Scene 203 @Ntsikas Diary He arrived at Rooneys business premises, only Rooney and two of his employees were there. Ntsika: Rooney, my friend. Rooney: Howzit? Ntsika: Im not so good, but Ill be okay. Can I see those tanks? Rooney: Sure, my friend. Tell meh, if I give you the tanks now, will you be able to pay meh when you get in Durban? Ntsika: For sure my friend! I will. Rooney: Okay. But, you know that we have to sign an agreement, right? Just incase anything happens. Ntsika: Theres no reason for you to doubt meh but then, I have no problem with that. Rooney: Okay, lets see the tanks then well sign. Ntsika: Youre a star. Rooney: Haha, that sounds so girly. Ntsika: Haha, I know. They walked into the shop, took their left to where all the tanks were. Rooney: These are the ones youre looking for. Are you happy with the size? Ntsika: Yeah, theyre fine. Ill take them. Rooney: Hey Skhulu and Bucks! Them: Boss. Rooney: Kom maan! They came running. Load four of these tanks in the truck, were leaving now. They agreed then Rooney and Ntsika walked to Rooneys office. Ntsika: Hows the family? Rooney: Everything is fine, my man. My wife is just worried about my business man. Were really heading for disaster. Ntsika: Whats the problem? Rooney: I owe my suppliers a lot of money pal. About a R100 000. Ntsika: What?! What happened? Rooney: I took their merchandise and failed to paid them back their money since I used the merchandise as drawings. Ntsika: Wow! Now whatre you gonna do? Rooney: I increased my mark-up man to cover all costs and the debt hanging around my neck. Ntsika: Okay. I can borrow you the money you need and youll start paying meh back in the next three months. You can decide on how youre gonna pay meh back, but I want not less than R10 000 a month. Rooney: No interest? Ntsika: No interest. Rooney: Ey my man, thank you! Ntsika: You helped meh out, Im only returning the favour bra. So on Saturday, youll get the money but you know, it has to be on paper. My mother will draft the papers before I leave. Rooney: Mamas boy, sure thing. Ntsika: Im no mamas boy. They sat down in the office and signed the papers. Ntsika took his copy then got up to leave. Thanks my bra. Rooney: No problem. Well follow you with the truck, hey? Ntsika: No problem at all. They walked outta the office, the guys were already done with packing the tanks in the truck. When they stepped outta the shop, Ntsikas phone rang. It was Zukisa, he rolled his eyes. Rooney: Trouble? Ntsika: Kind of... Zukisa. He answered. Zukisa: Uhm, Ntsika. I cant see Nontsikelelos Panado, ngoku andnayo imali yotheng enye. Ntsika: Zukisa, bendtheni kuwe? Zukisa: Ngantoni-ke ngoku? Ntsika: Zange ndithi buyel ekhaya, ndizothetha nabazali bakho? Zukisa: Utshilo kodwa still, bebengasoze bandnike imali for umntana. Ntsika: Ngoku ufuna mna ndenze ntoni kanene? Zukisa: Undiphe wethu. Ntsika: Mamela, iPanado ikhona. Just look for it, uzakuyfumana. Akakh umntu oyebile. Zukisa: Ayikh indawo endngazange ndijonge kuyo. Ntsika: Uxolo kodwa andnokwaz ukuknceda. Zukisa: Ngumntan akho Ntsika! Ntsika: Ewe, unyansile and akkho nto i-wrong ngaye. Zukisa, please dont call meh for nonsense, ndakcela. Zukisa: You call this nonsense? Ntsika: Ewe, yi-nonsense! U-right uNontsikelelo and iPanado yakhe ikhona, so khawndehle! Zukisa: Ntsika... Ntsika: Ey! Ey! Voetsek! He hung up and shook his head. Rooney: Haha, still hot-headed! Ntsika: No man, this girl will drive meh nuts. Rooney: You cant blame her, all girls want a taste of those gangster guys. Ntsika: They should forget about meh. He showed him his ring. Rooney: Hey yo man! Who is it? Ntsika: My Yoliswa Mpinga, youll meet her soon. Rooney: Congratulations man, pity I wasnt invited. Ntsika: The invitation is still coming, dont worry. Were still waiting for her to give birth to my little Luyanda. Rooney: Wow. Everything is looking up for