Insert 43 I couldnt stop smiling, I didnt expect such words from her. We got to their car and said our goodbyes. We shook hands and walked away. Monwai handed me the keys and stayed behind with my pastor, I walked to the car and got in, at the back and waited for them.. They took a while, discussing whatever they were discussing, then they came to the car and we drove off.. Pastor: ungabi na worry wena Sphesihle mfana wam, kuzakuba right. Uyeva? Me: ewe, tata. Pastor: zizinto ezincinci ezi, ina.. He handed me the supplements and the dieticians business card. Pastor: uzitye ke ezi pilisi please, nalo mntu umfounele. Monwai: Ill make sure he does. Asinobhidwa yilento. Qha ifuna ukugadwa kwangoku ingekabi yingxaki kakhulu. Pastor: ewe, akhonto yodlula leyo ke. Monwai: hay noko, Ill make sure he takes these supplements. We listened to music the rest of the way to my pastors place. We dropped him off and sped off.. Monwai: siya phi? He looked at me through the rear view mirror. I didnt get his question. Like, what did he mean? Given the fact that he knew where he picked me up, what did he mean? Monwai: son? Me: uhm, siya kwa Ta T-man. Monwai: oh, okay. He turned up his volume and sang along to the sweet melodies he was listening to. We got there and he parked outside.. Monwai: sure ke boy. Silapha ngok. Me: sure. I opened the door.. Monwai: ndicela sithethe. Me: now? Monwai: yes. I closed the door again and looked at him.. Monwai: thank you. Okay, I know I lost it. I didnt mean to say lanto kuwe. Im sorry. Me: apology accepted. Monwai: Sphesihle, Im being serious here. Andithethanga ngendlela ekufanele ndithethe nawe ngayo. Me: I dont really have a problem with you calling me isbhanxa somntana, I know thats not what I am. He looked at me.. Me: my only problem with you is the fact that you are being insensitive ngayo yonke lento. Monwai: eyiphi? Sihle why are you getting worked up ngento ka Busi? Why does it get to you? Me: le nto ka Busi is giving me a clear picture of what must have happened kuwe nowam umama. It makes me see le ndlela wamphatha ngayo after ethe umithi. How everything else turned out the way it did. Monwai: Sphesihle, umitha kuka Zintle I was young. My parents handled everything on my behalf. Me: okay. Monwai: please, come home. Zoe will ask questions xa efika ungekho. Uyafika ksasa. Me: I think we need some time apart. Nditshilo naku bhutThami xa ebuza, Im not mad at you. Monwai: youre not? Me: Im not, mbuze naye what I said to him. Im not mad at anyone. I just want to be here. Monwai: but iyasijongisa lento yenzekayo. Bazakucinga ntoni ooThami? Me: ubuzile and I told him what he had to know. Monwai: eish, khawubuye maan Sphesihle. Iyajongisa lento. Me: look, tata, Id rather be away for a few days. Akhonto iwrong apho. Monwai: Im not saying its wrong nam, but the house is too big when Im alone. Me: uzawuba right nje. He smiled.. Monwai: mxm, awunayo kodwa ingqondo wena. You remind me of myself when I was your age. He said, proudly. Me: Ill call the dietician ke. Monwai: yes, do that. And please let me know uba uthini. Me: I will.. I have to go. Monwai: sure ke ndoda. I stepped out of the car and went into the house. Nobody was home yet, so I watched TV.. My phone rang, it was Thami.. Me: hello? Thami: niphi? Me: sesibuyile, ndilapha endlini. Thami: okay sure. Nihambe grand? Me: ja, sihambe kakuhle. Thami: okay sure. Ill see you in an hour or so. Me: okay sure. He hung up. I decided to start preparing dinner, I was bored. Sino and the kids arrived.. Sino: hhmm, akusanuki kamnandi ekhaya bethuna. She walked into the kitchen.. Me: I was bored, so yeah. Sino: haybo, you dont have to explain why upheka. Tyhini thiza, itheni na le boy. Me: haha, I wasnt explaining. Sino: qha wenzani? I smiled and kept quiet.. Silu walked into the kitchen.. Silu: molo bhuti.. Me: hey baby. Silu: uhambe njani? Me: phi? Silu: hee .. Ndiyivile uba ubuye phi. Sino: uyiva phi? Silu: hahaha, really? Hay mama tshini.. Sino: ndibuza serious