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Chapter Sixty Six.

Chapter Sixty Six.

"Look for the answer inside your question." x Rumi

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"Are you sure?" she asks.
"Yes," I sigh and pull the tiny jersey over her tiny body. A gloomy and cold day calls for extra warmth.
"You won't change your mind again?" she asks for what feels like the 50th time in this one video call.

"Yes!" I look at her and chuckle. "Bathong trust and believe me when I say we're going."
"What changed? Where are you going to be taking Nzwano because you complained about her."
"I have a husband don't I?" I giggle and kiss my baby.
"Weeh... Hayke shukuthi I'm back to searching for places we can go to. Befuthi this time they'll be expensive places to make up for my inconveniences."
"And who's going to be paying for your expensive trip?"
"Princess Zee... My mge in knight and shinning armour."
"Uyasangana impela ke manje."
"Vele uyazi. Anyway I'll send you the suggestions and we'll take it from there." Nyiso says and I nod. Not long after that she hangs up.

Good. "Your godmother is something else yaz...anyway let us go and watch dada on TV." I say, picking her up before smothering her chubby cheeks with kisses. We make our way downstairs and it's dead quiet. None of the helpers are here and you can feel it. Not even Nandi. I quickly grab a packet of chips for little miss and I.

As soon as the TV is on I'm graced with the most handsome man I've ever seen. The fresh haircut makes me thirst over him like he's not mine. Is anyone else looking at him and thinking like how I am?

I hope not.

I beat mina.

Okay. I'm lying but why do I feel like I actually would?

Does Nzwano recognize her dada or...

"This project is once again for the people and aims at nothing more than empowering the people of this Kingdom. More importantly the youth of EmaShazini. This initiative is not only set up to assist learners in schools with basic needs but it aims to relieve students from the costs of going to higher education."

I am literally beaming inside. This is beautiful to see and hear. I know I'm the one who's supposed to be up there pouring my heart out because this is what I envisioned when he gave me the opportunity to start something to help my people.

Now kids and young adults can get education with less worries or fussing about their surrounding factors. I know we might face challenges along the way, but it surely will be worth it.

"Ladies and gentlemen of this beautiful land, I present to you Shazi's student support." he says and removes the tiny curtain that reveals the stunning logo of this initiative. I'm grinning as the sounds of clapping and cheering fill my ears. Even Nzwano is clapping and I can't help but once again smother this cute act with kisses and a chip.

As expected the press is eating it up, and journalists are sinking their fingers deep writing about something good for once about the Shazi's. It's been too long and I'm here for it. All of it.

I hope everyone out there is going to benefit out of this... Even if it hasn't gone through necessary trial and error. What if...what if it flops? Yoh I can't. I can't deal with that. How would that even make me feel after failing so many young people out there...

My phone snaps me out of it and I answer it rather hurriedly.

"Mkami."
"Shazi elihle?"
"You watched angisho?"
"We were hawks. Thank you Malinga. This is huge."
"I know, I struggled for a good 15 minutes to leave the building. The press is something else."
"I was just thinking of that. The good light has been missed."
"Would you believe me if I said one journalist tried their luck?"
"Luck, ngani? Ngawe?" I oddly panick.
"Weeh, Ma'Dlamini. Whats wrong with me getting hit on?" he chuckles causing me to shake my head and get a quick glans at Nzwano playing with her puzzle.
"Where do they buy this liver to approach what is mine? You're taken, akuna 'trying your luck' la," I say.