Noma and Kea

CHAPTER 43

Today is Lucas’s House warming and finally I get to have my sling off. I’m standing at the mirror finishing my hair and touch up, he walks behind me and places his hands on my shoulders and kisses my head, “I have a surprise for you.”
“What is it?” I ask.
“You’ll see. How’s the shoulder?”
“Good” I reply.
“Alright, let’s go” he says.

We walk downstairs, into the G Wagon, he opens the door for me and I step in, dressed casually, Jeans and boots, as you know my man not one to hide away from fashion, today he actually dressed simply, Black T-shirt, Black slacks and glossy oxfords with Gold jewelry. We pull out and we seem to be taking a different route to Johannesburg. He stops at a building that looks like an old warehouse, but smaller. He opens the door and we head inside, It’s so neat and tidy on the inside lots of open space.

“What is this?” I ask.
“This was supposed to be Motion Centurion, but the demographic wasn’t gonna work, now it’s an empty complex” he says.
“So why are we here?” I ask.
He stands behind me, “Don’t you see it, Bar over there, a Boardroom up there, paintings lining the walls”, I look back at him confused, “You always wanted to own an Art Studio right?”
“No ways” I say smiling.
“Of course you have to share ownership with me and my brothers, but she’s yours”
I jump on top of him hugging him, “But she is truly yours”
“OH MY DAYS, but I have my job, how am I gonna run this while working?”
“That’s why I wanted, to ask you something” he says, “I was wondering if you could be our Accountant, the money we are receiving is a bit too much and we don’t want SARS knocking saying the money we getting isn’t making sense” he says, “I will pay you around 6 figures a year”
“You want me to leave my job?” I ask.
“Yeah” he says looking into my eyes.
“OK” I say, nodding, he smiles and kisses me, lifts me up and spins me around.

We driving and I’m just dotting on this man, I mean how often does your boyfriend make your dreams come true, “You, gonna need someone to curate the Art right, as well as design it for opening night” he says.
“I know just the person. I’ll give him a call” I say. I kiss his cheek. The way, I just wanna scream, “Did you call your sister?” he asks.
Oh shit, I pull out my phone, “Heyyy are you ready?” I ask.
“Yeah, just waiting on yall” she says.
“Mom and dad there?” I ask.
“Nah, they went to KZN” she replies.
“Oh OK, see you in a few” I say.

“Are they there?” he asks.
“No, KZN” I reply.
“You know you gonna, have to talk to them someday right.”
I look over at him, “How will I do that, I left with you, I chose you” I say.
His jaw clenches, “I don’t want you to be like me, an Orphan”.
I sit and look out the window, “Will you ever talk to your parents?” he looks at me, and back to the road, I know my answer just by his eyes. Can one man truly harbor that much hatred for someone, 10 years no communication is crazy, eish but he is right, my situation and his are different, I can still talk to my parents.

We get to Naturena and I call Lindy, she walks out. Bouncing left to right, hai yazin, she opens the door, “Hey guys” she says.
“Hello Lindokuhle” he says.
“So how have you guys been? I have been good, Mom and Dad are still angry, but Mom seems to be coming around a bit” she says in one breath.
We driving, and Kea seems tired, “Kea” calls Lindy.
“Mh” he replies look at the mirror.
“Did my sister tell you about my Memulo?” she asks.
“Yeah, she mentioned it” he replies. She nods looking out the window, these 2 are never gonna bond like this, I’m guessing she’s still somewhat angry at him. He’s also not one for people who have a lot of energy.

We start driving through Oaklands Johannesburg, wow these houses are humble, but grand too.
We driving some more and we stop by a house with Ash-gray walls and a Black gate, “Is this it?” I ask.
“This is the address he gave me”, he pulls out his phone, “Exe boy, we outside”.
The gate starts opening, we drive through and this NICE, I mean, double door garage, he’s standing at the entrance. This house is huge, I mean huge, a little smaller than a Mansion big, but it’s bigger than Kea’s house. Wow, no mara they deserve everything they have. After all the things they been through, they deserve this. I look at Kea and even he’s surprised.