and motherhood
suits her perfectly, she spoke to me
about renting this house out and getting me flat she is amazing,
but you know my boyfriend he
asked Kutlwano to let him do it, so my baby got me a bachelor
pad, I love it so much yeses, it is an
open plan lounge and kitchen and then bedroom and
bathroom, the rent is quiet high coz it is in
Sandton, enough to pay a mortgage bond for a house in a
township upscale suburb, Kutlwano
insisted that she will be responsible for groceries and my patrol
as well as pocket money, since S’bu
is already paying for my fees and flat. My boyfriend is here with
me but not helping me pack

Me ‘’but Sibu, why did you take the day off work if you not
going to help me’’
Him ‘’haibo baby, I am here for moral support’’ I laugh mxm
Me ‘’you are something else’’
Him ‘’I am glad you have your own place now, I will be there
each chance to make love to you’’
Me ‘’ knew you had your motives, for not wanting me to share
with a friend’’
Him ‘’exactly I want to go around naked without having to be
considerate of your flatmate’s eyes
seeing my sexiness, phela this is only for your eyes my love’’ I
laugh oh he is so cocky
Me ‘’you feeling yourself huh’’
Him ‘’I know Kutlwano and I got into an agreement, but you
know I love taking care of you and I
don’t want you running out of cash, so allow me to add into
your allowance’’
Me ‘’when have you needed my permission love’’ he laughs
Him ‘’you know me too well, I was gonna do it anyway I just
wanted to let you know that is all’’ I
laugh
Me ‘’okay baby thank you I guess, how much will it be’’
Him ‘’enough’’ he smiles, and there is a knock on the door, he
goes to open and comes back with my
sister Lebo, she had her luggage with
Me ‘’uhm Lebo, what are you doing here’’
Her ‘’hey baby sis, uhm, where is Kutlwano, why are you
parking’’
Me ‘’she is at the Zwane house she stays there now, I am going
to my flat’’
Her ‘’oh okay, I am going to need to stay here for a while’’
Me ‘’why are you not staying at your house Lebo’’
Her ‘’long story Naledi’’
Me ‘’oh well cut it short’’
Her ‘’Kagiso and I broke up’’ I roll my eyes
Me ‘’that is no surprise hey’’ she looks at me shocked
Her ‘’let me go to my room’’
Me ‘’oh you can’t do that’’
Her ‘’why not this is still our home’’ I laugh
Me ‘’we rented this place out, the lease has already been
signed, the tenants are moving in
tomorrow’’
Her ‘’what why would you two do that, where I am supposed to
go’’ I laugh
Me ‘’are you kidding me? I don’t have time for this’’
Her ‘’can I please move in with you then just for a while’’ I
frowned
Me ‘’no you can’t Lebo, I am a medical student I need my space,
plus I will always have my group
members over for assignments and staff, plus my place is one
bedroom’’
Her ‘’come on Naledi we are sisters we can work around that’’
Me ‘’no go stay with your mother’’
Her ‘’your mother is the reason why I am in this mess’’
Me ‘’that is not my problem, babe please take those to the car,
we are done’’ he did as told
Her ‘’you are so heartless Naledi’’ I laugh
Me ‘’as heartless as you were when you slept with your cousins
husband?’’
Her ‘’please sis please’’
Me ‘’no I can’t, go to mom, please get your bags out, I need to
lock and go drop off the keys’’ she
looked at me with tears in her eyes, I am not moved shame, she
can cry a river for all I care, she has
to taste her own medicine. She wheels her bags out and I
switch off the lights and lock the door, Sibu
is already parked outside waiting on me. I lock the gate and get
in the car
Her ‘’can I at least get a lift to moms’’ I take my man’s wallet
and take out about R500, I hand it to
her she looks at me puzzled
Me ‘’use that and catch a taxi, or even better Uber, baby drive’’
he is obedient today
Him ‘’remind me to never be on your bad side’’ I laugh
Me ‘’I love you too babe’’
Chapter 70

Phali

Things between my wife and I are good in fact they are great, I
don’t think we have ever been this
good, she is back to being that humble soul, that puts my needs
before hers and I am grateful for
that, Tshepi on the other hand is still very much mad at us, but
then again I understand, I just hope
she forgives her mother, and for her to just tell everyone the
truth and go serve her time. I had just
gotten off the phone with Zwane a few minutes ago. I need to
tell my wife she will be so excited, I
find her in the kitchen preparing dinner, did I mention that she
cooks now and she let go of a few
house helps, she does most things in the house herself now. i
am a happily married man, thank you God

