Chapter V still continues. . . Kim was sobbing in tears to hear Thatos story. Thato held her and said holding his own tears back, Come on now Kay, you cant really be crying over that little hardship i went through. You are strong Thato, thanks for telling me this. Now it explains why you help people without expecting anything back, Kim said in tears. Thato held wiped off her tears and placed her head on his chest. May i tell you about my story Tay?, Kim asked. Id be honored to know you that better Kay, he said while Kim wrapped his hands around her. As you know i am the third and last born. . . . My mother stayed in an abusive marriage for her entire life. She says her falling pregnant to my brother after three years of marriage, was somehow a relief because her not having children made her a doll to toss around because even if she went back to her family, they didnt accept her because she now belonged to my fathers family traditionally so. My father asked for a transfer to Lichtenburg, he got it and took my mother along with my brother. Life for my mother was better because she conceived my sister two years later and i was born when my sister was seven years old of age. I honestly had the best childhood growing up except that my father would beat my mother up, so my siblings and i would run to our neighbour and spend the night there. My sister was however my fathers favorite amongst my siblings and i didnt really mind because i was mamas baby. My sister fell pregnant when i was twelve years old, she was eighteen years old of age. My mother was angry about it and wanted to send my sister to her sister, my aunt, but my father refused. My sister would speak to my mother in a manner that made my mother disown her and kick her out. My father left with my sister and i at that time i blamed my mother for my dad and sister staying away from us. My father stayed in Klerksdorp with my sister. He would fetch me to go visit them and he took care of my sister throughout her pregnancy. He even made her a baby shower inviting all our relatives, except my mom. My sister gave birth to a pair of sons and my dad took care of my sisters kids like they were his own. I would hear my mom cry herself to sleep, praying and asking God to heal her. I would ask her to forgive my sister and let her and dad come home but she would say Only if you were older, you would understand. As i got older alot of things made sense to me and i heard rumours that made me complete each puzzle which was incomplete in my head. I overheard my mother talk to brother and my brother said, He gave her more kids! That bastard gave my sister more kids!. I walked in and they kept quiet. I asked them who gave who more kids, my mother twisted my ears for responding to what wasnt my concern. I then fell pregnant at fifteen with Shauns baby. I couldnt afford to be kicked out like my sister. I mean, my sister was my fathers favorite, that is how she managed to survive being disowned by my mother. I on the other side was mamas baby, i loved my mother wholeheartedly so i couldnt afford to disappoint her, and Saun gave me a million reasons why i should abort and not even one why i should keep the baby. I did abort because it was clear Shaun would pull out. In matric, at age seventeen, i heard more rumours in the street that the reason my father left with my sister was because my dad made my sister his wife. I asked my mother about it, she just burst into tears with no word further said. Alot made sense to me. I completed each puzzle and honestly it hurt me to see how my mother was. My mother was admitted for severe depression and Shaun was still there for me even when people made fun of my family and i. I hated my sister and my father for what they did to my father. My sister gave birth to two sets of twins for my father. I moved to Johannesburg right after matric because i got a bursary, i attended at Wits University where i studied psychology because it related to me in all forms, helping people by listening to them and giving them strategic solutions to their problems. I was the first masters degree student at age twenty. I got a job the day i graduated and because i could afford my mothers treatment, i took her from Lichtenburg to Boksburg, Dawn Park, where i got her a nurse. She got better and now she is a business woman who opened a day care centre. My brother is married and stays in Pretoria North with his wife and kids. As for my sister and her husband, no one knows what is going on with them because we cut them off our lives. Wow i am sorry about all you went through babe. Thato said. They spoke more. She dozed off in his arms and Thato carried her to bed. She woke up in bed without knowing how she got there. They spent that weekend well with Lydia and John until they drove back to Johannesburg later on Sunday because they had to go back to work on Monday. TBC
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