Eminyakeni eyishumi edlule, u-Elena Zakharova waba ngumfazi wosomabhizinisi uSergei Mamontov. Umbhangqwana wayenendodakazi eyayigula kakhulu futhi yafa eneminyaka eyisishiyagalombili. Ukulahleka kwengane sekuyinhlekelele yomndeni. Emva kwakhe, u-Elena wehlukanisa umyeni wakhe futhi wazenzela yena isikhathi eside.
Ukukhulelwa kwesibili kwaZakharov kubhekwe ngokunyathelwa okukhethekile nokunakwa. Ukuba sesikhundleni, wenqabile ukubamba iqhaza kumaphrojekthi ayisishiyagalombili athokozisayo, ngoba ubengafuni ukubeka impilo yengane yesikhathi esizayo. Ingane eye yake yaba yiminyaka emibili isiphenduke ingcebo enkulu yabalingisi. Usambuli indodakazi kayise negama lakhe.
Muva nje, u-Elena waba yisimenywa sombukiso u-Alla Donlataya e "Russian Radio". Engxoxweni, umlingisi waphawula ukuthi akakubonanga kudingekile ukutshela imininingwane ngengane.
Angiqondi ukuthi kungani kudingekile. Izingane ezifanayo zingcwele. Ngisasondla indodakazi yami ngamabele. Kubukeka kimi ukuthi akwethusa. Usesondele, ungilinde emotweni,
- kusho u-Elena.
Futhi uZakharov waphawula ukuthi wayezama ukungahlukani nengane futhi, uma kungenzeka, amyisa naye emihlanganweni yebhizinisi, edubula kanye nokwenza.
Kwesinye isikhathi ikhona ekwenzeni kwami. Muva nje uhambe esiteji, kodwa ngacela ababukeli ukuthi bangadubuli. Uthanda ukudansa futhi ngokuvamile ukhula ubuciko kakhulu,
- Umlingisi owabiwe.