QUEEN OF DIAMONDS

CHAPTER 23

I'm tired I barely got any sleep last night because Andile kept waking me up, I can't even walk properly. I'm sitting in the kitchen having coffee when my phone rings, unknown number. "Keabetswe Mkhize," I say answering. There's silence, breathing and crackling. "Okay, when you are done breathing go hang yourself," I say about to drop the call. "W-wait!" the woman on the other end says. "Sorry, I'm Bongeka. I'm Sizwe's sister, I got your number from Zama's phone," she starts. Okay. "Uhm sorry. I was just wondering if I could come see Siyamthanda," she says. She must be out of her mind. Siyamthanda told me the entire family knew of the continuous abuse and did nothing about it. If she thinks she is going to see my son, she must be out of her mind. "I'll ask him," I reply. "You'll let a child decide?" she asks. "Yes I can't just force him," I say uninterestedly. "We are family thina. You've only been in his life for 5 minutes and you think you can stop him from seeing the people who clothed and fed him for 11 years?" she says and I keep quiet. "I'm sorry, I'm just really stressed out right now. Sizwe's missing, the police aren't doing their jobs, my parents are stressed and the bills are piling. It's just a lot right now," she says. Sizwe is missing? "I'm sorry, Sizwe is missing?" I ask. "Yes he disappeared after the funeral, no one has seen him and just-" she breaks down and starts crying. I'm not sure what to do so I let her cry. After a while she calms down. "I'm so sorry, I'm embarrassing myself I know," she says half laughing and sniffing. "It's okay, if there's anything I can do to help you guys, let me know," I say. "Thank you I have to go now. Bye," she says and hangs up. Whoa. I don't know whether I should ask Andile or not. I drink my coffee, I'll ask him. He comes in whistling and walks over to kiss me. He pours himself coffee and leans against the counter facing me, looking very proud of himself. "Yini do I have something on my face?" I ask and he smirks at me. "Yeah, you have that I just got fucked really good glow," he says and I narrow my eyes at him. "Tsek, go to bed," I say rolling my eyes at him. "Tsek? To me? You really don't learn do you?" he questions putting down his cup and coming closer. "Andile leave me alone, I can barely walk as it is," I say scrambling out of my chair. He keeps walking and I hobble for the door but I can't run really fast so he catches me. "You were saying?" he asks pressing me against the wall. "Andile please leave me alone," I plead. If his hands were not around my waist I would be on the ground by now. He smirks at me and kisses me before lifting me up. He sets me on the counter and lifted up my oversized shirt. I wasn't wearing any panties because my coochie was burning and he raised an eyebrow at me and I shrugged. He went on his knees and in a few minutes had me grabbing his head. Ha ke na ho bua ho feta, ke taba ea rona.
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"So we are going with unplugged then?" Clare asks and I nod. Who knew planning a wedding could be so stressful. "Uhm so I found these flower samples for the aisle," she said showing me these absolutely gorgeous white flowers. "Clare, they are beautiful! Yazi Clare I love you," I say and she blushes. "Thank you ma'am. And are we still going for the glass invitations?" she asks. "Yes," I reply and she starts packing up her things. Yeah, I'm getting glass invitations kunani? I spoke to Siyamthanda about seeing the Nkosi's (Sizwe's family)and he said no. It has been almost 3 weeks and Sizwe is still missing and when I asked Andile about it he said "ask no questions, hear no lies" and so I dropped it. Speaking of Andile, he has become a nymphomaniac and hhayi mina I can't. I'm going to need a wheelchair to get around now. After Clare leaves I get back to work, hold on. Have I mentioned I'm a CEO of a whole fucking company now? Ntate came over last week to meet Siyamthanda and then announced he is retiring. So for now I'm acting CEO since we have to get a couple of things in order like rebranding the company. It's a lot of work with the wedding and all but in the end it will be worth it (I think). I check a couple of emails, logo designs and a couple of other stuff when my phone rings, Andile. "Are you coming home today or tomorrow?" he asks in greeting and I check the time, 6 pm. "Shit! Sorry, I wasn't looking at the time, I'm coming," I say as I pack up my things. "Okay MaMoloi, I love you," he says. "Yeah yeah, bye," I say and hang up and he calls me right back. "Yeah yeah?" he asks, this man is such a baby it's not even funny. "I love you too Khabazela," I say grabbing my bags and leaving the office. "Weh, usuke usungincengile ke mese uthi Khabazela," he says and I roll my eyes as I enter the elevator. "Angincenge lutho kuwe, I'm a whole CEO what can you give me?" I ask. "Dick," he replies without skipping a beat. "We have dildo's for that," I say. "Yes but it can't beat the real thing," he replies. "Mxm. Can yours vibrate and suck clit at the same time?" I ask and he says nothing, I step out of the elevator and the driver comes over to help me with my bags. I open the door an get in. "True but still the real thing though," he argues back. "Let's agree to disagree on this one," I say. "Okay, come home soon your kids are driving me crazy," he says and as if on cue I hear a high pitched scream. "Siyamthanda leave her alone, Naye stop bothering your brother toho," I hear Andile say and I laugh at him before hanging up. My phone pings as I get a text.

