JOYS OF LIFE -2 [NOT EDITED]

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#LETHOKUHLE MAJOLA

He dragged me into our bedroom, leaving Thula and her sister arguing in my lounge. He grabs me by my arms, pulling me to him but I push him off of me and take a seat on my bed.

Lizwi: "Letho, hear me out please."

Letho: "Talk."

Lizwi: "Hear me out and understand me please."

Letho: "Stop beating around the bush and talk man, Lizwi!" he sighs.

Lizwi: "I just found out that Hlongwane is the father to Mamkhulu's offsprings. He was enemies with my father and he is the one that killed my father."

Letho: "huh?"

Lizwi: "He got involved with kaMajola hoping to achieve what he failed to achieve years ago with uMamkhulu. He is the reason for all the suffering we suffered after dad's death. He then got to fake Mandisa's death and I don't know how."

Letho: " ..." I remain silent.

Lizwi: "Jerry was the one that shot me that day."

Letho: "Lizwi. I know all this. I knew from when I got kidnapped by them and your little girlfriend-" he cuts me off looking shocked.

Lizwi: "Kidnapped?! You were kidnapped and no one bothered to tell me?!" he slightly shouted.

Me: "Lalela la wena, don't irritate me njengamanje! You busy annoying me acting as if you care about me or would have cared about my kidnapping-" he cuts me off again.

Lizwi: "Mntomuhle, come on."

Letho: "Fokof Lizwi, yezwa?! You got discharged at the hospital and I wasn't informed as your wife instead you told that trump of yours, ngathula. You continued and invited the same woman who kidnapped me in MY house, Lizwi. On top of it all, you are busy parading all these streets with her. Yini? Awungiboni?! Ngislima mina?!"

Lizwi: "Sthandwa sami, ngiyaxolisa."

Letho: "I will not be tolerating sh*t mina Lizwi. Thatha lola voco lakho, uphume ungiphelele kwami bandla!" I leave him like that and go into my closet to change. I hear our bedroom door open and close making me release a breath I didn't know I was holding. I keep grinding my teeth and biting my tongue as a way to stop myself from breaking down.

When I get back in the room, I find his black card on the bed with a note saying "Forgive me, mkami. I love you."

I click my tongue and break that card in half. He walks in just as I finish breaking it, I throw it at him and grab my keys and bag and leave him there.

Thula: "I wanted to bid goodbye before leaving. Are you okay?"

Me: "Yes. Look, travel well and I will keep you updated about the house. I have to go." I also leave her there and get in my car. I drive off to the insurance office for my meeting. After so many months, they only scheduled a meeting with ne today about my case.

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After that long stupid meeting, I get in my car and just sit for a few minutes just to breathe. Honestly, I don't think this meeting was worth this much of my time because they kept asking me the same stupid questions. I lean my head back on the headrest as I feel a headache coming. My phone rings, it's Lizwi. I just decline his calls. It rings again and this time it's Thoba.

Me: "Mfazi."

Thoba: "B*tch, shut up! Why wasn't I told about all the sh*t that has been happening lately?!"

Me: "Ey Thoba, I seriously don't want to talk about it at all."

Thoba: "Where are you? I'm back in Joburg."

Me: "I just got out of a meeting with the insurance company."

Thoba: "Do you want me to fetch you?" I chuckle biting my tongue to stop myself from bursting into tears.

Me: "Ngimdala Thoba."

Thoba: "I don't care. You don't sound okay and I don't want you getting into any accidents while on your way."

Me: "I'm fine."

Thoba: "Drive to my house then baby."

Me: "Okay." I text Fana to go home and be with his siblings because I will be late. I park behind Thoba's car and walk to the door. He opens the door before I can even knock. A huge glass of cocktail is shoved into my face before I can utter a word.

Thoba: "Phuza." We walk inside. I take off my shoes and get comfortable on my favourite couch, folding my legs.

Thoba: "I ordered food, it's on the way." I nod, clinging onto the glass in my hand.

Me: "When did you get back?"

Thoba: "A few minutes ago."

Me: "How was Paris?" He left his old profession years ago and decided to become an international buyer. He is never home, he is always travelling and sometimes he travels for months.

Thoba: "I'm taking you with me to Italy for my next trip." he says squealing.

Me: "Do you forget the part where I am a wife, a mother and a grandmother?!"

Thoba: "Yazi wangikhumbuza. Sqalo and Fana still need to explain themselves to me. I want them to make me understand where do they get the audacity to make me a grand-auncle?!" I laugh.

Me: "I understand your anger shame!" I say after a while of laughing. He excuses himself to fetch the order outside. He comes back and plates the food for the both of us.

Thoba: "So tell me, what is really happening Letho?!"

Me: "Alot Thoba. After my hospital burned down, everything went downhill. Lizwi lost some of his Taxi's..." I tell him everything, occasionally wiping my tears.

Thoba: "Oh my God! I'm so sorry love. I wish you would have told me sooner so I could've been there for you."

Me: "On top of it all, Lizwi is busy parading everywhere with that tramp of his."

Thoba: "Ini?! I will kill him Letho."

Me: "Last week, I found out I was pregnant Thoba."

Thoba: "Oh congratula... wait, was?!"

Me: "I lost the baby." He settles next to me and pulls me into his arms. I immediately burst into a loud sob when he starts brushing my back soothingly.