When You're Bound To Love

Chapter 32

I gave him a tight hug. Me: "Where have you been? We were worried sick!" Lakhe came out the passage. I let go, still holding Sandile's arm. I know he's going to have drama. Lakhe: "Sandile." he looked really pissed off. Sands: "I thought you'd be happy to see me this time-" Lakhe: "This time??? After scaring us to death with your deranged acts! What the fuck were you thinking!!" he marched to him. I didn't have the energy to stop him but I had to. Me: "Lakhe, please stop." I held him back. Lakhe: "I want you out of this house with your little games and corpses by the time I get home from work. I don't want to see you here again. Do you hear me?" Me: "Lakhe, wait.." Lakhe: "No Spho! I don't want him here!" he walked out to the garage. I took my bags. Me: "Don't go anywhere please. I want you home when I come back. I'll try to calm him down. Please Sandile, promise me." Sands: "I promise." I knew Lakhe was more glad than angry that he was back. As much as he hid it. The drive to work was an extremely quiet and quick one because of the speed. He parked the car and got out without a word to me. Me: "Baby-" Lakhe: "Now is not the time." I got out with my bags. Me: "But love-" Lakhe: "No Sphosenkosi. Stop defending Sandile. He's leaving that house, I don't want to see him there." Me: "You didn't even ask or let him explain himself. Don't you want to know why?" Lakhe: "Its because he's psychotic! That's why!" Me: "You're not going to call him that. Not to me." Lakhe: "Why do you defend him so much? Do you even know Sandile? The REAL Sandile? Not the teddy bear you gossip with." Me: "I don't have to, he's your brother and you were distraught when you find out he'd gone. You spent all night looking for him." he went into the building huffing and puffing. I knew he'd have drama. I followed him in having to sign in and went to my office. I sat down, setting up my laptop trying to understand why Sandile is like that also? I had so many questions. Why did he scare us like that? Why did he kill that man? Why dump the body in our living space? Does that mean he killed him inside the house? "Miss Ngudla?" I looked up. There was a teenager in my office. Why was there a teenager in my office? Me: "Hi. Can I help you?" she looked at me with her big eyes. She was nervous. "My name is Sive, I applied for an assistant position and was called in for an interview." Assistant? Who needed an assistant? Me: "Who called you Sive?" Sive: "Bianca." Me: "Oh!! Yes. Sit here. You're supposed to be at Human Resources love. Bianca is our receptionist." Lakhe walked in and stared at her. Lakhe: "Hello." Sive: "Good morning sir." Lakhe: "Love, have you received the email from Palate? We're supposed to start with them on Wednesday?" Me: "No. I'll contact them in a minute." Lakhe: "Okay, you have a meeting with Michael, 12pm at the Radisson." Me: "I'm not doing that." Lakhe: "Why? Your lessons are done mos." Me: "I don't want a hotel. I told you this." Lakhe: "When you're done here please come to my office." he walked out. I called human resources to come fetch Sive from my office. In the mean time I was still looking for my charger finding it under my desk. So smart of me. "Spho?" Me: "Hi Macy, this is Sive. Bianca's position?" Macy: "Oh yes. Come this way Sive." Sive: "Thank you Sisi." Me: "Okay sweetheart." she walked out my office. She seemed so sweet. I went to Lakhe's office real quick. Me: "I'm here." Lakhe: "Babes, I thought we spoke about this?" Me: "We never agreed." Lakhe: "What am I supposed to do now? I can't take anymore work or anymore business on my hands. Baby, I ask this of you please." Me: "I told you to give it to Sandile. I am not interested either." Lakhe: "I don't want Sandile anywhere near me-" Me: "He's your brother! He is alive and he is safe!! For once in your life be grateful!! Not everyone has the siblings you take for granted!" I stormed out the office. In my own little space, I closed the door and began my work also reading the news. I had four reports to go over. Two documents needed my signature and one person has decided today that I would be the receptionist.

