Life as we know it 61-65

Life as we know it

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I walked after her, I wasn’t about to let some skinny ass girl walk to my fiancée’s bedroom, no I wasn’t letting her get away with it. Before I got to the room I heard them talking

Eugene:” what the hell? Kat? What are you doing here” he sounded like he was panicking

Kat:” some girl opened for me and she said she is your fiancée, like what the hell” she said laughing. I appeared and stood at the door looking at Eugene with my hands folded on my chest

Eugene:” Katlego you cant come here….why are you even here?”

Kat:” seriously?”

Me:” uh uhm” I wanted to be recognised because for few seconds it was as if I wasn’t in the room

Eugene:” uhm babe this is Katlego, Kat uh…uh…uhm…meet my fiancée Andani” she looked at him smiling and then swing around to look at me, her smile faded and she looked back at him

Kat:” you are kidding right?” he walked to her and took her hand and dragged her outside

Kat:” Eugee let me go, Eugene let go of my hand!”

I walked after them…seriously I was still in shock trying to figure out what movie was this. Who was Kat and what business did she have with my man? The introduction only said its Kat so I was not sure if Kat was another Pearl, lord help me if that was the case then I wasn’t even going to argue with Eugene shame, I was just going to take my stuff and leave him with his ring, I had no intention of dealing with side chick drama, not again

Eugene:” you need to leave”

Kat:” I cant believe this…did you even tell her about me? You know we belong together Eugee you can’t do this to me with some girl you’ve just met I mean how long have you known her and how long have you known me?”

Me:”ok Eugene please get this thing out of the house before I lose my cool” I said with tears threatening my eyes. I think the tipsiness had evaporated with the new revelation of Eugene’s life. My biggest prayer was that it shouldn’t be what it looked like, not my Eugene, not my perfect Eugene. They were standing at the door

Eugene:” you should never ever just pitch up in here ever again”

Kat:” ok I know I have played you, I understand I have hurt you and I probably deserve this but Eugee please, we can’t throw everything away because of the mistake that I made…think about it please”

Eugene:” just go” he pushed her out and closed the door and locked. He looked at me and looked on the floor, he was embarrassed

Kat:” my bag please” she banged on the door, he looked around for the bag, I signalled to the couch with my head. He walked to the couch and took the bag and went to the door and gave it to her. He close the door again and locked. He stood against the door and took a deep breath

Me:” I don’t want to hear it” I walked to the bedroom and he followed

Eugene:” I didn’t know she was gonna come” what? People what was happening here? Someone please explain to me

Me:” you didn’t know she was gonna rock up here…that’s all? That’s all you have to say?  How about a little bit of intro about Katlego aka Kat and the fact that she came in here like she owns the damn house, she even have the liver to ask me who I was and then the liver was big enough to enable her to walk all the way to your bedroom…..like really, I am lost right now” I started shaking, not the Rialivhuwa drama again, not another side chick, I cant survive this, I’d fall apart. Tears were seriously threatening my eyes but I didn’t want to seem weak, not at this moment. I was trying my level best to stop them from falling

Eugene:” Andi just sit down please” he was calm

Me:”seriously? Just tell me whats happening, do we have another woman or what? Who is Kat?”

Eugene:”my ex” I eyed him with my hands on my hips, I didn’t have to say anything, my eyes might have let him know what I wanted to hear…I wanted him to explain further

Eugene:” the ex I told you about... we ended things but….”

Me:” but?” I started shaking, please whatever he say it shouldn’t be about them shagging, nothing of that sort please…I actually prayed

Eugene:” we still talk and she still visits….i mean sometimes she need someone to talk and I am that someone”

Me:” so she come here and comes to you bedroom and do whatever? If you guys are still as close…how did you fail to tell her about me? And what was that about her wanting you? I thought you said she has someone already” s*** my tears let me down, I couldn’t keep it together, I wasn’t that brave I guess. My pain had less to do with the girl who was here but it had more to do with him. Him not telling me the truth, him lying to me, pretending like he hated her guts when he actually was still best friends with her, I also wondered why he didn’t tell her anything about me, was I of less importance? At that moment I was questioning everything about us, its little things like this that can break a very strong beautiful relationship

Eugene:” Andi” he walked to me

Me:” what?” I said wiping off my tears with my hands, he tried to touch me but I moved away

Eugene:” I love you”

Me:” but you still love her, I can see it in your eyes Eugene part of you still want her” he breathed

Eugene:” uhm I don’t, I didn’t lie to you when I said I love only you. Kat I mean Katlego was or is with someone else and she told me its not working out and that she misses us, I didn’t say much to her and maybe that’s why she took the wrong idea” ok I was totally confused

