Siyamu's pov:
I've been in this place for 2 months now. Dad doesn't want to tell me where it is but it feels like heaven. I give him one of the twins as I take the other
"You do know you have to go back at some point" he says while playing with the twin he's currently holding
"But dad I'm leaving you and my babies here if I go back,I don't want that. My whole life I've lived without you and now I have you and you want me to let go of you?" I say feeling my heart break by the second. I don't want to leave dad
"Siyamthanda you promised me you'll look after your mom and I don't think you'd want to break that promise" I think about this. He's right,just as I'm in my thoughts I hear a distant voice. It's Thando,over the past month he's coming to the hospital less and lesser
"Siyamthanda sthandwa sami waking up every day knowing your faith is in the hands of these machines drains the hell out of me. The doctors want to switch off the machines but they won't do that because they'd be damned. I'd sue them 4 billion and bury you in Dubai. Please wake up,princess is devastated without you. Plus ever since your accident things have been going bad for me,I'm losing a lot of money and police are on my tail. Are you the bad luck in my life?if it be you then I choose myself,my child and my future or better yet just die like our children and leave me in peace. I'm here waiting for you to wake up and it's stressing the fuck out of me" he says the last part sounding frustrated. His words were... I can't explain it,they hurt. Something disturbs him because he says
"Don't worry,I'll be there in 30. Put on that black number for me,it's the best. I can't wait to see you tonight"
"Siyamu I'll see you later,sexual frustration is killing me" and then it's quiet again. So he's cheating on me while I'm on a hospital bed? Only I can hear the voices that are here to visit me. I sigh,I'm not leaving here. Dad looks at me smiling
"What me and your mother created is beautiful,just look at yourself" he says and somehow that makes me smile. I've been longing for this my whole life. There's another voice again,it's a male voice and I can recognise it but I can't put my finger on who it is.
"Mawande,I've always loved that name of yours. Out of all three it's my favourite. I've been hesitating to come here for a month now,don't ask me how I found out which hospital you're in, I have my ways" he says and chuckles,after a while he carries on "I remember the first day I saw you,I don't want to lie I thought you were just another pretty girl. Back then I really took you for granted,I played with you and your feelings. I made a fool out of you,I remember people laughing at you calling you stupid for loving me while everybody clapped their hands for me because I got the girl nobody could get and still played her. I loved you,I really did and I let being a playboy,my friends and Joburg get in my head. I lost you in the process,for one I'm glad I left you because I would've kept hurting you and you weren't going to give up on me,that's a fact. There were times I thought about you but not all the time. I didn't care at that time,I lost a rare diamond looking at stones. You were the only different girl in my life. I didn't know I still had that thing for you,until I saw you at that club. I was angry,I was damn angry that you were with that son of a bitch. Trust me,if he makes you happy then I'm happy for you but if he hurts you,I'm hurting him. I love you,your heart and soul. Please wake up,your skin is pale. I can't see your beautiful angelic eyes shining in the dark. Your hands are as cold as the winter night,so unusual as your hands are always warm. Your cute,pink lips are dry and I know when you wake up you'll be angry about that. I need to see you one more time,hear your voice and your free laughter. Just this once, please and I promise i won't leave your side ever again" he ends off and I know who it is. I have to go,I have to go to him. I walk over to dad and kiss him on the cheek while giving him the twin I was carrying. He smiles
"This isn't goodbye, I'm always with you, forever" he says
"I love you dad"
"I love you more my baby and remember,when you wake up you won't remember anything so engrave it in your heart that your dad loves you so much. Also tell your siblings that I love them too" he says and without noticing I'm walking away from him,I can't control my legs. I don't even know where I'm going. I'm walking towards a bright light though,i get there and look back one more time. Dad is waving goodbye and I'm out.....
The sound of a loud beeping annoys the hell out of me as I try to open my heavy eyes. Where am I?the smell of pills and medicine catches my nose and I immediately know that it's the place I hate the most. I can't open my eyes but I can feel a hand entwined with mine,my throat is so dry. I try my best to give a squeeze but I don't have enough energy to do so. I try again and this time whoever it is shouts for the nurse which scares me,I'm not scared by the shouting but because of who's voice it is shouting. The machines beep loudly
"Come on Siyamu,hang on,don't do this to me" he says. It's Snothando, what is he doing here and where is Thando? I try breathing but my chest isn't cooperating.
"Sir you have to get out,now" who I assume is the nurse says. I can't hold on anymore,air isn't going in or out. After seconds of me feeling my soul leave my body, I feel a huge shock of electricity going through my nervous system. Just like that, I'm out again.
Next on uThandolwami:
Will Siyamu survive or will this be the end for her?is Thando really cheating or is it just a false alarm?an old lover tries to rekindle a bond they once had without showing signs of still loving his primary school lover.
