{"id":616,"date":"2026-01-22T06:14:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T06:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/?p=616"},"modified":"2026-01-22T06:14:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T06:14:20","slug":"the-cane-of-wealth-novel-chapter-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/the-cane-of-wealth-novel-chapter-8\/","title":{"rendered":"THE CANE OF WEALTH Novel Chapter 8"},"content":{"rendered":"
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VOLUME 8<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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NTWENHLE<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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This is a very big gamble I\u2019m taking here but I\u2019m taking it anywhere because I\u2019m Ntwenhle stupid Mbatha. It just goes to prove that when the heart wants what it wants, not even a bean can stand in its way. Matters of the heart are known by the heart only.<\/div>\n
I\u2019m sending Senzo a break up message while my half a second husband breaks up with his skeleton downstairs as well. Breaking up with Senzo through a text is my only option because I don\u2019t have the courage to face him. Not that I\u2019m scared of him but he can be a little unpredictable so here it goes\u2026\u2026.<\/div>\n
*Senzo I\u2019m sorry for doing this to you but I can\u2019t be with you anymore, I got married. Please move on with your life. I wish you well* I press send before I overthink it. That was very sincere of me. I even gave him a reason why I\u2019m breaking up with him. Back in the days I used to break up with my exes with a simple \u2018It\u2019s over!\u2019 text. Now I\u2019m older and wiser. I just hope Zenzele\u2019s sheet game won\u2019t make me regret this because Senzo knew how to lay the pipe.<\/div>\n
My phone rings in my hand as I\u2019m about to put it away. It\u2019s Sthabi.<\/div>\n
\u2018Ntwana!\u2019 I\u2019m quick to pick it. I need to vent about the pregnant mosquito downstairs talking with my man.<\/div>\n
\u2018How are you my girl? Are you safe?\u2019 he asks,<\/div>\n
\u2018I\u2019m fine Sthabi. You won\u2019t believe the night I had. Zenzele\u2019s grandfather came to me in a dream to welcome me. He called me a Mabaso wife and said he laid so many paths for me\u2026\u2026\u2019<\/div>\n
\u2018NTWENHLE\u2019 he interjects me,<\/div>\n
\u2018I asked how you are, and who the fu8ck is Zenzele?\u2019 he adds,<\/div>\n
\u2018I said I\u2019m fine. Zenzele is my husband\u2019 I need to slow down a bit and not hit him with everything at once,<\/div>\n
\u2018Husband yani Ntwe I thought you said you didn\u2019t know the guy\u2019s name!\u2019 he raises his voice,<\/div>\n
\u2018We talked last night and got to know each other\u2019<\/div>\n
\u2018And?\u2019 he heaves a sigh,<\/div>\n
\u2018And what?\u2019 I ask back,<\/div>\n
\u2018Was it just talking that happened last night?\u2019 bathong!<\/div>\n
\u2018That\u2019s none of your business Thabiso, I\u2019m not that loose!\u2019 saying that pisses me off because I know my bean twitches every time I\u2019m close to Zenzele. That man is going to make me lose my morals.<\/div>\n
\u2018I wasn\u2019t insulting you ntwanas, I just I hate that you\u2019re already telling me about freaking grandfather of Zinyoka\u2026..\u2019<\/div>\n
\u2018Zenzele!\u2019 I hiss,<\/div>\n
\u2018Whatever his name is. I called to ask if you have spoken to bra Mindlos about our Ndaba situation so I can come back\u2019 oh flip! I forgot to speak to Zenzele about him,<\/div>\n
\u2018I\u2019ll speak to Zenzele and get back to you\u2019<\/div>\n
\u2018WHY ARE YOU SPEAKING TO ZINYOKA? ISN\u2019T BRA MINDLOS THE ONE\u2026\u2026\u2019 he shouts<\/div>\n
\u2018Thabiso you won\u2019t keep calling my husband Zinyoka and don\u2019t you dare raise your voice at me so early in the morning, on my phone that I bought with my hard earned money!\u2019 what\u2019s his problem today!<\/div>\n
I hear him take in a deep breath \u2018I\u2019m sorry\u2019 he mutters,<\/div>\n
\u2018It\u2019s been one night ntwana\u2019 he adds,<\/div>\n
\u2018One night?\u2019 I\u2019m confused,<\/div>\n
\u2018You\u2019re already taken by this cheese boy in just a night. Can you please use your head? Don\u2019t fall for someone you don\u2019t know. He is bra Mindlos\u2019 son, they could be using you and you\u2019re eating right into their hand\u2019 this one doesn\u2019t know what he is talking about,<\/div>\n
\u2018Thabiso I\u2019ll call you when I have spoken to Zenzele about you, bye\u2019 he is pissing me off. I drop the call immediately before he says anything. I don\u2019t even know why he is so pissed all of a sudden.<\/div>\n
My phones beeps in my hand. I think its Thabiso sending me a text to apologise but it\u2019s not, it\u2019s Senzo.<\/div>\n
*I\u2019m coming, you\u2019ll tell me that shit face to face* the message reads.<\/div>\n
