Umfelokazi

Chapter 29

Chapter 29

Time has passed and the end of the year is soon approaching as it comes.Mimi and I well I haven't spoken to her in a while but I have been calling Rethabile's grandmother from time to time just to check up on her and she seems to be happy and that makes me happy that she is okay and well.  I wonder why Mimi never associated herself with Kabelo's side of the family. Yes that man was shady but atleast he has some great family behind him that is for sure. 
Alot has happened in the past two months. Beside my sewing career taking its course and being what it is now but also Thulani and I decided to take a step further in our relationship and seal it off with me changing my surname permanently from Gwala to Mzimela. Trust me that was the most hardest thing to do but I had to let go of it at some point and now I have. No we did not have a wedding of that sort we just agreed to do it in court and that was it. I am okay with that and I am the one who suggested that a wedding it is just a celebration more than anything else. 
I am happy too, should I say.
Another thing Qophelo is getting married. The day for him to get married has finally come, well not yet but tomorrow he is getting married. I have been worried about Thulani more about him fixing his relationship with his brother but there hasn't been any movement made between the both of them and he is quiet about it and doesn't seem to care or mind if Qophelo calls him or not. 
This is a big milestone for his brother and I wish that he wouldn't miss it for anyone in the world even if they do not get along now but they are still family after all.  
Today he is working from home and so as I am working in the cottage. I have decided to take a break from doing my designs and actually go and check up on him as I haven't heard from him since early hours of morning when I made sure he is fed. 
I move out of the cottage and make my way to the main house and I find him seated on the high chair on his laptop with some papers infront of him and a glass of water next to him.  He seems too focused on what he is doing at the moment.
“Hey”,I say and he turns to me and gives me a moment.
“Themba lami”,I smile and blush at the same time. 
He turns the chair around just so he can look at me properly and pulls me closer to him and kisses my lips. 
“How are you baby?”,He asks.
“I am good, how are you?”,I ask.
“I am okay”,I look at him and I sigh. 
“I am not okay with the fact that I will be making you miss a great milestone in your brother's life”
“It is not your fault. Don't you ever think that”
“Can you blame me?”
“You really shouldn't be.  Qophelo made it clear that I shouldn't associate myself with him and that is exactly what I am doing MaZungu”,I sigh.
“Okay”,I close my eyes for a moment then look at him.
“Should I make something for you to eat?”,I ask.
“I will order some lunch for us”,I nod my head. 
He packs up his things and drinks the last content of his water. 
He takes his phone and it starts vibrating in his hands and he sighs and declines the call.  I look at him. 
“My father has been calling the whole day so as mom”
“About?”
“Tomorrow”,I feel twists in my stomach.
The fact that they might be thinking that I came to seperate their sons would be such a big disadvantage for me to be well treated in the family and I am scared. 
“You should answer them”,I say.
“I will later on maybe”,He says and proceeds to go on his phone.
“I will be back, I need to get my phone at the cottage”
He nods and I rush off to go and get my phone from the cottage. I get inside and I quickly take my phone but I stop that very moment in thoughts. I go through my blocked list and I see the number I am looking for. I unblock it and I breathe in for a moment before dialling it rings for a few seconds before it is answered.
“Hello”,His baritone voice vibrates from the other side of the phone.
My heart is beating fast mainly because I might be betraying my husband but also I want to help him and this needs to come to an end honestly.
“Qophelo, it's Nomvelo”,I say and there is silence and shifting there after.
“Nomvelo,how...how are you?”,His voice comes off soft and more gentle.
“I am not okay, this is not a social call to be exact”,I say.
“Oh...Okay”,I sigh.
“I called because I am genuinely concerned about you and your brother I...”
“I really do not want to talk about that”
“Just listen to me and let me finish”,He keeps quiet and I sigh.
“Qophelo I know you and I met each other first but that doesn't mean we had a thing going on. You told me what you wanted from me and I told you that I cannot give that to you, you have a financee of which you are going to marry tomorrow and you love her. If you didn't then I would assume that you wouldn't be getting married to her. We were both fair in this getting to know each other business because we clearly stated what we can and cannot offer to each other. I am not with your brother just to spite you or for him to do the same to you. The day of your lobola he gave up being friends with me just because you felt entitled to me which is also one of the reasons why I didn't want to be with you even in this life time because of the entitlement you had over having me in your life.  I am with your brother, it may be a hard pillow to swallow but it should be one you are forced to swallow. I love your brother and I don't want your selfish reasons to be the thing that holds him back from coming to share a great lifetime moment with you and your family and see his younger brother getting married. Thulani loves and cares about but he has reached his limit of being pushed over by you just in the name of family. He wants to be happy too and you are not doing a great job at being a supportive brother in that knowing well what he has gone through in the past. It shows the type of character you are towards people that when you don't get things your way things should stop for others. In this life we don't get what we want but appreciate what we have. All I am asking for it is to release your heart from whatever grudge you have over your brother because you don't want him to keep on excluding you in his life the same way you are doing and miss out on great things you could've congratulated each other on and be there for each other.”,I say and I hear him breathe in and out.
“I hear you”,He says.
“Thank you, I have to go”,I say.
“Okay”,I hang up after that and let out a heavy sigh. I then get out of the cottage and I find Thulani making a smoothie in the kitchen I place my phone on the counter and he looks at me and smiles. 
“I thought I should make smoothies while we are waiting for food”
“That is okay”,He nods, he frowns a bit.
“Are you okay?”
“Yes I am.I learnt something that I want to show you”,He smirks.
“What is it?”
“I can't tell you, I will have to show you”
“Atleast give me a hint”,He says.
“If I do I will be giving it away”,He pours the smoothie into the glasses and takes the blender to the sink and he puts water in it.
He takes the mashed juice and puts it in the fridge.
“I am ready to see it now”,I laugh.
“Be patient.”,I go around the island entering the kitchen and I go to the fridge and grab a fruit. He looks at me displeased that I am making him wait. 
“Mvelo you are really doing this to me?”
“Doing what?”,I ask with a smile on my face. 
He looks at me and shakes his head.