VUYO

After so many months of being here in this place I now I call home, I’ve finally decided to go back to my house just to check how things are going, and if the war didn’t leave me homeless not that I will go back there anyway, then I will enroute to Blessing’s home. I hope I will find his mother, and she will be willing to give me answers she’s my only hope now, and I’m sure she’s realized now that life is too short, and you can die any time. Naledi has been my peace & sanity here, and Blessing really grew fond of her these past couple of months, they are best of friends I’m always sidelined. Yes, after spending a lot of time together we decided to give us a chance to be in a relationship, and see where it leads us. So far, everything is going smoothly between the two of us no complaints.

I get to my old town and some of the houses especially those in the forefront are damaged, as I cruise further deep within the neighborhood, houses from here remained the same. I pull over on the other side of the road just across my house, and first check out if there isn’t any movement taking place, none. There’s none. But I’m sure Cindy is inside the house drowning herself in wine. I step out of the car and cross the street… The gate is unlocked, she’s here, mxm.

“Oh, so, you decided to come back,” those words leave her mouth immediately I step inside the kitchen. She’s busy cooking. I sigh.

“I’m not here for you. I’m back to get the rest of my stuff.”

Her: “Stuff? Stuff in whose house?”

Me: “I’m not doing this with you, Cindy.” She laughs.

Her: “You left for months Vuyo and not once did you try keeping in touch. Do you know how worried sick I was thinking about what if something bad happened to you? The sleepless nights I had because of you? Do you have any idea what I’ve been through all because of you? You caused me nothing but heartache Vuyo, even now you don’t care about me. You don’t even bother asking how am I and shit!”

Me: “You see, Cindy. The very same moment you made me choose between you & Blessing the love I had for you got completely washed off my heart, I didn’t know you as that person before. I mean, Blessing is just a child you had no right to treat him the way you did.”

Her: “Oh, is it? Just because I didn’t want that filthy ugly looking thing in my house made you leave and never glared back or tried keeping in touch with me? All in all, you chose a stranger over me. Your wife? The person who was with you through it all? 10 years of marriage meant nothing to you when you chose a stranger over me.”

Me: “As I stated before; I’m not doing this with you, and besides our marriage was no longer exciting. We were forcing things, and to tell you the truth this break made me realize what matters most in my life, and that’s my happiness & sanity. I was doing just fine alone these past couple of months without you nagging me or starting unnecessary fights, being away from you is mind soothing honestly. I like it that way.”

Her: “What?” Chuckling. “What are you exactly saying to me Vuyo because I’m not understanding, I’m not following.”

Me: “I want a divorce.” She gasps.

Her: “Divorce? That’s one thing you will never get Vuyo, ever! I will not grant you that nonsense of a wish, we are going to sit down and talk about this like the adults that we are!”

Me: “There’s nothing to talk about Cindy. We are done, we are over and besides, our marriage was no longer the same we were just forcing it,” she laughs.

Her: “Who is she huh? Who the fuck is that bitch that stole you away from me? I know that there’s some bitch involved. Instead of being here with me when the war took place you decided to be a coward and left me all alone to face that fucking war while you were busy with your bitch having the time of your life!”

Me: “Their war didn’t affect you because it wasn’t meant for you, and for your information not that you don’t know it, but I left before even the war took place. And there’s no bitch involved.” I’m taking all these decisions by myself,” I can’t tell her about Naledi yet, who knows what she might do to her because right now I’m picking up traits of being a psycho in her, gzus, this woman.

Her: “Even so. You were supposed to be here with me until the war ended, but no you didn’t, and it’s fine. Now that you are here, we are going to talk about us. You will not leave until we are done fixing our marriage, no one is divorcing another one here. We are going to make it work whether you like it or not, you are not going anywhere! This is the ‘till death do us apart’ moment.” Yuuuh Jehovah. Who is this crazy woman now? This is not the Cindy I know, fosho the war affected her mentality somehow because kuyahlanywa manje.

I don’t even understand as to why she’s behaving as if she cares all of a sudden, this woman has a loose screw, a screw I didn’t know about until now, and I’m afraid of what she will do to me if I prolong this conversation about giving it all up. I think it’s best if I leave before things get out of hands. And I can’t tell her that I’m leaving because I know that she will not allow me to leave, but…

Me: “You know what, let me make a quick call to the office then we will talk about us.”

Her: “And the sudden change of mind?” She raised her brow.

Me: “I’ve just realized that I wasn’t being fair to you. I was selfish, and I chose a mere stranger over you. You & I have been through a lot together, and it was really not fair of me to do what I did. I’m sorry, and forget what I said about getting a divorce, guess I was going through a stage but not sure which one.”

Her: “Now we are talking. You are finally back in your senses, I like that.” She gives me a very creepy smile. “Anyway, make that call and be quick, I’ll go and set up the table so long. Don’t worry about the food it will be enough for the both of us, guess my guards were right when they told me to cook enough food they knew that you were coming,” I give her a smile accompanied by a nod. She returns it and disappears to the dining area. Time waits for no man, it’s now or never.

