Fainthearted | Episode 4
I must have overslept because by the time i woke up everyone has already left. Mavis came back from her leave today and she prepared everyone for school and work respectively and i got to rest before my interviews.
I was still happy from the excitement i got the previous night , i called my husband to see how he was and he apologized for sleeping before i can use him, we talked a bit as i made myself breakfast. After bathing i wore my Long body hugging red dress and a black blazer, i had to look professional for the meetings and interviews,people draw conclusions based on how you are dressed.
The interviews went well i managed to hire management team and they helped with the hairdressers and the artists, They just finished painting the walls and installing pipes and taps. I wanted this place to scream STYLE or CLASS when you enter, i want it to be the go-to place when you need your hair, nails and make-up done for that reason we are hiring professionals.
Since Mavis is back i did not have to rush home to cook, she is the best thing that ever happened to us, she looked after my children since they were two days old. I called Nkanyezi to check up on her, i haven’t talked to my mother’s child in like forever and she also did not call to check up on me she must still be angry about Joshua.
Nkanyezi was pregnant when i saw her husband in a bar making out with another girl, i went to them and he immediately apologized to me and told the girl to go away. we agreed it was not a perfect time to tell Nkanyezi about it because she could lose her baby like she did before. unfortunately for me she found out and her stupid husband told her i knew about the cheating scandal so she shut me out of her life for keeping it from her.
She was not too happy to hear from me but at least she answered her phone this time unlike the other times she’d let it ring to voicemail, i asked about her and her daughter and she told me they were all fine but i wasn’t convinced. I drove to her place since i had nothing to do, on my way i bought ciders so i don’t get bored listening to her blaming me and not her husband for his cheating and i also bought a gift for Ronewa.
My sister had a beautiful house and her drive way was classy and she kept it clean at all times, i noticed Joshua’s car outside. I rang the bell and she opened for me, the shock of my life! Nkanyezi was pregnant AGAIN! Ronewa is just nine months old but hey Angelina! you have your own honey pot to worry about and besides she never asked me for any help with her kids so it was not my place to judge.
We all know when we are not wanted Nkanyezi did not even hide the disgust on her face or the tone of her voice but this girl is my mother’s child she had no right shutting me out of her life, she looked miserable and weak like she was sick or something. I had to drink alone since Sisters is expecting and alcohol is not good for the baby so they say.
After what looked like a century she started opening up to me and she told me how worse things has gotten since she found out about her husband infidelity, he told her that he needed children or he will marry another wife, the NERVE! I wanted to give him my piece of mind but she said something very moving ” I don’t want my children to grow up like we did without parents” and that hit home.
That excuse of a man is trying to drain the life out of my sister and she has already given up fighting the things i would do to this guy if i was given a chance are unthinkable, i did not want her to stop talking to me like she did before so i will let this slide for now. Mahlatse sent another text to say we should meet for Just drinks then i remembered the last time i saw him before that day at the mall.
After the day i met him in Julia’s room , they went to buy alcohol and weed and proposed a party because it was Friday. I know i said i was studying but a party sounded much better than coffee and energy drinks so we partied, it was my first time drinking and smoking i woke up blanked out the following morning and had no collection of the previous night.
We started talking and it was fun and games, he said all the right words, did everything i wanted. To cut the story short he was perfect for me and i saw my future with him. We talked about marriage and growing old together, one night we were sleeping his WIFE came to knock on his door and beat he hell out of me i will never forget that day.
Oh no! he did not tell me he had a wife or a child for that matter, he lied to me and said he was a student working with lectures when he was a junior lecture with a wife and a kid at home. I was so broken i drank myself to sleep most of the days until i met Mandla, My superman.
Here i am thinking about the whole situation with Mahlatse when i am sitting with my miserable sister here who has given up on life completely in the name of happy family, one day that man of hers will come back with infections and viruses and she will die leaving her children without a mother. But i can’t say this to the Master so scissors or she will cut me off without thinking twice.