Yibanathi

🧡Part 30🧡

Avuyile

The girl did a massive job on me. A whole Avuyile fell like a sack of potatoes and nothing happened.

Indeed old age has finally caught up with me. The fall that I suffered has caused my back to ache like hell.

She has escaped from me. I am surprised because I never ever thought she had it in her to be able to protect herself because she has always been vulnerable. MaNgubo failed me again as usual.

She is now nursing her back on my bed. I am also on my bed too facing the opposite way from her.

"MaNgubo ungiphoxile wena yazi bengikuthemba kodwa bheka izinyane lethu seleqile."
[MaNgubo you disappointed me, I had faith in you, you know now look our prey escaped right in front of you.]

I say to MaNgubo who is chilling like she is in her father's house.

"Khululeka Avuyile kuzomqoqa ukuhlwa u Yibanathi."
[Relax Avuyile as for Yibanathi nightfall will make her come back home.]

"MaNgubo you are telling me about nightfall. Which nightfall? She could be in danger outside."

I tell MaNgubo who is unbothered and again I don't blame her because she has no children she does not know anyone else other than Tsolo and her family.

"I need to inform the community about her disappearance."

I say as I get off the bed and bump into Sandile who just entered the house and is busy on Yibanathi's phone.

"Hey gogo."

He says while walking past me with his school socks only and I am sure he left his shoes on the floor in the living room.

"Hey gogo what you are saying hey to me Sandile am I your mate?"

I question him and he removes the headphones from his head.

"Gogo ubuthini?"
[Gran what were you saying?]

He questions me.

"What was I saying so you were not listening all this while?"

I say and he apologizes and he rushes to his bedroom and shuts the door.

"MaNgubo I am off to look for Yibanathi."

I shout for MaNgubo as I walk out the door.

MaNgubo is staying in my house and I don't even know for how long.

I walk out the house and go past Tsolo's house and I don't even want to enter at Tsolo's house for she will want to gist and I don't have time for that as it is.

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Yibanathi

I have a bad feeling about being on this side of the place as I am waking and I feel like I need to change direction and walk faster.

Indeed I do just that and I walk faster than I did and not minding the heavy bag on my shoulder and I am sweating like a pig as it is but all I care about is freedom.

After about a 20 minute walk I sit down to catch my breath and let my shoulder rest. I take my time to look around and I realise that I do not know this side of Umbumbulu. It is peaceful like our side but here the houses look like only people who are well off are living here. The people who can afford to live the luxury in the rurals unlike our house where it is quite evident to anyone that we are living below the breadline.

Now where will I rest for the evening?

I wish I had an answer to my very own question but even I don't know what to do. A pregnant woman all out cold and alone at night is a scary thought on it's own yet I have to go through that very same thing starting from now.

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It is so late as it is now and I am assuming now the time is around 7pm judging by the whole area is dark and the houses here have their lights on and I am standing infront of the gate of this large house which has a gate that is so high that you cannot see the house that is fenced.

The trouble that I have now is where will I sleep and I cannot simply knock at someone's house and ask for shelter the crime these days is quite high and even though this is a rural area I am not taking any chances on my life I only have one life and no spare so I must thread carefully.

I am now feeling cold right now the evening breezing is not helping matters. I place my bag down right in front the gate and take a seat next to my bag.

Ya neh this is what my life has turned into and it all happened  in just a few hours.

Life indeed is so unpredictable like I would have never thought that by this evening I would be homeless.

Sfundo has ruined me infact he might as well ended my life and took the little family I thought I had away from me.

Let me just rest on top of my bag. I use it as a pillow by placing my head on top of the bag and start getting comfortable because it is either that or accept my gran's deal.

"Eh eh what is going on here?"

I hear someone say and I look up to find an elderly woman in front of me to think I didn't even notice her footsteps.

"Uhm nothing."

I reply.

"Sleeping outside my yard is nothing?"

She questions me.

I keep quiet should I answer her or what but the least I could do is try.

"I am homeless."

I reply while looking down.

"How can a young pregnant girl like you be homeless?"

She further questions. I decide to stand up and keep quiet while adjusting my bag because who knows what else will happen next for all I know I could be setting myself a huge trap. Who knows if she knows Avuyile because my gran seems to know everyone even if she does not speak to them.

"You can come inside dear."

She says. I reluctantly follow her as she opens the gate for me.

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Author:It has been sometime since I updated.🌝❤

What do you think about this lady is she being kind to Yibanathi or she has other reasons 🤔?

Until next part✌🏽❤