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LISAKHANYA

***I'm just staring at this big house...gosh I can't believe khona abantu abaphila kanjena...angazi noma I'm in a movie or what? sfikile klomuzi and apparently slinde "umnyenwami" ngfike ngabenzela ukudla ngoba kade sihamba...babonga bese u aunty oyedwa wangitshengisa igumbi lami elisha...this room is huge...mangvula u wadrabe nghlangane nama sudu and my heart skips a beat! Gosh i room la mxolisi leli?? Ngizwe bekhuluma ngaye ngenkathi ngenza ukudla ngabamba ukuthi ngshade umxolisi...ngigwinye amathe and shake my head... mhlampe naye angeke afune ukushada?! He will let me go! ngingene kwi shower ngigeze fast ngikhiphe leziyngubo engizifakile...i brush my teeth bese ngizibuka esbukweni..amehlo ami abomvu...la angshaye khona ubaba sekuncono..badlule bangthengela something ngagcoba...i deep sigh ngoba lomuntu osesbukweni angimazi...where did the free and happy lisakhanya go?? ngiqede nguphume ngigcobe bese ngfaka ingubo emnyama ende nomhezo since umama engitshelile ukuthi kmele ngiwfake uma kukhona abasemzini...i fix my hair... ngbone sekvuleka umnyango inhliziyo yami ime when my eyes meet this tall man...angbuke while frowning..***

Him:Uwbani? Ufunani egumbini lami?

Me:I...i...

***Ngihluleke ukukhuluma because indlela engbuka ngayo ngathi ufuna ukungitshinga phansi!***

Him:Phuma!

***He has a deep voice...gosh i hope this is not my husband..ngiphume ngehle ama steps...i can feel him behind me...uhamba ngathi ushaya izinyawo phansi***

Him:Baba kwenzakalani la kwami?

Ngcobo:Hlala phansi skhulume mxolisi

***Ohh god no! it's him!! This scary man is my husband!!***

Mxo:Ngenkulu inhlonipho baba angeke ngikwazi ukwenza lokho! Nisho ukthini uma nithi ninglobolele??

Ngcobo:Mxolisi..hlala phansi

***Esho with a straight face bese ehlala eduze kwami since it's the only couch one space..***

Ngcobo:Unkoskazi wakho lona, ulisakhanya Buthelezi..umdala manje kmele ube nomfazi

Mxo:Leso isinqumo sami hhayi esenu baba!

Ngcobo:Uphikisana nami??!

***Ngimbone ehlanganisa izandla ebuka phansi...imthambo iyaqhasha emqaleni ngyabona ukuthi udiniwe kodwa futhi manje angeke aphikisane no baba wakhe***

Ngcobo:Isnqumo ngisthathile...ulisakhanya akayindawo

***Abuke umlisa ofake isudu bese eyasukuma abeke iphepha etafuleni kanye nepeni***

Ngcobo:Nobabili kmele nisayine lana ngoba nishadile...umshado omkhulu usuyolandela

***Asukume umxolisi***

Mxo:Angeke ngikwazi ukyenza lento

***Ahambe ngsale ngkhipha umoya...i hope uzonqaba bese beyangdedela!***

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MXOLISI

***Uyalazi ibhadi? uthi uyazifikela kwakho kthiwa kune suprise egumbini lakho and mawfika kunomuntu wesfazane kthiwa umkakho...ubaba ngimhlonipha impela kodwa angazi ngampela ubecabangani! ukunglobolela ngingekho??!***

Ngcobo:Ngcobo'mncane

***Azoma eduze kwami efake izandla emaphaketheni***

Ngcobo:Ngyazi ukuthi udiniwe...

Me:Ungayenza kanjani lento baba?

Ngcobo:Nawe uyazi ukuthi angizenzi izinto without a reason

Me:Ukungshadisa ngenkani??!

Ngcobo:Uyamkhumbula ushenge?

Me:Lo ocishe wawisa i business?

Ngcobo:Mhh...indodakazi yakhe lena

Me:ingane yesitha?? Pho ifunani lana??

