Without Him.

Chapter 19

He did what?

ZWIDE: Weh Ntombizodwa ungezi la uzokhafula umbhedo wakho.(Don't come here and spew your nonsense. )

NTOMBI: He told me you did it right before the paramedics had to take him to the hospital! How dare you Godongwana, to your own brother.

NKOSIYABO: Come on bro...tell the truth.

ZWIDE: I didn't do it.Ngangisezintabeni usuku lonke.(I was in the mountains the whole day.)

NTOMBI: You'll pay for this.Uzozisola ngalokhu.(You'll regret this.)
She stormed out the house.

HLENGIWE: Godongwana.

ZWIDE: Ma.

HLENGIWE: Wenzeni?(What did you do?)

ZWIDE: Ma I swear I didn't do it.

PHINDILE: Tell the truth..

NALEDI: He said he didn't do it Phindile.
She should calm down...talking to my man like that!

ZANA: I think we should all just sleep over everything and calm down. Bhuti Nkululeko can you please come with me to the hospital to see him?

NKULULEKO: No problem.
The two left and I insisted Zwide and I leave.

ZWIDE: You should drive.

NALEDI: Since when do I drive at night?

ZWIDE: Fucking drive before I drive to that damn hospital and kill Nkosana myself!

NALEDI: Ha.a abuti.Fix your tone,your highness.

ZWIDE: Naledi how dare he?

NALEDI: Talk to me Zwide...did you do it?

ZWIDE: I wish I did.

NALEDI: If you didn't, then who did?

ZWIDE: Angazi.....so will you drive?

NALEDI: I can't believe you're making a pregnant woman drive.
I said getting into the car .

ZWIDE: Just drive,cry baby.

NALEDI: Let me show you how you drive.
I swerved out the gate and hit a pothole driving into the gravel road.

ZWIDE: Naledi!

NALEDI: Hmm?

ZWIDE: Stop or else you'll regret it.

NALEDI: Whuu not you sounding like Ntombi. Who the fuck does she think she is?

ZWIDE: Not you shutting Phindile up. I see you baby.

NALEDI: Mxm.

INCOMING CALL FROM KARABELO:

NALEDI: Belo!

KARABELO:Uhm I need your help .

NALEDI: What's wrong?

KARABELO: Is Abuti Zwide there with you?
I looked at him with a confused face.

NALEDI: Yes ,why?

KARABELO: So I may or may not have went to a party..met this girl, had some drinks...

NALEDI: O reng ?!

KARABELO: Listen aus'Naledi. One thing lead to another and we did it.

NALEDI: Karabelo please, please, please tell me you used protection.

KARABELO: She said she was on contraceptives.

NALEDI: Yoh this boy ...yohh!

ZWIDE: Okay so what's the problem now?

KARABELO: She said that her period hasn't arrived yet so ,I don't know what to do now.

ZWIDE: Did you use protection?
The car fell silent.

NALEDI: Karabelo answer the damn question!

KARABELO: No.

NALEDI: Shit. Yoh o moleko hle
I hung up and took a deep .

NALEDI: What now?

ZWIDE: Firstly we need to go back home and find out ourselves if this girl is pregnant or not.

NALEDI: I swear if she is,I'm going to kill that boy.
We got to the guesthouse and we took an innocent bath.

ZWIDE: I'm booking plane tickets for us for tomorrow.

NALEDI: Plane tickets? Why can't we drive home?

ZWIDE: Angithi we have to fetch the kids.

NALEDI: Okay. What time are we leaving?

ZWIDE: 5 am.
Yoh.

NALEDI: Ha.a .I need my beauty sleep.

ZWIDE: We need to solve your brothers situation.

NALEDI: Fine.
We got into the bed and went to sleep.

ZWIDES POV:
I got woken up by my phone ringing. I checked the number and I couldn't recognize it.
I got out the bed and answered it.

ZWIDE: Hello.

.....:Ndodana.(son)

ZWIDE: Nkhuluma no ba?(who am I talking to?)

....:Ntsika.
Okay...what does he want?

ZWIDE: Ngak'siza mhlambe? (Can I help you? )

NTSIKA: I just wanted to see if we could meet tomorrow, it's urgent.

ZWIDE: Khuluma ke.(Talk then)

NTSIKA: I can't talk about it over the phone. We have to meet Godongwana, it's about Nkosana.

ZWIDE: Ai angina ndaba ....(I don't care)

NTSIKA: Godongwana! It puts your wife in danger.
Hell no.

ZWIDE:Uguphi manje?(Where are you now)

NTSIKA: Ekhaya. (At home.)

ZWIDE: I'm on my way.