NOMZAMO

Chapter 14

Mzwandile:Mother do you really think that dad made the best decision by deciding to bring a stranger here?
Nombuso:what are you trying to say Mzwandile,is there something that you know that I'm not aware of?
Mzwandile:A night before we paid a visit to that house I had dream about her the girl.It felt weird because I don't know her at all you do know that the mind works differently right you cannot have a dream about a person you've never met before so all  of this is weird unless if she had been  performing some voodoo stuff on me.
Nombuso:Hawu Mzwandile ihaba(laughs)There is more to this Nomzamo girl who maybe you arr destined to marry her who knows
Mzwandile:hawu mzali ,what you saying right now is not it.It does not make sense at all.What I'm saying is that it is possible to dream of someone you've never met while it may sound unusual, it is possible to develop a strong emotional attachment or even fall in love with someone in a dream, even if that person is a stranger or someone the dreamer has never met before. In dreams, the subconscious mind can create scenarios and characters based on real-life experiences, memories, and desires. It is thought that this process can lead to an intense emotional connection with the dream character, even if the dreamer has never met the person in real life. This phenomenon is sometimes referred to as "oneiric love" or "dream lover syndrome."Maybe this Nomzamo girl has come to reality and it's time you met her don't you think look at you handsome also successful and all of that but you need a woman.Nomzamo is the girl for you she may be uneducated but there is more to her than what you see.I think it's time now you moved on and let Nomagugu rest she deserves it.Her seeing you like this would break her surely your tears torment her poor soul.Learn to let go my boy.Come give me a hug
(Mzwandile goes to his mother for a hug gives him a peck on his forehead)
Mzwandile:aww Ma ,I'm too old for that this should be done by someone who is a lover of mine.
Nombuso:So you saying this ,I love you my boy well mina I'll be going to meet up with friends for drinks so see you later take care of yourself.

Mzwandile's Pov

See the girl I've been dreaming about I know nothing about her and what my mother said to me left me deep on thought.I can never betray Nomagugu like that get married and forget about her so soon she still holds a special place in my life and me deciding to get married it would be like burying her memories forever and I don't want that.She was my first love and I don't think that I'll ever someone just like her.It took me so many years to try and heal from this ordeal but just on action is done to take me back to that time.Losing someone you love and thought that you all would spend the rest of your lives but the death is so cruel man one moment you all are laughing then the next thing you crying for them like there's no tomorrow the thought of not seeing that one person wo once had a special place in your life is like a hard pill to swallow.No one is ever prepared to lose someone they love it's 2even bitter because it comes with no manual.You  either left vulnerable or broken no matter how hard you try to move on  there's always that one moment that gets to you and triggers all of that taking you to that one dark place.i promise you Nomagugu wam that no one will take your place in my life I'd rather make their life miserable so that they hate me.

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Narrator
We only decide our fate in life sometimes we manipulate the mind to be caged meaning to be limited to certain memories.At this point what Mzwandile is currently doing is manipulating his mind to be kept in one place and that is Nomagugu.He even is willing to sacrifice his own life just to make her deceased lover happy.Sometimes we become selfish when it comes to ourselves and think for others while they don't but don't get me wrong a person is allowed to grieve because it's their right so what happenes when this grievance process keeps on taking you back to that one dark place for instance Nomzamo also has subjected her life to nothing but a maid because she was compelled to believe that without realizing her full potential so what will happen when these two beings come together will they get along or fight we don't know only time will tell.

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At the Buthelezi household

Siyanda:Morning dear wife there's something that is bothering this thing of Mzwandile don't you think that it's time he got married surely his ex-lover's image might have decayed in his mind don't you think ?
Nombuso:Don't you think that is a bit too soon for him to get married his mind is not in the right state to get married.All of this might confuse him a bit and he might treat the poor girl like some bag of potatoes.You do know how your son is he is stubborn hot headed so getting him married is not the best thing to do.
Siyanda:If not now then when?Are you aware that this gives him chances to have children out of wedlock and that is not how the Buthelezi family does it we don't want bastard children  that's what your other sister-in laws call children born out of marriage.So my decision is final Mzwandile will be getting married to this girl whether he likes it or not.
Nombuso:I tried reasoning with you do what you see is fit for our son and I will support you.To add on to all of that your son mentioned him having a dream about the Nomzamo girl so it may add to an advantage for this marriage who knows they might fall in love.
Siyanda:I'll try meeting up with my brothers to see what decision can be made out of all of this now the only problem is this girl we don't know any of her family members I'll find someone in my company to dig up some info to locate her family.(kisses her on the forehead)I love you and enjoy your day.
Nombuso:Same applies dear husband.

Moments later
Siyanda:I might need some help on some background check regarding a lady named Nomzamo Ndlovu aged 21.Can you do it before the end of today.
Person:Consider it done I'll have delivered to you by noon.
Siyanda:Thank you.
(Siyanda is disturbed by a knock on the door)
Siyanda:What a surprise Jones.What brings you here today?
Angela:I want everything that you were saying on paper the 30% percent share that you were sayin is mine and also the remaining 70% ask your lawyer to draft up an agreement so that we both know that we don't step om each other's toes.It was a pleasure doing business with you ,I shall take my leave then.
Siyanda:I'll have my lawyer know and as soon as it is done I will have it delivered to your house.Keep yourself out of trouble we don't want to go back to square one do we?
Angela :alright then.

At the hospital

Dr Buthelezi:Morning Zamo,I hope you are well today.
Nomzamo:I am very well Dr when am I going home if I may ask ,my stomach is tired of eating food from here that's boiled with no salt.It tastes awful.
Dr Buthelezi:it is for your own good ,dear it's been two days since you've been here so only 5 days are left for you to go back home. If I may ask where is home before you went to stay at the Jones Household?
Nomzamo:It was somewhere in the slums and I was going to start working at a coffee shop in town before life happened as Angela Jones decided to play God with my mothers life she decided to blow out the only fuse that kept the darkness away from my life and then claimed my life as hers.She made me feel so vulnerable or maybe I was at her mercy I don't know. Every single day I had to live with the fear of being whipped if I did something wrong. Life in that house was not so easy. I was even scared to release some gas.Everything is so tense in that house, my only fear is for that 15 year old girl named Charlene after the stunt she pulled by saving me God knows what Angela is going to do to her she's so cruel to a point where she didn't think twice of killing her own husband to fulfill her own selfish motives so Charlene is a mere mosquito one mistake she's squished and she'll be history. There is this one gentlemen who I'll forever be indebted to he saved my life and till this day I don't forget to mention him in my prayers of how thankful I am for doing this for me.
Dr Buthelezi:Are you sure that you don't need counselling or someone to talk to
Nomzamo:I don't need any of that. Imagine sitting in front of a shrink telling them about your problems. I mean you talk but nothing changes talking won't bring back my mother or my father. It won't erase what that woman did to me see it's just pointless to talk.I'd rather be chewed by depression rather than talking now can you excuse me doctor,I need to focus on healing currently and thank you for the advice it means a lot to me unfortunately shrinks are not my cup of coffee.
Dr Buthelezi:Granted dear but do eat and take your medds.

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Ihaba means to exaggerate