He had finally agreed to take her to meet his parents, "it was about time" she thought. They met at the University they were both in second year and they have been together since a few days ago it was their 7th year anniversary and yet she has never met his parents whenever the topic came up he would simply change the subject.
" I am not trying to question your love for me or anything but we have been in this relationship long enough to decide if we are right for each other and all I'm asking for is just to meet your family" she felt this would be a confirmation to either leave or stay in this relationship, Nomazizi was a perfectionist she excelled in everything she did she was one of the Board of Directors in her company, everything she touched turned gold yet she was ostensibly failing in this one particular aspect. she was a very beautiful woman when the sun kissed her face and the moon came out of its hiding place birds forgot to sing, she had blooming lips painted by an artist's pen a part of dream of any men, the crystal in her eyes showed the purity of her soul which made one wonder. Mzolisi was threatened each time she left the house because he knew there were so many other men that could make a better husband to her and yet she chose him but that was whenever she was on a business trip in some country he had sleepless nights because he was fearful that she might meet someone better someone who would offer her what he could not and that was the family she so desired but he could not, not with such a confused background he had and that twinged his heart daily knowing that the only woman he has ever loved would never be his bride.
For the first time in his life Mzolisi was prepared to go against his father's wishes, how could he marry Buthelezi's daughter just to please his parents he never loved her, they went to the same school together but he last saw her in 4th grade that's how long ago he was ever in Nanda a small village in KZN he could not even remember how she looked like and now the parents had arranged to marry them, Buthelezi was a very influential person in the community and a dear friend to his dad and had always been loyal to him, he was very fascinated by the idea of having his daughter marry the great Mzolisi an engineer considering the daughter was a high school drop out. The more he thought about this arrangement the more determined he was to take Nomazizi down to Nanda to meet his parents.
November 28, marked a permanent scar in Nomazizi's heart she was sure everything she ever wanted was finally happening but little did she know what awaited her. Spiteful in laws anyone can deal with but finding out that the man of your dreams was suppose to marry someone's else even after the family has learns that he is in love with you because they did not see you worthy and that was kept a secret from you all this while. Everyone was so excited to see Gumede's son he was all he ever talked about and every Tom, Dick and Harry of the village came to greet him and this was rather an overwhelming experience for Mzolisi but there was a matter at hand that was just about to wipe that smile off his face Noluthando had just entered the room to greet her future husband as well. When everyone was gone Mzolisi had a long chat with his dad and to his surprise he liked Nomazizi but someone else did not his mother was not too thrilled by the idea of an Executive daughter in law what would the community think of her they already had such a beautiful relationship with the Buthelezi's she was determined to solve this her on way and she had a perfect plan she knew these city girls don't want to brake the manicured nails with household chores. Later that evening MaGumede and her daughter in law sat outside watching the stars and discussing the chores everything was divided equally for each day this was exactly how she planned on getting rid of her but to her suprise she was keen to be of help but there was something odd about her chores specifically she had to cook soft porridge every morning and pour the entire pot in a drum, there was a certain way she had to cook it and had to make sure it has cooled before attempting to pour it in that drum and this frustrated the hell out of Nomazizi because first and foremost she did not understand why she had to do it and has never seen anyone going close to that drum she always wondered who eats that porridge she cooks every morning without fail and was indomitable to find out.
The time to go back to the city was approaching and it had been two weeks and she had not seen anyone going near the drum let alone anyone eating porridge, they had a day left before they go back to their busy lives and she was gritty to find out that afternoon what happens to the porridge she cooks everyday, her mother in law was going to spend the afternoon with her son before he lives. When everyone was gone she double checked just to be definite she was the only one in the house, she went close to the drum tried to look inside she could not see anything as the drum was kept in a dark place, she then decided to cook the porridge again and pour it boiling in that drum had she known what would happen she would not have done it as she poured the porridge a gigantic snake jumped out she ran out of the kitchen as soon as she could, she ran so fast heels touched her back she was so terrified she gathered the strength to go to their room and fetched her bag and took the flight back to Jozi she never wanted to see that family ever in her life. "mothers in law can be anything but a witch i can never tolerate" she uttered to herself as much as she loved Mzolisi she was certain she's not marrying a son of a witch.
They all got back from town and what welcomed them was out of the ordinary hell froze MaGumede fainted three times before she could explain to her husband what was that thing in their veranda and this was but a trusted member of the church Mzolisi's father was flabbergasted "so all these years i have been married to the witch" he murmured,
The sun came to a stand still because Mzolisi did not just want an explanation he wanted the woman of his dreams and she was nowhere to be found and everyone was sure she had been eaten by the snake "Ma i don't know who you are anymore in fact i doubt i ever did" and ever since that day Mzolisi never got to know what really happened to Nomazizi as she immigrated to another country he always thought she died and a part of him died with her and there was no reason for him to live so he took his own life
THE END...........
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