“When a black Zimbabwean woman gave birth to a white baby, her husband immediately accused her of cheating without a second thought....CONTINUE READING
He dumped her, leaving her broken and helpless. Three years later, DNA tests revealed the unthinkable. The baby’s tiny cries filled the entire delivery room. Ka heaved a sigh of relief as she slowly fell back on the delivery table. She closed her eyes and let a weary smile play on her lips. That tiny cry had suddenly made all the pains worth it.
The Zimbabwean woman was still reeling in the moment when she heard a thunderous voice that made her jerk up. It was her husband, Rudo. “Whose baby is that? Who is that white thing?”
She heard him scream again; this time, his voice was louder and clearer. Ka quickly took one look at the baby the nurse was bringing towards her, and a cold chill ran down her spine. The nurses had swapped her baby with another woman’s child.
Ka glanced around to see if there was another baby in the room, but there couldn’t have been, as she had been the only pregnant woman in the delivery room. She was shocked and confused.
How could she, a black woman, give birth to a white baby? But Ka’s baffled reaction was nothing compared to that of her husband. Rudo immediately went into a rage.
The sudden hatred he had for the baby was as clear as daylight. The baby’s skin color could only mean one thing: his wife had an affair with a white man. He couldn’t believe she would betray him in this manner.
“It took all the strength within him to stop himself from punching a wall. ‘What’s his name? What’s the name of the man you cheated with?’”
Rudo screamed. Ka wanted to say something, anything at all to prove her innocence, but she only stammered something incoherent. Irritated, Rudo looked at her with scorn and without a word stormed out of the hospital.
Ka was broken beyond words by his actions. Despite the overwhelming desire to express her emotions through loud sobs, she found herself too weakened to even cry.
She cherished her marriage and had remained steadfast in her commitment. She would have never had extramarital affairs, and it hurt her deeply to know that Rudo thought her capable of it.
The rest of her stay in the hospital was slow and uneventful. All Ka did was feed her baby and force back her tears. No matter what, her baby didn’t deserve to be welcomed with tears. So she managed to stay strong for her.
When Ka arrived home after getting discharged, she met Rudo in the sitting room. As soon as he saw her, he shot daggers at her and stormed into the bedroom. Confused and desperate for answers, Ka went after him. She tried to hold herself back from screaming, but Rudo didn’t make it any easier when he locked the door in her face.
Left with no other choice, Ka began banging on the door with tears streaming down her face. She told Rudo she was equally confused. She dared him to take the baby for a DNA test, and she was innocent of his accusations. It took 30 agonizing minutes before Rudo finally responded.
He yelled at Ka that taking a DNA test would be nothing but a waste of money; the evidence of her infidelity, the white baby, was right there. Then he left the room in a hurry and stormed out of the house, leaving Ka in shock.
The next day, Rudo didn’t return until evening. Ka had just breastfed her baby and put her to sleep. She was about to start dinner when she heard a knock at the door and went to open it, realizing it was Rudo.
She opened the door and walked back to the dining table without saying a word. Her heart was still aching from the pains of the previous day, and as she was setting the table, she felt a hand cover hers. She looked up to meet Rudo’s tender eyes. She looked down, and Rudo then began apologizing as tears filled his eyes.
Ka turned to him and hugged him. ‘I need you to trust me. I need you now more than ever. The child is yours,’ she said gently. Rudo didn’t reply but let her hold him.
That night, as they had dinner, Rudo suggested they go on vacation to the next city that weekend. Ka excitedly agreed. Rudo then poured her a cup of wine.
He raised his glass to meet hers, and they cheered to lots of love and happiness. Everything seemed to be falling back in place, or so Ka thought. Little did she know that Rudo had a little devilish plan in mind.
Unbeknownst to her, he had spiked her drink so she could sleep through the night, allowing him time to carry out his plan. While Ka slept, Rudo stayed awake. As soon as the clock hit 4:00 a.m., he began packing his things.
He had arranged with a truck driver to come over to the house at 6:00 a.m. The truck driver arrived; Rudo then left with almost everything, including the furniture, the TV, the gas cooker, and most of the things he and Ka had bought together.
It wasn’t until 4:00 p.m. before Ka finally woke up to her screaming child. And what a great shock it was when she discovered the house was half empty.
With trembling hands, she picked up the baby and started feeding her. Then she grabbed her phone and dialed Rudo’s number, but it was switched off. Just then, she noticed a letter in the sitting room.
‘Dear cheater,’ she read in her husband’s writing. ‘I’m gone, and I took everything with me as compensation for the pain you caused me with your cheating. Take that thing and give her to her father.
I will never forgive you.’ Words failed to describe the pains Ka felt as she read the letter. She was now all alone in the world with a beautiful white child who didn’t deserve anyone’s hate, much less her father’s, and she would have to raise her all on her own…CONTINUE READING>>