Ngcobo:Ngine plan...the more sizisondeza ku shenge ilapho khona esizomphuca yonkinto anayo and make him pay

***Ushenge uslimaze kakhulu...uqale wantshontsha wajika lapho washisa inkampani...ukube sasingekho ngabe yonkinto yaba umlotha...manje ucabanga ukuthi asazi ukuthi nguye! Ngimfuna ngezami izandla***

Me:Manje kuzosizaphi ukushanda indodakazi yakhe? iyazi ukuthi kwenzakalani?

Ngcobo:Cha ayazi lutho... angithi ngyasho ukuthi syazisondeza!

Me:Angboni ukuthi ngingakwazi ukushada lentombazane...

Ngcobo:Kyakphoqa mxolisi...senzela inkampani yomndeni..if ngampela ufuna ukbona ushenge equmbeka phansi uzovuma

***I deep sigh while shaking my head...umshado?? mina i only fuck angizingeni lezinto zama commitment! Kumnandi kabi ukuba yi bachelor..***

Me:Klungile

***Angbuke and smile...into ngami ukuthi ngingenza noma yini for lomndeni...sbuyele ngaphakathi..."umkami" njengoba besho..uhlezi ubuka phansi..ngfike ngthathe ipeni ngisayine..angbuke amehlo akhe egcwele izinyembezi..ngathi ngyabukhumbula lobu buso kodwa angsazi from where...acwayize kaningi ezama ukunqanda izinyembezi...ngimnike ipeni alithathe with shaky hands bese eyasayina***

"You're officially wife and husband"

Nhlaka:Syakbongela bafo

***I give him a dead stare athule! Angazi ngenzani kodwa ushenge ngfuna ukumbona eguqe ngamadolo***

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LISAKHANYA

***Ithemba lami lokgcina livele lashabalala kanjalo nje! I don't understand why evumile umxolisi ngoba uhambe lana eqinisa ikhanda...gosh ngizibambile izinyembezi..besukume bevalelisa...bazongshiya nalendoda?***

Ngcobo:Usale kahle mntanami sizobuya sizonibheka maduze nje

Me:Yebo baba

Ngcobo:You are strong... uhlezi ukukhumbula lokho

***Angcabuze isphongo bese eyahamba..his words meant a lot to me...kusondele umlisa who is also tall...unenswebu ka mxolisi***

Him:Nhlakanipho ngcobo...ubhuti ka mxo

Me:Ngyajabula ukukwazi

Nhlaka:Kujabula thina laykhaya ngokuba nomakoti omuhle kangaka

***I smile...I don't even feel beautiful right now...avalelise bese eyahamba...nginyuke ngyephezulu coz it's dark outside and mina ngkhathele...***

Mxo:Awlali la...uzosebenzisa i spare room

***He scared me! Ngimgcine esaphumile...i nod bese ngithatha izinto zami***

Mxo:Ubani igama lakho?

Me:Lisakhanya

Mxo:Kukhona la engikwazela khona?

***Ngimbuke... he's talk dark, handsome...okay lisa..calm down sis! well unama tattoo engalweni and ngathi uyayazi indawo yakhe kwi gym coz umzimba wakhe! i stare at his face...unamehlo amakhulu...amashiya konke nezinkophe..pink lips..***

Me:Cha

Mxo:Mhhh...

***Ngithathe iskhwama sami ngphume.. ngingene kwi room next to him...nalo likhulu kodwa hhayi ukudlula leli engphuma kulo***

Mxo:Just because abantu bathi sishadile akusho ukuthi sishadile lisakhanya...angna mfazi mina so ungazami ukuzenza umfazi wami...stay on your lane

***Umile emnyango uyangbuka nezandla emaphaketheni...aqede aphume ahambe and i just lock the door... angshongo nami ukuthi ngfuna ukuba umfazi wakhe! Ucabanga ukuthi uwbani lona nobumnyama bantu! Ngigibele embhedeni nglale! Maybe all this is a nightmare!****

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