Ziphozethu

9

I avoided the topic for almost two days after. It was after dinner and I was getting dressed behind the curtain. I was in my night gown when he called me. I took a seat by his feet. "No, please. There's no need to be so formal. Please come and take a seat next to me on the bed. I promise I won't try anything you don't want to."

I got up and sat next to him. "Did I do something wrong Zethu? I thought you wanted me to kiss you. I really enjoyed it and I thought you did too." I started biting my lip. "No Baba, you didn't do anything wrong. I did. I knew you were married. I should've never. I'm so sorry." I apologized.

"No,Zethu. You did absolutely nothing wrong. My marriage is over. You and I kissing has nothing to do with my marriage." I said and took my hand in his. "My marriage is over. I don't want you to feel guilty. Please don't feel guilty. You did nothing wrong." I held into his hand tighter. "I did nothing wrong?" I asked in the smallest voice I could. "You did nothing wrong. I promise." I nodded and loosened I grip in his had a little bit.

"I was hoping we could do that again." He said lifting my chin with his finger. He came closer to me and I closed the gap. I moaned when he slipped his tongue in mouth. It drove him crazy and he picked me up and put me on his lap. His hands were rubbing up down my thighs until he finally had the courage to touch my ass. He groaned into me and I couldn't help but moan and he started playing with my ass through my night gown. He broke our kiss and started kissing and sucking on my neck.

I let out small moans to make sure he knew I was enjoying it and then he moved up to my lips again. He started to pull my night gown off and when I felt the cold air on my nipple I pulled away. I pulled my night gown back on quickly.

"Not so fast Baba. Not yet." I said and went back into my usual pose with my head down. "Okay, we won't do anything you don't want to. How about we get under the covers and just kiss. Nothing else. It's cold in here and I never want to let you go." I nodded and we got under the covers.He got on top of me and pulled the blankets over us and we kissed until we fell asleep.

I woke up the next morning for work and I couldn't even get out of the house. He couldn't get enough of me. I was late and Xolisa was pissed. There was talk about favouritism and he had to give me a warning. During break I told Sethu all about what was happening and she was really excited for me.

"I've got some good news too." She said and gave out two coughs. That's when I saw the ring on her finger. We went mad. We were screaming and jumping around. "When? How?" I asked out of breath from the jumping. "This morning right after we had sex. He turned over to his side and when he turned back he had the ring in his hand." We squealed again.

The rest of the day was slow. It wasn't really a time in the month when people had money to come buy meat and alcohol. Afterwork Moses was waiting for me at his usual spot and we walked home. When we got home he started kissing me immediately. "I couldn't wait fo you to come home." I giggle and kissed him again.

During dinner we spoke about our day. "I got my laptop and even though I'm on leave I did a few things for work. How about you?" I just sighed. "I got a written warning today because I was late." I said taking a sip of my tea. "I'm so sorry, Mamakhe. I didn't mean for that to happen." I looked at him and he took my hand in his. "Mamakhe?" I asked at the new term of endearment. "Oh,sorry. It just slipped out." I couldn't help but smile. "I like it." He smiled too. "Okay,then. Mamakhe,it is."

"Mamakhe, I have something to tell you." I nodded. "I've told my mother about you." My head snapped towards him. "Baba! Why?! You're still a married man! You can't tell your mother what we're doing here. She'll hate me." He took my hand again. "I didn't tell her everything. I just told her how you took me in and looked after me. She's very grateful to you. She just wants to meet you and thank you." I was still nervous about it. "I was wondering if we could do tea with her on Sunday." I was scared but I nodded anyway. This could be either very good or very bad for me.

When Sunday came I made sure everything was spotless. I even had to borrow another chair from a neighbour and made sure I was covered from head to toe so I looked respectable to a mother. "You don't have to be nervous, Mamakhe." I couldn't help but be. "You can't call me that when she gets here. You can't or she'll know." He agreed trying to calm me down.

He got a text and went to fetch her and navigate her the rest of the way to my shack. "Oh, this is her! You forgot to mention how beautiful she was Moses." She looked very fancy. She was wearing a blue suit and she was very loud.

"You must be Ziphozethu. I'm MaRadebe, Moses's mother. Oh, it's so lovely to meet you. I'm a hugger. Come here!" She pulled me towards her and hugged me tightly. We all took a seat and I boiled the water. "There is not enough words in any language for me to thank you for what you have done for my son. You know, Moses was broken until he met you. You are a blessing to him and to our family. Oh, and you're so beautiful." I smiled shyly.

"Moses and I were discussing something. He doesn't seem to think you'd agree but I have to ask. We owe you the world. I have a house right here in this area. I was hoping you'd move in there so you can get out of this shack. It's the least we could do." I was shocked and I wanted to hop on this but I needed to think long term. I needed to think of my image. And what if this was a test to see if I only wanted his money.

"Um, thank you ma. It's very generous but I don't think that is necessary. You don't owe me anything. It's okay. I was just trying to help out. Baba, you could move into your mother's house so you're more comfortable. I'm fine here." She held my hand. "Zethu, we really do owe you the world. If it weren't for you Moses would've been dead or in a deep depression. You went out of your way to help him. Let us help you. Please. As a family we've discussed this already. We want to give you the house as a gift. It will be in your name."

I was shocked into silence. I felt a tear run down my cheek. "MaRadebe, that's very generous. Please pass my thanks onto the rest of the family but I can't accept it. I'm sorry ma. I'm fine here." I wiped the tears that were running down my face. "Zethu, come on. This is good for you. You can't live in a shack forever." Moses said and I wiped the tears that wouldn't stop falling. "Baba, I'm not a charity case. I'm fine here. I'm okay."

His mother got up and made me get up too. "Zethu, we know you're not a charity case. We weren't making you one. You're a strong and a good woman. You sacrificed so much for my son. This is a house I'm not using because I'm never in the city. I'm asking you to take it off my hands. It'll be your house. I won't ask you for anything besides maybe letting my son stay with you." She said and laughed a little. "This is no strings attached. I won't take no for an answer Zethu. I will force you to sign those papers. Come on. Don't cry." She wiped my tears for me.

"Come on, Zethu. I will bring the whole family here to try and convince you. Take the house please. It's not much but it's a house and I believe you can make it a home. What do you say? Say yes. Come on. Say yes."

"What if... What... What if you want it back?" I stuttered. "Oh, baby no. I'll never do that. I promise. Your such a beautiful soul. Don't think like that baby. The house is yours. Don't cry baby." She wiped my tears again. "Okay, but on one condition." Her face lit up. "Yes, anything." I wiped the tears that kept falling. "My condition is that Baba owns half of the house so that he doesn't have to end up on the street again."

"Oh my god." She started crying and hugged me tightly. "You are a gift from the heavens." She couldn't believe it. She wouldn't let go of me.

I'm in. Now it's time. I need to take this to the next level.