U-Lia Rod ovela eNew York, apho abazali bakhe bahlala khona. I-surricane ye-pharricane iyoyika i-orvier yombutho. Uvumile ukuba nje akazazi ukuba makenze ntoni kwiimeko ezinjalo: "Ndihlala nje kwaye nditye, njengotata wam. Andinayo iflashlish. Kufuneka ndifumane Ikati yam kwiimeko ezikhoyo. Le yinombolo yam ephambili. Ndivela eNew York, ke into ekuphela kwento endinayo ngokhuseleko ngumthwalo. Kwimeko apho umntu uyaphula endlwini. Umfundisi-ntsapho wahlekisa kuphela ukungakhathalelwa kwama-Lia: "Lo mfo uya kuba nompu, kwaye unesiphene."
U-Line uxelele malunga nesiganeko esingathandekiyo esakhe senzeke kuye kutshanje ngenxa yemakethi ye-Auto: "Yonke indlela yokutshiza imakethi ye-auto. Omnye wabaphathi wayenenja yam , kwaye wayekho kum ndabhala. Ndingayicima nje, kodwa emilenzeni yam kukho imitya yemakethi yemoto. Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa bendihamba ngathi ndibhale i-zebra emva kokuba inja iphinde iphinde izelwe. "