The room was left in complete silence, none of the two people said a word, it was as if they each were immensed in their own world.
Too many questions ran through their minds but none had the answers to them.
"Was that woman really our mother?"
Finally Nonto broke the silence as she wanted to piece together the dots that seemed to have confused her. She too wanted clarification.
"Our mother died when we were young, that woman is nothing but a stranger to us."
Her anger had clouded her mind as she responded to her younger sister, although she had said that, deep down Nelly knew that was not how she truly felt about the woman.
Even tthough she was still fuming and slightly confused by the event which caught her off guard, Nelly still regarded Adelaide as her mother but she wasn't ready to admit to it.
"I'll bring out the bags then."
When Nonto heard her sister she knew right then that it wasn't the right time to argue and bicker over such, hence she walked to the room and started bringing out their packed bags setting the up for the road.
When Adelaide finally left Nelly's apartment, she walked up to a car which was parked across the road from the building.
"Did she agree?"
A male voice sounded throughout the car as Adelaide opened the door.
"We don't need her, she's useless and poor."
She responded with a disgusted face while settling herself in the car seat.
"Woman are you that stupid? Didn't you say that she was with Mr Jonas the last time, if that's the case he will take care of her and if he learns that she has my backing he might just help the company out."
"After what I saw just now, I doubt that they have that relationship with Mr Jonas. They were probably talking about work, otherwise why would she live like she was in a homeless shelter?"
Even if that was the case, there were a few wealthy families that wanted to form business alliance with them and wouldn't mind if their sons took wives from Adelaide's daughters and that would be were Nelly will get in. Instead of marrying of his own daughter to a useless rich boy they would just use Nelly.
The man however did not communicate this with Adelaide but decided not to argue any further with his wife whom he deemed stupid. He started the car and sped off.
Not long after the man and wife had left the parking space another car stopped by and soon after the that Nelly and Nonto came out of the building, both carrying their luggages ready to move on to the next chapter.
They entered the cab and told the driver the address they were going to, to which the man nodded and started the car driving towards that direction.
About twenty minutes later the car then came to a halt and that was when they realized that they had arrived at their destination.
Nelly paid the cab driver then the two sisters stepped out of the car with all their bags with them.
After the car had left Nelly decided to swallow her pride and apologize to her sister.
"hey I shouldn't have said that earlier, I let my feeling get the best of me."
Hearing this Nonto softened a little and turned to look at her, she knew why her sister reacted the way she did but still didn't like the way she snapped at her.
"Did you know from the start that it was really her?"
"No, but she looked like a woman in the picture that I saw on Grandma's phone. Maybe that's why I suspected."
Seeing how heavy spirited her sister looked Nonto decided to let things go.
"Don't worry, that woman isn't our mom. Ehw she's so rude and thinks she owns the world. "
"Hehehe and she certainly doesn't look like us, why should we think that we are related."
Just like that the mood was lifted and the two girls walked in their new home with smiles on their faces not allowing Adelaide to ruin their day any further.
They unpacked their bags in their respective room and when they were done, they decided on buying a few groceries using a phone application as it would be risky for Nelly to step out of the house now, besides the poor girls were tired from all the packing and house hunting.
"Hey I'll be making your favorite meal, what else would you like me to add?"
Nonto felt bad for her pregnant sister after working so hard the entire day and had provided a home for them, the least she could do was to reward her with a home cooked meal.
"Uuuuh cook for me, are you sure that you will be able to execute it?. I meant Ribs aren't that hard of a dish to make but can also flop easily if you miss the crucial steps."
Nelly surprised that her little sister would want make her favorite meal when she wasn't really the best of cooks, But Nonto insisted of making the meal for them to enjoy.
"You worry too much, what could possibly go wrong?"
"Sigh,Fine fine, just don't forget to potatoes..."
After she relented, she went on to add a few items that she'd use to add on to the dish.
Not long after the order had been placed, Nonto's phone beeped indicating to her that their groceries had been delivered on their door step, hence she went out and took the bags inside.
She started marinating the ribs, preparing them to go in to the oven.
