#30 Zanele cried until she felt numb, the tears couldnt come out anymore then she laid in her bed staring into space. She thought about supper and looked at the time it was 17:15 so she woke up and wiped her face, she looked at herself in the mirror her eyes were red and swollen then she decided to go to the bathroom and wash her face then opened her door and closed it making her way to the bathroom. On the way sir Ace was walking up the stairs coming from work, she walked faster hoping to pass him engekafiki but it was too late and they met. He looked at her and said hey babe she said hey without looking at him and tried to pass but he held her arm. Zanele: ndicela undiyeke torho (looking away) Anele: utheni Zar? Zanele: akhonto. Anele: your eyes are red and swollen have you been crying? Is it Nandi? Zanele: no its not her Anele: talk to me babe (he held her chin and made her look at him) whats wrong? Zanele looked at him and so badly wanted to tell him she thinks shes pregnant but was afraid of his reaction. She couldnt bare the thought of him saying he wants nothing to do with her or the baby. Someone walked up the stairs, it was Nandi, Zanele tried to pull away from Anele but he still held her arm and said well talk Im not going to let this go Zar Nandi saw Anele holding Zaneles arm and looked surprised and frowned then looked at Zanele Nandi: kwenzeka ntoni apha? Zanele utheni na wena amehlo abomvu usandova umphanga? Zanele tried to wiggle her arm away from Aneles hand and he let her go. Zanele: its personal mam Nandi: suzilibala kaloku uba funeka uphekile asifuni utya late thina. Zanele: okay Then she left them standing and went to the bathroom and locked the door. She washed her face and wiped it then went to cook supper . Nandi was sitting in the lounge and Enzo was in his room playing TV games. Nandi: yenza ichicken stew namhlanje! Zanele: okay mam!(Shouting from the kitchen) Zanele peeled some veggies and prepared for supper, after that she took Isipho and fed her then wamfaka kwi walking ring because she loved walking with it. Moments later the smell of the chicken stew started to become strong, waveske wa naar uZanele and decided to go up and take her black scarf then went back down stairs and rapped it around her face covering her nose and mouth she looked like a ninja. Anele came to the kitchen and took out a can of windhoek and stared at her with a confused look, he opened the can and looked at her but she ignored him and washed Isiphos milk bottles. Anele: Zar Zanele: what sir? Anele: you do know you look ridiculous in that scarf right? Zanele: okay Anele: whats up? Zanele: throat is burning I think Im coming down with flu. Anele: andikuva Zar uzigqume umlomo. Zanele got irritated immediately. Zanele: ndithi my throat is burning sir! Anele: oh let me look for strepsils He looked for strepsils in a container and gave it to her. Zanele: thanks ( she took them then looked at him) Anele looked back and wanted to laugh then said hee Zar ingathi uzokwenza ikarati ndibona amehlo akho qha Zanele: mxim! Please go to your wife and leave me with nopoppy! si right xa sibayi 2 and asiyiqhelanga i3rd party kweli kitshi! Anele: ooooh okay sorry Im going... He walked away Zaneke: nxa!.. She was pissed without realising shes overreacting, the food got ready and she took off the scarf because Nandi would be sarcastic and rude about it and prepared the dining room table and called them to eat and went to fetch Enzo in the room to go and eat, she made herself macaroni with mince and cheese and dished up for herself then looked at Isipho who was next to her doing baby talks. Zanele: nopoppy wam I might be leaving you sooner than I thought, my stomach will grow big and Ill have to hide it but I will miss you and will forever love you okay? Isipho looked at her then looked away and played again. Zanele sighed and finished eating then went to take the plates in the dining room. Nandi: sphakele ichocolate ice cream ogqiba kwakho. Zanele: okay Anele was still looking at her and she walked away then she gave them chocolate ice cream and cleaned up after they were done. She put the kids to bed and went to take a nap early and locked the door. The next day was her pay day, Nandi called her from the lounge and gave her the brown envelope she thanked her and went to her room and packed her clothes then put the envelope in the bag. Anele, Nandi and Enzo left and she was left with Isipho. She looked at Isipho and got teary, then took a picture of her with her phone then she took a picture of them together and said Isi Ill stay for 3 months and leave, not longer than that I need to save some more she knew Isipho was not going to respond but needed exactly umntu onjalo for ukhupha istress sakhe. Later on the members of the house arrived and Zanele did