{"id":614,"date":"2026-01-22T06:13:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T06:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/?p=614"},"modified":"2026-01-22T06:13:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T06:13:50","slug":"the-cane-of-wealth-novel-chapter-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-cane-of-wealth-novel-chapter-6\/","title":{"rendered":"THE CANE OF WEALTH Novel Chapter 6"},"content":{"rendered":"
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VOLUME 6<\/div>\n
SPONSORED BY NOMPILO\"\u2764\ufe0f\"<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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NTWENHLE<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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~He is staring at me, smiling down at me but he is not bra Mindlos. He holds the very same cane that bra Mindlos holds like an armour. He looks more like Zenzele but very old. The cane is different with him, I can look at it and not feel the uneasiness or sense of danger I feel when it\u2019s in bra Mindlos\u2019 hand.<\/div>\n
His eyes stay glued to me like he is searching for something. It\u2019s a penetrative stare but it doesn\u2019t make me flinch or recoil with fear. I allow the stare and feast my eyes back. He feels warm and accommodating to my soul. He doesn\u2019t look harmless at all, if anything he radiates a fatherly love.<\/div>\n
\u201ckaMabaso\u201d he finally speaks. A smile stretches on his face and it\u2019s very welcoming, matching his gentle aura.<\/div>\n
\u201cI\u2019m Mpendulo my child, your husband\u2019s grandfather\u201d he introduces himself with that sweet smile not falling off,<\/div>\n
\u201cWhat took you so long? You\u2019re so stubborn I laid paths for you to come home but you never took any of them? Why did it have to be Mandla who brings you home?\u201d<\/div>\n
I don\u2019t know what he is talking about, and somehow I can\u2019t open my mouth,<\/div>\n
He sighs \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter anymore, your home now and that\u2019s all that matters. This is Zenzele\u2019s cane, not Mandlas\u201d he lifts the cane to show me,<\/div>\n
\u201cOur generational wealth lies with this cane. It\u2019s his vision, he let the devil take his vision by allowing Mandla to have the cane. Your journey with him starts with this cane. It must be cleansed, freed from Mandla\u2019s evil ways. Only then, shall the cane be taken back to the rightful heir. Do you think you can help your husband claim back what his father took from him and tainted with darkness?\u201d<\/div>\n
My husband? I\u2019m already recognised as his wife. I want to respond but my mouth is on another planet,<\/div>\n
\u201cYou are recognised my child, you\u2019re a Mabaso wife\u201d he smiles,<\/div>\n
I want to tell him that cane scares me when it\u2019s with bra Mindlos. I don\u2019t think I can even touch it.<\/div>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re not here to pay stupid debts. Mandla doesn\u2019t know bringing you home is going to be his downfall. Zenzele will do what\u2019s right with your father, that I give you my word on. Unfortunately being a Mabaso wife is not going to be a walk in the park. You and your husband will undo all that Mandla tainted with darkness in the Mabaso homestead. The cane was never his, from Mpendulo to Zenzele; his vision, their wealth. Remember before light, there shall be a dark storm to overcome. Jabulani is part of the package as well. Wherever you go, whatever rock you hide under, Zenzele and Jabulani must not be separated. Do you hear me?\u201d he asks and this time I manage to nod,<\/div>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t ever fall short of prayer. This house needs a strong willed woman who knows that the lord is above it all. Welcome home kaMabaso\u201d~<\/div>\n
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Waking up I\u2019m alone in the room. It\u2019s morning already. First thing I do is check the time on the wall which reports to be 08:40. Zenzele is not in the room. I don\u2019t know why I\u2019m a bit disappointed that he is not here but I am. As I sit up straight and yawn the last of my sleep away something comes in my mind.<\/div>\n
I had a dream last night. An older vision of Zenzele was standing right on my bedside calling himself Mpendulo. Everything about the dream comes back. I want to brush it off and call it just a dream but it felt so real. It felt like that old man was really in the room and communicating with me. Maybe I should ask Zenzele who is his grandfather before I brush it off as just a dream.<\/div>\n
