Life as we know it 56-60

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So Eugene sounded happy about me being at my own home but I can’t say the same about Rialivhuwa, I didn’t say anything to him during the day because he was busy the whole day. I only informed him at night when my mom told me that she was on her away. I called him aside and we stood in the dark behind the house

Me:”uhm my mom is coming to pick me up”

Ria:”what do you mean by that?”

Me:”she wants to see her grandson and me so we will sleep at my home and I will drive down here in the morning”

Ria:”what? Andani I thought we agreed”

Me:”I know but I miss my mom and my dad too” he looked straight into my eyes

Ria:” you still love me don’t you?”

Me:” what? That’s insane man” I said blinking

Ria:” Andani look at me, you don’t want to spend another night in that house with me because you are scared of what we might do right?”

Me:” even if you were the last man on earth Ria I wouldn’t come back t-“ he quickly smashed into me before I could finish the sentence.

I was taken aback, shocked and I found myself kissing him back. It was not slow or passionate, it was rough and quick and I wanted to stop him but I found myself going with the rhythm. He carried me and I wrapped my legs around him as we kiss roughly, I realised how much I missed him, how much I missed this. Ria was my first everything, the first guy I had loved, the first one I had kissed, the first one I had made love to and the first one I married and the first one I had a child with. We shared so many beautiful memories together and the kisses flooded them back at me but with those memories I was also reminded of how bad he had treated me, how the love I had shared with him damaged me, how it had hurt me….i thought of what Vhusani had said to me and then Eugene, I couldn’t do this to him. I stopped kissing him and forced him to let me go so that I’d stand up

Me:”this…whatever this is, it should never ever happen again” I said breathing

Ria:” you still want me and I want you too”

Me:” noo Rialivhuwa no i cant want you, you’ve hurt me ok? You’ve killed what we shared and I am with Eugene now, he makes me happy”

Ria:” I can do that too”

Me:” no just forget this ever happen and I don’t want you anywhere close to me” I said and walked away from him. I walked to the bathroom and just cried. I couldn’t believe what I had done to my relationship with Eugene. I don’t know why I got carried away, I loved Eugene, I really did and Ria was nothing but my past. I was now afraid that Ria would tell Eugene what happened and that would be enough to end what we had. I didn’t know if I should come clean and tell Eugene before Ria tell him. Would he understand? Or it would be the end? I sat in the bathroom until my mom called me saying that she had arrived. I said goodbye to everyone and after my mom had greeted some people we left for home. My dad was happy to see me and his grandson. I gotta say that spending some time with my parents was superb.

So I spent the whole week in Venda and the guilt was eating up on me. I talked to Eugene regularly and he seemed fine. I decided to spend the whole week sleeping at home and only going to Ria’s in the morning. Rialivhuwa was not happy at all but I didn’t want a repeat of what happened the other night and I was also afraid that we might end up doing more than just kissing. I was not sure of what was going on with me but one thing was certain, I still felt something for Ria and I hated it. I thought I was honestly over him and maybe I wasn’t, maybe I was just too angry and too hurt that I thought I was over him. The kiss proved it, I’d be lying if I say I didn’t enjoy it. It was now confirmed that I still had feelings for Ria but I was not going to act on them, not again. It was a good thing I had realised it because I was going to make sure that Rialivhuwa stay as far away from me as he possibly can. I didn’t want to ruin what I shared with Eugene and mostly I didn’t want to hurt him, I couldn’t live with myself knowing that I had hurt someone who loved me the way Eugene loved me. He was every girl’s dream.

So the week went by very fast and before we know it it was the morning of the funeral on Saturday. My parents came too. There were lot of people and everything went as planned. After the funeral we cleaned up. Ria was going to leave on Wednesday so I told him that I’d take the flight on Sunday morning. I wasn’t going to spend any more days away from Eugene, no matter how understanding he was, he was gonna lose his cool. So my parents asked me to leave Omphu with them for these few days and that Ria will fetch him when he drives back to Cape Town on Wednesday. Ria insisted that I leave on Wednesday but I refused.