ke kanti. Uyiva phi le nto? Silu: ndiyive kutata ethetha over the phone no tata ka bhutSihle. Sino: oh, hay uyazithanda izinto.. Ndicela uyokwenza umsebenzi weskolo ke. Silu: okay. Ill be in my room if you guys need me. Sino: hamba nono. She bounced out of the kitchen.. Sino: so, out with it. Me: what? Sino: Sihle, out with it.. Me: uthetha ngantoni? Sino: kudala ulapha mfondini, you havent exactly told us what happened between you and your father. Me: I told ubhutThami that- Sino: that you dont want to talk about it, yes, I got that part. Now out with it. I wiped my hands on the apron I was wearing.. Me: you wont let go of this nhe. Sino: you know me too well.. Thetha ke. Me: okay. I took off my apron and sat on the kitchen counter.. Me: this is what happened nhe. Sino: what? Me: okay wait, I dont want to discuss izinto zabantu. I dont want to sound like Im talking about people behind their backs. Sino: if it means well get the clear picture of what happened, then out with it. Me: uhm, masithi nje, utata sometimes brings the worst out of me. Sino: thats why you ran away. Kaloku Sihle we know you. Ungahamba endaweni obuhlala kuyo, sube izinto zingahambi ngale ndlela ufuna zihambe ngayo. Me: its not like I had a certain expectation of how things should go, but it happened that lento yenzeke phaya ivuse izinto kum. Sino: Im not good kwi riddles yazi. Ngase kum uyithethe ivakale. Me: okay, utata wenze izinto that made me see him differently. Like, yonke lento wayithetha kum ukuze ndimthembe again ivele yangathi he was lying. Sino: andikuva tuu, worry yam kuzode kufike uThamsanqa ke asiphazamise. Me: mos uthi his parents were the reason why he denied getting my mother pregnant. Sino: ewe? Me: Ive just discovered something that made me believe that nguye wonke lo wandiphika ngenxa yezizathu zakhe. Sino: yho, ubone ntoni wena? Me: nothing important. Qha uhlala kwam naye made me see elinye icala lakhe. Sino: ooh, ndiyabona ke mna. UThamsanqa uske wathi awufuni uthetha. Me: bendingafuni, theres nothing to talk about. Sino: so, uzakuhlala apha for how long ke? Me: until umtshato. Sino: haybo Sihle! Me: what? Sino: hay maan, Im sure this will blow over, whatever it is. Me: it has blown over already. Ndi right, I just want to be here. Sino: nithethile phofu? Ewe, asifuni ukungena iindaba zenu, but ngase nilungise izinto before umtshato. Me: we will. Sino: nyani Sihle, asizimiselanga ungena kwizinto zenu thina, qha xa ningavani akuzoba mnandi nakuthi. Me: I hear you. Thanks. Sino: okay ke, gqibezela ke upheka my good chef. Ndisayovasa mna. She walked away. I jumped off the counter and continued with my chef-duties. When I was done, I went to set the table and everyone came to gather around the dining room table for dinner, Thami was around too. We finished eating and Sino cleared the table while Thami and I went to watch TV. Thami: Ta Monwai called me.. Me: hhmm.. Thami: I heard what happened. I looked at him.. Thami: bendingazohlala kaloku ndingayazi uba nixabana ngantoni na. Me: uthini yena? Thami: he told me everything, as in everything. Me: okay. Thami: iphakathi kwenu, you guys will sort things out ngokwenu. Me: yeah. Thami: mna what I like ngawe is that you walk away from situations that will bring the worst out of you. Me: thats just the thing. Id rather walk away, than to stick around a person and exchange words I dont even mean. Thami: I get you, kwakdala ke boy wawunjalo. Haha kwaku Ncedo. Me: ingxaki I dont trust myself. Mna I have anger issues that Im still dealing with. Walking away helps me think. Thami: yes. Napha ku Zipho wenze njalo ke. If you feel that la msindo wakho uyanyuka, mshiye boy. Go to another room or go for a walk, ungabethi umntana wabantu. Me: hay soze. I can deal with my anger mna. Walking away is the best solution kum. I get time to decide on what to do. Thami: okay ke, ndimxelele kodwa naye ubro ba makakuyeke uhlale apha ude ube grand for ubuyela endlini. I know mos uzobuyela pha, sewuqhele eza