Me ‘’Mrs Phali’’ I say smiling from ear to ear

Her ‘’mohatsaka (my husband)’’
Me ‘’I have great news’’
Her ‘’oh really please do share’’
Me ‘’Zwane called and Andile has agreed to let us see our
grandson’’ she stopped chopping and
jump up and down screaming in excitement
Her ‘’oh thank you Jesus, this is the best news, I can’t wait to
see him’’
Me ‘’I am sure he is so grown now’’
Her ‘’we should go buy him a few things, maybe start a trust
fund account for him’’
Me ‘’though his father is rich I don’t see why not, I will contact
my lawyer and the bank’’
Her ‘’thank you Phali, I just want to rectify my mistake with
Tshepi by being the best grandma to AJ’’
Me ‘’speaking of Tshepi where is she’’
Her ‘’oh she went to her Dr’s appointment my love’’
Me ‘’oh okay, I found my sons location, when can we go see
him’’ she smiled
Her ‘’how about we go tomorrow’’
Me ‘’okay my wife and thank you Ntswaki for this’’
Her ‘’it’s okay, it is my job to support you Phali’’
Me ‘’I just hope he accepts me you know’’
Her ‘’you had no idea he existed my love, he will love you I
promise’’ I fold her in my arms

Andile

My Dr is in surgery and I had to come see him for my check-ups,

I have been waiting for an hour
now, and honestly I just want to be home with my wife and kids,
I miss Loyo already, at least AJ has
started warming up to her, so it is easy for me to spend time
with the both, her chubby cheeks are
victims of AJ’s kisses every second, it is so cute, I take my phone
and look at my wallpaper it is a
picture of Lolo holding Loyo and AJ sleeping on her lap, it makes
me smile like a lunatic immediately.
I was about calling my wife when I heard a voice of the only
person I hate the most
Her ‘’in the 8 years we were together I have never seen that
smile before’’ I stare at her
Me ‘’I thought you suffer from amnesia’’ she smiles
Her ‘’please forget that’’
Me ‘’still a conniving and manipulative psycho bitch I see’’
Her ‘’I know I am not your favourite person but baby’’
Me ‘’don’t you dare call me that’’
Her ‘’I am sorry, sorry Andile. I just wanted to apologise for all I
did to you and our son’’
Me ‘’leave me alone Tshepi’’
Her ‘’at least tell me how he is, how is our boy, I miss him you
know’’
Me ‘’you don’t get to ask about my son, do you hear me, I don’t
want to see you anywhere near my
wife and my children, do you hear me’’ I roar at her
Her ‘’your kids? So she gave birth’’
Me ‘’you are not hearing me, stay away from us you psycho’’
Her ‘’Andile I am so sorry please, I just want to be his mother’’
Me ‘’until he is 18 and can make his own decisions stay the fuck
away from my son, or I will kill you
with my bare hands’’ I say sounding so cold, she flinches
Her ‘’just know that I am sorry Andi’’
Me ‘’I don’t give a shit’’ I was saved by the nurse from this witch
Nurse ‘’Mr Zwane the Dr is ready for you’’
Me ‘’thanks ‘’
Her ‘’Just know that I am sorry and only did this coz I love you, I
still do’’ I squat in front of her
Me ‘’fuck off’’

Kutlwano

It was just me and Ndalo in the house, Andile went to the Dr

and AJ went to the farm with ma, so it’s
just me and the princess, I am feeding her and she is looking at
me straight in the eye, I can feel our
connection, our bond, I love her so much, I finished feeding her
and she drifts to lala land, so I go do
her and AJ ‘s laundry, it wasn’t too much
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I am done in no time. And luckily she is still out of it, I get
to the kitchen to get something to eat and my favourite person
walks in.

Ledi ‘’hey sis, look at you glow’’ I laugh and we hug

Me ‘’you are the glowing one, you happy to live alone’’ she
blushes
Her ‘’that and other things’’ she laughs and my eyes widens
Me ‘’oh no you didn’t, when did you give it up sis’’
Her ‘’not long, I will get to the details later, how is my niece’’
Me ‘’well Loyo ka Ndile is perfect, she has all of us wrapped
around her finger, my husband is not
even sleeping he is obsessed with his daughter’’
Her ‘’ncooo how cute sis, he is a great father hey’’
Me ‘’he is the greatest babe’’
Her ‘’in other news you won’t believe what happened’’
Me ‘’out with it’’
Her ‘’so Lebo showed up at the house with her bags asking to
stay at the house for a while,
apparently they broke up with Kagiso’’
Me ‘’no way, that’s sad what happened’’
Her ‘’sad yang? She got what she deserved, did she think she
will live happily after she hurt you like
that, ai let her suffer man yeses, you see this good heart of
yours, sad, sad for who, we should be
popping a bottle and celebrating’’ I laugh
Me ‘’you are something elsewatseba’’ she smiles
Her ‘’hey she must suffer man, both of them nje, I don’t even
pity her’’
Me ‘’where is she now’’
Her ‘’I don’t know, I don’t care, but I told her to go stay with her
mother, akere she was her
cheerleader, let her bail her out’’ I chuckle
Me ‘’Naledi’’ I say clapping my hands
Her ‘’let me go pour myself some wine, before MaShirley comes
back’’ I laugh, what monster has
S’bu created, but I love how fierce she is now
Lebo