He then volunteered to drive me to Polokwane Airport on Sunday morning. The drive was less than two hours and I felt like it was taking longer than that. We got to the airport and had to part ways

Ria:” although I want you to stay longer than this, thank you for coming down and land a helping hand, you made things easy for everyone at home…thank you”

Me:” your mom was good to me, it’s the least I can do….uhm Rialivhuwa”

Ria:”yes”

Me:” what happened on Monday night was a mistake, one that should never be repeated or be spoken of”

Ria:” but Andani we can still make it w-“

Me:”nooo, nooo we can’t make it work Ria, do you have any flipping idea about the pain you put me through? I can’t go through that s*** again…maybe you’ve changed, yes, but I am not gonna buy that so please Ria, if there is still a part of you that cares about me or love me just a little bit then don’t breath a word about the kiss, not to anyone, especially not to Eugene” he looked at me and breathed

Me:” I love him Ria I can’t lose him. he is too perfect, a great guy and after everything you’ve put me through I deserve someone like him so if you meant anything you wrote on the letter then you’ll do this for me, you’ll let him make me happy”

Ria:”so it meant nothing to you?”

Me:”it was a mistake, I really can’t lose Eugene”

Ria:” ok, consider it done then”

Me:”promise?”

Ria:” I promise” he said and walked to his car, he seemed saddened about the fact that I said the kiss was a mistake but I was being honest. So Ria promised not to tell Eugene about our kiss, I hoped that unlike many other promises he struggled keeping, I hoped he was going to keep this one. I boarded the flight at around nine in the morning. Eugene was going to wait for me at the airport #yepppy. I missed him but then again, the guilt was having the best of me

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My cup cake was waiting for me at the airport. As soon as the plane landed I made my way out, took my luggage and found him waiting for me.

Me:”my sweety love” I said as soon as I approached him

Eugene:” my everything” he smiled and hugged me

Me:” I miss you so much” I said as I was in his arms

Eugene:” not as much as I missed you, I thought you had left me forever” he whispered the last part, I quickly broke the hug and looked at him

Me:” what do you mean?” I was frowning at him

Eugene:”never mind sweety love, you are back here with me” he said scooping me up and spinning me around, I couldn’t help but giggle. I really missed my Eugene, being intimate with him, being loved by him and just being with him. What he said got me worried a bit, he thought I was gonna get back with Rialivhuwa while I was home, he thought I was never gonna come back to him. He put me down and looked at me

Eugene:” I am never going to let you out of my site for that long ever again” he said with a smile

Me:” was it that bad?”

Eugene:” terrible, I missed you like every five minutes”

Me:” I am here now and I will make it all up to you…you have me all to yourself for three days in a raw…Omphu is not back for three days so I can move in or you can move in, your choice” I was looking up at him smiling, I was happy and I was determined to make up for the mistake I made, I wanted to make up for the kiss that happened between me and Rialivhuwa

Eugene:” are you serious?”

Me:” dead serious”

Eugene:’damn Andi lets just go already” he took my hand and we walked to his car. It was round about mid day. A beautiful hot afternoon

Eugene:” do you mind going for a swim?” he said as we reached his car

Me:” for real?”

Eugene:” it’s a beautiful hot afternoon as you can see”

Me:” uhm ok can we go to my place to get my swear wear then”

Eugene:” we can just shop around here”

Me:” I love you” I said with sadness in my voice because I was realising that I didn’t want to lose him and what I did when I was home might cost me his love

Eugene:” I love you more, now come” we got inside the car and drove to the mall where we shopped our swim suites, sun glasses, towels, sandals and a picnic basket with few junk foods. I was happy to be back and I was happy to be with him. So we drove to the Lagoon Beach, it was quite a drive but what can I say, when you are in love you are in love. So we spent the whole day chilling, swimming, eating and laughing. It was a beautiful day I must confess and by the end of the day I was tired.

