Modimo o phala baloi Chapter 4 When I woke up,Amo and Lebo were besides me,sumone had moved me to bed. Lebo:oh my God,Tshidi you scared us tp dearth. I thought you were having a seisure. Lebo:what was that all about Tshidi you kept screaming,not the baby,not my baby. I didnt even hear myself say all that,all I knew was that aunt Shirley was my betrayer and I had to do something about it and fast. Although I couldnt see the face of the woman in my vision it was just ovius that it was her. She said so herself that she knew nothing about the baby,and suddenly the woman in my vision goes back to report that Im pregnant? Me:where are they? Amo:bo mang? Me:aunt florence and aunt Shirley? Lebo:aunt florence went with your mother to hospital,mama said she had to rush somewhere she didnt say where. That comfirmed my suspicions. Mark got in my bedroom,car keys in his hands. Him:sweet cheeks its time to go now. Me:babe cant we wait for my mother to come back? I need to tell her something,important. He looked at Amo and Lebo afraid to speak about the whole situation between me and my mother. Him:babe your mother made it a point that she doesnt want to see you here when she comes back. Amo and Lebo looked at each other. Amo:why would mama say such things? Me:she seem to think that I had a vision of papa dieying and I didnt say anything about it. Amo:well did you? Me:not you too,sesi Amo,please. Her:well then you are not going anywhere,you are gonna stay here with the rest of the family and moarn our father. Mark:Im sorry,speak to your mother first Amo.Until then Tshidi is coming with me. I knew that even if Amo spoke to my mother it wouldnt make any difference,aunt Shirley already had her clutches on her and she was not about to let her go. Me:mark is right sesi Amo,I have to go. I cant stand the atmosphere surrounding this house. Amo:what atmosphere? I wanted to tell her all about it,the visions Ive been having,and the fact that even my baby was part of the curse,I couldnt not infront of Lebo. Aunt Shirley was her mother and no one would believe such things about their mother. Me:its nothing. I put on my slippers and zipped the bag I left on the floor while having the vision. I didnt even know what I put in,what I didnt and I was scared to check because Mark would ask questions. Amo:so you are really leavbing? (Crying) Me:come now sister,its not like I stayed here in the first place. I only came here for the negotiations. Her:but cant you just stay longer? Me:not when mama is acting like that. Her:I dont wanna have to face all this alone(crying) I know that papa would want you here,you have always been his favourate(sobbing) Me:I want to be here too,but I cant. I will come back,I promise. A day or two after now. For now I just need to rest,okay? She nodded Me:come here! We shared a hug and Lebo joined in. Mark:okay ladies,time to go now. The entire night at the house,I found it hard to sleep. I needed to see a prophet who would help me reverse this curse or just stop it affecting my family. Mark slept peacefully beside me and I wished I coukd wake him up and tell him all about my problems,but he was white. White people didnt take such things seriously,all Mark cared about was his father s empire and nothing else. I jumped up when Mark s phone vibrated on the side board. I knew that when he was asleep he didnt want to be disturbed. I picked it up,the incoming callTeresa who the hell was Teresa and why was she calling my husband this time of the morning? I picked it up and put it on my ears without saying anything. Teresa:honey,I just thought I should say goodbye,thanx for the beautiful week we had. Pity you had to go to attend those crazy nebolas. Me:its lobola,not nebola. And if it was that crazy then they wouldnt have payed two hundrend thousands rands for me,would they? Her:Im sorry who is this? Me:Mrs Fountain and you are? She hung up! I put the phone down and took a deep sigh as I got out of bed,asking Mark about Teresa will be looking for a fight at this point in time I had to stay away from fights for the sake of the baby. I went to take a shower then put on tracksuits and sneakers. When I went down to the kitchen,breakfast was already waiting courtesy of our help Gladys. Me:morning,mama! Her:morning my child,I made your breakfast just the way you like it. Me:thanx mama. Her:Im sorry my child,for everything that happened yesterday Mr Fontain Senior told me all about it when he came here to pick up his things,he was very sad indeed. Me:I still cant believe he is gone,(sad) Her:Matshidiso ngwanaka,sepela oye gae o be le ba lapa la gago. Ago hlokege gore o be m0. Im sure Mark will understand,that man was your father. Me:I know(trying hard to not to cry) things are a bit complicated than that mama. Mark joined in on breakfast,when he kissed me I had to try to stop myself from slapping him but I kept calm because I was scared that one mistake,I would loose the baby. Him:sweetheart I have to go to the office today to check on some few things, Me:on a Sunday? Him:yes Tshidi,you know that when business is booming,it doesnt matter wether its Sunday or christmas. Me:I thought it would have mattered that I just lost my father just yesterday. Him:sweet cheeks,how can I forget that? Im going to the office for just thirty minutes then ill be back,maybe we can go to your place afterwards and find out how the funeral arrangements are going. Me:its fine you can go, ill be okay. Him:just one meeting with a client who is flying all the way from china,babe please understand. I kept quet and ate my cereals. He took one last bite from his toast,kissed me on my