Turning Table

Part 181

** The Adebowale Blood Line***

🌹Rosetta🌹

Sandile left about 30 minutes ago, but here I am on this balcony smoking my lungs out as if I will find solutions to these building-up problems I have, through every blow and puff I take.

"Mother" I shook my head and smiled a bit as I here Zuko calling out for me, I wonder when he will start calling 'mom, mommy' cause this 'mother' title is pissing the leaving hell out of me

Me: over here" I said switching off my cigarette

Him: I thought you were planning on quitting "he said looking at the ashtray Thay had smoke residue rising up

Me: I thought so too but I have learned that giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world anyone can say. I know because I've said and done it thousands of times"

He laughed shaking his head

Him: Are you forgetting that I just lost a dead-beat father, I don't want to lose the only decent parent I have so quit that shit before I make you "

Me: what now? "I said folding my arms and looking at him

Him: you heard me "he said folding his arms as well and glaring at me with a frown, after two seconds of looking at each other with ought blinking we both bust out and laughed out loud

Him: stop acting silly and come conduct this family meeting you called all of us out to"

Me: ooh shoot, I forgot about that "

Him: how can you not when you are busy playing this lazy game of cancer "

Me: boy shut up! "I laughed and followed Zuko out

Him: so, what is the agenda?"

Me: what?"

I said looking at my phone that vibrated in my hand

Hm: hallo you have a meeting, remember? "

"I asked Kevin to accompany you to Nigeria while I figure this shit out with Mzi" it was a text from Sandile

Me: sure "I texted back

"Hay, where is your head? "Zuko said snapping me out of my thoughts

Me: I'm sorry you were saying? "

"Rose! Are you forgetting that umfelokazi!! "My mother screamed as I walked into the dining room making me lose every word, I was about to say to Zuko

Her: So, it's a new fashion that I do not know about, for a widow to walk around wearing pants and with no doek on her head, and you Simon you are condoning this! "

Sy just popped his eyes open and shrunk his shoulder

Me: I'm sorry ma but I will change the minute I'm done with this meeting "

Her: What meeting Rose? you have a dead husband in the morgue the only place you should be is on that mattress, with a blanket over your head,"

Me: Ma, please I know "

Her: Oyama may have been a lot of things mntanami when he was still alive but what happened to respecting the dead ... has jail changed you that much? "

Me: MA! I SAID I WILL SIT ON THAT BLOODY METRESS FOR GOD'S SAKE CAN I HAVE A FEW MINUTES TO SAY MY PEACE ON THIS MEETING FIRST!"

She looked at me as if I said Jesus is not God's son, I don't blame her cause I do admit that my tone was not appropriate at all, I opened my mouth to say I'm sorry but she just clapped once and mumbled God knows what, as walked into the sitting room my eyes scanned the room, moving from my mother who decided to sit comfortably in my couch, to Nicky who was sitting on the two seaters with her fractured leg on top of the other sit, Will walked in the room he looked at me and set next to Nicky lifting her leg to make it rest on his lap, Sy stood by the window with his arms folded looking at me, he is the most impatient man I ever know, he wishes I would have done all these days ago so that all my focus will be on him, he eagerly want to do what he was commanded to do by Oyama and disappear again, and in his head, he is most probably saying I'm wasting his time by not taking him seriously or giving him time or day.