We decided to go to his house. We bought some takeaways along the way because we were obviously not going to cook. We got there and headed for the shower. I didn’t take any of my clothes with so after the shower I wore his t shirt and a boxer.

Eugene:” you look good in that” hahahaha love is blind njee I mean we all knew that I looked like a lost puppy in that outfit

Me:” really cup cake? The t shirt is way too big and as for this boxer? Well I think I even need a belt for this” Eugene cracked up laughing

Eugene:” but you look cute”

Me:” let’s just agree to disagree ok? Imma be dishing up the food so long…I am kinda starving”

Eugene:” ok love” I walked to the kitchen and dished up the food. He came and joined me after few minutes and we took our food to the living room and ate while watching TV. After eating we washed the dishes and then headed for the bedroom.

I knew Eugene was romantic but what I found in the bedroom that night was the least on my mind. There were red roses scattered on the bed, a black little box neatly placed on the middle of the bed

Me:” uhm babe” I said looking at him, he just looked at me and smiled

Me:”what’s all this?” I asked taking one piece of flower and smelling it, it had a beautiful scent. I was shaking and nervous

Eugene:”let’s find out” the box looked familiar, that’s because we see it all the time on TV but I wasn’t worried because I knew he wasn’t gonna propose now so i was honestly hoping that he got me some earrings in there because marriage proposal was the least of my needs

Me:” uhm” i just stood there unable to move

Eugene:” ok let me do this” he took the box stood in front of me and smiled. As soon as i saw him not going down on one knee i breathed, it wasn’t a proposal i guess. But then he said

Eugene:” when you were gone i almost went crazy, i felt lost, scared and i knew for a fact that i don’t wanna lose you...not to him or anyone. The fear i faced scared me to death and i knew that i had to do something about it. If it wasn’t for my sister who assured me that you won’t disappoint i would have followed you Andi, that’s how bad it was. So i thought that if i am this scared of losing this woman, if i love her this much, if she have this strong hold on me then what am i waiting for? There is nothing to wait for Andi. I love you in a way that only a man in love can understand and with all that said...” he slowly opened the box and i almost fainted. A beautiful diamond shiny ring was staring back at me.

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Me:” this is a ring” I was totally bewildered and had no idea what to say or what to do or even how to react

Eugene:” yes it is Andi” he said and went down on one knee.

It all came flooding back. The kiss with Rialivhuwa, I had cheated on Eugene and now he wanted me to marry him. What do I do? Do I confess to him now so that he may decide if I am still worthy to be his wife or do i leave it as it is and let it go? If I am to let go then I had to trust Rialivhuwa not to say anything to anyone. I looked at Eugene and failed to say anything, my mind was still on abig race trying to figure out what to do

Eugene:”Andi?”

Me:” Eugene uhm…”

Eugene:” marry me Andani, be my wife. Let me make you happy for eternity, let me be yours and I promise to put your happiness before mine” i was still looking at him when I realised that he didn’t deserve me lying to him, I had to tell him the truth and then face the consequences, it’s better to tell him now than for him to find out about it later

Me:” Eugene uhm I am not a perfect person right? And I make mi-“

Eugene:” I don’t want you to be perfect Andi, I just want you to be you” goshhhh if only he could just let me explain what I was trying to say….i mean after he hear about what I gotta say he wasn’t gonna paint me as someone he wanna marry, he’d surely hate me and I deserved it.

Me:” that’s not what I mean, I am trying to tell you that i-“

Eugene:” that you are insecure at times, that you are scared that I will hurt you, that you are still struggling to forget the trauma from you first marriage… I know all of that and I am willing to hold your hand as you work through all your issues, I wanna help you get over everything that happened, I want to help you get over all your fears”

Me:” you know me so well” I gave out my fake smile realising that I had failed to tell him the truth, confessing wasn’t easy, it was hard and with a man like Eugene it was even more difficult

Eugene:” so…will you marry me?”