I have been with my mother for a few days now and I haven’t
said a word to her, I hate her if she
didn’t plant this idea in my head I would still be with my man
and not possibly pregnant with
another man’s child, how could I have been so stupid God. This
one bedroom flat is not helping
either, having to sleep on the couch is shit nje, she came in from
work and placed her bad on the
coffee table and came to sit next to me

Ma ‘’haibo baby, you are still in the same position you were in
when I left’’ I remain silent
Ma ‘’come Lebo, what is going on’’
Me ‘’Kagiso found out mama he found out and threw me out of
the house’’
Ma ‘’found out what now’’
Me ‘’that I have been cheating on him Kele’’ she gasp for air
Ma ‘’what how did he find out Relebogile, I hope you didn’t
sleep with that boy in his house’’
Me ‘’no ma, Dave is his friend’’
Ma ‘’oh my God Lebo, why didn’t you run a background check
on him’’
Me ‘’are you for real right now’’
Ma ‘’mxm, we need to go beg him nana, find a way to make him
feel like this is his fault’’ I laugh
Me ‘’he told me to call him once the baby is born, he wants a
DNA test done’’
Ma ‘’you are pregnant oh modimo this is not happening’’
Me ‘’it is happening, just not the same way you promised it
would’’
Ma ‘’you are also to blame Lebo, you chose the wrong guy’’
Me ‘’you are unbelievable Kele, I shouldn’t have listened to
you’’
Ma ‘’mxm, we need to find a solution not fight each other’’
Me ‘’how the hell am I supposed to go through this pregnancy
alone’’
Ma ‘’oh jesus, who will pay the rent, oh my pocket money’’
Me ‘’kore mama you only care about yourself, Ledi was right
about you’’
Ma ‘’you are a genius nana, Naledi is dating that rich boy, she
will have to take care of us now’’ I
couldn’t believe my ears my mother is worse shame, I took my
phone and walked to the bedroom I
hear her say something before I closed the door
Ma ‘’I just need to go and see her, I raised her and took care of
her all her life now it is her turn to
take care of me’’ wow Kele wow but Naledi is no push over,
good luck to her.
Chapter 71

Kagiso

Just when I was enjoying my peace of mind my mother just had

to show up here, I haven’t spoken to
her since that day and I wasn’t planning on doing so anytime
soon, I just want to keep my distance, I
want to fix my life and with my mother breathing down my neck
that will be difficult to do. I have
been trying to avoid her as best as I could but I guess today she
just woke up earlier than me, I tried
to open the door sneaking out when she spoke

Her ‘’Kagiso Moroka’’ I sigh and turn to look at her

Me ‘’ma’’ I say keeping a straight face
Her ‘’why have you been avoiding me ngwanake’’
Me ‘’I have nothing to say to you ma’’
Her ‘’I am your mother Kagi how could you say that’’
Me ‘’I need to get to the office ma, I will talk to you later’’
Her ‘’where is that useless girl, I haven’t seen her since I got
here’’
Me ‘’Lebo is not here and she is not coming back’’
Her ‘’why is that’’
Me ‘’because we broke up mama’’
Her ‘’finally, she wasn’t good enough for you anyway’’
Me ‘’this is exactly why I have been avoiding you’’
Her ‘’what is that supposed to mean’’
Me ‘’you are never pleased mama, you want to dictate my life
like I am some 10 year old boy, I am a
grown man dammit I can make my own decisions’’ she gasp
Her ‘’Kagiso, watch your mouth’’
Me ‘’just stay out of my business mother, my love life especially,
if you can’t do that please kindly go
back to Bloemfontein please’’ she started crying
Her ‘’you are throwing me out because you always choose
wrong girls’’ is she for real’’
Me ‘’you are not hearing God you know what ma, I am out of
here, I will see later’’
Her ‘’I am still talking to you’’ she says and I just walk out and
closed the door

Naledi

This place is so peaceful, everyone is minding their own

business and very considerate, you won’t
hear loud music randomly nje, it is so easy studying here coz
the library can sometimes depress me
shame, I am lazing around today, I deserve a break hey, so
Netflix and wine will do me good shame,
the the phone rings and I know its security, I answer and the
guy tells me my mom is at the gate, I
tell her to allow her in, how did she know where to find oh my
God, I do not have the energy to
entertain her and her troubles, she knocks and I open, she
walks in past me even pushing me a bit

