Chapter 40

“HIS BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF ART”

CHAPTER : 40 . 

KAGOENTLE .

—1 MONTH LATER . 

It's Father's Day today , Me and my sister are going to the event with Dad , yes by dad I mean Buti Lwandile . Whatever happened between him and Mom is not part of our business , though everyone refuse to tell us why mom was in the hospital and she has asked us to stay out of it . 

Here I am , I'm putting on my white nike airforces . I look sharp ! I'm putting on my dickies brown pants with the matching top as well . I brush my taper fade and put on my one side earring . I walk downstairs and find Ontshiametse doing her edges , I still don't understand why these girls do this . Oh God ..

“are you ready to go ?” I say as she glances at me with a smile .

“you're looking sharp brother , you're looking nice .” she says . 

“yes yes thank you now , you also look beautiful sister .” I say .

“lets go take that mirror picture and the selfies .” I nod , we walk over to the mirror and begin taking pictures . 

“oh we look so good ! You almost look like my twin!” she says and I shake my head . 

“i don't look like a girl , don't .” she laughs . 

“is mom sleeping ?” I nod and sigh . 

“she's been sleeping , she just woke up and came to drink water then she went back to bed .” 

“i think her separating with dad took a toll on her , they loved each other .” I say and she nods ..

“and they looked so good together .” she says . 

“but we have to respect their decision , if they don't want to be together anymore then we respect the decision because moreover , we're just kids and we shouldn't meddle in their business as adults .” she nods . 

“you're right ..” I nod . 

“did you make my smoothie ? ” I ask and she nods . 

“in the kitchen ..” 

I nod and walk into the kitchen , i take the bottle that has the smoothie and walk back to the lounge . 

“Dad is late ..” she says opening the sliding door and standing by the balcony . 

“by 2 minutes only , he's probably stuck somewhere . ” I say and she nods . 

“I'll be back , i just want to say good morning to mommy . ” I say walking upstairs and heading to her bedroom .. where is she ? 

“mommy ??” I hear sounds coming from the bathroom . Okay here's the thing , my mom has been throwing up for the past few days . We don't know what the problem is , honestly . It's not nice here at home anymore . 

She walks out of the bathroom and glances at me , she looks pale , her eyes are swollen and they're red . She's put on weight , but you can see that she's drained . 

“why are you still here ? didn't your dad come to pick you up ?” she says getting back in bed . 

“mommy ..” I sit besides her .

“what is it ?” she asks . 

“you're scaring us , we're worried about you .” I say holding both her hands . 

“I'm fine Kago ..” I shake my head . 

“you're not , you've not been yourself ever since you got back from the hospital . You've been crying and you've been very sick .” she sighs and looks down . When we're done , mom pulls us up but now .. we're the ones who are supposed to pull her up . She's at her weakest right now and it breaks my heart , this is the same woman who's been enduring every pain that comes our way for us . 

“its...its just.. its hard .” she says looking up as her tears stream down . 

“mama ..” I'm not gonna cry , not when my mother needs me this much . I stand up and bend with my knees on the bed . I cup her face wiping off her tears .. 

“I'm sorry .. I'm sorry that you're going through all of this .” I kiss her forehead . 

“do you want to go to church ?” she shrugs . 

“my body isn't allowing me to .” she says as I wipe more of her tears . 

“do you miss him ?” she closes her eyes letting more tears roll down . 

“alot ..” she whispers . 

“i know ..” 

“you guys go , I'll be fine .” 

“please eat ? Ontshiametse made you breakfast and its in the microwave .” she nods lightly . 

“do you promise me that you're gonna eat ?” 

“i promise you .” I kiss her forehead and give her a hug . 

“i love you .” I say .

“i love you more .” 

I get up and walk out , I head downstairs hearing the car pull up . 

“lets go Ontshiametse ..” she grabs our phones and we walk out , my dad works elsewhere now . After reisgning from mommy's company , he went on and found a job at this company in Sandhurst or something . He unlocks the car for us and we jump in. New wheels for our dad , it's a really nice car . 

“hey dad ..” I say as we do our handshake , he proceeds to do his handshake with Ontshiametse at the back .

“how are you guys ?” he says . 

“I'm good , looking forward to this event hey .” Ontshiametse says . 

“and you ?” 

“I'm okay ..” he nods and starts the car . 

“how's Rori ?” 

“as the same as i last told you , it feels like it's a matter of time till she breaks down .” He nods slowly and drives off . 

“why are the two of you not talking though ? I feel like she just needs to speak to you .” Ontshiametse says . 

“its not gonna be that easy .” he says . 

“(sighs) lets not dwell on this too much . Its between the two of you .” she says . 

“please stop by the mall , my earpods have broken and i need new ones.” 

“i have earpods at the back , look there .. we'll get you new ones when we return .” I nod . 

“here ..” Ontshiametse passes the earpods to me . 

“thank you ..” 

“Lelo misses you guys .” 

“oh we miss him too , we must visit him or he must visit us now . Its been a long time hey .” Ontshiametse says . 

—

RORISANG .

I'm here throwing up again , besides all the emotional trauma I've been through and I'm going through . My health is taking a toll on me , this is a phase of my life where i just wish I'd sleep forever . The physical and emotional pain is just too much at this point . 

I never thought breaking up with the person you love could break you like this , if I didn't cheat .. none of this wouldn't have happened . Though , I wish he didn't beat me up , I just wish he could've talked to me properly so I could explain but then it happened . Now all that ties us together is Kagoentle , Lelo and Ontshiametse . Other than that , there's nothing that's really happening .

My dad on the other hand has been very strict on me interacting with Lwandile and him having a relationship with my kids but honestly , Lwandile is 29 and I'm 30 , we're both old enough to make our own decisions and I believe dad should stay out of this , I love him but .. I'm grown and I can make my own decisions . I heard Lwandile's dad is out of jail and he's dusting the streets , I don't really care because apparently , the rumors say he doesn't like me very much .