Insert 48 I bought airtime and a packet of peanuts, and went back to the car. The love birds were talking and laughing, Lukhona seemed so happy and I couldnt bring myself up to ruin his happiness. I couldnt do that. Lukhona: singaya mos Msihlana nhe? Me: sure bro. He started his car and drove off.. Lukhona: hee, utya iPeanuts? Uyazilungiselela na phopho? Yomelela laughed. Me: hee, hay khayeke maan Lukhona. Cant a guy eat peanuts njee? Lukhona: ndiyabuza nam. Yomelela: uzilungiselela for ntoni? Lukhona: hes getting married. So inoba ufuna ufika eready. Yomelela: hes getting married?? The shock she carried in her voice nearly blew our cover. Lukhona: ewe, you sound shocked nje baby, yintoni? Yomelela: oh, no. He looks young, thats all. Lukhona: hes not young. Okanye Msihlana umncinci? Me: yakhe yakhona indoda encinci? Ingathi andisohliki kule moto, ndingekaxelelwa izimanga. Lukhona: hahaha, awunachuku! I kept quiet. I was not comfortable with being there, and Yomelela was so chilled. It was like she has never seen me before. We got home. Lukhona: sifikile ke Msihlana, Ill see you later. Me: sure ke. Nihambe kakuhle. Yomelela: bye, Msihlana. I stepped out of the car and walked away. Sis Zoe was watching TV when I got into the house. Zoe: hey, youre back. Uphi omnye? Me: uhm, he went to visit his friends. Zoe: ooh, unee friends kanti apha. I nodded. Zoe: okay, khawuhlale apha phantsi. Ndifuna ukuthetha nawe. She had a low tone, I sat down. Zoe: yhe wethu, utata wakho ebekhe wakubalisela ngalento yakhe yofuna ukuvula iBusiness? Me: ye catering? ewe, ebekhe wayithetha into enjalo. Zoe: Sihle, andiyiboni ingumbono oRight mna lo wale business. I looked at her. Zoe: I mean, in a month or so, mna naye siyahamba. Uzakuyishiya nabani lo business? What if it doesnt work out? Into endiyicingayo mna yile yokuba ezakusebenzisa imali ebekufanele uyayi save(r) for nina. Me: uthini yena xa uthetha naye? Zoe: akafuni nova. Wakhe wambona phi umntu oqala ibusiness gqiba ayishiye ingekabi established kakuhle? Thats like applying for failure mos. Me: I see, but yena he sounds confident enough. Zoe: Sihle, sometimes confidence is not enough. Sometimes you need to be realistic and face the real obstacles that youre facing. Me: I get you, uphi yena ngoku? Zoe: uyavasa, uthi ufuna ndimkhaphe ayothenga izinto for his business. Hay Sihle, le ndoda is just wasting money ngalento. Me: uneenkani ke, akuzoba lula umjika iingqondo. Zoe: khawumzame nawe wethu, sincedisane. He cant be using iimali zakhe zoyeka emsebenzini kwinto engazophumelela maan. Yhuu hay uMonwabisi. Me: ndizakuzama ke nam, and see if- Monwabisi walked down the stairs.. Monwai: son, youre back.. Me: yeah. I just got here. Monwai: uphi uLuks? Me: usaye etown. Zoe looked at me.. Me: uhm, to visit his friends. Monwai: oh okay, so wena what are your plans for the rest of the day? Me: gym, gym and more gym. Monwai: ndicela uhambe nathi ke. Me: niya phi? Monwai: ndifuna ukuthenga izinto that Ill need to start my business. Zoe and I looked at each other. Me: oh, okay. Let me take my bag ke, youll drop me off at the gym xa ugqibile uthenga ezi zinto. Monwai: okay. I went to my room and packed everything I needed for my gym session. Zoe and Monwai were still in living room, waiting for me. Me: Im ready ke, we can go. We got to the car and drove off.. Zoe: mfounele ke uLukhona umxelele uba asikho. Me: Ill text him on the way. Monwai: uLukhona seneetshomi apha kodwa uyafika, wena kudala waba lapha kodwa zange ndabona tshomi yakho ngaphandle kwala raki ingu Luke. Me: andina friends mna. ULuke yena kuba ndikhula naye, hes almost like a brother to me. Monwai: you mean a sister. Luke would kill you xa enokuva usithi hes like a brother to you. I laughed. I missed my crazy-ass friend. Zoe: so, how much are you going to spend kwezi zinto uzakuzithenga? Monwai: Im not sure, ngoba? Zoe: hay, ndiyabuza nje. Monwai: oh. Me: so, sewunaye umntu ozakumshiya