Her ‘’you living here in an expensive neighbourhood drinking

expensive wine, while me and your
sister suffer’’
Me ‘’hello mother, I am okay thanks for asking, what brings you
here?’’ I say sarcastically
Her ‘’cut the crap, so you now think you own the world since
you are sleeping with a rich boy’’ I
laugh, the nerve
Me ‘’okay mother what do you want’’
Her ‘’your sister and I are struggling we need your help’’ I fold
my arms
Me ‘’what help could I possibly offer you’’
Her ‘’money of course’’
Me ‘’I am a student where do you expect me to get money
from’’
Her ‘’oh come on Ledi your boyfriend must give you money, he
is loaded phela’’ WTF
Me ‘’you have a job ma’’
Her ‘’I earn peanuts, how will I pay rent, transport, food and
save for the baby’’
Me ‘’oh she is pregnant Kagiso will look after his child that I
know’’
Her ‘’Naledi just give me money and stop blabbing’’
Me ‘’oh no, the baby is not his, Jesus Christ mother, she cheated
on him and got herself pregnant,
how stupid can your daughter be mara’’
Her ‘’shut up you don’t know what you are talking about. Will
you give me the money or what’’
Me ‘’just give me one reason why I should do this for you
mama’’
Her ‘’I raised you Naledi’’
Me ‘’it was your job Kele, I do not owe you anything, your
favourite disappointed you now suddenly
you remember me, I will never forget all those times you chose
her over me, remember when I
asked for R200 to apply for varsity and said you don’t have it
but gave Lebo R2500 for Brazilian hair,
what about that time I showed you that my school shoes had a
crack and when it rained my socks
get wet, what did you say? you told me my age mates lie on
their back and make money while I
wanna nag like a little child yet again gave Lebo money to go to
the club with her friends. How about when you left me for the
weekend with R20 and took your precious daughter to Durban
when you
bonused, I was young, you left me a prey to criminals and
rapists coz you went all over Soweto
telling them how you are taking a vacation, not even once did
you call to ask how I stayed behind, if I
was safe, should I go on?’’ she was just looking at me, tears
were just down my face, the pain I had
buried came back rushing
Her ‘’so that is enough for you to let us suffer’’ I laugh and wipe
my tears
Me ‘’you are unbelievable, get out’’
Her ‘’what’’
Me ‘’I said get out mama, I never want to see you again, you are
not even sorry for all you have done
to me’’
Her ‘’Naledi that is all in the past akere, you are okay, you
turned out fine
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you are studying medicine
and you have a rich man, why are you still holding on to the
past’’
Me ‘’kele get out tuuuu’’
Her ‘’what about your sisters child’’
Me ‘’tell her to go back to school or find a job’’
Her ‘’you are so evil Naledi’’
Me ‘’I am my mother’s daughters’’ her eyes popped, I went and
open the door, she took her bad and
my wine then left, wow, I closed and called my boyfriend, I need
him, he picks up
Him ‘’my baby’’
Me ‘’baby can you please come see me’’
Him ‘’baby are you crying, what’s going on’’
Me ‘’my mom was here and old wounds were opened I just
wanna talk can you come’’
Him ‘’you don’t have to ask twice my love, I am coming, want
anything?’’
Me ‘’no baby I want nothing’’
Him ‘’I am leaving the office in a sec okay, I will be there soon, I
love you’’
Me ‘’I love you too baby’’
Him ‘’sharp I am coming’’ I put the phone down and cry some
more, my mother has done some
painful things to me and I never talk about them, I tried very
hard to bury them but her showing up
here and demanding that I help them ticked me off. I have
never shared that part of my life with
anyone, it is time I shared with Sibu, he is my best friend, I
would talk to Tlwano but I don’t want to
hurt her like that she is still enjoying motherhood this will break
her heart.

Phali

My wife and I park outside his house, I am nervous I don’t think

I have ever been scared in my life, I
just hope he accepts me and give us a chance to get to know
him

Ntswaki ‘’ready, or do you need another minute’’