Before I start my day, I was taught to drop on my knees and thank the lord. After all, sleeping is normality but waking up is a blessing. I thank the lord for the grace of waking up and ask that he sees me through the day.<\/div>\n
After my short prayer I make the bed and decide to go freshen up before I go down for some breakfast.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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*Why are you ignoring me?* a WhatsApp message from Senzo pops on my screen as I head downstairs for breakfast. I don\u2019t afford his text a reaction or response. He did nothing wrong and he was my boyfriend until\u2026\u2026until yesterday. I need to break up with him and stop stringing him along. He does nothing for my feelings or my wallet, he is just there for the cookie. That\u2019s the only department he takes care off so well but other than that\u2026\u2026Senzo is just Senzo. Hot like a heater, monied and mysterious but stingy as fu8ck. And I liked him better when he wasn\u2019t this clingy. He was more of a booty call kind of boyfriend. I knew when he called it\u2019s because he wanted some as8s and I was happy dishing out for him but now\u2026\u2026..i don\u2019t want Senzo smashing me.<\/div>\n
The dining table is empty. And so is the house. I don\u2019t know why it feels like I\u2019m alone in this enormous house and that scares me.<\/div>\n
I look around from the dining room for anyone or anything but no one appears from any corner.<\/div>\n
Where is Jabu? Or Lerato? Or\u2026\u2026\u2026. I almost jump when the main door from the dining hall opens.<\/div>\n
A woman wearing maid uniform walks in. She comes straight to me with a smile that looks rehearsed. One thing about me is that I\u2019ll read you with your smile. I know the difference between a genuine smile and a fake smile.<\/div>\n
\u201cGood morning mam\u201d she greets,<\/div>\n
\u201cHello\u201d I greet back,<\/div>\n
\u201cMy name is Rebecca and I\u2019m the help. We didn\u2019t meet yesterday, you fainted when you arrived\u201d she offers me her hand and I take it.<\/div>\n
\u201cNice to meet you Rebecca\u201d I remember bra Mindlos mentioning her yesterday,<\/div>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to start in the bedroom. You can just shout if you need my assistant\u201d she say already passing me but I stop her,<\/div>\n
\u201cWait, you don\u2019t stay here?\u201d I ask,<\/div>\n
\u201cNo mam. I come in the morning and leave in the evening\u201d she say.<\/div>\n
This means I make breakfast for myself or that Lerato woman does. I don\u2019t trust Lerato and I don\u2019t think I can eat anything she made.<\/div>\n
\u201cThis means you don\u2019t make breakfast, right?\u201d I just want to be sure,<\/div>\n
\u201cNo mam, I only cook dinner before I leave but that\u2019s also if Madam asked me\u201d I guess madam is Lerato,<\/div>\n
\u201cOkay thank you. Where is the kitchen?\u201d I\u2019m starving,<\/div>\n
She points me towards the kitchen and I afford her a smile before I head there.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The kitchen is something out of a top billing design. It\u2019s a luxurious modern design with sleek black and white palette. It\u2019s so fancy I almost don\u2019t want to touch anything. The cabinets are high gloss black cabinets with smooth handles that gives a polished upscale look. The countertops and island are made of a large white marble with dramatic black veining. It is so freaking neat and beautiful but last night\u2019s dishes that are piled on the sink disturbs its beauty. There pots are filled with water on the stove as well\u2026\u2026I don\u2019t know Lerato but this looks just like her. Just because she has a maid she doesn\u2019t even wash her coffee mug.<\/div>\n
I cannot make my breakfast in a kitchen like this. I find my way into the cupboards and find dish washing liquid. I wash the dishes with last night\u2019s dream dancing in my head. It felt so real. \u2018\u2026\u2026You\u2019re a Mabaso wife, you\u2019re not here to pay stupid debts\u2026..\u2019 I don\u2019t know what to think of it. I know I need to call Sthabi and divulge this one with him after eating.<\/div>\n
It takes a while for me to clean the mess in the kitchen before I start with breakfast. I manage to pack the dishes exactly where they are allocated. It\u2019s not a hustle to find where everything is placed in this kitchen as I thought it would be.<\/div>\n
I love the kitchen, as a cook the kitchen is my favourite part of the house. I haven\u2019t seen the entire house but I know nothing will change my mind about this kitchen. I can cook wonders and try new recipes in a kitchen like this.<\/div>\n
The fridge is the best part of the kitchen. I love me a stocked fridge, not a fridge with cheese that doesn\u2019t melt and cheap polony like Muzis\u2019<\/div>\n
