Zwi a Penga - Insert 51
Ndo takuwa nga murahu nyana nga masiari nda ya sibadela u vhona my sweetheart. Ndo fhira nga moloni nditshi renga zwiliwa nyana for bbe wanga. Ndori ndi tshi swika ndawana Mia Tshililo vhahenefho na Luvhengo, ovha ana dzi banditshi nnzhi nga maanda. U tou amba ngoho ndopfa ndi tshi dzhenwa nga hunwe u kwata hoho musi nditshi vhona Luvhengo a henefho, ovha o dzula fhasi ana crunch. vho vha vhatshi vhonala vhotakala vhothe havho vhathu vhuraru havho and ndopfa ndi jealous.
Me:"hee nndaa" ndoralo nga tshifhatuwo tshi songo takalaho na luthihi, ndovha ndo humbula u huma fhedziha Tshivenda tshiri u nala tshau ndi u lata.
Tshili:"hi" hi? ndi zwezwo fhedzi zwe a amba kha nne, hovha hu tshi vhonga ndi touvha mungana zwawe khae
Me:"ndi matsheloni vhathu" ndo ralo ndosedza mia Tshililo and then Luvhengo
MiaTshili:"a vhudi" vhoralo vha tshi sumbedza u sa takala
Luvhengo:"uhm vhathu avhari nne ndihume, Tshililo nne ndo touda ngauri miawe ndivhone vhe vhari khandide, i know you dont wanna see me again and bye"
Tshililo:"uhm no its fine and thanks for coming, ni fhole vhathu" vhathu wee can someone please explain to me uri hu khou itea mini afha fhethu? Why why Tshililo a tshi khouvha friendly nga ndila iyi kha Luvhengo huh? Kani nwana uyu o huvhala nyana maluvhi naa?
Luvhengo:"vhathu ndi zwone" o ralo o ntsedza and atshi tou vhonala uri u khou nkhofha
Me:"ahuna mathada" ndovha ndi serious nga maanda
MiaTshili:"uhm nwananga irani nne ndi fhelekedze hoyu Luvhengo thiri, inwi rido amba nga madekwana" vho vha vha tshi tou vhonala uri vha khou mmbenga holuya lwau fhedzisela
Tshili:"owk mma" mia Tshililo vho mbo dibva na Luvhengo a tshi khou ralo u thobila
Tshili:"bbe is it me or Luvhengo ovha a tshi vhonga o tshuwa nyana?"
Me:"nne ndido zwidivhelafhi ngauri i was not paying as much attention to him as you, thi ndi henefho hea kona uvhona nau sa takala hawe"
Tshili:"bbe u khou amba ngaha mini zwino, mulandu?"
Me:"bbe ndo swika sibadela ndoda u tolela mufunwa wanga and i found you playing happy family with you mom and your ex"
Tshili:"but bbe how can you say that mara? Ene uya zwidivha uri nne ndi dipfa hani nga Luvhengo ai"
Me:"i am not so sure anymore about that...he he avhe khwine, he he thanks for coming....like really now?"
Tshili:"but bbe…"
Me:"but mini Tshililo thats Luvhengo for heaven's sake and all of a sudden ene u vhoto dzula na Luvhengo na sea, just because vho mufara mboho a zwi ambi uri o shanduka na luthihi"
Tshili:"sorry"
Me:"for what huh habe u tou amba ngoho vheiwe novha no ditakalela before nne nditshi dzhena hafha....and nne nda tou tanganedzwa nga 'hi' "
Tshili:"ovha o touda u onesa uri atshi dischargiwa u khouya hayani and udo tuwa na mianga so hudovha na muthu ane ado vha driver and bbe i couldn't call you bbe phanda ha mianga hu nouri ndia zwidivha uri vhadipfa hani nga ene"
Me:"mybe i should just go back" ndo ralo ndosedza munangoni
Tshili:"Thembuluwo please dont"
Me:"i knew this day might come but i didnt expect it to happen so soon"
Tshili:"ndi duvha la mini?"
Me:"Tshili duvha line ene ado hangwa zwe Luvhengo a muita and a mutama hafhu"
Tshili:"vhathu Thembuluwo how can you say that mara huh? Ndi nnyi we ari nne ndi khou tama Luvhengo huh, Thembu ndi funa ene, just you, not Luvhengo kana munwe muthu, please nne naho hapfi vhanna vhofhela i will never ever go back to him and nne ndovha ndisa zwidivhi uri ene una muhumbulo wo raliho na luthihi and can you please just forget about it" ndopfa ndisina zwau amba so i just kept quite and looked at her
Tshili:"bbe say something vhathu, kha mpfarele about today, ndovha ndisongo zwi plana na luthihi bbe"
Me:"its fine, ndovha ndo mudela na zwiliwa khezwi, i need to go" ndo mbo di hwenya
Tshili:"Thembuluwo please dont walk out on me like that, ndi khotou luvhelela, u khotou tendela Luvhengo atshi rilwisa mara?" o ralo atshi khou ambela ntha. Ndokhona ndaya khae
Me:"asi Luvhengo ano khou mmbilaedzisa Tshililo ngauri ndia zwidivha uri Luvhengo ndinga imedzana nae and nda mukunda but thaidzo yanda ndi ene, if you decide to choose him, ahuna zwine ndanga ita ngauri i cant end up like him, i am gonna have to let go" hezwo ndo zwi amba ndi tshi khoupfa vhutunga, just the thought of Tshililo leaving me was scary.
Tshili:"bbe dont think like that" ndovha ndi khou zwipfa zwe Tshililo avha a khou amba fhedziha ovha o sedza Luvhengo nga ndila inonga ya muthu ane a khadi mutakalela, maybe ndovhona zwisi zwone and i needed to trust her right
Me:"owk"
Tshili:"bbe you need to stop this thing of yours zwau dzulela u humbula uri nne ndido mutala one day, bbe u khou toda nne nditshi zwi prover nga ndilade uri ndia mufuna?"
Me:"what if this is just a rebound relationship for you?"
Tshili:"what? now i am insulted and i think you really should go"
Me:"truth hurts" i whispered and walked away.
Ndo hwenya nda swika nda dzhena goloini, what did i just do mara huh? Fighting na Tshililo, for what? hafhu houla nwana u dzula atshi khou ntalutshedza uri uya mpfuna, nne hu touvha uri ndi insecure and arali nda sa kona uzwi langa zwido nndutanya na Tshililo…ndo amba nga mbilu ndo dzula henefho goloini. Ndo humbula u humela sibadela nda humbela pfarelo but ahg nahh ndido zwivhona matshelo, she needed some time alone, i also needed some time. Ndo dzhena goloini nda fhira nga doroboni. Ndoya ndadzhena @Home for new double bed beddings saizwi ro vha ri tshi khouda u tumekanya mimbete ra i ita mmbete muthihi wa double bed. Ndorenga na ma curtains ano matcher na mat wa fhasi. Ndo ri u fhedza henefho ndaya checkers for zwithu zwau decorator, ndovha ndo humbula u muitela a nice welcome home party or maybe just a small thing hune ha dovha hu nne nae fhedzi, but ndido vhona uri ndido ita zwifhio. She was not sure uri udo dischargiwa lini but ndo humbulela uri maybe hungavha monday saizwi ovha onovha khwine tshothe, muhumbulo wa uri ndidovha ndi khou dzula na Tshililo made me really happy. Ndobva doroboni nda humela tshikoloni, ndoswika nda paka goloi yanga and i saw Sibu's car henefho, ndovha ndi tshi khou divhudzisa uri angavha agai, ndo dzula goloini and waited for her. Ovhuya honovha kale nyana, ovha o ambara legging ya grey na ma sleepers na ku rokho kwa white, mavhudzi ovha o jenisa haneya adzi bonding dzahone. U tou amba ngoho thumbu yovha i tshi khou mufanela shame. Ndotsa goloini ndayela khae, ndovha ndo divhudza uri this time around ndidoto amba nae zwavhudi uitela u thivhela u bvonyoliwa like last time
Me:"hi Sibu"
Sibu:"ow Thembu"
Me:"you look....uhm huge and happy"
Sibu:"i guess i am huge and happy"
Me:"so how have you been?"
Sibu:"i have been good, owk owk, lets skip this awkwardness, so tell me what you want"
Me:"do you mind if we meet up and talk?"
Sibu:"Thembu you actually dumped me"
Me:"ahg Sibu please, i found out you were married and you choose your husband over me, how did i dump you?, i just refused to share you with him thats all”
Sibu:"so what do you want?"
Me:"can we meet in private and talk?"
Sibu:"owk but i am on my way home now, i will be back sometime next week so we gonna talk then"
Me:"sure"
Sibu:"sure i will contact you" o mbo di dzhena goloini yawe and drove off, u tou amba ngoho thidivhi uri ndovha ndi khou lingedza uitani na Sibu but i guess ndovha ndi khou toda u divha ngaha nwana and if Tshili hears about this, eish ngoho thidivhi. Ndo fhiruludza ndayela rumuni yanga. Ndowana X asiho, yohh ndo touri dankie ngauri ndovha ndi tshi khou toda u edela shame. Ndoswika nda mbo di edela.
Ndovuwa nga murahu nyana ndawana X odzula na Sihle
Me:"hey guys" ndoralo ndi tshi khou alamula
Shle:"hey"
X:"how was Tshili?"
Me:"much better, hopefully they will discharge her on Monday"
Sihle:"thats great news"
Me:"yeah and i want everything to be ready for her when she gets back"
Sihle:"i am soo excited to move in with my baby too"
Me:"yeah i know the feeling" Ndodzula na X na Sihle ri tshi khou haseledza and then X took Sihle to her room late. Nne ndosala nda di edetshela.
Duvha litevhelaho hovha hu Sunday, ndovha ndo divhudza uri ndidoya nda vhona bbe wanga musi rono fhedza u paka. Nne na X rovuwa nga matsheloni vhukuma, Ncedo na Thembani vho mbo di swika. ro gagamisa thundu ri tshi dziisa ngeno na ngei, we didnt move the beds and the fridge, ro decider uri ahuna need yau zwi movisa lini. Rofhedza u whala dzi thundu nga vho 11. Nne na Tshili rovha ri tshi khouya u dzula kha rumu ya Tshili na Sihle and then X na Sihle vha khouya u dzula kha yanga na X. Rori u fhedza nne nda tavhanya nda tamba then i left for the hospital. Ndofhira nditshi renga zwiliwa sa izwi zwiliwa zwa sibadela zwisa difhi vhoo lini. Ndo swika nda fhiruludza ndaya wardini ya Tshililo. Ndoswika ndawana Tshililo o dzula ntha ha mmbete
Me:"bbe wanga"
Tshililo:"kha hume"
Me:"bbe washu"
Tshili:"ndo ri kha hume" auch!!!
Zwi a Penga - Insert 52
u tou amba ngoho neh, ndo sokoupfa ndo takala and i technically blocked whatever it is that Tshililo was saying, ndo sokoupfa ndi khou mufunekanya nne
Me:"mhm"
Tshili:"Thembuluwo ndi serious kha tuwe"
Me:"uya divha o naka nga maanda izwi odi kwatisa khole khole"
Tshili:"a thi khou tamba nne mani ene, hezwila zwea amba zwo n dina nga maanda"
Me:"i know and uya divha ndi khou dala nga afha hea khuzuwa hone, hafhu hoto nana u munakisa?" she kept quite antsedza nga tshifhatuwo tsha muthu ano sumbedza u neta khathihi nau tenda mulandu
Me:"nana kwanga vhathu, mara kone ku khoto balelwa u tanganedza uri munna wako ovha oto dinalea nyana mulovha naa ai, kha farele lavy wawe bbe....khadori ndi mukhise afho kha vhadzi ilo" ndori uralo Tshililo a devha tshifhere
Me:"now thats my girl, so ovha a khouri nne ndi nga tou balelwa ngau seisa ene mara"
Tshili:"don't flatter yourself nditshe ndo kwata"
Me:"i know" ndoralo ndi tshi khou setshelela
Me:"on a serious note neh, kha mpfarele bbe wanga, zwendaita mulovha was very stupid and ndi khoupfa nditshi khou dishona nga maanda so forgive me" ndoralo ndo musedza nga tshifhatuwo tsho tungufhalaho
Tshili:"u khou disola zwavhukuma?"
Me:"yahh bbe nne ndia zwidivha uri ene uya mpfuna ai and ndia zwidivha na zwauri ndi ene o thomaho u funa nne thi, So ndo farelwa?"
Tshili:"uhm yahh" ndo mbo di kwatamela khae nda mu khisa
Me:"ndia kufuna Tshililo kwanga"
Tshili:"i love you too"
Me:"ndo mudisela zwiliwa khezwi bbe"
Tshili:"bbe ene u khou toda nne nditshi khwatha musi"
Me:"bbe vhunama nyana vhuya todea ai" ndo mbo di zwondololiwa lol
Me:"ndi khou swaswa ai, hafhu ritshinga ari tsha do ita dzi joke afha fhethu"
Tshili:"sometimes dzinwe joke adzi tei uitiwa"
Me:"owk thi tshado joker" ndovha ndorenga Nandos na mitshelo, so ndo putuluwa zwiliwa rathoma ula
Tshili:"so zwila zwea amba atshi dzhena ovha akhou amba ngoho?"
Me:"ndori mini nditshi dzhena nne?"
Tshili:"uri hafha henda hwayeya uhu bad?" i laughed out loud
Me:"bbe ono zwipfa gai hutshipfi muthu u khou fanelwa nga mbonzhe ene, nda khotou mudadza nne ai" ndoralo nditshi khou sea, ndo mbo di posiwa nga thango ya namba, dzi source dza nndodza khofheni
Tshili:"mtzm"
Me:"hahhhh bbe ndi khou swaswa ai, please dont tell me that you are angry" ndoralo nditshi kha di sea, Tshililo o sokou fhumula o kwata
Me:"bbe munna wawe uya mufuna ene ai, khado vhona namusi nne ndoda ndo di takalela hani so na ene kha litshe ukwata bbe, hafhu nne ngandila yenda takala ngayo ndido sokou amba na joke dzine dza do mudina ndisa zwipfi"
Tshili:"o takalela mini"
Me:"uri ndina musadzi ane nda mufuna and na ene ane ampfunesa bbe, u touvha phathutshedzo kha nne naho o tambisa tshelede yanga ngau lata nama"
Tshili:"sorry thi"
Me:"its fine bbe, ene asongo vhilaela ai, zwa mavhadzi azwi ambi....ene ha takali ngani ana munna wawe ano mufuna na mavhadzi adovha atoda nau a khisa mara huh, ndi lufuno hezwi zwithu"
Tshili:"hafhu uya di themendela wee"
Me:"ndi khou amba ngoho thi"
Tshili:"ngoho yavho ri khou ipfa vho Mudau....uhm mianga vhotuwa namusi nga matsheloni, vhoda vha ntolela hafha just before vhatshi namela flight"
Me:"oww why?"
Tshili:"vha khou teya u humela mushumoni and na nne ndonovha khwine, vhari na Luvhengo o tuwa"
Me:"thats great news"
Tshili:"yeah it is", ro fhedza ula nne nda onesa nda tuwa. Ndo fhira nga moloni nditshe renga halwa na grocery nyana. Ndo swikela hangeno rumuni yanga ntswa na bbe wanga lol. Ndovha ndi tshi khotou rabela uri matshelo a dischargiwe. Ndoya rumuni ya X na Sihle, just u tou vhatolela nau vhatalutshedza uri Tshililo u sharp, thi ngo vhuya ndadzulesa navho sa izwi ndovha ndi khou toda u vhala. Ndovha onesa nda humela rumuni ndaswika Nda mbo di dzhia bugu dzanga ndaralo u dzhena fhasi nau vhala. Ndo edela late vhukuma. Ndovuwa the following day nda reviser futhi for test and then ndaya u tamba, ndori u fhedza u tamba ndaya classini u nwala. Ndo mbo di receiver call i no khoubva kha bbe.
Me:"mylove"
Tshili:"hi bbe uri mini fhedzi?"
Me:"nne ndotakala ndivhudzisa ene bbe"
Tshili:"ndo dischargiwa bbe" o ralo atshi khou sea
Me:"woow thats great news, ndidoda nda mudzhia after dzi class neh?"
Tshili:"owk bbe, ufhedza nga 12 namusi neh?"
Me:"hahangwi wee"
Tshili:"how can i forget"
Me:"ndia mufuna bbe, khari ndi dzhene kilasini ndi khou nwala test"
Tshili:"you didn't tell me you had a test"
Me:"bbe ndingavha ndo tou hangwa, ndido muvhona nga masiari nditshida neh"
Tshili:"owk i love you"
Me:"i love you too" ndo dropper phone ndadzhena kilasini.
