Chapter 23 — WRITTEN IN THE STARS

WRITTEN IN THE STARS
23
LUYANDA
I begged Mbali to not tell Sbani anything, I'll tell her when I'm ready. I'm just afraid because amidst all of this, that man is her father inlaw and she warned me to stay away from her.
“How much did he give you?” She asks, I sigh a bit.
“R20 000 for a picture of my boobs and then the stacks of money he gave me..I didn't count it.” I say, she shakes her head.
“You messed up.” She says, I get out of bed and we walk to the lounge. I'm feeling a bit better, I'm not so sure mentally. I sit on the couch while she goes to the kitchen to make coffee for me.
“So you don't want to get him arrested?” She asks, I shake my head. What's the use? I'm the one who approached him and he did what he did. A loud knock comes through the door and we stare at each other.
“Who could that be?” She asks going to open the door, once she opens the door. She falls on the floor and I stand up.
“Sbani what are you doing? you just pushed her!” I say, she keeps quiet and slaps Mbali who's still on the floor.
“How dare you?” She asks, Mbali stands up holding her cheek. Why is she fighting her though?
“Why are you slapping me?!” Mbali asks her, it doesn't take a second till Sbani slaps her again. She looks so angry..
“Heh mahn fokof stop slapping me!” Mbali says, Sbanisenkosi pulls her hair and Mbali retaliates by fighting her back. I run towards them and try pulling them apart.
“Stop it!” I say shouting at them, they continue fighting till I pull Mbali away and stand infront of her.
“Sbani what's wrong? just tell us the problem and stop fighting !” I say, she tries reaching out for Mbali but I stop her.
“Sbanisenkosi!” I shout.
“Ung'jwaela amasimba wena! you have a very loose pussy Mbali!” She shouts, kanti what's happening?
“You can't just come here and hit me Sbani!” Mbali shouts at her, Sbanisenkosi tries grabbing her but I push her back, even Mbali is trying to grab her.
“Crushing on my brother is one thing but sleeping with him? uyanya sisi!” She shouts, I glare at Mbali. She slept with Luzuko?

“You slept with Luzuko?” I ask her and before I know it, Sbanisenkosi pushes me out of the way and grabs Mbali. I step back because clearly Mbali doesn't feel any remorse for what she did, she's fighting back. If she knew she was wrong then she would've let Sbani hit her.
“So what if I slept with him? wena ungenaphi?” She asks pushing Sbani who grabs her hair.
“Fokof Mbali, fokof!” Sbani says kicking her, Mbali falls on the ground and tries standing up but Sbani kicks her.
“You've crossed boundaries Mbali, Luzuko is engaged and you just ruined everything! you're a hòe!” Sbani says.
“He enjoyed! He didn't stop me, don't fùck with me Sbanisenkosi.” She says, Sbani steps back.
“How do you feel? do you feel proud?” Sbani asks her with disgust written all over her face.
“I feel proud because I always wanted to do that and I did!” Mbali shouts, Sbanisenkosi holds herself for a few seconds, she was about to beat her up.
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SBANISENKOSI
I can't believe Mbali right now, she's not even showing any remorse for the bullshìt that she did.
“You're very serious on beating me up forgetting that I'm as loose as you Sbani. Don't act like a saint just because you're in a relationship with a person you met in a club!” She says.
“Hei, ungazo nya la wena. Out of the three of us, you're the loose one! you even went as far as sleeping with my brother? with that loose pussy of yours!” I say.
“You love acting like a saint and you're not a saint! this doesn't even result to half of the things you did wena! You slept with married men for money! you danced for them in clubs! you opened your legs for them for money. You're the hòe you keep saying I am my dear.” She says.
“Mbali have I ever slept with your brother or cousin? huh? For a dick, you're sacrificing our friendship? wow.” I say.
“Don't ask me shìt.” She says fixing herself, I shake my head. She feels so proud of whatever she did and it hurts. She just ruined my brother's love life.
“I don't want to see you ever again.” I say wiping off the blood on my cheek because she scratched me.

“That's fine by me sisi, it's totally fine.” She says walking to the bedroom, I grab my phone and text Christopher.
“Are you sure you want to end the sisterh...” I cut Luyanda short.
“I'm done with Mbali, I don't want to see her. If you want us to meet up, then she must not be there. We'll meet separately..” I say sitting on the high chair.
“I can't even believe Luzuko would do something like this..” I say heaving a sigh. I feel betrayed by my own best friend and brother.
“Luyanda ask her to leave, she doesn't want her presence to be surrounded by hoes right? she should leave.” She says walking to the sink.
“If my presence affects you so much then you should be the one leaving.” I say, she glares at me and clicks her tongue.
“Busy acting like a saint, I wonder if Christopher knows about your ways of making money back in the day.” She says.
“What? do you plan on seducing him too like you did with my brother? unganya keh sisi.” I say.
“Moss wena you can seduce my dad anytime? you're not to be trusted.” I say, she glares at Luyanda then at me.
“He might just be next on my list.” She says, I grab the glass of water on the counter and throw it at her. It hits her head and she screams, I click my tongue and storm out of the apartment. She disgusts me so much..
I jump in the car and sit in there for a while, everything ends right? our friendship can also end. It's not a big deal. Why am I saying it's not a big deal but I'm crying? I lean against the steering wheel, cry for a while.. for someone who's been my best friend since pre-school, it's shocking.