I stare at the message for a while, confused and puzzled. Senzo better not make my life hard. We weren\u2019t a typical boyfriend and girlfriend. He wasn\u2019t sending me I love you messages and I wasn\u2019t sending them either. We were in a relationship when we both needed servicing. Why is he acting like a real boyfriend now? Let me block and delete his number. I know he\u2019ll try to call me when he is at the butcher by home so I come out but he won\u2019t reach me.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Zenzele walks in through the door mid my phone wars. I throw the phone on the table immediately as if he can see me. Guilt strikes me but I don\u2019t let it consume me. Senzo is an ex, it\u2019s not like I\u2019m doing anything wrong\u2026\u2026.right<\/div>\n
His posture is different from earlier on, the way his shoulders fall tells me that something is wrong.<\/div>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s wrong? Is the pregnant mosquito giving you a hard time?\u201d I get on my feet to meet him half way,<\/div>\n
He stops and frowns \u201cHow do you know\u201d he asks,<\/div>\n
\u201cKnow what?\u201d I hate people who wants me to over use my brain and think for them. If you\u2019re going to ask a question ask me a damn question!<\/div>\n
He sighs \u201cCan we sit?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cOkay\u201d I lead the way back to the couch where I was seated.<\/div>\n
He takes a sit right beside me. Again he takes in a deep breath before he looks in my direction,<\/div>\n
\u201cPrecious is saying she is pregnant\u201d he shares with a heavy sigh,<\/div>\n
\u201cShe is lying\u201d I can\u2019t help but roll my eyes. I know the likes of Preciouses out there, girls who\u2019ll do anything to hold on to a man,<\/div>\n
\u201cWe weren\u2019t always safe so she could be\u201d he shrugs,<\/div>\n
\u201cAnd you\u2019re very stupid Zenzele! You have a Satanism father who is out for your seed and you go around sleeping girls without protecting your seed?!\u201d men can be so annoying,<\/div>\n
\u201cAre you shouting me?\u201d his lips curves into a smile,<\/div>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not shouting. I\u2019m just pointing out your stupidity\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cOkay MaShandu. I apologise for sleeping with my then girlfriend without using protection\u201d he smiles,<\/div>\n
\u201cKahle kahle why am I going through doctor\u2019s examinations alone when you are not innocent either? What if you got something from that skeleton of\u2026\u2026.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t call each other names please sthandwa sami. And if it makes you feel better, we\u2019ll take the tests together\u201d he interjects me, ever so calm and that calms me down,<\/div>\n
\u201cCan I please have your hands\u201d he opens his palms and I put my hands atop his,<\/div>\n
He squeezes my hands and melt like butter under the scorching heat of the sun \u201cI know this is not a way to start a life but I\u2019m being honest with you because I need you kaMabaso. If Precious is indeed pregnant with my child I\u2019m going to have to protect her from Mandla. I need to know if you\u2019re willing to walk that journey with me if she is indeed carrying my child\u201d I hate exes who won\u2019t go away but since I spent the night with him\u2026\u2026I\u2019m not sure there is any journey I want him to walk without me,<\/div>\n
\u201cHow are you going to make sure that the baby is yours before you commit yourself to anything?\u201d I ask,<\/div>\n
\u201cShe is willing to go to any doctor of my choosing for the DNA test\u201d<\/div>\n
Sigh! I think I\u2019m going to need a doom to spray that mosquito out of my man\u2019s life.<\/div>\n
\u201cOkay\u201d I roll my eyes, knowing he can\u2019t see me.<\/div>\n
\u201cSo we\u2019ll figure it out together?\u201d he asks,<\/div>\n
\u201cI\u2019m here to stay Zenzele. I have even unpacked my bag and I think I\u2019m short of clothes\u201d I only packed one suit case,<\/div>\n
\u201cDoes that mean you want to go shopping?\u201d he smiles. I think I love how his lips curves when he smiles. I wasn\u2019t implying shopping but\u2026..I\u2019ll never say no to shopping,<\/div>\n
\u201cI need a few things you know\u2026..\u201d I trail off, bringing him to laugh out loud.<\/div>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s go shopping then if you want to go shopping\u201d I love me a man who is generous with his money. It just increases love. You can\u2019t be stingy and expect to be loved right.<\/div>\n
\u201cLet me change first\u201d my mood is back to 100. I get up from the couch but he doesn\u2019t let go of my hand.<\/div>\n
\u201ckaMabaso\u201d I don\u2019t know why I melt when he calls me with his name but I do\u2026.i just become jellow,<\/div>\n
\u201cHm\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t see\u201d he say not letting go of my hand. I\u2019m on my feet, looking down at him confused,<\/div>\n
