EVERYTHING SHE NEVER HAD

13

MAYA

Today would have been the best day in Tumos life, if only he hadn't woken up in wee hours of the morning to go look for something to do, 'work' to be precise, the matric school results are out and everyone is making a frenzing here at school, but Tumo is not even around to get his.

He has been taking anything he can just so he can gather money to pay hospital bills, Mme is looking better. But because he hasn't paid the bills, they are keeping her there until he pays, and the more they keep her, the higher the bill gets.

They allowed her back to school because well, she is a Mahlangu, as much as she hates the surname. Sometimes it gets her thing, and now she couldn't be more happy for it. Obviously her father would have never allowed her to go stay with a boy, but the moment they had an argument, she demanded to go back to school and they gladly took her, it's not her father can stand her anyway, she's not proud to say this, but she purposely started the arguments because she knew it would lead here, and now she has no regrets,

You would think gathering 1.5k would be easy, but it's not, and now it has been raised to 3k.just as she was sitting outside, she hears a group of girls taking about the new Jordan shoe and how they need it, one of the girls see her wearing it and they start complimenting it.

"you want it?" she asks out of the blue.

The girls look at each other and giggle.

"it's still fairly new, I can see it to you"

"really? How much?" one of the girls asks.

"how much do you have?"

The girls look at each other. One of them says.

"I have one pint five?" she consideres, she bought it for three point five so-

"I can take it for two point five" another says.

"aii Anathi, I want phela" the girls bather with each other.

"decide phela, I don't mind not selling it"

Lies, she knows the money could help a lot.

"I'll take it" says the 'Anathi' girl,

And just like that, she scored herself two thousand and five hundred. She didn't plan on, but hey bathi 'unkulunkulu angaphi esandleni' angisho?

"I have a few other sneakers, you don't need to be bumped" she takes them and lead them to her room where the girl do as the please with her clothes and shoes.

By the time she is done, she has five thousand because some of the other students came and bought more of her clothes,

She knew that Settlers kids had money, she just didn't think that they would actually buy clothes from her, but truth was, they know her and how her family is rich. Having clothes brought from her is like wearing a panty from the queen of England.

When all is done, she goes to take a bath, she would like to say she has no clothes left to say, but truth was, even after all the clothes bought, she still has a lot, you would think no one did anything, since some did EFT transfer, she has only a bought 500 on her, so she takes it and goes out.

She takes her phone out when she gets to the hospital. "hey, I nerd your help" she says over the phone.

"yeah sure what is it?" He doesn't sound too good, but she needs to get this over and done with before she holds a conversation.

"I'm going to send you banking details, I need you to transfer three thousands into it. Can you, I'll transfer it right now"

"sure" he says and cuts the call.

Okay, she looks at the phone and indeed he hung up, that had never happened before, but she needs to do this first before she confronts her brother.

Five minutes later, she gets a confirmation sms and she goes over at reception. They check and they tell her that an elder is needed in order to check gogo out. Well, her job here is done.

Onto another pressing matter. Kagiso. Something Is off about him. She calls a cab and go back to school, she knows that Tumo is not back yet. So she goes and back a small bag and catches a taxi back home.

She hopes this year bring nothing but good things only. It has started off on a bad side, so hopefully all will go right from now on. An hour later, she climbs the taxi off and walks the short distance home, she sees Katlego in a car parked at the corner but says nothing, it's not her business either way.

When she gets home, she goes straight to her room before heading to Kagisos' room. She knocks once and enters. She finds him lying on the bed, facing up with his hands behind his head.

"hey buthi" he turns and looks at her but doesn't smile.

"okay, now it's confirmed, something is wrong, what is it?"

He says nothing. Not wanting to push, and also not wanting to give up that easy, she takes her shoes off and climds on bed, imitating Kagisos' position.

"I sold my clothes today, the money was to pay for Tumos mothers hospital bills" when she sees the look on his face, she continues. "and before you shout at me, I just did something for a friend Soso. The poor kid didn't even fetch his results, he's busy slaving himself trying to gather money for the bills, what a pair if skirts and tops compared to someone's life? So please don't shout at me "

A smile forms of Kagisos' face.

" how are you his daughter when you this nice? " she laughs and shakes her head.

" I could ask you the same thing, and speaking of results, how did it go? "

He turns so he's lying on his stomach." okay I guess"

She c***s her eyebrow In a 'explain further'

"I got seven distinctions" covering her mouth with her hands, she laughs, more like a happy laugh and she bumbs her shoulder with his.

"modest much?" He chuckles. "what's got you so down?"

"he wants more" there's no asking who 'he' was.

"now I'm definitely sure he has bipolar" they laugh together.

"hey, don't talk like that okay" he tries to scold, but he can't help but laugh.

"ooh come on, I had to get it from someone right?" they continue to laugh.

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Do you think what Maya did was okay, or she crossed the line? And why?