Me ‘’you are here my love, you are all the minute I need, we
can go in’’ she smiled at me and we
walked to the gate and it is locked, we press the button and a
male comes to the gate, I think this is
him, he has some Phali features
Him ‘’dumelang bagolo (greetings my elders)’’ I smile
Ntswaki ‘’dumela Kagiso’’ he frowned but smiled to be polite
Him ‘’uhm can I help you ma?’’
Ntswaki ‘’can we please come in papa’’ he opened the gate
Him ‘’okay please lets go inside’’ I am quiet all this time, grateful
that my wife is here
Ntswaki ‘’thank you’’ we followed him inside and when we got
to the lounge, the is an elder woman
and I know exactly who she is, as soon as her eyes lend on me,
she stood up and dropped her glass
Him ‘’mama what is wrong’’
Me ‘’Dipolelo’’ tears fell
Her ‘’Justice Phali’’ she wipes her tear
Him ‘’mama, what is going on?’’
Her ‘’what are you doing here’’
Me ‘’why did you lie to me though’’
Him ‘’can someone just tell me what is going on’’
Ntswaki ‘’can we please sit first we will explain shortly’’ we all
sit
Him ‘’I am all ears, bagolo who are you’’
Ntswaki ‘’ehhh Phali would you like to explain’’
Her ‘’I will explain to my son’’
Him ‘’explain what Jesus Christ’’
Her ‘’kagi papa, this man right here is uhm he is your father’’ his
eyes widened
Him ‘’what, he is what?’’
Ntswaki ‘’he is your father, my husband is your father’’ he
laughed
Him ‘’what do you want here?’’
Me ‘’I just want to get to know you that is all’’ he laughed
louder
Him ‘’after so many years why now, you left my mother when
she was pregnant, you decided that
you don’t want her anymore and went to get married’’ I looked
at Dipolelo coz that is not what
happened no
Me ‘’what Kagiso, I don’t know what you are talking about’’
Him ‘’that is what my mother told me’’
Me ‘’I swear that is not what happened, I was already married
when I met your mother, things
between us ended soon as I thought my wife found out, she
was already pregnant with you, I didn’t
know, I only found out at a later stage and went to her but she
told me you died a while ago, my
wife is the one who found you, I didn’t know you existed I
swear’’ he wiped his tears and looked at
his mother
Him ‘’is this true mama’’ she didn’t answer him but just cried he
sighed
Him ‘’what! Why would you lie to me like this’’
Her ‘’I wanted to protect you baby’’
Him ‘’protect me from my son mama why’’
Her ‘’he was married, he hurt me, I didn’t want him to hurt you
too’’
Him ‘’the man came back looking for me, it showed he wanted
me, you took a chance of me being
able to grow up knowing my dad’’
Her ‘’I am sorry I just thought that since he refused leaving his
wife for me he would reject you too’’
Him ‘’you knew he was married why would you think he would
leave his wife mama’’
Me ‘’I am sorry for being absent in your life, I know you are a
man now and you have your own life,
but I was really hoping we could get to know each other if that
is okay with you’’
Him ‘’you know sir, this is too much really, I need to think, I
need time’’
Me ‘’I understand’’
Ntswaki ‘’this is our number and home address, you will reach
out when you are ready’’
Him ‘’yeah sure thanks’’
Me ‘’we will take our leave now, and I am sorry once again, and
this might sound premature but I
love you son’’ he just looked at me expressionless, his mother
was just seated crying
Ntswaki ‘’stay well, we will wait for you, I hope you give us a
chance’’ she said touching his hand.
And we walked out. I hope and pray he makes contact.
Chapter 72

Six months later

Kagiso

Life has been really good, I have a good relationship with my

father and his wife, they are good
people, well my mother isn’t entirely happy with me because I
choose to give my father a chance, i
never really asked her why she would do what she did to me
because I knew that she wouldn’t tell
me the truth. My dad invited me to attend lunch that will be
held at my nephews fathers place, he
just got baptised today, I didn’t attend the church service coz it
was in the morning, I don’t wake up
early on weekends unless it has to do with making me some
money, I finished preparing myself, I
take my car keys and my overnight bag and head out of my
bedroom where my mother is siting.
Ma ‘’and where are you going with a bag’’
Me ‘’I am going to attend my nephews lunch he got baptised
today, and I will be sleeping over at my
dads’’
Ma ‘’so you have decided to hurt me Kagiso’’
Me ‘’how I am hurting you mama’’
Ma ‘’I told you I want you to cut all ties with that man’’
Me ‘’and I told you I will do no such thing’’
Ma ‘’Kagiso, I raised alone, you should be worshipping the
ground I walk on’’
Me ‘’it was your choice, my father knew nothing about it coz
you told him I died’’ she sighs
Ma ‘’you are ungrateful shame’’
Me ‘’why must we do this every time I have to go to meet my
family’’
Ma ‘’your family oh they are your family now’’
Me ‘’oh my God, I don’t have time to do this really’’
Ma ‘’I am going to Bloemfontein, I see I am no longer needed in
your life’’
Me ‘’emotional blackmail won’t work on me, not anymore at
least, and yes I think you should move
back to Bloem, we both need our space’’
Ma ‘’I never thought I would live to see the day you choose him
over me’’ I love my mother but this
is too much now, she needs to go really. I look at her for a full
minute then walk out, I can’t deal with her

Kele

I have been working like a slave for Lebo and it is too much now,
all she does is bath eat and sleep,
she doesn’t help me clean, cook or even do the laundry, I have
to pop out money for Dr’s
appointments, clothes and buy her cravings. I am in debt now, I
go from Mashonisa to mashonisa. I
had just finished cleaning and doing our laundry, it is a Sunday
and I am tired, I should be resting but
nope I need to clean up after a grown woman, she came out of
the bathroom
Her ‘’are you done cooking?’’
Me ‘’haibo Lebo I am not a superwoman helang’’
Her ‘’so what do you expect my baby and I eat’’
Me ‘’ousi wee you have two hands, capable to make yourself
something to eat’’
Her ‘’bathong mama, I am hungry now’’
Me ‘’I suggest you get started with the pots’’
Her ‘’have I ever cooked before Kele, can I please have money
for kota ge’’
Me ‘’where the hell am I supposed to get money from, there is
food in the fridge prepare
something’’
Her ‘’mama, why are you doing this’’
Me ‘’hei hei, was I there when you opened your legs for that
boy’’
Her ‘’you encouraged it mama now you are saying this’’
Me ‘’hei you have become a burden to me Lebo, I need you to
find a job of a sugar daddy whatever
just to get a source of income’’
Her ‘’are you hearing yourself right now Kele’’
Me ‘’loud and clear girl’’ she cried
Her ‘’you are unbelievable mama, after all that I have done for
you’’
Me ‘’you had to, I took care of you and favoured you over
Naledi’’
Her ‘’and now that she is dating a rich man you want her over
me right’’
Me ‘’ska mpotsa masepa please, go look for a job and support
you and that bastard you are
carrying’’ she started crying
Her ‘’you are the most manipulative, selfish person I have ever
seen mama, God is watching you’’
Me ‘’hei mamoruti don’t bore me with that, I am a survivor nna
that God can watch me all he likes’’
Her ‘’you will regret this one day, mark my words’’ I laugh mxm
she must just find money or leave

