"Ekuqaleni ndacinezelwa kakhulu," utsho udlelo lodliwanondlebe nelegazi laseJamani Gala. "Emva kweveki ndazama ukuzithatha ezandleni zam ndaza ndaqala ukuya kwindawo yokuzivocavoca rhoqo." Ngethamsanqa, ndinamantombazana amatye asondeleyo kum ngeminyaka eli-15, kwaye nabo ndinokuthetha ngayo yonke into kwaye ndibathembe ngokupheleleyo. Ndikwanalo nolwalamano olusondeleyo kunye ne-ternin therni. Kwaye ndinomakhulu noDorothy. Kutshanje wajika iminyaka engama-89 ubudala, kwaye umhle kakhulu, mhle kwaye ulumkileyo.
I-Scarlett ayizange ichaze ukuba kutheni beqhekeza noRyan, kwaye okunyanzelisa ukuba oku kuyinto yobuqu kwaye ichaphazela kuphela. Kumbuzo wokuba kutheni uluvo lwalo, umtshato wakhe wawungasebenzi, waphendula wathi: "Lo ngumbuzo wobuqu. Ndithi ndingabagxeki kakhulu mna, ndinokuba ndibaluleke kakhulu kuye nabanye abantu. Kwaye andihambi ngokulalanisa ... Ndikhawuleza ndigwebe abantu. Ukuba andivumelani nento okanye ndicaphukise, ndiza kuvakalisa yonke into endiyicingayo, umntu ulungile ebusweni kwaye nokuba unengxaki kangakanani. Amaxesha ngamaxesha ukuba indinike ingxaki. Xa oku kusenzeka, izihlobo zam zihlala zibuya ndize ndize nditsho: "Scarlett, awukwazi ukuyithetha loo nto!" Andinathemba kakhulu ngokunxulumene nomsebenzi wam, usapho kunye nabantu. Ndidinga intshukumo. Ndiyazicaphukela!
Ngaphandle koqhawulo-mtshato noRyan, u-Scarlett usakholelwa emtshatweni, kodwa okwangoku akakulungele ubudlelwane obutsha, kuba naye uyathanda ukuba yedwa.