Thandolwethu's pov:
"What should I wear?baby you are stressing me out" he says changing for the 3rd time. I frown,he's being dramatic
"Andile it's just a dinner with my family, nothing much. You can wear jeans and a t-shirt" I say walking to the bathroom
"I'll be wearing a dress for your information" he shouts from the other side. Honestly speaking,I haven't been enjoying our sexual intercourses. It feels so weird compared to the feeling I got with women. I won't say it because I love him but truth is that,it sucks! I shower and wear casually,as I said it's just a dinner with my family. When I walk out smelling fresh as ever,he gasps making me confused
"You're so hot baby mmmh,we deserve each other" I laugh at his comment. He also looks breathtakingly beautiful in a white shirt dress with some black sandals. He also has a weave on and a doek on top. It's 2pm when we arrive in Joburg,at my parents house. The whole car ride felt...weird. These days I feel like an empty vessel,making the loudest noise but inside me. It's all trapped inside me. The house isn't that packed,it's just my family so there's about 7 cars here. We walk inside the house hand-in-hand,all eyes on us.
"Thandolwethu mntanami(my child)" my mom turns to me shocked. I thought dad told her,fuck man.
"Mom,this is my boyfriend Andile and Andile this is mom" I introduce the two with Andile smiling widely
"Thando manyala mani lawa owaletha lana endlini? (what bullshit are you bringing home?)" She shouts at the top of her lungs
"What a disgrace!" one of my uncles says shaking his head
"The city has ruined this child" another uncle says
"But mom I'm happy with him"I defend myself
"You are nyapy?nyapy my foot Thando do you hear me!? Not the son I birthed,over my fine,dead body!" why is my mom acting like this? My dad appears behind my mom and I hope he'll make her see reason
"Sisi it's time" he says looking at one of my aunts who are all so shocked that they can't even speak. She nods,time for what? Snothando runs to me
"Daddy you're here" she shouts and Andile squeals. Snothando hugs me tightly and I do too. It's been so long since I've seen her. I kiss her forehead
"Daddy who is this?" She asks curiously,looking at Andile.
"Princess this is my bo-" I get cut off by mom calling her
"Go play with the other kids nana,they said they're waiting for you" she says. What is going on here? Dad comes towards me and pulls me to the passage,Andile is right behind me. I grab his hand and drag him with me. We end up in my parents room,it's me,my aunt,Andile,Dad and the twins. The twins were sent to 'help' me. I really do not know with what. I'm so confused. Dad closes the door.
"Kwenzakalani lana baba?(what is happening here dad?)" I ask.
"Hlala phansi bese ngizokutshela kahle (sit down so I can tell you properly)" he replies. After that Bayanda and Ntokozo enter,my heart stops beating a little. I know if anything were to happen they'll help me. My brother's look rather disappointed. I pull the two chairs I found here for Andile and I. Mom and dad have never had chairs in their room except the couch. Dad sits on the couch along with my aunt. Someone holds me from behind,I look behind me to find Ntokozo holding me tight and as I try to move Bayanda is already wrapping the rope around me and damn it hurt. You know those ropes they use to tie goats?yes that one. I try to move but it's hopeless. I look besides me and Andile is standing there crying
"Sit down now before I slap the witchcraft out of you" Bayanda shouts directly at Andile. He sits down,they tie him up too and fire just rages in me. That's the love of my life
"Could someone have the decency to tell me what is going on!?" I half shout because I'm getting impatient. Andile keeps on sniffing here and it's annoying me now. Ntokozo holds my cheeks, opening my mouth by force whilst my aunt makes me drink something that tastes like water and sand. I stop drinking when I feel something grass-like in my mouth. I spit it out and they carry on making me drink,I'm not even fighting anymore.
That's the last thing I remember before waking up with Princess in my arms,I gently push her off me and rush to the bathroom. I vomit until I can't anymore. I brush my teeth, I was in my room by the way. The one in my parents house. I get in the shower because I'm not sure how many days I've been passed out. I say days because my clothes have been changed and they smell fresh. I take a 20 minute shower and walk back to my bedroom,Princess isn't in bed anymore. This child and waking up early. I wear shorts and a long sleeve t-shirt and now I can't find my shoes...mmh,it's probably Bayanda,he likes wearing my shoes. I just decide to walk barefoot. As I walk out my bedroom door,my feet take me to the bathroom again. Vomit,vomit,vomit. What's happening with me? I rinse my mouth and walk out to the kitchen,I'm so hungry
Mom looks at me and smiles,her smile as beautiful as always. I greet and she greets back. We make small talk here and there,she's making porridge. Today I feel so different,I don't feel...again,I'm in the toilet, vomiting my lungs out. I walk back to the kitchen after rinsing my mouth and I find the whole family there talking. I hug Lihle and Sne. I guess my aunts and uncles left because of how quiet it is here. The kids come running in
"Did I not say no running in the house?" my mother warns. They don't even look fazed by what she's saying
"Sorry Gogo" they say in unison. They come give us all hugs,I love how they get along
"Kids,go help your aunt's set up the table" dad says. They run off with Lihle and Sne dragging their feet behind them
"Now I know you're wondering what happened" dad speaks after they have left. I nod. "So uAndile mfana wami ubekuthakathile. Ukufakele umuthi kuthi uthande yena yedwa futhi wasebenza kahle ngoba ukwazile ukukuhlukanisa nale ntombazane uSiyamthanda wase wabulala nengane yenu" I'm so confused but Siyamu had a miscarriage because of the accident,could it be...?
"Is that why I felt so trapped in my own body?" I asked. He nods. Mom starts dishing up the porridge
"I saw that everytime you looked so out of it you know?like you weren't in our world. You also did things impulsively and that's not you,you always think things through. So I told dad about it and we went to a traditional healer who gave us the herbs you drank to flush out wonke lo muthi Andile made you drink" Ntokozo says
"uSiyamthanda bafo? ungishiye ngempela?(she really left me?)"
"Unfortunately yes" he replies. I just sigh,I know that she's with that asshole wherever she is. Where to from here?I really love this woman and I can't let her go just yet.
Sorry for the delay of the chapter. It's rough guys. Accounting is making me go through a lot😂😭
