THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF OUR FATES.

Chapter 2:Our Marital Home.

Mina Yolanda Zulu I love the ring to that.I am exhausted preparing for uMabo and moving in to a brand new house and buying the furniture all in one week is no joke.

I can't believe it but sengiwuMama weKhaya living in a house owned by me well not technically but it's still my husband's house which means eyami nami.Living in a home that was brought to life by your own bare hands... still not my own money but yes my own bare hands by that I mean using my index finger to page through magazines to pick the household items and instructing sales people to deliver it here,is hard work then yes of course ngisebenzile.

You see this is what true wives do udla imali yendoda yakho or what I like to call the outcomes of your investments the fruits of what you have reaped. By that I mean ladies your man is your investment and I have taken that literally that is the main reason why I have decided to become a housewife well not decided per say but my husband "suggested" that he does not want a working wife he wants his woman to be home cooking and cleaning which is what I will gladly do as long as we are happy.

Oh nkosi nayo ke leyo phone it's been ringing off the hook. I finally answer.

Me: Mrs Yolanda Zulu hello
Caller:that has a lovely ring to it don't you think ,MaYoyo?

That can only be my charming husband, he is the only one that calls me that ever since he started courting me.

Me:*laughs* it only makes sense baby that is my official name now.
Quinton:lovely that you are getting used to it then.
I can hear literally hear his smile
Me:I know husband is it not fabulous?
Quinton:baby I'm calling on serious matters my mother called me this morning we have a slight issue MaDlamini
Me:a slight issue? What is it grandchildren?

I laugh. Phela she is predictable loya mama uyacasula enjalo nje I can't deal with her unending tantrums.Not today

Quinton:well ayi loko but eish
Me:yini ufunani unyoko?
Quinton:she wants you kaNongoma on Monday morning ufuna uzokotiza and do your bride duties and spend quality mother and daughter in law time with you

Jesu! Maria! Lo mama! Can't she let me be happy?I was just getting the hang of this "wifey" thing well a modern beverly hills wife but STILL A WIFE! I have finally gotten all that I have been demanding yonke leminyaka my two seconds of happiness boom! gone! Just when my Italian Mozart White Couches have arrived and my French Kitchen Marble Table Tops have been installed usefuna ukutshontsha injabulo yami.
No it's fine Yolanda do not panic I'm sure he defended you and said ungumuntu wesifazane omatasatasa.Indoda yami phela le.

Quniton: MaYoyo you still there?
Me:ngisakhona.
Quinton:Well you are leaving on Monday it is. I've already booked indiza yakho uzohambha ngehora lesihlanu from Lanseria Airport

Ngizwe kahle kodwa? Did he just?
Me:hawu Quin-
Quinton:thats final ungumakoti manje enza umsebenzi wakho anginendaba nezikhalazo zakho and when I come home I better find you packed and ready.Sengishilo
He hangs up. My husband is very authoritative when he likes I just let him it is my job to be submissive towards him.Indoda iyahlonishwa.

Does an internal panic attack exist? Because I just had one.I'm calling my mother angeke ngidlale indoda nomawayo owami uMama esaphila ngoba nginjani?You see this is the perfect time to call my own mother you see they have never quite clicked with my mother in law uMaZulu something about my father being the charmer in high school and Quinton's mom wanted him bad but she never got him and someone is still pissed.The topic makes me laugh every single time I cannot envision my mother in law fighting she serves that Queen Elizabeth energy, that makes you change your walk around her.

I decide to dial my mother

Me:Ndlovukazi yami.
MaDlamini:hawu usuyakuhlula umendo njalo?
Aowa this woman she never expects anything good from me ever since I dropped out of varsity for a man well not just any man but my husband.
Me:hawu mama cha we have a problem uMaZulu ufuna ngiye kwaNongoma ngiyongcola ngibe unodoli wezingane zakhe angihambhise igceke lonke ngigcwale udaka.
At this point I am trying my best to sulk.I mean I just moved into my new gorgeous marital home I need to settle in nami as the woman of the house.
MaDlamini:baze bakusanganela its 2021 nobody still does that.You are settling into your new home and are trying go make babies! Angeke uphazanyiswe uGogo obhorekile ngempilo yakhe usefuna ukwenza ingane yami ithoyizi lakhe
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Jackpot!
Me:speak to them please! For my sake!
MaDlamini:I will get back to you khona manje.
Me:alright mommy
She hangs up.She is really pissed.Change will happen.I decide to keep myself busy instead of thinking about such matters.I wander around my beautiful house.My beautiful matrimonial home, my forever home. I really should have been an interior designer. Maybe try that Interior Design short course to entertain myself maybe to attain a qualification on my name and do something for myself, yes let me register right now but I would be going against my husbands wishes but it is for a good cause I mean angifundile phela unkosikazi onjani onomatikuletsheni kuphela nje.Maybe I should speak to my husband first.
My thoughts are interrupted by the doorbell ringing from downstairs. Who could that be hlampe it's a delivery man or the wrong address mxm I take my time to walk down the stairs.

Me:who is it?
I reluctantly open the door.
MaZulu:wangibuka nje thatha imithwalo yami uyifake ngaphakathi kulendlu yenu enkulu ngamahhala.
Oh sweet mother of jesus what sin have I committed.It could only be my husbands mother.
Me:hawu ma ulapha?
MaZulu: yebo ngilapha umuzi wendodana yami phela lo awusakwazi nokubulisa!
Me:Ma nifunani lapha nemithwalo emingaka?
MaZulu: well I knew ukuthi you were going to find a way to escape coming kwaZulu so I am bringing kwaZulu to you.
And with that she lets herself in my own house.Wow.This sly woman! I only realise now that she is with another person a woman actually a pretty one at that I don't even know this person.
MaZulu: oh where are my manners let me introduce you too since nisazohlalisana nje

What does that mean?

MaZulu: MaDlamini this is uMaMthimkhulu she is your new sister wife and she is currently pregnant with Quinton's child.

WHAT!