Me:” I love you Eugene, you know I do but I have only known you for how long? 3 months?  And already you want us to get married? we still need to get to know each other” I wanted him to at least hold off on the engagement for a while so that I could get more time to confess to him, at least we wouldn’t be engaged

Eugene:” What?  Andani I know you enough to know that I want you as my wife...what more do you want to know about me huh? Sorry to say this but you dated Rialivhuwa for about 6 years before getting married and how long did your marriage lasted? 2 or 3 years? You are now divorced so it doesn’t matter. We can get married tomorrow and spend the rest of our lives together, dating for years doesn’t guarantee a lasting marriage” I looked at him and breathed, he was telling the truth, it really didn’t matter how long you’ve known someone, what matters is what you all want… but my problem is that I had already cheated on him

Eugene:” so Andi please say yes” after all that he had said I realised that saying no would be absurd, as unfaithful and dumb as I thought I was…I knew that Eugene was one of a kind, a black diamond that only few get the luxury to own so I was going to hold on tight to him, I wasn’t gonna let go….so I closed one eye and forgot about what I did for a minute

Me:” of course Eugene, of course I will marry you” he looked at me and laughed and then slowly slid the ring on my finger, I looked at it and struggled to believe that I was the one wearing it. After sliding it in he got up and kissed me and then gave me one long hug

Eugene:” I promise to love you babe”

Me:” I will love you more” I shed some tears when he was hugging me….i was crying for two reasons. 1, I was happy that I had found love that any woman dreams of and 2, I was also scared that I was gonna lose it soon, I was scared that I might hurt the man who loves me so much

Eugene:” so now you are mine?”

Me:” all yours” he giggled and kissed me

Eugene:”you have no idea how happy you’ve made me”

Me:” makes the two of us….its a beautiful ring, you seriously have good taste” I said while we were both looking at my finger

Eugene:” now come here my future wife” he took me and kissed me intensely. I don’t know if it was the ring or just the excitement that the man I loved wanted me to marry him or fear of being married again or guilt of what I had done that was pushing me but I suddenly had the burning and ungovernable desire to make love to my man.

Me:” you have no idea how much I love you” I breathed on him

Eugene:” show me how much you love me” he whispered back. We stopped kissing and I looked at him and smiled. I pushed him and he easily fell on the bed

Me:” now let me give you a taste of how married to me will be like” I said climbing on top of him.

After making love and a bit of chatting we slept but I didn’t. I was struggling to fall asleep, my mind couldn’t let me. I thought of what being engaged to Eugene meant. It meant that I was getting married AGAIN. I will be lying if I say that I wasn’t scared, the thought of being tied down again scared me off but Eugene seemed perfect, I couldn’t see any fault in him but so did Rialivhuwa before we tied the knot. Ria and I were once ‘ying and yang’ until after the marriage. So I was scared to go through it all again, I would seriously hate to be disappointed again, or hate is not really the right word….i’d die if it happens again. But I had said yes so I had to suck it up and trust Eugene to be what he appears to be.

One more issue on my plate…the kiss. I chickened out on telling Eugene and the secret was obviously not doing me any justice, it was eating up on me. I wished I had the stamina to tell Gee about it but I didn’t. I tossed and turned and listened to Eugene snoring lightly, at least he wasn’t irritating. I slowly got out of bed making sure that I don’t wake him. I tip-toed all the way to the bathroom, I got there and peed and then stood in front of the mirror and looked at myself. I looked around Eugene’s bathroom and realised how much I loved it and how much I’d love to move in here. I looked at my ring and smiled. With everything that was going on, I was having mixed emotions…part of me was happy, part of me was scared, part of me was saddened so the bottom line is that I was one confused woman, I had no idea if I was coming or going.

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So I went back to bed and my Eugene was still fast asleep. The following morning I opened my eyes and found Eugene starring at me. It was weird and no he wasn’t in bed…he was just sitting on the bed looking at.