I hurry out of the house plus the door wasn’t closed, I sprint outside, and off to my car, I quickly get in. I roar the engine to life and drive off quickly leaving a trail of smoke behind me. Looking at the review mirror I see her standing at the gate, fuming with anger. Yasis, this woman is crazy! What the hell happened to the old Cindy that I know? Nc, nc, life. Now I wonder what she was going to do to me if I stayed any longer… She would’ve probably killed me or something. Next time when I come back I must come with some backup.

I hope Blessing’s mother won’t turn me away I don’t need another drama, I’ve had enough drama to last me a decade.

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TSAKANI

The house is exactly how we wanted it to be from the decor to the setting even though it took us almost a whole month to decide which interior to go for. Milan really came through for us with the interior, we are thankful to her. Milan, Batista & Maxine are the only ones who know our new house, and we told them straight up not to tell the others. We will invite them when we do the housewarming don’t know when though. The master’s bedroom is to die for. I don’t know how Batista did it, but he managed to buy us Jiyane atelier headboards, and some sofas. He said we need to support local brands, we can’t always support International brands whereas we have our own people whose brands are as good as international brands, and I must agree with him though.

I gave Talon the old house, and trust me when I say he kicked everyone out of the house he’s now staying with his baby mama, and to be honest with you things are not going well for the two of them. Well, Thembeka hasn’t been the same ever since the confrontation day at Elite, I’m sure she’s still traumatized about what took place there and annoys Talon so much because Thembeka doesn’t want to go for counseling. I, too, was wondering about why the sudden change or maybe it’s hormones who knows? But she was never the same ever since that day, and Talon says that she’s even struggling to sleep at night. Anyway, asikho endabeni zabantu… Milan is staying with Leon, and no they are not romantically involved or maybe they are, but they don’t want to tell us, yet, well, we shall find out soon. Lee is staying with Lindiwe, and the rest of those other dwellers are staying at Talon’s flat, they weren’t happy about the sudden changes, but they had to be done.

To this day, I still don’t know who tried killing Nomalanga, and bubbles don’t want to tell me anything, but she knows the killer and my suspicions are on Babalwa because she’s the one who doesn’t like Nomalanga. Everyone loves that woman except her. I wonder why was she trying to kill her, sighs. She said that the culprit will be exposed soon, and we won’t believe who is it. Oh, and Nomalanga is healed now, but she’s under serious watch, Hlulani offered to watch over her. His divorce with Okuhle is still hasn’t been finalized yet, Okuhle doesn’t want to sign the papers, she’s bluntly refusing. Guess she has some hope that they will make it work, and she’s no longer with Babalwa she now spends most of her time with Mmathabo. My wish is for her & Hlulani to fix things but Hlulani? Shame.

“Finally, now we have our own space, and we can fuck anyhow we want, and anywhere, not forgetting having those naked dinner nights on the balcony we’ve been talking about!” Bubbles say stepping inside the bedroom butt naked she just finished showering.

“You can say that again. Hopefully

today I’m going to get some marshmallows on top of the roof it’s been a while since I last got some,” she giggles. 

Her: “I was going to say let’s start now, but then you haven’t bathed, so a no will do, and besides I need to start making us lunch. Tonight it will be all about us.”

Me: “You promise?”

Her: “Yes sir. So, I’ve been thinking.”

Me: “About?”

Her: “I need to open the club again since things are promising now for the people, and the government is doing their bits to help with building homes for the homeless.”

Me: “What about those people who live there?”

Her: “I will move them, and I’ve already told them that they will be moved to the new homes that they are currently building once completed, and they weren’t pleased about it, not even a little smattering, they didn’t want to hear any of it, they said that they will strike and burn down the club into ashes,” I can’t help it, but laugh.

Me: “That’s not nice. Sometimes helping people can be a nuisance because they now feel entitled about your property, the very same energy they want to use to burn down the club they should’ve used it to stop the war, but hey. People just don’t want to suffer they want everything offered to them on a silver platter, and the helping hand must be the one suffering while they are sitting comfortably.”

Her: “Exactly my point. I dared them to burn it down, but hey, they don’t have the balls to do that.”

Me: “You’ll never know. Anyway, are you going to rehire the very same people who were working there?”

Her: “No. I’m going to change it, it will no longer be like how it was before. I’m going to give it a serious appearance lift, it’s going to be more classy now, and it will only be strictly formal attire, I don’t want these pharas who will keep on harassing my workers. No woman likes being harassed ask me, I know.”

Me: “So, you want only the rich & famous ones? Not us amaphara?” She giggles.

Her: “Yes. You guys can go and support club vixen, heard that Adele is making a comeback, and they’ve already started with renovations at her club.”

Me: “Heard too, but I haven’t forgotten what she did to me. She will still play for doing me dirty like that, and for getting Spikiri killed.”

Her: “Izinja zama grudge madoda,” we both laugh. “Please deal with her. I also have people to deal with too,” I nod.

Me: “Yazi, you still haven’t told me what happened to you back in Italy.”

Her: “I will now. Go and take a bath first before I tell you all about it, and knowing you. You won’t believe me, but at least I have witnesses,” she stands on her toes and kisses my cheek. “I’ll go and prepare us something to eat so long.”

