To My Ex: Thank You - Hlengiwe Mathebula (best fiction books to read TXT) 📗

Fuck I curse out loud as soon as I look at the time, I'm 2 hours late. Ag this is just not my day I can feel it. I take a quick shower no time to comb my hair so I wear my doek. I run out of the house to my car only to found that I forgot my car keys. I run back to the house and I have a mini heart attack when I don't see my keys where I usually put them. Gosh I'm running around the house like a mad woman if I wasn't so late and stressed I was going to sit and laugh at myself. After 15 minutes of searching I find them under one of the couches.
As soon as I get into my car, I call my PA who is also my friend Nono.
"Where the hell are you", she screams into the phone.
"Nono really now? Can't you talk like a normal person" I scream back angrily.
She doesn't answer me instead she goes on to tell me about the that the new client who had an appointment an hour back left. Oh great just great now I lost a new client because my husband didn't wake me this morning.
"What about the gardener", I ask her praying that he didn't leave. We had an appointment that was scheduled for 8am, 2 hours ago.
"He won't leave", she replied annoyed.
I was happy that he didn't leave. I know I sound weird well let me just say, YOU SHOULD SEE THE GARDEN.
QUICK INTRO: I am Luthando Nxumalo a 32 year old law firm owner. I always loved law from a very young. People around me wanted to be teachers but hell no not me. Well I admit I also wanted to be a teacher. But things changed when my dad divorced my mom, when I was 13 years. My dad left my mom with nothing, I mean nothing. No home No clothes. So I vowed that I was going to be a lawyer and help women like my mom. I mean my mom helped my dad become the man that he is today, Mr Big Shot but as soon as he started earning big, what did he do? He left my mom and me with nothing. I kind of hated my mom for letting him do that to her to us.
Oh My God so much traffic am I being punished or what. Well I forgot to mention that I am also melo dramatic.
I was stuck in the traffic for an hour, I thought I was going to faint, but the cars before me started moving.
I got to the office at 11 and I get to work at 8 since the firm opens at 8:30.
I walked into the office to find Nono talking on the phone, well she was actually gossiping like always. She must be talking to her boyfriend because when she's talking to him you'd swear that she is talking to a 5-year old. I don't like her boyfriend he's obsessive, creepy and abusive. I worry about her and when I talk to her but she just laughs and brush me off.
As soon as she's done she starts screaming me like a 5-year old. I usually ignore her but today I was moody and very late. I hate being late so people close to me know that you don't talk to me when I'm late let alone scream at me. My husband usually tip toes around me. Just thinking about him makes me very mad. WHY DID HE NOT WAKE ME?
"If you no longer want the job you'll keep screaming at me", I hiss
When I turn to look at her, she's shocked as I am.
Where is that coming from? But hey that's me when I am pissed.
"Well I'm sorry, Lulu I didn't mean to scream at you", she mumbles
Well most people call me that but I hate that nickname it reminds of the person who gave it to me, years ago.
I just walk into my office, soon after she follows me with a cup of coffee hoping to cheer me up. I mumble my thank you.
She reminds me of the gardener.
"He's really desperate to get this job, he won't leave until he sees you" she says keeping her distance.
I ask her to bring him to my office. Few seconds later I hear heavy footsteps getting near, well that must be him. I ask him to give me a minute then I hear Nono joining us, as I am typing furiously texting me husband asking why he didn't wake me up .
He leaves the house at 6:30 every morning.
As soon as I raise my head I see him oh God after so many years. We are both shocked after everything I have been through. No actually AFTER EVERYTHING HE PUT ME THROUGH.