Me:”that’s weird”

Eugene:” I still can’t believe we are tying the knot…how are you feeling?”

Me:” I just woke up so I guess I am fine” I said stretching

Eugene:” I made you breakfast already”

Me” how I love you” I said getting out of bed and heading for the shower with Eugene at my back. Weird right?

Eugene:’ I hope you don’t mind babe but I made plans for today”

Me:” are you not supposed to be going to work?” I said sitting on the toilet seat peeing

Eugene:” no we are on holiday, we just got engaged love, I have to spoil you” I giggled. After peeing I took my toothbrush and toothpaste

Me:” I am not sure I am in the mood for whatever you’ve planned, I hope its about us spending the day in here…I’d love that” I said winking at him while brushing my teeth

Eugene:” you’ll love this one. We are spending an afternoon with my best friend” I realised that I didn’t know any of his friends let alone meet them

Me:” about time”

Eugene:” I invited him and his girl, I also invited Vhusani and Lala”

Me:” oww care to explain how you got my friend’s contacts?”

Eugene:” infact I don’t have hers, I have Lalamani’s”

Me:” oww wow I see whats going on here but anyway I am game…where are we going?”

Eugene:” that’s the best part, we are not going anywhere…we will chill here in our house…don’t worry about cooking, us guys will do all of that and you ladies should just relax. I told them to bring few games for us to play. I also have a basketball court here so we can also play that” I laughed out loud, the thought of me and Vhusani running about the basket ball court was just insane

Eugene:”did I crack a joke?”

Me:” just the thought of me and Vhusani playing basket ball sounds more like a joke to me” I washed my face and then we walked to the kitchen where he had prepared breakfast for me.

After the breakfast we headed to the shower together. You know, shower TOGETHER. After the shower we came back to his bedroom and I realised that the only clothes I had on my bag were long skirts and dresses I took while I was going to the funeral. I asked Eugene to take me to my house just for few minutes to fetch some clothes. He opted for a mall which was just few streets from his house and he offered to pay...well a girl’s gotta get used to this kind of life, he is no Ria and with him i get to be spoild not the other way around. I bought few items of clothes. We got back to the house and we both changed. I was excited to see Vhusi, hopefully she won’t be in a fowl mood because if that little issue we had about Rialivhuwa. Nahhh she was going to be excited about my angagement. I wore some shorts, sneakers and a tank top, it was going to be a great sporty afternoon so my outfit was just perfect for that. My cupcake wore adidas sporty shorts, sandals and sporty shirt as well.

Me:” so we are not supposed to prepare them anything? I really feel bad that we are having guests and yet we have nothing prepared”

Eugene:” not to worry love, I talked to the guys and they will bring the rest”

Gosh I had a feeling that this whole thing was gonna fail. Since when were men capable of organising a social gathering? No matter how small, this was a women’s job. I took off my ring and put it on my pocket because I didn’t want the guests to see the ring before we announce the engagement to them. Vhusani and Lala arrived first round at about 12 mid day. I was so excited to see my friend and her boyfriend. We greeted them and they got inside. Few minuted later someone else knocked

Eugene:” come my love, it must be Tsepo” Tsepo was his best friend, the one he was also doing business with. I was looking forward to seeing this guy. We opened the door with smile but mine quickly faded when I saw the woman he was with

Eugene:’heyyyyy bro you made it”

Tsepo:” you know I will never disappoint my man” they shoulder bumped

Eugene:” uhm Tsepo mfana wam this is my woman Andani but you can call her Andi….cupcake this is my friend I have been telling you about Tsepo” I smiled at him

Me:” nice meeting you Tsepo” I said giving him a quick hug. I gave the girl a deathstare and all of a sudden I felt like boko haram was invading my space, the excitement I had had evaporated in the space of few seconds….the girl had that effect on me

Tsepo:” nice meeting you too madam….uhm guys this is my girl Pearl”

Eugene:” wow nice meeting you Pearl”

Me:” always nice meeting you Pearl”

Pearl:”nice meeting you too”

Tseko:” you ladies know each other”

Pearl” uhm not re-“

Me:” of course we do, we used to work in the same company…welcome to our home guys” I said showing them the way. Did I just said our home?

