JOYS OF LIFE -2 [NOT EDITED]

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XOLILE MUTHOMBENI

I won't lie, it feels so good and exciting to be this babied and this welcomed. I was currently laying on the couch with a throw watching my favourite show, Family Reunion. I only discovered this show this year and I must say that I love it. Melody comes in and throws herself on the couch, deliberately sitting on my feet.

Me: "Ouch!" I cry pushing her off and pull my feet to me.

Melody: "Beds are for sleeping and couches are for sitting!"

Me: "..."

Melody: "Where do you even come from?!" I still keep quiet and stare at her. She pokes my leg aggressively

Melody: "I'm talking to you wena! Why are you here even?! Do you know what your presence could do for me?! You better go back to Cape Town because these people won't ever love you genuinely. You're just a stranger looking for love and approval in the wrong places. Go back to your family!"

Fana: "What are you doing wena?! Why are you trying to hurt the baby?! Uyahlanya ekhanda?!"

Melody: "Mxm!"

Fana: "You better get your sh*t right before I make you mina. Ungazobheda la wena! Just because you getting your uncle's old p*nis, doesn't mean you should go around acting stupid!"

Melody: "HE IS NOT MY UNCLE!"

Dad: "Wait, Fana? Fana, uthi kwenzenjani?!" Never have I ever wished for the ground to open up and swallow me.

Fana: "Melody is sleeping with uncle Jerry."

Junior: "And I can confirm it, I saw them making out in the guestroom the other day."

Dad: "What?! Jerry will know me nx!"

Melody: "Why?! He is not even my uncle nje! I love him, just let us be!"

Dad: "Angizwanga?! Didn't we raise you better than that?!"

Melody: "You were the ones who decided to raise me as a way to ease your guilt for making my mom abandon me. I know everything now."

Dad: "What?! I don't even know what your mom looks like!"

Melody: "Yeah but your wife does. I know she made my mom disappear, hoping to get back with my father!"

Mah: "And where do you get that crap from?!" she asks walking in.

Melody: "I found people who care enough about me to tell me the truth!"

Mah: "Oh? I really hope they will love you enough to help you raise your baby because I think chances of your lover being involved are slim."

Melody: "You're bluffing. Jerry loves me and our baby."

Mah: "Right. That's why he is having a traditional wedding next month huh?!" she asks folding her arms.

Melody: "Listen, I know that you might be feeling some type of way about everything but please don't stoop that low!" she says then walks out.

Dad: "That girl better not set foot in my house ever again!"

Fana: "She won't, she has family afterall."  Dad's phone rings and he steps away answering it.

Mah: "Do you see what I deal with, Xoli?!" she asks sitting next to me.

Fana: "I found her harassing the child and also badmouthing us to her."

Mah: "Aybo! If I didn't know better, I'd say she's on drugs!"

Fana: "But still nje mama."

Mah: "You okay baby?" she asks me pulling me to her. I nod against her bosom as I feel my heart thudding with warmth. Dad walks back in looking kind of mad.

Dad: "Five of my taxis are missing and the drivers who were driving them are in hospital. Apparently they were hijacked."

Mah: "Angizwanga?!"

Fana: "Aren't taxi drivers supposed to carry some type of protection?!"

Dad: "Not all of them believe in that."

Mah: "Call Jerry and ask him to track them down."

Dad: "No, I will find someone else. I don't want Jerry in my house anymore, he might end up manipulating my babies." he says pressing his phone for a couple of minutes and puts it away. Swe and Junior walk in.

Dad: "Swelihle."

Swe: "Babah?"

Dad: "Has Jerry ever looked at you in an uncomfortable manner before or said something uncomfortable?"

Swe: "No babah."

Dad: "You're not lying to me right?"

Swe: "I'm telling the truth." he nods and looks at Junior questionably and Junior shakes his head.

Dad: "Xoli, if ever he does something or says something to you, let me know, okay?"

Me: "Okay."

Fana: "Dad, I wanted to talk to you about something."

Dad: "Do we need privacy?"

Fana: "No, it's fine."

Dad: "Okay, talk to me." he says taking a sip from my glass of juice.

Fana: "I was thinking of going back to school. I want to study electrical engineering." Dad chokes on the juice he is drinking and turns to look at Mah who is smiling.

Dad: "Who are you and what did you do to my stubborn son?!"

Sqalo: "Yey! It's the power of a woman baba!" he says walking in smirking.

Fana: "Shut up!"

Mom: "Ouuh when are we meeting this woman?! I love her already."

Fana: "Hhay mah!"

Sqalo: "I also haven't met her."

Fana: "Guys, quit it please. Xoli, let's go get some ice cream."