- MIHLALIKAZI MBANA
"When would you like for us to get married?"
He asks as we lay in bed looking at the calendar
"After the baby is born"
I respond, he turns to me
"you due next November"
He says
"I know"
I say
"ok, wouldn't that be too soon? Would have already lost the baby weight?"
He asks and I shrug
"I'm hoping so. I didn't gain that much and I'm willing to put in all the work to get back into my weight before giving birth"
I say
"I don't want you to over work yourself Bhabha, you're allowed to let yourself go"
He says and I shake my head no
"Nope, I'm not letting myself go. I did that with Jay, I'm not going to do this with this one"
I say and he sighs
"ok, so what month were you thinking?"
He asks
"I was thinking your birthday"
I say looking down
"that's not even 2 months from now"
he says
"I know but we can make it happen"
I say looking up at him, we sitting on the couch and my legs are resting on his lap while he gives me a foot massage. Jay is in school, Hlali took leave and I also took leave to work from home until the birth of our baby. We still don't know the gender so we painted the nursery white and bought neutral colours. We want it to be a surprise. Biko and Yoza will be back at the end of this month which is next week. They decided on travelling the world instead of just going to one place, with the plane and all they have all the right to go everywhere and they are happy so that's great.
"So you want to give birth while planning your wedding?"
He says slowly as if in disbelief
"Yep. I know the kind of weddings I want, I don't need amabhaso"
I say
"It's tradition, you can't not have them"
He says
"fine but having them in December will be short notice"
I say
"Yeah it will, clearly you didn't think all this through"
He says and I roll my eyes
"I've been talking to a planner since the day after you proposed and he assured me he can do it. I want an indoor wedding and this is what I want"
I say paging through my phone the ideas I got on pinterest, I hand it to him
"this looks nice"
He says
"I know right? The colours and everything is perfect"
I say
"Yeah it is but are you certain?"
He asks and I nod
"It's what I want. Either your birthday or Valentines then"
I say
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Life Is Just Not Kind - Final Book
ActionThe last lap. Mihlali and Bandile come face to face with each other after 3 whole years without communication. Is Bandile ready to step up? Mihlali has been keeping a secret for the past three years but unfortunate events require her to go home and...
