Mabongeng 2

He found a way to park his car on the parking lot, but it was packed. It was hard to find a spot, but we found one after we looked for a long time. He packed the car and came to my side and opened the door.

"It seems like you will be getting princess treatments from now on" He handed me his hand to hold onto. I held the hand and came out of the car.

"What did I ever do to deserve all these princess treatments? I wonder when this will stop" I joked around as I fixed my dress.

"They will never stop. You being my daughter is enough to treat you like a princess" He held my hand and walked me through the entrance.

I became emotional, and my tears started falling out. I could not take it, it all always felt special when my mom spoiled me, but this was different. He might be my stepdad, but he is softening my heart for me to love him.

"You don't need to cry, you want to spoil that face and those beautiful eyes… It's all well, I am here for you, we have all been there for you. You will be an okay baby" He slowly wiped my tears out as we settled on an empty table.

"Thank you for everything, and I am truly sorry for everything"

"I should be the one apologizing to you baby, you never did anything wrong," he said

"I am just glad that we are now building a healthy relationship, and I am sure that mom will be happy"

"Yes she will, but there is no need to be crying. And When is your guy friend coming" he asked as he was still holding my hand from the other side of the table.

"He said he is on his way," I said with a smile

We continued with light conversation, well, it was a start for us. We had to take it step by step, and it was helping. When I noticed Tlo entering the entrance, I smile .I was happy.

"I guess it's my clue to leave here, I can see your friend is in the building," he said as he stood up

"What, what do you mean?" I was seriously shocked.

"I was once there and your face said it all " he smiled and kissed my hand and walked out.

When Tlo finally settled where I was sitting, he started talking before he could even greet me. He was already angry like I did something wrong.

"The least you could do is respect me!. We ain't yet dating, but you are already entertaining another man?.I thought you were a girl with morals, I never expected you to stand so low, with an old man Zee?.Sies!.You can do better. Is this the reason you felt it would be better not to be my girlfriend at first? Did you want to entertain other men? You could have told me that you were not ready for a serious relationship. Likewise, you knew very well that we were meeting, but you decided to be occupied while you wait for me. Furthermore, you could have called me and told me not to come something came up than to disrespect me like this. What is worse is you allowed him to touch you, how could you? And don't you dare lie to me, I have been here for long, and I have been watching you. I don't think I will ever look at you the same again, and I don't think we should carry on talking to each other, "Tlo said out of anger. He turned his back on me and started walking to the exit.

My heart dropped, I knew that deep down that Tlo cared about me, but not to this point. He is wrong to think of me like that, I will never do that. I have morals and he knows that. He can't just think the worst of me, he could have asked what was going on, than to storm on me like that. I rushed to him, he was walking fast. He drew attention to us. Everyone stopped what they were doing and focused on us.

I taped on his shoulder as I pulled his other hand, signing to stop. He stopped and looked at me. Before I could say anything, he beat me into it.

"What part of I feel it would be better not to talk to you, don't you understand? Hah. Leave me out of your shitty business, Zandile." He demanded, he pulled his hands on me and walked away. I could no longer chase him.

"That was my father. He left the moment you got here because he knew that I was meeting with you. He stayed with me, so that I don't get bored here" My tears dropped, I couldn't know what to do next. My heart was breaking into pieces, and I couldn't just lose him just like that. I can't lose this relationship, not after I fixed my relationship with my stepdad. And losing Tlo presently wouldn't be a good move, he has been making me happy.

He stopped walking and looked back at me. I rushed to him and fully gave in a hug. At first, he couldn't touch me, but the moment he noticed that I was crying, he hugged me tightly.

"It was my dad. We are just trying to fix our broken relationship. I opened up to him today, and we make up for the time we have lost and the one that we have been quarreling up with the endless arguments. I am sorry if you got the wrong idea, but he is my dad, I should have let you know that I was with my dad, but I just did not want to scare you. Likewise, I am sorry for not telling you." I was said in the middle of my hiccups, it was difficult to speak, but I had to do something just to save someone who was going to be part of my future.

"I am sorry I should've asked you before saying all that shit to you" he held me tight. He comforted me until I became better. We walked back to the restaurant holding hands and we looked for a table to settle on since the one I was using was already occupied.

We settled down, even though there was a bit of tension. Furthermore, we decided to have lunch and when we were done, I went home as he went back to campus.