Chapter 24
Nomfundo
The doctor explained a few more things and gave me some anxiety pills before he left he understood how overwhelmed i was feeling. After he left Menzi continued to sit with me he asked if i wanted to talk about anything at all.
Me: yes i want to talk about my childhood. I smiled. For many years i have watched with sadness as other kids or friends mentioned something from their childhood and i remembered nothing. I know not all my memories are good but the good ones i have are enough. No wait a minute? I remembered something.
Menzi: yini( what) tell me! He was waiting in suspense.
Me: Menzi i once had a dream of a woman wearing a nurses uniform pushing a man in a wheelchair he looked old and frail, i followed them down the passage into another room. I heard tell the man he needs an injection the man said he needs his Nomzamo she proceeded to tell that Nomzamo is dead. I think i screamed then the woman came to find me hiding behind the door. I pleaded with her not to kill me instead she said" Ghosts dont die they are already dead" and Menzi i swear on my father's life that Thandi said the same words when i was dying of pain after she poisoned me.
Menzi: whoa you know what this means right?
Me: the woman in my dream is Thandi.
Menzi: yep and she has your father somewhere pumping him with drugs Nomzamo your dad is alive we just have to figure out where.
Me: i had another dream whereby i heard a man calling out in pain and moaning and it sounded like it came from a locked door i tried to open but couldnt but the passage in my dream resembled Thandi's house the passage where Sthe's room is. The woman found me again before i could help him.
Menzi: wow okay so the first step is to start looking for him at her house.
Me: yes i just pray he hangs in there i cant lose him twice.
Menzi: it still doesnt answer why she would want to kill you though i mean she's already married to him and you never knew he existed.
Me: ey nam angazi ( i also dont know)
Menzi: ok that enough thinking for one day i need you to take it easy you still my patient. We laughed.
Me: oh wow okay doctor let me sleep. I giggled. He tuck me imagine like im a little girl Menzi though. I smiled to myself. After he left i let myself go and sleep soon came over me.
Narrated
Weeks passed by Nomzamo had made a full recovery Menzi was teaching her self defense and how to use a gun in case she needed to. There was no time for romance their one goal was to save Nomzamo's dad before it was too late. Meanwhile Rose was still causing havoc in Thandi's life even mamVee decided to quit she couldn't stand working in a haunted house. The reason all the spells and rituals to keep Rose away didnt work were simple, Rose was not an evil spirit the only evil person was Thandi. She buried here son all by herself she didnt have a funeral for him. She just told his colleagues about his passing and asked not to be bothered about questions of a funeral as there wasnt going to be any funeral. They respected her wishes. The reason behind that was she didnt want anyone to remind her that her only son was dead knowing it was enough. The video tapes she had requested from Mandla finally had arrived however they were all blank and after requesting more and getting the same result she gave up on that. Mr Khumalo was still the same Rose would visit him from time to time to make sure he was still okay they would chat and Mr Khumalo would look forward to her visits and tell her stories of Nomzamo and his beautiful wife. Thandi felt like she was losing the plot she couldn't stand being inside that house Rose made it impossible. She would come in the mornings check on Khumalo make him food and give him his sedatives she did this routine day noon and night and after left to go sleep at a nearby guesthouse. Basically she became a visitor in her own home. At work the Superintendent asked her to take early retirement as she was not coping with her duties she would sometimes arrive at work looking like she just got out of bed. The once powerful Matron Thandi Khumalo was now a shadow of her former self she lost respect from her peers and colleagues but everyone thought she was losing her mind because of her son, however that wasnt the case. Rose was causing absolute chaos in her life.
Nomfundo
Things were going great for me. Menzi had even organised therapy for me to help me deal with the trauma i suffered of seeing my mom get killed and all things bad that happened to me including Sphiwe and Sthe. When Menzi told me of his passing i wont lie i was so sad i just couldn't believe thaf loving guy i knew was evil and now ultimately dead. Having Menzi around made life so beautiful. I still had dreams of Rose where we would sit and chat laugh and have fun she always told me that she would leave once i found my father. Everytime i told her about my fears about Thandi she would just smile that smile of hers and tell me shes dealing with it and left it at that. Oh my Rose even in the afterlife she was so protective of me. She never really told me who killed her but said her body was burnt to ashes. I guess thats why Sthe avoided the funeral issue telling me the body was held up for investigation i guess he knew. Menzi and i havent been intimate yet although ive healed physically the therapist suggested we wait especially me so that im completely over everything that has happened to me. He didnt mind shame yena, we would have our stolen kisses here and there but never went all the way but we still had a deeper connection. I remember this one time Menzi took me shopping ntanga and brought the shortest dress i ever seen.
Me: aibo Menzi have you seen how big i am, i cant wear something like that abantu bazothini?(what will people say) i felt like he waa making fun of me.
Menzi: hawu who said anything about people ngoba le uzoyigqokela indoda yakho endlin ( because this you are going to wear it in the house for your man) he had the naughtiest smile i tell you, i actually blushed.
Me: ngizobe ngiyiqgoka kwenziwan( I'll be wearing it doing what)
Menzi: well my love you will wear it while cleaning and I'll just sit and watch but i doubt you will get to do much cleaning. He laughed mischievously.
Me: usile yazi( you naughty you know )
Menzi: come on do it for your BOO. The way he said it i burst out in laughter.
Me: i thought you dont like being called that?
Menzi: if you can wear this you can call me anything. Ai ke uMenzi can twist a girls arm so i agreed.
Menzi: yoh babe i cant wait for the day we finally make love uyongixolela( you will have to forgive me) the things i wanna do to that fresh body yoh Nkos yam( my Lord). I just laughed. One thing i noticed about Menzi is that he was just as dramatic as Nelz. Bless her soul i love her to bits and she's so genuine you can tell she's real no pretence.
It was just your ordinary morning me Menzi and Nelly were sitting having breakfast laughing and joking and Menzi's phone rang. He answered.
Menzi: sure mfethu, oh yeah? So you are certain she wont be back until later okay ai sharp my guy bye. He ended the call. He was now serious.
Menzi: Zamo the day has finally come sthandwa sam( my love) thats one of my guys who's been tailing Thandi and informing me of her whereabouts right now it seems shes gone to Middleburg to get some medication. Im thinking her drugs have run out. So this is our chance to go into that house and look for your dad.
I felt a lump on my throat i started to feel hot.
Menzi: Zamo are you ready baby?
Me: I'll never be ready babe but i have to do this my dad is counting on me.
Menzi: okay good lets go get geared up. We went to his room he took out the guns while i took out our outfits they matched ntanga black jeans black tshirts black leather jackets black balaclavas black gloves and two pairs of black Nike rouche sneakers. Relationship goals awuthandi yin. Anyway we then got dressed he took his gun and gave me mine. The idea was to make it look like a robbery and make it look like we stumbled across Mr Khumalo and decided to kidnap him for randsom. We made our way to our unmarked car Nelly already opened the garage door for us. She hugged us before we got in told us to be careful we promised her we would and got in the car Menzi looked at me.
Menzi: Ready baby?
Me: as ready as I'll ever be.
Menzi: Good lets kick ass!! He reversed out into the street and pumped gas ntanga with that we were off.
To be continued
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