in charge of your business ke? Monwai: no, not yet. But ndizakumfumana. I just have to get everything ready kqala. Zoe: ingathi kum ngewuqala uqiniseke ngomntu, before you waste imali kulento. Monwai: waste imali? Me: what she means is that, getting a business off the ground is not easy. Thats why kufuneka uqiniseke ngee employees zakho ukuba nazo zinalo mbono nawe unawo na. Zoe: ewe, and ke abantu abafani. La mntu anga relax(er) kuba eyazi uba uBoss wakhe akekho. Me: ibethe wena ke ngoku lo nto in the long run. Monwai: okay. Zoe: mna I think you should wait. Wait for the right time for all of this. Monwai: now is the time. Me: but you still havent looked for the employees yet. Zoe: and you dont know whether your business will- Monwai: hey maan, hey hey hey!!! Yintoni na? Yintoni? Zoe: haybo, calm down. Siyancokola apha. Monwai: anincokoli maan, youre trying to change my mind. Mamelani apha, andizomamela obu bugqwirha nindenzela bona mna, niyeva? Me: yho! Zoe: baby please, were trying to help apha. Monwai: trying to help? Trying to help right now would be telling me where to do my shopping. We kept quiet. Monwai: hayini maan, whats with the negative energy? Zoe: there is no negative energy apha Monwabisi, kanti ungumntu onjani na wena lento ungafuni umamela? Monwai: ndimamele ntoni? The negative side of starting a business? No thanks. We got to town and he parked his car, opened his door and stepped out of the car. Zoe and I stepped out of the car too, Monwai locked it and we walked into the store. Monwai: andifuni ukuphinda ndibuve obu bugqwirha benu nina. Me: hee, ndicela ungasikhwazi ngobugqwirha phakathi kwabantu. Zoe: uyasijongisa maan Monwabisi, sizakuthetha ufika kwethu endlini. He walked faster, Zoe and I followed after him. Me: hey hay maan, mandilinde emotweni mna. Zoe: ngoba? We need to stop him. Me: hay, you need to stop him. Not mna. Ndiyayonqena mna into ebiza amehlo. Zoe: okay ke, Ill try my best mna. Me: okay. Tata, ndicela undinike isitshixo semoto, Ill wait in the car. Monwai: ngoba? Me: because, I want to. Monwai: okay. Ina ke. He handed me the car keys and walked away. Hay ngekhe, bazakuthi abantu yindoda etheni le ikhwazwa ngobugqwirha? I got into the car and listened to music. My phone rang, it was Silusapho.. Me: baby? Silu: bhuti, unjani? Me: ndi right, wena? Silu: nam ndi right. Hee, you wont believe into endehlele ksasa ke. Me: yintoni? Silu: akangcole utatuMonwabisi. Yhu hay sana bhuti. Me: utheni? Silu: xa enondifounela, esithi ufuna ilaptop yakhe. Kanti ebengandiphanga na le laptop? Mxm. Me: haybo Silusapho, wawuthe uyayiboleka nje nawe. Silu: I thought uyandipha kaloku mna njena. Me: hay Silu maan, so uzakumnika nini? Silu: ndithe makazoyithatha ilaptop yakhe namhlanje. Me: awunambulelo kodwa Silusapho. Umntu akunike ilaptop for ixesha elide kangaka and you thank him ngolo hlobo? Silu: whose side are you on? Me: akho sides apha mfondini, you were wrong. Kwale ndlela uthethe ngayo ayikho right. You should apologise. Silu: oh. Me: uyandiva? Silu: ndiyakuva bhuti, ndicela undiboleke le yakho ke. Me: okay, ndizakunika. Eyam xa ndiyifuna ke mna andizomelana ne drama, nhe? Silu: okay. Uza nayo nini? Me: namhlanje, xa kuzolandwa leyo. Silu: okay ke, enkosi. Me: sure. She hung up. I listened to music, till I dozzed off.. Someone knocked on my window, waking me up. I opened my eyes, it was Zoe. I unlocked the car and she stepped in.. Me: anikagqibi? Zoe: yhu hay, ndoyisiwe mna. UMonwabisi has made up his mind mos ngalento. Me: myeke, let him learn from his mistakes. Zoe: njani? Yimali le sithetha ngayo apha Sihle. Once le mali ibe wasted, ayizophinda ibuye. Me: but what can you do? She kept quiet and folded her arms. Me: myeke, we all need to make our own mistakes sometimes. Zoe: yho, hay sana. Me: you guys will end up fighting over this. Myeke. Zoe: ndiyakuva, but ayikho lula lo nto. Me: ayikho into onoyenza kodwa. Zoe: hhmm.. She took a