you. Have you found work yet? Ntsika: Im not going to work, I want this club to be up and running and itll feed meh and my family, together with this car wash. Rooney: Good luck man. Bucks! Get in the truck my man, were leaving now! He said that as he was locking up. Ntsika: Well meet there. Rooney: Sharp my bru. Ntsika got in his car and put his papers in his glovebox as he received a call from his mother. She had been calling him all night, he just looked at it. After a few minutes, as he was driving, he received a call from a random number. Ntsika: Ntsika, hello? Caller: Ntsika, ukephi? It was a girls voice. Ntsika: Ngkhuluma nobani? Caller: UHloni, ukephi? Ntsika: Ufunani? Caller: Eish, manje ngise-drobheni, angnayo imali yokbuya. Ntsika: Ksukela nini sfonelana, slandana vele? Caller: Hawu, Ntsika. Ngyakcela. Ntsika: Ngise-PE, angikh eMlazi. Caller: Okay, i-number kaDumi unayo? Ntsika: Obvious mfethu, ngnayo kodwa ayphisani. Uyangphazamisa, usuqedile? Caller: Yebo. Ntsika hung up, shaking his head. . . @My Diary As I was driving back home, my phone rang. It was Ntsikas mother, Gosh! Im so not in the mood to explain everything about Ntsikas life. Meh: Molo Mah. Mama2: Yoliswa, zange ndfuman ixesha lothetha nawe okanye noNtsika phezolo. Ngoku hes ignoring my calls, kqhubeka ntoni kanye kanye? Meh: Uthetha ngantoni mama? Mama2: You know exactly what Im talking about Yoliswa! NoKumkani akathethi kwanto. Khawutsho Yoliswa, uNtsika ulisela? Like, did you know about that? Meh: What? Mama2: Hayi Yoliswa! Besimmamele nawe ethetha notat akhe. Meh: Zange ndmuve mna ethi uyeba. Mama2: Sundenz isbhanxa Yoliswa! So you know something and youre trying to hide it from meh. Meh: Hayi mama, ayikho njalo tu! Mama2: Ndiligqwetha for a reason Yoliswa! Ndayfundela mna le nto, you will not lie to meh kanjalo nje. Now out with it! Meh: Will you confront him? Mama2: Ill ask him, qha. Meh: Mama, ndcing uba you should ask him yourself. Mama2: He said hes trying to change for you, kodwa ingathi wena awfuni atshintshe. Meh: I do! Mama2: Then tell meh, I deserve to know Yoliswa. Meh: Okay! Uligintsa, kodwa hes in the process of stopping. Mama2: So ubuyazi all along? Meh: Uhm, ewe. Bendyazi. Mama2: Oh Thixo! For how long? Meh: Uhm, mama ndqhub imoto okwangoku and zange ndadibanis i-phone yam nemoto via Bluetooth. So, can we talk later? Mama2: Okay. Make sure ukba uNtsika uyafik apha for the Christmas lunch. Meh: Okay, ndzoyqinisekisa loonto. Mama2: Enkosi, bye. I hung up and breathed. I hope I did good, cause like she pushed meh right into the corner. I called Ntsika, just to make him alert. Ntsika: Yoliswa. Oh, so thats how it is now? Meh: Umamakho uyazi. Ntsika: Ndyayazi loonto Yoliswa, thats why ndingaphendul ii-calls zakhe. I hope you didnt tell her anything. Meh: Ndimxelele ukba uligintsa, qha! Ntsika: Yoliswa, kutheni undmoshela nje? Meh: She knew already, into nje ebefun uyazi ukba yinyani na, cause she heard you. Ntsika: Uxolo sthandwa sam, its just that Ive always been scared to fail my parents. Ive even realized ukba ndisamkhathal utata, even though ndingafun umbonisa loonto. Meh: Can you get home, sithethe? We havent done that in a long time. Ntsika: Ndagqibela nini ukukxelel ukba ndyakthanda? Meh: Andazi nam, kodwa you didnt tell meh this morning. Ntsika: Ndakthanda MaNgxaki and dont you ever forget that. Meh: I wont sthandwa sam, nam ndyakthanda. Ntsika: Ndiyeza-ke emva kwexesha nje, Im still sorting this place up. Meh: Oh, uzifumene na ii-tanks ezintsha? Ntsika: Ewe, they were quite expensive kodwa-ke I still have that hard cash pha endlini. Meh: Uhm, that cash, its dirty. Ntsika: Ewe, kodwa right now, that dirty cash is building our future pha eMargate. Remember the club? Meh: I didnt mean it in a bad way Ntsika, I also made dirty cash ngaphambilini and you helped meh stop. Nam ndifun ukukncedisa. Ntsika: Sizothetha xa