Unhinged Love

CHAPTER 48

HLENGIWE MABUYAKHULU

After coming back from Durban, I drove to the restaurant just to check if everything is in order and then came home because I was tired. Honestly, the night I spent with my man was amazing. I smiled like a cashmere cat when I received a notification of R25000 transferred to my bank by him. The man is a giver. I am going to try and get used to it. Receiving gifts and money from him is a standard.

I finish cooking and take a bath. As I put on my sleepwear, I hear the front door opening. That's probably Mndeni. I put on my sleepers and gown and head to the dining room.

"Sisiza, you're back." He smiles at me before hugging me and proceeding to his room before I can utter a single word.
"You're happy. Is Mitch treating you well?" I ask loudly and he just laughs.
"You are being nosy. I should be asking you how that baboon you are dating is treating you." He shouts from his bedroom and I chuckle.
"I am dating a hunk mina bafo. I don't do ugly men. That's not my style." I respond and all I hear is his laugh.

I dish up for both of us and place the food on the coffee table. I chat with my man while waiting for Mndeni to coming back. Melisizwe is telling me that he is currently having dinner with his sister. They had an intense conversation after I left but at the end of it, Nozizwe promised to support his brother even though the situation is crazy. She wants him to come clean with his son as soon as possible. Well, that scares me a lot. I am not ready to tell Mbulelo about this. I don’t know how he is going to react to this news. What if he gets too angry and does something irrational? But I am not going to stand in Melisizwe's way. If he feels like this is something he should do, then I will support him. He is the type of man that keeps his promises. So, I am just going to let him be a man and trust him.

"Dade." Mndeni says as he sits next to me. I go fetch us something to drink and come back to sit on one of the couches. We start eating. "As always, you cook extra ordinary food. That Durban baboon is lucky to have you as a woman. I will charge him 15 cows for your gifted hands."
I laugh. "I am sure he won't complain about those 15 cows. Anyways, I wanted to tell you about him. You are allowed to judge but at an extent. Okay?"
He frowns. "Okay. This looks serious. I am listening and I will judge."

I chuckle nervously and sit back. "Let me rip the band-aid. I am dating my ex's father." He stares at me without uttering a single word. "I know I am a terrible person. I know this is not right. But I tried to ignore my feelings for him. I tried. I even blocked him and cut connection with him but something kept drawing me back to him. And it's not even about sex. We only did that yesterday. He just loves me. He is there for me emotionally and physically even though we live far from each other. I just, I love him, Bhuti."

He stops eating and places his plate back on the table. He looks at me and sighs. "I can tell that you are not joking. I just can't understand why you would do such a thing. You know how bad our relationship is with our sperm donor. You want to deprive your ex that relationship just because you can't ignore your feelings for an old man? Are you insane? Do you even listen to yourself when you talk?"

I look at him. "Bhuti, you don't know how much I have beat myself up for this decision. How much I wish I can..."

"But you can't. You can't undo anything because you love this man. I can see it in your eyes. I can see the way your face changes whenever he calls. I never judge you for anything in life but this is the dumbest thing you have ever done. If my former father did this to me, I would go insane. It's very immoral and vindictive. No matter how much you might try to justify it, it just looks like you are making your ex pay for his mistakes. Which ex is this one?"

"Mbulelo. My last ex," I mumble.
He laughs. "Really now? After saying he is immature, you go and do shit like this. Now who is immature between you two? What? This is another 'you fuck with me; I make you my stepson'? What is this, Hlengiwe? Why are you doing this?"
He is shouting at me and making me realize the extensity of the situation. Now I am ashamed of everything but I know that I can't change anything. The only thing I can do is try to make him see reason. I know I can't do that now because he is angry with me. I can only try to talk to him maybe tomorrow.
"Bhuti I am sorry."
He frowns. "What are you apologizing for? You don't see any fault in what you have done or are doing. Only your guilt is eating you but not enough because you are still going back to this man. Does he have too much money? Is that why you are with him?"

My eyes pop out. "I am not a gold digger or a baddie."
"I am not insinuating that. I know you can take care of yourself but everyone will think that. You have daddy issues. I know you do and I know where they come from."

"I am not with him because of that. Yes, he is understanding and very loving but I am not using him to fill a void in my life. I am not that kind of person. Our sperm donor might have hurt us but I would never give him that much place in my life. This isn't about him. It is about me and my life. I love Melisizwe and I can actually see myself marrying him. It's crazy because we haven't even been together for that long."

He chuckles angrily. "You are just dickmatized wena. I never thought you would do something like this." He gets up but before he can leave, we hear the gate opening. He peeks through the window and frowns. "It is one of the company cars. You expecting a visitor?" I shake my heard. A car drives in and a few moments later someone opens the door. Nqobile lets herself in and heads straight to the kitchen. "This isn't over." My brother says before taking his food and heading to his room. I sigh and head to the kitchen. I find Nqobile drinking wine from its bottle.

"Who died?" I ask leaning on the fridge.
She places the bottle on the table and takes a deep breath. "That asshole Phelelani is busy entertaining hoes in the hospital. Like I walked in to Fifty Shades of Grey's Anatomy. Can you believe it? I gave him my all. I literally became a better woman for him and he has the audacity to get hard for some whack bitch. Stupid man." She drinks from the bottle again and I sigh.

"Did he explain why he did what he did?"
She scoffs. "You think I am going to give him a chance to lie to me? Sorry but no. I am not his idiot. I am not going to allow him to treat me like trash. It ends now."

This is too much and I don’t need this right now but I have no choice other than being there for my friend. I open my arms. “Come here, darling.” She rolls her eyes but comes either way. I wrap my arms around her and I feel her exhale deeply. “You don’t have to make a decision now or do anything. Just calm down and sleep on it. I know we hate him but can we not decide on anything until we have calmed down? Can we do that?” She sighs before nodding.

“Fine. But I swear to God, I am going to kill him.”
I slap her shoulder. “Don’t say that. You know my house has CCTV. I don’t want you to make me an accessory to murder.”
She laughs. “Bitch please. This is not Criminal Minds. Did you cook something nice?” She asks, stepping away from me and opening the pots.

I am glad I got her mind off things for a while. I just hope she can talk to Phelelani after she has calmed down and hear his side of the story. Not that I am vouching for him but he makes her so happy. I would hate for them to break up over what is hopefully a misunderstanding.