I used to work at a city that i was new to. In that city i had no friends or anyone. The reason why i left my hometown for a new city was because i lost my girlfriend of 10 years while she was giving birth to our first child.
Everything around my home town reminded me of my girlfriend whom i was planning to pay lobola for after giving birth. I wanted to pay lobola for her on the third year into our relationship but she refused. She kept on saying that i will pay lobola for her once we have a baby together.
I found out a day before her funeral that she knew that she wasn't supposed to have kids. Apparently her paternal grand father sacrificed her life when she was a baby. They had a family curse that didn't allow the children's reproduction. To think that we spent years planning for a baby made me feel aweful.
Her keeping such a big secret from me made me furious and it also made me feel like a murderer. Moving away was a much needed action i needed. I was lucky to get a cross exchange at work and i was super grateful.
I thought i was going to heal and start afresh. Little did i know that the worst was awaiting me in the new city. One day on my to work i came across and elderly lady who was struggling to get taxis to stop. So i stopped a taxi and also helped her in and sat beside her in the taxi.
She was very grateful. After work i bumped into her again and we walked to the taxi rank together and as usual i helped her out. A week passed by and i kept on bumping into the old woman. I decided to ask why does she have to go to town every morning and back late. I was only asking out of concern because clearly she was struggling. She was even calling me " son in law". But ofcos most African elders prefer calling us that way so it was pretty normal.
She ignored my question about her daily town route. I used the same taxi to and from work with her for about 4 months. By now we were already used to each other and we were the best of taxi friends. We had a gogo mama relationship
One day i found her waiting for me at our usual meet point with a very gorgeous young lady. She introduced us to each other. The young lady was honestly the most beautiful girl I've ever seen. She was a mixed breed,i later found out that her dad is Indian and it explained the beauty.
Makula makes undeniably beautiful kids. Let me cut the story short, gogo said the girl was her late daughter's child. She said the girl walked her to our spot to tell me that she will no longer be taking taxis with me as she was no longer feeling well.
Older people are very considerate. I asked the girl for her number so i can call her to check on gogo, but ofcos i had hidden agendas. We started chatting on a daily basis, then met for lunch and one thing led to another we started dating.
Our relationship became serious and she moved in with me after months of me convincing her. Gogo was no longer around apparently she had moved back to emakhaya so that her kids could take care of her since her health was deteriorating.
I started noticing that no one in the city seems to know my girlfriend, it was like she was also new to the city. But she convinced me that it was because she was home body and only hp out when necessary only. After dating this girl my financial state started changing. I was doing exceptionally well.
I bought a car and a house. She was not working or studying but she always had a lot of money. She was loaded. She again convinced me that it's inheritance from her late parents. Although financialy i was doing well, my health was no longer excellent. I used to wake up tired and weak, had constant headache. And i had trouble remembering my dreams.
But i knew i was constantly having nightmares although in the morning i couldn't remember the dreams. I decided to secretly consult. I consulted because i bumped into a prophet on my way to work who told me that i was sl€eping with the enemy so i wanted to understand.
On my consultation the sangoma told me that ngithwele and ngithwele with my body. I didn't understand. He gave me cleansing mutis and some to sprinkle in my house and mop with some.
I did exactly that. Told my girlfriend to take a day off from chores cos i want to spoil her by doing all chores and pamper her. I followed the sangoma's instructions and my girlfriend didn't notice a thing.
That night while we were sleeping, i felt the bed moving around as if something was attacking us and i woke up to see what was happening. I switched on the light and my girlfriend had changed into a white woman. I remembered the prophet's words "whatever you will see, do not be afraid".
I switched off the light then immediately on amd this time i saw a very big snake. I wasn't gonna stand for such. I ran out and drove to the nearest garage and just sat there terrified. I fell asleep in the car. The nexy day when i went back home my girlfriend was gone and she had packed all her stuff.
But she left me a lot of money in a plastic bag. According to the prophet he says i have sold my soul to a mermaid. But how? I don't even understand. If this story hadn't happened to me i would never believe that such things do happen for real.
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