The test was, ahh well the test was a test so rido vhona zwenezwo ngadzi results dzitshi vhuya. Ndo fhedza nda attender dzinwe dzi class. Ndori u fhedza nga 12 nda humela rumuni yanga, ndo swika nda ita dzi touch up nyana sa izwi hovha hodzula hu clean, ndovha ndo adzela bedding yeneila ntswa. Ndo founela X nda mudivhadza uri Tshili o dischargiwa but ndo muvhudza uri ade a mutolele matshelo sa izwi namusi nne ndi tshi khou mutoda all to myself husina u khakhisiwa, lol X lontsea nga maanda musi ndi tshi amba hezwo. Ndo mbo di tuwa asi zwila ndaya Sibadela, ndo swika ndawana Tshililo o dzula ntha ha mmbete, ndo swika nda munekedza zwiambaro aya u tshintsha. Ovha a tshi khou kona u tshimbila fhedziha ovha atshi khou thobila zwituku, ovha atshi khadivha na banditshi hafha kha tshanda. O vhuya ono tshintsha raya u dzhena goloini
Me:"i can't believe uri o dischargiwa bbe, hafhu tshikoloni hovha hu tshi khou bora asiho"
Tshili:"nne ndi khouri ovha a khotou celebrator freedom"
Me:"ndido mutsitsa bbe ai" Tshililo laughed
Tshili:"sorry, na nne ndi khotou sea"
Me:"zwinwe zwithu azwi seiwi ngazwo"
Tshili:"mhm mathina linaka litshi hoha linwe thiri" o ralo a tshi khou smiler
Me:"arali hovha hu si uri utshe o huvhala nyana nehh, ndovha nditshi khou musukumedzela nnda nne" ndoralo nditshi khou setshelela, ro mbo di takuwa
Me:"bbe ari fhire ritshi renga zwiliwa neh"
Tshili:"ndi khotou tama home cooked meal bbe, ndi lini na fhano nditshi khoula dzi take away"
Me:"no stress, ndido swika nditshi mubikela"
Tshili:"i wonder uri Sihle udovha ahone nahh eish"
Me:"mybe u hone", ro driver raswika tshikoloni, ndoya ndapaka nga haningei uyela rumuni, rotsa ndo mufara nga khundu nditshi khou mutika zwavhudi uri a tshimbile sharp. Ndo swika nda khiulula vothi radzhena
Me:"welcome to our home"
Tshili:"uhm bbe" o ralo obvisa linwe li smile helo
Tshili:"uhm bbe hu khou itea mini?"
Me:"we are officially staying together" ndoralo nditshi khou mutakula
Tshili:"bbe u khou nkhanikha nga hafha"
Me:"sorry nana i didn't mean to" ndo swika nda muvhea ntha ha mmbete, Tshili tshovha tshi tshi khou sokou nwenwela tshi sa fhedzi, nne ndo mbo di mubvula zwienda
Tshili:"honaka bbe wee and where did you get the double bed? and mimbete ya tshikoloni yoisiwa gai?"
Me:"ndoto i tumanyisa" rovha rodzula ntha ha mmbete rothe zwino, na nne ndovha ndono bvula zwienda
Tshili:"uya divha ene nne ndia mufunekanya Thembuluwo Mudau"
Me:"na nne ndi mufuna nau fhirisisa"
Tshili:"so we are doing this?"
Me:"ahuna zwinwe bbe, ri khou dzula rothe nne na ene" ndo mbo di sendela tsini ndatshifha hug ndapfu
Tshili:"ndi khotou muhumbela bbe, ndi khoupfa ndi khou zwitshuwa hezwi zwithu and please asongo ntshandukela ndi khotou luvhelela please"
Me:"ahuna u shanduka bbe, nne ene ndia mufunesa and ndi khou mu promiser, when everything is settled rido malana raisa phanda nau dzula rothe, i will never get tired"
Tshili:"i love you"
Me:"i love you too" ro mbo di thoma u khisana
Me:"eish ndo mutuvha bbe" ndoralo nditshi khou femela ntha, i stoped kissing her nda musedza matoni
Me:"arali husi dzi khuvhabvu dzawe hedzi neh? nne ndado muita zwia hula dammit" u tou amba ngoho ndovha ndotuvha kufumakadzi kwanga nne
Tshili:"ringa lingedza" o ralo ontsedza nga ndila heila yau charma
Me:"hai bbe nne ndia vunda mufumakadzi wanga o vhuya sibadela namusi lini adovha a humela" she laughed, khari ndi mukhise luthihi then ndiye u bika, ndo mukhisa then ndatakuwa.
Me:"ndia kholwa o edelesa hangei sibadela ngauri namusi rido edela late shame"
Tshili:"ridovha ri khou itani?"
Me:"talking, laughing, singing, dancing, kissing and loving" ndoralo ndi tshi khou tongelela nyana, niya kudivha musi kula ku feeling kwa musi nina bbe wanu, you just feel like imitating her sometimes
Tshili:"mhm its gonna be epic hey"
Me:"nga maandesa nana, u khou toda tshisevho tsha mini bbe?"
Tshili:"uhm huna mukusule wenda vhuya nawo kale badi nga January kha m bikele wone bbe, thi huna Achaar?"
Me:"ahaaa thingo renga atchaar nne habe nne ndidivha uri hedzi atchaar dzafhano dza mabodeloni adzi difhi?"
Tshili:"bbe vhoo, hafhu o tshinya liya duvha ngoho"
Me:"owk ndidoya nda murengela, but bbe nne na mukusule thikoni u bika ma vhanna, ndi zwithu zwa vhakegulu hezwi zwithu"
Tshili:"so ndi mukegulu nne?" i laughed
Me:"bbe kha litshe u ntambudza ai, you know what i mean"
Tshili:"i dont think i do" ndo mbo diya khae ndamukwatamela nda mukhisa
Me:"and now?'
Tshili:"now i think i know" we laughed
Me:"so mukusule ri doto ubva hani?"
Tshili:"ndido mufundedza nne"
Me:"owk, ari ndi gidime ndiye u renga atchaar neh"
Tshili:"ari zwilitshe bbe, i dont wanna ruin this moment" she said that smiling
Me:"mara kuya divha ndia kufuna nne kone"
Tshili:"hone nne" ndo mbo di thoma u bika. Vhuswa hori vhu tshi khou xaxara nda mbodi thoma u lidza muzika, lol ndoisa kha John Legend - you and i.....ahaa ndo sokou diwana ndi tshi khou smiler ndoima ndo gogodela fridge ndosedza Tshililo
Tshili:"mini?" o ralo a tshi khou smiler, lori lu tshi swikha kha chorus nne nda mbodi thoma uimba ndosedza Tshili kwanga ndi tshi khou ralo u nwenwela
Me:"out of all the girls, you're my one and only girl, ain't no body in the world tonight" Tshililo giggled like a pre school little girl musi a tshi khou vhona dzi cartoon
Me:"All of the stars, you make them shine like they were ours, ain't no body in the world but you and i, you and i, ain't no body in the world but you and i" ndori u fhedza u imba ndaya khae, Tshililo ovha oita hezwila zwau dzula o pfuna tshisenga, ndoswika ndadzula phanda hawe ndapfunavhoo tshisenga
Tshili:"mara Mudzimu vho naka uya divha, vha tou mphathutshedza nga ene ngoho" ovha o dala smile nwana
Me:"asi nne ndo fhatutshedswaho nga ene?" i kissed her, and then nda mulitsha nda mufara tshifhatuwo
Me:"ndido mufuna u swikela neh?"
Tshili:"na nne bbe" u tou amba ngoho ndovha ni khoupfa ndina mutakalo wothe wa shangoni, ngoho ndiya uri naho vhathu lufuno ri tshi luofha nga nthani ha masia ndaitwa ahone, lone luya takadza nga ndila i akhamadzaho
Tshili:"bbe vhuswa"
Me:"mxm ene udina ubvisa muthu khatsho wee" ndoralo ndi tshi khou sea
Tshili:"vhudobva guni ow" ovha atshi khou seya na ene. Ndoya ndanyongelela ubva hafhi nda vhuavhela kha container, ndo mbodi thoma u bika mukusule. Tshililo ndi ene weavha a tshi khou ntalutshedza uri ndiite mini uvhuya u swika nditshi fhedza.
Ndori ufhedza ra thoma radzula ro lindela uri zwiliwa zwifhole.
Tshili:"kharivhe ri khou vhona movie bbe musi zwiliwa zwitshi khou fhola"
Me:"khathome aime, ri khou teya uamba ngaha business hafha zwino"
Tshili:"business ya mini bbe", ndo mbodiya ndabvisa heila 40 grand yenda holelwa nga Jay nga Friday, ndoswika ndai shululela kha mmbete, Tshililo looked at me like she had seen a ghost
Tshililo:"bbe hu khou itea mini?" Ovha a tshi vhonala otshuwa
Me:"kha relax mani thi ngo kwasha bannga ai, Jay ori anga sitsha nkholela banngani ngauri zwiya dina arali hu tshi khou itiwa dzi investigation"
Tshili:"hafhu ndovha ndo no tshuwa"
Me:"yahh so hoyu ndi muholo wanga wa this week bbe, and nditshe na tshelede kha account yanga ngauri na salary ya last week ndovha ndi sathu i fara ngauri heila ya X tshelede yovha i sathu fhela, so ndi khou humbula uri we need to start thinking about the business that we can buy"
Tshili:"uhm Thembu"
Me:"i know its all too much for you bbe, azwingo dzhaya kha sokou vha a tshi khou humbula ngahazwo, zwa business zwithusa arali mapholisa vha humbulela uri ndikha mushumo hoyu u khou zwivhona?"
Tshili:"yah ndi khou zwipfa"
Me:"yah but ndi khou teya u sendela mma tshelede ngauri vha khou teya u pfuluwa weekend hei and vha khou teya u renga thundu nyana nduni"
Tshili:"zwi khou pfala bbe wanga, nne ndido mutikedza kha zwothe"
Me:"thanks bbe and ndi khou humbela uri hei tshelede ndiyashu rothe, so if you need to do something kha zwiite o vhofholowa neh?"
Tshili:"ene ngohoi"
Me:"nne ngoho mini?", Tshili o mbo di thoma u rothisa mutodzi
me:"bbe mulandu?" then she started crying, nne ndovha ndi sa khou pfesesa uri ndo khakha nga mini
Me:"bbe ndo itani?"
Tshili:"uhm..eish....ndo...ndovha ndi...sa...humbuli uri ndi...nga..nga funiwa nga hei ndila"
Me:"bbe washu"
Tshili:"ngoho bbe ene uya mpfuna and ndovha ndisa kholwi uri vhathannga vhangaho ene vhahone shangoni"
Thembu:"ndihone khezwi bbe", phone yanga yombodi dzhenisa message, ndoya ndai doba
Me:"avhe sharp bbe" ndoralo ndi tshi khou checka message, wovha u tshi khoubva kha Sibu, dammit this girl thou
"hey, it was nice seeing you that day, i am back at the campus, so we can arrange the meeting and please make it a very private place, i dont mind sneaking into your room as well. Anyway gud9t and still love you" ndo tinga-tinga ndi tshi khou sedza uri Tshili utshe o dzula ntha ha mmbete naa
Tshili:"bbe mulandu?"
Me:"uhm uhm ndi Jay bbe, u khotou mpha update khazwinwe zwithu zwa mushumo"
Tshili:"owk", ndo mbo di reply "please don't send another sms please, will call you tomorrow" ndori u fhedza nda delete yothe.
Me:"bbe ari ndi nambe ndiite zwiliwa neh, kha pange tshelede heyo begeni"
Tshili:"owk bbe" ngoho Sibu nne uya nndwalela straight, anga dovha avhudza nne uri uya mpfuna ngoho?
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Ndori u fhedza uita zwiliwa nne na bbe wanga radzula rala. Rovha ri tshi khoula ri tshi khou zuwa khathihi nau sea
Tshili:"bbe wanga uya bika neh?"
Me:"ndo fundedzwa nga ene u bika mukusule thi"
Tshili:"and ou kuna shame" Rori u fhedza ula, nda dzhia dzi phuleithi nda vheya. Ndoya nda dzhia madi nda dzhia philisi dza Tshililo ndaya khae ndo zwifara.
Tshili:"vhathu vhoo nne thi tsha toda philisi vhutshiloni hanga ene"
Me:"ahuna hezwo zwine a khou amba ai, u khou teya u fhola ngau tavhanya uri rikone u......you know" Tshililo laughed
Tshili:"ene uya dipengela ngoho zwavhukuma"
Me:"ndi a zwidivha shame", Ndo nekedza Tshililo philisi dze avha o fhiwa uri anwe, o nwa o sokou sinyalala
Me:"khezwo muthu wanga" ndodzhia packet ya pills na madi ndaya u zwivheya kha ku tafula
Me:"ovhuya na letter ya doctor musi, ndi amba ngauri udo teya aya kha ma lecturer for dzi notes maybe nadzi assignment kha hedzila dzinwe class dzine ha attendi na nne ngauri kha hedzi dzine a attender na nne ahuna zwoitiwaho nga nnda ha notes"
Tshili:"Test ila ye avha a khou nwala ndi ifhio"
Me:"ndi ya nga ya first year heila"
Tshili:"owk" nne na Tshili wanga rodzula ra kuvhatedzana and watched a movie. Ro sala ri tshi edela lo no touvha vhusiku tshothe.
The following morning hovha hu Tuesday. Nne ndo vuwa ndaya u tamba, ndovhuya ndawana Tshililo ono vuwa
Me:"morning my love" ndoralo ndi tshi khou smiler nditshi khou mukhisa
Tshili:"Morning" naye ovha a khou setshelela
Me:"bbe asongoya klasini namusi please, athome a vhe khwine, maybe matshelo udovha a right for u tshimbila tshimbila"
Tshili:"hai bbe ndi khou kona u tshimbila nne ai, i am not gonna stay here the whole day, ndi khou teya uya kha ma lecturer khathihi nau attender, ndi khou salela murahu nga maanda"
Me:"bbe vhathu thi una vhurufhi ha doctor naa"
Tshili:" Thembu ndi khouya classini nne i really need to catch up"
Me:"zwino uto mmbidza nga dzina naa?" Tshililo laughed
Tshili:"but thats your name"
Me:"ndi a zwidivha but bbe ato mmbidza Thembu nga matsheloni mangafha?"
Tshili:"owk sorry mufunwa wanga"
Me:"now we are talking" Nne ndo mbo di thoma u tshintsha ngeno Tshililo a tshi khouya u tamba. Ndori u fhedza u dilugisa nau vhekanya bugu dzanga ndaita breakfast for nne na bbe wanga. Hafhu nga pfanelo ndovha ndo tea ndi khou muitela breakfast o edela but ngagai ngoho, nwana hoyu uya funa u dzula a busy, ndi khotou takalela uri ha athu amba tshithu ngau vhuelela hangei ku koroponi kwawe, hopefully udo namba a resigner eish. Hu si kale Tshililo o mbo di vhuya.
Me:"ndi mubvisele zwiambaro?"
Tshili:"thanks bbe thats soo sweet of you, fhedzi ndidovha sharp nehh"
Me:"bbe are you sure?" Tshililo smiled
Tshili:"bbe please"
Me:"owk" ndo mbo di sendela murahu ndadzula ntha ha mmbete and just looked at her atshi khou dola mapfura, then a bvisa zwiambaro and then she got dressed. Ovha o ambara jean ya simple na tshikhipha.
Me:"uya divha ndiya mufuna nne ene"
Tshili:"i love you too", ndo mbo di lugisa zwiliwa and then we started eating. U fhedza ula ro mbo di dzhena ndilani yauya kilasini. Tshililo o thoma ngauya dzi ofisini dza ma lecturer saizwi kilasi dzawe dzovha dzi khou thoma u lenga nyana. I kissed her and then ra mbo di fhambana. Ndo mbo di founela Sibu musi ndi ndilani yauya kilasini.
Sibu:"mhm Thembu"
Me:"hi, can we meet up today?"
Sibu:"sure"
Me:"owk how about the library at 11" ndovha ndi free nne nga 11 and Tshililo udovha a kilasini
Sibu:"owk see you at 11 then" i dropped the call.
Ndia zwidivha uri hovha ho fanela ndi sakhou tangana na Sibu fhedziha ndopfa uri ndi khou toda udivha ngoho uri na nne mbilu yanga i rule. Ndi sure uri muthannga munwe na munwe o dzivhuluwaho thohoni anga toda u divha arali o tshinya musidzana or not. Ndotuwa ndaya kilasini yanga. Ndo attender ndafhedza and rovha rofhiwa assignment, ubva kha heyo ndoya kha inwe kilasi, ubva hafho yavha i tshi khou tshaya 11. Ndo sendela Sibu message nda muvhudza uri ndidovha ndodzula ngagai library. Ndoya nga haningei nda swika ndadzula and then after few minutes Sibu o mbo di bvelela. ngoho vhanwe vhasidzana vhaya kona u ambara nga ndila ya sexy naho vha pregnant vhone. Khavho Sibu hovha ho ambariwa ku rukhu kwa shorty kwa blue, na hezwi zwikhipha zwa vhathu vha vha imana zwinonga rokho nyana hovha ho ambariwa tsha pink, milenzheni hovha ho ambarwa sandal ya adidaas ya pink, damn ovha oto nana nau tsuka ula nwana vhone. O mbo di da adzula tsini hanga.
Sibu:"hi", o ralo asongo ntsedza atshi khou bvisa bugu dzawe begeni
Me:"hi, you...you look beautiful" she looked at me
Sibu:"is that you trying to make fun of me?"
Me:"uhm why would i do that, you look hot"
Sibu:"save it Thembu, i know i look like a balloon, there is no need to make me feel better" she looked a bit sad, lol i wanted to laugh fhedziha i decided not to ngauri ndovha ndi khou shavha u naleliwa
Me:"Sibu you are the hottest pregnant woman i have ever seen, i am serious" she looked at me
Sibu:"are you serious?"