Me:” owk wait a minute, you proposed to me while you were still considering taking here back? Is that what you are saying? Do you even want to marry me or this is all to hurt her? To get back at her? Oww my God Eugene have you been using me?” ow my God I was now shouting. I couldn’t believe it. I felt a lump on my throat and suddenly I couldn’t speak or do anything. I was shaking. I felt betrayed, I couldn’t believe it

Eugene:” Andani that’s not true, you know I love you and only you”

Me:” but what was she doing here?” I cried. I walked to his closet and took out my bag

Eugene:” Andani don’t do that please let me explain”

Me:”maybe some other day, right now I just want to go home, I can’t do this with you right now”

Eugene:” Andani stop” he came to me and took my bag and held my hand

Eugene:” I know you are disappointed” that was an understatement of the year

Eugene:” you are hurt because you are thinking wrong, you have trust issues and because of that you wont listen to what I am saying instead you will make your own conclusions” there…right there is the oldest trick in the book, you gotta blame her for your cheating…make her feel guilty. Well I wasn’t about to have that, so he was going to blame it on my insecurity? Oww please

Eugene:” I love you more than I had ever loved anyone else in this world, yes I listened to Katlego telling me about how she wanted me back and I shouldn’t have, I didn’t tell her anything about you because I didn’t want to look like I was bragging, I didn’t want to look like I was trying to hurt her, I was going to tell her in time. I am sorry I did things the wrong way, I am sorry I wasn’t honest with you about her but I didn’t want this to happen, I didn’t want you to think that I’ll consider taking her back. You are my queen Andi, my khaleese and you are the only one I want to marry…I get that you are upset but don’t leave me as in leave me. I will give you some space if that’s what you want”

Me:” I just want to go home”

Eugene:” ok I love you” he took my bag and walked me to the car, we got in and he drove me. We got to my house and I didn’t bother letting him in, I got out as soon as he parked at the gate. I didn’t say goodble or anything. I opened the gate and walked in and then locked it.

It’s funny how a perfect day was utterly ruined nje. Was it Friday the 13^th? I mean why else would things just move from bad to worse in just a space of few hours. Just last night I was happy to be engaged and today? First I had to deal with having Pearl up on my face and be reminded of what she had done to me, secondly I had to deal with an angry Eugene who didn’t understand why I had to act crazy with Pearl and finally the big bash….i had to deal with kate or Kat or whatever her bony ass name is, she ruined everything. And now I was not even sure if Eugene could be trusted, what if he loved her the way I loved Rialivhuwa, what if she was his everything? If Eugene couldn’t be trusted then it was safe for me to stay away while I still can stay away instead of waiting for him to filter me. It’s always best to walk rather than crawl out of the relationship. My head was buzzing, I could literally hear the bzzzzzz!! Sound on my head. I put the bag just close to the door after I had entered. I was making my way to the bedroom to lay down when someone buzzed at the gate. The fuck was that? Some people just had no timing. I wondered who it could be? If it was Eugene I was so going to give him a piece of my mind, what was that crap about giving me some space? Was the space over already? He couldn’t be here, I didn’t want him here. I took the receiver and put it on my ear

Me:” what!” I said with my angry tone

Ria:” uhm hi” the hell? It was Ria’s voice….is he not coming back on Wednesday with my son? So he came back with him today? S*** I was in no state to be around my son but what choice did I have. I pressed the button and opened for him. I unlocked the door and took the bag to the bedroom so long. I came back and found him waiting in the kitchen

Me:” where is Omphu?”

Ria:” I tried calling since last night but you were not picking up well I wanted to tell you that I received a call and had to rush back to work, there was an emergency I had to sort out”

Me:” the question was where Omphu is”

Ria:” ow yeah that, so your mom insisted on staying with him. She wants to keep him for a months or so, she said she will discuss it with you” the bloody hell was going on in this universe? And now people just decide to take my son without saying a word to me

Me:”great….just great” I walked back to my room, I had somuch to say but have no strength to actually say the words so I walked away

Ria:” Andani are you ok?” he sounded concerned

Me:” just leave ok? You conspired with my mom to take my son away from me so leave…it’s like everyone I love just gets taken away” I said walking into the bedroom and banged the door as I close it. Seconds after it opened and Ria walked in

Ria:” Andi?” he stood behind me, I couldn’t face him, I didn’t want him to see me like this

Me:”leave”

Eugene:” no, not when you are like this”

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He turned me around and I couldn’t even look at him

Ria:”Andani what’s wrong?”

Me:” nothing”

I mumbled turning around but he held my hand and slowly moved closer to me and gave me a hug. I was confused and mad and just going crazy, a hug is what I needed and the man I was supposed to be hating on was the one offering or already giving me that hug. I couldn’t turn him down, I needed this so I wrapped my hands around him and I felt tears falling. I closed my eyes and let them fall. For some odd reason, it was surprising really but I felt safe in his arms, I felt warm and damn his cologne, he was still using the same cologne and I was still going nuts about its scent. After a while he slowly broke the hug.

