Emva kweZityholo zePlasina, ingcinga icele uMalakev kuye kwaye wanika udliwanondlebe olukhulu. Uye wathi oogqirha bahlala besemsebenzini endlwini yakhe, bemgcina kuphazamiseka kakhulu kunye noxinzelelo oluphezulu.
Ndihlala esihogweni. Ikhuphe ebhedini. Oogqirha bam abashiyi ndlu. Ndiziva kakubi. Ndinemeko yokuba ndiyafa, ndinosuku lokugqibela,
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Uye wazikhanyelela zonke izityholo zentombi yakhe kwinto yokuba ngenxa yokutyhola kwaye ilahlekile. Imvumi iqinisekile ukuba le ntombazana yathi ifuthe labanye abantu ababeka umama.
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Imvumi yacebisa ukuba uYise wentombazana uAleksandere uPhingela unokunyathela intombi yakhe. Ngokutsho kwakhe, umyeni kudala azama ukumxhasa ngeTatana. Xa intombazana yayincinci, i-plaquin ayizange ivumelane noqhawulo-mtshato, woyikisa ukuba wayengayi kuyityikitya imvume yokushiya intombi yakhe phesheya. Emva koko, ngokwemvumi, waqala ukubophelela uTatiana kuye ngemali: Ndifumene izipho ezithandekayo, ihambo ehlawulelweyo phesheya. Kwaye kolunye uhambo oluya ePeru, le ntombazana ibuyayo.
UTanya wafika e-US, waqala ukutshaya into engavumelekanga. Wahlawula amatikiti ukuya kwiPeru. Emva koko ndafumanisa ukuba ivela apho ivela khona, ingonelanga. Wakhwaza, ngomlomo, i-hysteria. Ndinemvakalelo enjalo yokuba umyeni wam weza necebo lokunditshabalalisa ukuba ndiwahlutha wonke umntu endinako. Udala ezo zinto, esazi ukuba ndiphathwa njani,
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Kutshanje, uTatyana washiya indlu kangangeentsuku ezintathu, kwaye umama ochwayitileyo kwafuneka aqeshe umcuphi wabucala ukufumana apho wayekhona.
Kudliwanondlebe okokugqibela wabona uDukina waza waxabana nonina. I-Ungunskaya ifuna imbizeni yentombi yokuxolisa ngezityholo ezihlekisayo, kwaye uTatiana wathi ufuna ukuhlala yedwa. Umvumi waqonda ukuba le ntombazana yayinexesha lokufumana umsebenzi kwaye yaqala ngobomi obuzimeleyo, kodwa akenzanga nto.