Me:"yeah i am...i mean look at that thigh" she started laughing
Sibu:"owk you win"
Me:"yeah so back to the reason for this meeting"
Sibu:"ow yah back to that"
Me:"i know that we are not together anymore and i couldn't help but notice that you are pregnant and you didn't even bother to tell me about it?"
Sibu:"Thembu there was no reason to tell you"
Me:"how far are you?" she just looked at her books
Me:"Sibu please i want to know if this is my child"
Sibu:"well its not"
Me:"Sibu please, i know you are married and all, but i just wanna know the truth thats all, i wont try to ruin your marriage or anything like that because i know you are married to a dangerous man but just tell me if its mine....please Sibu atleast you owe me that much"
Sibu:"Thembu"
Me:"Sibu please"
Sibu:"owk, the truth is i am not sure who the father is, that time when the condom broke, i totally forgot about the morning after pill and then i went home that same weekend and then obviously i slept with Sivuyile, i was not on contraceptions because we were trying for a baby" yohh ndo hwala zwanda ntha ha thoho
Me:"so it could be my baby"
Sibu:"or it could be his"
Me:"uhm thanks for telling me the truth Sibu, you don't know how much it means to me"
Sibu:"but please Thembu, i cant have my husband knowing about this please, he will kill us both without even thinking about, he is very excited about the baby and if he is to find out that the baby might not be his, then we are dead"
Me:"so i am never going to know the truth?"
Sibu:"i think its best if we dont know the truth Thembu"
Me:"i know that you are scared of your husband and all but can we do pregnancy tests when the child is born?"
Sibu:"no Thembu, i am honestly fine when things are like this beacause i want the baby to be Sivuyile's"
Me:"what if its mine though, don't i deserve to know the truth?"
Sibu:"the truth can get us killed"
Me:"owk just think about it please, i wont want the baby Sibu, i just wanna know the truth thats all, atleast that will give me a peace of mind"
Sibu:"let me think about this please, atleast until the baby is born owk"
Me:"owk thank you somuch"
Sibu:"pleasure"
Me:"so how is it?" ndoralo ndi tshi khou smiler
Sibu:"how is what?"
Me:"The baby"
Sibu:"he is growing well"
Me:"wow is it a boy?"
Sibu:"yes" she looked happy shame, ndovha ndi khoupfa mbilu yanga i khou vhavha nyana, i mean if that child is mine, then what? mara nne nda wana uri nwana ndi wanga ndido amba na Jay ra lwisana na hoyo Sivuyile wahone, he can't be that dangerous
Me:"let me get going, i have to meet my girlfriend"
Sibu:"ow owk"
Me:"and please i am staying with her so a call is safer than a message please"
Sibu:"owk"
Me:"sharp neh?"
Sibu:"sharp" ndo takuwa nda panga bugu mukhwamani wanga, ndovha ndina class yendavha ndi khou attender na bbe nga 12, i wonder if ovha a khouda u attender or if she was still busy with the lecturers. Ndo swika kilasini ndawana bbe tshanga tshodzula vhukati nyana, ndo vhanyuludza ndaswika ndadzula tsini nae
Tshili:"o lenga, ovha agai?"
Me:"Library, ndina assignment mani ene"
Tshili:"owk i see" ro dzula kilasini ra attender ubva hafho ra humela rumuni. Roswika ravha rodzula ntha ha mmbete
Me:"uhm bbe ndidoya ndavhona X late nyana neh?"
Tshili:"ri do tuwa rothe bbe, na nne ndi khou teya uya u vhona Sihle"
Me:"owk ahuna thaidzo bbe" rovha ro ganama ntha ha mmbete, ndopfa uri ndi khou fanela u vhudza Tshililo nga ha Sibu, just incase ra ri ritshi ita dzi test rawana nwana a wanga.
Me:"bbe i need to tell you something"
Tshili:"owk bbe kha ambe"
Me:"uhm namusi ndo tangana na…" thi ngo tsha kona u fhedzisa ngauri phone yanga yo mbo di lila, i checked the caller ID and it was Jay
Me:"boss"
Jay:"My club now"
Me:"now?"
Jay:"V Boy i dont have time to fucking repeat myself, i expect you here in 30 minutes" and he hang up, owk that was not good
Tshili:"bbe u vhonala a tshi nga otshuwa mulandu?" ndovha nditshe ndo akhamala when my phone rang again, it was X
Me:"X"
X:"hey bro come down to the parking lot now"
Me:"whats going on?"
X:"just come Thembu" X dropped the call, Owk now i was scared
Tshili:"bbe"
Me:"ari ndiye u tangana na X, ndi khou vhuya" ndoralo ndi tshi khou takuwa
Tshili:"na nne ndide?"
Me:"what for Tshililo huh?" ndoralo nda mbo di vula vothi ndabva, ndovha ndi songo ambara na zwienda but i didn't really care. Ndoswika ndawana X a tshi khou tshimbila atshiya ngeno na ngei atshi vhonala o tshuwa tshothe
Me:"whats going on X?" na nne ndovha ndono tshuwa zwino, i have never seen X so scared, he is always cool about everything, something must really be wrong
X:"did you receive a call from Jay?"
Me:"yeah and he sound very pissed"
X:"he is more than pissed Thembu, shit is about to go down" o ralo ahwala zwanda ntha ha thoho
Me:"you are scaring me now"
X:"sorry bro i dont mean to but i am fucking terrified my man, i also received a call from him and then i called Javas and asked him whats going on"
Me:"whats going on" he looked at me as if asking if i really wanna know. My heart was beating so damn fast
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Me:"X please we don't have the whole day, tell me" ndovha ndi khou swela udivha uri naa X o tou tshuwiswa ngani and ndi ngani Jay o sinyuwa ngaurala
X:"uhm there is this guy, his name is Jerome, but they call him Jero, he is a coloured guy, a very dangerous one"
Me:"so whats up with him?"
X:"some of his guys are now selling drugs somewhere in PE, and thats Svig's teritorry:"
Me:"now you are losing me, who the hell is Svig and where do we fit in?" ndovha ndi khou pfa ndi khou fhela mbilu ngauri X ovha a khou lenga u talutshedza
X:"Svig is our big boss, i haven't met him though, his real name is Sivuyile, he stays in Grahamstown...my boy that guy is dangerous, Jay is also afraid of him"
Owk ndo mbo di kweta thoho, munna wa Sibu upfi Sivuyile and ndi khou zwihumbula uri hangei murahu o vhuya a mmbudza uri they call him Svig, yohhh what if he is her husband? Mara Sibu ori ubva PE right? and Svig ubva Grahamstown, so maybe asi ene, i mean Sivuyile is a porpular name kha Maxhosa, zwito fana namusi ni khouri mulalo nga tshivenda and vhathu vhanopfi vho Sivuyile kanzhi vha vhidzwa upfi Svig so i don't have to stress
X:"Thembu are you still here?"
Me:"uhm yeah, you were saying?"
X:"obviosly the big boss is not happy at all, he wants to take Jero down and Jero also have his crew so thats why Jay called all of us, we are going to PE and there is going to be the mother of all fights, Svig wont take this lying down and it seems like Jerome is being disrespectful, he doesn't know about Svig though, he only know Jay and he have a beef with Jay and he is trying to teach Jay a lesson"
Me:"and what do you mean when you say we are both going to PE?"
X:"we are going to try and take this guy down Thembu, Svig said he wants him down and this Jerome guy is running Cape Town and now imagine us taking him down, he is Dangerous Thembu, with a capital letter D, thats why Jay is soo worked up"
Me:"oww Murena wanga" Ndoralo ndi tshi khou mona mona ndohwala zwanda ntha ha thoho
X:"what did you say?"
Me:"uhm nothing, so you say its bad?"
X:"very bad, i think about 5 years back, something like this happened and the team lost about 8 members, i was told this story by Javas, thats why i am scared Thembu, we won't be selling drugs tonight we gonna be firing shorts at people, killing people, everyone in the team is scared"
Me:"what? i didn't sign up for that"
Jay:"of course you did and there is no going back"
Me:"i can't die now Xolani"
X:"hey bro me neither, but if something happens to me, please make sure that my mom is taken care of, i have few savings, i will right down the pin and everything and put them in my car, if something happens, help my mom to run the business, i have two restaurants and just try to be there for them Thembu, i know you have not met them but you are my friend and i trust you" X ovha a khou rothisa mutodzi, ndopfa ndisa divhi uri ndiri mini, lwau tou thoma vhutshiloni hanga, ndodi wana ndo livhana na nyimelo ine ndidovha ndo tou sedzana na lufu matoni and i couldn't run away from it, ndovha ndi khou tea u didzhenisa khayo
Me:"X i am scared, i still have a lot to live for, my mom, Tshililo and my siblings. if i die, please just take care of them, i don't have much cash on my account but just make sure they are taken care of, i know you are a good guy and you won't dissapoint, i never thought i will ever sas this to another guy but...i love you X, you are a true friend indeed"
X:"i love you too" rothe rovha ri tshi khou lila
Me:"let me quickly change, Jay said i should be there in 3o mins"
X:"yeah, lets take my car" ndo gidimela rumuni na X a humela rumuni yawe. Ndo swika ndawana Tshililo atshe o dzula ntha ha mmbete
Tshili:"bbe a tshi vhonga muthu ane a khou lila?" ndo mbodi thoma u tshintsha zwiambaro zwendavha ndo ambara nda ambara jean yanga ya guess, na tshikhipha tsha simple na boots
Tshili:"bbe mulandu a khou nthwisa nga muya?" huna tshifhinga tshine wapfa uri a u khou toda girlfriend tsini hau, like you just wanna burry yourself somewhere and cry, husina ane a khou vhudzisa mbudzisa uri what the fuck is wrong
Tshili:"bbe you can talk to me, u khouya gai atshi khou tshintsha?"
Me:"oww Murena wanga, Tshililo can't you just keep quiet for a second huh? Haneti ngau amba?" ndovha ndo sinyuwa, but not ngauri Tshililo u khou amba na nne but ngauri ndodzhia choice dza ronngo vhutshiloni hanga, choice dzine namusi dzi khouda u mmbulaisa. Ndo di dzhenisa kha hezwi zwithu ngauri ndovha ndi khou toda u thusa mianga na Tshililo but arali nne nda lovha namusi, vhado thogomelwa nga nnyi iwe vhathu? Mitodzi yo mbo di tou rotha sa madi, ndo mbo di sendela kha Tshililo
Me:"kha mpfarele kha zwenda ambisa na ene zwone, ndi stressed Tshililo, something happened at work and ri khou teya uya" rovha ro ima ro farana zwanda
Tshili:" so why a khou lila?" ovha o tungufhala
Me:"nahh ahuna, X u touvha na thaidzo ine i khou nlisa mbilu thats all, kha mphe kiss" i kissed her so hard, ndovha ndina vhutanzi uri this might be our last kiss, ndori u fhedza u mu khisa nda mukuvhatedza
Tshili:"bbe u sure uri ndizwezwo fhedzi naa?"
Me:"ndi sure, i love you"
Tshili:"i love you too and please you can talk to me about anything Thembu, don't shut me out”
Me:"i won't shut you out bbe" ndopfa uri ndingasi kone u vhudza Tshililo uri hu khou iteya mini, nwana wa vhathu ovha atshi dola mbilu duvha lothe. Ndoya parking lot ndawana X o nndindela. Ndoswika ndadzhena goloini, rothe rovha ro bilufhala lwau fhedzisela. X ovha oi kanda vhukuma, ha Jay aringovhuya ralenga u swika.
Roswika ra fhiruludza raya haningei bvungwi, rowana Jay oima o vhea mulenzhe kha sofa o gogodela lukudavhavha, Gerrit ovha o dzula fhasi o bilufhala tshothe, Javas nae ovha asongo takala na luthihi, Sticks also looks sad, hovha huna dzinwe authi thanu henefho dzine t tu dzidivha zwavhudi nga madzina so rovha ri 11 in total.
Jay:"uhm Gerrit is everything ready? the machines and everything we gonna need?"
Gerrit:"yes boss"
Jay:"are you sure? because you know how Ta Svig is"
Gerrit:"its all ready"
Jay:"uhm guys, today is going to be a long ass day, there is some stupid guy from Cape Town who thinks that we are going to share PE with him and thats not going to happen, so we are going to meet our big boss, most of you don't know him but you are about to, and be warned, he is not the best person to be around with" zwovha zwi tshi touvha khagala tshothe uri Jay hana mutakalo
Jay:"uhm V Boy, do you think you gonna be fine handling the machine? or should Gerrit show you again for a minute or 2"
Me:"i...i think he should show me again"
Jay:"Gerrit?" Gerrit o mbo di takuwa a tenda nga thoho o ntsedza a tshi khou sumbedzela uri ndi mutevhele.
Hovha huna rumu yau practisela u thuntsha henefho nga ngomu, nne na Gerrit ro mbo di ya henengei, uswika Gerrit odoba linwe ligidi henefho
Gerrit:"this is a TAR-21 and this is how you hold it" o ntsumbedza, hafhu nne duvha lau thoma ndovha ndo sumbedzwa kha hokula kutuku fhedzi, fhedziha zwovha zwisongo fhambanavho lini, ndo thuntsha thuntsha nyana and after few minutes ari hu sharp
Me:"uhm Gerrit", ndo ralo a tshi khou lingedza u vula vothi uri ribve and he stopped musi atshipfa nne ndi tshi khou amba nae
Gerrit:"yah"
Me:"how bad is it going to be?", he breathed
Gerrit:"V Boy i don't wanna lie to you but we just have to accept whatever happens, i have done this before and believe me, its the worst part about this job but if we die we die, we can't run away from it....the honest truth is we have to be brave and show whoever is trying to disrespect us that we are in control"
Me:"i wish it was that simple"
Gerrit:"it is, for me everyday can be my day, so when i leave my house every morning, i make sure that i say a proper good bye to my loved ones because i know i might not make it and i know that at least if i die, they will be taken care of"
Me:" by?"
Gerrit:"our family, this is more than just a drug dealing job, we are a family so don't stress, if you die today then your family will be taken care of" yohh ndi tou tama arali ndovha ndina muya wau tanganedza ufa ufana na Gerrit shame, hafhu u vhonala asina na stress na tshithihi. Gerrit o mbodi vula vothi raya hangei hurena vhanwe. Roswika rawana hu tshi khou pakiwa zwigidi khadzi bege and then i remembered uri nne ndosia tshanga begeni and then hezwila zwinwe zwikha bege rumuni
Me:"i don't have my guns with" they both looked at me like i was going insane
Jay:"i seriously don't have time for this" oralo o sedza Gerrit, Gerrit o mbodi sendedza bege tsini hanga, yovha ina zwigidi ngangomu.
Gerrit:"you can take one and then keep the rest in the bag but keep it close to you"
Jay:"can we leave? I know the boss is gonna start panicking and that won't be soo great" ro mbodibva rothe nga munango wa nga murahu, rovha rovhea tshigidi tshithihi tshithihi khunduni and then hezwi zwinwe ro zwivhea khadzi bege khathihi nadzi gulu. Roswika radzhena kha ma BMW a black mararu, nne ndovha ndodzula kha goloi nthihi na X, Gerrit na inwe authi, havhala vhanwe vhovha vho dzhena kha hedzila dzinwe mbili. i looked at X and he looked at me, zwovha zwi tshi tou vhonala uri rotshuwa.
Lwendo lwauya hangei PE zwawone was the longest trip i have ever been to. Hovha huna zwithu zwinzhi nga maanda muhumbuloni wanga, ndo mbo di dzhia phone nda sendela Tshililo message
"hey bbe, ndido vhuya matshelo, ri busy nyana hafha but its nothing dangerous though, just some deliveries dzine Jay akhou toda ri tshi dziita, aye a edele na Sihle if a khou borea ngauri nne ndina X hafha, ndia mufunesa and i will always do, muahh", after vhu minutes nyana Tshililo o mbodi reply
"na nne ndia mufuna bbe and please naho a khouri ha khou ita zwithu zwino dina just be extra careful for me please, ndi mufuna nau fhirisa, muahh, ndono mutuvha kale and please avhuye nga matsheloni uitela class matshelo vhathu", ndovha ndi khou toda u rothisa mutodzi fhedziha i was in a wrong place for that. Rombodi swika mudini wahone, nndu heyo ndi tou kundwa na maipfi au i talutshedza uri yovha ihani fhedziha ndi dzenedzila nndu dza ngilasi hothe hothe mani, roswika ratsa rothe.
Jay:"this way" rothe ro mbo di sala Jay murahu, mhm nndu yovha yonaka ndi iyo lini, rori udzhena ra fhirela bvungwi, rumu yera dzhena khayo yovha ikule tshothe nahone idzhenwa ngadzi password, rori u dzhena henefho rawana huna vhathu vhanoswika 7 henefho. Ndovha ndi tshi khou tinga-tinga uri ndivhone uri naa Svig wahone hungavha hu u fhio, fhedziha ahuna muthu ane tshiimo tshawe tshovha tshi tshi amba uri 'i am the gangster boss'.
Jay:"sure bossa" oralo a tshi khou khada inwe authi henefho, owk this can't be Svig
Guy:"what took you guys so long huh?"