Kutlwano

Today my babies got baptised, so we are having family lunch for

them, it is one the Zwane’s, Mr and
Mrs Phali and they said they will be coming with their son, Ledi
and Lesego who flew in specially for
this
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my best friend is amazing, him and Andile finally get along or
should I say Andile finally gets
along with him. The table is set already and the food is enough
and it smells heavenly, we hired the
best chef. Everyone was already seated and I was busy chasing
AJ around, he is one energetic child
this one. A car pulls up and it is Tshepi’s parents

Mr phali ‘’and there is grandpa’s big boy, come here’’ he picks

him up and spins him around, my son
is giggling so joyfully
Ntswaki ‘’hello Kutlwano, how are you’’ she smiles
Me ‘’I am fine thanks ma’’
Ntswaki ‘’thank you for taking great care of him’’ I smile
Mr Phali ‘’son rap u that call and come here man’’ Kagiso came
out of the car laughing and stops and
freezes when he sees me
Me ‘’son?’’
Mr Phali ‘’oh yes, my son Kagiso, just found out a few months
ago, son meet AJ’s other mother
Kutlwano, she is great with him’’
Kagiso ‘’we know each other dad’’
Ntswaki ‘’small world, how though?’’
Kagiso ‘’she was my wife, and I messed up and lost her, I know
how great she is, AJ is lucky’’ my
husband appeared
Ndile ‘’whatis keeping you, Loy…’’ he stops as he sees the
Phali’s
Ndile ‘’sanibonani, Kagiso what brings you here’’
Phali ‘’this is the son I spoke about’’
Ndile ‘’oh small world hey’’
Me ‘’ hubby you were saying?’’
Ndile ‘’oh yeah love, I think Loyo wants to eat please feed her’’
he hands her to me
Me ‘’oh come baby, let’s go feed you princess’’ I kiss her lips ad
she smiles, my baby is beautiful
Kagiso ‘’she is beautiful, what’s here name’’
Ndile ‘’thanks man, this cuties name is Ndaloyothando, Loyo
wami’’
Ntswaki ‘’she becomes beautiful with each passing day, I never
asked what it means though’’
Ndile ‘’it means the creation of Love, our love’’ he says the last
part looking at me and I blush, Kagiso
clears his throat
Kagiso ‘’beautiful name for a beautiful baby, congratulations’’
Me ‘’oh well thanks, I need to go feed her now or she will just
cry this roof down, Zwane?’’
Ndile ‘’Mrs Zwane’’
Me ‘’please lead them to the garden, I will be right there after
feeding your daughter’’
Ndile ‘’yes love, this way please’’ they tried walking but AJ
pulled me by my dress crying
AJ ‘’momo (that is how he calls me) ntate (he means nthathe,
take me in Zulu)’’
Me ‘’but baby boy, you sister wants to eat’’ he cries some more
Ntswaki ‘’oh poor you, he is still like this’’
Me ‘’worse I think’’
Ndile ‘’fana come to daddy, momo is going to feed Loyo, we can
go and watch them’’ he stops crying
and goes to Andile, at least that is sorted
Me ‘’ma, can you find your way to the garden, everyone is there
already’’
Ntswaki ‘’yes baby we can, we don’t want AJ to start crying
again’’
Kagiso ‘’he loves you, you must be a great mother’’ I give a
weak smile
Me ‘’I try hey I try’’
Ndile ‘’my wife won’t take the compliment but she is a great
mother my kids are lucky’’
Kagiso ‘’yeah I know how great she is’’ is this a pissing contest
between the hubby and the ex?
Me ‘’babe let’s go Ndalo is becoming agitated, we will see you
in the garden’’ they nod and walk
away, Kagiso keeps looking back at us at me maybe and Andile
chuckles
Ndile ‘’he better keep his eyes off you or I will stab him right in
the pupil’’ I laugh
Me ‘’oh shut up let’s go upstairs’’
Ndile ‘’I am serious baby’’
Me ‘’I know and I love you too baba ka Ndalo’’ we get upstairs
and I start feeding my baby she sucks
on my breast for dear life, ooh she was really hungry, I just hope
she doesn’t sleep through this
whole lunch, phela people are here for them
Ndile ‘’I just hope she doesn’t sleep through the whole lunch’’ I
laugh
Me ‘’I was thinking the same thing, you know your daughter’s
pride, she hates people sometimes’’
Ndile "I know right" we both laugh, Ndalo has attitude for days
guys you should see her.
Chapter 73
5 years later

