Mphakamseni The Arranged Man

MPHAKAMSENI THE ARRANGED MAN

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MUZIKAYISE 

I'm standing in the middle of an ocean. How did I get here? I see people only wearing white and that got me wondering how can we walk on top of the ocean? I hear a familiar voice calling me from a distance, I turn around only to find my dad walking towards me with his hands on his back. That huge smile on his face got me blushing. Look at me looking like a sick inlove puppy
"Baba." I politely greet him bowing my head down in respect. 
"I did tell you we will meet again son." "Where are we? This place looks peaceful and magnificent. I could live up here." I look around and I see people busy minding there own business.
"Becareful what you wish for son. This is now my home. You've made me proud." He taps on my shoulder. "I'm yet to be a grandfather again, God is surely blessing me, even in this other side." What does he mean is he says he is going to be a grandfather again?
"Huh, what do you mean?"
"Remember, treat her right and you shall be forever happy. The name is Nezibusiso she comes with blessings. Take care of my granddaughter." I look at my father's face getting happier and happier.
"You have a granddaughter?" Does he have a granddaughter that we don't know of. 
 "Soon you will know. Don't worry about Zamkithi I'll deal with her at the right time. Till we meet again son." I look at my father disappering out of the foggy sight. The water has died down and I don't even know where it vanished.

Muzi woke from the dream sweating. What a wierd dream he thought, why does his father always have to speak in ridils if he wants to communicate with him. What granddaughter? Maybe Phaka, but no his having a set of a soccer team boy's, I wonder what he meant.
I look at my woman next to me and she's still sleeping. I can't believe I lasted for fifteen minutes inside her , I look at the watch and it was already half past seven in the morning, what a short night I had.

SPHESIHLE 

Last night was epic, I know I may sound out of content but I'm seriously inlove with my BlackBerry. I know we've dated for three month's but I can't seem to hold myself so I asked her to marry me. At first I thought I was moving too fast but my heart yearns for her, I want her next to me at all times. My thick madam has this fire in her but at the same time she's down to earth. I wouldn't ask for a better partner besides her, she completes me.

MPHAKAMSENI 

This woman of mine hardly sleeps, ever since she fell pregnant she has become a light sleeper. Her back gives her problems now and again, but we were advised that she will have complications when months go by.
We have been on a deal breaker on finding someone who looks more like me to play the game and luckily we managed to find him, Nqo will never know what hit her.
"The guy you found, did you lay down the rules with him?" I Iove how supportive my wife is and the fact that we don't hide any secrets from each other.
"Yes, I just want this girl off my back." You know last week she was at my office wearing only her underwear, sitting on my office couch and I assume she was waiting for me, luckily I wasn't in Muzi was there. I literally had the couch removed, only one person is allowed to sit butt naked in my office.
"I just hope this plan won't backfire."
"It won't my love. Wena nje relax, watch and learn mama penguin." I kiss her forehead and she giggles. I love her and I thank God for the best wife ever.
After breakfast they decided to take a tour around the farm.
"I hope there are no snakes here." Nana and snakes….she could die is she could see one right this minute.
"I saw a huge anaconda passing by your room yesturday night," Zelo teases her, she knew that Nana had huge phobia for snakes but she was provoking her purposely.

Nana started jumling up and down dusting herself, she ran down the kraal not noticing that she's going deep in the mud. He mind and feet were all over the place. 

"He! I'm drowning! Anaconda, anaconda is pulling me down." She's screaming her lungs out making the guys laugh and Zelo was making a live video of her.

 "My love stand up and you will see that you're not drowning." Jack hold his mouth into a thin line suppressing his laugh.  Nana kept quite for a moment and stood up, noticed that the mud was actually below her knees.

"I'm not dramatic, the snake made me fall right into the trap." She defends herself.

The scene was hilarious to watch, there's never a dull moment with Nana. Their laughter erupted the whole farm making the worker's to laugh too.
Celiwe was looking at Phaka with eye's full of affection, he had his hands on a very beautiful pregnant woman and she saw a huge difference. This woman had a huge behind with wide hips, her skin was flourishing smooth. Her clothes were simple but yet still looked pretty good. She looked at her own clothes that were starting to wear off colour, with her messy brown hair that was hard as a stealwool. Her skin had alot of blemishes and she immediately lost her self esteem. She didn't think that the wife would look this good, how can she be this stupid to think a man like Phaka would fall for someone her. She looked at the couple's and saw that she wouldn't fit even if she tried, their life style is ten times brighter than hers. She vowed never to mess with Phaka again even though it would be hard cause she has attached strong feelings for him.

NOMKHOSI 

I've never had somuch laughter in my life, Nana is a whole mood to be exact. Watching that whole scene made me wonder how crazy are these people really, even her husband couldn't contain himself. This family is full of life. As I was still admiring the dramatic Nana, an old man drops his tools and stands right infront of me with his mouth wide open, I looked back at him and the man infront of my eyes looks like someone I know. Someone I've seen before.

"Skhanyiso sikababa, is this really you? Ow heavens you have decided to shine upon me and my family today." The man's eyes glister in tears.

"I'm Nomkhosi not Skhanyiso." I tell him in a polite mannered way. Ain't I suppose to be afraid of strangers especially men? "That's the name I gave you after you were born. I don't even know what to say." A few tears drop. Nomkhosi carefully studied the man. Even though he looks a bit older but this man right here looked pretty much the same on the picture she stoled from her mother's belongings.

John  smiled not believing his eye's, for all these year's he has been looking for his Star.  "You have grown to a beautiful princess. You also have the same birthmark as my mother on your left elbow and you also have two little extra fingers on your hands." He inspects her.

She checked her elbow and she saw the black mark, she looked at her hands and saw the little fingers on the sides.

"Your mother's name was Mawe Ndwandwe. I've been searching for you all over until I lost hope." 

"So you're John, John Skhosane?" She voice came out shaky making her blood veins to shiver.

John dropped down on his knees loosing all his strenght. For fifteen years he has been searching for her until he gave up, now twenty years later he gets to see his daughter he longed wish for. He vowed never to get married or have any other kids until he finds his daughter.

"Ngyabonga somandla, I knew that one day you will remember me. You finally you heard my cries, those sleepness nights I had thinking about my one and only child you gave me." John hurts into tears hold Nomkhosi's legs.

"Get up baba, "she helped him stand and they both cried in each other's arms. For the first time in so many years she gets to feel how it is to be appreciated by your own parent. 

"We will give you guys a moment." Phala informs everyone. And on another hand

Khosi noticed that Muzi wanted to stay behind but assured him that she will be fine.

"I will be fine Muzi, shush now go with the others." She smiled.

"Okay okay, call me if you need anything." He so badly wanted to kiss her but circumstances were stopping him other wise, he walked away.

"What did you feed that young man? you can tell by the way he looks at you that you mean alot to him.

Khosi smiled shyly and changed the topic. "So where have you been? My mother says you got married to another woman and never bothered to check up on me."

"I will speak nothing but the truth, after this I hope you will not hate your mother. Let's go sit down." They followed each other to the benches and.........