Jay:"eish Ta Svig we were still preparing"
Nope there has to be some kind of a mistake, this guy didn't look old at all and he didn't even look like a gangster, let alone a gangster boss yohh, hafhu nne ndovha ndo lavhelela inwe authi yo khwathaho nyana, irena lilelo linonga la Rick Ross, nahone line ladovha lo sokou dzula lo sinyalala lunwe litshi khou daha fola na dzi tattoo muvhili wothe but nahh Ta Svig hawone was just a normal guy, Tattoo ovha anadzo but he didn't look scary at all. ovha o ambara vhurukhu ha shorty nyana, na linwe boots line lau kando thoho hei zwinamba zwaya na vhusula, na magipa haneya ano funwa badi nga ma gangster anovha o drowiwa zwithu nyana
Sivuyile:"you know i don't like excuses at all" o ralo a tshi khou funga cigar
Jay:"yeah i know and i am sorry boss" thiathu vhona Jay otsa nga hei ndila
Sivuyile:"so who are they?" oralo nga voice yau shouter nyana
Jay:"uhm this is V boy, X, Jilo, Bongani and you know the rest"
Sivuyile:"sure majita, i am Ta Svig and i don't play...so i guess Jay have already briefed you about whats happening" we both nooded
Sivuyile:"yeah some shit from Cape Town thinks that he is gonna march in here and do as he pleases, but hell nah, this is Ta Svig's territory, and i will make sure that i teach him a damn lesson that he will never forget, andisoze ndimyeke ayenze lekak endawen yam (i won't let him do this shit in my territory), never?" o amba hayo maipfi aufhedzisela nga tshixhosa a tshi khou tavha mukosi, arali munna ari atshi khou amba nga tshikhuwa adzhena kha luambo lwawe zwidivheni uri o dinalea, no one said anything, we both just looked at him.
Sivuyile:"kuzawnyiwa ke apha namhlanje, shit is about to go down, this guy is gonna know who i really am, we are going to teach him a lesson that he will never forget and please whatever happens, i don't want him dead because he needs to learn, you can kill his wife, kids mother, his dog, his cat or his donkey, i don't care but i wan't him alive.....i want him to bow infront of me and ask for forgiveness.....siyavana (understand)?" we both nooded, owk i think i need to rephrase what i had said earlier, this guy was scary, i mean his facial expression was just something else, ngoho ndovha ndotshuwa to the last degree, naa ndido kona u vhulaya muthu nne iwe vhathu? Ndodi wana nditshi vhorabelela ngomu mbiluni.
Sivuyile:"uhm Jay can you call Roja and ask him where he is? i asked him to pick up my wife from George because he was coming from Mossel Bay, i wish i told one of you guys to do it because he is now late.....i want my wife here because that domkop might kidnap her and use her to fight me so i don't want to give him any loophole"
Jay:"i am on it" Jay made the call and after few minutes he was done
Jay:"he said he is just at the gate"
Sivuyile:"sure, ehh guys this is not going to be like taking a candy from the baby, but it need to be done because otherwise everyone is gonna be doing as they please in my territory, this guy is loaded and he has a big team, mind you, i said he runs Cape Town so don't undermine him, when we go out there we need to go out with our eyes wide open"
Zwenezwi musi Sivuyile a busy nau amba, hombodi vulwa vothi and then a guy entered na munwe mufumakadzi, i couldn't believe it. Sivuyile o mbodiya khae ngau tavhanya and he hugged her
Sivuyile:"hey bbe, how are you doing? how is the baby?" nne na X ro sedzana ro mangala holuya lwau fhedzisela, nne ndovha ndoima so ndosokou mangala nditshi vhobalelwa nau ima zwavhudi ngau tshuwa, ndo guma nditshi vhotou dzula fhasi
Gerrit:"is everything owk?"
Me:"yeah it is" oww vhathu vhanga, nothing was owk, nothing was ever gonna be owk, i have slept with Svig's wife, Sibulele is Sivuyile's wife he vhanna vhashu, mara hani? like how? oww can someone please come and wake me up from this bad dream, i have to be dreaming or otherwise my life was over, D....E....A.....D, ndovha ndo fa nne, this was the end of me, arali uyu munna a wanulusa ngoho hudo itea mini mara?
Sibu:"uhm everything....is....f...ine" o mbodi thoma u amba ngau ongolowa musi atshi vhona nne, zwovha zwi tshi touvha khagala tshothe uri o mangala, nne ndo mbo di sedza thungo as if i didn't see her
Sibu:"bbe can we talk in private please" ovha atshi vhonala uri na ene o tshuwa tshothe, vhombo di farana nga zwanda vhabvela nnda. Ndombodi takuwa nda kokodzela X khonani thungo nyana
Me:" i am dead X, this is the end of me, please promise me that you will take care of my family bro pelase, take care of my mom, my sister, my brother and Tshili, i am begging you mfowethu" ndovha ndi khou amba nae nditshi khotou hevhedza and ndi tshi khou tetemela, Jay o mbo di sendela tsini hanga
Jay:"is everything owk here?" we looked at him and then back at each other
Zwi a Penga – Insert 55
Me:” yeah I just wanna use the bathroom”
Jay:” I know you guys are new to something like this but don’t worry it’s gonna be fine”
Me:” is it?”
Jay:” yeah, in few hours’ time this will all be over”
Me:” and some of us might not make it”
Jay:” don’t think about that right now”
Me:” owk where is the bathroom?”
Jay:” second door to your left”
Me:” and the password when I come back?”
Jay:” give me a call I will come open for you”
Me:” owk sure” u tou amba ngoho ndovha ndi khou lingedza nga ndila dzothe uri nyofho dzanga dzi sa touvha khagala tshothe, fhedziha zwovha zwi tshi khou konda. Svig is the type of a guy who wouldn’t even think twice about killing you if you double cross him, and to think that I have slept with his wife? Na munna wa goswi hafho uya ima ima, ahuna ano funa u lelwa, nne hafha ndo tou digwela dindi line ahutshena ubva khalo.
Ndobvela nnda, ndo wana Sibu a tshi khou amba na munna wawe hanefho passegini, thi ngo kona upfa uri vhovha vha khouri mini ngauri they stopped musi vhatshi vhona nne ndi tshi khou bvelela, fhedziha Sibu ovha atshi vhonala a tshinga u khou toda u lila. Ndo fhira nda swika nda dzhena bathroom and vula vothi zwituku and listened to them, I wanted to know uri naa vha khou amba nga mini
Sibu:”but bbe what if something happens to you huh or to this baby, you can’t keep on picking fights to people Sivuyile, it puts all of us in danger and now it’s not just about you and me, we have a baby to think of”
Sivuyile:” bbe I am not picking a fight at anyone, that guy is the one who picked a fight and if I don’t do something now, then we will be in serious danger in the future so it’s better to do damage control at an early stage”
Sibu:”you know I hate this”
Sivuyile:”you never said anything when you were saying I DO”
Sibu:”really now?”
Sivuyile:”bbe I seriously don’t have time for this right now, this is happening and you better go to our bedroom and relax because I am sure the baby is tired, stop stressing about me, you know I am Svig and nothing is gonna happen to me”
Sibu:”but you can still cancel the whole thing”
Sivuyile:”bbe go to sleep, I can see you are tired, I have a meeting with the guys right now, I love you” and I heard his footsteps and then the door closed, I think o mbo di dzhena kha heila room ine ha khou itiwa khayo meeting.
I quietly closed the bathroom door nda sokou ima henefho nda di sedza kha tshivhoni. Vothi lo mbo di vulea and then ndonga ndisa dirundela when I saw Sibu entering. Ndovha ndi sa khou toda u vhonwa ndi khou amba nae na luthihi, let alone u wanedzwa ndi nae bathroom, naa uyu nwana u khou toda u mmbulaisa nne naa
Me:”what the hell are trying to do? Trying to get me killed?”
Sibu:”this is my house and I can walk to any room that I want, so why are you here Thembu?” I kept quite
Sibu:”I don’t have the whole day, what are doing with Svig and them?”
Me:”i…I uhm work for Jay” Sibu o mbodi fara thoho nga tshanda tshithihi tshinwe o fara khundu atshi sumbedza u dinalea
Sibu:”please tell me you are joking Thembu, do you have any idea what will happen if he finds out about us, please Thembu I want you to quit, please stay away” ovha a tshi khotou hevhedza
Me:”you of all people know that I cannot do that”
Sibu:”then I am going to him now and tell him that you have been harassing me, better you die than me, I can’t let you get me killed” I popped my eyes out ndo mangala lwau fhedzisa, this bitch has a nerve neh
Me:” you know what, I still have your silly smses here, so go ahead and tell him that I have been harassing you and then we will see how he is gonna feel about the messages you have been sending me”
Sibu:”you won’t”
Me:”just try me Sibu, this is all your mess and I won’t take the fall alone so be a good girl and act like you don’t know me and I will definitely do the same”
Sibu:”I hate you”
Me:”me too” and she walked off. I let out a sigh of relief, nia divha vhufuna funa uvhu nahone nne vhudo mmbonisa zwithu. Ndo mbodi sokou tamba zwanda ndaya hangei rumuni heila, ndoswika nda ima munangonu nda buzzer Jay, he came and opened for me
Jay:”what took you soo long?”
Me:”uhm…” ndo mbo di tuwa ndaya nda ima tsini na X, he looked at me with the questioning eyes but I ignored him
Sivuyile:”so I was saying that Jeroni, Jerome or whatever his name is, doesn’t know that we are coming for him tonight so we are just gonna attack and bring him here”
Jay:” I received a message from Mabriza right now, he is parking somewhere close to Jerome’s house, he said that he went out”
Sivuyile:”that’s not a problem, we will wait for Mabriza to give us a report when he is back, just tell Mabriza not to move, he should just lay low”
Jay:”owk done”
Sivuyile:” I have some guys who are on standby just in case this guy surprises us and then I am gonna have few guys here at home as well so that my wife won’t be alone but everyone in this room will be out there tonight, we will be be attacking all his drug dealers that are here, I have been informed of the spots where they are selling”
Javas:” so do we kill them or just teach them a lesson”
Sivuyile:”its up to you, you can shoot them, slaughter them, I don’t care, all I know is that I want the message to be delivered to this Jerome guy that’s all”, everyone nodded
Me:”so are we just gonna shoot them? Like are the police not going to come for us or something like that” Gerrit looked at me like he was saying wrong move my boy, Svig o mbo di rembuluwa a ntsedza
Sivuyile:”did you say police?” he was now shouting
Sivuyile:”I don’t give a F***K about the damn police, we can go as far as bombing the police station if the police are getting on our way, I want everyone, and I mean everyone, including those police to know that this town is mine and mine alone” owk ndo namba ndadzhia tsheo yauri never again am I going to say anything, this guy was scary as hell, na Jay hovhuya u khwine. Ro mbo di groupiwa into 5 groups. Nne ndovha ndi khou driver na Gerrit, Sticks na inwe authi nthihi, so rovha ri vhana. Sivuyile took out a map
Sivuyile:”so this is how its gonna go down, Jay, you guys will go this house here, this is one of his houses where they do most of their meetings, and then Sticks, you guys are coming here, there is a dodgy guy selling some fruits right on this corner, yeah he is dealing, and then Javas, you guys will go to this house right here, I heard his girlfriend stays here, her name is Stella or something along those lines, I want her dead and then I will go to his house and find out from Mabriza if he is back yet, I wanna deal with him personally” Rothe ro mbo di doba zwigidi ra fhedza ra ambara na idzo dzi bullet proof dzahone, all this felt like a dream to me, I couldn’t believe that this was really happening.
Sivuyile:”I will tell you guys if there is a change of plans”, nne na X ro mbo di fhana hug sa izwi rovha ri sa khou driver rothe
Sticks:”sure boss”, ro mbo dibva raya goloini
Sticks:”V Boy are you fine?”
Me:” I think so”
Gerrit:” don’t worry my man you are riding with the best, we won’t let you down, the trick is to listen to whatever we tell you to do”
Guy:”yeah and then uzoba strong”
Sticks:” and it’s not like we are going to a fight, that Jerome guy don’t even know that we are coming for him unless someone tipped him off, but we are just gonna get there, kill the drug dealer and drive back”
Me:”is that all?”
Sticks:”yeah unless he is with other people who are loaded, then it’s gonna go down”
Me:” hopefully that’s not the case”
Gerrit:”I would love a bit of a fight though, I haven’t used my riffle in a while hey” I looked at him like he was going insane
Gerrit:”don’t worry V Boy you gonna get used to it” do mbodi fhumula ndathoma u rabela
‘Murena ndi humbela tsireledzo yavhone kha duvha heli la namusi, ndi humbela uri vhatsireledze rothe ri hume ro tsireledzea, ndi humbela u farelwa for the sins I am about to commit’
Ndori u fhedza hoko kuthabelo ndapfa ndi tshi khou toda u disea naho zwovha zwisa seisi, I mean some prayers are just soo irrelevant, I mean here I was praying uri Mudzimu vhari tsireledze ngeno ri tshi khouya u katudza vhutshilo ha munwe muthu, nia divha mara vhathu sometimes ri tou dzhiela Mudzimu advantage. Ro traveller tshifhinga tshilapfu nyana before ri sthi swika hangei he ravha ri khouya hone, Ro ri u swika rapaka thungo ha bada ri tshi khou lindela duvha listhi swifhala nyana.
Gerrit:”there is the guy we want”
Guy:”the one sitting down?”
Gerrit:”yeah its him” hafhu ndori u musedza ndapfa nditshi khou mupfela vhutungu nia divha, I mean husi kale life yawe idovha I khou swika magumoni. Rothe rovha rofara magidi haala mahulwane zwandani, goloi yovha I heila irena dzi tinted windows so rovha ri safe. Phone ya Sticks yo mbo di lila
Sticks:”yes boss…….yeah we are here already…….what?......are you sure?......uhm owk”
Gerrit:”whats going on?”
Sticks:” uhm that Jerome guy knew we were coming and he have his guys all over this town my man, we have been set up, we have to get out of here as soon as possible or else, PE will be painted red with our blood”
Gerrit:”get your guns ready, anything might happen right now, these M**** F***ers are watching us”, the other guy was driving, Sticks was at the front and I was sitting at the back with Gerrit.
Zwigidi zwovha zwo loadiwa zwothe, hafho ndovha ndo divhudza uri ndi khou tea uvha strong and hope for the best, this was no time to cry, it was the time to be strong and do what needs to be done. Duvha lovha lono swifhala zwituku nyana. Heila authi yeyavha I khou reila yo mbo di starter goloi and then a dzhena badani, and then bullets started flying in the air, ndovha ndi sa khou kona nau vhona uri dzi khou bva fhi ngauri ndovha ndo banda fhasi, Gerrit o mbodi bvisa thoho and started shooting back, na nne ndo mbo di vusa thoho ndathoma u thuntsha ndobvisa thoho nga fasitere la murahu, hovha huna goloi yeyavha I khou rigidimedza nga murahu. That guy weavha a khou reila ovha oikanda zwa serious and zwaita uri nne ndiite nditshi looser balance nditshi wela fhasi, Gerrit na Sticks vhovha vha sakhou looser balance, I guess vhovha vhono zwidowela, vho vha vhatshi khoita vhatshi dzumbamisa thoho ngangomu goloini and then after tshifhinga nyana vhadovha vha tolela vha thuntsha.
Phone ya Sticks yo mbo di lila.
Sticks:”boss they got us….yeah we gonna try that….owk….yeah please we do need help….owk sure”
Guy:”and?”
Sticks:”we can’t go back to his house because his wife is there and he don’t want them to go there so he said we can go to the beach house, but problem is we don’t have the keys but he said he is gonna send a team of our guys there to wait for us and then some will come to help us fight these rascals”
Gerrit:”owk” ro ri ri tshi swika hunwe kha curve ravha ri tshi khou teya u khona and then habvelela inwe goloi ya Benz ya black and then they just started shooting on us, ngilasi ya murahu yo mbo di kwashea, dammit hafha hovha hono vhifha tshothe, ndo hovhelela kha bag and loaded more bullets and nda nekedza Gerrit dzinwe.
Gerrit:”sure V Boy, uhm hey turn to the right, these guys are unpredictable” the driver turned to the right and vharitevhela na henefho.
I was busy checking the car that was behind us that I didn’t see uri hovha hu khou bvelela mini nga phanda, fhedziha ndo sokou pfa sound khulu nga maanda and then next thing I know my head was facing down, goloi yovha I muyani, we didn’t have seat belts on ngauri we were busy shooting, Murena nthuse, ndoralo musi goloi I tshi khou kudana na dzinwe goloi and then everything went blank.
Zwi a Penga – Insert 56
So I was in a peaceful place, or was it peaceful? It was quiet and just nice. But then I knew there was something missing, ow yeah, my other half, I felt that I missed her so much.
“Thembu” ndopfa voice ya muthu wa mufumakadzi I tshi khou unga, voice heyo ndovha ndi sa idivhi na luthihi. Ndo mbo di fhumula and listened again
“Thembu can you hear me?” ndo lingedza u vula mato anga and then ndapfa tshedza tshi tshi khou mmbaisa mato, I closed them again for a while and then nga murahu nda a vula. Hovha huna vhasidzana vhavhili vho ambaraho uniform ya ma Nurse and then Javas ovha oima tsini na fasitere o sedza nnda. Hafha fhethu hovha hu si sibadela, but then ndigai haa?
