Menzi arrived at the house whilst I was downstairs with KG and Thobile watching TV. I was on my phone the whole time because it felt a little awkward being around KG. "Hey guys!" Menzi greeted as he headed straight to the bedroom. I stood up and followed him and I found him sitting on the bed crying. I didn't even feel sorry for him; all I wanted was for him to rid himself of me. "Menzi, get yourself together, let's go!" I said. "Earl, can we talk about this?" he pleaded. "I can explain" he said. "First start by explaining why you never mentioned getting married to the mother of your child" I insinuated. I didn't know if it was even true or not so I guess what I was trying to do was to see if the situation was real or if Mandla was just being a jerk.
He didn't deny anything; in fact he was shocked to find out that I knew. He didn't even try to back himself up. I told him to take all his bags and put them in the car. "Make sure you don't forget anything" I added. I was so angry. I was also angry at the fact that his mom knew about the situation and continued to make me look like the dumb one. I never really understood what the notion behind that was. Menzi tried by all means to get me to understand the situation through his eyes but I wasn't listening. After some time, he gave up and started taking his bags.
I went out first and waited downstairs for Menzi. He came down and bid an emotional farewell to Thobile as they had become close whilst he stayed there. KG was unsettled by Menzi's departure because he thought that he was leaving because of what had happened between him and me earlier that day. I was just hoping that KG wouldn't say anything that would jeopardize the situation further but this was KG and he wouldn't let things go without having said a word. "Menzi, it was my fault man!" he said. "KG, shut up!" I said as I was trying to get him not to say anything further. KG was genuinely feeling bad about Menzi's move because he was under the impression that he was the one at fault. "What are you talking about?" Menzi asked KG. At that very moment I wished that the earth would just swallow me up and I not be a part of that conversation. "I'm the one who seduced Earl, it really wasn't his fault" said KG. I just closed my eyes and said a short prayer to myself. And just like that, the secret was out. Thobile overheard that statement and she couldn't contain her shock. Menzi looked at me and said "Mr. Perfect? Take me home! Now!" I stood there feeling so ashamed. We then went to the car and KG stayed behind with Thobile. See, the thing with KG is that he always said the wrong things at the right time. Not only did I have Menzi to answer to, but Thobile too. Things just got tense from that point forth…
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