Ziyanda's POV
It's the following day I wake up and pat the bed next to me there's no one likhona didn't come back last night ,I check my phone to see if there are any messages from him and there's just none
I slip my feet into my sleepers , I'm only wearing his T-shirt a Barcelona tshirt with only my panties I wrap a towel around my waist kind you I have no figure it waist anymore , I look at the picture of us hanging on the wall , the events of the day start replaying in my mind
I was only 5 months pregnant then , now I can explode anytime there's only a few weeks left , my phone starts buzzing on the kitchen counter it's instagram notifications , I have Likhona's account on my phone I'm guessing it's his messages cause I barely use my account
200+ messages and indeed they are from instagram but from both accounts , I unlock my phone and check the huge fuss my hands feel weak and my knees just start trembling as I see the picture of Likhona's family only then do I discover that his father is none other than Ibanzi Zulu the father of my unborn child
I drop down to my knees !!
Likhona's POV
I park the car in the driveway and heave a sigh how do I tell her that I am betrothed to another that I need to marry someone else and I want to make her my second wife cause there is no way I am letting her go yes my dad cheated but he's still my old man and for my mom I need to save him
I throw the keys on the kitchen counter and walk upstairs she's crying I can sense that she's even pacing up down the door is wide open
"Asemahle you don't understand how do I tell him ...how do I tell him "
Just as I'm about to speak out and hold her she hasn't seen me
"How do I tell him that the father of my baby is the none other than his father "
My eyes open wide and shocked
"Tell me what!!"
She turns around and sees me standing there broken hurt , angry and full of rage
"Who are you ?"
She drops the phone on the floor and tears just splatter down her cheeks i look at her with so much disgust I feel like I don't know the person I fell in love with
"Likhona"she says that in a low voice
I leave her like that and walk out of the house , I can hear the footsteps behind me
"Don't run please , I don't want anything to do with you "
I fear her hurting herself while she's still pregnant
"Likhona wait please , I can explain"
"What what can you possibly explain that you had sex with my father "
"No it's not even like that "
"It is you broke my parents marriage "
She cries she wails and falls down on the floor and winces in pain , blood starts flowing down her legs
"Likhona—-"
I rush to her ,pick her up and take her to the hospital
As soon as we arrive at the hospital she is place on a wheelchair and wheeled to the surgery room I start saying a silent prayer while tears just roll down my eyes who am I praying for my stepbrother ??this shit is messed up I wait on the benches waiting for an update
"Mr Zulu , she's about to go into labor would you like to be present ?"
Without thinking twice I nod my head he hands me scrubs and leads me to the changing rooms where I can change after changing u follow him to the labour room
She has her legs spread wide and she is so sweaty , I stand next to her and hold her hand as disgusted as I am about her I might as well be with her during this tough time she starts pushing while squeezing my hand tightly the moment is sad but also would be nice if I was here
I try to succumb the action of letting her go she's not mine to keep I watch her as she pushes how this moment would have been treasured so much if only the baby wasn't my fathers
There's baby cries in the room , I'm holding back the tears because I don't want to show how weak I am I let go of her hand when the doctor says its a safe delivery I slip my hands away from her and walk away my heart and soul centered with the love of my life that I just left in the other room
Likhona's POV
"Congratulations it's a baby boy "
My heart smiles after hearing that , I was kind of anxious and scared it was going to be a girl because only then will I need to prepare myself and her for this world after Likhona slips his hands away from me I watch him as he leaves and my eyes slowly shut down
5 hours later
I wake up in the hospital room , I touch my stomach and it's still swollen but not that much the pain I'm feeling is so unbearable I think if everything that has happened in my life for the last 5 months and how things have changed and how many times I've been to the hospital but most of all how I found true love
There is a knock on the door and it opens I smile , while tears roll down my cheeks when I realize it's Asemahle along with my parents my face changes when I see them the anger resurfaces I blame them for everything , if they didn't kick me out I wouldn't have met Likhona , I wouldn't have been raped neither would I have fallen in love with him or went to Ibanzi
"Nifunani la?"
I wince in pain
"Mntanami"
"No!!! Ungalinge the last words you ever said to was that awunayo Ingane wena "
"Ngiyaxolisa kakhulu mntanami"
"Phumani, I blame you for each and everything that has happened to me none of this would have Happened had you played your role as my parents "
"Ndodakazi"
"Remove that word from your mouth you are childless , I hate you guys with every fibre in my bone my parents my real parents wouldn't have thrown me out of my own home with no where to go "
"I understand your anger "
I yell I don't care who's listening those words irritate me to the core
"YOU UNDERSTAND!!! I am only 18 years old what do you understand about being pregnant at 18 and being kicked out of the only place you call home , the only comfort zone you have ever had , huh wena Zinhle Ntombi Khumalo what do you know about sleeping under bridges while pregnant not eating for two days and being mugged and attacked you were not there , I was raped and even resorted to suicide you guys didn't even bother looking for me the only man that took me in loved me , he showed me what I was missing out on he gave me more reason to continue breathing him and my baby ,I had a miscarriage lost one of my twins but that man was there for me he helped me get back up , namhlanje niyafika la nizontshela ukuthi you nyondastendiiii ungalinge ungihlanyise the man that I loved is none other than the brother of this baby I'm carrying that's how much I needed your support I survived all this shit I think I can do a few laps alone till I die now GET OUT!!!"
the entire time I'm speaking tears are rolling down on all their cheeks I don't know if it's pity or what but I couldn't care less after everything I have been through
Likhona's POV
I take the silver metal in my from the dashboard in my car and head inside the house , as usual the house is empty I walk to my parents bedroom and it's wide open my dad is on his wheelchair watching the tv
I point the gun at him gun
"How could you?"
"Likhona what are you doing ?"
My mom is looking at me with a very shocked expression,
"Don't mom okay ? Your husband ruined my life just when it was getting good things were going good I was happy "
"Son please "
"Noooooo don't call me that I'm not your son you only calling me that cause you want me to help you , rescue you from your sins which I won't "
"Forgive him son please "
"Forgive him , you are joking how can I mom ? Mom for the first time I'm in love I got experience what it's like loving someone deeply and accepting all their flaws and imperfections , she was pregnant when we met with helped her she had no support I was there we fell in love ma little did I know that the Ziyanda you are talking about is none other than the one I love "
My mom shrieks loudly
"Ibanzi!!"
"Now mom tell me who am I going to look at her again , today she gave birth not to my step son but my stepbrother I was right there holding her hand the entire time , we can't be together ma "
"Ngiyaxolisa kakhulu had I know-"
"Don't you dare say those words you don't regret anything and you wouldn't change anything baba I trusted you I looked up to you but today you stole the most important thing in my life , my loyalty and at that expense I lost the love of my life "
I lower my hand and sink down on the floor and I just finally let it all out
Tears rolling down my cheeks while my head is in between my knees
"Baba here kill me "I slide the gun towards him and just bow my head and cry my mom comes to me and comforts me I cry in her arms , my dad looks at me with a pained expression
I pull myself away from her arms and walk out of the room into the garage and jump into my car and drive off
