Chapter 8

CRIMETELLA  

Chapter 8 

 

Mqhele Zungu 

 

I was seating inside the car while my family was inside for the house negotiating as much as i have sent the Million that was for the business i bought R250 000 just for the family. I received a call from my brother. 

 

MK: Bhuti. They want more. 

Me:Come 

 

I took out a R50 000 in a case and waited for him to come. I drink cold water fudge its so hot this side.  

 

Mk: Mqhele(i looked up) are you okay bra. 

Me : ( in my mind, my heart is heavy am i really going to spend my life with a woman that doesnt respect me.) im good bro lets get this over and done it. 

Mk: are you excited. She's finally going to see you. 

Me: Yah man i wonder what she will say. 

Mk: let me get back inside. 

Me:Sharp 

 

I cant put it into words the way im feeling right now. Im not mad at her but im just.. I dont know one thing about me is that im a physical lover. I show you that i love you more than telling you. Im not a romantic person but i make sure i do my best to make all days of my woman's romantic. Im not a talkative person im a loner that is why they call me Ghost in the underworld. You wont see me coming or going. I cant voice out my feelings that why i better say them in my head just to get it out of the way. While i was busy thinking i felt a tap on my shoulder i moved my eyes up it was my second bro Lwandle. 

 

Lwandle: Sengwayo 

Me: Ocean 

Lwandle: Lets get inside, your wife is beautiful. Are you still going to do the wedding celebration? 

Me:( standing up walking with him) nah i wont she doesn't deserve it. If i could i would return the car too. 

Lwandle : Why not leave her at home with uMakhulu no Makazi just for Month. 

Me:yah bamfundise ukuthi indoda iyahlonitshwa ( laughing) 

 

Me and lwandle we are 8 months apart we are so alike. And we have alot in common. Even now we have similar hair cut and beard. We the dark brown chocolate kinda brothers. We go to gym together so you and put it together on how i look and im tall like your basketball player typer tall. Im wearing my naive chino pants, white t-shirt sleeves rolled up 2 open button with my white GG embossed sneaker. I look smart but chilled.  

 

We walked inside the house, they have a beautiful home. Dlangamandla is one lucky son of a Queen to have wives that are one. 

 

Me: Sanibonani Baba 

Dlangamandla : Ow nyana! nyana! ( mxm he likes money this one) 

Zungu: Ow Dlangamandla uyayitya imali yonyam mfondini akakahlali naphantsi. 

Dlangamandla : Suka awunawo no son inlaw akhonto uyaziyo. Iva ke nyana loo ngu Malume ngu Tanci ke lowa. Phaa enzantsi ngu Hlehle ke lowa dont ask me ufuna ntoni kwizinto zamaDoda enyinto ukhula phakathi kwamaDoda. 

Hlehle: Umhle marn nale beard yakho noba uyisa e salon ne iyafakwa i treatment ( they all laughed okay i have concluded these people are drunk i wonder how will we continue with the ceremony cause we still have 2 hour drive from here to kweyam ilali. We were busy making a conversation while having scotch. I was hungry though while i was on that though Hlehle came pushing a Wheel tray. And there she is my wife wearing white dress long dress that over her sleeves. She has naive sandles with a blackdoek on intloko uyijongise ezantsi after her it was her sisters hlehle took her hand basondela kum. 

 

Zine:Sengwayo ( she says with a small shaking voice. I so want to read her mind now.) 

Me:Mfazi ( the shock in her eyes when she looked at me okay u Zine uthatha slow i admit like so many hints but tuu uyichana into) Zine: am here... Naku ukutya. 

Me: Enkosi( i say looking at her shocked face she couldn't hind the shock it's visible. 

Her lower lip trembled i knew she was about to cry.) 

Me: Lwandle can you take this plate im not hungry. (she looked at me shocked that im not about to eat the food. I just smiled on my head. She did say the punishment won't matter ne if i remember correctly. I stood up and walk out acting as if my phone is ringing. I went outside the yard into my car atleast KFC will do im really hungry rhaaa and that meat look so juicy. As im about to start the car MK knocked on the window i 

rolled it out.) 

 

Me: MK 

Mk: I figured you're punishing her that way i went for a second plate here eat you'll die of hunger 

Me: Sengwayo i was going to buy KFC that's how hungry i am. 

 

I took the plate from him and started to eat gosh. If she's the one that cooked here im sold i dont think this punishment will go anywhere. After and hour 4 taxes where here people got in with her clothes and kist( undofela khona) since my family has now blended with the Tolo family they also got inside the taxi. I was driving my white Family SUV. I love this car it gives me that im a family man typer vibe. I got inside the car i saw Lwandle coming with the sisters expect Ntombi and Azi He opened the door for them and he got infront seat. 