Khabazela

Him:You hung up on me🥺

Aibo who taught my husband the sad emoji, bathong.

Me: You were busy nje with your kids❤️

Him: Voicenote 1:48

I listened to the Voicenote of Naye and Siyamthanda begging me to come home [as if I don't ever come home] because they are fighting over the TV. I would like to point out that every single room except Naye's has a TV kodwa ke let me leave them alone. My phone rings and it's Sandile, that's weird. "Bhuti wam," I reply. "SANDILE NGIYAWAFUNA!" I hear Sethu shout in the distance. Yho, I hear shuffling and crackling and a door closing. "Sawubona sisi wami, are you busy?" he asks. "No. Is everything okay?" I ask. "No. Yes. I don't know. I just came home and Sesethu just started screaming at me for not bringing the wings and McDonalds I supposedly promised to bring her. I would call one of the guys but they would just laugh at me. And also I need someone to kind of pacify her, I think she's going to ki-" he starts before being cut off by some banging. "SANDILE NKOSENHLE MKHIZE OPEN THIS FUCKING DOOR! I WANT MY WINGS SANDILE! I want m-my wings," I hear Sethu scream and then she starts crying. "S'thandwa sami I'm sorry I was just talking to McDonalds they are going to bring your things now," I hear Sandile say. "Really," Sethu asks and sniffs. "Sis wami please come as soon as you can," he says and I say and hang up. I ask the driver to drive to the mall and I buy 24 chicken wings from KFC and then a burger, chips and McFlurry from McDonald. I asked the driver to drive to Sethu's and went inside with the things."Bathandekayo, if you guys are fucking please get decent I'm here!" I say when I come in. Sethu comes out of the kitchen with red eyes. She's 4 months pregnant now, yeah crazy. She has a small bump and uyaglowa I don't want to not say. "Is that for me?" she asks. "No hello bestie, no hey my fave sister in law. No how you doing uzong'buza ngokudla?" I ask. "Xolo. Hey babe, is that for me?" she says and I roll my eyes and hand it over to her. She smiles at me and sits on the couch and starts eating. Sandile comes in, greets and mouths thank you. I nod, I sit with them for a while before leaving. When I get to the car I just sleep till the driver wakes me up and tells me we are home. I take my bags and walk in and go to the living room and find Andile and the kids watching TV. The kids jump off the sofa and run to me and hug me and start blabbering about their day. Andile just looks at me with disinterest and changes the channel to soccer. "Have you guys eaten?" I ask and they nod their heads. "Who cooked?" I asked. "DADDY!!" they scream in unison. "Your dad cooked?" I asked. "Always the tone of surprise," Andile said and I laughed at him. "It speaks!" I announce and Andile rolls his eyes at me. "Am I going to have to take my kids to the doctor tomorrow?" I ask him and he rolls his eyes at me. "Mina, I'm an amazing cook as if I've never cooked for you before," he says. "I have no memory of that," I reply. Naye yawns and rubs her eyes. "Time for bed kiddos, school awaits!" I exclaim. They both try to protest but in the end they agree. "What were you doing at Sandile's?" Andile asked as I undressed in our room. "Went to have our afternoon fuck," I joke. "Wasn't Sethu there?" he asked. "Porn videos aren't the only places with threesome," I reply tying my hair up. "Up for more sex?" he asks. "No, I'm exhausted, your brother really bent my back out," I say. "Please, I don't need an image of Sandie breaking anyone's back," he said making me laugh. "Well don't worry, unfortunately only one person is breaking my back and it's you," I say slipping in to the covers. "Let me prove it," he said kissing my neck. You know what happened after that.....