Eugene:” mhm want to move in already? Cant say I will argue with that” he whispered to me. We walked to the living room with our guests. They both brought some meat to be braaid, some snacks and drinks. Eugene introduced Tsepo and Pearl to Vhusani and Lalamani.

Eugene:” I think the party should move outside at the patio”

We set-up the braai stands, the guys were busy preparing the meat while us ladies were chilling. That’s what they told us to do, they told us to chill and chit chat and they’ll do all the work. I was suddenly feeling the edge to drink, seeing that girl Pearl was enough to give me a drinking apetite. I took a bottle of wine with three glasses for us ladies and took it outside

Me:” I didn’t know if you girls would want to join me”

Vhusani:” mhm I wonder what happened for you to want to drink that” I gave them each a glass

Me:’she happened” I said giving Pearl a hatred look. I poured myself a glass and put the bottle on the table

Vhusani:” but we just met this girl today friend, don’t you think you are being rude” i gulped the whole glass at once. Vhusani gave me a shocked look

Me:” Vhusani I never took you for a slow learner, her name is Pearl….as in Pearl” Vhusani gave me the confused look

Me:” Ria’s recepetionist Pearl”

Vhusani:”noooooo”

Pearl:” Andani I know we got off on the wr-“

Me:”woman just shut up” she quickly zipped her mouth

Vhusani:”so she is the one?”

Me:” the one and only, the one who was better at it than me…so where is Ria now? Does poor Tsepo know who you really are?”

Pearl:” I am sorry for what I did ok? I am not proud of it and I am sorry…Tsepo had nothing to do with it”

Me:” yeah shame poor Tsepo, he has no idea that you are a home wrecker, poor thing, lemme go check on my cup cake” i left the ladies and went to the guys

Me:” uhm hey how is everything coming along?”  I said wrapping my hands around Eugene from behind, he turned around and kissed me

Eugene:” it’s all coming together”

Me:” should i bring snacks or drinks or anything?”

Eugene:” mhm maybe drinks”

Me:” coming right up” i walked to the kitchen and took six pack for the boys and walked back to them

Tsepo:” very thoughtful madam”

Me:” so are you guys sure you gonna prepare pap as well?”

Lala:” don’t worry Andi, you ladies should just chit chat or come keep us busy as we do this...you’ll want to do this every weekend after you’ve tasted our food”

Me:” but its not like you guys have done this together so we will be the judges”

Eugene:” my love no worries, be the judges” i walked back to the ladies smiling. We were playing some loud deep house music and i was praying that the neighbours were not going to complain, you know how people in the suburbs are.

As promised the boys grilled the meat, made salads and cooked pap. I am not gonna lie, Vhusani and i were having a great time, she was also trying her best to include Pearl on our convos but boy i wasn’t trying at all, i was not even pretending to act like i wanted her to be at my boyfriend’s house because i didn’t. After the garden table was set up we all went to sit and dished up

Vhusani:” mhm smells heavenly”

Lala:” wait until you start eating babe”

Pearl:” the way that you guys have been bragging about this food though”

Eugene:” because we are that good” 

So we started eating ‘the meal’ that was being praised so much. The guys lived up to their expectations....the food was great

Me:” ok i am giving it to you guys and maybe....just maybe....you’ll cook at our wedding” ting!! Annoucement made in style

Vhusani:” wh...What are you saying?” she said chewing and half smiling

Tsepo:” Eugene what is she talking about?”  i licked my fingers...ow yeah there was no fock and knife, we were eating the old style way. I licked my fingers and then took out the diamond

Me:” he actually went down on one knee yesterday” 