Halfway through the day I heard another knock on my door, I wish I could scream. Me: "Yes.." the door opened. Dad: "heeeyy princess!" he came inside the room with takeaways from KFC. I was so hungry, how did he know! Me: "Hi tata. How did you get here?" I took the packet from him looking for wings. Me: "Thank you." Khaya: "Well, Lakhe invited me. He said it was time I saw his working space and here I am. I must say, its quite impressive." Me: "hm." I ate quietly. Khaya: "He also says you're ignoring him." Me: "Not." Khaya: "But you're mad at him." Me: "Neither." Khaya: "So you didn't yell at him in his office and then storm out?" Me: "I didn't even yell." Khaya: "So basically he's lying?" Me: "He's your friend...suddenly." Why do people think they can snitch on me to my parents? I am their pride and joy; they'd never take anyone's side but mine. Every single time. Khaya: "What happened between you?" Me: "We just had a disagreement. He wants me to take over Michael's shares of the hotel. I don't. I said I choose to be MD here and not working overtime running a hotel. Now today, he books me some meeting saying I have to meet Michael. Absolutely no. I said no the first time." I took a bite of my double crunch burger. Making sure not to mess on myself. Me: "I tell him to give these shares to his brother and he says no. Then I told him that he should be thankful that he has siblings yet he takes them for granted." he looked at me. Khaya: "You want siblings?" Me: "If you even think about having another child I'll adopt myself tata." he chuckled. Khaya: "This brother. Where has he been all this time?" Me: "We don't know. Lakhe doesn't even ask or wait for an explanation. He's just throwing him out of the house. He's being so dramatic." I took another bite. Khaya: "Well maybe there's stuff. A lot of families have stuff." Me: "Then this is the time to solve it." I finished my burger. Khaya: "Really hungry huh." Me: "I didn't have breakfast tata. Please don't judge me. I'm starting gym tomorrow." Khaya: "I didn't say anything love. I'm just glad to see you doing well and eating." Me: "I'll be back home tonight. I have some errands to run after work." Khaya: "That's okay princess." Me: "How are you and mum?" Khaya: "Perfect." he smiled. Khaya: "The time alone in a new beautiful house is just amazing. I didn't know how much I missed her." Me: "Oh....so is that a way of kicking me out?" Khaya: "Never. Not my baby, so have you set a date?" it was definitely a way of kicking me out. Me: "No, not yet. He wants an island wedding. Something at the beach." Khaya: "At Robben Island? Hahahaa!" I laughed. Me: "No dad. We're doing it overseas. On an actual island." Khaya: "What? Why?" Me: "I love the idea. We'll fly out with our families and get married there also spending our honeymoon. You'll love it." Khaya: "Wow. Tell me in advance. How do these beach weddings go? In the water or..." Me: "No tata, just by the shore." Khaya: "So I can't wear shoes? I must roll up my pants?" Me: "Yes daddy." I was eating chips and drinking the cooldrink. Khaya: "Princess ka tata." (Daddy's princess.) Me: "hm?" Khaya: "This is difficult for me. To ask." Me: "What?" Khaya: "Are you sure there isn't a little prince in there?" Me: "Where?" he pointed to my stomach. Me: "DAD!!" I was so embarrassed. Khaya: "I know mntanam. I'm just making sure." Me: "There isn't tata. There's nothing." Khaya: "Okay. Now I have to go back to work okay? I'll see you later. Love you." Me: "Goodbye tata. Love you too." he walked out the office. In a few minutes walked in. Lakhe: "Hey baby." Me: "I'm not going to Michael." Lakhe: "I know. And I respect that." I took off my shoes and threw my take away packets in the bin. I opened the windows. Lakhe: "bhabha wam." (My baby) Me: "Yes Lakhe. I have a lot of work to do." I was still very annoyed with him shutting out his brother like that. Lakhe: "I know. Listen....I made a decision. But you're gonna need to implement it so that it sounds better." I sighed. Lakhe: "I can't stand him right now. Please?" Me: "What is your decision?" Lakhe: "If he takes over those shares. He can stay. If he disappears again or starts acting crazy, I'll kick him out myself." Me: "And if he says no?" Lakhe: "Then he can't stay. Or talk to me. Matter of fact I won't forgive him. I still haven't. Probably won't for a while.." Me: "Fine." he hugged me. Me: "You irritated me so much today." I wiggled out his arms and sat down. Lakhe: "Like you didn't irritate me? He scared you and you embrace him." Me: "He didn't mean to." Lakhe: "WOW. Sandile must point me to the sea water he uses." he walked out.