the usual but avoided Anele although it was hard because he kept going to the kitchen or smsing her saying babe you giving me the cold shoulder again, Im still waiting for an explanation of why you were crying the other day Zanele ignored the smses and couldnt wait to go home, the day ended and it was finally saturday she woke up early in the morning and washed the kids then washed herself and wore a navy hugging dress and sandles and sprayed her hair then put on her lipgloss. She went to the mirror to look at herself and saw a little bump in her stomach, then realised it was starting to show then she panicked and wore her white cardigan ngaphezulu wayiqhobosha so cover her stomach. Then opened the door, Anele was standing about to knock . Anele: hey Zar Zanele: hey, Im in a hurry may I pass. Anele: can I have you bank account number? Zanele: why? Anele: its a surprise. Zanele took out a pen a paper and wrote it down then gave it to him. Anele: thanx babe, I miss being with you Zar I dont know why you giving me the cold shoulder these days I once told you ayindiphathi kakuhle lonto Zanele: I have to go please move Anele moved to the side and she walked away her eyes started to get filled up with tears and she quickly wiped them then went down stairs and kissed Enzo and Isipho goodbye, she didnt bother to say goodbye to Nandi because she knew that there wouldnt be any response. She walked up to the stop and waited for a taxi until it finally came then got off in town. She went to Capitec and deposited R1500 into her account then paid Edgars R200. She wanted to deposit more in her savings since she was planing to stop working there. Then she went to clicks and brought the pregnancy test and then she started to get nervous hoping it might come back negative then went to buy meat as usual and fruit and got to a taxi to her home. She called Thandi and asked for uba ahlikele kuye and she did not have a problem, Zanele was avoiding being caught at home some how she didnt feel there wasnt much of a sense of privacy. Her phone beeped it was a message from Anele it read I love you babe and I mean it she put her phone in her bag and wondered if hell still be inlove if he found out she was pregnant. She got off at Thands stop and went to her home and knocked and she shouted come in! Zanele entered and put the plastic bag with meat and fruit down in the kitchen then went to Thandi at the lounge. Zanele: hey girl(sitting down) Thandi: chomy uright? Zanele: Im coping wena? Thandi: Im okay my f Zanele: ndicela uyenzela apha ipregnancy test. Thandi: no problem chomy you can go to the bathroom are you ready? Zanele: I dont really have a choice. Thandi: okay khawuye ke girl. Zanele took out the box from her bag and went to the bathroom , she said a silent prayer hoping there will be 1 line then she peed on the stick and closed her eyes and waited nervously. After a while she took the stick and looked at it and there were 2 lines so it was a positive. Tears stared rolling down her eyes again , it was now confirmed that she is indeed pregnant then went to the lounge, Thandi was laying in the couch watching tv she turned to look at her and saw tears then knew uba things are not looking good. Zanele: ingathi ndiyaphupha chomy, can someone please wake me up from this nightmare. Thandi: oh chomy yam Im sorry (she went to hug her) Zanele: I have to go with the option of giving the baby up for adoption I dont have a choice. Thandi: asizenzi nje ezonto thina chomy, what will your mother say? because uzokubona uba umithi. First tell Anele uve uba uthini. Zanele: I hate Anele shame, I hate him and I hate this baby. Thandi: you dont mean that chomy maybe its the hormones talking and ke awunayo iright yocaphukela umntana yingelosi kaloku le ilapha kuwe. Zanele: andimfuni Thandi lomntana Thandi: next month soqala iclinic Ill come with you, Ill ignore lento uyithethayo ngoba sekhona ke asizobasathini. Zanele: Ill give birth then the next day in the morning Ill take my clothes ibengathi ndiye etoilet and leave the baby there and- Thandi: Zanele futsek maan!!! Zanele froze Thandi: Awuzoshiya usana olubomvu esbhedlele apha! Khange acele ukuza emhlabeni lomntana nimenzile noAnele niyazi nobabini umntu xa engayisebenzi iprotection uyamitha, you must tell him you pregnant you cant hide this from him naye he slept with you without a condom kodwa utshatile naye maka fratse awukwazi ubane stress wedwa tu!! Nxa yena upholile pha kulandlu yakhe utya icocktails kodwa wena uyafa sistress rhaa!.... Zanele kept quiet looking at Thandi while shouting and she was shocked, it was the first time seeing her so angry and didnt realise this situation touched her so much.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 05:35:01 +0000
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