forehead then left. I left the food and went to our bedroom,my head was all over the place,I didnt have anyone to talk to about my visions. So far nothing happened in my marraige which means it must have just been a silly dream,but about the mud? What about the strange smell and the sounds I hear whenever aunt Shirley is around. I took out the bible in one of our drawers. Whenever me and my father prayed,he would first insist that I open in any scripture of the bible. Wherever I find my finger touching I should then know its where God wants me to read. I knelt down and opened the bible. My finger touched on Psalm 14 In their hearts Fools thinks that the Lord our God doesnt exist. They do evil and none of them does what will make God happy. I sat there for about fifteen minutes not understanding what the scripture could be trying to tell me. Next thing I knew I was in my mother s bedroom. Aunt Shirley and Aunt Florence were beside her,and she was crying so hard it broke my heart. Aunt Shirley:ele gore yena okae Matshidiso? Florence:Matshidiso o ile ga gage,le a lebela gore motho ola o nyetswe monna gage le yena wa month hloka. Shirley:at a time like this? I told Thomas time and time again that he is spoiling that child. She should be here with her mother and the rest of the family,hey ngwana ola ana botho man. Florence:Shirley we tlogela go hlwa o bolela dilo tse di bjalo ka Tshidi man,ever since you heard she is engaged you have been saying negative things about her whats wrong with you? Her:okay ka mantsu a mangwe you want to say Im jelouse of Tshidi simply because Lebogang has three kids with different fathers and not married? Florence:you said that not me. Mama:flora please I need tea,infact I need cofee make it strong. Her:okay sesi,dont listen to anything she says,otherwise you will regret it. Shirley:helang Mampho is my sister I have to guide her,you are her big sister yet you dont guide her with anything. Florence:hai suga! There is a difference between guiding and poisoning a person. She left the room and aunt Shirley and mama were left alone. Shirley:I think you shouldnt even allow her to set foot here not even on the day of the funeral. Im telling you Mampho that daughter of yours is greedy,she always knew Thomas would leave her this house and she wants to throw all of you out and sell it so she can go enjoy a holdiday somwhere in the states. Why was she insisting on seeing her father and then suddenly he dies? I smell a rat here Im telling you. Gladys was shaking me,then I came back to life. Her:oh Modimo waka,Matshidiso you are still having the visions? I was sweating like crazy. She helped me to take my shoes off and get in bed. Me:how do you know? Her:your father once came here and asked me to keep an eye on you,he told me everything even the signs that you should alert me whenever you have a vision. Do they always come? Me:no only recently I have been having a lot of them. Her:do you want to share with me? Me:Id rather not! Her:please my child,please pray. God is the only one who can help you. I nodded then she left. After what I saw I knew that the scripture was telling me that aunt Shirley did all evil thinking that God doesnt exist and she will never be punished,I think it was telling me that whatever evil she might plot,one day it will come back to bite her. I waited the entire day for Mark to come home and he never did. I had my dinner in bed and Gladys came to take it and wished me goodnight. I spend the entire night,tossing and turning asking myself where Mark could be? When he arrived it was past six in the morning,he found me reading the bible and he had a lipstick stain on his shirt. Me:rough,night? Him:we just went out to celebrate thats all? Me:we? Who? You and Teresa? He kept quet and stared at me,suprised that I knew there was a Teresa in his life. Him:have you been searching my phone? Me:dont try to change the subject Mark,who did you go and celebrate with? Him:with the guys Tshidi why do you have to be such a drama quuen? Me:you know what Mark! My father just passed away,and he happened to die at a day that was supposed to be special for me.Im trying hard as I can to act all strong about it,but its painful.(Crying) and you know what sucks? Is that you leave me here in your big house alone,when you promised to be there for me. (Crying) so please forgive me if Im being a drama queen. Him:fine Im sorry,I thought youd be happy now that we have another investor in our mining company. Me:say whatever you want to say,but I know you never went to the office yesterday,you smell of her cheap perfume,and her cheap lipstick is all over your shirt.Tcrying) Him:Im going to take a shower,pull yourself together. Me:run,Mark run thats what you do best,but this time when you come back from that shower you wont find me,Im going home. He rushed to me and slapped me. Him:listen here you little cow,I spent almost four hundrend thousands on your family just so I can have you,I bought them a car! A bloody car for a present not to mention a whole lot of stuff I brought and the bloody lobola money. So you dont get to tell me that you are going home. I am your home,this is your home,and that baby you are carrying in there is mine so I will be the one to tell you where and where not to go with my baby,do you hear me? I was so shocked,Never in our four years together has Mark slapped me no matter how angry he was. I knew then that my marraige was in trouble,and that what I saw was no silly dream I was really cursed!
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 06:03:22 +0000
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