Ndaya emnyango wendlu yam kunzima. Endleleni, ndagijimela kwivenkile, ndithenga ukutya, kwaye ngoku ndawadonsa kwedwa, ndazama ukubamba iisanti zombini ezinzima kunye neepakethe zamaphepha. Nsuku zonke ndiphethe iirekhodi, izivumelwano, izishwankathelo kunye namashadi. Kwaye! Ndinexesha elibalulekileyo lomsebenzi kwindawo yam yomsebenzi, kwaye ukuba "ndizama kanzima kule nqanawa", ngokuqinisekileyo nditshintsha ukusuka kwisihlalo sesebe elibolekayo kwi-bhanki yethu ukuba sihlalo wezinye iinqununu zomongameli. Ithemba elilingayo, kwaye ngokubalulekayo - umphathi uyaxabisa kakhulu amanyathelo kunye nokuzinikezela. Udumisa lonke ixesha. Umyeni wam unyanzelekile, ngokokuthi amazinyo akhe ayangena kwi shishini lakhe. Waqala kanzima, kwaye ngoku kwinkampani yakhe yokuthumela izinto ezincinci izinto ziyaqhubeka, abathengi bazele. Ndaziqinisekisa ngeengcamango zomsebenzi wethu wezoqoqosho kunye neYurka, kuba iimbilini zam zinomda wabo.
- Ndiyazi ukuba iAlinka? Ndikhubekisa ngaphantsi komphefumlo wam. "Kufuneka ube ekhaya!" Ukuphosa zonke iingxowa ezininzi phantsi, ndavula umnyango waza ndawela umda wendlu yam. Intombi yayingekho. Kuyinto engaqhelekanga! Ngeli xesha, uhlale ekhaya. Ngaphezu koko, kude kube mzuzwana ndingena kwigumbi, ndiza kubizwa ngokuphindwe kabini kwiselula kwaye ndiza kubuza nini ukuba ndilinde.
Ndawela esihlalweni nasekucingeni . U-Alinochka ungumntwana ohloniphekileyo, akayi kuhamba nantoni na, kodwa uYurka kunye nam ... Ndazikhumbula intlungu yam intombazana xa mna nomyeni wam wenqabile ukuya naye ngeveki ukuya kwiesksi, kwi-zoo, okanye kwi-movie okanye i-cartoon.
- Ntombi, uyazi, utata wam kwaye ndixakekile. Hamba ukuhamba nabahlobo bakhe, - ndatshela uAlinka.
Intombi yakhe yabuza: "Ndifuna nawe." "Wonke umntu uhamba nabazali bam, kwaye mna ..."
"U-Alinka, umama wakho nobawo basomashishini abanobuchule, banomzuzu ngamnye kwi-akhawunti yabo," kuchaza uYurka, kodwa intombi ayizange ikhuthaze le ngxoxo.
- Khangela, yintoni impahla enhle endikuthengayo, - ndiphazamise ukuba ngandlela-thile ndenze intombazana leyo, kodwa kungekudala akazange avuyiselwe izipho esathi sazama ukuyihlawula ngenkuthalo ukuba ixesha lethu liphelele kwaye lizinikezele ngokupheleleyo msebenzi.
- U-Alinka, sele usukhulu, - ngandlela-thile ndagqiba ekubeni ndithethe nentombi yam, njengomntu omdala, - ndimele ndiyiqonde.
Sizama wena, ujonge! Kwaye mna, nobaba. Sisebenza imini nobusuku kuphela ukuze uphile ngokubhetele kunathi. "Ngaba awuhlali kakuhle?" - UAlina wabuza.
"Musa ukuxabana ..."
"Asinakuphikisana, kodwa unokuphila kangcono, kodwa ufuna imali ..."
"Imali?" Ngaba le nto iyona nto? Ndandibetha ngamagxa. NgoThixo, ndibe neentloni, kodwa kwakungekho namagama afanelekileyo ukuchaza yonke into ngokufanelekileyo.
"Unakho iikhompyutheni, iimpahla ezimnandi ... Amathoyizi," ndabuya kuAlina, kwaye wandibukela wathi akukho nto. ... Ndagubungela kwaye ndabukela umlindo wam kwakhona. Damn! Sekuqaleni kweyesithoba, kodwa u-Alinka akakho! Ngokukhawuleza wam umyeni wamnxeba.
- Yurka! Kwaye wena ... - Ndandifuna ukubuza ukuba uyazi ukuba intombi yethu ibe yintoni, kodwa indoda yam ayizange iphulaphule.
"UZhenya, andinakuthetha, ndixoxisana," ndatshitshisa kwaye nditshintshisa ifowuni yeselula.
- Yima! - Ndakhawuleza ukuba ndivakalise kwideskiti ye-Alinka. Kwaye ngokukhawuleza kuya kufumaneka iinombolo zeefowuni zabahlobo bakhe? Akukho nto eyenzekayo! Kwaye ndandisoyika kakhulu. Kwaye ndifuna ukubiza amapolisa, xa ndakukhumbula ngokukhawuleza: emnyango olandelayo uAlinkin owayefunda naye uSeryozha uhlala. Intombi yam ayinobungane kakhulu naye, kodwa ngokukhawuleza uyazi apho angaba khona. Umnyango wavulwa nguyise kaSeryozhka.