 

Zimbini: Molo bhuti.  

Me: Molo Tolokazi ukahle? 

Zimbini:Siyaphila Sengwayo singezwa kunina. 

Me:Cha konke uhamba kahle ntombi. Eh wonke umuntu udlile, usuthi, uchamile, unawo futhi amanzi. 

Lwandle: Let me check water e back. Did you buy gummy bears? 

Me:Yah and bring biltong too. 

Lwandle: Sure. ( he loaded everything with us and shared the snacks amang us. I really wanted to have a conversation with her maybe i should ndingabe ndibonisa abantu sixabene im sure she didnt tell her sister. 

 

Me:Lwandle please seat with Zimbini i want my wife next to me( i looked at her she smiled. And climb out the car she didnt even wait for Lwandle to reply. What a laugh. I was driving with my hand on her thigh. 

 

Zine: can we separate the front. (i did that and ialso i was giving my brother a pribate moment cause his taken by Two) 

Zine: Im sorry Sengwayo ndiphatheke kakubi nyani what i did to you was uncalled for and im sorry i was drunk and stupid and this whole thing going on i didnt know how to tell you but saying those hateful and the disrespect i gave you im truly sorry wenokhethiweyo. Find it in your heart to forgive me. 

Me: Ndakuxolela ke. 

Zine: Thank you. But i have a question, why didn't you tell me? 

Me: i didnt want to ruin the surprise. And i enjoyed loving you over the phone. We will visiting your disrespect act when im comfortable. (she looked at me with tearing eyes) Me: are you on periods  

Zine: No why Me: uyatefa. 

Zine: Andi tefi mna qha i miss you. 

Me: Okay ke. Jonge ke Mfazi nxasifika endlini awusuki nangotshe ecaleni kwam. And utya into endiyityayo.. I'm sure uyaliwe kowenu. 

Zine : ( she bow her head , submission is loadings) ewe Sengwayo bathi indoda iyamanyelwa. 

Me : Ewe ke mfazi wam. 

Zine : Mnyeni wam. It feels weird though. Me: ewe stick to Sengwayo please. ( we laughed) 

.....  

We arrived at home everything was set my mother and aunties were busy singing. It was a joyfully noise. I packed the car and we climb out I walked over to my mom and hugged her i love this woman. 

 

Mama: Kumandi ne 

Me: ewe mama, please ubaxelele to treat my wife good. 

Mama: Uyazikakuhle kaloku i shit yi shit kum. ( and that there is why i dont want my wife that close to her shes your phumasilwe, shes your uvelaphi ndiye nam. And thats what im trying to suppress to mamTolo i can't t deal with my mom and her too. Even my dad can't handle my mom he will be like if I dealt with her long time ago she wouldn't be like this. Like practical umama uyakwazi uqibelisa uthetha) 

 

It was time to welcome umakoti endlini encinci thats the ancestral house and trouble is about to erupt. 

 

Me: Tatomcinci 

Tanci: Nyana dont worry wena... 

Me: Can i have a minute 

Tanci: Sure( we went aside) 

Me: Bendizocela unkosikazi wam angathelwa nge nyongo angamutyi utsiki. 

Tanci: haibo kwedini what are you trying to say. That is our way of doing things that is how we welcome a wife in this house. 

Me: Dont worry about that tanci she will be welcomed as a new member of the family but without those 2 things. 

Tanci: Hayi kodwa o Zungu.. Iva nakuya uyihlo mbize ( dad came and stand between us) 

Dad: Im with my son on whatever he wants 

Tanci :Lomntana uthi umfazi angathelwa nge nyongo! ( everyone look at us) Zungu:Ngoku why are you shouting. 

Tanci: This is a disgrace! Rather take that girl and go with her im not going to part of this mna. 

Me: you are shouting. 

Zungu: you intern to Forget.. 

Tanci: hayi suka mfondini wakhe wamvaphi uNkosikazi ongatyi tsiki!! ( everyone kept quiet and looked at us shit im not liking this at all. Lwandlle came to me and held my hand trying to calm me down) 

Lwandle: Tanci are you going to welcome u mamTolo yes or no. 

Tanci: No, never if she's not going to do things the right way. 

Lwandle: Okay, please go to the house i bought with my money and pack everything leave the car i bought. And your child will have to drop out at the University cause i wont be paying the fees( his voice is so calm and chilled full of anger) 

Tanci: Mxm, eeh mamelani ke bakwethu masingeneni wena Biyela iza namanzi phaya ndizothandaza. ( he said that walking away.) 