Me:”uhm what’s this place?” ndovha ndo dada tshothe, ndovha ndi sakhou pfesesa uri ndi nduni ya nnyi nahone ndi khou toda mini, hone Javas ene? Ri si tsha amba ma nurse, I was seriously confused
Nurse:”uhm sir”
Me:”are you gonna answer me or what? Uhm hey Javas whats happening here and why am I on this bed?”
Javas:”so you don’t remember what happened?” o ralo o panga zwanda zwikwamani a tshi khou dela kha nne
Me:” what happened bro?”
Javas:”uhm ladies can you please give us a moment” vhasidzana havhala vho mbo di tenda nga thoho and walked out, Javas o mbo di da aima henefho tsini na mmbete wendavha ndi khayo, ndovha ndi khou pfa ndi right, that’s why ndovha ndi tshi khou balelwa u pfesesa uri mulandu ndi mmbeteni nahone huna ma nurse tsini hanga. Ndo mbo di vuwa nda tou dzula
Javas:” how are you feeling?”
Me:” dude I am fine, whats going on?”
Javas:”uhm do you still remember when we drove down to PE?”
Me:”when we drove to PE?” ndo thoma nda humbula nyana, yeah I remembered when X gave me a call, namusi ritshi ya clabuni ya Jay and then we prepared to go to PE, namusi ritshi swika kha Svig and when I realise that he is Sibu’s husband
Me:”what happened?”
Javas:”what do you remember?”
Me:” being at Svig’s house and we were planning something”
Javas:”try to think again” uhm owk ndo mbo di humbula musi rothe ritshibva ngadzi goloi and then I remembered everything, until……uhm until…
Me:”we were involved in a car accident…..where is Gerrit and Sticks and the other guy, are they owk?”
Javas:” they sustained few injuries but they are fine”
Me:” uhm owk that’s a good thing, and how is everyone else, did our plan went through and how long have I been on this bed anyway and where is Xolani?”
Javas:”uhm one question at a time, uhm eish V Boy things got really ugly that day, we were set up and everything was just a disaster”
Me:” how is everyone?”
Javas:” there ware few injuries here and there but everyone is fine except for…” and then his voice trailed off
Me:” except for who?”
Javas:”uhm no one, so the bottom line is you have been here for just a day and then everything is fine, we fought that Jerome guy the whole day yesterday and PE was a chaos bro, there were police everywhere and we didn’t care, we were on Jerome’s case non-stop, so he surrendered and PE is ours again but that was after a long ass battle”
Me:”so everything is over?”
Javas:” yeah Svig had to call all his guys bro, I mean the whole team bro, do you know how many guys he has? Yohh I didn’t even know half of the guys who are on our squad”
Me:” enough about that, there was a but when you said that everyone was fine”
Javas:” uhm bro please focus on yourself man”
Me:”uhm owk, whose house is this and why weren’t I taken to the hospital?”
Javas:”why take you to the hospital when we have nurses and Doctors and all the medical equipments?”
Me:” so didn’t the police found our guns?”
Javas:” you are asking me too many questions V, I think you need to rest”
Me:” please Mjav just fill me in here, I am still confused and trying to understand what really happened”
Javas:” uhm 2 of our police guys attended to the accident and they made sure that the guns were out of the picture before the other police officials came to the scene and yeah, some of our guys had to come and take you out of the scene, only the driver was left there so that’s why you are here”
Me:”whose house is this?”
Javas:” Svig’s beach house”
Me:” ow owk, where is Xolani?” Javas o mbo di thoma u tinga-tinga sa muthu o dadaho
Javas:” uhm you know what? I need to go somewhere?”
Me:” Mjav Is Xolani owk?”
Javas:” I will see you in a minute” and then he ran out
Owk that was weird, kaniha na zwino ho itea mini kha X, ahg maybe u right hafhu Javas ori vhathu vhothe vha sharp vhoo, ahuna need yau di stresser. Eish ndopfa uri ndi khou todana na founu yanga, I had to call Tshililo, obviously udovha a stressed lunwe...hafhu I had been off the radar for two days so ndo pfa uri ndi khou tea u founa before she report me missing. Ndo mbo di lingedza utsa ntha ha mmbete and then ndapfa ndi sharp, zwiamba nne ndovha ndi songo tou huvhala ngauralo, maybe ndovha ndotou gegenedzea thoho that’s why I was uncounscious for tshifhinga tshilapfu nyana. Ndo goba goba ndaya munangoni, ndovha ndo ambara boxer yanga na gawn, ndo bva nda ima passegini and I couldn’t see anyone, ndovha ndisina na vhutanzi uri ndi yele gai.
Ndo sokou tshimbila and then I found myself in the living room.
Sticks:”what the hell are doing man? You are supposed to be in bed”
Me:” nahh I am fine, where is my phone?” hovha huna Jay, Sticks na Gerrit and they were watching something on TV.
Gerrit:” over there, what do you wanna do with it?”
Me:” I have to call my girlfriend, she must be going crazy, probably called the police already”
Jay:” no need to worry about that, we sent an sms and told her you were busy with something and that you are owk”
Me:” so you pretended to be me?”
Gerrit:” uhm yeah” ndopfa ndo fhelelwa na nga maipfi so ndo sokou dzungudza thoho ndaya u doba phone yanga
Gerrit:” so how are feeling?”
Me:” fine, and what about you?”
Gerrit:” I am a real soldier, I came out of that car walking my man” oralo a tshi khou sea
Me:” lucky you, so what are we watching?” ndoralo ndo ima murahu ha sofa lelavha lodzula Jay ndo li gogodela
Sticks:” it’s a movie”
Me:” wow so everyone is gathered here for a movie?” Jay ombodi rembuluwa a ntsedza and then adovha a sedza kha TV
Jay:” we are still humans you know”
Me:” mhm owk, let me call my girl”
Sticks:” yeah do that my man” ndo mbo diya passegini ndaswika nda tsheka message wewa sendeliwa Tshililo, lol this guys though, ndo sokou sea then nda dialer baby wanga
Tshili:”hello bbe” ngoho ndori upfa nwana atshi fara phone ndapfa mbilu yanga yodzula vhudzuloni
Me:” eish bbe uya divha ndo mutuvha, u hani?”
Tshili:” I am worried sick ene u hani bbe?”
Me:” ndi right bbe and ndido vhuya namusi nga madekwana neh?”
Tshili:” owk bbe ahuna thaidzo”
Me:” ndi sorry nga maanda bbe uri thingo kona u vhuya neh?”
Tshili:”but bbe zwea ita azwi pfali na luthihi, how do you do something like this mara hey, u khou lingedza u lata future yawe naa Thembu, you are not attending classes and you expect to pass?”
Me:” bbe please stop that right now, nne ndotou founa just u toupfa voice yawe and you are lecturing me already? Hai mani bbe kha litshe hezwo, I am coming back tonight and you will have a chance to yell at me all you like owk, nne ndia mufuna bbe and I am sorry”
Tshili:”I love you too, see you tonight then and ndokwata bbe”
Me:” I know, uhm bye neh”
Tshili:” owk bye” I dropped the call and went back to the others.
Xolani ovha asiho, ndo divhudzisa uri oyafhi
Me:” uhm guys where is X?”
Sticks:” uhm”
Gerrit:” you…you said who?”
Jay:” mhm I love this part of the movie”
Gerrit:” me too” and they both ignored me
Me:” guys that’s enough where is X?”
Sticks:” see V Boy? What happened to X is that….”
Jay:” owk well, he got shot somewhere on the head and now he Is not responding, our doctor said he is trying to run the tests to see what treatment can work best because everything he have tried so far is not working, X is not responding to anything” owk I think I went into shock because I just stood there motionless lwa tshifhinga tshilapfu nyana, tears started coming out, I felt like someone very close to me had died, I know ha ngo lovha but what if a guma a khou lovha huh, what then? Miawe na vhana vhahawe vha dotou zwibva hani iwe vhathu, I fell down on my knees nda tiba tshifhatuwo nga zwanda and cried, I can’t lose X, I just can’t
Gerrit:” owk this is why we didn’t wanna say anything”
Sticks:” V Mfowethu he is not dead yet” yet? What does he mean yet?
Gerrit:” are you insane how can you say that?”
Sticks:” what? I mean you heard the doctor, chances of him making it are very slim”
Gerrit:” you can’t say that in front of him”
Jay:” owk here is something that can make you feel better?”
Me:” if it doesn’t involve X waking up then I am not interested”
Jay:” believe me you will love this, the guy who short X is still alive”
Me:” so?” ndo mbo di takuwa ndaya u dzula sofani ndi tshi khou phumula mitodzi
Jay:” you can get the privilege to kill him, pay revenge”
Sticks:” great idea, you can either torture him and I am happy to help on that regard and then kill him afterwards or you can just kill him once and for all”
Me:” but that won’t wake my friend up”
Gerrit:” hey V, you are missing the point here, knowing that the person who did that to your buddy got what he deserves will surely make you feel better” ndo mbo di thoma u humbula ngahazwo, maybe they were right, hoyo muthu o thuntshaho X deserved to die
Me:” let’s do this”
Sticks:” that’s my boy” sticks oralo atshi khou khadana na Gerrit vhotakala
Sticks:” so do you want me to sort of like torture him a bit before you take his life?”
Me:” nope I just want him dead”
Gerrit:” ahh V Boy whats the fun in that?”
Me:” the fun is that he will be dead, that’s all I need”
Sticks:” owk that’s also fine, as long as we get to blow someone’s head off”
Me:” so where is X?”
Jay:” you wanna see him?”
Me:” yeah please”
Gerrit:” dude are you sure?” I just looked at him
Sticks:” uhm owk come this way” sticks o mbo di takuwa nne nda musala murahu, rombo di gonya zwitepisi raya upstairs. Roya kha inwe room henefho, there was a doctor inside, tjoo these people vhana zwithu zwothe. Rumu heyo yovha I tshi tounga ward dza sibadela na mitshini yahone yothe nga ngomu. X ovha o edela kha mmbete we wavha u henefho
Sticks:” uhm Doc can you please give us a moment?”
Doctor o mbodi fhedzisa u nwala nwala and then he walked out. Nne ndo mbo di sendela tsini na mmbete wa X. u tou amba ngoho zwovha zwisa takadzi. Ovha o tandiwa-tandiwa nga honovhu vhutambo ha sibadela, hodzhena dzi ningoni na gai gai. O vha asa khou dzinginyea na luthihi, ovha ana dzi banditshi kha tshifhatuwo na kha thoho. Ndovha ndicoupfa hokula ku beeping sound kwa mitshini yahone ku tshi khou nndina lune kovha ku tshi khotou nnzhena na malofhani
Me:” can you also give me a moment alone with him”
Sticks:” sure” o mbo di bvela nnda. Nne ndosala ndo ima ndo gogodela mmbete nga zwanda zwothe. Ndopfa ndo fhelelwa nga maipfi, ndopfa ndi sa divhi uri ndiri mini khae, kana nau mpfa u do mpfa wee
Me:” X bro, I don’t know what to say” ndovha ndo tsengisa mitodzi
Me:” uhm, I am sorry that this has happened to you, please bro if you can hear me, don’t give up, I know you can pull through, just do it for your mom and your siblings please, and for me too I can’t lose you X I just can’t” ndo fhumula nda phumula mitodzi ye yavha I atshi khou elela
Me:” I will contact your mom and make sure that everything is going well at home so you need to focus on being better, I will make sure that everything else is fine that side, owk?” ndo di wana ndo sokou dzula henefho ndi sitsha divha uri ndiri mini, hafhu uamba na muthu ane avha a sa khou u fhindula na zwone zwia bora nyana. Thidivhi uri ndingavha ndodzula tshifhinga tshingafhani but Gerrit o mbo di bvelela
Gerrit:” I think you need to change so that we can get going” ndo mbo di takuwa ndaya munangoni
Me:” ow yeah, is there food somewhere here? Tjoo I am starving…and what am I gonna wear?”
Gerrit:” bro just go to that room over there and see if you cant find something to wear and then go to the kitchen and get a burger or something, we have to go”
Me:” where is the kitchen?”
Gerrit:” get something to wear first”
I walked to the room he showed me. Ndo swika nda mbo di ya kha closet yahone. There were lot of clothes there, I didn’t even know who they belonged to so ndo sedza zwire size yanga nda wana vhurukhu ha shorty na tshikhipha, I then looked for shoes, ndo mbo di sokou ambara dzinwe sandals naho dzovha dzi khulwane nyana. I then walked out, Gerrit ovha oima munangoni, we then walked down the steps and then aya a ntsumbedza uri kitchen inga gai. Ndoswika ndavula fridge ndawana huna dzi take away nnzhi-nnzhi dza Nandos, hei haya mathannga aya bvafha u bika zwa straight. Ndobvisa zwiliwa nda dudedza and then I went to sit with everyone.
Me:” so where is Svig?”
Javas:” in his house”
Me:” and all the other guys?”
Gerrit:” they went about their business”
Me:” and you guys stayed behind?”
Jay:” you and X are like our younger brothers we wanted to stay a bit longer to make sure that you guys are fine, I couldn’t go back to George without one of you guys waking up”
Me:” now I feel a bit special” ndoralo ndi tshi khou setshelela ndofara nama nga tshanda
Sticks:” honestly bro, you are our younger brothers and we will look out for you guys, no matter what”
Me:” thanks guys”
Sticks:” enough about that, finish eating so that we can get going” I looked at him and just smiled, naho X ovha a kha tshiimo tshi si tshavhudi, knowing that huna vhathu vharena ndavha nga hei ndila was great
Me:” uhm guys I am gonna have to go back to George later today and then I can come back here tomorrow, I need to do some things for X”
Jay:” that’s fine, Gerrit and Javas can also leave with you and then you can come back with them tomorrow so that sticks and I can go see our families too”
Me:” thanks hey”
Sticks:” we are a family remember, and Svig said he will also come by tonight, it’s a pity you wont be here”
Me:” yeah eish, so what really happened yesterday? Like how did you bring down the mighty Jerome?”
Gerrit:”let me tell you what happened”
Javas:” no let me tell him” Javas oralo atshi khou dzhena a tshi khoubva nnda
Sticks:” nahh the 2 of you keep quiet, I will tell him” these guys though
Zwi a Penga – Insert 57
Sticks o ntalutshedza zwothe zwo iteaho mulovha when they brought the mighty Jerome down na zwauri Xolani o huvhala hani. U tou amba ngoho nne ndopfa uri u wana hanga heila khombo ya goloi zwo nthusa ngauri u tou amba ngoho hovha ho vhifha tshothe nahone hu tshi khou tshuwisa. Heila authi Svig asi yone yau tshanseliwa na luthihi, ndia kholwa Sibu ha nga do tshilata na luthihi aamba mafhungo ngauri arali a ralo ringa vhulahwa.
Sticks:” so can we go now?”
Javas:” where are you guys going?”
Gerrit:” to kill X’s shooter”
Javas:” ow can I also come?”
Sticks:” nah nah nah my man, its just one guy and we both wanna have fun with him, we can’t find something for you to do so no”
Javas:” that’s not fair, I will just watch”
Gerrit:” owk lets go” ro mbo di tuwa raya goloini, Sticks ovha o fara zwigidi and then he gave me one.
Sticks:” V Boy I know you said you just wanna kill him neh but just give us five minutes with him, I promise we won’t take long”
Gerrit:” and if you are scared to watch its fine, we can leave you in the car and you can come when it’s his turn to meet his maker”
Me:” no guys I don’t wanna have nightmares please”
Sticks:” eish this boy” ro mbo di driver rayela location. Roswika rapaka hunwe tavern
Me:” is he here?”
Sticks:” yep”
Me:” how do you know?”
Sticks:” I just know, lets go in” rothe ro mbo ni tsa
Gerrit:” uhm I thought you were staying in the car” oralo o sedza Javas
Javas:” ahg nahh man”
Sticks:” but you said you are not gonna do anything”
Javas:” I haven’t done anything”
Gerrit:” you got off the car though”
Javas:” you guys are insane”, ro mbo di dzhena tarven rothe. Hovha huna tshigwada tsha vhathannga vhevhavha vhodzula thungo nyana
Gerrit:” I don’t want us to cause a scene so do you guys mind waiting in the car while I get this asswhole”
Sticks:” sure” nne ro mbo di humela goloini. Hu si kale kale Gerrit o mbo di bvelela ana inwe authi. Yoda ya vulelwa vothi nga murahu hehavha hodzula nne na Javas, Javas o mbo di tsa uri heila authi I dzhene vhukati
Sticks:” this is your guy V Boy” ndo mu lavhelesa ndapfa ndo dalelwa nga dzinwe mbiti khulu nga maanda, I didn’t say anything to him though. Ro driver rayela hunwe madakani nyana, u swika haningei rothe ro mbo ditsa
Guy:” what’s going on?”
Javas:” don’t try to act smart bro, you know who we are”
Sticks:” MJav you are not supposed to say anything remember? Just watch” u tou amba ngoho ndovha ndi khou toda u sea nne naho zwovha zwisa seisi
Javas:” can you please just leave me alone”
Guy:” guys I am sorry about yesterday owk, I was hired, just like you guys, please I can work for you if you let me go”
Sticks:” you are plain stupid, do you think that we can trust you?”
