NTOMBI (GIRL)

Chapter 3

Ntombi was beyond terrified. Sipho reached for her skirt and pulled it down. "Baba (father) please don't do this." Ntombi exclaimed as her dad took in her innocent eyes but he had no remorse for what he was doing to a 13 year old child who did everything and obeyed him. 

Ntombi looked around for her mother but there was no sight of her anywhere. "Where's mom."

"Now we are not going to talk about your mother. She went to her home where she belongs to take care of your sick old granny." he pushed her downward the neat knitted mat with her back flat on the mat. Ntombi would never forgive his mother and brutal husband of his father. She was beyond mad. 

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Sipho got dressed quickly as Ntombi got herself from the mat and picked up her skirt. "Know let's make a deal. Your mother nor anyone should about know of this. If you do that I'll make sure that your sorry life won't be as bad as you think it would be."

Ntombi nodded her head. She wasn't going to tell her mother or anyone else. Where would she start. This was shameful and somehow Ntombi blamed herself. 

That night Ntombi couldn't look at her mother nor her step dad in the eye. She would shy away and hide. She felt so alone. She wanted to get out of the house. All she wanted to do was to be busy. she did whatever she did in the house. 

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5 years later...

"Mama can I please go fetch some water." She knew it was dangerous to be out in the night but all she wanted to do was to get away from all this. To get away from her father.

"Ntombi, what is wrong with you. Don't you see that it's dark outside. You could get hurt." her mom told her giving her a worried expression. 

"Oh woman let the kid go, if she wants to go than she should go." She was grateful and both disgusted at her father. All this trauma was too much for her. 

She went to get the clay pot that she uses to get water in the stream. She used the time to get to the stream to think about all her worries and stress. At an age of 13 now 18 she was burdened. 

 She lowered her clay pot  down the flowing stream. She was obviously scared at night but she would rather be there than at home with her step dad and her un-caring mother. After there was enough water into her clay pot she debated whether she should stay longer or just enjoy the night breeze. Why wouldn't she stay. She sat on a big rock and watched the stream flow as she threw stones inside it. The sound of the stone landing in the stream calmed her. She repeated the same thing until she became unaware of what she was doing.

"Hi." The young man that was behind her tagged her arm from behind. 

Ntombi jumbed and stumbled on her feets. The young man was quite frightened as well thinking it was a ghost. As she turned to face the young man. What she saw was beyond word description. The young man was as beautiful as the Sun rise although it was at night. He was finely built and he had eyes that would hypnotize anyone if he wanted to. He was god given.

"Hi." Ntombi replied not sure what to say.

"What is a beautiful girl doing out here all alone. Don't you know there are beast roaming around." She knew that. 

"Thinking." She replied as she continued throwing stones in the water in front of her.

"Then we are alike. My father is impossible to understand." The young man was also amazed by the beauty of Ntombi. He liked how she blushed and folded her legs when she was nervous.

His worries was off his father. Ntombi had much bigger problems.

"I have to go it's getting late." Ntombi picked up her clay pot.

"Before you go... uhm... can we meet here again tomorrow night. I'd love to sit here with someone." He didn't want Ntombi to go and didn't know how to say it.

Ntombi agreed. They would be both hanging out here in the night. At least Ntombi had a friend. A handsome one at that.