"You know sis, this meal that I am making will be engraved in your heart and you will forever remember me for it."
"Yep, I know I will."
Nelly flashed her a smile as she walked up to the bag of potatoes that were on the counter, she took out a few and started pealing.
They continued cooking while having a light conversation and laughing throughout, and had even forgotten about what had transpired earlier that day.
Once they were done cooking, they set up the table and brought out the dishes then sat down to eat.
"So what do you plan to do when the babies are born, are you going to tell their father about them?"
This was a topic Nelly was dreading to talk about, she wasn't ready to face the man who fathered her babies and surely was not ready to be insulted by him again.
"I think it's better if he doesn't find out."
She answered in a low voice while looking down avoiding eye contact with Nonto.
"Why? Is he that useless, or will he reject them."
"Well don't know him that well and besides it was just a one time thing, I'm pretty sure he doesn't want me to burden him with such a responsibility of a father."
"To hell with that, he has to take responsibility as well. Didn't he know that you'd get pregnant when he didn't use a condom? "
"Owh my God Nonto, we were both Drugged ok?"
This shocked Nonto to the core as she gaped out loud, but couldn't prob any further as Nelly stopped her before she could speak.
" Eat your food or else it will get cold."
Nonto looked at her food for a second then went on to look at her sister,
"you take the first bite, tell me how it taste first."
Nelly took her time as she picked a piece of pork rib, stuffed it in her mouth and slowly chewed in it while looking at her sister.
" and?"
Instead of answering her, Nelly took some of the vegetables that she had prepared and stuffed it in as well. After some time she smiled and said,
"Mhmm tasty, perfect for a pregnant woman."
Hearing this Nonto was pleased and she too picked up a piece of the pork ribs she had prepared and proudly stuffed it in her mouth but was soon disappointed as she chewed.
She quickly reached out for salt and pepper and put it on the remaining meat in her plate,
"Eww this is sooo bland."
Nelly looked at her while laughing her lungs out.
As the sisters enjoy their evening of bland food, others were being tortured at an office building in the business district. "No Rob this is not it, we can't take this anymore, you need to talk to the big boss." " yes Mr Rob, you are his brother and he will listen to you. I mean we've been over working ourselves for the past few months, the company has been doing well and we definitely aren't complaining about our salaries but we need some rest." As the employees gathered in Rob's office complaining about being over worked, he felt like throwing himself over the building. 'Heck I too am being over worked, not only do I have to deal with his tantrums here at work but it's even worse at home.' He was so frustrated that he wanted to yell at his employees but he knew better than to do that. "He's the boss and calls the shots, I'm as scared of him as you are. Why don't you guys just go ask him yourselves?" When they turned to look at him and how haggard he was, they felt that what
Some time had passed and Nelly's savings were now running low, taking care of three people wasn't an easy thing to do.She had chose to sacrifice her career in order to take care of her twins for more than a year while also using some of her savings to pay for Nonto's tuition fees as well as the family's expenses.She had been missing from the public eye and most people had even forgotton about her. Her contract from her previous company had expired and they refused to renew it, as she had not been generating any income for the company."Don't worry sis, I will look for a part time job at one of the restaurants near our campus that way I will be able to help out with the expenses.""No don't be silly, you need to finish your studies in time. I'm sure something will come up, it always does."Nelly had a strong faith that she'd be able to get in to a recording company soon, even if it wasn't as big as the one she used to work for, that would be able to help her take care of her family.
