Kaboentle.
My phone rings off the hook on Nkanyezis bed side table, it's vibrations on vibrations, I've been ignoring them because I just wanted to have one good night of sleep with my daughter again.
She woke up a couple of hours ago, hungry and clueless and I can only imagine the places those people might have taken her, she only woke up because Stacy did accept this calling, mainly because she didn't have much of a choice, if she rejected it, it would be passed down to one of her boys which is odd because she's the last person that all of us would have ever thought that she would have been In this situation.
She's not a Sangoma that's one things I know for sure but she's basically handed herself to these people to use when they need to but she has limited control over it, it's complicated but from what I understood, she's a Gumede medium now. And now with her having made this sacrifice my daughter got away.
I've slept at her side ever since everybody else left for home to get away from Siya, i genuinely didn't want to be anywhere near him especially not since that argument but instead i find him sleeping at our feet in an uncomfortable position like he's not recovering from gun shot wounds squeezing himself onto the bed with us.
I wish I could kick him off the bed and he would fall off.
I reach for my phone next to me and it's Abuti Kghosi he's blowing my phone up, maybe Ausi Tshego finally gave birth, lord she needs to give birth, Stacy even gave birth before her and she was a little behind Stacy it's like that baby wants to come out with teeth at this point.
I dial his number and he answers on the second ring.
"Abuti, I just saw your missed calls, what's going? Is Ausi Tshego okay ?"
"No, no she's fine, it's just... I need you nana."
He says and my heart goes flat.
This is the most he's said to me since he's beat Siya up all those years if it wasn't on emergencys but he's never picked up the phone and called me again, till now and I am shocked that he needs me.
"Abuti what's going on your scaring me ?"
"Its about the mine,Things are bad and I am going to need your help, Siyas help actually."
"What is it about ?"
"I can't tell you right now but I need you to give Siya the phone."
He pleads and I release a sigh.
After so many years of icing me out he calls me at three in the afternoon demanding to speak to the same person he's icing me over.
"He's sleeping abuti, he's recovering remember ?"
"Kabo please... just hand him the phone."
He pleads and i can hear the sound of distraught and exhaustion in his tone.
What the hell is happening ?
I move to Siya at the feet of the bed and i gently shake him awake, he's goes disoriented for a few seconds before I hand him the phone and he puts it on his ear.
I can hear Abuti Kghosi speaking on the other end but I can't hear anything until Siya gets up suddenly with the phone still to his ear and he looks at me and he nods his head.
"Well be there in two hours."
He finaly say before they bid fare well and he gets up from the bed.
"What's going on Siya ?"
"We have to go to rustenburg, now."
"Okay, I've already established that but why what's happening Siya, is my family okay ?"
"Their fine, I just need you to pack two bags for you and Nkanyezi and I am going to call to airstrip to prepare the jet."
He says as he heads out of the room leaving me dumb founded now.
