The Sands Of Tshani 2

Part 36

1 YEAR LATER

**Anam

It's been a year now and Marcel was now a full time Harvard student like me doing his second year and he was a lab assistant too. Well I was glad that he was here with me because this meant no more Merissa calling him to rescue her, as mean as that may sound but it was truly how I felt. That night she slept at his room; nothing happened, in fact the next day he called me and told me that he was accompanying Merissa to a shelter nearby and that she was going to talk to some lawyers who do pro-bono to help her get her daughter back and after months of going back and forth with Terrence and his family she finally got sole custody and Terrence landed up in prison for the abuse... I think Marcel's parents had a hand in him not getting away with the violence, seeing that they know people who know people in high places. That's how the system works anywhere actually, you need to know someone. Enough about her. Sam and I were nothing but good friends, Marcel didn't like him nor trust him thou but for the sake of peace he let things be. As for my friends, well they were cool with Marcel and they came to learn that "Into yabantu ababini ayingenwa" meaning "what involves two people needs no third party" and things were working out just fine. Lisa and Logan stopped whatever they were doing and things between them weren't really "normal" and by normal I mean they barely joked around with each which caused a little bit of tension in the squad. Siya was still single but she was happy, she was living her life the way she wanted to and she dressed how she pleased which was decent. Liah and Johnathan were great as a couple, they made each other happy and I couldn't be more happier for her. Lia and Angela were expelled and John was back in school, turns out they had been sleeping with some of the lecturers, doing drugs on campus and a whole lot more that is not worth mentioning, they just weren't coming back this year. Nate was also here with my boo, he was a great friend to Marcel and to me, yes Nate and I were friends and we got along very well. It was Marcel's birthday in a week and Nate was more than helpful. He was turning 19 but I wanted to go all out, I didn't know what to buy him that he doesn't have already so google and my friends suggested I throw him a surprise party instead. The venue was already booked, it wasn't anything big, just a few friends and lucky me my boyfriend has a few close friends. Did I mention that he went to CH conference this year and he had loads of fun and he learnt a lot, he came back a genius than he was before and I was proud of him so hence the party? Oh and Marcel and I still hadn't had sex yet, he told me flat out that he was not going to have sex with me until he puts a ring on it and pays for my lobola. Gogi and I spoke every day and things back at home couldn't be better because the money from Sabelo was sent to home every month to help out with pretty much everything and as for Sihle, he was enrolled at UCT and he had a bursary that covered EVERYTHING. Life in SA was good for everyone, sadly for Cy his girlfriend died while giving birth last year and he also found out that he and his late girlfriend were actually brother and sister. A lot has happened since this past year. I was walking with Liah on our way back from Business Management and I must say we were worn out, Siya didn't attend because she was sick and Lisa didn't attend because she was hungover. As we were walking we bumped into Sam.

Me: I didn't see you in class today

I said punching him playfully

Him: not today please

Liah: and then what's up with you?

Him: last night was hectic!

Me: why what happened?

Him: there was a party by the frat house, anyone who was someone was there. You guys missed out!

Me: you look like you got hit by a bus. What exactly did we miss out on?

Him: the best party EVER. We had ecstasy, got drunk, ate space muffins... it was epic dude, people it was still going on even this morning. People were literally crawling out of the house this morning