I\u2019m generous with my breakfast, making myself all kinds of grease. I forgot my remedy for mkhaba at home but one day without it won\u2019t kill me. Eggs, fried bacon, fried burger, two types of cheese, fried sausages, six slices of toasted bread and grilled tomato is on my plate. The tomato is just to ease my conscious even though I know it\u2019s the only thing that will remain untouched on my plate when I\u2019m done.<\/div>\n
I put my plate on the counter and turn to make coffee. I can\u2019t wait to sit down and dig in.<\/div>\n
\u201cOh it smells nice in here, thank you for breakfast makoti\u201d bra Mindlos say walking in. He pulls a bar stool by my breakfast and start to eat right away.<\/div>\n
That\u2019s my breakfast!<\/div>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re not going to lose that jojo tank if you keep eating like this. This is nice!\u201d (\u2026\u2026belly if\u2026..) he bites into my crispy bacon and I swallow. I don\u2019t know why I like him without the cane. Even this morning he is without the cane and he looks so\u2026\u2026warm.<\/div>\n
\u201cThat was actually my breakfast bra Mi\u2026\u2026.\u201d he gives me a look, a look that shuts me up \u201cBaba\u201d I correct myself,<\/div>\n
He smiles \u201cMake yourself another breakfast\u201d<\/div>\n
Sigh! \u201cWhere is Jabu and Zen?\u201d I ask as I start frying for myself from the start,<\/div>\n
\u201cJabu is at school, and as for your husband I don\u2019t know. Shouldn\u2019t I ask you where your husband is?\u201d of course Jabu is at school, I don\u2019t know how I forgot that,<\/div>\n
\u201cGo easy with the oil Ntwenhle, bacon already has it\u2019s natural\u2026\u2026\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry to interject you baba but whose food am I making?\u201d I glare at him,<\/div>\n
\u201cYours\u201d he bites his bottom lip,<\/div>\n
\u201cThank you then\u201d I turn back to the stove. How I fry my bacon is none of his business!<\/div>\n
\u201cFinish up with your oil swimming breakfast and come sit down with me. You say you don\u2019t know where Zenzele went?\u201d he asks,<\/div>\n
I shake my head no by the stove,<\/div>\n
\u201cHow was your first night with him? Is he warming up to you?\u201d<\/div>\n
Is he? I think we are warming up to each other but my subconscious tells me not to divulge this information to bra Mindlos,<\/div>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s important that you be honest with me Ntwenhle. I\u2019m the one who put you in my son\u2019s life and I\u2019m the one who will erase you like rubber does to pencil\u201d<\/div>\n
I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s a threat but I know he wants my loyalty to lie with him,<\/div>\n
\u201cHe is very difficult baba\u201d I lie,<\/div>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t fu8cking lie to me! Zenzele doesn\u2019t hold any of the whores\u2019 hands or even let them stay a night in his room. All the bi8tches that stayed in his bed is because I had to drug him first. You\u2019re the first woman to sleep on his bed and he actually allowed it. Even Precious\u2026\u2026.\u201d he trails off and clears his throat, \u201cDon\u2019t you dare lie to me girlie. Everything Zenzele does to you in his bed I must know. You\u2019ll tell me everything, and I mean every them detail. I want to know when and how he fu8cks you. The first time he spreads that cu8nt you\u2019ll let me know. Are we clear on that girlie?\u201d the venom on his face matches that on his words. And I take my words back, bra Mindlos with or without the cane is still the same person,<\/div>\n
\u201cI will\u201d I nod,<\/div>\n
\u201cGood. The doctor will be hear at 11 am. He\u2019ll take your blood work and give us the results in two days. In the main time, I want you to use this when you bath. And don\u2019t think about not using it, I\u2019ll know if you don\u2019t bath with it. You just sprinkle it in your bath water and that\u2019s all. And this is between me and you, if you tell Zenzele about this, that fake pastor tavern owner you call a father will join his useless ancestors by end of today. Welcome makoti\u201d and he smiles, he puts the weird Vaseline container with a dark brownish powder inside on the counter.<\/div>\n
He gets up and leave with the plate in his hand. He wasn\u2019t done eating.<\/div>\n
I watch him walk out of the room whistling and I know I\u2019m fu8cked. I need to leave this house today! I\u2019m not bathing with shit I don\u2019t know.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s a good thing I hadn\u2019t unpacked. I grab my suitcase and handbag and drag it downstairs without looking back. I didn\u2019t touch that container, looking at it was enough to make my skin crawl.<\/div>\n