"You really don't know, do you?"She then went on to show her all the trending news about her. There were a lot of intimate photos of her with Jamie from the previous day.They were all captured everytime Jamie made an intimate gesture to her, from when they hugged, when Jamie wiped Nelly's mouth for her to when he brushed her shoulder.In all the pictures, Jamie kept looking at Nelly lovingly with tender and gentle eyes. If one did not know the truth, they would surely think that the two were truly a couple.Looking at the series of pictures in front of her, Nelly jolted up in shock and the little fatigue that she had earlier was instantly wiped off."What's going on here, why would they say that Jamie is my boyfriend?" Seeing the look on her sister's face Nonto was convinced that Nelly was telling the truth."Could it be that Jamie is behind all of this?"Nonto thought that there was more to this story than what met the eye."It can't be, Jamie is more like a brother to me and wou
In the following week Nelly busied herself with all the interviews she had with all those companies that had invited her. She sighed as she came out of the last company, it seemed like they all wanted to take advantage of her. What they offered her was way below her payment rate, the terms of their contracts were also ridiculous.Nelly knew that if she were to sign with any of those companies, she'd be binding herself with hell knowingly and would be living a miserable life throughout the contract term.She walked absentmindedly along the street not knowing what to do. She walked aimlessly for about an hour until something clicked in her mind."Right Neptune entertainment! I still have that, I'm pretty sure they are decent people since Jamie referred me to them."She thought to herself as she took out her cellphone and scroll down her contact list for their phone numbers, just as she was about to click the call button, her phone started ringing.It was a string of number that she to
"Soooo?""Gosh I'm signing it of course."Responded Nelly as she took the contract from Nonto's hand in excitement. She took out a pen from one of the drawers on the table and started signing and putting her initials on all pages." Now that calls for a celebration."Nonto stood up from the couch and disappeared for a few minutes, when she showed up again, she had a bottle of wine and two glasses for them to celebrate Nelly's win."Now that I have a job, we will need to get a nanny for the twins so that there is someone to take care of them while I'm away."Listening to her sister, Nonto frowned "Why do you have to be so serious at a time like this, am I not here? I will take care of them for you, don't forget that I'm also their mom.""It's true that you have been helping with taking care of them all this time but you must remember that you also have law school to attend and sometimes I might be away for a few days in a row."What Nelly said was true, and besides, she needed to fini
Nelly followed Janet to her office. When they arrived at her office, Janet gestured for her to sit down, then closed the door before she walked to her chair and also sat downShe took the envelope from Nelly and put it aside."I see you have managed to offend Linda on your first day at work."She then looked straight in to her eye expectedly, as if she wanted to know what had happened."I really don't know what I did to make her dislike me, but it's ok Janet you don't have to worry about it, I know how to handle myself. ""Good, Linda is not someone you'd want to cross as she holds great influence amongst other artists in the company. But seeing that she already doesn't like you, I think it would be best to stay as far away as you can from her.""I understand, I'll try my best not to cause any trouble."Nelly understood that Janet was trying to warn her, and really appreciated the woman for that. Once they were done with their chat, Janet took her to the security department and re
Linda had a sinister smile as she listened to the girls bad mouth Nelly.On the other hand Nelly pretended to have not heard all the ugly comments about her, she just sat quietly on the table and observe the groups of people that had been divided in to clicks."Don't mind them, they are only being mean so that Linda can notice them. Fake people like them don't deserve your reaction."The girl who sat on her left side whispered to her with a warm smile, which Nelly reciprocated."Thank you, I wasn't going to say anything anyway unless they said it straight to my face.""Good, I'm Amanda by the way.""Hey Amanda, I'm Nelisiwe but you can call me Nelly."They continued to chat about their interests and Nelly realized that they both shared a lot in common. They both weren't from rich backgrounds and had to work hard in order to be recognized by the company.Their chat went smoothly as if they weren't bothered by the nasty chats in the background, which only stopped when the food was about
He was rendered speechless, when Nelly noticed how stunned he was, she took that as an opportunity to escape.She pushed him away but as she was about to open the door, Eric grabbed her hand again and gently pulled her toward him. He then look closely in to her eyes with his signature expressionless look and this caused Nelly to slightly panic.He gave her another kiss, this time he was a lot gentler and once he was done he whispered."You don't want to anger me sweetheart."He then released her, opened the door and left the room, leaving Nelly behind all stunned at how much of a bully the man was."Gosh Nelisiwe how could you just stand there timidly and let him bully you? "She stomped her feet in frustration and walked back to her colleagues, she had even forgotten that she needed to use the ladies room.When she returned to her seat, Robert stood up and fixed his clothes and said."Well, I'll be in touch and don't forget your promise Smith."He then excused himself, and walked to