Tsepo:” Eugene my man, never waste time now do we?”  Tsepo was clearly excited

Lala:” so you guys just wanted to join us i see...congrats bro...and Andi....congratulations”  i nodded

Eugene:” she is the one” he said kissing my forehead

Vhusani:” i am way too excited for this food right now”

Tsepo:” no matter how excited you are love....these food gotta be eaten, i mean after all the effort we put?”  We all burst out laughing

Pearl:” congrats guys, hope someone will also take a hint soon” 

Tsepo:” hahhhhhh babe don’t do that to me”

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Me:” I guess Pearl would have been the first one to be engaged…if only she met Tsepo sooner…I mean she wasted some time with the wrong man”

Pearl:” Andani” she gave me a pleading look

Vhusi:” uhm the food is so great” she said taking a mouthful

Tsepo:” ladies don’t push me into it…don’t worry Pearl and I are taking our time…we will join you soon, she is special” he said smiling at her. She smiled and dug onto her food

Me:” I am sure she is, my ex husband once thought she was special too” I said and continued eating. I know that what I was doing was a bit bitchy but Pearl deserved it, she had caused me a lot of pain and I wanted to see her face when her lovely Tsepo find out about her affair with my husband. That’s the beautiful thing about Karma…it always catches up with you

Vhusani:” Andani please!” she hissed, I gave her the “what the hell look” Pearl deserved this, Vhusani knows it too, I don’t know why she was acting like her besty all of a sudden

Eugene:” babe what are you on about?”

Me:” like I said before we worked together and I forgot to mention that she was my ex husband’s PA on the same company I was working for”

Lala:” oww so you guys are now reunited all over again?”

Tsepo:” so it means you gonna be great friends then, I mean Eugene and I come a long way” he said with a smile

Pearl:” we intend to be besties” she was shaken, shame she was nervous. I am sorry to mention that I was not feeling sorry for her, not at all

Me:” that’s if she stay away from my man this time around…we can’t have a repeat of the last episode now can we?” Vhusani coughed

Vhusi:” uhm a little bit of chilli on this piece….uhm let me pour myself a drink….babe do you need a drink?” she said looking at Lala

Lala:” please love”

Tsepo:” Andi what are you on about?” Eugene stopped eating and looked at me

Me:” she slept with my husband while we were working together on the same company…it was more like dating, it went on for few months and funny how the girl had the guts to tell it to my face….she actually put up a fight with me….sorry Tsepo but thats the kind of a woman you have right there, a home wrecker” I said that and took a bottle of wine and poured on my glass and gulped all at once.

Tsepo:” Pearl?”

Vhusani:”s***” she said drinking her juice

Pearl:” uhm” she looked at her food and didn’t say a word. I looked at her and then at Eugene who was now pissed. But why? I didn’t understand why the brother was angry though, I am not the one who slept with other people’s husbands and it’s not like I was lying

Tsepo:” Pearl did you grow deaf all of a sudden? You can’t hear?”

Pearl:” uhm lets just talk privately” she was shaking. I let out a slight laugh and drank some more, I was now getting tipsy. Eugene just gave me a deadly stare and drank his wine in silence….nkosi yam why was he angry at me and why the death stares? Tjooo

Tsepo:” private my left ass, is she telling the truth?” she looked at me and just blinked and then back at Tsepo

Pearl:” it’s the truth, I was still young and naïve I am sorry”

Me:” young? Seriously? Its not five years back love….you were still you and right now I don’t know if Eugene and Lala are safe from you…really its scary with you around” ok the alcohol was making me talk, that’s where I was getting the courage from

Pearl:” Andani I am sorry, I really am ok? What I did to you and your family was wrong but I am sorry”

Me:” of course you are and because of you my son have separate parents….we are divorced, does that make you happy? That you walk around breaking people’s families?”