I find myself in the dining hall main entrance sooner than I thought. When I open the door I\u2019m met by two guards at the door. They both share glances.<\/div>\n
\u201cAre you going somewhere mam?\u201d one asks,<\/div>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going home\u201d I drag my luggage out of the door but I don\u2019t entirely make it out,<\/div>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think so\u201d one blocks my way, \u201cNo order came from the house that you\u2019re going home so back inside mam\u201d he adds. He doesn\u2019t touch me but the man is a size of a bouncer. I know I\u2019m a meaty girl but I don\u2019t stand a chance here,<\/div>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t hold me prisoner!\u201d I scream,<\/div>\n
They both smile,<\/div>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t make a scene mam. If you\u2019re to go home, bra Mindlos would have told us\u201d another one say,<\/div>\n
\u201cI\u2019m leaving!\u201d I push past the man but he grabs my arm so rough I feel like he broke it,<\/div>\n
\u201cWhat is going on here?\u201d Zenzele\u2019s voice comes behind the chaos and the man lets my hand go immediately.<\/div>\n
He is standing couple of feet away from us. He is wearing blue ripped jeans with a plain white t-shirt and white sneakers. He is just in casual wear but lord he looks so dreamy I would eat him up and leave no bones. And today he is actually using a white cane, the one used by blind or visually impaired individuals to navigate their surroundings and identify obstacles.<\/div>\n
He folds it as he await a response and takes off his sunglasses.<\/div>\n
\u201ckaMabaso what\u2019s going on?\u201d he directs the question to me. I don\u2019t know how he knows I\u2019m here but maybe he heard my voice,<\/div>\n
\u201cThey don\u2019t want me to leave\u201d I say,<\/div>\n
\u201cWho is they and where are you going?\u201d he frowns,<\/div>\n
\u201cThe guards at the door and I\u2019m going home\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cHome?\u201d his frown deepens. He closes the space between us and come stands before me like he can see me,<\/div>\n
\u201cDid I do anything wrong?\u201d he whispers, he takes my hand in his. His touch should be illegal!<\/div>\n
\u201cNo. I just\u2026\u2026\u201d how do I tell him his father wants me to bath with muti and threatened to kill my father?<\/div>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s talk inside please\u201d he kisses the back of my hand,<\/div>\n
Before he drags me inside the house he looks between the two guards, no word comes out of his mouth but even I feel the threat that lingers in the air,<\/div>\n
\u201cWe apologise ghost\u201d the bouncer say, eyes dropped and so is his tone,<\/div>\n
\u201cShe is my wife!\u201d he firmly say looking between the two guys,<\/div>\n
\u201cIt won\u2019t happen again ghost\u201d the other guard say,<\/div>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s not have this conversation again\u201d he adds and the two nod.<\/div>\n
He drags me back into the house \u201cZen my bags are on the floor!\u201d I tell him,<\/div>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ll bring them. What happened?\u201d he leads the way like he sees where we are going. Jabu really didn\u2019t lie when he said he knows his way inside the house,<\/div>\n
\u201cWhere were you?\u201d I almost bark but hold my tongue,<\/div>\n
He smiles, \u201cI took Jabu to school\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cYou drive!\u201d Lord help me out here!<\/div>\n
\u201cNo. I have a driver but I do take my son to school\u201d<\/div>\n
Finally we are in our bedroom. He closes the door behind us and stare down at me.<\/div>\n
\u201cWhat happened? Why are you leaving?\u201d he asks once again,<\/div>\n
\u201cWhy are they calling you ghost?\u201d I ask,<\/div>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a nickname. Please let\u2019s talk about you, why are you leaving?\u201d he closes the space between us, taking both my hands in his and I melt in his touch,<\/div>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s your dad\u201d I\u2019m putting my father at risk here but I trust Zenzele,<\/div>\n
\u201cHe wants me to bath with something and he threatened to kill my father if I tell you\u201d I tell him,<\/div>\n
