Family Ties

You Didn't

I arrived at her place then knocked on the door. She opened a few seconds later and saw her in a cute black dress that was above her knees. "Hey." She greets. "Hi." I say getting in. I hear the door close then I look at her. "Can I at least get a hug?" She asks then I walk to her and open my arms. She comes to me and hugs me wrapping her arms around my back and I wrap mine over her shoulders. I hear her let out a breath as I feel her body relax. Without pulling away I placed a peck on her forehead. "I don't think I can reject you." I say then she looks at me. She smiles softly then I let out a sigh. And I won't tell her, but I don't like it.

"Come." She says pulling away then holds my hand leading to the back of the house. I follow. We get out of the sliding door and I see a cute little setup on the grass. There was a blanket laid on the grass and fake candles for some light, champagne, and I'm guessing snacks. "I hope you like it, or I hope it's your type of date." She says looking at me. "It is." I say with a smile. I love simplicity. Simple dates always beat expensive and fancy dates for me.

We walk there then I take off my slides and sit down. "Help yourself." She says then I grab a champagne glass and pour some in there and give it to her then pour for myself too. We join our glasses together then take a sip. "How was your date?" She asks then I sit back. "Better than I expected. Your daughter has quite a taste in huns." I say nodding my head then she smiles. "Just like her mother?" She asks then I smirk. "You can't compare me to all these other huns." I say then she shrugs her shoulders. "How dare I?" She says then I smile.

"How was your day?" I ask taking a sip of my drink. "Ahhh man. After you left to go to your lecture, I wasn't exactly good. So I decided to speak to you, and that didn't go well either, then I remembered you wanted a date, so after your father left, I came here and did all this." She says. "So, it didn't start off good, but I hope it ends better than it started." She says. I nod my head as I look ahead of me. "I want you to know that you are not my yo-yo and I'm not using you or taking advantage of you." She says then I close my eyes.

"I have thought about leaving your father-" I cut her off. "Don't do that." I say shaking my head. "I'm not worth it." I say.

KHANYISILE'S POV

"What do you mean?" I ask with a frown. "I can't be who you want me to be. I don't even think it will work." She says. "No but it can. I've had time to think Sims-" she stops me by putting her hand on my thigh. "Me too. And I don't see it working at all." She says then I look at her confused. "First, my father finds out that his daughter has been sleeping with his woman, then she left him for that daughter, ey. Like even our families. Where do we even start." She asks. "But I thought we didn't care what people thought." I say shaking my head.

"Okay, keep up with me here. My family knows you, and your family knows my dad. Now explain to me how we tell them we are in a relationship." She says. "We just tell them. They are not the ones in this relationship. We don't need their approval." I say. "No, that's where you're wrong. We do. If we are gonna make something out of this relationship, our family is important." She says then I just sigh. "Okay, fine, say they are uninvolved. Are you willing to lose your relationship with your daughter because of me?" She asks. "Andiswa doesn't have a say in who I date. I've raised that child and made her who she is. But she can't dictate who I date. I mean, as long as my partner is not abusive towards her and treats her right, she shouldn't have a problem." I say then she looks at me and lets out a sigh.

"I honestly think she won't like it." She says shaking her head. "What do you mean?" I ask. Cause this is not the conversation we had the last time. "Fuck. A mother and a daughter hating me for my carelessness." She says letting out a breath. "Andiswa and I have slept with-" I stop her by putting my hand up. "I'm just gonna pretend like you are joking, like you normally do." I say trying to remain calm. She doesn't say anything then I bite my lip. "Are you fuckin kidding me?" I ask then she bites her lip.

"Did you really have to sleep with me then?" I ask. "Andiswa and my thing was not serious. I know that doesn't make it right, but you made it hard for me to reject you." She says. "So it's my fault?" I ask. "No man. I don't know what you want me to say. I did it. I regret keeping it from you, but everything I did, was what I wanted to do. And I won't deny that. You are just an innocent person caught in the middle of my shit, and that's why I said I'm not worth it. You deserve better." She says then I nod my head.

"I can't even believe for a second I was willing to leave the best thing to ever happen to me for all this." I say looking at her with disgust. I get up and walk inside my house. I go up to my room then close my door and just sit on my bed shaking. I don't even know if I'm allowed to be mad. I mean I'm the one who pursued her, the only difference between her and I is that I was genuine. What kind of a person sleeps with a mother and a daughter and doesn't see anything wrong with it.

Actually, I feel like she used me. Because she has known this, and still led me on. She made me believe she was this good person when she knew everything she did before me. Why did I think messing around with a child was a good idea. Even worse catching feelings in the whole damn process. And now I'm also the bad guy cause I'm not any better than she is. Here I am sleeping with a daughter and father. Why am I even crying. I'm literally doing the exact same thing. I lay on my side and just let the tears fall down.

SIM'S POV

After she left I just laid on my back and looked at the stars thinking. I'm not gonna lie, what I feel right now is painful as hell. This is why I don't like feelings. I literally allowed myself to get vulnerable knowing that this was a possible outcome. A part of me is not that sorry to her though, I mean, her and I are doing the exact same thing, she is overreacting cause she didn't know, which I get, but her acting holier than thou is mad.

I get up cause I'm not about to drown in my sorrows. I walk in the house and I go out the front door and get inside my car. I light a J that I left in here and get out of the car and close the door. I lean against it as I smoke. After I finish the J I get back in my car and start it. I switch on the aircon then switch on my radio and connect my phone to the Bluetooth. I play You Didn't buy Brett Young then adjust the seat back and lay down.

A few minutes later I heard a knock on my door then opened my eyes and saw Aunt Khanyi. I sit up then open my door. I sit with my legs outside my car facing her. "I don't think this is gonna work." She says then I nod my head. "You and I both went about this the wrong way, and nothing we did was right anyways. Circumstances dictate." She says then I let out a chuckle. "Do me a favour." I say then she looks at me questionably. "Imma leave now. Listen to You Didn't by Brett Young." I say then she nods her head. I get in my car then close the door and drive off.

I drive back home and see Kea's car in our driveway. I pray they don't hear me. I go up to my room and pack a few of my clothes then when I'm done, I get out of my room and see Andiswa getting out of her room in an oversized t-shirt. "Where are you going?" She asks pointing at my bag. "I just need space man. I need time alone. So imma just disappear for a while." I say then she frowns. "How long is a while?" She asks. "A few weeks or months. Just let everybody else know. And please tell them not to look for me cause I'm safe. Maybe be worried if I'm not back in three months." I say then she bites her lip. "I promise I'll be back. And maybe I'll consider switching on my phone once a week just for you." I say then she smiles.

"Love you." I say giving her a side hug. "Love you too." She says then we pull away. I see Kea get out of the room. "Ey." She says then we dap each other up. "Take care of her for me." I say to her then she nods her head. I leave them then go down to my car. I get in then drive off. I drive to a place my mother once showed me. A place she used to go to before she married my father. It wasn't that isolated, there were houses around, but it wasn't as noisy as the city. I hate it here man.