Umingentando

Chapter 4

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I open my eyes and try to adjust the lighting of this place and by the smell I can tell I am still at the hospital on a hospital bed I guess I fainted from the news and everything just comes crashing my husband is gone and he didn't even get to meet the baby He has been longing for I am a widow at the age of 24 my child is fatherless before he is even born how will I cope when the love of my life is gone how will I move on from this tears start coming out and I am oblivious to me surroundings until I feel someone hugging me

I look up and it's my mother and on the other side of the bed it is my father he looks at me with pity they got here fast hey

Ma:ohh mntanam I'm sorry for what happened oh umkhwenyana wam thixo

She is crying

Me:he is gone mama how will I move on from this

I say between sobs she hugs me again

Ma:let it all out mntanam

Me:ndzomkhulisa njani lomntana ndodwa theni engalwanga uNathi mama undishiyile mama(how will I raise this baby alone why didn't he fight mom he left me)

As I am crying my in laws walk in my mother in law looks like a mess I don't blame her she just lost her son she walks over to me and my mom moves back a bit she hugs me

Her:ohh ngane yami

After a while I am still crying my dad calls the doctor to give me something to calm me down since all this crying might be bad for the baby the doctor sedates me and it's light's out again

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Nathi is gone it is so unbelievable we were eating lunch with him,chatting and we were happy earlier today and now I find out that he is gone Umi's cries are so heartbreaking I don't think I understand how she feels at the moment she is only 24 and has a baby on the way and now her husband is gone

My brothers and I are sitting in Nkosiyabo's office we are all not taking Nathi's death good I mean we were all close as siblings now he is gone all of a sudden

Me:what happened kahle kahle who was the cause of this accident??

Sthe:some drunk driver??

Me:is he alive??

Sthe:yes he sustained minor injuries

Nkosi:I want him dead

He says looking angry

Me:let's bury Nathi first.....

Nkosi:no I want him dead what is his name Sthe??

Sthe and I sigh the ruthless side of Nkosi is now coming out

Sthe:Tshepo Mthethwa he lives in UMlazi

Nkosi:tell Zayn to take him to the warehouse

He says looking out the window drinking whiskey I look at Sthe and he is also looking at me

Sthe:okay bafo

We both don't want to face this side of Nkosi so we leave I call my dad to see how Umi is doing. That girl is like my younger sister I don't like the state she is in Sthe drives while I put the call on speaker I don't call mom because I'm sure she is as sad as Umi

Dad:ndodana(son)

I can tell dad is also not doing well dammit this is hard on everyone

Me:baba unjanii??