Zinhle's POV
Today is Friday and I didn't go to work today I took leave because one thing about my father he keeps his promises and what he said last week I won't let him come fetch me from work and embarrass me in front of my employer never that.
So it's abit early in the morning it's 7:45 I just got out of the shower I'm about do my skincare routine. But then I hear that I have an incoming text ~I hope you are ready to come home before I come there and fetch you. ~ I read the message my dad sent me. I don't respond and I continue what I'm doing. I finish doing my skincare I decide to leave my knotless boho braids down. I finish packing my bag which has my outfit for this weekend. My makeup toiletries and other things. I make sure to pack both my cameras and tripods extra SD cards and laptop. I need content yho. After doing that I go make myself breakfast: toast, scrambled eggs, bacon and avocado. With ice coffee. When I'm done eating I wash my dishes and pack my car. The time now is 11:30 and I'm about to leave I just wanna pray. I enter my car turnoff the radio and start praying to God "Dear heavenly father thank you for waking me up. Thank you for blessing me with the life you've given. I am beyond grateful that you're able to provide me with the life you have given me. I just coming to you asking you for guidance with this new chapter I'm entering please help me navigate this and help me not enter this with a heart of stone and anger. I know marriage comes from you and I don't know what you have in store for me, but I hope it's good. I hope what you have destined form me I'm able to take it and do what you need from me. Father, please stick by me and help me navigate this. Amen." I end my prayer feeling better. I start my car and start making my way 'home', I am so worried, but I trust that God has my back for real.
Khathu POV
(Lobola day)
Today I'm paying lobola for my lovely Zinhle. My dad offered to help me pay lobola for her since his the one who came up with the arrangement. Meaning I pay half, and he helps with the other. I declined the offer I want to pay for my wife myself and not be indebted to my father. I know it's to soon for me to call her my wife, but I'll make her fall in love me. I know she's not happy about this, and I understand that it isn't the way I would have loved to make her mine but his will do. I can provide her a better life for her not that she can't do it herself, but I want to treat her like a princess. But anyways I want to love her till the day I die, I want to be her forever cameraman. I have a lot of work to do but for my future wife to make sure that she's mine.
Anyways I'm wearing an all-black suit, my Rolex watch, my Armani classic formal shoes and my sunglasses. I choose to wear my Versace perfume. I walk out and go to the living room where I find the elders which are my representatives which consists of; my dad, my mom's older brother, my dad's older brother, my older cousin, my mom, brothers and my dad's best friend who is like family. They are sitting in the living room discussing their plan. Then my brother notices me and starts praising me. "You look like a man who is ready to fetch his wife. To think you weren't a fan of this idea" he says, and I roll my eyes and sit down. Well, I told my brother's about how me and Zinhle met and that I may have feelings for her and now they won't shut up bro. "Son how much are you willing to pay for her so we can plan accordingly." My dad's older brother asks. "Whatever they want I can pay it." I say. I really don't want problems with this day. After the meeting my representatives leave and head to her home and I stay with my best friends Phathu and Mandla. The time currently is 08:30 and me and my friends will leave at around 11:30 to arrive at house since we have time, we just watch TV and chill with amapiano.
Zinhle's POV
Well the Mulaudzi's have arrived about an hour ago and honestly I don't give two banana's about this. I won't lie and say I don't like Khathu but under these circumstances I'm not happy about it. And to top it all off when ubaba brought up my father it made me miss him again and made me realize he won't see me become a wife. Greif hurts so much. On a lighter note I am in my room with my sisters and cousins waiting for whatever. We are sharing joke have light banter and speaking about how we loved being shipped to KZN for the holidays core memories.
As we are having fun my aunt tells us that they are ready for us and that we should wear blankets over our heads to cover our body. We do so and walk into the living room I am the girl between my cousin and sister. We wait as they choose. "Between these flowers here which one is yours?" my brother says. So, he finally came home he is still angry about what is going on, but he would never miss his sister getting lobola'd so that's why his here and I'm so happy about this. And Lethu is here too she was told to stay in the room.
We wait as they discuss, and they finally choose and guess what they chose me. They reveal me and they agree. "Do you know these people Zinhle?" my uncles asks me. "Yebo Malume(Yes Uncle) I know them." I say then we told to leave. I walk back to room, and we continue yapping.
We hear ululating about 1 hour later. Does this mean I'm married or what? I'm so confused. I see my mom walk in smiling and coming to give me a hug. "Ngiyabonga Nana. You're really saving our family." She turns to look at the other ladies and says "Ladies please go the kitchen and help the aunties serve the people in the living room." She says and they stand up and go to the kitchen. Ever since that whole fight we had I haven't spoken to my mom and honestly, I have nothing to say to her. "My baby I know you're not happy about this whole situation but please try make it work. Maybe this guy could be your soulmate please try to make it work nana. Pray about it ask God to guide you and help you see it through. You saw him that day he is respectful and kind. I saw that you guys had chemistry please my baby I want you to be happy." She says with tears in her eyes. "my baby is grown up now. Now it's time to serve your husband he is already waiting for you to fetch him outside you need to invite him in." I nod my head walk away with my phone in hand if you didn't know I'm vlogging today so yea. The entire day I've been asking my cousins to vlog everything for me since I was cooked up in this room. When I left my room I heard my mom sigh and I let her be tbh I'm still holding on to beef. And I plan on holding on to it until she sees what her and her husband did was not okay.
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