I-Ninoidze yapapasha ifoto emnyama nemhlophe apho ingaba isondele. Ibhulukhwe kuphela inxibe intombazana, kwaye igubungela isifuba sakhe ngeengalo. Kwangelo xesha, emfanekisweni we-nino kulula ukwamkela umfana, iinwele zakhe ezimfutshane zivuyiwe emva, ubuso obuguqukayo bube yinkangeleko, bubonisa i-cheeeblenes kunye nempumlo ebukhali.
Kuyaphawuleka ukuba ababhalisi abaninzi baphawula ukungabikho kobufazi kwaye akuzange kudideke ngayo. "Ngokuqinisekileyo le ayingomntu?" I-laonid u-Leonid akazange axhathise izimvo zendlela. Njengoko uyazi, uMsunguli we "QOX kwaye" ungumhlobo osondeleyo weMaxim Vitorn.
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-Ubhale.
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Khumbula ukuba i-Virgan kunye noNinidbe bayeka ukufihla ulwalamano lwabo ehlotyeni, umlingisi kunye nomlawuli uhlala ahlulwe waba ngumnxibelelanisi wezentlalo nowamkelwa esidlangalaleni. Uninzi lwabantwana abadala, i-Polina eneminyaka engama-23 kunye noDaniel oneminyaka eli-19 ubudala, nemiphefumlo ayinayo into oyithandayo kuYise.