Ria:” I am sorry” he whispered, what was he apologising for? For leaving my son or for the fact that I was sad? I just kept quiet.

He touched my chin and looking at him I could see that he wanted to see my reaction but I gave him nothing, I was just numb nje, still confused. He leaned over to my face and his mouth was almost touching mine, i still didn’t move. I think he was just testing the water to see what I’d do but by the looks of things it seemed as if the water was warm. His mouth reached mine and damn it was electrifying and then all of a sudden I was nervous and scared of what I was about to do but the thought of Kat drove me and made all my fears to evaporate. He bit my lower lip slowly and then kissed me slowly. I gave in shame, I kissed him back. Slowly his tongue reached inside my mouth and I started trembling…was it because I missed him? Or that I had wanted to do this for a long time and was too chicken to admit? I don’t know. I just closed my eyes and stood still, I didn’t want to think anymore I just wanted to enjoy this. He teased my neck with his tongue and then went down on his knees. He undid the short I was wearing while looking into my eyes, I looked away because I didn’t wanna look at him and overthink what was about to happen. Finally my short and undies were down so he got up, carried me to the bed and lay me down gently, he went over to my cookie, held my legs up and dug in. gosh can I explain what I felt? Can it be explained? i felt my whole body exploding in sweet pleasure, my legs trembling while he held them up in the air as he do the job, I found myself screaming not moaning and in just a space of few minutes I was out, I was coming and boooom it happened. I expected him to stop but damn you people the brother didn’t stop there, he continued eating me up with those juices coming out until I begged him to stop but he didn’t….i had to beg him to insert himself in and that’s when he stopped and thrust himself inside me. I was on my knees, him at the back on his knees too doing the deed and the only sound in the room was my scream, his groans and our bodies as they bang onto each other. After several minutes the brother came and he hugged me so tight and didn’t wanna let go, I realised that his hug was too tight and I couldn’t breathe properly

Me:” can’t breathe” I whispered

Ria:” oww sorry” I felt tired and out of strength or the ability to think

Me:” I am tired I just want to sleep” I said that and moved away from him and got inside the blankets. He walked away and came back with the towel. I didn’t even wanna look at him, not after what happened. He removed the blanket from me and wiped me off while I lay there like a dead meat. After that he covered me with the blankets and then I felt him getting into bed. People what was happening? Who invited him in? I thought we were just fucking and he’d leave after the whole thing but no, the brother had some ideas. Well I was too tired so I let him be.

The following morning I was woken up by a memory of last night. Ever thought of the things you did and feel like vanishing out of the face of the earth? I felt like that, I wanted to just go to some island where I’d be alone. I open my eyes and there he was, looking at me like I was some sort of a treasure, a smile quickly crept on his face as soon as I opened my eyes

Ria:” hey beautiful?” nkosi yam did he think we were back together? Beautiful? Seriously?

Me:” you are still here” I said sitting up

Ria:” uhm yeah”

Me:” you should be gone already” I said getting out of bed. I couldn’t believe what just happened but it did happen and now I had to try and do damage control….i had to get rid of Ria and I also had to try and get him not to talk about this

Ria:”uhm what the hell is that?” he was staring at my hand and he quickly got out of bed. I looked at the ring and felt my heart aching

Ria:” are you? I mean-”

Me:” engaged yes” I said looking away and walking to my closet to get something to wear

Ria:” Andani you are not serious, are you getting married to him?” he was angry. I took out a tracksuit

Me:” yep” I said wearing it and looking for the top

Ria:” but I spent the night here? We made love….what was that about?” I looked at him still topless

Me:” just a bit of correction Ria, we didn’t make love we had sex or we fucked that’s it and it meant nothing at all, now can we all get back to our lives like nothing ever happened?” ok I have to admit that sex with him was over the top, mostly because I missed him but that’s it, I didn’t want him in my life and I was not going to try and sugar coat that fact, he needed to know that the sex was just sex

Ria:” what? So you just used me?”

Me:” no I didn’t, you started the whole thing and I just followed so please Ria stop being dramatic ok? You and I both know that I mean nada to you so stop pretending my brother”

Ria:”what? Brother? Andani I love you and I thought last night was magical, i….i want you back and God forbid I am going to fight for you, I will tell your precious Eugene about our night if that’s what it will take for you to come back to me” I knew Ria was childish enough to throw this at me

Me:” you will do no such thing Ria because you don’t wanna take me on”

Ria:” I love you and I will do anything to have you back in my life, to have last night again”

Me:” when you divorced me I walked away in peace and putting aside what happened last night I love Eugene with every bone in my body, I love him and lord help me Ria I won’t let you hurt him like this, I won’t let you tell him anything”

Ria:”ow?” I took one vest and wore it

Me:” try as much as greet him and I will squash you like an insect, I will ruin you…I don’t have the means to do it but my father do and just one word from me Ria you will lose me forever, lose your son forever, lose your job and every little thing you own and on top of that no one will ever hire you so try hurting Eugene and I will do this to you, just try me”