Gerrit:” accept your fate Nikka, this is the end”
Guy:” guys please my girlfriend is pregnant and I need to support her and the baby please, she just told me about it last week, that’s why I accepted the job, I wanted to take care of the baby, she is still in school and her family is struggling….please don’t kill me” nne ndovha ndo sokou fara tshigidi ndoima ndo gogodela goloi, ndopfa maanda anga othe atshi fhela, as much as I wanted to pay revenge for what he did to my friend, what about girlfriend yawe, nwana wawe ene? Ndo humbula uri Tshililo arali ari o naka muvhilini nne nda mbo di vhulaiwa zwinga mufara hani?
Javas:” dude we are not interested in your speech owk? Bottom line is you almost killed our little brother and our little brother number two over there is depressed and killing you is the only cure to his depression”
Sticks:” we are sorry but it has to be done, you can’t get away with what you did”
Sticks o mbo di bvisa lufhanga tshikwamani a thavha heila authi ngahafha kha tshanda and then a mbodi muranda. Ndopfa malofha anga atshi gidima ngau tavhanya, I guess zwinwe zwithu azwi doweliwi, but ndovha ndo vhavhudza uri thi khou toda zwithu zworaliho ngauri ndia zwidivha uri zwido ita uri ndi silingeye. The guy was screaming in agony, nne ndovha ndo sokou ima henefho tsini na goloi, I couldn’t move anymore.
Sticks:” you can kill him V Boy, unless you want me to play with him some more” I stood there motionless, my legs couldn’t move, tears came out. Ndopfa uri ndido balelwa u vhulaya muthu, nga maanda ane ndi vho zwidivha uri he is not just a guy who shot Xolani, o thuntsha Xolani ngauri na ene unga nne, he was trying to make a better living for his girlfriend and his unborn child
Gerrit:” lil bro are you gonna do it?”
Me:” I can’t, please let him go” ndoralo nga ipfi line la khou tetemela
Javas:” owk V Boy we know you haven’t really done this head on, but hey bro this is life, its either you kill or you get killed, ain’t no time to feel sorry for everyone’s shity story”
Sticks:” do it bro, one way or another you need to get used to it….if you don’t kill this guy today, he is gonna come back for you tomorrow…and that’s a fact”
Gerrit:” think about X V Boy, he can’t move or do anything, chances are he might die anytime, what about his family huh….this dude over here didn’t consider X’s family when he pulled the damn trigger so be a man my boy and blow his head off”
Thi divhi uri ndi mini tsho itaho uri ndivhone unga I was going to pull this off, ngauri u tou amba ngoho u khaula vhutshilo ha munwe muthu azwingo leluwa. Mbamulovha zwovha zwi khwine ngauri I wasn’t gonna kill anyone myself and I only shot at the guys who were shooting at us, but this guy looked innocent, naho o thuntsha Xolani it felt wrong to kill him. Authi yovha I khou sokou lila yo gwadama fhasi
Gerrit:” we’re waiting” Javas oda a mpfara nga tshanda aya a nnyimisa phanda ha heila authi area tshigidi then afara tshanda tshanga uri ndi musumbe
Sticks:” we are not going to pull the trigger for you, you need to do it yourself, its for your bestfriend….whose life is more important? This guy or X?” I looked at him and anger filed my heart musi nditshi humbula tshiimo tsha Xolani, I thought about his mom uri vhado farea hani musi vhatshipfa aya mafhungo, Sihle ene? And then I just pulled the trigger and within seconds muthannga ovha o wela fhasi, his blood was everywhere. Ndo mbo di farwa nga munwe mutetemelo une thi athu tangana nawo ubva tshenda bebwa, ndo gidimela goloini ndofara tshigidi ndaswika ndadzula ndalila
Stucks:” hey Gerrit take that gun from him, next thing you know he is gonna be shooting himself” Gerrit oda a dzhia tshigidi. I just sat there and cried. Sticks made few calls o imela thungo nyana
Me:” ndo vhulaya muthu ma vhanna, ndo vhulaya muthu” ndoralo ndi tshi khou lila
Gerrit:” now he is talking a language I can’t even understand” ho mbo di da inwe goloi henefho ina dzinwe authi tharu. Vho amba na Sticks, Gerrit na Javas and then after few minutes Gerrit, Sticks na Javas vhoda vhadzhena goloini and we drove off
Javas:” those guys are going to deal with the body so you have nothing to worry about” u tou amba ngoho ndopfa uri I had everything to worry about, I had just killed someone’s son, someone’s boyfriend
Gerrit:” sorry V Boy but we all start somewhere and in no time you’re gonna get used to it, this is your life and you can’t runaway from it” ndovha nditshi tounga ndi sa vula vothi uri ndiwele fhasi ndi fe zwanga.
Ro driver ra humela nduni, roswika nne ndatsa nda hwenya nda dzhena nduni, Jay ovha odzula masofani atshi khoula
Jay:” so how did it go?” thingo mufhindula, ndo mbodi gonya zwitepisi ndaya kha X. Ndo swika nda dzula fhasi nda lila sa nwana wa lutshetshe. I didn’t say anything, I was just crying. Zwe nda zwi limuwa ndi zwauri I have been crying a lot lately, hovha hu tshi khou sokou dzulela uitea zwithu zwine ndovha nditshi vho sokou lila, maybe I had to man up and stop crying nga zwinwe na zwinwe, nahone hupfi munna u lilela thumbuni hafhu na Trevor Noah odi amba uri vhanna ari lili nga one one, ri lilela khathihi. Ndo dzula nyana na X and then ndavhona uri khwine ndiu dzhena ndilani nda humela George sa izwi hovha huvho five ya madekwana. Ndo onesa X naho ovha asa mpfi then nda bva ndaya hurena vhanwe. Ndo swika nda amba na Gerrit na Javas uri ari tuwe and then we left. Ro driver all the way to George, vhovha vha khou lingedza u amba na nne nyana fhedziha muhumbulo wanga wovha usiho khavho.
Javas:” so are we going to drop you at the campus?”
Me:” uhm no, take me to Jay’s club, I need to get X’s car”
Javas:” owk sure” ro swika George then raya straight clabuni ya Jay. Rotsa radzhena nga ngomu, nne ndoswika nda dzhia key dza goloi ya X.
Me:” uhm guys thanks for everything, see you tomorrow when we go back”
Gerrit:” sure V Boy, and hey don’t be too hard on yourself, this is life and life is hard mfana”
Me:” sure”
I walked to the car and the time was now past 9 in the evening. Ndovha ndina phone ya X hafha kha nne, ndo decider uri ndido founela miawe duvha litevhelaho. I drove back to the campus. Ndo swika nda paka goloi. Ndo vula hafhala kha cabion and then there was a letter. Ndopfa nditshi khou ofha u vhala zwo nwaliwaho, maybe I should ask Tshililo to read it for me tomorrow, but what if huna zwiphiri zwine zwa fanela u divhiwa nga nne fhedzi? Ndo mbo di vhuvula zwavhudi ngau ongolowa,
“Hey Thembu
If you are reading this, it means that I am no more. Just know that I trust you and that’s why I am leaving everything in your hands. Fisrt thing you should do is call my mom and ask her to come to George and then you can tell her the news in person because Mthatha is a bit far for you to drive. She knows the truth about my job so tell her what really happened. And after that assist her which ever way you can to run the business, its nothing hectic and you will find some documents to guide you in my safe. And then I have a house in town, obviously you don’t know about it, but I am renting it out but the main bedroom is not being rented, that’s where my safe is, there is cash there and more information on my businesses. And then there is Sihle, make sure she is taken care off bro, provide her with allowance and make sure that she is fine please. I love that girl and she loves me too. And as for you, I wanna give you one of my businesses so that you can quickly do whatever you wanna do for your mom. Check for the paperwork regarding that in my safe. I love you bro and please tell my mom, my sisters and Sihle that I love them and I am sorry I had to leave them.
X”
Ndosala nditshi fhedza u vhala tshifhatuwo tsho notou khakhatela mitodzi. Ndovha ndisa zwidivhi uri Xolani u nthemba zwingafha ngafha. Phone yanga yovha I khou lila but I just ignored it. I looked at the letter and read it again. U tou amba ngoho ndovha ndi khou rabela uri X asongo lovha na luthihi. Ndovhona uri ndido fanela u founela miawe matshelo ngauri vha tea udivha nga tshiimo tsha nwana wavho and then zwauri business dzido tshimbila hani ndido amba navho khathihi nauya hangei nduni yahone. Hovha huna address ya nndu nadzi banking details dzawe dzothe hafha nga fhasi fhasi kha vhurifhi. Nga murahu nyana ndo mbo di takuwa, I checked my phone and hovha huna dzi missed calls na mi message ya Tshililo. U tou amba ngoho ndovha ndisina nungo na luthihi. Ndo tshimbila ndaya rumuni yanga na Tshililo. Ndoswika henefho nda khokhonya
Tshililo:” ndi nnyi?”
Me:” ndi nne” o mbo di da a vula. U tou amba ngoho I wanted a hug from her ndovha ndo kwashekana holuya lwau fhedzisela.
Me:” bbe come here” ndoralo nditshi khou vala vothi nda khia nda fhedza nda nekedzela zwanda. Tshililo o mbo di hwenya a gonya mmbete a edela, nne ndosokou ima henefho ndo mangala.
Zwi a Penga – Insert 58
Me:” Tshililo please, I had a very rough day, the least you can do is ask me how I am doing?” Tshililo hango mphindula
Me:” ndi sorry nga maanda uri I just disappeared bbe fhedziha dzovha dzi khotou vhuya mushumoni, huna zwinzhi zwo iteaho bbe, ari ndiye u tamba and I will tell you what happened, ndoneta eish” she still kept quite.
Nne ndo mbo di dzhia zwithu zwanga zwau tamba ndaya bathroom, I had to take a shower, ndovha ndi sa athu tamba ubva tshe duvha latsha. Ndobva ndaya bathroom. U tou amba ngoho ndovha ndi khotou zwipfa nga ngomu hanga uri ndi khou lemelwa, ndovha ndi khou lingedza uvha strong but this was too much. Ndori u fhedza u tamba nda humela kamarani, Tshililo ovha atshe o edela fhedziha ovha asongo fara khofhe. Ndo swika nda ambara boxer yanga nda gonya mmbete, ndo edela nda nambatela Tshililo and then o mbo di bvisa zwanda zwanga khae
Me:” bbe washu”
Tshili:” you come here after 2 days and you just wanna start cuddling? Really?”
Me:” owk bbe ari ndi muvhudze uri hoitea mini neh?”
Tshili:” thi khou toda uzwipfa, maybe kha tou humela hune a khou bva hone”
Me:” you can’t be serious” u tou amba ngoho ndovha ndi khou pfa Tshililo atshi khou thoma u nkwatisa, I mean ha khou vhuya a mpha tshikhala tshauri ndi talutshedze uri hoitea mini
Tshili:” ene ndia mudivha na X wawe, you were probably partying the whole time and maybe you were too drunk to drive so that’s why novhuya namusi nahone vhusiku” ndo mbo di vuwa nda tou dzula
Me:” you are just unbelievable, hoyo X ane a khou amba ngahaye u siba-” o mbo di nkatudza
Tshili:” unbelievable ndi ene na X wawe no no sokou nyamalala and not attend classes and just leave me and Sihle hanging”
Me:” owk bbe please ari ndi mutalutshedze uri hoitea mini vhathu, everything was out of control”
Tshili:” you wanna lie to me? No please don’t”
Me:” uya divha ndi mini, I can’t do this”
Tshili:” owk” ndo mbo di vuwa nda thoma u ambara zwiambaro
Tshili:” so u khou humela?”
Me:” Tshililo ndovhuya namusi ndo lavhelela hug ine ya khou bva kha ene, nau vhudzisiwa uri zwithu zwothe zwihani, ndovha ndisongo lavhelela vhu insecurity hawe nne na luthihi, ndono vhuya nda muzwifhela na linwe duvha nne naa huh, u tou amba ngoho I have way too many things to worry about than to be stressing about this shit you are doing right now” I was now angry
Tshili:” wow so I mean that little to you?”
Me:” you mean damn everything to me Tshililo, you are the fucking reason why I am in this mess in the first place, uya divha ndi mini neh, zwazwino I wish I never met a creature like you in my life”
Tshili:” you don’t mean that” ovha o tsengisa mitodzi
Me:” like hell I do, mungana wanga o lala sibadela hangei, he cant do anything, infact I am not even sure if he will wake up alive tomorrow and here you are telling me that I have been out partying? After u fulufhedzea hanga hothe Tshililo, nne ene ndi muvhudza everything nga vhutshilo hanga, ndi muvhudza nda muvhudza na zwauri ndiya toilet lungana nga duvha and you have the damn decency to tell me such kak”
Tshililo:” sorry Thembuluwo”
Me:” nahh you are going to be sorry because I am leaving and I am never coming back Tshililo, ndoneta nne, ene u foolish nga maanda, the only thing that matters ndi life yawe fhedzi, nne ndo reka-reka nditshi musupport through everything and do you give a damn about my sorrows? Hell nah, the only thing that matters is the fact that I left you alone for 2 days, zwauri nne ndovha ndi khou tangana na zwifhio doesn’t count, ndi uri havhuyi a mmbudzisa na mutakalo na luthihi, kana u tou vhudzisa uri ndoshuma hani ngauri ene uya zwidivha uri mushumo wanga u khombo uswika gai” ndori uralo nda doba key dza goloi ndabva. Tshililo ombodi ntsala murahu na dzi pyjama
Tshili:” bbe please khavhuye, sorry vhathu”
Me:” I don’t want you shouting at me the whole night Tshililo, I want to rest”
Tshili:” its fine bbe I won’t shout anymore” rovha ri tshi khou ralo nne nditshi khou hwenya phanda Tshililo anga murahu. Ndoswika goloini nda rembuluwa nda musedza, ovha odala mitodzi khofheni and then mbilu yanga ya mbodi khathuwa
Tshili:” please”
Me:” o nkwatisa Tshililo, ndi khou tangana na zwikondaho, X u sibadela, he is unconscious and the Doctors don’t know what to do and I have done something I never thought I would do in my life, and all I wanted tonight was your support, not this…..so please I am soo angry right now and I need time to cool off”
Tshili:” uhm ndi sorry bbe but khade rituwe and then you can tell me all about what happened”
Me:” maybe matshelo, zwazwino I just need some air” ndoralo ndadzhena goloini nda driver. Tshililo o sokou sala oima henefho.
My head was spinning, ndo mbo di paka thungo ha bada musi ndi ngahafhala moloni wa PnP. Thoho yovha I tshi khou unga hei, ndovha ndi khou sokou vhona X hezwila zwenda musiya a zwone sibadela and then the guy I killed. Ndovha ndi tshi khou muvhona o gwadama fhasi, blood everywhere. Mitodzi yotou nana u shuluwa. I was scared, ndovha ndi khoupfa ndi tshi khou ofha. Ndovha ndisa divhi uri ngoho ndiite mini. I drove around in town ngauri ndovha ndisa divhi uri ndi khouya ngafhi. Ndo mbo di decider uri ndikhwine uya clabuni, but I didn’t wanna go to these clubs dzine havha hodala rine vho blacky ngauri hudzula hu khou lidzwa house vhathu vha tshi khou ralo u tshakatela and I didn’t wanna go to Jay’s club either. Ndo mbo di decider uya hangei Zanzibar, usually huvha ho dala makhuwa and na muzika uno lidziwa ndiwo dzikaho. Ndo driver ndaya haningei ndaswika ndapaka. Ndo dzhena nga ngomu ndaya barani yahone, ndoswika ndadzula kha tshidulo and then the bar lady came to attend to me
Me:” give me anything strong, I am fucking stressed and I just want something that will seriously knock me down, can you do that for me?”
Girl:” absolutely” she was smiling at me. O mbo diya a tshelela ku short kuthihi
Me:” are you playing with me or what? Gimme more” ho mbo di da hadzula munwe musidzana wa mu coloured tsini hanga, she looked pissed. The bar lady gave me 5 shorts and I dawned them ndi songo dzhia break
Coloured lady:” something strong please” she didn’t have a coloured accent though
Me:” bad day?” ndoralo ndo musedza
Coloured:” not that its any of your business”
Me:” owk owk fine” the bar lady gave the coloured lady a drink and then she gave me more drinks
Me:” her drinks must be on my bill neh?” the bar lady nodded
Coloured lady:” and that?”
Me:” my life is a total mess and maybe buying a stressed lady like you a drink will make me feel human”
Coloured lady:” who said I am stressed?”
Me:” its just obvious”
Coloured:” my boyfriend is sleeping with my best friend and I just got fired at work because I was shouting at everyone including the boss and then I went home to beat up my boyfriend because I was blaming him for my mood and I found him in bed with another girl, can you believe that?”