Vhusani:” Andani stop it”

Me:” vhusani I hope you’d still be saying the same thing when you catch her with Lala”

Eugene:” Andani shut the fuck up” he hissed

Tsepo:” I think I have to go” he got up and Pearl did the same

Pearl:” my love I am so sorry”

Tsepo:” I don’t know what to make of this, we’ve talked about our past and you never mentioned this…makes me wonder why” he said walking away. Eugene got up and walked after him

Eugene:” Tsepo bro don’t leave I mean we can sort this out”

Tsepo:” congrats about the engagement boy but we will talk….i am just not in the mood anymore…good night” he proceeded walking with Pearl running after him. Eugene walked them to their car

Vhusani:” I never took you for a bitch, you ruined everything”

Me:” really Vhusi? That girl ruined my marriage and you want me to sit here and make jokes with her as if nothing happened? She ruined my life, my son’s life and it’s only fair that I ruin hers”

Vhusani:” while ruining yours and Eugene’s in the expense”

Lala:” ladies just calm down please”

Me:” how am I ruining my relationship with Eugene?”

Vhusani:” I don’t know if you are just growing dumb or naïve but how do you think he feels? You are still angry at Pearl for breaking your marriage to Rialivhuwa, do you think that makes him happy? Its like you are still angry that your marriage is over, like you still wanna go back there”

Me:”now you are dilussional”

Vhusani:” Lala babe lets go” she said getting up from her chair

Me:”you are leaving too?”

Vhusani:” I am sure Eugene is angry and you guys will need to talk, I can’t be here” I started blinking. S*** I was focusing more on Pearl that I didn’t even stop to think about how Eugene might feel plus the alcohol made it all worse.

Vhusani and Lalamani left and I took them to their car where Eugene just said goodbye to Tsepo and Pearl. We said goodbye to Vhusi and Lala. After they left we walked back to the house. I went back at the patio to try and clean up, he followed me

Eugene:” was it necessary?” he said helping me

Me:” I am sorry I just lost it” I was still tipsy and was developing a bit of a headache

Eugene:” so you loathe her?”

Me:” I do, she caused me a great pain Eugene, its something I can’t just forget”

Eugene:” but you are with me now, she is your past Andi, you’ve ruined my friend’s relationship now”

Me:” nah I saved him, he deserved better than her”

Eugene:” I didn’t like how you selfishly ruined a perfect afternoon with friends, and I also don’t like how you still feel that she stole your happiness, did you stop to think that it wasn’t just her? She didn’t force him into anything…he knew he was married to you and that you were also working in the same office. You cant go around ruining other people’s relationship like that”

Me:” lets just agree to disagree on this one, I loathe Pearl and that’s it” he looked at me shaking his head and then put everything on the floor and walked inside the house.

He was angry and I let him be. I cleaned up and gathered the dishes to the kitchen. I decided to wash them right away. I was busy with that task when someone knocked on the door. I wondered who it was. I looked around and Eugene was no where to be seen, probably in the bedroom sulking. I smiled at the thought, I planned on making it up to him when I was done with my chores.

I went to open the door and some bony yellow bone was standing at the door

Me:”hi” she was in a short red dress, black high heels and a black handbag. She had a long weave and sun glasses. She took them off as soon as she saw me

Girl:” uhm who are you?” excuse me? Is she kidding me? Who knocks on people’s doors and don’t greet but ask who they are?

Me:” maybe you’ve forgotten your manners at home girl….who the hell are you?” she was bitchy so why can’t i?

Girl:” ok I don’t know who you are or where you come from but call Eugee for me” she said and pushed me out of the way. Ok this girl isrealy testing me. I can’t say she was in the wrong house because she said she wanted Eugene so I folded my hands on my chest and looked at her.

Me:” ok Mrs bones….i don’t know who you are or what you want but I am Eugene’s fiancée and you can’t just march in here like you own the place” she looked at me and laughed

Girl:” Eugene engaged? Mtzm” she put her bag on the couch and walked to his bedroom, itjoooooo the nerve!!!