Ria:” you wouldn’t”

Me:” you think after all the pain you’ve caused me I will let you do it again? The sex was great last night and you can just be the man here and walk out, who knows I might get to call you for a session again sometime but this….being petty and all will only back fire on you” he walked to me fuming, he grabbed me by my neck

Me:” try!” I warned, he let go of me

Me:” slap me once and I will take you to the police and your life will be over, I can even say you have raped me…I haven’t showered remember?” I said breathing hard

Ria:” Andani what happened to you?” I could see fear in his eyes

Me:” you happened to me” I said walking to the kitchen and he followed me. I opened the door for him

Me:” we will both forget that last night ever happened and we will continue parenting our son like we were doing” he looked at me one more time and walked out. I closed the door behind me and locked. I sunk to the floor and sat against it and then broke down and cry. What had I become? What had my life become? I was in a mess, a big gigantic mess and I had no idea how to get myself out.

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After a bit of crying I got up and walked to my bedroom and proceeded all the way to the bathroom where I took a long shower. I had nowhere to go and nothing to do so I took my time. After the shower I came back and wore some tracksuits. Looking at myself in the mirror while I was done dressing I hated myself for what I did with Rialivhuwa. It was great I admit but it was uncalled for, it didn’t have to happen and worst part of it all, we didn’t use any protection. With Rialivhuwa being a cheating type, I was never sure if he was clean of HIV or STIs and worst part was that I couldn’t tell at this stage since you have to wait a three months period. I took my phone and found many missed calls from my mom, Ria and an Sms from Eugene. I called Rialivhuwa right away

Ria:”what?”

Me:”uhm we didn’t use protection so…”

Ria:”so what? You think I have AIDS? Well Andani no matter how sick you think of me I love and respect myself I wouldn’t run around sleeping with women without using protection. I didn’t have one at your house because I never expected anything to happen…I trust you enough to know that you are not careless, so if that’s why you called then you can relax, I am not sick” and then he hang up on me. Ok he was angry and I didn’t care about that, I was just relieved that I was safe, I had to trust Rialivhuwa in order for me to not go insane about this. Since we didn’t use protection I also had to buy a morning after pill, I couldn’t risk falling pregnant, not with Ria’s baby. I was sitting on the floor of my bedroom leaning against my bed, I decided to call my mom as well, I needed to hear what her plans were regarding my son

Mom:”hey love”

Me:” hey mom”

Mom:” what’s wrong Andi you sound down?”

Me:” mom you hijacked my son, I can’t just be fine with that and worse you didn’t tell me about it before hand, it’s not fair”

Mom:” is that all? well I am sorry Andi I thought you wouldn’t mind, your dad is the one who insisted that Omphu stays a bit longer, we don’t see him more often so just let us have him for few weeks”

Me:” so how is he?”

Mom:” he is perfectly fine, it’s like he never misses you” she was laughing

Me:” really mom?” my heart ached, I missed my angel. That boy was the only person who wouldn’t judge me, the only person who’d love me no matter what, I was his mom after all

Mom:” I am kidding, don’t stress Andi we are taking good care of him ok?”

Me:” ok”

Mom:” any luck finding job?”

Me:” nothing yet but I am still applying”

Mom:” I can’t believe you are struggling to find employment, do you want us to help you? You know your dad knows all the right people, you can be employed within a week if he gets involved”

Me:” mom I am not in a rush to get a job, I have my savings from my marriage when we got divorced plus it’s not like you guys will let me starve” I laughed

Mom:” don’t count on it because you will be surprised” she was also laughing

Mom:” I have to go love, looks like your son wants something to eat”

Me:” ok mom bye”

After the call with my mom, I knew I had to read Eugene’s sms but I was scared to do so. I was trying to avoid any thoughts of Eugene since I woke up. I couldn’t deal with the betrayal I had committed and I felt like he had seen it all….damn I was one disgusting woman. I finally got the courage to read the sms

“Hey love, I know I wronged you, more like disappointed you, you trusted me so much and I went ahead and broke that trust. I know it’s not easy for you because of your history and I am sorry love. I promise you that Katlego and I are nothing more than just EXs. I love you and I am going insane here without you. I am giving you space to try and calm down so that we can talk” the sms was sent last night.

I looked at the sms and I wanted to cry because I knew for a fact that I didn’t deserve any of this, I didn’t deserve his love or him painting me as a victim. My phone rang at that moment and it was him. I looked at it and put it on the floor, what was I going to say to him. I felt speechless, I had nothing to say to Eugene, I was embarrassed to even talk to him, I felt like he was going to sense it. So I ignored his call. He called me four times and I still didn’t pick up his call. I was starving so I went to the kitchen and prepared myself something to eat. While at it I called Vhusani. One thing needed to be done, not telling her the truth. I wasn’t going to tell Vhusani about this because whenever I tell her about these things then she always go Doctor Phil on me and I didn’t need any of that.

