The Price of Deception
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They robbed her of all her belongings, including her clothes, she was left dressed in underwear only then they left her. One of the thugs decided that he wanted more than material things; he raped Naledi the whole night and as if that was not enough he assaulted her and left her for dead. Naledi regained consciousness the next morning. Her whole body was sore, her face was bruised and she could not open her left eye. She was in excruciating pain and each little movement worsened her pain. She was disorientated and did not know which direction to take. She listened carefully, and heard slightly the sound of traffic. She crawled in the direction of traffic, her knees and hands were pricked by thorns. Each and every slight movement sent a wave of pain through her body and the pain was unbearable. She gave up and lay on the ground and waited for the angels to take her to heaven where there is no pain and suffering, she felt her baby kicking in her tummy and remembered that she was pregnant. She tried to crawl again but the pain seemed to be worse than the last pain she experienced with her last movement; she was thirsty and hungry and did not know how long she has been in the bush, the will to save her unborn baby’s life gave her the strength to drag herself to the direction of the traffic sound. It took her five hours to reach the main road and she lay face up at the side of the road unable to sit or stand up, she tried to call for help but her lips did not move eventually she lost consciousness. The main road was in an upmarket suburb of Johannesburg and there were no pedestrians passing by. People driving fancy cars slowed down and looked at her but did not stop to give her assistance or to call an ambulance or the police, some cars sped by as if they did not notice her. A hobo who was pushing a trolley with all his worldly possessions noticed her while he was passing at the opposite side of the road, he crossed over to take a closer look and observed that she is still breathing, he tried to shake her awake but she did not respond. He took off all his worldly possessions and his recycling material from the trolley and hid them in the bushes by the side of the road, he then gently lifted her onto his trolley and covered her with his filthy stinking jacket and pushed her to the hospital.
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The price of deception is about identical twins who are the only children of King Lerole, the king of a rural South African state called Dipororo. The twins, Naledi and Noko, went to Johannesburg to study medicine on the insistence of their mother, Queen Dudu, who conceived them at the age of forty-seven by artificial insemination without the king’s knowledge and consent. A ritual was performed for them before they began with their medical studies, and they were given beads by a traditional healer, Lenaka, who instructed them not to take them off, but the twins took them off and lied about it. As a result, bad luck followed them, and the younger twin, Noko, failed her first year of medical studies, and her twin sister, Naledi, decided to commit fraud by assisting Noko to obtain a medical qualification by impersonating her during tests and examinations. Naledi was impregnated by a player, Wandi, who didn’t love her, and she gave him money to marry her, but he did not turn up for their wedding, which led to the king’s poor health to deteriorate further, and he eventually died at the hands of his brother, Monate, who blackmailed the twins to abdicate, and he crowned himself as the next king after his brother’s funeral. Naledi was mugged by thugs in an upmarket suburb of Johannesburg and was raped and assaulted by one of the thugs. Naledi was found lying naked and unconscious by a homeless man by the side of the road, her face bruised and unrecognizable. The homeless man covered her with his filthy jacket and took out his worldly possessions from his trolley, carried Naledi in it, and pushed her to the hospital. Naledi was mismanaged by her twin sister during labor, resulting in a ruptured uterus and other complications, and she ended up in Intensive Care Unit. During her recovery, she was diagnosed with postpartum psychosis and was transferred to a mental institution.
About the Author
Simangele Kekana was born in Alexandra, a township near Johannesburg, South Africa. She was raised in different parts of South Africa, including Tembisa, a township near Johannesburg; Motetema, a township in Groblersdal, Limpopo Province, South Africa; and Ekangala, a township in Bronkhorstspruit, Mpumalanga Province. She completed her high school at Ekangala Comprehensive High School, where she matriculated. She obtained a diploma in general nursing (psychiatry, community) and midwifery from Garankuwa College of Nursing (now called George Mukhari) in Pretoria, South Africa. She worked as a registered nurse in South Africa and the United Kingdom (England and South Wales). She is still working as a general nurse in South Africa and is busy writing her second book, Patients’ Advocate. She started storytelling at the age of five years. Simangele is an avid reader of novels, and she started reading at the age of seven.