deep sigh. Me: myeke mama, thats all you can do now. We waited for him to finish his shopping, then he came to the car with a lot of stuff that he needed for his catering business. He filled the boot and got into the car.. Monwai: so, you two are not going to support me kulento? Me: We are. We have no reason not to support you. Zoe kept quiet. Monwai: its fine, if umntu akafuni ukuba yi part yale family business, its okay. He started his car and drove off. Monwai: now I have to start looking for abantu to employ. Emtshatweni wakho Sphesihle, kuzakupheka iTeam yam. Me: mmhh, thats great. Monwai: it really is great. Me: how many people are you looking for? Monwai: I dont know yazi, Ill see kodwa. Im not dropping you off e gym(ini), I need you to help me with these. Me: okay. We got home and I helped him offload everything he bought. Zoe: mazihlale apha eGarage ezi zinto, theyll be more safer here. Monwai: you think so? Zoe: ewe. Monwai: okay ke. Masizibeke apha ke Sphesihle. We placed everything on the garage floor and walked into the house. Zoe: besizakuya kwa Mary ke no Sihle. Monwai: kukho ntoni? Zoe: ndifuna abone uMasande. Ndifuna akhaphe uMasande emtshatweni ka Sihle, noba ukhaphe noSilusapho. Monwai: oh okay, ningahamba ke. Zoe: beka ezi zinto Sihle, sizohamba. Me: okay, but ikhona i-need yoba ndiyombona? I mean, I wont even know what to look for. Zoe: ndifuna ujonge ukuba uyakholwa na nguye. Me: oh okay. We got into the house. Zoe: Ill make us something to eat ke before sihambe. Monwai and went to sit in the living room. Monwai: andidinwe maan, yho! Me: I can imagine. Monwai: yazi Sihle, umama wakho uyandibhida. Uyandibhida maan mna umntu ongakwazi ukuba supportive ngee dreams zomnye umntu. Me: shes just worried, thats all. Monwai: worried about what? Its not like I am heading for disaster mos. Me: you dont know that. Monwai: so nawe ucinga ukuba this will fail? You think I will fail? ..How do you tell someone whos that confident that he MIGHT fail? I kept quiet. Monwai: Ive got this. Umama wakho makafunde ukundithemba qha yena. Me: hhmm.. I nodded.. You see, thats what happens when you are dealing with someone whose dreams and hopes are not what the society is used to. We come from a society that expects people to dream about being doctors, the minute you start dreaming about being something else, people stop taking you seriously. Its not you they dont trust, its your dream. They dont trust that your dream will take you anywhere in life. My phone rang, I didnt recognise the number.. Me: hello? Caller: Sihle, this is Yommie. Uright? Me: ufuna ntoni? Yomelela: uright na? I stole your number from Lukhonas phone. Me: hee mfondini, ufuna ntoni? Yomelela: okay fine, jonga nhe, ndicela ifavour. Ndicela ungamxeleli uLukhona about us, uyeva? I dont want to hurt him, and Im sure nawe you dont want that. Me: jonga ke nhe, ungaphindi undifounele, make this your last call you ever make to me. Yomelela: yintoni na ingxaki yakho? I dont want uLukhona to get hurt apha, I love this guy. Please ungabi ngumfazi and talk about what you and I had. Me: mxm, I dont have time for this. When I was about to hang up.. Yomelela: wait, listen.. Me: Yomelela, I have nothing to say to you. Monwabisi looked at me. I cleared my throat.. Me: I have nothing to say to you. Yomelela: promise me you wont tell him. Me: and why would I promise you that? I will say what I want to say about the matter, what you want me to say means nothing to me. Yomelela: but Sihle, we were young ela xesha, its not like nawe mos wawuyazi into owawuyenza. Ewe wawuyenza into yakho, but thats because kwamna mos ndandingazi nto. So please, lets not hurt Lukhona ke ngale nto. I promise Ill stay out of your way. Do it for your brother, hes the one who will get hurt apha, not me... She hung up.
Posted on: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:11:29 +0000
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