Andile

Life couldn’t be better, If someone had told me 3years ago that I

would be this happy, I would have
laughed at them and probably bet a couple of millions against
that, but I guess God came through
and honestly I want to thank myself for taking charge of my life
back then and went to stay in
Soweto coz if I didn’t I wouldn’t have met the love of my life
mother of my children, my best friend
and everything in between. Happiness is my middle name now.
This is all I have ever wished for, it is
enough and I wouldn’t trade it for anything. I walked into the
study and found my father seated on
the couch
Me ‘’they are finally napping’’
Him ‘’those two are a headache, I love them really but when
they are awake you would swear this is
a small house, they are everywhere’’
Me ‘’tell me about it’’
Him ‘’brace yourself son, you have two more on the way’’
Me ‘’to tell you the truth dad, I am so excited, can’t wait for
them to arrive’’
Him ‘’are you planning to have more?’’
Me ‘’hell no 4 children I think we have enough pops’’
Him ‘’but at least its balanced, 2 girls and 2 boys’’
Me ‘’that’s why I am saying we are done, I love the equilibrium’’
Him ‘’where is your brother’’
Me ‘’he was trying to change Siyamthanda’s diaper’’ he laughed
and S’bu walked in
S’bu ‘’I think I only want one kid’’ my dad and I laugh
Him ‘’and why is that boy’’
S’bu ‘’I love my daughter but she is a little bully and I don’t
know where she gets that coz Ledi wami
is the sweetest thing under the sun’’
Me ‘’she is her father’s daughter’’ he chuckles
Him ‘’where are your wives?’’
Me ‘’yours dragged them to the Spa’’
S’bu ‘’and told us to babysit for a change’’ he laughs and stands
to pour us some drinks

Kagiso

These past five years have been amazing, I decided to just focus
on family and my business, I haven’t
been dating anyone and I am totally fine, let’s just what Lebo
did to me scared me and also because I
am still not over a particular woman, I know it’s crazy but I have
been hoping that somehow things
don’t work out between them and she comes back to me. well
it turned out that the child Lebo was
carried was not mine but Dave’s, that alone hurt me worse coz I
was kind of wishing and praying it
could be mine. I practically live with my dad and his wife, I only
go to my house when I entertain
woman, my long term one night stands and if the boys and I
have to catch a game and chill. I am at
home with my dad, I was briefing him on business since I am
the one running his company.
Him ‘’okay enough about business’’
Me ‘’but timer we need to finish this, I have a meeting with the
clients first thing Monday’’
Him ‘’when are you planning on settling down Kagiso man’’ I
sigh
Me ‘’timer we spoke about this’’
Him ‘’no, you are not getting any younger, I need grandkids’’
Me ‘’you have AJ, though, besides man I haven’t met the right
woman’’
Him ‘’there will never be another Kutlwano son’’ I roll my eyes
Me ‘’I know that’’
Him ‘’she is married, happily married son, she has kids and
expecting two more, she will not leave
Andile for you’’
Me ‘’I know that now dad, I just need more time’’
Him ‘’that is something you do not have, let go of Kutlwano,
Lebo and all that she did to you, let it all
go, open your heart and fall in love, take that risk, what is the
point of making all this money, who
will spend it when we die’’ he was making sense
Me ‘’AJ will’’ he laughs
Him ‘’I am not joking man, you need to get out there or I am
firing you and taking back my
company’’
Me ‘’but dad, you know the company is my life’’
Him ‘’exactly for that reason, you need a life outside work, I am
serious I will take it away’’
Me ‘’fine pops, I will start mingling’’
Him ‘’thank you, now we can go back to business’’
Me ‘’thank goodness’’ but what he said hit home, its time I let
go of Kutlwano and find myself
someone to love and who will love me back.