Lwandle:I dont know your reasons but i trust them. Ive seen your God and if what you're doing right now is the right way then i will gladly want my wife take that part. Eeh Tanci before you pray i would like to speak to Dlangamandla. ( we payed our attention to him guys my family loves drama like really)  

Lwandle: Ndicela ulobola ingane yakho u Zimbini ngoku azokwazi unxityiwa abikwe okuba ungumfazi apha namhlanje. ( i turned to look as Zimbini hugging her sister crying wheee it seems like she doesnt want this) 

Dlangamandla : Ewe kaloku Manzini yilonto bendilungisile zonke intombi ukuze nikhethe. Sondela nyana sondela. 

Tanci:Thixo uyathakatha Dlangamandla yintoni lee uyenzayo ko nyana bam mfondini( we all laughed at him.) 

 

 After 3 hours of back and forth and eating and dancing and gift exchange my spiritual father arrived just before the ladies we called for changing and to be given new names. We entered my praying house i call it my war room it is all white with paper scriptures, and prayer points all over the all wall.My spiritual father he is a pastor and marriage counselor.  

 

Pst Socikwa: Molweni bantabam. I made and extra paper as you requested son. I wont take long let's join hands and pray. Ungumdali uyadumiseka, uxolo nguwe uthando iyawakuba nguwe. Thank lord for abantwana abazibona ubudoda ngo thatha abafazi. 

Wena wamdala umntu ngemfuzo nokufana nawe you created Eva from Adam's rib. 

When Adam woke up and he saw the woman wathi loo lithambo lathambo am. 

Asinokuphikisa ilizwi lakho ngoba utshilo that a man will leave his mother and father to be one with his wife. Now Lord bless and guide this union cause the devil will come to strike but wena Yehova babiyele ngasemva nangaphambili. Amen.  

Us: Amen.  

Pst Socikwa:After the man acknowledged the woman. Genesis 2:25 says " That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they became ond flesh. Adam and his wife both naked and they felt no shame." By this verse im saying to you be one so much that you'll fight for each others battles, pray for each other. And i advise you that tonight be naked and feel no shame with your wife and husband. Im not talking about sex Lwandle im talk about secrets that you know very well they might destroy you. Tell them every thing and let you not judge. Ephesians 5:22 says wives, submit yourselves to your own husband as you do to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife.25 Husband, love your wives just Christ loved the Church. Amen 

Us:amen 

Pst Socikwa: hayike the rings. (i took out her ring and mine she just smiles, Lwandle took out rings also i looked at him he winked. After this we need a talk mna naye.)  

 

Pst Socikwa blessed the rings we repeated after him the vowes we signed and he said will contact us. we prayed and we walked outside everyone was singing. Just then our wives we taken by the women to other room inside the house and i was left with my brothers and everyone we were now drinking just to keep the day going. 

 

Tanci: Mtshana khawutsho what are your reasons of not wanting to do things the right way. 

Me: firstly Tanci the is no right way but the way of someone who chooses it. Mna im not disputing that the are no ancestors. No bakhona they once lived and walked the grounds of this earth and they passed straight to the land of the dead. Where the dead nor the living has no businesses with each other . Cause after the grave there is no choice or plans. I dont mind remembering them visiting their graves to clean or show a family member that so an so sambeka apha. But problems starts when we praise them, when we say we pray or ask them things so they can tell God that doesnt make any sense cause Jesus said his the only way to the father and that the Father is jealous God that is why he said lets not create our own god emhlabeni. Even God has no idea of what we are doing we say talk to the spirit of this person osemancwabeni emsamo where as on the day of the burial we said umphemlo empefumlweni meaning to go back to God then umhlaba emhlabeni. Even the symbol of inyongo and utsiki ngeba ndithi its fine ne cause inyongo heals and u tsiki yinyama but the problem starts when you declare and speak over those things. We say oManzini oSengwayo should protect. Which one cause uyamazi ubhuti wakho ebeligwala njee engena mali futhi. (they all laughed) 

Tanci:ndakuva ke nyana. As long it will work for you. Mna i support you. 

Lwandle: so im married.(everyone laughed and wanted the story) 

Lwandle:so when we were inside the car i told her kuthi i want to marry her. She Siad no and her reason was she has a boyfriend. Ndathi nzokushata and uzoba ngu Nkosikazi ko Zungu namhlanje. After that i kept quiet and she began to cry saying im cruel i dont have a heart. Ndathi exactly my point my heart is you. (we laughed ow what a beautiful day it has been.) 

 

Dlangamandla ?