NTOMBI (GIRL)

PART 2: CHAPTER 3

Ntombi pov.

It's been a week since I last saw the queen. She has successfully made it on my bad list. I don't blame her. It's fate that I blame. I need to act fast. I feel my marriage slipping out of my fingers, the strong hold is fading. The Prince had ceased sleeping with me for a very long time now.  Call it being busy or what but I know my man, a week without  sex is like months in the dessert.
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"Zodwa I'm really desperate now. I'm mentally struggling." Zodwa was sitted across of me. We were having lunch outside the garden.
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"Ntombi, honestly speaking this is not just an ordinary thing. I know you've adapted the white mens' culture but this is beyond this your new found God. I say it's high time we consult the sangoma (chief priest) to consult with the ancestors." I'd be lying if I say I haven't considered it. Anything is an option at the moment.
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"Do you know anyone then." I asked desperately.
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"Yes I do. He's really strong and I believe he'd be able to help. "

"What are we still waiting for then."

"It's a long journey. We need to prepare well. If we leave early enough we will be back in the evening. Tomorrow should be perfect. " My problem would be the Prince but he barely gives me any attention. He won't notice my departure.
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"Then we shall begin our way tomorrow before the cocks crow."
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"Are you sure we are on the right track Zodwa? This place looks really isolated I don't think a person can live in this kind of condition." It was early morning and the Sun hadn't come out when Zodwa and I ventured to find the 'powerful man'. It didn't take much from me to get out of the house. Muzi was sleeping like a baby and when he wakes up he'd want nothing but to quickly start his day.
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"Ntombi,  you need to trust me. I'm so sure. " she ushered me forward. If I didn't know Zodwa I was going to assume she want to butcher me and leave my remains here. The Sun was dancing around in the clouds. Slowing ascending and marking yet another day.
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"Okay but how long till we get there. I think we've travelled far enough. I didn't sign up for this." I was seriously tired and running out of patience. I feel like we are even going around in circle. This place doesn't seem to be safe at all. The light created by the morning Sun and the deadly green trees that aligned in an orderly manner created a dangerous and a mysterious atmosphere. I didn't know such a place existed in my kingdom
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A little while longer the trees decreased and it seemed we were at last reaching human civilization. Once we emerged from the "jungle" we spotted an old woman.
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"Good morning ma, we are look for bab'Dhlomo. The traditional healer. " she turned toward us but what really disturbed me was she looked at me for a very long time as if she knew me from somehow. To be honest she possessed non-human qualities except for flesh of course.
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"My daughter if you continue on straight I bet you will find him very easily." She smiled at us. Showing her dark stained teeth. Talk about creepy. Her eerily white hair did  no justice to her behaviour.
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"Thanks ma." I said. We left her side. I felt someone watching me so I turned around and there was the old woman waving and smiling. Her eyes stuck on me.
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"Zodwa is it too late to go back. This place is giving me the chills. Did you see that old woman." I swear she was now getting annoyed. All I seemed to be  doing was complain non-stop.
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"We are a few minutes away from a solution and the first thing you want to do is run away. This is the chance for you to save your marriage and thrown." She was right. I put on my bravery act and stepped forward.
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