Cursed To Be A Stepdaughter

Chapter 18

Simamkele's pov:

"Get dressed Simamkele" he says getting out of bed,heading for the door. He looks back "I don't like repeating myself" he closes the door and I breathe out. My heart beats fast against my rib cage,all those memories come flooding back. I killed a man. I get up and make the bed. I run into the bathroom and have a quick shower. There's no time to decide what to wear so I put on a nude dress and my leather jacket,with black bomber boots. I don't know where this man is taking me. I comb my hair,there's really no time to straighten it so I do a high puff. No edges today,I puff his cologne.

"Ms Williams" I say when she answers the call

"Good morning Mila,is everything okay?it's really early"

"No. Everything is bad,I'm coming to California. Please get everything ready for me. I'm available to board tomorrow" I say quickly before Lukhanyo comes in

"What?that's great news my love. I'll send all the details by tonight. This is all God's doings" she rejoices but I'm feeling blue,worried and anxious. Lukhanyo walks in with fresh clothes. I stand up

"Let's go" he says

"I'll call you back,okay? And if I don't please don't give up looking for me" I say

"Mila what's going on?" I hang up and sigh. I follow after him. I find him in the laundry room

"Pack up all your things. You are moving out of my house you damn slut!" he shouts and I dig through the basket with dirty clothes looking for my clothes. It's not a lot since I've just done the washing

"I...I don't have a...a bag to-" he cuts me off

"Shut the hell up" he roars. He takes a suitcase from the wardrobe in here and throws my clothes in there "pack up every one of your ugly clothes" I go to the bathroom and take my toiletries. I go back to his bedroom to take all of my other clothes,the straightener,my charger,my hair products. Don't ask me how I fit all that in one suitcase. I take his other bag and fill it with my shoes. He grabs me by my arm and pulls me towards the car,after that,he locks me inside. He comes back with the bag and suitcase and shoves it in the backseat. I'm so scared. What if he kills me?and dumps my body somewhere where nobody will find it? I shove the notes I stole from his wallet earlier deeper in my bra. It amounts to about R600. I made sure everything is in my suitcase,passport,ID,birth certificate and everything else. He gets in the car and drives as fast as he could. I know this way,the way to his parents house. I hold on to my phone tighter hoping for a miracle to happen. Imagine the tension in this car,not even music is playing.

He parks outside and stomps to my side of the car and opens the car door. I look at him and he looks at me,his face filled with rage. I jump out of the car before giving him a reason to slap me. He closes the door and again,he pulls my arm roughly into the house. His mom stands up as soon as she sees us

"Hayibo Lukhanyo,why are you pulling Sima like that?" his dad asks

"Buza yena lo mbulali lo (ask her,this murderer)" he says through gritted teeth. He lets me go. His sister pops her head in the lounge

"Mbulali?ubulale bani?(murderer?who did she murder?)" his mother asks,creases forming on her forehead. I look at him. Is he really about to do this? After all that we have tried to build? Was he lying when he said he'd do anything for me?

"uThami" he responds and the room goes dead silent. I look down because of embarrassment. I know it's the wrong time but I think I'm hungry. I haven't had breakfast

"Ini?(what?)" his sister asks.

"And what proof do you have of this?" his mother asks. I feel like I betrayed her when she took me in with warm hands and made sure I was always taken care of

"She confessed in her dream. She thought she was still dreaming but I heard her say it. She killed him" he looks so mad right now. I catch a glimpse of the parents faces. The dad has a stoic face on and his mother?she looks defeated

"Simamkele is this true?" his mother asks and I keep quiet. My ear starts ringing as I receive a hard slap to my face. I hold my cheek as I look at her with tears in my eyes "I take you into my home and you kill my son?" she throws her hand across my face again

"I'm sorry" I say in between sobs. She puts her hand up,signaling me to shut up "he was going to kill me if I didn't kill him"

"Call him" the father says to Lukhanyo,who walks out without saying a word. Sindi has her hand over her mouth. My blood runs cold

"You of all people knew mom,that Thami abused me but you never expected a dead body in the end?whether it was his or mine?"

"You killed my son" the father says dumbfounded and it's like all I'm saying gets caught by their ear wax

"He had a knife! He was going to stab me to death! He was going to rob my child of a life" I shout at them,snout running down to my lips. I wipe it with the back of my hand.

"You robbed his children of a father! You robbed us of a son!" his mom shouts back

"Thami wanted to kill me! Don't you listen?" I shout back. Sindi comes back with a chair and helps me sit. Why is she being so kind?

"Why does this keep happening to our family?to me? First it was Loyiso and now Thamsanqa?women are a curse to this family" the mother says,a hand on her waist while the other is rubbing her forehead. Sindi holds my hand,I look up panicking,Lukhanyo is behind me with tape. Duct tape. He starts wrapping it around my wrists

"Lukhanyo please don't do this" I cry "don't you care about your child? Do you want to kill your child?" I ask him

"That thing is not mine" he swings the tape around both my feet,strapped to the legs of the chair.

"Lukhanyo we slept together!"

"Little girl,nothing you say now can save you" the father says and I keep quiet. What was I thinking anyways?even if I could die,they wouldn't give a damn. I just want to give my baby life. He,more than anyone deserves it.

"I'm pregnant for gods sake" I whisper with tears trickling down the sides of my face. They all leave the room and I'm left with Lukhanyo. He doesn't even look at me. The whole time I was looking at his beautiful face,his dark hair,tanned muscles. Damn. I really caught a big fish and let it go again. My stomach grumbles making Lukhanyo look at me,he looks like he's in so much thought. My heart breaks at the sight. The police officer that asked me questions the day of Thami's death walks in,boldly at that.

"Take her away" Lukhanyo says "she doesn't deserve to see the light of day"

"You are under arrest for the murder of Thamsanqa Mthembu,whatever you say can be used against-" my world felt like it was spinning. I'm about to get arrested?what has my life become?

Forgive me for the super duper late update😩I'ts really all in my head but I'm too busy to write it out. But I'm working on it. Please vote🤭❤️