"Uphi u-Alina?" Ndicinga esikolweni.
"Esikolweni?" - Ndacinga ukuba uyise wenkwenkwe wayedlala. Luhlobo luni lwesikolo ekupheleni kweesibhozo ngokuhlwa?
- Kakade, yonke into ikhoyo namhlanje! Ndingathanda ukuba ndihambe. Kodwa umfazi ukhona ...
"Hayi ... banako?"
- Umthendeleko weenkundla zemidlalo ... - Akazange abe nexesha lokugqiba ukuthetha, njengoko ndikhumbule. Buwula!
Ndingakulibala njani , kuba intombi yam yayithetha ngamatheko kunye nokuba kwelinye idlala lidlala indima enkulu. Indima yomfazikazi!
Uza kuwubona? " - UAlinka wabuza, kwaye ndandicaphukisa, bathi, kakuhle, uyazi, ntombi, ukuba ndixakeke kakhulu ... ndikhumbule kwaye ndaqonda: ukuba kukho umsebenzi kum nje kweli hlabathi, ngolunye usuku ndiya Ndiza ekhaya ndifumanise ukuba intombi yam ikhulile ize ihambe ... Kungekhona kumdlalo wesikolo, kodwa ngonaphakade ... iyatshisa kakhulu. Ndagijimela esikolweni ndaza ndathi:
- Izinto ezigxiliweyo! Usomashishini Ngoko ukuba ungamniki ixesha lakho umntwana! Imali ... Isimo!
- Yurka! - wamemeza efonini yeselula. "Futhi ungalindeli ukuba uxakekile!" Ndiya kusiya esikolweni, kwaye undivumele ndikhethe ngokukhawuleza. Ngaba uyaqonda?
"Ngaba into eyenzekayo kuAlina?" Wabuza umyeni ngelizwi elithusa.
- Yenzeke! - Ndanduluka ndakhala kakhulu kwaye ndavala ifowuni.
Kwintlanganiso yesikolo yehholo labantu - i-apula ayinanto yokuwa. Ndiyolule intloko yam kwaye ndiphantse ndigubungele ngokukrakra. U-Alina wam wema esiteyhini phakathi kwabanye abantwana, ngabahlobo bakhe kuphela babecala bekhangelelene, bajonga abazali babo, bawagubungela, kwaye intombi yam yayimile, ibuhlungu kakhulu. Ndathi, "Ilanga lam, sixolele ngenxa yokuba sisisiphukuphuku," ndaxolisa, ndizama ukwenza indlela yam ukuya esiteji, kodwa kwakungenakwenzeka. Abazali bema ngathi bafile, kwaye ngamnye wabo, naye, angathanda ukuba kufuphi nomntwana wakhe. Kwaye ndilapha ... Kwaye ngaloo mzuzu ndaqonda ukuba xa uAlinka engandiboni ngoku, andiyi kuxolela ngokwalo. Kwaye ndithe ndamthoba ngendoda phambi, bathi, uphoswe, ube ngumntu.
Le ndoda yayingenakho ukukhukhumaza , kodwa ayizange ihambe. "Masihambe," ndandixhalaza, ndiqhubela phambili ngenyawo.
- Ngaba ucinga engqondweni yakho? - waphendukela ekuboniseni yonke into ayicinga ngayo ngam, kodwa ngelo xesha, umgodi owenziwe kwindawo ebuninzi, kwaye ndakhawuleza ndagijima phambili.
- Nahalka! - Le ndoda yatshutshisa ingqumbo kwaye ibuhlungu kwindida emva. Xa ndilahlekelwe ukulinganisela, ndawela ngqo kwisihlwele sabazali ngaphambili.
- Oh! - Ndakhala ndize ndiphose emgangathweni, Ndize ndizungeze ukungenamsebenzi. Ukulala phantsi, ngokunyaniseka waqhubeka ekhangele phambili kwisigaba kwaye waqonda: ngoku uAlka uya kundibona. Buhlungu! Nda phawula! Yeka ukumangaliswa nokuvuya emehlweni akhe! Emva koko umntu wathintela umkhono wam.
"Yurka?" Uhlala phi ixesha elide? Ndamthukuthelela kuye.
- Nantsi iAlinka yethu ...
- Ndiyabona, - umyeni wam unqabile kum kwaye akazange athethe nantoni na ngomsebenzi wakhe ongunaphakade, abathengi, ukuthutha ... Unobulumko kakhulu. Ndaqonda yonke into ngokugqibeleleyo.
Emva kokusebenza, samnquba intombi yakhe, kwaye wayenomdla ngokunyanisekileyo:
- Kwaye ndicinga ukuba ukhohliwe ...
- Wow! Sinokulibala njani into ephambili? Iphendulwa Yurka. Owe, kunye nobuqili, wakwazi ukuphuma okufanayo!