THE LAST PROMISE

CHAPTER 40 | My Responsibility Until..

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MAYA

My father took me for a spin in my new car since I told him I couldn't drive but Joe has been giving me lessons. He told me that Joe can teach me when he's in town but when he's here, he will because it's his job to do that. I invited him back to our house and he was kind of surprised that we live in a house that doesn't have furniture but I had to explain to him that, Busani recently bought the house and I have already bought the furniture too and I'm waiting for them to deliver it any day. 

Busani was already making us breakfast when we came back and I quickly rushed to our bathroom to shower since he showed up without calling us first and I don't mind at all that he did because he got me one of my dream cars. Seeing him standing there with his arms open and me running to him was everything to me. One of the memories I am never ever going to forget. 

I walked in and found the two of them sitting side by side, talking and it seems as if it's a serious conversation. Busani looks up and smiles. He stands up making me blush. 

“Come and sit here, love”

“I'll sit right here thanks. I love looking at you two sitting next to each other.” 

“We were talking about you and he tells me that he has bought you a building for you to start your business” 

I smiled. “He did and he's taking me to see it. Want to come with?”

“I wish I could but I can't because I have to fly to Joburg in two hours. I promise though as soon as I get a chance, you will take me there and show me around.” 

“I would love that.” Busani plates me again. “Thank you, Mnguni. Baba..” 

“Hm?”

“Where are you going to live since you left your home?” He deeply sighs.

“Melusi wants me to come and live with them but I can't, he's married and he's also dealing with this so I don't want to stress him more. Emihle helped me find an apartment close to work so I'll be staying there.” 

“Who's going to take care of you?” 

“Melusi's wife said she'll drop off food for me and help to clean the apartment and laundry but I refused. I'll get one of those cleaning companies and hire a housekeeper.” 

“You are going to be all alone over there and I don't want that.” I drank my tea. He slowly chewed up then wiped his mouth. 

“Don't worry about me Kuhle. I'll be fine, mntanami. Lwazi said he'll be staying with me just in case” 

“I think that's a good idea and maybe we'll also come and visit you after 2 weeks or so” 

“I don't want you travelling back and forth because you have a business that you need to start and that takes up a lot of your time. Have you found someone who's going to help you with your business plan?” 

“I reached out to my old lecturer before I got sick. I need to check my emails. I can't believe I forgot to do that.”

“Do that and then once you have it ready, I'll go through it and then give you the funding and everything you need” 

“Baba, uBusani said he'll also invest and knows people who would like to invest in my business.” 

“That's a good thing but you don't need them. Busani can help you with other things but the money to start your business is going to come from your family. This is a new and different legacy that you're building apart from what we are known for so there's no way other people are going to give you funding while your family has the means to do that. Mnguni, tell your brothers that we thank them but we won't be needing their help with this.”