Oyama: Her Story

CHAPTER 8

It's 5pm and I can't help but think of the way he kissed me, that's the only thing that has been on my mind throughout Lunch and right now. I had lunch with him, just looking at me. I haven't learnt anything more than what I know about his family, I tried asking questions and he kept evading them and turning them back, and finding my background. I'm surprised, he didn't know it's just me and my brother. He seemed really hurt for me, but I have grieved, I miss my parents to be honest, I'm sure they would've loved Qhawe, a Pedi boy with a Zulu mother, Pedi father and is from the Eastern Cape. LOL. When we talk about a mouthful we talking about his family. That's all I know about him though, how his family got rich, nothing. Maybe I should check out that article, it said something about Sins from 25 years ago, I'm sure if he saw me reading it he would say something like, don't believe everything you read. I undid my hair, and it's hanging freely, I will eventually do my hair, but hey for now it's natural hair girl. I walk downstairs and find him by the elevator door, with Max next to him, holding a leash, he looks at me, "NOO, what happened to the knots?" he asks sounding surprised and hurt.
"I undid them, what you don't like my natural hair"
"No, I do, it's just that I loved the knots more" he says.
"Oh, OK well these will have to do" I say with a big girl attitude.
He pulls me in, "You know one day, we should fuck, so you can stop being mean to me" he says smiling and licking his lips.
"Never call it fucking when it's with me, I don't care what other bitches you been with, it's Making Love with me, we don't FUCK, we Make Love" I say gently looking up at him, he smiles. "So when we gonna make love?" he asks.
I roll my eyes and he chuckles, "You ready to go?" he asks.
"Go where?" I ask.
"PE" he says.
"You going like that?" I ask, it's just him and Max, no luggage, no nothing.
"Yeah, let's go" he says. He presses the elevator and it opens, I didn't bring anything either.

"Hello... Look I'm headed to Gqerberha... That's where I will be... OK but where do I enter in that... No No call Mogale or Mazwi last time I was in a similar situation you left me hanging you remember... OK shap" he says in Pedi and hangs up.
"Everything, OK?" I ask.
"Yeah, just Thapelo, he needed help with something" he says.
"With what?" I ask.
"Girl Problems" he says, I nod. BARK!.
We look down at Max, he is so, "Why is like this?" I ask.
"Like what?" he asks.
"He's kinda Lazy," I say softly not trying insult him, "When the elevator malfunctioned, I carried him to your room and he just slept on the bed".
He smiles, "Max, attack" Max starts growling and Barking loudly, he gets into an offensive position, I get behind him, "Easy boy" he calms down.
"What the fuck?"
"Max knows, when his house being attacked and when it's not, so when he relaxed after you pushed the button he probably figured out that it was nothing" he says then kisses my forehead.

The elevator dings and we walk out, there's a gray Mercedes Benz GLC AMG waiting with its door open, and a man in black suit and earbud in his ear. We walk up and Qhawe is holding my hand, I'm feeling a bit subconscious though. I get in and then Max and Qhawe, they close the door and the car starts moving. They drive us out of the underground parking. The windows are really tinted, I look outside as the car makes turns, Qhawe is going through his iPad, Max is lying on my lap, snoring.
He is so chilled, my phone starts ringing, "Hello" I answer.
"Hey where are you?" asks Xolani, I forgot to tell him, that I went to Gauteng instead of going to a hotel.
"I'm in Gauteng" I say and Qhawe looks over at me confused then back to his iPad.
"What are you doing in Gauteng?" he asks.
"Uhm, I came to spend some time with my brother" I say, Qhawe looks at me again, even Max looks up at me, then looks at Qhawe, "Yeah".
"Oh OK, when are you coming back?" he asks.
"Tonight" I say.
"OK, tell me if you need a place to stay" he says.
"So how you getting to PE?" I ask.
"Oh Cassidy is driving me back" he says.
"OK, see you" I say and hang up. I look at Max and try to rub his ears, he gets up and sits in Qhawe's lap. What the heck? Then lets him scratch behind his ears, then starts snoring again. I look at Qhawe.
I can tell he's upset by the fact I didn't say I was at my boyfriends, "I'm sorry I didn't say I was at my boyfriends, but if I said I was at your place he would've asking too many question".
He glances at me, "I don't care".
OUCH Ok, I know that's a lie because even Max moved from me and sat on his lap which means, I messed up.
"I'm sorry" I say.
"Are you ashamed of me?" he asks.
"No, no never" I say.
"Then why didn't you just tell him the truth?" he asks.
"I don't know" I say my head hanging. Truth is I'm scared of his reaction, he might tell Mxolisi, and he'll ask why I'm in Gauteng and if I don't say anything he'll asks Xolani and he'll tell him the truth.