CHAPTER 23

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BASETSANA.







I look at him holding my left cheek, he's fuming and I don't know why.







Me: Sbani why did you slap me?







Sbani: Why are you busy parading at the streets wearing bum shorts?







Me: I was not parading I...







He doesn't wait for me to finish, he slaps me again and tears drop.







Sbani: You're coming from your boyfriends that is why you are able to talk back at me.







I don't dare answer back incase I earn another slap.







Sbani: You even have the nerve to go to his car, You don't even care if I see you or not.







Shit I forgot he likes going to Sibo's tarven with his friends, That's how he saw me err.







Me: I'm sorry my boss called and she wanted the hotel file I was working on, sorry I went out wearing bum shorts but that doesn't give you a right to beat me Sbani I'm not a kid.







He laughs annoyed.







Sbani: Look who's talking, are you done?







Me: Mxm.







I pass him heading to the kitchen door but he pulls me with my hair.







Sbani: Don't ever disrespect me like that ever again do you hear me?







I keep quiet and he tightens his hand on my hair. I cry out in pain, what have I gotten myself into? Zakhele was better than this monster he never laid a hand on me.







Me: I'm sorry.







I cry out loud, he lets go off my hair, takes his car keys and leaves me there. I break down and take my phone on the coffee table calling Bontle. I stop crying cause I know he'll come flying here and I don't want that.







He answers after a while.







Bontle: Chommie yaka.( My friend)







Me: Hey, can you come fetch me?







Bontle: Why are you okay?







Me: yes, please hurry up.







Bontle: Okay send me your location.







I hang up and send him the location, praying he arrives before Sbani arrives. Thinking about him makes me cry all over again, I stand up and head to the bedroom to pack all of my things even the ones I always leave here before Bontle arrives, after a while he arrives and the look he's giving me makes me cry.







Bontle: Where is he?







Me: Please lets just leave, I'm tired.







He takes my bag and leads me to his boyfriend's car.







Arriving at my house Bontle tells his boyfriend that he'll see him tomorrow, he's sleeping over and he leaves not saying anything.







Bontle: What happened?







I narrate everything to him, by the time I'm done he's angry and I'm a crying mess.







Bontle: That piece of shit I knew he was not good for you.







Me: Yeah you did tell me and I ignored it, look at me now, how am I going to go to work tomorrow?







Both my cheeks are swollen and my scalp is bleeding because he was pulling me with my hair.







Bontle's tears fall, he gives me a hug and then breaks it. He goes to my room and comes back with pain killers, I need them and I know they'll knock me till tomorrow, I need that sleep.

I eat bread and tea, drink 2 painkillers and we head to bed. Bontle cuddles me to sleep. When he's not talking too much I know he's angry.







I wake up the next day feeling a bit better, Bontle is not here I'm sure he left, I take a shower, lotion, wear my 2 piece black suit with black heels and I cover the bruises that have changed colour to black with make-up. The swelling has gone down and the only thing that is left is my scalp.







When I'm done I head downstairs to eat breakfast, arriving I see Bontle slaving in the kitchen preparing full english breakfast. I laugh cause I know how he hates cooking, he's lazy this one.







Bontle: I'm glad I made you laugh.







Me: Yes.







Bontle: How are you feeling?







Me: Getting there.







Bontle: Otloba shap, hakesa batla ho bona le Sbani. (You're going to be okay, I don't ever want to see you with Sbani).







Me: Trust me you wont.







I sit down and he gives me a plate with breakfast.

Bontle: How are the bruises?







Me: They changed colour, but I covered them with make-up and the only thing left now is my scalp.

Bontle: Great, call me when you knock off I'll fetch you.







Me: I'm not a baby.







Bontle: I'm still going to fetch you and even if you were a baby I was going to fetch you.







I laugh.







Me: Okay Mom.







Bontle: Ftsek.







We laugh.

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