our dark love

chapter 5

Alutha

Papa;"litumeliso Beng ba ka le amohelehile ke kopa le ntatele ka nqa ena"  (greetings gentlemen welcome please follow me these side)

Gentlemen1:"rea leboha(thank you )and we all follow them down to the basement and my grandfather pulls me aside"princess this is the big leagues so right here is break or make if you get these man to respect you they will be your allies not because it's your birth right but because you earned it okay knock them dead)

Papa:"ka hona Bahlomphehi bana ba ka mona ke bana ba ka,ba iphumana ba le bohlasoa ke ka hona re leng teng kaofela"   (so gentlemen these here are my kids and they find themselves in a bit of mess that's why we are all here)

Gentlemen1:"malome oa hao o ile a romela tšoarelo ea hae o ile a tšoaroa" (your uncle sent his apologies he got held up)

Papa:"mme ke ne ke labalabela ho mmona e se e le nakwana"(and I was looking forward to seeing him it's been awhile)and they all laugh maybe it's an inside joke, I look at my husband and he is not even intimidated by all these powerful men and you can just tell that they command respect when they enter the room and he has his eyes on these one gentlemen who couldn't take his eyes from me and I sence he wants to be a problem but not here in this house there is only one boss and that is my husband so he better gets in line.

Gentlemen2:"hantle ke hlooho o re bana ba hau empa u tseba haholo hore ha re bue litaba tsa banna le mosali ho thoe'ng" (well I head you say your children but you know very we that we don't talk man's business with woman around so what's this)and I did say he is going to be a problem but I need be a lady and represent papa well as his heiress because I know men like these hell my husband is one of them traditionalist egotistic maniacs they think women place is in the kitchen so they are in for a big shock with these girl.

Papa:"oa! Bahlomphehi enoa ke setloholo saka Alutha ke tla mo lumella hore a itsebise" (oh! Gentlemen this is my granddaughter Alutha and I will let her introduce herself)and just like that he puts me on the spot and I must say the testosterone in this room it's overwhelming and all eyes are on me okay girl it's time to show them you deserve to be here.

Me:"afternoon gentlemen my Sotho it's not very good I hope you don't mind the language of choice" and I see them nod "so gentlemen my name is Alutha Motaung and this here is my husband Bhekokwake Mkhize I'm both a business woman and a wife and I excel at both roles but that not why we are here,what brings us here is business and it seems someone has become a thorn on my side and that threatenes the well being of my family and I really don't like thorns. Me and my husband both run a smooth businesses and it's seems someone has discovered his real identity and that means soon I will also be made and we can't have that because it means we are all dead I mean me and my family.

Gentlemen2:"ke khoebo efeng ena ke kopa o fihle tabeng ngoanana re banna busy ha re na nako ea sena (which business is this please get to the point young girl we are busy man we don't have time for this).see what I mean by egotistic but I don't know this man and I can't really tell them about us but when I look at papa and he nod I know I can trust them.

Me:"well gentlemen I'm known as DEATH and my husband as GHOST"and I hear gasps and I know I got them hooked "so as you all know how important it is to keep that a secret because we are also expecting our first children twins and we would like to eliminate every thread coming our way and I would like to know if we can count on you when the time comes".

Gentlemen1:"well my dear it's tricky because we have no business with your husband and I can tell you right here that if it was not for you or the surname you carry he would be dead by now but we respect your surname too much to make an enemy of you and I do know how you two are good at what you do but there are other mafia groups that won't like that we are doing business with you turning us into enemies".