#11


Sunday, sivuke salungiselela ukubuyela eShepstone, and the guys were
going to drive us backnagain. As we passed Mthwalume, my phone rang,
kuyi landline. Bendihleli eFront eat noXola obeqhuba.
As soon as I answered, I knew it was engakazibiki nozibika. My heart
jumped up my throat, ndatsarhwa ngamathe, my hands sweating. I was in
full panic mode. I dropped the call ndingevanga noba ufuna ukuthini.
Xola uthena endibuza ndabe ndihline ndingamniki kwa chance. We got to
Shepstone ndisekulo mood. As I walked to my room, Xola followed me.


Xola:"Babe, what's wrong?"
Me:"nothing."
Xola:"come on, you can talk to me."
Me:"Xola, uyayazi ba ndino mntwana?" Waske wandiqhalela amehlo.
Me:"oh, I see, awuyazi. Well,ndino mntwana ozoba na5moths apha
ezinsukwini. Ngumfana and gama lakhe ngu Kungawo Bhongo. Uyise
usejele."
Xola:"uhm, ok, this is all a shock."
Me:"yeah, I understand. And nguye lo ebendi fonele. We haven't spoken
usukela ndina 4months, when I found out unomntu wakhe an he was being
convicted that day." Intliziyo yam ibingamahlwili all this time sharing this.
Xola bendimbona ba naye ubindekile.
Me:"Look, I think you should now leave. Kuzoba late and am tired."
Xola:"oh, yeah, will call you later neh."
Me:"ok bye." We hugged and he left. I was left there wondering what Mondli
wanted. Why would he call me after all this time. After all te heartache. I
was more mad than hurt. OG came to sit with me and I kind of offloaded
on her. For the first time ever, I shared my history with her. isibhanxa
sechomi endinayo besi khala.


Me:"ukhalela ntoni ke ngoku? "
OG:"hay man sies. but on the real now, I say you deserve to hear what he
has to say. You are now hurting because, you haven't found closure.
uzophuma lamntu kungeku dala phayana and from what I have head,
uzokufuna ade akufumane."
Me:"lomntu azange wakhathalela nonyana lo wakhe endamzalela yena."
OG:"nexttime efona, mmamee ba uzothini."
Me:"ok mngani."
OG:"yima ndiyolanda izinto zolala, ndizolala ngapha. And ke futhi sizoke
sifonele loSthe wakhona. Ndicuriousman ba befuna ukuthini lomntu wakho."
Me:'akasengo mntu wam."
OG:"hay suka, ndiyeza." Nyani, she went to get her sleepwear and we called
Sthe, but he did not pick up.