sendfikil ekhaya. Meh: Alright, bye. Ntsika: Oh, Merry Christmas Mrs Mpinga. Meh: Merry Christmas to you too. We hung up, I was just close to home. Im sure my dad was wondering where I was headed with his car. Good thing that Ntsika had left the car keys behind, kodwa-ke xa engathathanga ekatata, uhambe ngeyiph imoto? :-/ When I got at home, everyone was seated pha e-dining table, having the Xmas breakfast. Meh: Merry Xmas to you all. Them: Merry Xmas Yoliswa! Meh: Enkosi. Liph elam? You know that mna kumele nditye two plates, noLuyanda ulambile. They laughed. Mama: Hlala phantsi, theres enough food for you and Luyanda. Uph uNtsika? I gave my dad his keys then I took a seat. Meh: Uyeza, hes still at the car wash. Apparently ufumen eziny ii-tanks. Tata: Oh, yammandi-ke loonto. This car wash of his must be really making money, cause uphila kakhle kodwa engaphangeli. Nqubeko and I looked at each other. Mama: Nam ndibona kanjalo, wena-ke Nqubeko, uphangelaphi since usuhlala eDurban? Uthini-ke ngomzi wakho? He cleared his throat. Nqubeko: Ndiyekil usebenza, for something better. Mna ne-gents pha eThekwini are starting a business together. By June next year, izobe isivuliwe and youll get to visit. Tata: Yi-business enjani-ke leyo? Nqubeko: Itll be a restaurant phantsi, then ngaphezulu kube yi-club. Vuyiswa: Nyani? So, ndizotya mahala neh? Nqubeko: Haha, no. Youll pay just like everybody else. Meh: Nqubeko, can we talk ecaleni? Nqubeko: Sure, no problem. Lwazi: Tata, xa ndgqib apha, ndcel uyodlala kwammelwane. Nqubeko: Hayi boy, awnokwaz udlala namhlanje, siya kwaMpinga for lunch. Lwazi: Ndizobuya ngoku tata. Nqubeko: Hayi Lwazi. Yiza Yoliswa. Lwazi: Makhulu, uyambona-ke utata? Ndfun uyodlala mna. He pouted, breathing heavily with his arms crossed, so we laughed as I got up. Mama: Hayi, ungazkhathazi. Gqibezel apho ukutya, uhamb uyodlala. Lisekhon ixesha. Lwazi: Enkosi makhulu. He smiled from ear to ear. Nqubeko and I walked out and sat on a huge rock at the back yard. Meh: Abazali baNtsika bayazi ukba ligintsa and its only about time beyazi ukba nawe uligintsa. Nqubeko: What? Bayaze njani? Uh, this is all messed up. Meh: Andazi nam Nqubeko, kodwa utata kaNtsika, ufik apha eseyaz indaba. Then his mother heard ngexesha sibajongile. Luckily our parents didnt see all that. Nqubeko: This is insane. Weve been doing this for years and it only backfires now! Meh: Ubucinga ntoni-ke wena? Ukba sobe bayazi? Nqubeko: Abazali bethu akfunekanga bayazi le nto, utata uyamaz ukba uveske abenjani. UNtsika sob aphinde eze apha once he finds out. Nalo mtshato wenu ungaphela. Meh: Ndyayazi loonto, thats why they mustnt find out, especially utata. Uzawphambana. Nqubeko: Okay, masngene ngaphakathi. Enkosi for undxelela. Meh: No problem. We went back into the house. . . Ntsika got in my bedroom, I was resting after the breakfast, rubbing my tummy. Luyanda had been busy kicking ever since I ate. Meh: Dont you think we should find out ukba yinkwenkwe okanye yintombi? Ntsika: We should. He threw himself on the bed. Ndilambile sthandwa sam. Meh: Your food is in the oven. Ntsika: Hayi, ndibawel i-pizza nee-hotwings zaseChicken Licken then that juice yakwaDebonairs. Mmh, I can even smell it. I laughed. Meh: Whose car are you using? Ntsika: Mine. Meh: Yours? Ntsika: Ewe, ndiylande kuKaizer. Meh: Bendngayazi mna uba unemoto ehlal apha eBhayi. Ntsika: Its not really mine, kodwa-ke ngeyam. So, uthin umama? Meh: Uthi mandenz isqiniseko sokba siza kunye nawe for iChristmas lunch. Ntsika: Zange nditsho ukba andiyi mos. Meh: Ewe, kodwa since ungaphendul ii-calls zakhe, thats what she thinks. I think you should explain everything to her before exelel ii-parents zam. Ntsika: Umama angenza nayntoni na ayfunayo, thats how she is. Meh: Kodwa xa ungamchazisela kakhle, Im sure shell understand. Ntsika: Uyaybona njoba e-calm kangaka, shes planning something massive