Thandolwethu's pov:
"I'm not an expert in these things but I've worked here for so many years that I could tell the difference. The way it looks to me,your wife died peacefully. She looks like she had already accepted her death" a female voice says behind me. I don't dare look back
"I know you don't believe me but look at how chubby she is. She doesn't look like someone who's life was sucked out of them" she says again and I finally look back to see an old woman dressed in a black dress
"Sorry ma'am but how my wife died is none of your business" I respond and she raised her hands up in surrender. I continue scrubbing her body gently. Her tattoo has turned a purple/greenish colour and it looks as if it's fading away. Her body is cold and heavier than before.
"Mama wase khaya,mphathi weh nhliziyo yami,sdudla sami, maka Ndabe,sthandwa sami. Today is your last day here,in the evening you'll be taken to your house,which you made a home for us. You will spend the night there and you will leave in the morning. To your last resting place. Siyamthanda,mfazi wami,ngikuthandile kodwa mama lami,yini le engaka engiyenzile kuthi ungishiye?(what have I done that is so bad for you to leave me?) I miss you so much, everyone is just against me. Please wake up and tell me all of this is a joke" I watch her attentively to guard any movement,but there is none. I lotion her body and dress her in a black and white polka dot dress with some socks incase she gets cold. I also put on her sneakers. She can't arrive in heaven barefoot. I wrap a doek around her head and moisturise her lips. I kiss her forehead before going to her cold lips. I called the lady that I bribed and told her to get her ready to go home and I left. I went back home and the traffic in the house is worse than I when I had left. I got a call from Mrs Carter telling me that she has landed in South Africa
"Dad,mom's lawyer is here for you" Ndabe says and he leads the way to the lounge. I greet him and he asks for all the kids. I lead everyone to my study since it's quieter there. All my five kids take a seat on the couch while the lawyer sits opposite me on the desk.
"Good afternoon everyone,as you all know,I am your mother's lawyer and she had asked me to read her last will to her family the day before her funeral. The last will of Siyamthanda Mawande S'bongokuhle Sangweni. She said her house remains with her spouse and if the spouse shall be deceased it shall be made a family home. All her vehicles must be shared equally among all her children. If her spouse is deceased then all her children will receive a sum of 300 million rands of her investments and if the spouse is still alive then the children could only get access to their money once they have graduated in University or any other institution higher than high school, otherwise they will not receive their share. Her spouse is left with 500 million from her investments to take care of their home and raise their children accordingly. If the spouse is deceased then the money should be given to the children's guardians ,Bayanda Sangweni and Buhlebendalo Majozi. All of her assets remain with her family and should not be sold. She requested that the rest of her money be invested in different children's homes and orphanages in South Africa. She had asked me to play this for her children" he ends off giving me a USB stick "and this one is for her husband" he gives me another one. I accept it and thank him. Snothando then accompanies him out.
"You could go watch it in my room" I tell the kids and Ndabe stands up and drags the triplets out. I walk into the room in my study,it's just an empty room that has a bed,sofa and a tv mounted to the wall. I sit on top of the bed with my laptop and connect the USB. I'm pretty anxious of what I'm going to find here,I might be doing everything wrong,the way she didn't want it.
"Sthandwa sami,I'm so sorry. I'm sorry you have to go through this" she apologizes and pauses for a second
"Baby don't apologize" I say as I feel tears well in my eyes