Me:” auch”
Coloured lady:” yeah auch” we continued drinking and that girl was talking about how she has invested somuch in that relationship and I was just nodding the whole time
Coloured lady:” so whats happening with you?” we were both drunk by now, u amba ha hone rovha ri tshi vhotou kokodza maipfi
Me:” believe me you don’t wanna know hey, just know that I am dealing with some scary staff”
Coloured girl:” Terresa is my name”
Me:” Thembu” rovha ri tshi vho tounga ndikale ri tshi khou divhana, we were drinking and smoking and laughing together. It was past 2 am when we decided that its time to leave the bar. U tshi mbila zwovha zwi tshi khou konda tshothe and I knew I was not gonna be able to drive at that state. Robva raima parking
Me:” uhm..can we book a room somewhere caaawwwse I caaan’t drive like this”
Terresa:” sure” she said that laughing, hovha huna Lodge henefho tsini na bar and we walked there, nne ndoswika nda badela room and then vhari fhelekedza rumuni ngauri ngandila yeravha ro kangwa ngayo rovha risiho kha tshiimo tshine rovha ritshi nga iwana room yahone. Roswika radzhena, hovha huna mmbete muthihi.
Terresa:” mhm one bed, I like I like” muthu we avha a khou rithusa o mbodi huma. Terresa started kissing me and I kissed her back, nga hetsho tshifhinga ndovha ndisina ndavha na tshithu, I was determined to just enjoy myself. Rovha ri tshi khou kissana hezwila zwa serious, I throw her on the bed and she smiled and I also smiled
Terresa:” I am waiting” she sang
Me:” I am coming” ndo mbo di bvumela, ndo mbodi fhufhela ntha ha mmbete and we started kissing, sucking, fondling and all those things. She took her top off and damn nwana hoyu neh, she was one of those coloured girls who has the body of a model, I smiled at her and then I Thought of Tshililo, ndo mbo di ignora muhumbulo honoyo ndaisa phanda nau diphina. And then I saw that guy’s body
Me:” dammit” ndoralo nditshi khou mulitshedza nda gwadama nga magona ntha ha mmbete
Terresa:” whats wrong now?”
Me:” I can’t do this with you, I have a girlfriend”
Terresa:” so? It’s not like we gonna date afterwards”
Me:” which is why I don’t wanna do it, I love my girlfriend owk and you should love yourself too so get dressed”
Terresa:” are you serious?”
Me:” yeah, I had a long day so can we just sleep please”
Terresa:” you are an asshole”
Me:” yeah I know” ro mbo di edela.
Ndovha ndi tshi khou lingedza u fara khofhe fhedziha zwovha zwitshi khou mmbalela. Ndovha ndi sthi khou sokou vhona tshitumbu tsha houla muthannga. Nga murahu nyana ndo fhedzisela ndofara khofhe.
Ndovha ndi tshi khou tshimbila mavhidani. Thidivhi uri ndi mavhida agai. And then I heard someone crying. Ndo mbo di yela nga haningei hendavha ndi tshi khoupfa phosho yau lila hone. Hovha huna muthu wa tshifumakadzini o takula nwana fhedziha ovha o mpfuralela. Ndoya tsini nae ndawana ndisa mudivhi, ovha a tshi khou lila lutungufhadzaho odzula kha vhida and then I looked at my hands and hovha huna malofha, ndori nditshi sedza kha tombo la vhida ndawana huna tshinepe tsha heila authi yenda I vhulaya. Yohh ndo mbo di thoma u tavha mukosi henefho “its your fault that they are suffering Thembu, you killed me, you killed me, you killed me”
Me:” I am sorry, I didn’t mean to do it, I didn’t mean to do it” ndoralo ndi tshi khou lila, “Thembu, Thembu” someone was shaking me
Me:”mhm”
“Thembu” I opened my eyes and I was dreaming and Terresa was waking me up
Terresa:” dude where you having a bad dream?” ndovha ndo shisha biko muvhili wothe
Me:” uhm where is this place and who the hell are you?” ndovha nditshe ndodada
Terresa:” please man get a grip, we came back here together this morning” my head was pounding, ndo mbodi humbula zwothe zwa mulovha musi nditshida barani na musi Terresa atshida and how we drank together and finally how we ended up here
Terresa:” remember me now?”
Me:” yeah”
Terresa:” you kept saying that you didn’t mean to do it”
Me:” yeah it was just a dream”
Terresa:”mhm looks like your problems are much bigger than mine”
Me:” very big”
Terresa:”do you mind sharing? It helps talking to a stranger”
Me:” nahh thanks, what time is it?” thoho yovha I tshi khou diitela ma vhanna
Terresa:” 10 past 9”
Me:” oww I need to get going”
Terresa:” yeah me too”
Me:” do you want me to drive you or get you a cab?”
Terresa:” dude you just met me in a club, I came by myself so obviously I will make a means for my transport and it’s not like you slept with me”
Me:” your loss” I smiled
Terresa:” you are a true gentleman”
Me:” should I say thanks?”
Terresa:” maybe” she laughed.
Ro mbo di bva ra khia raisa key reception. Ro onesana then ra fhambana. Nne ndoya hendavha ndo paka goloi yanga hone hangei barani and then I drove back to campus. Ndo humbula uri ndi khou fanela u founela mia X musi nditshi swika rumuni. Eish I was feeling bad kha zwothe zwenda amba kha Tshililo mulovha, I know I was angry fhedziha zwenda mutalutshedza zwovha zwisongo fanela na luthihi.
Zwi a Penga – Insert 59
Ndo dzula goloini yanga lwa tshifhinga nyana ndi tshi khou humbula uri ndido swika ndari mini kha tshi babe tshanga, na nne vho mbiti dzi a nndanga vho wee. Ndotsa ndaya rumuni. Ndo swika nda khokhonya ndambo di khiulula nda dzhena. Tshililo was still in bed. Ndopfa zwi tshi khou mmangadza sa izwi hovha hu Friday and she was supposed to be in class. U tou amba ngoho ndovha ndi tshi khou pfa ndi tshi khou niwa nga thoni. I was supposed to be a good guy not some guy ane a sokou sema girlfriend musi o dinalea or a stressed.
Me:” ndi matsheloni” ovha asongo fara khofhe
Tshili:” a vhudi”
Me:” uhm ndi sorry nga maanda kha zwa mulovha bbe, u tou amba ngoho ndi khou disolesa kha zwenda mutalutshedza zwone” Tshililo o mbo di vuwa a tou dzula, nne ndombodi vuwa ndaya mmbeteni ndadzula tsini nae
Me:” you are the best thing that have ever happened to me and athi di soli na luthihi kha u tangana hanga nae bbe”
Tshili:” na nne ndi sorry, I should have been more supportive nau sumbedza uvha na ndavha., I want you to know uri you have my support” ori uamba hezwo ndapfa mbilu yanga itshi dzula vhudzuloni and ndapfa unga muhwalo wanga wo fhungudzea nyana
Tshili:” ndovha ndi tshi khouri ndo muloser bbe, I thought you were never gonna come back”
Me:” bbe hezwo zwi nga si iteye, ndovha ndotou dinalea mulovha that’s all” we stayed in embrace for a long time. Nga murahu nyana we broke the hug and just sat on the bed ro pfuna tshisenga and looked at each other.
Me:” bbe ndi khotou muhumbela uri hezwila zwothe zwo iteaho kha zwihangwe please, nne ndovha ndina mutsiko muhulu nga maanda bbe and ndo sokoupfa ndi disappointed nyana when you didn’t support me, fhedziha zwino ndi khou mupfesesa ngauri I was gone for 2 days and zwi normal nga maanda uri a dinaleye bbe and sorry u sokou musia nga heila ndila”
Tshili:” ari zwilitshe hezwo bbe, ndi khou toda uri a ntalutshedze uri hoitea mini, zwo iteaho zwitea uvha zwizwi hulu vhukuma to make you so angry”
Me:” khari ndi thome ndi founele mia X neh?”
Tshili:” uhm and hoitea mini kha X and uhani?”
Me:” ndido mutalutshedza bbe” ndo mbo di tsa ntha ha mmbete ndaya u dzhia phone yanga naya X and copied his mothers number phone on my phone and gave her a call. Yolila luvhili ya mbo di fariwa
Mia X:” hello”
Me:” hello mama how are you?”
Mia X:”I am good and you?”
Me:” I am good, uhm my name is Thembu and I am X’s uhm I mean Xolani’s friend”
Mia X:” owk my son, how can I help you?”
Me:” I actually stay with him here at school and I was just wondering if you can please come down to George tomorrow please”
Mia X:” did something happened to my son?”
Me:” uhm uhm yeah, I can say that but can I give you the details when you get here?”
Mia X:” oww nkosi yam, is he fine, oww mtanam”
Me:” yahh he…well…he is still alive”
Mia X:” uhm owk I will book the flight immediately and I will be there tomorrow morning”
Me:” owk thanks, I will come pick you up at the airport”
Mia X:” Owk thanks mtanam”
Me:” it’s my pleasure, see you tomorrow”
Mia X:” owk”
Me:” bye”
Mia X:” bye” ndori u fhedza u amba navho ndapfa ndi relieved, atleast his mom knows and will be here tomorrow. U tou amba ngoho mafhungo a X ovha atshi khou n lisa mbilu. Ndo mbodi founela Jay uri ndipfe arali honovha nadzi tshanduko nyana.
Jay:” hey V Boy”
Me:” hey, uhm how is everything there?”
Jay:” pretty much the same”
Me:” so there is no improvements in X’s?”
Jay:” I am sorry V but nothing yet, but we are getting another Doctor from Tanzania, he is flying down today, he is a neurosurgeon and deals with brain and stuff so maybe he will know what to do” ndo mbo di femela ntha
Me:” eish…..uhm owk”
Jay:” and oww don’t bother come here tonight, Svig suggested that we move this medical facility to one of our houses in George so we will be back there with him tomorrow”
Me:” oww that’s a relief and his mom will be here tomorrow as well”
Jay:” owk that’s great news”
Me:” yeah just let me know if there is any changes hey”
Jay:” sure” and we dropped the call.
Ndodzula kha lumeme lwa mmbete ndoneta tshothe. Tshililo o mbodi sendela tsini hanga and hugged me from behind
Tshili:” I am sorry about X bbe, u tou amba ngoho I feel very bad….so uhani?”
Me:” uhm he can’t do anything Tshililo, infact u tou dingela muthu o faho, its just that we have the machines to keep him alive, but his brains are not responding to anything”
Tshili:” ndi sorry nga maanda bbe”
Me:” u tou amba ngoho ndi khou balelwa u zwikholwa bbe, X is a good guy, hango lugelwa ngau sokou lovha just like that, utshe mutuku nga maanda houla muthu” mitodzi yovha I tshi khou rotha zwino
Tshili:” zwavhudi vhudi hoitea mini?”
Me:” uhm, ari rito dzula zwavhudi mmbeteni ndi mutalutshedze”, ndombodi dzula ndopfuna tshisenga ndasedza Tshililo matoni and she also did the same.
Me:” u na vhutanzi uri ngoho zwavhukuma u khou toda u divha bbe, ngauri asi zwithu zwi takadzaho na luthihi”
Tshili:” kha mmbudze”, ndo mutalutshedza mafhungo othe ubva musi ndi tshi receiver call ya X, musi ritshiya clabuni ya Jay, musi ri tshi dilugisela uya PE, when I met Svig the big boss but I didn’t say anything about him being Sibu’s husband. I told her about when we went out and when we were involved in a car accident
Tshili:” uhm…bbe…” she looked scared
Me:” and then ndihone nditshi…” thingo tsha fhedzisa ngauri Tshililo ombodi nkatudza
Tshili:” mara Thembu, how…..i mean…uh” then she started crying
Me:” bbe mulandu?”
Tshili:” how…did you move fr…from being just a guy to jumping bullets and shooting people, like ndi khou lingedza u pfesesa uri roswika hani hafho”
Me:” Tshililo don’t start”
Tshili:” ndi khou pfa zwitshi khou ntshuwisa Thembuluwo, ene uvhona unga udo lalama naa arali atshi khou tshila uvhu vhutshilo huh, I am scared that husi kale ndido mu loser, what if X never makes it and then na ene a tevhela?”, problem nthihi ngau vhudza vhafumakadzi mafhungo is that they always overreact, hupfi ndido lovha nga nnyi nne zwino?
Me:” bbe please zwithu zworaliho azwi anzeli u itea, it was just a once off thing and nothing is gonna happen kha Thembu wawe neh, ndi khou mufufhedzisa”
Tshili:” owk so hoitea mini kha X?”
Me:” uhm nne ndotou talutshedziwa saizwi ndovha ndo dzidzivhala lwa tshifhinga tshilapfu, hupfi zwenezwi vhathu vhakati na nndwa heyo yaulwa na Jerome, X ombodi thuntshiwa nga inwe authi and yeah they took him to one of Svig’s house irena hospital equipments vhavhidza na madokotela avho and hombodipfi hovha na u khakhisea kha maluvhi nga gulu yeya muthuntsha”
Tshili:” u tou amba ngoho I still feel like I am dreaming, like ndivhona unga ndido vuwa and everything will just go back to normal and X will be fine”
Me:” I know bbe its hectic”
Tshili:” ndi khou mupfa bbe zwea tangana nazwo ndi zwihulu, so u khouri zwinga sitsha iteya futhi?”
Me:” na luthihi bbe” ro ri ritshe rodzula ngauralo phone yanga yambo di lila, I checked the caller ID and it was my mom
Me:”hello mma”
Mma:”hu tou ita hani wee, habe anitsha pfala nwananga”
Me:” ndi mishumo ya tshikolo mmawe, dzi khou vhuya tshothe”
Mma:” owk, nne ri khou pfuluwa namusi nga madekwana wee, and ndovha nditshi khou toda udivha uri ila tshelede yenari nido senda yau renga zwithu nyana no mbo di balelwa naa?”
Me:” eish mma nne ndotou hangwa tshothe vhaya divha, ndido gidimela banngani ndaya uvha sendela zwino eish, musi vha khou toda urenga zwitshaka tshaka zwothe zwa nduni?”
Mma:” ee mara zwenezwo zwine tshelede yado swika”
Me:” owk ahuna thaidzo mma, ndido senda 35”
Mma:”35 miniha?”
Me:” R35 000”
Mme:”inwi Thembuluwo hae, ni I wanafhi tshelede nngafho-ngafho?”
Me:” mmawe please ndi khou shuma nne, thi ndori vhasongo pfuluwa na tshithu na tshithihi tsha khotsi anga, so ndido senda tshelede within 45 minutes, vhone avhaye vharenge namusi then vha pfuluwe nga Monday ngauri I doubt uri vhado deliver namusi”
Mma:” rido pfuluwa namusi nwananga, vhasa deliver ndido hira goloi yau rihwalela ani zwivhoni?”
Me:”owk mma, avha luge vhaye Thohoyandou vhone ndi khouya u senda tshelede zwino”
Mma:” owk nwananga, nia divha ndi khou livhuwesa Thembuluwo, you have made me proud my boy, ndi takalela zwine na humbulisa zwone, nau dzhia vhudifhinduleli naho zwovha zwisongo fanela”
Me:”ndi khou ita zwofanelaho mmawe” u tou amba ngoho neh, upfa mianga vhatshiri vha khou dihudza nga nne made me feel a bit better, somehow zwoita uri ndipfe uri maybe mi mistake yanga yothe was all worth it, I mean my mom was now happy
Mma:” ndo livhuwa nwananga, irani nne ndi dilugisele uya doroboni thiri”
Me:” vha tshimbile zwavhudi”
Mma:” uhm Thembuluwo wee”
Me:” Nnda”
Mma:” nina vhutanzi uri ani khou didzhenisa khakhathini nga nthani ha nyimele iyi ya hayani nwananga? No no mpha tshelede nnzhi nga maanda na zwino ni khou toda umpha inwe tshelede futhi, ndi mubebi and ndina ndavha nwananga, ndi sokoupfa ndina ku feeling kwa uri maybe inwi ni khou ita zwinwe zwobvaho ndilani uitela uthusa hafha hayani”
Me:” mmawe vhathu hafhu ndo vhatalutshedza uri ndi khou shuma”
Mma:” ndia zwidivha hezwo fhedziha ndi mubebi nwananga and zwidivheni uri ahuna tshithu tshine tsha nga nkwashekanya u fhirisa u divha uri inwi no ita zwinwe zwithu zwobvaho ndilani ni tshi itela uthusa hafha hayani, zwihulwane ndi vhumatshelo hanu u fhirisa u phulusa nne kha abuse Thembuluwo” eish zwe mianga vha amba zwo mmbavha
Me:” mmawe avhapfe hafha, ndi nga si didzhenise kha zwiito zwobvaho na luthihi, nne ndi khotou shuma nga ndila yofanelaho and ndido vhatalutshedza zwavhudi nditshi vhuya uri ndivha ndi khou shuma mini”
Mma:” ndi khou ni themba thiri and ndido dzhia zwenezwo zwena amba kha haya mafhungo and divhami uri ndia nifuna nwananga and shango heli lovhifha nga maanda and ni fanela u ditsireledza misi yothe nau sa hangwa uri nibva ngafhi nau themba Mudzimu kha nyimele dzothe”
Me:” owk mma avhari ndiye banngani ndi saathu lenga” hearing my mom talking like this made me feel even more guilty, ngoho arali hutshi pfi mianga vhanga wanulusa uri hu khou itea mini neh, vha nga tou vuwa sibadela
Mma:” owk nwananga bye”
Me:” bye” ndovhea phone fhasi nda femuluwa
Tshili:” is everything owk?”
