NOMPUMELELO

Introduction

KATEKILE

Intro

I never thought in life that I would one day say that I am not living up to my name.
I sometimes question myself as to why my parents came to an agreement to name me Katekile, do they even understand what the name means because all they did is to cause me nothing but problems in my life.
Nothing is coming together for me, my name isn't working it's way into showing what it means.
Doesn't a name have to follow its host. Isn't it supposed to somehow catch up with me in a good way since it is a very nice name.
"Blessed" is what it means but all I have been blessed with is nothing but sorrow.
All it has blessed me with is nothing but hatred from all the people who were supposed to love me dearly.

It all started with my mother, she has changed into something I cannot even recognize from when I was as little as I can remember and even now in my late 20s she is still treating like me trash. I sometimes wonder if she truly loved me.
Most mothers turn to be this way torwards their child when the father has left but with my situation it is different, my father is still here. He is still supporting her and being a good husband to her but what she is failing to do is to love me as her own child, I mean I am her child after all. She gave birth to me!

Regarding my father, he is just like my mother he has never loved me in any way ever since I was brought into this cruel world, he has never showed me the fatherly love he was supposed to show me. He was never there for me when I needed him, he loved my siblings more in such a way that you would think that they are his only children, he has excluded me in everything he does with his children. He doesn't bother to give me a smile, I would even appreciate a feint smile from him as long as it is a smile.

I am 25 years now and nothing in my life is going well. I have no one who I can depend on because my parents threw me out of their house when I turned 23, they said they can't support a grown woman like me. I have passed my matric with a bachelor but I couldn't further my studies because my parents said they don't have any money to take me to any college or university, they even denied me access to apply for a bursary. Their intentions were to make me the person I am today and I hate them for that.
I hate them for everything bad happening in my life. I hate them for every pain I have to endure every single day of my life.

I was sitting before the mirror while I pampered my blue eye that I got from the previous night with a client. This is the life I have to live.

I didn't know where to go when my parents threw me out, I couldn't even go to any of my relative's place because they also hate me with every being in them.
I found a friend in the streets and she hooked me up with some lady who gave me the job I am working up to now.
She made me who I am today, she continued where my parents left off.

"This is what you get for costing me a lot of money." - Clara my boss says.
"I am sorry madam." - I say to her.

I never thought that a woman can ever be capable to physically hurt another woman. She makes sure to get ever woman who makes her clients complain pay, she instill pain in us. She makes sure to make us not repeat the same mistake again but I did it again, I repeated the same mistake she has countelesssy been punishing me for.

"I don't want your sorry Star, I want you out of my business."

Clara has never been friendly with me, she has never in her life been merciful with me. She always makes sure to prove a point to me that she is in charge and that I am nothing without her and her business.

"What!"
"You heard me right Start. I want you to vacate my flat ASAP, you of no use to me. You no longer me any money so I want you out."
"But madam..."
"No buts Star, you have been repeating the same thing over and over and I have had enough of it."
"Mada you know I hate being called Katekile. That name just ruin my mood."
"I don't care, if the client wants to call you Katekile then so be it. Your feelings don't count in this business but either way you won't called that anymore because you no longer have a job here. I will be getting someone to escort you out."

She left right after saying that. I don't know what to do, I dont even have a place a can run to.
All I can do right now is to cry.
I have constantly been harsh towards the clients who call me Katekile and that just make them angry. They even end the night and not pay for my services. Clara has had enough of me... she was the only thing bringing food for me and now that she's done with me what am I gonna do.

Josh... Clara 's ben 10 walked in with his Wright lifted up his shoulders. He made sure to show off his muscles.

"Clara said she wants you out of here as in now."

I have been sitting on this chair crying after Clara left.

"Let me quickly pack."

What I like about Josh is that he never treats us badly considering that his sugar mama treats us like her slaves.

"I will be observing you from here."

I walked around the room packing everything that belongs to me.
My only concern now is accommodation, where am I going to stay.

"Are you done yet?" - Josh asked after a long 30 minutes of me packing.

I was dragging my feet because I dont wanna leave.
Anyways Josh helped me take out my luggage and took the key from me. I was at the verge of breaking down when he walked me out of the flat down to the road where I am supposed to be getting a taxi.

"Will you be fine?"
"Yes, thanks for helping with the bags."
"It was no problem at all."

He turned to go back but stopped on his tracks and turn to me and saw me standing in the same position not moving. I dont know where to go from here.

"Star."

Star is a name I registered as a name I prefer in the profession of work I was doing but the clients couldn't obey my request which led tonme being on the street.

"Josh."
"Do you have anywhere to go?"
"Ye...yes."
"Don't lie to me."

I turned and looked away because I was at the verge of crying for a place.

"I could help out."

That immediately got my attention. I would do anything to get accommodation.

"How."
"You scratch my back, I scratch yours."
"How so."
"You become my sex partner while living under my room."
"I can do with that."

Thanks heavens he wanted nothing that was gonna cost me my life or internal organs.
He called me a cab to take me to his house while he went back into scamming Clara.
Yes I know he scams her because I saw the figure of her money. He is her account and he works at financial department which makes it easy for him to steal from her but I won't be saying anything to her because she has long been treating me like trash and I feel like she deserves it.

I arrived at Josh's mansion and I made myself feel at home. I left the bags in the sitting room because I didn't which room he wants me to use.

I am Katekile Minisi (25), the first daughter of Mike Mnisi and Gloria Mnisi. I have 2 siblings, Ntsako Mnisi (20) and Rirhandzu Mnisi (18)