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

Amanda, Mandla's mother, went to school and made a scene there; she called the teachers all sorts of names. As if that was not enough, she made a lot of allegations about Bongz and the teachers; she abused whoever she met at the school that day.

The students came out of their classrooms and watched Amanda throwing insults to teachers and to the twins; the students took videos of Amanda and shared them on social media.

By midday, Amanda was popular all over the town; people couldn't believe that she can insult teachers in front of students like that. People in her neighborhood realized that though she is rich and elegant, she just lacks manners, her children were exactly like her, and they were born bullies!

Mandla was furious for being suspended for a month, he warned Bongz to watch his back. At home, Amanda told his son to go register in another school; Mandla refused, he said that he won't leave the school where Bongz is. Days and weeks passed until Mandla's suspension was over. He went back to school.

Mandla decided to make peace with Bongz, in fact, they became friends. Those who knew the two boys wondered how they managed to become friends, but knowing how kind Bongz is, he easily forgave Mandla. Mandla spent most of the weekends at Bongz's house; they studied and played computer games together with other friends.

Mandla loved spending time with Bongz's family, he apologized to Bongz's family for the way he treated Bongz before. Babz pretended to accept Mandla's apology and also treated him well when he was in her house but deep inside she never believed in Mandla's apology. She believed that Mandla still hates her twin brother.

Bongz is a free-spirited young man who is kind and believes in love and forgiveness; he completely forgave Mandla and accepted his friendship with his whole heart. He enjoyed spending the weekend with Mandla and their other friends.

One weekend, while Mandla was busy telling the twins stories about his family, he mentioned the province he came from. He said that they moved into Bongz's suburb and school because their father lives around.

Why does your father doesn't stay with them? Babz asked Mandla.

My father is married to another woman and he has children with her, he abandoned us for his new family, Mandla answered.

Mandla said that they only moved here to be close to their father, though he doesn't know that they are here. He said that he last saw his father ages ago and his mother told him never to contact him.

Mandla told the twins that his father does send money to them through their mother for their school fees and upkeep.

This triggered something in Babz's brain but she ignored it, she convinced herself that she is overthinking issues.

From what Babz heard from rumors was that Mandla's mother was divorced and decided to move away from her older province, yet Akhona said that her father lives abroad; now Mandla is saying that their father lives close by; it was confusing!

There were some weekends when the Khumalo's home got filled up by children from other families; Bongz's friends will come, Babz's friends also came, so does Thando's friends.

Since Fezile got pregnant with her twins after a long time of trying; she devoted her life to spending weekends with her family; she stopped working on weekends, however important the case might be.

The twin and Thando's friends loved to spend weekends at the Khumalos because Fezile will cook for them, play with them and sometimes take them out for movies or dinners.

Fezile is a good mother who loves her children very much yet she does her best to teach them good manners and values. Her children never boasted around to their friends about their expensive gadgets or clothes; they preferred to share with those friends who had less.

On the twin's eighteenth birthday; Themba bought his children very expensive phones though the children wanted cars of their own since they had already passed their drivers' tests. Themba promised to buy them cars in their second year of university; he said that by then, they will be more responsible.

One of Bongz's friends, S'thembiso, also had rich parents. Mr. and Mrs. Booi; S'thembiso aka S'the's parents were very rich people, they have four children and S'the, is their firstborn. Mrs. Booi has a fashion shop that sells all known brands while Mr. Booi works in the government department.

S'the was always in competition with the twins; whatever he saw at the Khumalos home, he will also demand it from his parents. It was obvious that the Boois will do anything for their son; whatever he demanded, they bought it for him.

S'the also wanted to try his luck with Babz but Babz was not impressed with S'the's behaviors and she never gave him the time of the day.

S'the was a snobbish boy; he threw his parents' riches in other people's faces. As if that was not enough; he saw girls as an object of appetite, that after fulfilling his appetite, he cast them aside and move on to the next person

Bongz didn't like S'the's behaviors about girls and he warned him to stay away from Babz. S'the did not like Bongz's interference in his way of life but since they were friends; he forgave him and moved on.

Those girls who fell prey to S'the's kind of love; ended up fighting each other because he couldn't commit to one girl.

Fezile used mealtime to talk to those children who frequented her home; she would talk to them about life, she would share with them the cases she had witnessed concerning children who committed different crimes.

Fezile noticed that some of her children's friends were a bit odd than others; some were coming from caring families while others were coming from neglectful families with little or no discipline at all.

Fezile always tried to support and encourage the children; that's why many children loved to be in her home. Children were free to ask her whatever questions they wanted and she always listened to their thoughts and feelings. She is such a role model to many children and parents at large.