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#Few Weeks Later

MXOLISI

***Ngihlezi e office la baba with my brothers...umama usphekele ukudla okumnandi as always...slinde ubaba osaphezulu asazi wenzani***

Nhlaka:U right bafo?

Me:Mhhh

Langa:Une sure ukuthi u right?

Me:Ngthe ngi right yini inkinga yenu?

Baba:Bafana

Us:Baba

***Ahlale phansi***

Baba:Yini namuncu kwenzenjani?

***Bebuke mina and i want to punch their teeth out..***

Baba:Kwenzenjani mxolisi?

Me:Lutho baba

***Angbuke aphakamise ishiya***

Baba:Nginibize lana ngoba ngfuna ukuzobuza ukuthi kuhamba kanjani ngo shenge

Langa:Aysekho indaba yakhe lowo

Me:Mhh, inkampani yakhe ingaphansi kweyethu manje

Nhlaka:La akhona uhamba ngesinqa phansi

***Ahleke enikina ikhanda...ushenge wacishe waqumba phansi inkampani yakwa ngcobo...kusakuncane lokhu abhekene nakho***

Ngcobo:Uyazama yena ukfuna usizo kusho khona ukuthi wonke umuntu akafuni ukuxhumana naye

Sandiile:Manicabanga angeke ayfune revenge?

Langa:Makeze simlindile...futhi asqedile ngaye...i did some digging...yeses lelikhehla lincolile hhayi kabi! Bafo ngcela ungaphinde umsondeze eduze kwa koti

Me:Ukhuluma ngani bafo?

Baba:Langa

***Embuke emkhuza ngamehlo***

Me:Yini le eningfihlela yona?

Langa:Engingakusho ukuthi lelikhehla was abusing your wife

Me:Angizwanga??!

***Ngbuke ubaba***

Me:Iqiniso?

Ngcobo:Uzokutshela uma ese ready ukoti... it's not my place to tell you ndodana

Me:Baba, umfazi wami lona eskhuluma ngaye lana!!

***Abuke olanga***

Baba:Sdedeleni

***Besukume bephume...asukume avule i fridge angnike amanzi***

Baba:Waphuze

***Ngiwathathe ngiwaphuze***

Baba:Kwenzenjani ngawe mxolisi?? Ungasho futhi ukuthi akuylutho...ngyabona ukuthi awukho right

***I sigh***

Me:Umashenge

Baba:Wenzeni?

Me:Akangkhulumisi

Baba:Akakukhulumisi?

***I sigh again...akmele ngabe ngyayvumela lento ingidle ngaphakathi kodwa iyangidla...lokhu sabuya ekhaya akakhulumi kakhulu***

Me:Yebo

Baba:Wenzeni?

***Ngthule ngimbuke***

Baba:Wenzeni mxolisi?

***I sigh***

Me:Lutho baba...kube yinto encane nje sangabona liso linye

Baba:Manje njengoba unjena nje besuthi yinto encane

***Ngthule***

Baba:Ufuna akukhulumise angithi? aknake? Njengoba ekziba nje you're suffering

***Ngvume ngekhanda ngibe ngilinwaya...lento frustrate me!***

Baba:Kmele ukhulume naye

Me:Akafuni ukukhuluma nami baba

Baba:Umfazi wakho phela yakha icebo ukhulume naye

***I sigh...ngithathe amanzi ngiwaphuze...ngzohlanya mina!***

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LISA

***I weekend namhlanje and I'm not working...i just went to the mall ngyokwenza ikhanda no nonhle...ngiluke ama knotless nhaphumuza ama frontal...syaziphuzela eresturant...umoya ushaya kamnandi wasolwandle***

Nonhle:You're glowing

***Ngmamatheke ngimbuka***

Me:I guess impilo ingphethe kahle

***Angbuke***

Nonhle:Ninjani no mxo?

Me:We're fine

Nonhle:I sense a but

***I sigh***

Me:Nonhle angfuni ngenhliziyo yami...I've been through so much...i can't risk getting another heartbreak

Nonhle:Another?