Lebo
After my mom started mistreating me, I vowed to change my
life, I went to rewrite my matric, since I
failed maths and science I decided to change them to subjects I
will be able to handle, and I
managed to pass even though it was difficult juggling pregnancy
and school even worse attending
with elders but I did it, my mother started hiding food from me,
so I started braiding peoples hair
and using that money to pay for classes, buying food and saving
some for my baby, speaking of
babies, after giving birth the DNA results proved that the Dave
was the father and not Kagiso, luckily
he didn’t avoid responsibility, he took care of his son, he would
send R5000 a month and with that I
managed to move out of my moms and went to rent in the
township, luckily my landlord was an
elderly woman with no kids so she loved having Letlotlo (my
son) and I around, I told her I wanted to
go to university and she volunteered to babysit my son
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so I could study, I graduated earlier this year
from Wits, I studied teaching under fundza Lushaka bursary and
after I finished they placed me in a
school around Soweto, so now I make my own money, I am able
to take care of my son and
MaDuma the woman who took us in, I have renovated the
house and she is happy, I am practically
the only family she has that she wrote a mini will, giving me the
house once she passes on. I reached
out to Kutlwano and Ledi and they forgave me, we have a
relationship now, we meet twice a month
with the kids then alone so we can catch up. Today is Friday and
work was hectic, I bought myself a
bottles of wine and some beer for mama, we going to unwind
coz Dave is coming to pick up Letlotlo
today. Speaking of the devil he walks in
Dave ‘’hey, is he ready’’
Me ‘’yes he is, let me go get him’’ was about to get him when
he appeared excited to see his father
Tlotlo ‘’daddy’’
Dave ‘’hey champ, good to see you. I missed you’’
Tlotlo ‘’missed you two daddy’’
Dave ‘’listen boy I need to talk to mom, how about you go wait
in the car so long okay’’ he took his
backpack and ran to the car
Me ‘’what’s up?’’
Dave ‘’sorry for being in such a hurry, I need to go drop off my
mom at the airport and she wants to
have ice cream with Letlotlo before her flight’’
Me ‘’I understand’’
Dave ‘’Lebo, uhm aaah do you think we can go eat dinner
sometimes next week’’
Me ‘’Dave you know I just want to focus on our son right now
and work so..’’ he interrupts
Dave ‘’just give us a chance babe please’’
Me ‘’I need to think about it, just give me sometime’’
Dave ‘’take all the time you need, I will wait coz I love you’’

Kutlwano

If it is something I have learnt all these years is that you need to

trust and God, and know that when
he is delaying he is not denying, he is just shaping you through
pain and misery and so when you
finally make it out and find yourself in the presence of love,
happiness and contentment you will be able to cherish it with
everything you have. There is no good without bad, bad just
makes us appreciate good as it is with darkness and light. I have
been through hell and back but God came through for me, all
the pain I have ever endured was preparing me for all this love
and happiness I am feeling. God has blessed me beyond
measure. An amazing husband, great family and
perfect children. Okay the past 5 years I got my fairy-tale
wedding in Paris and my honeymoon was a dream.
I resigned from my job and joined the family company, also
Lebo and I fixed our differences and we
all get along fine now, she has changed her life around and I am
really proud of her, well my aunt I don’t know of her
whereabouts. And yep I am pregnant again and with twins this
time, they are fraternal twins and I am excited to meet them, at
least AJ and Loyo are all grown now, none of them will be too
clingy when these two arrive. My mother in law took Ledi and I
out to the Spa, I needed this, my feet and hands are all swollen
so some pampering will do.
Ma ‘’I hope you two are having a great time’’
Ledi ‘’I needed this mama, thank you, being a mother and an
intern is not easy, the hospital can be hectic at times’’
Me ‘’oh my poor Dr’’
Ledi ‘’I think I am going to take Sibu’s offer’’
Ma ‘’the private practice idea?’’
Ledi ‘’yes mama, at least it won’t take all my time, I will have
time for him and Siya’’
Me ‘’great idea sis, just stay a couple of years at the hospital for
experience first’’
Ledi ‘’I plan to, then I need to start planning a second child’’
Ma ‘’good idea baby, get it over and done with’’
Me ‘’yep don’t wait like I did, I should have got on with it when
Ndalo turned 2’’ they laughed Ma ‘’don’t stress baby you are
done now’’
Me ‘’I think I am going to take 2 years maternity leave, I hope
my boss approves’’
Ma ‘’you are the bosses wife my baby’’ I laugh and my phone
rings
Me ‘’oh hubby calling’’ they roll their eyes and I answer
Andile ‘’sexy mother of 4’’ I blush Me ‘’hey daddy, unjani’’
Andile ‘’I am fine my love, I just miss you, when are you coming
back?’’
Me ‘’we just had our massage, now we having lunch then meni
and pedi. How are the kids’’
Him ‘’a handful love but I am coping, how are how are the ones
with you’’
Me ‘’they are heavy and making me hungry every two minutes’’
he laughs
Him ‘’sorry my wifey, they will soon be out of your space’’
Me ‘’I can’t wait for that, I need my body back’’
Him ‘’Lolo’’
Me ‘’Ndile’’
Him ‘’thank you my love, thank you so much for coming into my
life and completing me the way you
do, you are the best thing that has ever happened to me, may
you continue being this person I keep
on falling in love with deeper with each passing day, I prat that
God keeps our union blessed and safe from those who might
want to harm us. Lastly thank you for mothering our children,
sacrificing your body and time to bear me children my children,
I love you so much Mrs Zwane and thank you once again from
the bottom of my heart.’’
Me ‘’oh Ndile baby, I don’t know what to say’’ I was now crying
Him ‘’just promise to love me till your dying day even on days I
am being difficult don’t give up on me don’t give up on us, our
family’’
Me ‘’I promise my love I promise’’

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