Her wings unfolded

Continuation of Chapter 35

.Continuation of Chapter 35

I wake up with my head on Aphiwe's lap and she's humming a song while pressing a warm cloth on my forehead.

Aphiwe : "Hey baby."  She smiles.

Me : "Hi." I whisper and then try getting up but only to hurt myself. My head feels so heavy and painful.

Aphiwe : "Take it easy. You fell and hut your head quite hard hey? It's a miracle that you didn't have any head injury." I try nodding but I hurt myself again , she giggles shaking her head.

Aphiwe : "Just stop moving your head."

Me : "When am I going home?"

Aphiwe : "When everything is done."

Me : "Please borrow me your phone." She takes it out of her pocket and hands it to me. I dial Mkhulu's number since I now know it by heart.

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Mkhulu : "Lindani Ndlovu speaking."

Me : "Mkhulu , it's me. UAmyoli."

Mkhulu : "Oh Nomandla my baby , where are you? Your mother just called she thinks you have been stolen or kidnapped. Ukuphi?"

{Gogo : "Where is she? Is she okay? Uthini Gatsheni!?!" } I hear my grandma in the background.

Me : "I'm okay Mkhulu. I'll send you my location pin with this number and you can come fast , don't send my parents or mah's parents. Iza wena."

Mkhulu : "I hope you not about to sacrifice me!" He jokes and we laugh.

Me : "I wouldn't dream of it even."

Mkhulu : "Okay ntombam , I'll be there. I love you." I swallow the lump on my throat.

Me : "I love you too Mkhulu." He drops the call.

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Me : "Thank you so much sisi." I say handing her back her phone after I've sent Mkhulu my location.

Aphiwe : "Don't sweat it babe." She keeps massaging my head while we get to know each other , we were in her outside flat apparently.

Me : "So all of your siblings have outside flats?"

Aphiwe : "I am the only child."

Me : "Wow! I recently just found my family."

Aphiwe : "Really? I'm happy you finally found them hey? Were the people who raised you even treating you good?"

Me : "Nope! They treated me like an outsider then threw me out." She gasps.

Aphiwe : "That's cruel. I'm sorry you had to go through that."

Me : "Thank you."

Aphiwe : "how's your head now?"

Me : "Not so painful." She helps me sit up and lean against the headboard then she covers me before joining me. The door opens and a tall slim woman walks in with a tray.

Aphiwe : "Thank you so much MaBhengu." The woman rolls her eyes and I laugh. They look so much alike so I assume it's her mother.

MaBhengu : "Hi baby girl. I'm this girl's mother."

Me : "It's a pleasure to meet you ma. I'm Amyoli."

MaBhengu : "I know Yoli. Eat now!and stop with the stories!"

Aphiwe : "Aibo ma!" Her mother sticks her tongue out to her before walking out. We start eating and it's nice , it's samp and beans with oxtail.

MaBhengu : "We have cold drink layikhaya baby , these people don't drink juice." She says walking in with a litre of fanta and two glasses.

Aphiwe : "Ayibo mah! It's not like you drink juice."

MaBhengu : "Shut up!" She laughs walking out.

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Mkhulu : "You okay?" He asked squashing me in a hug as soon as he got here.

Me : "Yes Mkhulu."

Aphiwe : "I'm sorry to disturb but my father is asking for you in his hut." We follow her to the rondovel , she leaves us by the door and goes back inside. We take off our shoes and go in.

Mkhulu : "Thokoza!" He claps.

Dlamini : "Besebethi baqedile ngawe ntombazane , ukube awulitholanga usizo namuhla ngabe uvuke kwelibandayo." ("They thought they had finished with you , if you didn't get help today then you would've been dead by tomorrow.") My heart stops for a second.

Mkhulu : "Obani labo?" (Who are they?)

Dlamini : "Banomona! Bangcolile! Lentombazane eyenze lokhu inomona ngobudlelwano onabo nalomfana. Bazimisele ngokuqeda lobudlelwano bakho nalendoda yakho! Bakufuna ufile ngoba wena indlela yakho seyibusisiwe manje!" (They are jealous! They filthy! The girl who initiated this is very jealous of your relationship with this boy. They are determined to ruin/sabotage your relationship with your man. They want you dead cause your path is blessed now.)

Me : "Ngobani kodwa?" (Why though?)

Dlamini : "Ngibavimbile ukuthi bangakutholi. Bazamile bona ukuthakatha yena umnyeni wakho inkinga uthando lakhe for wena lunzima futhi lujule kakhulu manje lokho kuphuphisa imithi yabo ngakho benza okubi kuwena futhi ngebhadi bafikele kubantwana bakho kuqala." (I've blocked them from keeping track of you. They tried bewitching your husband but the problem is that his love for you is too strong and too deep and that only weakens their herbs so that's why they resorted to doing these bad things to you and unfortunately they got to your kids first.)

Me : "My kids?"

Dlamini : "Yes. Ubuzithwele amawele abafana." (You were pregnant with twin boys.)

Me : "oh" my heart is in pain but I will not cry.

Mkhulu : "kodwa bathi uthixo akunikezi okungaphezu kwamandla akho. Sibonga ukuthi uyaphila Amyoli." (But they say God doesn't give you burden that is above your power. We thankful that you are alive Amyoli.) He says hugging me.

Dlamini : "Kwamele uhlanzwe bese indoda yakho ashweleze kwabaphansi oNdlovu ngokubonela umntwana nokukuthwalisa kabili engakucelanga." I nod. (You have to be cleansed then your man has to apologize to the Ndlovu ancestors for ruining their child and making you pregnant for the second time without any lobola.)

Mkhulu : "When does she have to be cleansed?"

Dlamini : "I'll give her herbs to go bath now and something to drink then she'll have to be cleansed by her boyfriend's family."

Mkhulu : "Thokoza baba!"