upstairs neza swimming pool kalok wena ngoku. We laughed. Thami was the only person who got me, well, him and Sino. Monwabisi thought I wasnt man enough because I RAN away from what had a potential of breaking us for good. He wanted me to stick around and listen to him calling me names until I explode too. I wasnt about that life, Id rather not be a man, if I have to play the word game in order to prove my manhood. Later, we went to bed. My heart was at ease, I didnt have anything against Monwabisi, or anyone else. And, what Zipho said to me just sealed my good mood.. I changed into my pyjamas and knelt down, praying to God for everything that was happening. Then I got into bed and fell asleep. The following morning, I woke up. Everyone was already gone, me and waking up late. I went to take a bath and made myself something to eat. My phone rang, it was Monwabisi. Me: tata? Monwai: boy, uphi? Me: ndilapha ku bhutThami, why? Monwai: ndiyolanda umama wakho ke. Awufun uhamba? Me: uhm, nah, ndisafuna ukuya etown. Monwai: entweni? Me: kukho into endiyoyijonga. Monwai: okay then.. Well see you later. Me: okay sure. He hung up. I didnt want to be a part of that united front he desperately wanted to present to his wife.. Monwabisi and I were better off apart. He honestly brought the worst out of me. I had to be away from him, in order to maintain my sanity. There are just those people that you sometimes need to be away from, those people who suphocate you with whatever they offer you, whether its good or bad. Bayakuxina qha and you cant breathe. I had breakfast and then went to watch TV.. At about 12, Silu came home.. Me: haybo, early kangaka? Silu: ndilibele ilaptop yam. Utata nanku phandle, ndiziswe nguye. Me: une laptop na ngok? Hee. Silu: le ka tatakho, inoba ebendipha kalok, why else would he borrow me his laptop? UThixo akaphi ngasandla mntaka mama. She ran to her room.. Few minutes later, she ran back into the living room.. Silu: I have to go ke nhe.. Me: uzayithini laptop? Silu: I have a school project that I typed, daddys gonna print it out emsebenzini wakhe and well submit it kwanamhlanje. Me: uyamsokolisa yho. Silu: haha whatever.. Ill see you later bhutwam. Me: sharp, love y- She ran off and banged the door, I smiled to myself. I was channel hopping, everything was not worth watching. I must have fallen asleep, because a knock woke me up.. I wasnt expecting anyone, but I went to open. It was Luke, wearing a pinkish pair of leggings and a Black top. He had these phly hairstyles, the ones these little girls do. How can I explain this hairstyle? But someone cuts hair from one side of the head and leave the other side with hair. What do you call that? Yes, that. Luke had that.. Luke: sgantsontso sam.. Unjani sweety? He threw himself at me, we shared a hug. He broke the hug and walked in.. Me: ndi right, how did you know ba ndilapha? Luke: really? Youre asking me that? I closed the door and we went to sit down.. Me: yes Im asking you that. Luke: oh, bendiye pha kowenu and utatakho told me you moved out. Me: oh. Okay. Ubuye nini? Luke: thats not the point. Why did you move out? Me: njee maan, ubufuna ntoni? Luke: cant I visit my friend na? Ndikucingile mfondini. Oow, izinto zabantu abangaqhelanga uthandwa ke. Me: mxm.. Luke: hay nyani, you should treasure oluthando ndikunika lona, youre not get it anywhere else mos. Me: would you like anything to drink? Luke: and to eat too, ndilambile. Yazi, if I didnt know any better, Id say ndimithi. Ndiyatya maan. Me: but you know better. Masambe siye kitchen. Ill fix you something to eat. We went to the kitchen and I made him a sandwich.. Luke: bendifuna nokubonisa imoto yam ke sana. Me: imoto? Unemoto? Luke: ubani? Undithatha njani na sana? uthi ndihlalele ntoni kula ndlu? Nditya idollar nono.. He laughed.. Me: heres your sandwich. Luke: thanks. I gave him his sandwich with a glass of juice. He ate.. Luke: so, what happened? Me: nothing happened, qha ndiqonde mandize apha. Luke: