THIRTY FIVE
SAMKELO
The stare this aunt is giving me is making me more nervous than l was earlier on .
Stompie : So did you come here for a staring contest or what .
Samkelo: lm sorry ...I'm Samkelo Qhawe l-
Stompie : Just get to the point tle o batla eng ...
Weeh even Dintle isn't helping she has her eyes glued to the floor.
Samkelo: Yebo angizelanga lokho kodwa bengicabanga ukuthi ngiqale ngokuzazisa ngaphambi kokuthi ngingene odabeni.
-Yes l didn't come for that but l thought l should introduce myself before l get straight to the point.
Stompie : Hmmm keyona nhlonipho yamaZulu , yha l like it .
Samkelo (smiles) : Yeah so uhm ,l know you the only close thing to family that Dintle has so l thought l would ask permission from you if she could come back with me to Johannesburg .
Stompie : What are you to her ?
Samkelo : Her partner .
Stompie : Helang Dintle you didn't tell me you have a handsome Zulu man as your partner .
Dintle (blushing) : Well you never asked me you know .
Stompie : So you'll also pay magadi for my child ?
Dintle : Hawu Ragadi !
She says in warning but l can't help but smile .
Stompie : Keng lenna ke batla lobola yama'Zulu tle !
Samkelo (chuckles) : Ngingenza noma yini for uDintle even paying lobola for her but all in due time.
Stompie : Dintle you better get married to this boy l like him for you , anyways when are you planning to go to Johannesburg .
Samkelo : I had wishes to spend some time here in Botswana but we've been invited somewhere so by tomorrow we need to be that side .
Stompie : What a shame l was hoping to get to know you more but there's no stress , it's not the last l'll see you right .
Samkelo : Yebo ma it's not .
Dintle : And tell Mme Rebecca that this hunk is taken please Ragadi .
Stompie : Don't worry l'll even tell her that your man is going to pay lobola for you so she can die of a heart attack !
LAUGHTER .
l think l like this aunt she has a great sense of humor .
Stompie : Ey mosadi are you not going to prepare a meal for your man , do you want him to reconsider his thoughts of marriage ?
Dintle : Aowa , let me go take my meds first then l'll start cooking .
Stompie : okay and please take on of the fat chickens l have .
She nods walking to her bedroom l guess.
Samkelo : l see you love your chicken very much .
Stompie : Eya my dad used to bring chicken every Sunday so me and my sister could make a feast for the family .
Samkelo: Dintles mother?
Stompie : Yes , we would gather as a family every Sunday and have a mean with jokes and laughter being shared around the table , you could feel the warmth and the love we shared for each other.
she's now becoming emotional by the way her voice is starting to break .
Stompie: But someone just decided to strip that off us by killing the rest of the family , what angers me most s that it's been three years and still the police haven't made an arrest ..lt shows gore these police man are just useless hence l wish to talked the law into my hands because my family deserves justice .
Samkelo : I'm really sorry about everything , even when Dintle told me l saw how this hurt her mentally and emotionally...lm going to help you find who ever killed your family .
Stompie : You are very kind my child .
This killer really deserves to be killed for stripping happiness from them.
Dintle was now done preparing food we ate and Aunt offered me a room to sleep in but l thought it's wise to sleep in the car , l know my body will hurt but l can't disrespect them by sleeping in the house and you know why.
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