Vhusani:”friend”

Me:” hey love, how are you and Lala?”

Vhusani:”we are good, how about you and your man?”

Me:” we are fine, so you are not angry at me anymore?” I decided not to tell her about Kat as well because that was gonna paint Eugene as a bad guy and I knew that I wasn’t innocent as well

Vhusani:” I am stuck with you as my best for life so no” I laughed

Me:” I miss you”

Vhusani:” mhm me too, so since you guys are engaged, when is the big day?”

Me:” we haven’t discussed that” well our engagement was as good as dead; with everything that had happened it was bloody hopeless

Vhusani:” I should be the first one to know once you’ve decided, uhm friend someone just came into my office, let’s talk later ok?”

Me:”later” after Vhusani’s phone call I finished my breakfast and ate and then after that I had nothing else to do so I decided to take a nap. I was still trying to fall asleep when someone buzzed at the gate. I walked to the receiver and picked it up

Me: ”hello”

Eugene:”uhm can you please let me in” I froze, he was here, Eugene was here

Me:” uhm…ehhh ok” I pressed the button to open the gate and then ran back to my room. I looked around to see if there was any trace of Rialivhuwa in the room but there was nothing, no piece of his clothing, nothing. I then walked to the door. I stood there and breathed before opening. Eugene knocked and I quickly opened the door. Looking into his eyes I wanted to breakdown because I was finally realising the depth of what I had done

Eugene:” hey”

Me:” hi”

Eugene:” I am sorry for just pitching but you were not picking up my calls Andi, I was going insane ok? I miss you and I want to know what is going on? I love you and I am sorry about Katlego, I really am”

Me:” come in first” the thing is I didn’t even want him to apologise, I mean the brother had done nothing compared to what I had done. He walked in and we stood awkwardly in the kitchen

Eugene:” I know what happened was unexpected Andi bu-“

Me:” but nothing, its fine you don’t have to explain”

Eugene:” no I want to, I want you to trust me again”

Me:” I do trust you Eugene I really do”

Eugene:” so we are good?”

Me:” I guess so” he came to me and picked me up and then swang me around. Well I had no strength to fight him or to be angry or to feel betrayed because my betrayal was worse so I just wanted us to forget about what happened.

Eugene:” thank you love, you have no idea how stressed out I was, so I have made plans to properly celebrate our engagement, I am hoping that you’ll say yes”

Me:” no no no Eugene last time we attempted to celebrate our engagement it didn’t end well”

Eugene:” I promise you, nothing bad will happen this time around. Let’s go to Gauteng, let’s go home to visit my sisters for the week, I know your son is coming back tomorrow so we will leave as soon as he lands”

Me:” my mom extended Omphu’s visit so we will do it without him”

Eugene:” is that a yes then?”

Me:” I don’t have a choice now do i?” he gave me a tight hug and then a kiss. Lord I was not in the mood for sex. Well that came out wrong, it’s not that I wasn’t in the mood, I just felt bad after what happened, I needed at least a whole day before jumping to bed with him

Eugene:” since your son is not here, can we leave now?” what?

Me:” now?”

Eugene:” I will help you pack please my love, let’s do this” I looked at his pleading eyes and knew that a no would break his heart

Me:” ok let’s go pack” I looked at my ring while we walked to my room and I felt a knife stabbing at my heart, it broke my heart to know that I had cheated on him, I had done to him the thing I feared the most that he’d do….i then realised how crucial it was for Ria not to say a word, I couldn’t let him talk about what we did, it could kill Eugene

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After we were done parking my stuff which was one big suitcase plus a small one, yeah I was going to be away for about five days so I wanted to make sure that I didn’t leave anything important

Eugene:” it looks like you are leaving for the whole months”

Me:” I am a woman so this is normal”

Eugene:” I am not complaining love” I also changed from my tracksuits to some skinny’s, lose t shirt and some pumps, I wanted to be comfortable. We left my house and drove to his. We got there and Eugene didn’t pack anything, he just took a shower and changed

Me:” that’s all?”

Eugene:” I am going home love, I have clothes there” oww I had forgotten that we were actually going to his home. After he was done we left the house. He said we would drive because a flight meant a hired car and he didn’t want that, instead he wanted to drive around on his Rover, I didn’t argue with him. So late afternoon we hit the road all the way to Gauteng. I was excited to see his sisters.

Me:” you will miss work from tomorrow until Friday, yesterday you were not at work as well, is that not going to affect the company?”

Eugene:” you worry too much about me sweety love, I have my phone with me, I will send emails every now and again”

Me:” so did you tell the girls that we are coming?” he looked at me and smiled and I could sense a no

Eugene:” uhm no I didn’t, I just want to surprise them”

Me:” Eugene is that a good idea? I mean what if they are not home?”