ndikugibisele ngale juice ke mna ba uzobe uxoka apha. Me: you wouldnt dare. Luke: utsho? Try me. Me: gibisela! He threw the glass at me, as full as it was. It hit me and then fell on the floor. Me: Luke!! Uphambene na wena? Luke: uthe mandigibisele mos. Me: ukhe ube dom yaz wena. Luke: Im sorry ke. Me: mxm.. I took a mop and wiped the floor, he came to help me pick up the broken glass from the floor. Me: izakuvaseka ke lento kule T-shirt? Luke: andizoyazi ke. Me: uyadika kodwa mfethu. Luke: dont worry maan, Ill buy you another T-shirt. Ufuna zibe ngaphi? I looked at him.. Luke: what? Ndizakuthengela nyani maan. I went to the spare room, to change. I was wet, I had to take a quick bath.. ULuke sisdenge maan.. I took my toiletry bag and went to the bathroom to take a bath. When I was done, I went to my room to get dressed. Luke was there, sitting on my bed.. Luke: xolo wethu. Me: okay. I wasnt about to get dressed in his presence, so I took my clothes and went back to the bathroom to get dressed. Later, we watched TV, till he had to leave. He said his goodbyes and left, he just came to visit and show me his new car. Things happened so fast for Luke. The whole family got home.. We had a long chat, sharing how our day went. Then I went to my room.. I took my laptop and sat on the bed.. Someone knocked on my door.. Me: ngena! Silu walked in.. Silu: bhuti? Me: hmm? I was still staring at my laptop screen. Silu: ndicela undincedise kule homework. Me: sure.. I looked at her.. Silu: ina.. She handed me her notebook.. Me: yenziwe ndim le homework? Silu: uzandincedisa. Me: okay. Hlala phantsi kaloku. She sat next to me.. Silu: how are you? Me: how am I? Is that part of your homework? Silu: hahaha uyaphoxa na? Ndiyabuza ba unjani na. Me: ndi right mntaka mama, unjani wena? Silu: ndi right nam.. Can I tell you something? Me: yeah? I flipped through the pages of her notebook. Silu: I know whats going on apha. I looked at her. Me: huh? Silu: ndiyivile yonke lento yenzeka apha. Me: eyiphi? Silu: you, you had a fight with your father. He called you a fool and he said you are interfering on things that dont concern you. Me: who told you that? She shrugged her shoulders.. Silu: nobody. Ndive utata ethetha efounini. Me: your parents say a lot in your presence, young lady. Silu: so, is it true? I kept quiet.. Silu: so it is true. Nam bendizakucaphuka, but ke ndinombuzo mna. Me: hhmm? Silu: utata wakho wamxolela ngalanto yongakukhulisi? Me: haybo? Silu: ndicela uphendule. Me: ndamxolela. Masenze le homework yakho Silusapho. Silu: so if uthi wamxolela, why does everything he does to you or around you take you back to what he did in the past? Me: no, its not like izinto azenzayo zindibuyisela kula nto. Silu: qha? Me: qha masenze le homework maan. Silu: yima nge homework bhuti torho, sisathetha. Me: usathetha! Silu: okay fine, ndisathetha. I looked at her.. Silu: bhutwam, uyayazi ndiyakuthanda and ndiyakuhlonipha nhe. Me: but? Silu: hehe, but I think le nto uyenzayo ayikho right. Me: eyiphi? Silu: okay I know utatuMonwabisi naye akekho right by calling you a fool. Nobody is a fool. But wena eyakho iwrong kakhulu bhuti ngoba icacile uba zange umxolele. Me: Silusapho, ndamxolela utata. Silu: but ubuyele kulo nto ngoku bekusenzeka le into phakathi kwenu. You mentioned lena. Luxolo olunjani olo bhutSihle? Yhu, I kept quiet.. Silu: usindisiwe mntaka mama, xa uthandaza uthi usixolele izono zethu, njengokuba nathi sibaxolela abo basonayo thina, wena utsho njani ke? Okanye uyayitsiba lo ndawo. Me: thats enough Silusapho! Silu: Im just saying. Me: jonga, masenze le homework yakho maan wena. Silu: andina homework mna, I just wanted to get your attention qha. She got up.. Silu: usindisiwe bhuti, cela uThixo wakho akoyisele le nqala ingaka unayo. Its not good for you. She walked out, leaving me in tears.. Her words hit home..
Posted on: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 11:34:09 +0000
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