A Twisted Fate – Part 6Martha felt the world around her spin as she read the heart wrenching words that her husband’s daughter had intended to leave as her last thoughts.Dear Dad,I am sorry to write such a letter to you.I am tired of feeling like no one truly loves me in this world and this is the only thing I thought would give me the peace I need.Your wife Martha made it clear that the family you’ve created with her is more important to you and that I have no more room in your heart after all the things I’ve done. I am sorry that I accused you of all those things I told the Mulengas dad. But still, how could you not just think of it as actions of a little girl in desperate need of love and attention?Why did you have to let me down for the second time?Because of what your wife told my pa
Joshua shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly, his hands in his pockets. “You work in the media industry; you know how these things work. Anyway, it’s a long story, I am sure we will find out from Luyando what happened once she works up.”“What’s with your tone dad?” Tulani asked.“Tell him Joshua,” Ayanda said from behind them.“This is neither the time nor the place for this woman,” he curtly told his wife.Just then a nurse appeared to tell them they could see Luyando. “But we only allow two visitors at a time,” she said to the whole bunch that had started following her.Joshua turned to Ben. “I think she would want to see you first before she sees any of us.”“Heh?” Tulani was looking at his father in disbelief.“You
Martha slowly raised her eyes to look at her daughter. She could not keep the tears at bay anymore and so they came pouring out.“Mum,” Natasha’s eyes instantly became watery. She opened the door and reached out to her mother, pulling her into her arms.“What happened?” She asked.“Just hold me like this for a little while, don’t talk.” Martha said.“I won’t,” Natasha said.“I am so sorry,” Martha cried.Natasha wanted to ask her what she was sorry about but she kept her promise not to talk.Ten minutes later, mother and daughter were sitting in the kitchen.“Sean?” Martha asked.“Sleeping,” her daughter answered. “Aren’t you going to tell me what made you cry lik
Two days had gone by and Bernard had not returned home. He had stayed by his daughter’s bed side and refused to take a break so he could go home and freshen up. Martha, sensing that her husband would not be coming home any time soon, she woke up early on a Wednesday morning and prepared to visit the hospital.“I am coming with you,” Natasha told her mother when she walked into the kitchen.“Aren’t you supposed to be at work?” Martha was leaning against the kitchen island while she waited for her coffee to be ready.Natasha sat down on the stool closest to her mother. She still had her night gown on and the weave in her head appeared to have a voice of it’s on, an angry one at that.“I don’t have much to do this morning,” Natasha informed her mother. “I haven’t been ab
Luyando opened her eyes wide open. “Tulani would never say something like that about me!” for a person that had been looking broken and unable to move much a few seconds ago, she suddenly looked like she had too much life in her sitting up in bed like that.“How would you know that?” Natasha asked. “You don’t even know who he is. He told me that he hated having you in his family. How you appeared from nowhere and tried to take his parents away from him.”“You lying b---h!” Luyando shouted. “Tula would never say that!”“Oh but he did!” Natasha shouted. “You think he liked having you in their house but it was just pity. You keep holding on to the idea that he might one day tell you that he loves you…because how can he not when he accepted you into his life so easily? But that was never love. It was pity!”
Tulani had just finished talking on the phone with his son and was getting ready for bed when he heard a knock on the door. He dressed up again and went to check who might be visiting at such an ungodly hour.He was half-way though the living room when he realized it might be Luyando. He quickly rushed to the door and the video intercom by the side immediately confirmed his suspicions before he even opened the door.Tulani opened the door to a dishevelled and disoriented looking Luyando.“Where the hell have you been?” Tulani asked her right away. “We’ve been looking for you the whole day. Thought you went and did something crazy again.”“Aren’t you going to let me in?” Luyando asked, sounding too calm for someone as headstrong as her.Tulani stepped aside to let her in.“Can you give me
Tulani parked his car on the side of the road, a short distance away from his home and called Natasha to ask for her father’s number.“Have you found Luyando?” She asked him, thinking it could be the only reason he was asking for her father’s contact information a few minutes to midnight.After hearing about his daughter’s disappearance, Bernard had gone out to search for her wherever his feet would take him. Seeing the desperate state of her husband, Martha had had no choice but to accompany him on his search, afraid he might lose his mind from hopelessness.“Yes,” Tulani answered. “She’s at my place right now.”AdvertisementsReport this ad“I thought she might come there,” Natasha said, her voice dropping a few levels lower.
“They were fraternal twins,” Bernard explained.Martha could not hide her shock. For twenty years her husband had not mentioned anything about that. She had been under the impression that there were no secrets between them. Why hadn’t he mentioned anything to her before?“Tasila had a very troubled pregnancy,” Bernard explained. “She had a very weak immune system so her body easily gave in to a lot of diseases. She was sick most of the time and it seemed to get worse during her pregnancy. Something happened during delivery and we lost Chipego.“It was a boy. Luyando was a fighter so she came out first…but her brother wasn’t much of a fighter.” He closed his eyes as if to keep the pain of the whole experience shut in the past where it belonged.“Chipego gave his mother a hard time and by the time he finally came out, i