I went to go see my doctor because I had actually started to believe that I was stressed and that I wasn't aware of it. He told me that I was overworking myself and that it would be advisable for me to stay home until the following Monday.
Immediately after that, I headed to the spa to pamper and rejuvenate myself. I am a very self-conscious person and when someone highlights a flaw I knew nothing about, I try to fix it if not make it look better. When I was done with everything, I could actually see that I was coming back to life. All that was left was for me to go to the salon to get my hair done. When I got there, Noma was still busy with another client so I grabbed a magazine and sat at the waiting area. Noma's salon was the best place to go for gossip and apparently I was the trending topic that day.
"Me?" I asked Noma. "Yes, apparently you had a boyfriend in Cape Town whom you broke up with because your mother was having an affair with him!" she said. "You know that's not true, I mean you know my mother". I replied. "Of course I do, but that's the rumour right now together with the fact that you are sleeping around with married men" she added. "Married men?" I asked. "Yes, Menzi and that guy… your ex, Lincoln" she said. I just laughed, see that's the thing with gossip, the more it spreads, the more twisted it becomes. There's always an element of truth which is then stretched by different kinds of people and ends up losing its truth. I asked Noma who was feeding her all those lies and she told me it was someone I wouldn't even think of.
She refused to tell me who it was but what I knew is that the only two people that would know that kind of information were Sihle and Gavin whom did not go to Noma's Salon.
"So why didn't you tell me Malcolm was gay?" she asked and just like that, I knew exactly where she got her information from. Sihle obviously being a relationship with Malcolm meant that he shared things with him that he was not supposed to and then Malcolm brought them to the grapevine that is Noma's salon. "Now where did you get that one?" I asked as I rolled my eyes. "Malcolm is dating my friend, Gabriel. They were here an hour ago all cuddly on my couch." said Noma. I just froze. "Noma are you serious?" I asked just to be sure. "I'm telling you! They were here not so long ago. Malcolm was here to do his hair." Noma added. I didn't want to comment because then I'd be responsible for introducing yet another rumour so I just changed the subject and talked about other things just so that I could protect Sihle.
The only thing that was bothering me then was that I was stuck between letting Sihle know and trying to find out more before jumping into conclusions.
Lincoln sent me a text asking if I was going to head back to the office because he needed a ride home. It wasn't part of my plan but I went to the office to pick him up anyway. Upon my arrival I learnt that Kelebogile was there with him. I didn't even have time to ask why she was there, they got into the car and we went to the commune. On the way Lincoln kept passing compliments my way and I could see that Kelebogile was not taking kindly to it. In a nutshell, I couldn't wait to get home.
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