Eugene:” I have spare keys so don’t worry love” I looked at him and shook my head. I honestly didn’t like the whole idea of a surprise visit, I mean what if the poor kids had a visitor or the boyfriend had moved in. I decided to text Tebogo and let her know that we were on our way

“Hey sister in law, don’t breathe a word about this to your brother. We are on our way to Gauteng now to spend the week with you guys so please if you were doing something that you shouldn’t be doing then you better stop, we will be there in about 8 hours or so. And please do act surprised when we arrive, ciao” she replied immediately, at least my phone was on silence

Tebogo:”yohhhhh thank you somuch love, you have no idea what you were going to walk into….my boyfriend was practically staying with us, I will make sure that he takes all his belongings and leave the house immediately, I wouldn’t want Eugene strangling the poor guy” mhm she sounded scared of Eugene, but the girl was my age, I’d understand if it was Thabeleng because she was still young.

We did few stops on the way while eating and we also exchanged driving as well. We arrived in Gauteng in the early hours of the morning, at about three in the morning. We then drove to Sandhurst which is where they had a house. We drove around until he stopped in front of some gate, he pressed a remote and the gate opened. He drove in and I quickly got out of the car to clearly see the house that seemed insanely beautiful while I was in the car

Me:” whaaaat?” Eugene’s house in Cape Town had nothing on this baby right here. It was big and beautiful. It was a double storey house, painted with grey and cream white colours, a beautiful garden, some plants hanging on the wall which looked like some sort of a decoration….well I wasn’t from the bundus, I grew up in a good home and I gotta say that this was just my style. I wouldn’t mind having this as my own house. I made a conclusion while standing there, Eugene wasn’t just rich…he was filthy rich. I mean to own this big house at Sandhurst meant that the brother had few bars on his names….millions. Was his company making that much money? Owww he said something about his parents’ life covers as well.

Me:” you have a beautiful home” I said while he was standing next to me

Eugene:” you’ll see it clearly tomorrow because now it’s dark” he took my hand and pulled me to the door. He took out the keys from his pockets and unlocked

Eugene:” we can just go straight to our bedroom right?”

Me:” why do I get the feeling that you don’t want me to see the house on the inside?” he laughed

Eugene:” because I know you’ll love it and you will want to see the whole house now and I am tired, I just want to rest”

Me:” uhm ok then, your bedroom it is” he took me to his bedroom which was on the top floor. We got there and he switched on the lights. I stood there feeling like I had arrived to some fancy hotel

Me:” your bedroom?” I gave him a questioning look, he nodded and led the way inside. He started taking off his clothes

Eugene:” love I am tired, let’s rest please” people his bedroom was out of my league. Firstly the brother’s bedroom was big and it was in white and gold. His bedding was gold, with a little bit of brown, the two seater couch was white (like who keeps a white couch? Especially if they are male), the tiling was white, bedside lamps where gold, he had a big work of art hanged on his wall…it was a portrait of himself sitting somewhere that looked like a desert with gold sand and all, did I mention the king sized bed? He had two big windows on two different walls, they both had white lace curtains, it was way too clean for a guy but I loved it.

Eugene:” you’re coming to bed?”

Me:” ow yeah, uhm we left the bags in the car and I need something to wear”

Eugene:” ahg just take something of mine in my closet” he said with a lazy voice, he was really tired shame. I went to his walk in closet and I stood there for a while unable to stomach everything that was in there. Why so many clothes here? He don’t even stay here. I walked to the side where his t shirts where neatly hanged, I took a white plain one and wore it and then walked back to the bedroom. He was already sleeping when I got there. I took my phone because I wanted to charge it while I sleep, I found an sms from Rialivhuwa. My heart started pounding. I looked at Eugene and he was still sleeping, so I read ansms

“Hi, this is crazy but even though you treated me like a dog this morning I spent the whole day thinking about you and what went down last night. I miss you now more than ever Andi. I will keep my mouth shut simply because I don’t want you to hate me for the rest of your life for coming between you and him. I still love you though” I read it twice and then deleted it. I put my phone on the charger and then went to bed with my man.

That morning I woke up at around 8. Eugene was still fast asleep, which was acceptable seeing that we only slept at around three. I went to his closet and took out a track pant to wear since my clothes were still in the car. I used his toothbrush to brush my teeth, i then used the face clothes I found there to wash my face and then I walked out of the room. I stood at the stairs and looked down. The view I had was beautiful. the kitchen, living room and the dining room where all an open plan, no walls dividing them and standing up here at the stairs I could see everything. It was beautiful yet simplified. They didn’t have too many unnecessary furnishers. The kitchen obviously had a built in cupboard and a kitchen table and all the kitchen equipment’s, the dominating colour in the kitchen was brown, coming to his living room, there were three gold couches, three seater, two seater and one seater; there was a stand which had a home theatre and then a big flat screen TV mounted on the wall, there was also a small shelve of books sitting in a corner and that’s about it. moving on to the dining room, there was nothing more than just a big dining table with 8 chairs, there was also one two door cupboard situated in a corner and that’s about it. There was lot of space in which one can freely move. The house was also child friendly, if I had brought my son here he would have played nicely.

