Sanele.
I walk into Siyas house and it's calm, no children running around the house and a forever angry ans scolding kabo out of sight, just a little commotion happening in the pool. I see Siyas twins and Letho in the pool with swimming instructors and my heart just turns into mush seeing him like this again after so long. He looks a lot more grown than I last saw him but he definitely hasn't lost those Gumede genes and I smile at this as I watch him enjoy himself in the water until I finally spot Katlego in the cabana with a book In her hands and her eyes meet mine and the subtle smile that she had on her face while she watched our son fades away and so does mine.
I look away from her and I head around the pool to the cabana until I am stood at the feet of the bed and she's sitting up on, staring at me.
At first glance you wouldn't think that she's not exactly in the best shape but being this close to her, it's clear that she's definitely not doing okay, she's not the Katlego I know. Everything that she has been through has definitely worn down on her.
"Hy."
She greets as she puts her book on her thighs and I take a seat on the bed next to hers and I greet her too.
"You look better."
"I feel better."
I lie as I give her a slight smile now and she also returns it as well as she pulls down the sleeves of her dress into her palms hiding the subtle bruises on her arms but I unfortunately I catch them before she's able to hide them and she notice this.
"Can't say the same for you."
I tell her hinting at her bruising and she looks away from me and she shrugs a hand at me before she looks at the pool again.
"It's only until tomorrow morning, they put me on this prep that they do to prepare my body for the procedure, it causes the bruising."
She vaguely explains as she looks at me again now and I only continue to stare at her.
"I am the last person that you should be the least honest with, i need to know how much of our sons life might change after Tomorrow since you put of this surgery for way longer than intended."
I say and she looks away from me and she stares down at her hands before she looks at me again.
"Yeah, I just wanted to hold on to him for a little while longer you know... just incase i don't come back."
She says as she adds a bit of a smile this time.
"Nothings gonna happen to you."
I try to assure her.
"There's no telling what might happen..."
"Nothing is going to happen."
"But if something happens, you will take care of him right ?"
She asks and I pause for a little as I try to take this in. Why does it seem like she knows something that I don't... that she might never come back ?
"Katlego I think I deserve to know if I am going to be doing this alone."
I say stearing away from her question. I refuse to go with what she's telling me right now. She slightly bites her bottom lip and she shakes her head.
"Your strong enough to do this on your own."
"Not this way."
"I know that it's tough but this is something that you have to consider... I didn't plan on getting sick and I didn't think that I'd ever be in a position where I'd have to accept that I might never see my son again... not after everything that we've been through together these past few months."
"Is that why you ran of with him ?"
"I ran of with Letho because i didn't think that he was safe."
"Safe from his father ?"
