The ‘Role Model’ Husband!The agony of a Mother, Wife, and Friend.Chapter 2

The ‘Role Model’ Husband!

The agony of a Mother, Wife, and Friend.

Chapter 2

Themba and Fezile's children are high achievers in school just like their parents. Bongani aka Bongz is the head-boy in his school while Babalwa aka Babz leads the debating team; she is an eloquent and very knowledgeable young lady. Thando is still in Primary School and he plays soccer in his school's first team. When you visit Themba and Fezile’s home, all you see are certificates, medals and awards won by their children.

Though the Khumalos have all that money can buy, they remained a humble family. Only those who know them can call them rich but a stranger won't call them that; they are down to earth and very good with people. Their children are well behaved and loved by their peers.

Themba uses his free time with his family well; though it is rare for him to spend time with his family when he gets that chance, he will make it count.

Sometimes you will find him with his children riding bicycles on the streets or playing soccer in their compound. He will take his family out for dinners or for short vacations. His children and wife adore him.

Though Bongz was loved by his peers at school; things changed when one student joined the High School. His name is Mandla. Mandla is a talented bully, he joined the school in his final year of High School but he managed to make an impact in the school as a bully.

Many of his fellow students are scared of him. He tried so hard to bully Bongz but since Bongz is the head-boy, Mandla cannot get away with it, he ends up being punished by the principal for disrespecting the head-boy.

One day Mandla hid some drugs inside Bongz's bag, he then alerted the teachers that Bongz is using drugs at school. It was chaotic at the school, the police were called in and Bongz was suspended from school; even his post as a head-boy was taken away from him.

Bongz pleaded his innocence but with no luck, he was suspended for two weeks. He told his mother the entire story and the bad things Mandla has been doing to him.

Fezile tried to reason with teachers but it was like talking to a wall. This incident hurt Bongz’s family a lot; especially his twin sister, Babz. Babz couldn't believe that her well-behaved brother was suspended because of the newbie, Mandla.

Babz decided to go underground; with the help of her friends, they managed to prove Bongz's innocence. One of the students took a video of Mandla hiding drugs into Bongz's bag; this helped in proving Bongz’s innocence.

Bongz’s suspension was stopped and he was reinstated as the head-boy. Mandla was suspended from the school for a full month and also the police got on his case, they wanted to know where he got the drugs from. This angered Mandla's family.

Mandla stays with his mother, Amanda, and his fifteen-year-old sister, Akhona. Mandla's mother was a stay at home mother. She is the only surviving child of her rich father. She is living large; this is because she is getting monetary support from the father of her children and from her own father who spoils her. She just wakes up in the morning, beautifies herself, and goes for breakfasts, lunches, massages, shopping sprees, etc with her friends.

Amanda has never been married but she has a man who fathered her children. Amanda is living alone with her two children in a big house without the father of her children; no one knows who he is because she has never introduced him to anyone, not even her loving father.

Amanda and her children used to stay in a different province where her father is, but she moved this side where the Khumalos are just a few months back. Her father was getting on her nerve by asking who the father of her children was and also trying to discipline her children. She didn’t want anyone to interfere with her children.

Many people think that she moved here after her divorce but all that are rumors, no one knows her truth. Her children too don’t talk about their father that much; all they say is that he abandoned them and went abroad.

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