\u201cI know\u201d I mutter,<\/div>\n
\u201cMy hands are the only vision I have\u201d what\u2019s he saying now\u2026\u2026<\/div>\n
\u201cWhat do you mean? You\u2019re confusing me\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cI would like to see you with my hands\u201d he say,<\/div>\n
\u201cWith your hands?\u201d I ask and he stands up, taking all the space around me and I suddenly feel so small under his posture,<\/div>\n
\u201cI would like to see you like this\u201d he pulls me into his chest and his arms wrap around my waist,<\/div>\n
I think the temperature in the room just changed. It\u2019s so hot I want fan my face but I can\u2019t\u2026..<\/div>\n
\u201cYou feel like home\u201d his hands wrap around my waist tighter,<\/div>\n
\u201cI feel perfect in your arms\u201d I say. I really do feel so perfect in his touch.<\/div>\n
\u201cWhere have you been?\u201d he kisses my forehead. Forehead kisses are my weakest. I fall in love with a forehead kiss, \u201cI wish I had met you sooner\u201d he abandons my waist for my face. I know he can\u2019t see me but he cups my face so delicate and inclines my head a bit so I look up at him,<\/div>\n
His thumb brushes on my lip \u201cI can\u2019t wait to taste this lips\u201d he say. I can\u2019t wait either and if it was up to me we should be smooching and exchanging saliva right now\u2026..<\/div>\n
From my lips his hands travel down my neck, leaving a burning sensation wherever his private school hands touch on my skin.<\/div>\n
My shoulders receive his expert touch. I grow weaker and weaker with every touch he lays on my skin. From my shoulders I think he is going to go for my hands but the sneaky him cups my breast before I can even think about it\u2026.<\/div>\n
\u201cZen!\u201d I gasp,<\/div>\n
\u201cLittle peaches. I can work with this\u201d the who8re in me doesn\u2019t even spank his hands away from my boobies. It\u2019s when his hands fall to my flat stomach I jump. Don\u2019t even look at me like that. If I say I have a flat stomach I have it.<\/div>\n
He laughs. I don\u2019t know what he finds funny but he is spoiling my mood,<\/div>\n
\u201cIs there anything funny Zenzele?\u201d I ask,<\/div>\n
\u201cCha mama I just\u2026\u2026..\u201d (No mommy\u2026\u2026.) he is interrupted by a knock<\/div>\n
\u201cMakoti, Ndlovu is ready for us in the guest room!\u201d bra Mindlo\u2019s voice shouts from the outside.<\/div>\n
I watch Zenzele\u2019s face transform from happy to annoyed,<\/div>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t have to do this check-up if you don\u2019t want to. Do you want to do it?\u201d he asks,<\/div>\n
I\u2019m worried about the HIV test more than anything but\u2026.. \u201cYou said we\u2019ll take the tests together, right?\u201d I ask,<\/div>\n
He nods,<\/div>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll do it as long as you take the tests too\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cOkay. Let\u2019s go so I can take you shopping and introduce you to our people\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cOur people?\u201d he grabs my hand and lead towards the door,<\/div>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ll see. Mandla\u201d he acknowledges his father and pull me with,<\/div>\n
\u201cWhere are you going? I\u2019ll see Ntwenhle to Ndlovu!\u201d bra Mindlos hurries to catch up with us as Zen pulls me,<\/div>\n
\u201cMy wife, our tests Mandla. Don\u2019t you want to go hug your slay queen or something?\u201d bra Mindlos stops walking and just stares at us. I don\u2019t like his look, I feel his stare until we turn corner.<\/div>\n
\u201cDo you have to piss him off like that?\u201d I ask,<\/div>\n
\u201cThe only thing that man did well for me was bringing you to me. He can go jump in the nearest bridge for all I care\u201d I think we should be careful around bra Mindlos and not show him that we are fucking him off.<\/div>\n
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MANDLA<\/div>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s eating you?\u201d he asks Lerato walking in their bedroom. Lerato stands with her arms folded to her chest staring outside the window. Her eight inch red bottoms tap repeatedly on the floors, a habit she does whenever she is in her head.<\/div>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t like that girl\u201d she bites the bottom of her lip, not turning to spare Mandla even a glance.<\/div>\n
Mandla closes the space between them and stands behind her to see who she is referring to. From the third floor of the house where their bedroom is located the two watch Ntwenhle and Zenzele climb into one of Zenzele\u2019s SUVs.<\/div>\n
\u201cI have never seen Zenzele like that with any woman. Not even Precious managed to have him so whipped\u201d Mandla sighs,<\/div>\n
\u201cShe is dangerous, Mandla!\u201d she finally turns to look at him,<\/div>\n
