Rob & Di

PART 9

(the same evening at Di’s apartment)

She folded the letter back and picked the invitation card. It read:

You are invited to the celebration of life, strength and love at Moonlight Resort on 11th. We will be celebrating the birthday of our beautiful Di More.
Looking forward to your presence.

“Hahahaha! Noooo!! This is unbelievable!” She held her hands on her cheeks shaking her head. She re-read the card hoping to get a clue of who it could be from or at least a contact number to call but could find none.
She needed reassurance, maybe she was dreaming or somebody was playing a prank on her. She will talk to her mother tomorrow, maybe her parents know something.

She was tossing and turning in her bed that night. Excitement mixed with anxiety. She wondered how she is going to prepare for this seemingly beautiful event. From head to toe, she needed to look beautiful but she was caught off guard.
She woke up in the midst of the night to look into her closet. She noticed that she hasn’t bought new clothes in a long time. She needed to do a bit of shopping for sure but her shopping partner was gone. Her mirror. He would stand there shaking and nodding his head in approval or disapproval of an outfit even when she could see he is exhausted.
She concluded she will have to call her cousin who owns a boutique in town to sort her problem out.

The next day, after work she arrived at her mother’s house still in that ‘excitedly what’s happening mood’.

MmaDi: Kgarebe yame!
DaddyDi: leitibolo!
Di: Dumelang…She was almost laughing at the poetic welcome
MmaDi: O montle ruri ngwanaka ba ba sa lemogeng ba dira ka bomo. You are beautiful my princess!
DaddyDi: o tshwana le nna. My photocopy. Re bantle rona kana.
They all laughed.

She told them what has been happening lately, the mini surprises. They smiled listening at and watching her filled with excitement. It was heartwarming for them to see her get out of that sad cocoon.

MmaDi: le se re time monate, I want an invitation too!
Di: mathata ga ke itse motho kana batho ba ditiro tse mama. What if it’s just a prank?
MmaDi: Don’t think deep about it my daughter, just go with the flow and enjoy. Ga ba a go jela madi akere? We will be worried if they were emptying your pockets.
DaddyDi: If it’s a prank at least we saw you extraordinarily excited after a long time ngwanaka, you gained a smile. Otherwise re ya go reka cake ko spar ka di11 and celebrate your day. The Special day.
Di: Hahaha! “Extraordinarily” o english man monnamogolo!.
DaddyDi: Ke berekile makgoa ngwanaka, I was a messenger , o ka se nkgone ka skgoa!
She laughed enjoying their presence.
Di: Tla ke tsamae and relax. Ke lese go wara akere. it’s not all bad.
DaddyDi: Do not worry yourself my angel, go with the flow.

She bid them goodbye reassured. It’s always refreshing to be around them. They had that calming magic on her. “Go with the flow indeed,” she loved that phrase.

She got home and took a long bubble bath. Letting the exhaustion of the day soak into the water. She grabbed her phone and dialed her cousin Beauty.

Di: Moghel I need a make over
Beauty: Tsena wena moghel go diragalang? O bone new guy?
Di: New guy ya kae nemma, Rob o tshwanetse a bo a ntoile wena, kana guy o ntse hela mo tlhogong yame, I wouldn’t even notice an eye candy staring at me. Ke mono hela.
Beauty: mme ene he loved you. It wasn’t hard to notice. Ke kgathiwa ke that day a tsile go go rekela lingerie! Hahaha! Ka lemoga gore guy o mo maratong a di-levels! romantic! advanced!
Di: Hahaha! Romantic guy mcuzo, Nne ke bolaile hale.Nne ke itse distrawberry le cream,hahahaha!
Beauty: o mo togeletseng kante mme gone? Why did you guys break up?
Di: it’s a long story mothowame, I got heartbroken, I felt betrayed.
Beauty: Ao mma Di, we all make mistakes kana. O ta mmona kae Mr Perfect? Sometimes we hurt deep, beyond forgiving another I agree but second chances are there to be given, especially when you love like this. You are indirectly punishing yourself mothowame. What if he moves on? Would you handle it?
Di: Maloba I called him e be go araba a lady on the other side. Ka nna semumu couzy, palpitations, sweat ke ha go le story. What if he moved on?
Beauty: Heela Di! call this person again, that’s the only way you will confirm and maybe get your man back. Bonya bo ta go jesetsa mo lesweng monyana.
Di: Once bitten twice shy wa se itse skgoa sa teng? I am gathering my courage couz. Soon soon.

Her cousin was the second person telling her that she needed to call Rob. What a task. They don’t understand.

There was a knock at the door.

Di: someone is knocking, I ll pass by the botique tomorrow couzy. Boroko
Beauty: no problem, I can’t wait to see you. Bye.

Her neighbor stood by the door.
Neighbour: Dumela Di, ga ke tsene. I brought you this.
There was another package with red and white roses.
Di: wena o tsaya kae golo mo Moagi?
Moagi: Some guy came by in the afternoon and said you seemed unavailable, he requested that I give you this
Di: hehehe! Waitse kana! Anyway Ke a leboga.
Moagi: Sure. Sharpo
Di: Go siame, have a goodnight.

She sat on the couch amazed and opened yet another package. “This is getting serious,” she thought as she exhaled loudly. Opened yet another letter.

Letter 3

Hey girl. Smile more and worry less. I know worry is creeping in. I promise soon your questions about this will be answered.
People always say there is light at the end of every dark tunnel,what I know is that in hard circumstances you have always sought that light. Now it’s time for you to grab that light. Cheers to healing.

Please receive this card to get anything you might need to prepare for your celebration. The pin is the 1st four numbers of your birthday.

One more thing,make a stop at the Glow beauty Palour. Just tell them your name and you will be sorted out.

Much love
Anonymous

Surely this was not a stranger. Was it her parents? They didn’t seem shocked when she told them about her mini surprises. Who else would take their time and spend on her like that, even trust her with money. She stared at the card.
Her father recently sold some cattle, what if? She got tearful thinking this could be them.

Her birthday was within sight and evidently it was gonna be one of a kind.
She thought of taking time off work in the next two days.
Tomorrow she is cat walking to the boutique. Her wardrobe costs seem to be covered.
The pampering covered.
She feels like a Queen already. ‘Queen’ reminded her of what Rob would say to her. She smiled and pulled tighter his Robe as if embracing him.
She retired to bed a happy woman.

(At Rob’s home)

He lay on his bed wondering if she really is excited by the mini- surprises, he knows well she loves surprises but this time around he couldn’t confirm it.
He smiled thinking of all the times she would get jittery and excited when he surprised her. He was glad her parents agreed to work with him when he discussed this mission with them. He had admitted to his wrong and apologized. Di’s father had given him two conditions for giving him to have his blessing. First one was that he should pay 2 cows for his unseen grandchild and for the pain her daughter went through. The second condition was that he should do all in his power to make his daughter happy again. He accepted the conditions with no protest and followed through the charge. He was given the blessing. Life was about to change. Pain either builds or destroys, he chose to rise and build.
He sighed pulling linen over his shoulders , closed his eyes and in thought placed Di beside him. Maybe distance does make the heart grow fonder.
5 days to her birthday. He crossed his fingers,his plan had to work…..

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