ndikxelele. Andfuni nokuya pha, but then Ill have to go. Meh: Ewe, you have to. Ntsika: Enough about that. I want to ask you something. Meh: Go ahead. Ntsika: Do you love your job? Meh: Ewe, of course. Ntsika: Would you consider leaving it for uLuyanda? Meh: I can take a maternity leave, iphel apho. Ntsika: Then hire a nanny? Meh: Ewe! Ntsika: No, andilwi sthandwa sam. Bendbuza qha. Want a massage? Meh: Please. He started massaging my feet. Ntsika: Ndifun uthengisa yonk iimpu yam. Meh: Yonke? Ntsika: Ewe, theyre pretty expensive. I can leave three or four, kodwa I definitely have to sell the rest. Meh: Uzthathaphi-ke wena? Ntsika: Ngezomhlobo wam, more like a mentor cause wayemdala apha kum. Kwathi ngosuku ezosweleka ngalo, he gave them to meh zonke. I think he knew that he was going to die cause he was shot at. Meh: Oh. Does Nqubeko know him? Ntsika: Ewe, yena wamnika imali, uBabalwa-ke yena wayesetrongweni. Wahamba wayombona. Meh: Oh, so you were a team? Ntsika: Kind of. He looked at meh then looked back at my feet. He was so scary, e-clean kodwa. He had two bull dogs, zihlala zifun inyama engavuthwanga. Yena-ke wayenezinyanya zakhe, zimxelel ukba imali ingakuphi. Meh: Haha, uthi uBabalwa akanazo nje yena izinyanya? Ntsika: Haha, hayi. Akazifuni, well, wangen etrongweni engazifuni. Andazi-ke ngoku. Meh: Kutheni yena enganamntu nje ancokolisana naye? Ntsika: UBabalwa u-strange wethu, zange awathanda amantombazana kwasekqaleni. Uhlal esithi amosh ixesha lokwenz imali. I laughed. Meh: Wow. Mama: Yoliswa! Ntsika! Siyahamba ngoku! Abantu basekhaya bazofikela pha kwaMpinga. She shouted. Ntsika: Mxelel ukba sizozihambela ngokwethu. Meh: Uhm, mama! Sizoza ngemoto le kaNtsika. Mama: Okay, akkho ngxaki! Ningafiki late! Meh: Ewe mama! I checked the time, it was still too early for them to leave. Ntsika: UDr Saunders uhlal esithi kfuneka sikhulis umntana. Meh: Haha, ngoku? Ntsika: Its been days saygqibela loonto-ke thina. Umntana akazokhula. Meh: Haha, yiza-ke simenze akhule. He smiled and stopped massaging meh. . . After we took a shower together, after our thirty minutes bedroom session, we got dressed for lunch. Ntsika: Kutheni ukhawlez udinwe nje? Meh: Yoh! Ucing ukba esi sisu asisindi na wena? Even now, Im tired. I just wish that I could take a nap. Ntsika: Hayi, u-stingy nje qha. Meh: Sundqhela-ke bhuti. We finished dressing up, Ntsika went out to eat his food as I was applying my make-up on. My phone rang, I recognised the number but I didnt know who it was. Meh: Hello? Caller: Merry Christmas Nomaye-liswa! I laughed, thats what Zolani used to call meh when he was teasing meh. Meh: Zolani, undwebile, vha? Caller: Ndi-right wethu. Kunjani? Meh: Ndiphilile, kunjani? Caller: Ndi-right. Mamela, ndivil ukba ulaph ePE, so how about we meet up? Meh: Today? Caller: Ewe. Meh: Hayi, that wont be possible. Ndiya emzini and andazi ndzobuya nini. Caller: Oh, tough luck for meh. Uphindela nini-ke emva? Meh: Ngomso kusihlwa. Caller: How about we meet up ngomso-ke? I promise, I wont talk nonsense. Meh: Haha, Zolani. I get that youre trying to make up for everything youve done, kodwa I havent totally forgotten about what you did. Theres still a part of meh engafun uthetha nawe at all, and theres a part of meh, telling meh to just let it slide and move on, instead of holding grudges. Caller: Ndcing ukba umamele the part that you feel is most correct, owam umnxeba usolokhu uvuliwe. Youre going to get married and Id like to see you get married. Yoliswa, Ive learnt to accept ukba awsandthandi kwaye uyatshata. I wont do anything stupid. Meh: Haha, alright. Come at home ngomso, everyone will be here. Caller: No problem. Thank you, goodbye. Meh: Camagu. I hung up then followed Ntsika with my handbag. . .
Posted on: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 09:50:19 +0000
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