Me:There was this guy called nsika....we dated kodwa inhliziyo yakhe belonged to another woman..ngamshiya ngazithembisa ukuthi angeke ngphinde ngthande umuntu

Nonhle:I'm sorry

Me:I lost achild

***Angbuke shocked...amehlo ami agcwale izinyembezi....angbambe isandla***

Nonhle:I'm sorry

Me:It's okay, I'll be fine

***Ngsule izinyembezi and drink water... I don't wanna talk about things that are in the past***

Nonhle:How about we go to the club

Me:Club? uzoyvuma leyo umxolisi?

Nonhle:They don't have to know...sizohamba no sthandile and mandisa...uyadinga ukshawa umoya

Me:Okay

***Skhokhe i bill bese syahamba...sqale sbheke outfit..ingubo emfishane kanjani!!***

Me:Kuvela iythende zezinqa lana

Nonhle:Une drama asambe

***Aythathe aykhokhele bese syahamba syendlini... umxolisi angmazi ukuthi uphi and I'm glad akakabuyi...sthathe iympahla siye kwi apartment ka stharh...uhlala khona since beno langa basaxabene***

Stharh:Gosh ngathi niyazi ukuthi ngdinga ukudakwa kanjani

Mandisa:Same!!

***Kukhale ifoni yami... umxolisi***

Me:Shhh...

***Ngsukume***

Me:Hello?

Mxo:Mashenge

***Luthi heqe uvalo! I hate that he still has that effect on me!***

Me:Yebo

Mxo:Ukephi?

Me:I'm with nonhle

Mxo:Ohh...uzobuya nini?

Me:Mangiqeda engikwenzayo

Mxo:Ngikulande?

Me:Cha, i have a driver, remember?

***I hear him sigh***

Mxo:Sdinga ukukhuluma mashenge

***Ukhulumela phansi ngathi ukhathele***

Me:When i get back...i have to go...

Mxo:Ngizobe ngiklindile

***Shame...shuthi uzolinda kuze kuse ngoba mina angbuyi***

Me:Ok, i have to go...bye

***I drop the call***

Nonhle:He sounds depressed

Stharh:Unjalo vele umuntu ongazazi ukuthi ufunani...bayanyanyisa nje abafana

Nonhle:Langa?

Stharh:Unescefe lowo...he doesn't understand the word space!

Mandisa:Ladies...let's get ready hawu!

***Sisukume syogeza...angkhumbuli ngiya kwi club...i smile to myself... angkhumbuli nje futhi ngiba nabangani!***

Nonhle:What?

Me:Nothing...

Nonhle:I know ukuthi ucabangani

***She smiles bese eyangigaxa***

Nonhle:You're stuck with us my love

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SHENGE

***Ayikho into engingayzamanga yangasebenza...the only option i have ukuhlasela ungcobo engalindele...ungphuca inkampani yami??! Yeses! Kwakmele ngiyishise le nkampani yakhe!***

Khethi:Ucabangani kangaka?

Shenge:Awume khethiwe

Khethi:Ngyazi ukuthi une stress nge nkampani kodwa-

Shenge:Uma ingekho into ongangsiza ngayo vele uyeke

Khethi:Nginecebo mina

***Ngimbuke***

Khethi:I say we kidnap ulisakhanya bese sfuna imali in return

Shenge:Ucabanga ukuthi uzoyzela kithi??

Khethi:Cha ngzombiza mina...

Shenge:Ethi uzelani kuwe after all that you did to her?

Khethi:Kahleke sakhile! Usuwenza engathi yimi ongcolile la!

Shenge:Ubani ongcolile yimi??

Khethi:You watched your own son rape your daughters so ngcela uthule

Shenge:Ukhuluma nami kanjalo khethiwe??!

Khethi:Ngyasho ukuthi ngizoza nalo icebo awume kancane sakhile...ngyazi, she will come

***Asukume ahambe ngsale ngnikina ikhanda...asthembe ukuthi uzoza ngampela..ngyabona futhi ukuthi ungcobo umkhathalele ulisakhanya...for sure nomfana wakhe lo ashade naye umkhathalele..bazoyfaka imali***

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