Destiny To Be

chapter three

ONKARABILE

My heart is beating up and down rapidly, I can feel his stares towards me but most importantly he's staring at my huge baby bump. I don't know it's that every single time when I'm around him I get so intimated by his presence, probably it runs in the family.

"Ngithe sawobona ntokazi"[I said hello young lady]

"Sawobona Abuti Nkosinathi" I greeted home [Hello Nkosinathi]

"How are you? " he asked.

"I'm hanging in there"

"Mmh "
"Thought I should come and greet you ,congratulations on the baby by the way"

Why is he doing this? Didn't his brother alert him about the pregnancy?

I doubt it.

Does he know or is he clue less?

"Thank you Abuti Nkosinathi "

"Haii ithi mina ngi hambe, I'll see you around. Usale kahle ntokazi" [Let me get going... stay well young lady]

I said goodbye to him as I release a heavy sigh that I had kept in me when he was in my presence.

As soon as my ride came I just couldn't wait to get home and analyze everything that had just happened.

Nkosinathi Mthembu. The most intimidating person I've ever met. Wherever he goes he always hold his dominance and walks with his head held up high. He's this first born and first son of Mr and Mrs Mthembu followed by Zithulele and four other siblings who I've never met but saw them several times on the news articles and entertainment channels when they host elegant charity events.

When i arrived at my house I unpacked everything and warmed up our food as I waited for my daughter to come back from school.

I'm glad I ordered more food because after all feeding three mouths is not a kids game.

As soon as Aquila arrived at home she started demanding he ice cream and lord know how I didn't want her to remember the promise I made to her this morning.
I'm already drained from the grocery shopping and dealing with her hyperactiveness is definitely not on the list today.
Around 9 o'clock we retired to bed as we were exhausted from the day and all that's need to be done was to rest as we allowed darkness to take over.

Days went by and it was finally Friday, I really don't get why I always get excited about Friday, probably it's because we don't get to wake up early early on Saturdays.

As per usual after Aquila left for school I clean around the house and binge on some series on Netflix while eating popcorn and sipping orange juice.

Sometimes I crave space popcorn with some homemade cocktails.

Yohh mara why did I get pregnant now I can't feed my cravings properly.

As I was watching the episode of Miseducation I hear a buzz coming from my phone. I take a peak and noticed that its a message from Zithulele.

Lord knows how long I've been waiting for his response the entire week. But my guts are telling me that I shouldn't open the message as yet.

I know, weird right.

Sigh...as much as I want to know what his response is towards the last message I sent I just can't help it but feel a bit of nervous.

Lots of questions are running through my mind and I've got no answer to them

What if he doesn't believe me? Would he reject his kids?

I feel like I'm going crazy. I decided to switch of my phone and continued watching Miseducation.

It was late at night when I realization has hit me that I need to check the message that I got from Zithulele.

Going to my DM's and into our conversations I come across a message that he sent earlier on.

@Zithulele Mthembu: I'm sorry just you caught me off guard. Are you sure that you're pregnant by me, no offense it's just the way this ended between us weren't very pleasant.

@Zithulele Mthembu: please get back to me so that we can talk this out.

@Zithulele Mthembu: can we please meet up tomorrow so we can talk this out.

I'm not going to lie I'm bamboozled at this point but most importantly I'm hurt by the way he questioned if he's that father but again I'm not surprised considering the fact that my actions were very pleasing.

Sigh...I don't know if I should get back to him or not.

@Onkarabile Letsoalo: Hey Zithu. We can meet up tomorrow at Mug and Bean around 12 o'clock.

@Zithulele Mthembu: sure send me the details of the location tomorrow morning.

I don't want to lie meeting up with Zithu tomorrow is something that I'm not looking forward too. Especially after what had occurred between us.
I'm not entirely sure how he's going to react when he sees this baby bump but I'm sure he's definitely not ready, neither was I ready for it but I only hope that he bears with me and supports me. Last thing I want is having my babies grow up without a father. I know I'm already doing an amazing job raising Aquila alone but I know that she need a father figure in her life.

I got inside my blankets and was ready for sleep, I turned and kissed my baby on her forehead and switched off the side lamp and allowed sleep to take over.

Thank you for your support. I really appreciate it. Please keep on sharing so that I can write more ❤️💐🦋

NB: PLEASE DON'T STEAL MY WORK.