Tebogo:” morning you”

Me:” hey” I said walking down the stairs, she was in the kitchen

Tebogo:” you should still be resting you know” she was making some food

Me:” ahg I can’t sleep, anyway let me help you”

Tebogo:”firstly give me a hug” I smiled and hugged her

Me:” where is little sister?”

Tebogo:” ahg still sleeping, don’t expect to see her anytime soon” she laughed, we broke the hug

Me:”so, how can I help?”

Tebogo:” you can chop these” she smiled, she handed me some veggies and a knife

Tebogo:” make them small”

Me:” I thought you are making breakfast”

Tebogo:” Eugene wont wake up now and he won’t need breakfast when he finally wakes up” owww lesson learned about my future hubby

Me:” oww is it?”

Tebogo:”yeah and thanks for warning me last night”

Me:” but you are old enough, I don’t think he would have minded” she laughed

Tebogo:” you clearly don’t know my brother very well, he still think of me as his young little sister” we laughed

Me:” oww I see, you really do know your brother so tell me…how does he react after being hurt? Is he a keeping quite type? A violent type? Or the type to just silently punish you?” she looked at me and smiled. I wanted to know what I was up against, just incase the truth comes out

Tebogo:” why do you ask? Are you thinking of cheating” what? How did she came up with that, I fake laughed

Me:” me? Hell no I love your brother, it’s just that…” I showed her the ring and she screamed

Tebogo:” he proposed and you said yes?” she came to me and hugged me and then stopped the hug and took my hand and just starred at it

Tebogo:” wow my brother don’t waste time” she was smiling

Me:”so yeah we are getting married so I am still trying to get to know him you know, I haven’t known him for that long”

Tebogo:” yeah I see what you mean, I can’t really tell you the type he is but I can just plead with you not to cross him, you don’t want to be on his bad side believe me” it was the way she said it that made it seem more real, like he would kill me or something like that. Ok it was now final that the truth should remain the secret, I couldn’t double cross Eugene because I was not keen to find out his other side

Me:” I have met Katlego and apparently she wanted him back”

Tebogo:” tell me you are lying? After everything she had put him through and everything he had done to make her pay? She is one brave woman” ok now I was seriously scared

Me:” he made her pay for hurting him?” my heart was pounding

Tebogo:”huh?”

Me:” you said after everything he had done to make her pay…what did he do to her?” I needed to know

Tebogo:” I said that? Well I have no idea what I was saying, Eugene wouldn’t hurt a fly” she said laughing. No, there was something here, what was Eugene capable of

Tebogo:” Andani don’t be worried, Eugene is a loving man and all he require from you is love nje, that’s all, you are not like Katlego”

Life as we know it

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So I helped Tebogo with the food she was preparing until she was done and Eugene was still not up, Thabeleng was also still sleeping. After we were done I walked out to Eugene’s car and got my bag and took it to the bedroom. He was sitting on the bed busy on his phone

Me:” I thought you were still sleeping?”

Eugene:” nope, just doing a little bit of work, you don’t mind do you?”

Me:” not at all” I went to him and kissed him

Me:” your food is ready”

Eugene:” my food?”

Me:” yep, I was busy cooking with your sister”

Eugene:” but love you are supposed to be resting”

Me:” and you are supposed to be in the shower so that you can eat afterwards” I took his phone and put it away

Eugene:” you are a bad influence” I smiled while I walk him to the shower

Eugene:” I thought you are joining me” well I was trying to avoid sex, I still couldn’t stomach it

Me:” mhm maybe tomorrow my love” I walked out to the bedroom. I heard the shower going on. I took his phone, well it was wrong of me I know but I was curious to know if he was still talking to that Kat creature. He had a password combination and I tried my best to unlock it to no avail so I gave up before I was caught right handed. I walked out of the bedroom and found Thabeleng in the kitchen still eating

Me:” look who is finally up” she quickly got up from her seat and ran to me, I giggled. She got to me and gave me a hug

Thabeleng:” my one and only sister in law wooow you are here” she said while she was squeezing me in her arms

Me:” I cant breathe love” she broke the hug and looked at me

Thabeleng: owww sorry about that, mhmm i sooo miss you” she said pulling me to where she was eating. Looking at her I wanted to laugh, she was in some shorts that looked more like an underwear, the thing was way too small to be called a short, she wore some crop top that barely covered the bottom part of her boobs and she was bare footed. She didn’t have a weave this time around and she had short afro hair looking naturally gorgeous

Me:” and what are you wearing?” I asked smiling

Thabeleng: hawu Andi I wear these when I am not going anywhere, I mean my brother is here so its not like he will let me out of the house anyway so I might as well spend the whole day half naked”

Me:” mhm ok uhm I need to go to the mall, I saw it this morning when we were coing back, it doesn’t seem far”

Thabeleng:” why do you want to go to the mall though?”

