Amile The Queen

Chapter Twenty-Seven

***Nontuthuzelo Zulu***

Last night was the second night in a row he didn't sleep in his bed. It gives her comfort to know that he's with Amile, and not out where he can't find him catching diseases and whatever else there is to catch. They have to visit Celemba.
"Excuse me mister." He was trying to walk past her in the dining room but his sneaking skill aren't that good.
"Wakwami." He looks so guilty, it's amusing.
"Good morning." She mocked.
"Good morning sthandwa sami." He gave up and went to where she was sitting and gave her a kiss on the lips.
"How did you sleep?" he asked her standing behind her.
"I slept like a baby. It's nice having the bed all to myself." He laughed.
"So you don't want me anymore?"
"I didn't say that my love, I'm just suggesting that you sleep out more often." So it doesn't bother her that he was making love to another woman the whole night.
"Its fine MaMzobe." She stood up and fixed his tie.
"You did this yourself right." He chuckles.
"You know I can't live without you." She pecked his lips.
"I can't live without you too, and wherever you go, I'll go." It is very seldom that you find true love like this one, and she thanks God every night that she found a man that she loves and loves her back.
"We need to go visit Celemba before MaGumede goes back to school. I'm hoping to find her a school by next week so she doesn't miss out on much. Exams are fast approaching."
"I'll let you handle that, but why do we need to go see Celemba?"
"Just for a consultation to see if we are still on the right track. We also have a new member of the family that has been introduced to the ancestors and we have to know how they feel about that. And you haven't done a tea for Bayede and Bhut Langa." He nodded.
"There's been so much going on, but you are right, we'll go see him today when I come back from the council." She nodded.
"And tell Mandlenkosi that he has to come with us."
"Last time he refused, he definitely won't agree now."
"Tell him it's an order. Last time it was all about him and he wasn't there. I don't want that again."
"Okay Mageba. I'll talk to him. Have a good day." She gave him another kiss.
"I love you." He said.
"I love you too."
He was about to leave when he remembered something and turned back.
"I need a favour." He looked desperate.
"What my king?" she laughed at his facial expression. This definitely has something to do with Amile.
"Please as her maid to bring her breakfast."
"No problem." He exhaled.
"Thank you."
He's warming up to her now. The fact that he can spend a whole night with her means they are taking a step in the right direction.
Mandlenkosi rushes into the dining room.
"Has bhuti left?" he doesn't greet.
"Yes, he just walked out." He sighed defeated.
"Good morning." He said a while after.
"Morning son. Did you have a good night."
"I did my best Ma." He joined her at the table.
Soon enough, the maid was here to serve him with breakfast. She sent out the message to Amile's maid for her breakfast to be sent to her room. That seemed to spark Nkosi's interest.
"Why isn't she joining us?"
"She said she doesn't like coming out her room. I understand totally, she's new here and it's not easy adjusting to this life. We just need to be patient with her." He nodded.
"Talk to me about this girl. What did you do to her?" he chuckled nervously.
"Why do you assume that I was the one that did something to her?"
"I know that no girl would up and leave you for a better man. No man is better than you." He laughed again.
"I guess that it was both our faults then Ma, because I didn't fight for her as hard as she didn't fight for me."
"So you didn't love her?" he sighed in distress.
"I loved her. I still love her with my whole heart, but the way things happened, there was no way I would've been able to get her back. It hurts but I'm a man. I'll get over it." He brushed it off.
"Don't brush off your feeling Nkosi because they will eventually catch up to you and you won't be able to deal with them. Attend therapy if it gets too much for you." He believes in therapy, he's done it before and it worked. He really might need it again.
"If she was the one for you, she will find her way back to you, no matter how strong the forces keeping you apart are."
She had to learn that the hard way, so she makes no mistake of not telling someone in the same situation about it.
"We are going to see Celemba today, and your brother has asked you to come." He shook his head.
"No." that's Mandlenkosi for you.
"He doesn't want a repeat of last time."
"First of all, this nyanga of yours is fake, all the things he prophecies don't come to life. He's using you guys to get money. Secondly, none of the things he said would happen to me have happened. I have no reason to go there. You also shouldn't go back."
"You say this because you've never believed in all these things. You are a scientist Mandlenkosi, and we understand that you don't believe in it, but it's your culture. And your brother believes in it. You have to support him."
"I do believe in sangoma's, just not Celemba. That one is a fake nyanga. I won't participate in things that don't bring essence into my life."
She laughed. Mandlenkosi is just being himself. Celemba has been the royal seer ever since Banzi got on the throne, and nothing has gone wrong. His only downside is that he can't seem to find Langalethu's wife, but they do believe that it will happen soon, she can't be that far.