The Augury

Part 128

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" uuuum....uuuh"
I said coughing damn it! another bump, I swear to the devil that this man can not drive,
" ouch sorry "
Me: fuck you!!"
He laughed and continued to hum his tune,  it's midnight and I'm being driven in bushes of this hell forbidden place I know nothing about.
Damn you Silas you just died and now I'm paying for every crime you ever committed.

I cough again and this time I spit blood, my jaw is broken, I probably lost several teeth the way Mvelo first pounded my face fuck you Mvelo!
I feel like I just became his punching bag overnight, he beat me up yet again today, I don't know how he found out about Jabulile and me, but the way he called out her name and the rage he carried was as if he knew her personally.

Damn it, I feel like I went on this killing spree, make the prince of light pay for killing my father blind-sighted, I know nothing about Mvelo and what he's capable of, I can't believe that not so long ago I was hell bound to destroying him, fuck! Silas was right this man is not close to being defeated.
Without using any magic, turning into a lion, or using witchcraft he just fuck me up with his first, his boot on my ribs, and cursed the daylight out of my existence it felt like I was beaten by 100 men at once...I hate Mhlongo but damn was I glad he was there to save me from Mvelo today.

I'm in pain and most probably have internal bleeding, broken ribs, broken jaw, broken nose, blue eyes, and cracked skull I now realizing that Mvelo was never my match, I have felt pain in my life but the one I feel now I wish that I never crossed path with him.

The car came to halt,
I wiped my tears and mucus, I slowly looked outside the window, it's pitch black outside all I could see is something glittering in the distance, is that a river?
Him: come boy it's time..."
Me: time for what?"
I say holding my swollen left cheek
Him: you will see...woza I don't have the whole night, we need to do this fast before abanikazi besiziba makes you there meal "
I swallowed attempted to pop my eyes open but I felt a sharp pain in my forehead,

Me: what am I doing here? "
Him: the man you call your father, planted something inside your blood, in English, they say you possessed but in our culture, we say unohlanga lokuthakatha, you do these things and regret them at a later stage, you ask your self why but something deep inside of you won't let you stop, you pretend you like seeing other people suffer but deep down I know that you want nothing more than to be a normal person, go to school ...have a girlfriend, drink party, but mostly you want a family, but this thing inside of you has created a lot of enemies for you that you have resorted to living in the shadows"
Me: YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT ME OR ABOUT MY LIFE !!!"

Him: I know that you are Nxumalo's puppet even in his grave he was using you, your life is surrounded by darkness, everywhere you go people wish death upon you, you only 23 years old but already the world is against you, ... right now you face with jail time or death ...and we both know that where Silas comes from its no five-star hotel so are you coming or what? "

I swallowed and looked away,
Him: I'm not asking you to do this for me ...for yourself ...but rather do it for your unborn baby "
I slowly turned and looked at him
Me: what ?"
Him: you planted a seed on one of the Nene gardens..."

I dropped my mouth open, he left me in the car alone while I just collected my thought everything he said was right, it's like he dwelled in my subconscious, what did he mean when he said the man I call my father? Could it be true that Nxumalo was not my father?

I slowly got out of the car, he had place candles on the shore of what looks like a pond,
Him: stand right there ...you see that bucket over there ..." He said not even looking at me, I looked on my left and saw it
Him: phuza lesosiwasho uphalaze before you step closer"

Ukuphalaza it's not known to me, I grew up doing it, to be a powerful inyanga you should phalaza, chatha, and qhuma, it's just that it was dark Muthi then, and today I was forced to clean my self inside out.

With a big lion looking at me they call him " Mkhulu " for what? I don't know but I did every task set out for me, with my aching body and broken limps, Mhlongo made sure that ithunzi elimyama was washed out of my system, I'm tired and cranky now and he is busy praying and pushing me underwater and up, it went on and on till I felt my body becoming very lose like something heavy was lifted off my shoulders, the water started bubbling up, I felt something move, I slowly open my eyes as he carried me out of the water and what I saw made my jaws drop, I saw what looked like mermaids or is it women with snake lower bodies it was too dark to see but their beauty was remarkable, these creatures look like goddesses,
Mhlongo: umsebenzi uhambe Kahle abanikazi bamanzi bayakwamukela emdenini "

Me: wow did I just see Nkosazana? "
Mhlongo laughed " come let's eat ..."
I set down with him by the shore he had prepared a feast, iladi per se...I was too tired that all I wanted to do was sleep, surprisingly my body was no longer painful but just tired.

Him: take one of each of these fruits, drink and meat go stand there and ask ithonga for forgiveness, prosperity, and healing"
...with my tired body I walked inside the water again, I looked at the dam, that was glittering like diamonds, I started throwing food in the pond for some strange reason all I wished was Jabu forgiveness, to be a better man to change and too let go of this dark heart that lead me astray, this was the first time in years I cried tears of sorrow looking back at my life and the man I had become, I felt Mhlongo arms around me
Him: sekudlulile Mfana ...phephisa ....konke sekuzolunga manje..."
Me: Nxamalo was not my father right ?"
I looked at him and he nodded
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To be continued