Me:”women stuff”

Thabeleng:” you can use my stuff if you are on your periods you know” she said while busy eating

Me:” thanks hey but I just wanna drive around here and see the neighbourhood in the mean time

Thabeleng:” in that case wait for me to finish” damn this girl though, she should just get the hint already, I wanted to be out of the house alone on my own, I needed to get the damn pill, I couldn’t fall pregnant, not with Ria’s baby, I couldn’t have any of that

Me:” Thaby just eat your food love I will be back before you finish, I know your brother wont let me out of the house while he is up, he will want us to have some family time, so see you now now” I didn’t wait for her to say one more word, I quickly ran out of the door and all the way to the car. Eugene’s car keys had a gate remote as well so I opened the gate, started my car and drove out.

I did saw the mall the previous night but I had no idea where I saw it. I drove around a bit until I saw a road sign pointing to some direction where the mall was and I followed that. I got to the mall, parked my car at the parking and looked around for the pharmacy. I saw clicks and I prayed that they had a clinic in there and thanks heavens….they had one. I bought the pill and figured that I had no enough time so I bought still water as well. I walked to the car where I quickly drank the once off pill I got. After drinking the whole 500ml of water I relaxed and finally felt relieved that the pregnancy scare feeling was finally over. I got out of the car with the pill plastic and a water bottle and threw them in the dustbin. I turned around to walk to the car and bumped into someone with a very familiar scent. I looked up and got the shock of my pathetic life when I found Eugene starring at me with a big smile on his face. Oww my God did he see? Did he see me taking the pill? Or throwing the plastic away?

Eugene:” hey” I breathed

Me:” you almost gave me a heart attack, aren’t you supposed to be in the shower?”

Eugene:” I finished and when I walked down I heard you came to the mall, I couldn’t understand why and you don’t know this place”

Me:”says who?”

Eugene:” babe do you know this place?”

Me:” well no, I got lost a bit while coming here but I am here now” he bent down and gave me a brief kiss

Eugene:” I just got worried, I mean seeing that you tried to unlock my phone, I thought that maybe you got hold of some secret that you weren’t supposed to know” he said with a smile but I just looked at him still asking my self how he came to know about me tryna unlock his phone

Eugene:” whaat? Babe did you seriously tried to unlock my phone? I mean that was supposed to be a joke” I felt embarrassed a bit

Me:” yah maybe I did”

Eugene:” wow ok good luck figuring it out because it aint gonna be given to you anyway, what are we here for?” tjooo what can I buy? What can I say I was here to buy?

Me:” uhm I figured that I left some of my toiletries, seeing that I used your teethbrush this morning so I need to get few items, lets go in” my heart was still pounding, I was not sure what he had seen, if he saw anything at all. We walked to clicks where I bought everything I needed, well to be honest it was everything I didn’t actually need. After shopping we drove back home in separate cars.

We got home and walked inside the house. The sisters where chilling watching TV. Eugene offered to give me a house tour before eating. After the tour I took the shower while he waits for me in the bedroom, he said he couldn’t eat without me. How sweet of my Eugene. After the shower I changed into a very short umbrella dress, we were at home and not planning to go anywhere so I figured it was appropriate

Eugene:” if you wanna make love to me, you can just say it you know” he said while he was sitting on the bed watching me get dressed, I laughed, well I missed him, not his face but you know…Him

Me:” maybe you are the one who want to make love” he got up and walked to me

Eugene:” maybe” he grabbed me and started kissing me.

After making love we walked down hand in hand giggling like teenagers. My baby was in track pants, a vest and some sandals

Eugene:” I feel a little bit underdressed, I mean look at you?” he whispered as we were walking down, I couldn’t help but laugh

Me:” it’s not like we are going anywhere”

Eugene:” I still think I am underdressed”

Tebogo:”for what exactly?” she was still on the couch with her sister

Eugene:” and you are not dressed” he said looking at Thabeleng

Thabeleng:” you are only noticing now? I mean last time you just heard that Andi went to the mall and you left the house flying. I guess that’s why you didn’t notice”

Me:” Tebogo have you had anything to eat?”

Tebogo:” yep it’s just you and Eugene”

Me:” ok, uhm love can I dish up for us and we can eat here?”

Eugene:” yep of course” I walked to the kitchen and dished up two plates and two glasses of juice. I put them on a tray and walked to the living room. Eugene and I sat on one couch eating while also chit chatting with Tebogo and Thabeleng.