He heaves a sigh, and smile \u201cI thought I actually did something to anger you. Don\u2019t worry, Shandu and Joyce are protected. I knew he might try to get to you through them. He won\u2019t touch them\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cAre you sure Zenzele? My father and step mother are the only parents I have left in this world and I don\u2019t want anything to happen to them\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cI know you\u2019ve only known me for 24 hours but I need you to trust me. Nothing will happen to your parents. I made sure of that this morning\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cDid you know your father was going to threaten me?\u201d I ask,<\/div>\n
\u201cYes. Mandla is quite predictable\u201d a knock interrupts us,<\/div>\n
\u201cWho is it?\u201d he asks,<\/div>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s me, I have brought madam\u2019s bags\u201d the voice belongs to the bouncer looking guard at the door,<\/div>\n
Zenzele opens the door and the man puts my bags by the door with an apologetic smile on his face.<\/div>\n
\u201cWhy don\u2019t we go have breakfast and spend the day together so I can get to know my wife?\u201d Zenzele asks soon as the man walks out.<\/div>\n
I love the sound of that but before we go out of this walls\u2026..<\/div>\n
\u201cZen are you sure nothing will happen to my father and aunty Joy?\u201d those two are my home,<\/div>\n
\u201cIf something happens to your parents take our bags and leave me\u201d<\/div>\n
I don\u2019t know why I\u2019m smiling but I do,<\/div>\n
\u201cCan we sit down and talk before we go eat. There is something I want to talk to you about\u201d<\/div>\n
He gestures that we sit on the couch,<\/div>\n
\u201cI\u2026..i want to know your grandfather\u2019s name if you don\u2019t mind\u201d I sigh,<\/div>\n
\u201cMy grandfather?\u201d he frowns,<\/div>\n
I nod like he can see me,<\/div>\n
\u201cMpendulo Mabaso is the one I know. He was Mandla\u2019s father\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cDo you resemble him?\u201d I ask,<\/div>\n
He smiles \u201cJabu and I we look just like him. It\u2019s Mandla the rotten peach of the family who came out looking like his mother and became the menace of the house\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cHe came to me in a dream last night\u201d I share with him,<\/div>\n
\u201cMy grandfather?\u201d he sounds shocked,<\/div>\n
I nod \u201cHe was welcoming me into the house and he shared somethings with me that I\u2019m not sure if I have to tell you but the main thing he told me about is the cane. Whose cane is that?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWhich cane?\u201d he frowns,<\/div>\n
\u201cYour father\u2019s cane?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cMandla is got a cane?\u201d he asks back, confusion written on his face,<\/div>\n
\u201cYour father uses a cane, Zenzele!\u201d why does it look like he doesn\u2019t know what I\u2019m talking about,<\/div>\n
\u201cA cane?\u201d he really does look lost,<\/div>\n
\u201cYes a cane. Don\u2019t tell me you don\u2019t know that your father uses a cane\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cMaybe he started using it after my blindness but Mandla didn\u2019t need a cane before. And even Jabu hasn\u2019t mentioned Mandla using a cane to me. Are you sure you\u2019re not seeing things?\u201d am I? Now I\u2019m confused.<\/div>\n
\u201cWas there anyone in your family who used a cane before?\u201d I ask,<\/div>\n
\u201cYes. My grandfather had a cane but I\u2019m not sure who inherited it when he died\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cAre you sure you have never seen your father use a cane before?\u201d I think now I understand why his grandfather came to me with the cane. If they can\u2019t see the cane, it means only I see that cane in Mandla\u2019s hand.<\/div>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll ask Jabu when he comes back from school. Maybe he started using it after my blindness but I doubt Jabu would hide something like that from me\u201d<\/div>\n
Am I the only one seeing this cane? I have known bra Mindlos for a while but I have never seen him with a cane. The first time I saw him with a cane was yesterday when he came for me. At the tavern, in the car driving here and arriving in this house. On the dinner table he didn\u2019t have the cane. This morning he didn\u2019t have the cane. When does he use this cane and why does it seem like it\u2019s selective? I don\u2019t think everyone sees the cane\u2026.. \u2018You and your husband will undo all that Mandla tainted with darkness in the Mabaso homestead. The cane was never his, from Mpendulo to Zenzele; his vision, their wealth\u2019 the words of the old man in my dream comes back. Mandla is using something that isn\u2019t his and has tainted it with darkness. No wonder he feels so creepy whenever he has the cane.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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