THE LAST PROMISE

CHAPTER 39 | Konkekuhle

SPONSORED BY JUDY

MAYA

We've been sitting on this hill for almost an hour and we haven't talked. It's not awkward at all and I like it because it doesn't make me want to think too much about what to say so I don't say the wrong things. I don't know on his side what he's thinking but I think he's feeling the way I am also feeling.

Excited, nervous and anxious too because this is the first time we've actually been alone. It's just the two of us and all the land and the animals.
“I never thought that my grandparents would be farmers. Although I've lived in Harrismith and Joburg, I've never been to a place like this. It's quiet, calm and all you can hear are the animals, breathe in the fresh air and see the sky and not skyscrapers and cars hooting and let's not forget the noise people make. This place is heaven”

He looks at me and nods. I guess I'll have to keep talking until he feels less nervous. “ When Busani told me about you, how you are.with your other children I was jealous, hurt and I wanted to confront you but now I'm not angry at you anymore since I found out the truth. They lied to you for all these years and I know how angry you are at them. If they didn't do what they did, you and I could have had a great relationship.”

He picks up a rock and throws it somewhere then sighs. “It's okay to be sad, to cry and scream. You don't have to bottle it all inside of you because that could cause serious damage to your health and you're not a spring chicken anymore.” He smiled and I chuckled. That's a start.

“I don't want you to die, not when I have just met you and you have grandchildren too, if something bad were to happen to you it would hurt them too and I would blame myself.”
“Nothing will happen to me. If I was supposed to die, I would have died last week when the truth came out. I guess God still wants me around even though I have failed the people I love, most importantly you.”

“Maybe it wasn't the right time for the truth to come out. Time waited for Busani and I to meet and I'm glad that happened cause imagine if all of this happened when I was already married to him”
“You're right, I hate to think that Ace would have handled your lobola  negotiations and possibly ruined things for you.”

“He wouldn't have dared. Busani and his brothers would have made sure he behaved.”
“You really care for him.”
“Above anyone else and everything else. I know someone might say you shouldn't say such things but it's the truth. That man deserves my respect and submission. People like him come once in our lifetime or twice if you're lucky.”
“I thought Monica was my lucky charm but I didn't know what I was getting myself into.”

“You were in love, you wouldn't have known what she was capable of doing when she was betrayed. You hurt her and she got back at you. It's a pity that I was caught right in the middle of it.”
“You shouldn't have been her target at all.” She shakes his head.
“How are things between you two?”
He chuckled. “There is nothing between us anymore. We divorced and I left the home we used to share”

That was a shocker because I don't think anyone knows about it.
“I know you love her and this betrayal cuts deep. Do you think that one day you would forgive her?”
“No. Even if God stood beside me and told me to forgive her, I wouldn't.”
“She's the mother of your children”
“And I hate her with my heart, body and soul. I hate her more than anyone in this world.”
“I have my mother too and I will never forgive her. I'm sorry for being out of line but did you ask her about Palesa?”

He looks at me. “They won't get close to you and try to harm you. No one would and if they tried, they would deal with me. I made that perfectly clear when I confronted her. She had the audacity to laugh at me. She knew all along and just kept quiet, watching me raise the daughter of the man who abused you.” He shook his head.