I can do without Episode 36 “Hello young girl, how may I help you?” The man behind the desk asked Thuli who was standing by the office door. “Come on in, have a seat” he said pointing to a seat. Thuli went to the seat while fixing her eyes on the man. He seemed to be somewhere in his 30’s, maybe late or mid 30’s, he was white in complexion and his body was neither slim nor fat. She decided immediately that it could not be Thami her father because Thami was dark in complexion, according to Nomsa. “My name is Thulisile, I am looking for a guy called Thamsanqa Ntuli.” She said shyly, she was hoping that whatever she said did not send a threatening message. “I am Thamsanqa Ntuli, how can I help you? Do you want to open an account with us?” Thamsanqa asked. Thuli became extremely shy like she never was before, as a result she could not project her voice and spoke really soft. Besides she had no idea what to say then, she was not sure if this guy was her father, but how was she to find if he was not. “I, I.. Do you know a lady from Mzimkhulu named Nomsa?” she said almost under her breath. The guy did not seem to have heard her properly. “Nomsa? Are you saying something about Nomsa? Does she have an account with us?” Thuli kept quite, she really was speechless, she wanted the ground to open right there and swallow her. She decided to just man up and do what she came there to do. The guy continued talking while she was quite, he was explaining what kind of an account Thuli could get since she was just a child. Thuli did not really hear what the guy was saying. After some time she swallowed a spit and decided to just do it! It did not matter the outcome, she was going to be embarrassed but then again she was never gonna go to that shop again. “I do not want to open an account. My name is Thulisile Mjilo. I know a lady called Nomsa Mjilo who is my older sisiter.” Thuli was speaking clearly now using all the energy within her. She continued “Nomsa is looking for a guy called Thamsanqa Mjilo because there is an important message for him, so I am helping her trace the guy. I was wondering if you were not that Thamsanqa Mjilo because last time she checked Thamsanqa was working in this very shop.” She stopped and took a deep breath while waiting for the response. The guy looked surprised and had his eyes opened wide. “No, I do not know that Nomsa, not at all. I am Thamsanqa Ntuli but I have never been to Mzimkhulu. I do not think I can help you young lady. Unless if you want to open an account, we do have a “smart credit account” promotion where by school children can buy things like irons or kettles on credit and pay….” Thuli interrupted the manager at that point. “It is okay, I was not really looking for an account, I will be on my way now. Thank you so much for your patience.” She said as she stood up. After she was out the door she forgot that she also wanted to ask for contact details if they had them, but there was no way she was going back in there. She was so embarrassed and felt so stupid. She wanted to die at that instant. When she was about the door the sales people she had seen before talked to her. “Hey young girl, how did it go?” Thuli looked at them and tried to show some respect. “Good. Thanks for your help”. She did not want to embarrass herself any further. She was so out of there! As soon as she was out the door she walked fast to the taxi rank. She did not want those people to see her again. She was supposed to take a taxi to Bizana that would drop her very close to where she stayed but the taxi was empty and not about to get full any time soon. She looked at the taxi to Kokstad and saw that it was short with 2 people. If using that taxi she would have to get off at Phakade (the branch I talked about in the previous episode.) and take another taxi that would drop her at Phepheni . She got on the Kostad taxi and in no time it was full. The time was after 12 just before 1, she got an sms from Bonga “hey Thuli, I hope everything will go well for you today”. After reading this sms she remembered that she had promised Bonga to pay him a visit if there was still time. She had comp[lately forgotten, and of cause there was still time, but did she want to see Bonga? She was feeling like a paper that had been dipped in water. “Bonga might cheer me up” she thought. She decided to get off at Bonga’s area then since it was on her route. “I am coming from Nteli (Mt Ayllf in Xhosa) right now, please wait for me at the stop in about 15 minutes.” Next episode next time… (Stay tuned to this page as later today I will draw the exact picture of mt Ayllif(Nteli as I am going to refer to it from now on, so sick of being corrected for the spelling.), Phakade, Kokstad, Phepheni location and Bizana. We will also get to learn about the active characters in the story : the 16 year old Thuli, Ntombi, Bonga, Mtheza and Bro/a Vusi.) Mzansi Stories with Sis B
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