CHAPTER THREE .

ASANTE : MY FATHER’S DEBT .

#3 .

ASANTE .

after a while we drove in a huge yard with two houses ‚ nerves started to kick in . the car stopped & they opened the door for me ‚ i stepped out & fixed my dress .

ma zulu : woza phela makoti .

i rushed to her & we headed inside ‚ those guys followed behind with my bags ‚ a little boy ran to her .

“MAMA !” he said .

ma zulu : hello boyza !

she hugged him then kissed his cheek .

“ubani loh ?” he asked looking at me .

ma zulu : she’s your sister in law ‚ you can call her aunty asante .

me : hey little guy .

“hello ‚ my name is banele the most handsome boy in the zulu family .” he said with so much confidence .

ma zulu giggled then he walked away ‚ i chuckled .

me : are you sure he’s not a man ?

ma zulu : hai angazi !

she said & the annoyance in her voice couldn't be missed ‚ she showed me the bedroom i’ll be using & it’s so huge .

me : ngiyabonga .

ma zulu : sure .

me : i’ll stay in here .

ma zulu : not happening ‚ you’ll have to cook .

me : alone ?

ma zulu : yes ‚ i also deserve a break .

me : okay mah .

she walked out & the sound of her clicking heels made me s!ck ‚ this woman is so rude even her tone s!es man . i took out my phone & called mom .

mom : “nana .”

me : “hello mah ‚ se sifikile .”

mom : “oh i’m glad .”

me : “okay i just wanted to tell you that ‚ i love you .”

mom : “tshepo was here ‚ he wanted to say goodbye but you already left .”

me : “eish ‚ i’ll call him .”

mom : “okay keh take care .”

me : “sharp .”

i ended the call then called tshepo ‚ he picked up .

tshepo : “hey .”

me : “hello ‚ i’m sorry you didn’t see me to say goodbye ‚ ma zulu fetched me early in the morning .”

tshepo : “okay that’s fine .”

me : “how are you ?”

tshepo : “i’m good .”

me : “okay ‚ i’ll come see you when i’m free neh .”

tshepo : “sure ntwana .”

i felt my heart break into a million pieces ‚ funny how we went from "babe" to "friends" again .

tshepo : “sharp ‚ love you .”

me : “love you too. ”

i ended the call & turned only to see ma zulu staring at me .

ma zulu : ukhuluma nobani lapho ?

me : a friend .

ma zulu : if you are cheating on my son ‚ i promise i won’t spare you .

me : bathong .

ma zulu : what was that ?

me : nothing mah .

ma zulu : okay follow me to the kitchen then .

she walked out ‚ i sticked my tongue out then followed her ‚ this woman is annoying geez .