Me: “I love you.”

Her: “I know, and I love you more,” she winks and step out of the room. She’s wearing one of my T-shirts. Guess it’s time I also get back in the game since everything is going back to normal. I need to call all my contacts and tell them that we are back in the game, and I also need to find a way to get club vixen to be mine. Adele will regret messing with me.

My phone rings as I’m exiting the bedroom, eish. I wonder who is it. I turn around and take two steps toward the bed I pick it up, and it’s Talon.

“Ek’se ntwana.”

“Hhe ndoda kushubile,” he speaks in a rush.

Me: “Yehlisa, bese uyang’tshela ukuthi kumashani,” (calm down, and tell me what’s going on)

Him: “Thembeka. Uyamemeza la uthi uyadedela manje angazi ngitsune ini,” (she’s screaming saying that she’s releasing, now  don’t know what to do)

Me: “Hhayi ntwana. Incosi isendleni mvayise (the baby is on the way take her at Elite) I will call Dr. Mashifane so long. Mvayise manje ndoda,” (take her now)

Him: “Hhayi, angeke njayami. Ngeke ngiyitshune daai dan even le nou ngila endlini encane yenza I plan fast,” (I will not do it, even now I’m at the toilet)

Me: Laughing. “Ek’se ndoda vayisa le sgogwane sakho e Elite or else kuzomosheka. Uzodedela lapho, yenza fast sizohlangana daar,” (take your old woman to Elite, or else things will get ruined. She will give birth right there, we will meet there) I hang up before he can respond.

“And then? Where are you rushing too?” She asks immediately stepping inside the kitchen wearing my sneaker.

Me: “Going to Elite, Thembeka is in labor and Talon is a mess. Can you believe that he has locked himself in the bathroom leaving Thembeka alone?”

Her: “Oh, is it?” I nod. “Okay. You can leave.”

Me: “Aren’t you coming with me?”

Her: “No. You can go alone, I will see you when you come back. I need to catch up on some series I’ve missed out on a lot, and possibly practice new sex styles who know,” I laugh opening the door.

Me: “I will try to be early. I love you.”

Her: “I love you too my love, and please keep me updated.”

Me: “I will.” I step out of the kitchen and head to the garage. Talon better be at Elite when I get there, I wonder what his first reaction when Thembeka started screaming, nxa, this boy. I can imagine him screaming with her, if Thembeka gives birth to a boy, he must not take after Talon because wawu, uzohlanya.

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LUXOLO

I’m catching up on money heist, and it’s been a long time since I last watch it, I have more series to catch up on, and doing so for the rest of the week will satisfy me. Now that Thembeka has given birth, I think it’s time we put our plan into action and do away with her once and for all. I will have to let Luxolo know about this first, we don’t have any more time to waste we’ve given her a month already, and I know that she didn’t enjoy it because she was thinking overtime. Probably another thing that triggered her labor pains.

My phone clicks notifying me that I have a low battery, gosh, how I’m lazy to get from this couch, and go and plug it in the charger, not that I have serious people who will call me though. So, the plans I have for the club are big, and the costs are expensive, but I don’t mind because I can always sell the diamonds Bella once gave me. Oh, my God, I wonder if her body has been found or what because the last time I checked, she was considered as a missing person her death was never confirmed of which makes me wonder. If she were to come back let’s say maybe 5 to 10 years later and claim all that she’s left with me, what will I tell her though? Haha, of course, the war. I will simply tell her that they got lost amidst the war.

My phone rings at that very same moment, and it’s Milan.

“Babe.”

“Hey, Tammy. What are you doing tomorrow?”

Me: “I will know when I wake up, what’s up?”

Her: “The girls & I decided to go out for some brunch just to catch up and unwind.”

Me: “Who came up with the idea?”

Her: “Lindiwe.” I laugh.

Me: “I’m sure she’s trying to escape Lee because she’s been complaining that Lee wants sex every day, and yet she doesn’t always have the energy for it,” she giggles.

Her: “She’s just being dramatic. I can kill for that kind of sex Tammy, like a girl! Barista and I haven’t done the deeds yet, and I’m scared to initiate it first, and naye ngapha ngathi he’s scared to initiate it, I don’t even know what to do anymore, and seeing him naked every day tortures me!” I laugh.

Me: “Girl, wear your big girl’s shoes and hlasela your mans. Wear something sexy, try dirty talks, dance for him, and if all that fails, hahaha. Finish him, finish him, girl. Mngene, zinyobele yena girl, dumisa umshini uvele uzidlele utshani.”

Her: “You lost me there on that last sentence.”

Me: Laughing. Wuuh, doesn’t this child know that some things lose meaning when you try translating them to English. But hey ke stock sa a brunette or something. “No girl. You know what? Get drunk, and do whatever you want with him. He is yours after all.”

Her: “But you though. Anyway, are you on for tomorrow?”

Me: “I will confirm tomorrow morning.”

Her: “Okay, I will be waiting. Love you.”

Me: “Love you too, ” I hang up and laugh. Ai, life!