Thandolwethu's pov:
"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Snothando . Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray!" we all sing. Princess is just blushing shyly. We're doing her 10th birthday party at Umhlanga Hotel, where all her new friends from school and her cousins are going to be celebrating with her.
"Make a wish baby" I say and she closes her eyes,when she opens them,she blows out the candles on her birthday cake. Everyone claps their hands. I take her hand in mine to help her hold the knife and then we proceed to cutting the cake
"Are you having fun?" I ask her and she nods
"So so much fun,you know dad,even Ntokomalo is playing with us,miss goody two shoes" she says and I chuckle
"Snothando that's mean" I reprimand her
"Dad it's true,she always stays away from us,like we're some dirty things. She saw the chocolate fountain and lost her mind" she blabbers on and I just laugh while dishing up cake for everyone with Thapelo's help. The kids form a line to collect their cake and they sit down. The adults dropped their kids off and had to leave,the only older people that are here are my friends, Siyamu's friends and my mother. I see a commotion at the door and I walk over to the guards
"Why is there a commotion here?why do I pay you guys?" I ask the two guards at the door
"Boss she's trying to bribe us to get in,but as per your instruction nobody who isn't on the guest list comes in" one of them says
"You know you're like a fly,just when I think I've gotten rid of you,you fly right back into my zone. What do you want this time?" I look at her as she fixes the short dress that she's wearing
"I want to be present at my daughter's birthday party,I promise I won't cause any trouble baby" she says making me laugh
"Londi?and not causing any trouble?oh please. You can fool them all" I say
"You can't deprive me of seeing my child" she says and I roll my eyes
"If you cause any trouble,and I mean even looking at my wife, you'll be out of here. Mka Abdul(Abdul's wife)" I say and her nose flares. I laugh before stepping inside. Siyamu looks at me and she's not happy at what she sees. I just don't want Londi causing a scene over nothing. Londi struts over to Snothando who is stuffing her cute face with cake. Thapelo makes his way to me
"And then?" he asks looking at Londi
"I just want her out of my hair" I say and he laughs
"Which hair?" he asks and we both laugh. I look over at Snothando who looks confused by whatever her absent mother is telling her. We walk over to the group of adults here
"T-man,was just telling the girls how proud of you I am. 10 damn years of you raising a girl child" Zakhe says clapping his hands once,mmh he's getting drunk
"It wouldn't have been possible without my mom and all the people who helped me. Guys Thapelo used to wake up at night to go buy the formula when it's finished,you still remember?" I look at my mom smiling. Thapelo laughs remembering that day
"Guys I cried over the phone because princess was crying non-stop and I didn't know which type of formula to buy" Thapelo tells his tale. He's probably going to tell people this till we die. Everyone laughs and I look over at Siyamu who looks like she is playing games on her phone. I wonder what's eating her up,I don't like it when she's like this
"Mmh" she moans like she's in pain while her eyes are closed,her hand on her stomach
"Sthandwa sami,what's going on?" I ask rushing over to her chair