Hey guys this is Hlengiwe Mathebula. This is my first book. Well I hope you enjoyed this chapter and you will enjoy the whole book. If you came across spelling or grammatical errors I'm sorry, I hope I will improve as I go on. If you guys feel the need to criticise me no problem actually I would love that. Sounds weird right? Well I believe that criticism will help me grow as a person or as a writer. So please guys if you criticise me do it in a positive way. Thank you for reading this chapter I hope it's interesting enough for you to continue to the next one. Thank you. Mega Love

 Remember I said I hate being called Lulu because I hate the person who gave me that nickname? Well the guy standing infront me is the reason I hate the nickname.
I haven't been feeling well for some time now. Last night I decided that I need to go to the clinic hoping it's nothing serious. I hated being at home the whole day doing nothing. Hearing my mom complain about everything.
You see since my dad left us with nothing my mom started working as a maid for some rich family not far from here. The pay was not enough but at least she walked to work.
I finished bathing and walked to the clinic. It is not very far, it is just a 10 minutes walk from my place.
The clinic opens at 7 so I wanted to be early and I left the house 20 minutes before it is open. As I am walking I see a guy who is the same age as me or a little older with an infant. The baby is crying so loud it even hurts and I don't even know them so I approach to help him. I am good with babies and I love them. I baby sit for the family my mom works for, for extra money to help my mom where I can. 
As I approach them I see him. I have been crushing on this guy since I hit the puberty stage. I always wanted to talk to him but I was always scared that he will see right through me. I mean see that I like him.  
"Hello, I am Luthando, do you need help with the baby?" I asked 
He turned to look at me, he looked surprised and relived.
"Yes please"
He handed me the baby, no actually he shoved the baby towards me.
"Oh God I'm sorry I didn't mean to" he said as soon as his eyes landed on me and he saw that I was shocked by his behaviour. 
"No, it's okay you must be tired" I answered softly when I saw bags under his eyes, and his weak smile.
"Oh I am Melusi, and this is Okuhle, my son" he said not looking at me.
"Hello baby, what's wrong why are you crying so much?" I asked the baby.
"I don't know what's wrong, he's been crying all night I tried everything but he just won't stop crying" he said frustrated.
"Are you talking him to the clinic?" I asked he nodded.
"Where's Okuhle's mom?" I know I sounded nosey but hey I had to ask him. 
"She left" that's all he said.
"Well I am also heading to the clinic, is okay if I hold him for you?" I asked shyly. Well that's my excuse of wanting to be close to him.
"I'd love that, thank you" he replied relived.
Well the baby was sleeping peacefully so we walked in silence, I was curious about a lot of things. But I didn't want to interrogate him.
The clinic was kinda empty but I thinks it's due to the fact that today is Wednesday. Public clinics are usually full on a Friday or Monday around here.
I was going to the adult section and Melusi and Okuhle were going to the other side. Adults and children are usually separated. I told Melusi that I will come as soon as I am done. But Okuhle woke up as soon as I handing him to his father and he started crying again. Gosh this baby. I took him back and he stopped crying and for some reason he smiled and said "mama".
I was soo shocked and looking at Melusi I saw that I wasn't the only one. So this baby thought I was his mother? I wonder what made his mom leave. I decided to go with them to the nurses.
They checked him and found that the baby had nappy burns that's why he was crying so much. They gave us a cream to use and the sores will go away within a few days, if we applied it for the next 3 days.
After we were done Okuhle still didn't want to go to his dad he cried and said mama then jumped from his dad to me.
I decided not to go through anymore.
We went to Melusi's house. The house was a mess. I helped him clean, bathe and feed the baby. He fell asleep after I helped him burp, then I just sat awkwardly with Melusi.
"I can never thank you enough for this" he said smiling at me. Well for the first time he smiled at me. I don't know if he has never seen me before or he was just ignoring me. 
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"Oh God Lulu you have grown, still beautiful I see" he said clearly not believing his eyes.
I was brough back to the present.
"So you did study law after all, I didn't think we'll meet again after the way we seperated 12 years ago, I regret the way I treated you, you didn't deserve that" he said frowning.
It was 12 years ago? Why does it still hurt like it happened 12 minutes ago. My phone vibrated indicating that I have received a text message.
I checked and saw that it came from my husband
Hubby: I am so sorry baby, I just thought you needed to rest. You have been working hard since we bought that law firm. You need to rest baby, weekends are not enough. Sorry I didn't wake you. Love you
I smiled at the text. Ever since I met Mlondolozi I have been