FAMILY SECRETS
CHAPTER :12
UNEDITED
[NANDI’S POV]
It has been two days since we all have been living with the kids in their house and Duma is still recovering although he is way much better than two days ago. The children were playing in their playground with their mothers while I was watching from afar leaning on a long white pillar outside on the veranda.
Watching them all like this brought back painful memories of the days I used to play with my mother like this. As I was lost in my painful memories of my mother and I, I didn’t notice when I started shedding a tear and when Mihlali came and for how long has she been standing there, I just saw a soft had touching my cheek and wiping the liquid that was flowing down on my cheek.
I quickly put a smile on my face and wiped the small amount of tear that was left on my cheek.
“ah.. When did you get here?” I asked with a soft smile.
“the is a tear falling down on your cheek and sorrows can be seen in those beautiful eyes of yours so tell me what’s the matter? And don’t you dare say it’s nothing, what’s wrong did someone say or do something to you? If so tell me right now I will deal with them,i will………………..
” Mihlali brake and breath.” I said and we started laughing
“Come on Nandi seriously tell me what’s wrong?” Mihlali asked with concern in her eyes
“well that.” I said and pointed to the scene of the children playing with their mothers.
“what could possibly be making you cry there?” Mihlali asked
“it’s beautiful isn’t it?” I asked
“ohhhh….. I see what’s going on now. Nandi you don’t have to be sad because of that, don’t worry soon you too will have your own bundle of joy, a cute one I can tell and it’s going to be soon because mtho doesn’t waste time, that man is very fertile it won’t take………
“Mihlali no I am not talking about that, I am talking about this beautiful scene of the children playing with their mothers something I had with my mother but only for a short while.” I said
” oh God….. Now I remember you didn’t have a mother growing up…. I am so sorry, this scene must be bringing back a lot of painful memories for you right? ” Mihlali asked
” Not just painful memories Mihlali, it’s bringing back many things….. Mihlali I miss my mom and the isn’t any day that goes by without me missing her. I miss her face, her voice and all the lullabies she used to sing to me at night…… I miss her Mihlali, I miss her so much I just wish I could she her face just one more time. When I came here to the city I started my search for her but I got nothing, I just want to……..
My voice and emotions were falling me, tears were falling down uncontrollably and I couldn’t talk anymore because I felt a tight knot on my throat as I cried. Mihlali took me into her arms and started petting my head and back gently.
“it’s okay you are going to find your mom, you will see your mom soon and I will make sure of that because from now on you are not alone, I will help you search for her. I will use all the resources I have but we will find your mom I promise.” Mihlali said
[DALIBANZI NGCOBO’S POV]
15 YEARS AGO
I arrived at an old abandoned church where Thandiswa called me to come to. I got off the car and walked to the main entrance of the church, there was thandiswa standing like a statue not moving or looking at me. She was wearing all black including a black hoodie.
She usually runs to me and throws herself on me but this time she wasn’t doing any of those things, she was standing with tears falling down her cheeks from her red eyes.
I walked few steps towards her then stopped when I noticed something. Thandiswa was holding a knife with blood dripping from it and her hands were covered in blood.
” Thandiswa what did you do ? ” I asked looking at a shacking and scared Thandiswa.
She walked back inside the old abandoned church with an expressionless face and I followed her inside. I followed her until she stopped in the center of the church in front of the statue of the Lord where I noticed a body laying on the red carpet with a lot of blood coming from it, only I didn’t see the face because she was standing in front of it and I was behind her.
She slowly moved to the side, slowly revealing the face of the person laying on the floor. When she moved to the side completely I got the shock of my life, it was Amahle’s lifeless body covered in her own blood with multiple stab wounds.
My heart immediately and completely broke and tears fell down, my legs also betrayed me and I fell down on my knees next to Amahle’s lifeless body. I slowly and gently brushed her face with my tears falling down on it.
This is happening just after she told me that we have a daughter together, an eight year old daughter, she fulfilled my dream of having a daughter with with her, a daughter that looks exactly like her, a daughter with her eyes.
“WHAT DID YOU DO THANDISWA??????” I yelled out all my anger, my pain and frustration
“let’s take her to the hospital maybe she will make it.” I said trying to pick her up in my arms
“Don’t bother she is dead.” Thandiswa said
“why did you do this Thandiswa?”i asked as all my hopes shatter like my heart.
” all of this is your fault Dalibanzi…… All of this is happening because of you, if you haven’t fallen in love with this woman we wouldn’t be here today, I loved you, I prepared myself since I was a little girl to be your wife and after all of that you chose her and not me. ” thandiswa said and I stood up to confront her
” ARE YOU CRAZY……. I CHOSE HER???? WHO AM I WITH RIGHT NOW??? WHO AM I MARRIED TO RIGHT NOW??? IT’S YOU DAMMIT, I SACRIFICED MY LOVE TO BE WITH YOU AND YOU JUST GO AND KILL THE WOMAN I LOVE??!!!!! ”
” THERE THAT’S IT THERE, YOUR LOVE, I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE YOUR LOVE NOT JUST YOUR WIFE, I TOO WANTED YOUR LOVE BUT YOU NEVER GAVE IT……… Yes you married me Dalibanzi but you don’t love me, you just married me because your father and my father threatened this lover of yours and told her that if she didn’t let you go and chase you out of her life they would kill anyone and everyone she ever loved, and the foolish girl did as she was told. she pushed you away and you came running back to me, back to the alter and you married me now after eight years of marriage she comes back into your life and tell you that you two have a child so what did you expect me to do haaa? Just watch you run back to your little love and love child leaving me and Mihlali alone? ”
“Thandiswa are you crazy????? I wasn’t going to go back to her no matter how much my heart yearned for her because I am married to you dammit. The only thing I was going to do was take care of my child and be in her life after eight years of not being in her life. ” I said
” you see there, that’s what your not going to do, your were not going to be in this woman’s life nor are you going to be in that bastard child’s life. Because if you do I will make sure you don’t see Mihlali ever again and you know I can do that right? ”
” are you crazy??? ” I asked
” yes… I am now help me get rid of this body because if you don’t or go to the police I will tell them you helped me kill her and I have everything I need to prove that you were also involved in this murder. Once the news spread out of the murder you committed , you will lose everything, your status, money, fame, business and business partners including our daughter Mihlali, so think wisely before doing anything crazy. ” thandiswa said
I set down on one of the benches for five minutes before getting up after making the hardest and biggest decision of my life and that is to burying the woman I love in this every church.
” so whe…..where are we going… to bury her? “I asked the hardest question ever
” bury her??? No we are not going to bury her the police will find her easily and find her cause of death. ” thandiswa said
” then what do you expect we do? ”
” burn her to ashes. ” thandiswa said giving me the shock of my life, she is speaking like someone who has done this before
” burn her!!!!!??? ”
” yes, if we burn her it won’t be a problem even if the police find her, if they find her burned body they won’t be able to find out how she died before being burned. if they find out how she died they will look for the murder weapon and when they find it they will be able to trace it back to us so that’s why we have to burn her. “