\u201cHer fu8cked up prayers are not allowed in this house! Do you think mkhulu is going to be happy with us having someone who worships the other power in this house?\u201d she adds,<\/div>\n
\u201cHave you seen him today?\u201d Mandla releases another sigh,<\/div>\n
\u201cNo\u201d she shakes her head no,<\/div>\n
\u201cI think we should put Rebs to work. She refused the foundation\u201d he takes out the Vaseline container from his pocket,<\/div>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t worry I\u2019ll take care of it. That girl must go as soon as she gives us what we want\u201d she stresses,<\/div>\n
\u201cI know\u201d he sighs again,<\/div>\n
\u201cWhy are you so calm about her?\u201d Lerato\u2019s frown deepens,<\/div>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know but she has this aura that I can\u2019t put into words. I don\u2019t want to harm her\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cMANDLA MABASO YOU BETTER NOT START WITH ME! NOT TODAY BHUTI! THAT FAT MAMBA IS GOING TO BE YOUR DOWNFALL IF YOU\u2019RE NOT CAREFUL. SINCE WHEN DO YOU CARE ABOUT BIT8CHES YOU DON\u2019T KNOW?\u201d she shouts,<\/div>\n
\u201cLavo that girl is got a sense of power I have never felt before. It feels like she belongs here, and I want to harm her but I also want to protect her. I was looking at her earlier on and I swear I felt my father spirit when I looked in her eyes\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cMore reasons why you have to get rid of that girl. You don\u2019t want your father\u2019s angry spirit coming into this house to avenge his wife and son!\u201d<\/div>\n
He sighs. He knows she is right.<\/div>\n
\u201cWhy am I becoming soft to this girl?\u201d he asks her,<\/div>\n
\u201cBecause the bit8ch is praying in tongues and calling on nonsense God to distract you. Let\u2019s go greet Mkhulu and get your cane. Maybe you\u2019ll go back to your senses when you have him in your hand!\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cYour right\u201d he takes off his shoes, and so does she. The room in the house where they keep \u2018mkhulu\u2019 can only be entered barefooted.<\/div>\n
Lerato puts on a doek and a shawl on her shoulders while Mandla puts on a jacket<\/div>\n
\u201cHow are you going to get her to use the foundation?\u201d Mandla asks as they both walk out of their bedroom hand in hand. By the foundation he means the powder that Ntwenhle refused to bath with.<\/div>\n
\u201cRebecca will earn herself a very generous bonus for her help. I know she\u2019ll do anything for money, no questions asked\u201d<\/div>\n
Mandla smiles. He knows his woman will get Ntwenhle to bath with the foundation.<\/div>\n
\u201cI want her pregnant immediately. Mkhulu is growing impatient\u201d Mandla,<\/div>\n
\u201cI told you to give me Zenzele again but you don\u2019t want to listen\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cLERATO YOU\u2019RE NOT FU8CKING MY SON AGAIN. I LET IT HAPPEN ONCE BECAUSE WE WERE DESPERATE!\u201d he stops walking,<\/div>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t shout! You want him to hear that I once slept with him and we share a dead soul together\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThen stop throwing your retired cu8nt at my son! He doesn\u2019t know and we\u2019ll keep it that way. That boy will kill us both if he finds out what we did to him\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cFine! I just get so jealous when I see him with a woman sometimes\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cBI8TCH YOU\u2019RE SUPPOSED TO BE HIS STEP MOTHER! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!!\u201d he shouts,<\/div>\n
\u201cStop screaming! I get it okay!\u201d she shouts back.<\/div>\n
\u201cMadam, Sir\u201d Rebecca passes the two down the passage with her head bowed,<\/div>\n
\u201cRebs\u201d Lerato stops her,<\/div>\n
\u201cMadam\u201d she bows,<\/div>\n
\u201cI have an extra job for you that I want done in two days. You\u2019ll get 20k if you do this job for me.\u201d Lerato say,<\/div>\n
\u201cWhat job Madam?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cHave you met Zenzele\u2019s girlfriend?\u201d Lerato asks,<\/div>\n
She nods \u201cYes madam\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cI need you to get close to her. Run her a bath when she comes back and sprinkle this in her bath water. More tasks about her will come and that means more money for you. It\u2019s important that you befriend her so she doesn\u2019t grow suspicious of your kind gestures. Do you think you can do this job for me?\u201d Lerato,<\/div>\n
\u201c20k?\u201d Rebacca receives the container from Lerato,<\/div>\n
\u201c20k after the job is done\u201d Lerato say.<\/div>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll do it\u201d Rebecca puts the container in her pockets.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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