Me:” my mom is moving today and I have to go to the bank to send her some money”
Tshili:” atleast that’s good news right, I mean she wont be staying with your dad anymore”
Me:” yahh atleast hetsho tshipida tsha vhutshilo hanga tshi sharp, uhm ari ndiye banngani neh, ene ha khou attender dzi kilasi namusi”’
Tshili:” nga ndila yendavha ndo tsikeledzea ngayo nga matsheloni ndi tshi khou humbula uri thanwe hatsha do vhuya neh ndovha ndi khoupfa uri nau attender thinga koni” o ralo atshi khou smiler
Me:” ndi fhano musi zwino”
Tshili:” yeah and I am going to spend this day with my babe ndi tshi khou mu supporta thi”
Me:” so u khou dipfa hani?”
Tshili:” bbe I was more worried about you ngandila ine ndo notou hangwa na zwauri ndovhuya sibadela nga Monday nne”
Me:” shame bbe wanga vhathu, but I don’t wanna be a bad influence kha ene bbe, at least muthihi washu u fanela u phasa so ene khaye clasini nne ndidoya banngani u sendela mianga tshelede neh?”
Tshili:”hai bbe vhathu ari tuwe rothe”
Me:”owk ari tuwe”
Tshili:”ha khou tamba? hafhu u khotou nukha brewery wee”
Me:”bbe vhoo” rovha ri tshi khou sea
Tshili:”ngoho, atou tshintsha zwiambaro ha please udo ndzhenisela mato nne” ndo mbo di mubata nda mu khisa ri tshi khou sea
Me:” ndido murwa ene nne”
Tshili:” so, o edela gai?” ndo mbo di bvisa mato ndavuwa nda dzula nda kweta thoho
Tshili:” Thembu o edela gai?”
Me:” ndo booker room bbe ngauri ndovha ndo kangwa and nditshi khou vhona uri ndido balelwa u driver”
Tshili:” oww? Ovha ayethe?”
Me:” yahh, ari tuwe vhathu ri litshe zwa interrogation” owk hovha husina uri ndi talutshedze Tshililo uri indo edela na munwe musidzana nda si ite zwa vhudzekani, reason why? Well its simple, ovha asado nkholwa so khwine ndiu difhumulela
Zwi a Penga – Insert 60
Ndo mbo di dzumbulula heila tshelede ndabvisa R35 000 ine nda khou tea uya u sendela mianga and then Nne na Tshililo ro mbo di bva raya goloini yanga. Roswika radzhena nda driver ndaya moloni. Ro swika ra namba rayela banngani, uswika ro mbo di dzhena ra ima lainini
Tshili:” ndo zwi tuvha u diwana ndina ene ri nga hei ndila”
Me:” eish yahh bbe hafhu ene ori uvhuya sibadela havha hu khou itea zwila zwa mushumoni eish”
Tshili:” ndia mufuna uya divha”
Me:” eish bbe not ufana na bbe wawe wee” ro mbo divha ri tshi khou swika lainini and then raya nda senda tshelede, mga murahu ha hezwo ndo mbo di founela mukegulu vhari yo dzhena.
Me:” so where to?”
Tshili:” uhm eish, breakfast nyana?”
Me:”mhm ya ari tuwe riye ula and after that we can do some window shopping and ra renga zwine radovha ri khou dala ngazwo, I have few grands to spend today” ndori ralo nditshi khou setshelela
Tshili:” ene ngohoi”
Me:” huh uh bbe ringasi dzule ri serious tshifhinga tshothe, ndovha ndi stressed maduvha haya o fhiraho and namusi ndi khou toda u digeda vhoo and just forget about everything for few hours”
Tshili:” hafho u right bbe wanga” ro mbo di ya Wimpy raswika ra diwanela breakfast. Rodzula ra la ri tshi khou zuwa ro digeda na bbe wanga. Ro ri ufhedza ula ra mbo di takuwa. Ro ri ri tshi khou fhira hafhala tsini na helia shorp la Naartjie la zwiambaro zwavhana nne nda ima ndasedza
Me:” ari dzhene hafha bbe”
Tshili:” uhm u khou swaswa neh?”
Me:” na luthihi bbe”
Tshili:” bbe hu rengisiwa zwiambaro zwavhana fhedzi so nne na ene ridovha ri khou dzhenela mini?” ndo mbo di fara Tshililo nga tshanda ndadzhena nae ndo mufara
Me:” kha dotou humbula ku little Tshili ko ambara iyi rokho bbe, my little girl huh?”
Tshili:” hezwo u khotou lora masiari” Tshililo o mbo di khona a tshi khou toda u bvela nnda nne ndadovha nda mufara
Me:” bbe kha tou humbula ngahazwo, ene o hwala ku little mini me ngangomu hawe huh?” ndoralo ndi tshi khou setshelela
Tshili:” ritshe vhana vha tshikolo Thembuluwo”
Me:” and ringa kona u supporta nwana bbe, nne ndina tshelede and husikale ndidovha ndi khou vula business so thaidzo igai?”
Tshili:” huh uh bbe husi zwino”
Me:”bbe khavhone hafha, arali atou vha preg neh, ringa pfuluwa ri si tsha dzula tshikoloni and then we can buy a house somewhere in town and then ringa tou driver rothe every morning ri tshi da tshikoloni and ra wana na vhashumi vha nduni so you wouldn’t stress about house chores and all those things”
Tshili:” bbe ho itea mini kha ene mara?”
Me:” ahuna bbe, hu touvha uri we can afford to have babies, I don’t see why we shouldn’t have them”
Tshili:” owk something is seriously wrong with you and I am going to ignore that ro amba nga haya mafhungo, nne na ene rina 20 years Thembu and we can’t parent a child ritshe vhatuku”
Me:” vhatuku for what? Hafhu ri tshi khou dzula rothe?” o mbo di ntsedza nga haala mato auri just stop it
Me:”owk its fine then ari zwilitshe haa but ndo kwata”
Tshili:” thank you”, ro mbo dibva raya radzhena Woolworths
Tshili:” chocolate dza hafha ndia dzifuna eish”
Me:” I know” ndoralo ndi tshi khou setshelela
Tshili:” bbe before ritshiya zwiliwani ari thome riye ngahafhala hurena mi mats, ndi khou toda uri rirenge munwe mat uno matcher na bedding heila yea renga and maybe rirenge inwe bedding futhi, hafhu ridovha ri khou edela ri vhavhili meaning uri rido tea u tshintsha bedding more often”
Me:” your wish is my command” o mbo di nwenwela ampfara nga tshanda raya u nanga mat na bedding inwe. After that roya zwiliwani raya u renga grocery nyana ya zwithu zwe Tshililo avha a tshi khou vhona zwitshi khou shorta. Hahaha you know that life is good musi ni tshi khou renga grocery Woolworths lolest Thembulization. Ro ri ubva henefho raisa zwiliwa goloini and then raya old Khaki sa izwi nne ndovha ndi khou toda dzi shorty nyana henefho, roswika radzhena ra mona mona
Tshili:”na nne ndi khou toda hovhu vhurukhu bbe, vhu sharp kani?”
Me:” yah ndi shorty ya vhudi but ene u dina milenzhe misekene” ndo amba hezwo nga khole
Tshili:” mini?”
Me:” ndi khou amba milenzhe” ndo mbo di sukumedziwa nda mbodi wisa na zwinwe zwiambaro zwezwavha zwo hangariwa henefho
Me:” bbe kha vhone ndi khou wisa zwithu zwavhathu ai”
Tshili:” ndido mudovha futhi”
Me:” ndovha ndo tou amba nga khole uri a kwate nyana wee”
Tshili:” uya funa u tamba nga nne ngoho neh”
Me:” nda sa tamba nga ene ndido tamba nga nnyi mara ngoho” ro mona mona, ra fhedza ro renga shorty mbili dzanga na nthihi ya Tshili, na vhu Sandals ha Tshililo. Ubva hafho ro mbo di ya goloini ra driver ra humela tshikoloni, roswika ra paka goloi and then ra gagamisa ma plastic radzhenisa rumuni. Ro pakulula thundu rafhedza.
Me:”uhm bbe ndi khou fanela uya uamba na Sihle neh, but khari ndithome ndiye u tamba uthoma neh”
Tshili:” na nne thi athu u tamba so ari tuwe rothe” ro tuwa u tamba nne ndaya khadzi shawara dza vhathannga Tshililo aya khadza vhasidzana. Ndo swika nda tamba u fhedza nda mbo di vhuya rumuni. Ndowana Tshililo a saathu uvhuya. Ndo mbodi dola mapfura nda tshintsha and nga murahu nyana Tshililo o mbo divha a tshi khou dzhena.
Me:” khade rituwe rothe kha Sihle bbe ngauri I know u do ita zwau lila and nne ndido balelwa u divha uri ndi ite mini”
Tshili:” ene ngohoi”
Me:” serious bbe kha tavhanye ri tuwe and a thome a foune apfe uri ungafhi neh” Tshili ori u fhedza u ambara a mbodi doba founu a founela Sihle.
Tshili:” u rumuni so we can go” ro mbo di bva ra sia ro khia raya rumuni ya X. roswika ra khokhonya and then Sihle came to open
Sihle:” oww so you guys are alive?”
Me:” yeah”
Sihle:”where is Xolani because you guys left together and then you just sent us smses to say you wont be coming back, do you have any idea how worried sick we were?”
Me:”yeah I know”
Tshili:” hey friend how are you?”
Sihle:” I am trying wethu, when did he come back?”
Tshili:” last night, ahg actually this morning”
Sihle:” and Xolani?” she said that looking at me.
Me:” lets just sit down first”
Sihle:” why sit down? Did something happen to him?” I kept quite
Tshili:” I think it will be best if you just sit down”
Sihle:” no I am not sitting Thembu, when he left he told me that you guys were working at some club to make some extra money so what happened?”
Me:” yeah and a fight broke down and there were gun shorts and…..” ndo balelwa u zwiamba
Sihle:”hayini bethuna and what?” she was now screaming, mato o tsengisa mitodzi
Me:”well…he….he…got short”
Sihle:”huh uh Thembu ayikho le uythethayo please” o mbodi wela fhasi athoma u lila nga ndila I tungufhadzaho
Tshili:”uhm Sihle girl its gonna be fine neh, I promise he will be fine” nne ndovha ndo sokou dzula ntha ha mmbete ndi sa divhi uri ndiite mini, Tshililo ovha o dzula na Sihle atshi khou lingedza u mukuvhatedza
Sihle:” owww bethuna Xolani wam, so where is he? uphi? Can we go to him? Please I wanna see him”
Me:” well he is in PE and they will transfer him to George tomorrow so you will see him tomorrow”
Sihle:” is he fine though? Like he will be fine right?”
Me:”yeah of course he will be fine” hovha husina uri nne ndi vhudze Sihle nga ha tshiimo tsha X tsha vhukuma ngauri ovha asitsha kona lune she didn’t need more bad news.
Tshili:” I am sorry friend, its gonna be fine, you will see him tomorrow”
Sihle:” but why? Why him?”
Me:” uhm these things just happen unexpectedly and they can happen to anyone so just hang in there and be strong for X owk, I am sure that’s what he will want you to do”
Sihle:” you think so?”
Me:” yeah I think so” rodzula henefho na Sihle lwa tshifhinga tshilapfu nyana ri tshi khou mukhuthadza.
Ro takuwa henefha ngavho five ya madekwana ra humela rumuni yashu.
Tshili:”bbe ndi bike mini?”
Me:”mhm zwinwe na zwinwe bbe wanga”
Tshili:” owk”
Me:”uhani mara ene? Ha tsha pfa pain na luthihi?”
Tshili:” na luthihi bbe. Pain killers hedzila dzi khou shuma tshothe”
Me:” owk that’s great”, Tshililo o mbo di thoma zwau bika. Nne ndo mbo di doba phone nda founela Jay uri ndipfe arali ula Doctor onoswika kale
Jay:” hey V Boy”
Me:” hi Jay how is everything that side?”
Jay:” uhm the Doctor I told you about is here so he has been busy with him doing some tests so he said he is gonna send those tests to one of the labs around here so that he can get the results”
Me:”but is there a little hope?”
Jay:”eish V, I don’t wanna give you any hope hey so lets just wait and see”
Me:” owk thanks, what time are you guys come down here tomorrow?”
Jay:” somewhere in the afternoon, I will contact you neh”
Me:”owk dankie”
Jay:”sure” and we dropped the call.
Me:” huna dokotela muswa odaho u thogomela X bbe, hupfi o ita dzi tests uitela uri adivhe uri mulandu”
Tshili:” ndi khwine kani?”
Me:”nga maanda, thanwe zwido thusa nyana”
Tshili:” yahh”
Me:”ari nne ndivhe ndo edela nyana musi ene atshi khou bika thi?”
Tshili:”owk kha awele bbe wanga” ndo mbo di farwa nga khofhe ngau tavhanya saizwi madekwe ndi songo tou edela zwinopfi mini.
So I was out drinking, ndovha ndi na authi yanga X, Tshili na Sihle vhovha vhodzulela thungo nyana. And then heila authi yambodi bvelela, ovha ofara tshigidi and then he shot X. Ndotavha mukosi ngau tshuwa ndabvisa tshanga tshigidi nda muthuntsha vhoo. Tshililo na Sihle vhovha vha tshi khou tshakatela vhasa tsha kona tshithu. Na vhanwe vhathu vhe vha vha vhe henefho vhovha vho tshuwa nga maanda. That guy wenda muthuntsha o mbo di vuwa ana mbonzhe ya hafhala henda muthuntsha hone, “you’ve already killed me Thembu, I wont die for the 2nd time” ndo ruda mato ngau tshuwa. Tshililo na Sihle vho ntsedzisa zwinwevho vhatshi vhonala vho akhamala tshothe musi vhatshipfa zwe hoyo muthannga a amba
Tshili:”ndi zwone? You’ve killed him?”
Me:” anga mmbudzisa hani zwithu zworaloho atshi khou zwivhona uri u khou tshila”
Guy:” this is no joke Thembu, I will follow you wherever you go, my spirit will haunt you, you will never be free mfana” I heard those words in slow motion
Me:”mara I didn’t mean to, forgive me my man”
Guy:”I am already dead, I cant forgive you” and then he disappeared
Me:”I didn’t mean to….i…I didn’t mean to”….and then someone came and shook me
Tshili:”bbe khavhuwe”, ndo bonyolowa mato, ndawana Tshililo o ntsedza atshi sumbedza u tshuwa tshothe
Me:”u khou ntsala murahu Tshililo, he wont let me live in peace”
Tshili:”bbe u khou amba nnyi?”
Me:”uhm mhm?”
Tshili:”uri u khou saliwa murahu nga nnyi bbe?”
Me:”uhm it was just a dream” ndovha ndodzula ntha ha mmbete ndo dada tshothe. Why izwi zwithu zwi tshi khou itea kha nne mara ngoho huh
Tshili:”bbe huna zwinwe zwithu zwine a khou toda u mmbudza zwone?”
Me:”hai bbe ndo touvha na muloro usi wavhudi and I honestly don’t wanna talk about it please”
Tshili:”uhm owk zwoluga then, ndofhedza u bika”
Me:”owk”
Tshili:”hana ndala?”
Me:”hai, ndidola zwezwino bbe” ndovha ndi khoupfa ndo dada. Naa ndi khou fanela uita mini ubvisa iyi authi miloroni yanga. Ndo mbo di vuwa ndaya fridgini ndabvisa beer nthihi ndaivula ndanwa mukulo. Tshililo o mbo dida aima phanda hanga a dzhia halwa a vhuvhea ntha ha tafula and she started kissing me.
Me:”eish bbe khathome aime vhathu”
Tshili:”ow”
Me:”sorry bbe but ari ndithome ndi awele thi?”
Tshili:”owk” ndoya ndadzula kha tshidulo ndanwa beer yanga ngeno Tshililo atshi khou bvisa laptop uri a vhone movie. Nga murahu nyana nne ndo mbo di takuwa
Me:”bbe ndi ite zwiliwa rile?”
Tshili:”yahh bbe” she was smiling, ndo mbo di ya nda avha zwiliwa rala. Ro ri u fhedza ula ndadzhia phuleithi ndavhea.
Me:”ovha a khou vhona movie u fhio bbe?”
Tshili:”The other woman”
Me:”ari dovholole uthoma mathomoni bbe na nne ndi khou toda u vhona”
Tshili:”bbe vhoo hovha ho tea oda rathoma nawo”
Me:”ndi khotou luvhelela ma washu” ndo ralo ndi tshi khou mukhisa khathihi nau mu sengenedza and she was laughing
Me:”please”
Tshili:”owk” oralo a tshi khou femeleka. And we started watching the movie.
Ngoho ndi ya uri ndovha ndi tshi khou ofha u edela nne, hafhu everytime ndi tshi edela ndi mbo di lora heila authi eish thidivhi uri ndido zwibva hani. Nne na Tshililo ro vhona hoyo movie wa fhela, u tshi fhela Tshililo o mbo di ri ari vhone houla unopfi ‘About Last Night’. Tshililo o mbo di fara khofhe musi hoyo movie u vhukati, nne ndosala ndi tshi khou poidza nditshi khou shavha u edela. Ndovuwa ndaya ndadoba beer inwe fridgini nda ededza Tshililo zwavhudi nda isa phanda nau vhona Movie. Ndori u fhedza nda mbodi dzhenisa munwe futhi. Fhedziha thingo tsha u fhedza ngauri ndo mbo di farwa nga khofhe.
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