My phone rang, it was Morithi. "Where the hell are you?" I asked. He said he was in town with Nigel and asked me if everything was okay. I told him to look after himself as Menzi had an unpleasant dream about him. He always listened to me. He started panicking and I told him to calm down and be cautious. I was relieved to hear that he was alive. I went to my bedroom and found Menzi standing by the window looking at the trees. I went to take a shower and prepared to drop him off at school.
Menzi and I then drove to his school and it was so awkward because no one was saying a thing. I didn't understand what was happening but I wasn't in the mood to ask questions as they too would make things more unpleasant so I let the situation be just as it was. We got to his school, he got out of the car and came to my window to kiss me goodbye.
As I was about to leave, some girl came and tapped him on his shoulder. He turned around to see who it was and when he saw who it was, he slowly turned back to look at me. "Shit! This is Zodwa!" he said. I just looked at the girl. She then asked me if my clients knew that I was gay. "Who are you?" I asked. She told me that she had been reading about me. I stepped out of the car so that I could take a closer look at the girl and also try to understand what her connection to Menzi was. "Menzi, who is this?" I asked. "It's Zodwa, Uyanda's mother." he said. I didn't know how to react so I just looked at her and waited for her to say something that would piss me off because it seemed like she was good at that. I tried getting into my car to leave and Menzi pulled me back.
"Earl please, can we just sort this out?" he requested. Zodwa on the other hand was livid and she couldn't hide it. "Menzi, where have you been? You've been avoiding my calls and your mother doesn't even want to tell me where you are." She said. Menzi tried to get the girl to keep quiet but I asked that she carry on so I could know what the story was. She told me that she and Menzi were still together. I asked Menzi if it was true and he couldn't even utter a single word. I apologized to Zodwa and started my engine. "Bye Zodwa, nice meeting you" I said as I closed my window. Menzi opened the door.
"Menzi please leave me alone!" I angrily said. He wanted to explain the situation to me but he wasn't aware that he was creating a scene and I hate being involved in dramatic scenes such as those. Zodwa was angered by Menzi's behavior but I just told her that I'd back off and told Menzi to pick up his stuff as soon as he was done at school.
I couldn't believe what was happening. I started to feel like love was not the thing for me. I really felt like I was one of those people who had to die alone because whenever I tried this whole relationship game, I'd only hurt myself in the process. I drove to Menzi's house because I wanted to see the mother so that she could explain to me exactly what was going on. She freely gave Menzi to me knowing that she was involved with a girl, a girl who claims to have a relationship with the mother. It was quite evident that I was the one who was turned into a fool...
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