Leleti

“Leti ” a voice pulling me back to sleep but I can’t go back to sleep I could feel someone pinch me ” who are you ” moving my hands trying to hold the hand that is pinching me” girl wake up ” I opened my eyes I was welcomed by my little sister’s warm smile.

” Mom told me to wake you up it’s 6: 45 and you should be preparing your self for school” she said busy pulling my blankets of my face while I also pulled my blankets to my face.

” Mom she is refusing to wake up” Ntombizodwa snitches on me i gave up in pulling the blankets I let go of the blankets she pulled them “somebody can’t have peace in this house”.

” Mom she finally decided to wake up ” she said getting off my bed ” I told her to go to sleep early yesterday but she never listened to me and she knows that she is always late for school” my mom said.

” Leti I have washed the dishes and prepared breakfast and lunch for after school” my mom looking at me making sure I understand every single word she uttered.

” Okay mom ” I am still yawning I didn’t get enough sleep ” get up and start preparing for school. Ntombi don’t forget your lunch box okay. I am off to work please behave” she said and left the roundavel I also followed her I went to a roundavel which we call it a kitchen.

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Ooh where are my manners my name is Leleti Dube most people call me leti I am 16 years old doing grade 11 . I am raised by both parents no one parent because I can’t even count my dad he is always absent no! no! he is absent not always absent yeah I said it correct now he is absent. My mom gave birth to two daughters me and my sister Ntombizodwa we call her Zodwa wa bantu because she likes socializing.

My dad have two wives which is my mom is the first wife my dad married the second wife because my mom have a problem with her womb she can’t concive as a normal woman do. People thought she was a barren because she was married for 9 years but she didn’t have any children people were amazed when she gave birth to me .

My dad spend most of his time at my aunt’s house. He loves my aunt more than my mom I assume but my dad likes fresh things he always said when my mom was still asking him money for are our needs and wants but that was long time ago he would answer her telling her that ” I like fresh things” maybe my aunt is fresh.

But I think my mom is fresher than my aunt .

My dad owns a saloon whatever profit he gets he spend it with my aunt and her four children. ooh I forget to tell you about my aunt’s children she have four children 3 boys Sifiso ,Sibusiso , Sipho and one girl who is the same age as me Athandiwe.

maybe that’s why my dad loves her because my dad would always say ” girls are useless maybe that’s why he hates me and Zodwa.

My mom once said my dad used to be a good and faithful husband yeah maybe that was long time ago because since I was born I never saw any good thing in him excluding him supporting his other family.

I think I love my dad but his actions keeps on hurting me. I remember when he had a fight with some people in the saloon he was badly wounded that broke my heart .

I wish god answers my prayers I want to be successful not for my sake just for the sake of my hard working mom who makes sure that I never go to bed with a hungry stomach . I love my mom a lot.

Yeah that’s me let’s leave this topic of who I am and go back to reality. Where we are now.