Ukuqala, ndizazisa lona. Igama lakhe nguElizabethe, usebenza njengomgcini-mali oyintloko kwibhanki. Ukuphakama - 170 cm, isikhumba esimnyama, iinwele ezimnyama kunye nesibalo esincinci kakhulu.
Ibali laqala ngaphezu kweminyaka elishumi edlulileyo. Wayeneminyaka engamashumi amane ngomsila. Ubudala obunzima kumfazi. Ingakumbi ukuba ucinga ukuba unesizungu.
Kwizitrato entwasahlobo, bonke baqala ukuhamba bebantwini busika kunye neengubo. Umama uthanda ijee kunye neT-shirt ezinzima. Ebhankini, ngokuqinisekileyo awuyi kuza, kodwa zonke izibophelelo zezoshishino zakhe ziyi-trousers kunye neentlobo zamabhola, zivame ukuvula. I-Spring ayinanto.
Kwaye ngolunye usuku sahamba sithenga kunye naye, ukuhlaziya i-wardrobe. Yathengwa iqela lezinto, kodwa kubaluleke kakhulu - ukusuka kwamehlo akhe akhanya - lo mbala we-chocolate webala. Isilikhi yemvelo ihamba phezu komzimba, ngokukhawuleza apho? apho kuyimfuneko, wavula amahlombe akhe nomqolo wakhe. UMamula wasebenzisa ubusuku bonke ejikeleza phambi kwesibuko, ethatha iingubo zakhe. Ngokucacileyo wagqiba kusasa ekuseni ukuya kwinto entsha yokusebenza.
Isekela likaMam nguLarissa, loo ntokazi yayisilonda. Kubukhali kulwimi, ingakumbi xa kuthuka ukuthetha. Ndamthanda umama. Kutheni? Eyokuqala, umama wayephumelele kakhulu, umncinci, omncinci, kwaye wayengenqikazi ukugqoka izinto ezivulekileyo. Kwaye, okwesibini, umama wayengenayo indoda enxilisayo, kunye neengxaki ezingenakudinga uLarisa.
Ngokuhlwa, kwakukho umnxeba kumama. Wayengeyonto leyo edandathekileyo, ngokungafani kwezinye iintlobo. Sagqiba ekubeni sidibana kwindawo yokudlela yaseTaliyane. Umama weza e-jeans shab kunye neT-shirt emhlophe "kwi-gauze."
"Uphi i-blouson?" Wavuya kakhulu ukumbona? Ndabuza.
- Ekhaya, elinde ngamaphiko! Ngandlela-thile ndivakalelwa kukuba.
Ukulondolozwa kwethu rhoqo u-Ilya waletha umyalelo, wenza isilumkiso esihle kwaye wasishiya sixoxa naye.
"Uyazi, intombi encinane." Ndiza kusebenza namhlanje, sonke sivuya, kunye noLariska kum: "Kutheni unxibe? Kwiminyaka yethu, oku akunjalo. " Yonke imini ayikho into.
Ndahleka ukuze zonke iindwendwe ezithengileyo ziphendule.
Emva koko sathetha kunye nomama ngaphezu kweyure kwaye sahleka. Kwaye akazange akhuphe i-blouson kude kube ngumzuzu wokugqibela, zombini ukusebenza kunye nokuphuma. Ndihlala ndikhangelekile kwaye ndivuya.
Ngaba ufuna ukwazi ukuba sithetha ntoni ngoko?
Ndiyanitshela. Amazwi enkcazelo eyingozi uLariska awazange asikhubekise, kodwa awakhunjulwa ixesha elide. Ngokukhawuleza ndiya kungena kwixesha elibuhlungu labasetyhini. Kodwa siyazi ngokuqinisekileyo inyaniso. Ibhinqa ayineminyaka yobudala. Akunamashumi amathathu anesihlanu okanye amahlanu. Ukuba ungumfazi wokwenene, awuyi kuvuma iminyaka yakho. Ukuba umfazi ngokwakhe uyaziqonda ubudala bakhe, ngoko undikholelwe, wonke umntu ojikelezile uya kumbona. Kwaye ke ixesha alikude xa uva ucecekisayo kwicala lakho: "Hayi, kodwa ngeli xesha lethu akusiyo ... ke ungenzi ..."
Ihlazo. Nciphisa ingcambu kwanomnqweno wokutsho njalo.
Kubudala obunzima abuzange bufikelele kuwe, akazange ahlale entanyeni yakho, enze imithetho elula. Khangela ulutsha, kodwa ungabi mfana. Ungazivumeli ube mnandi.
Khumbula! Eli bhinqa lineminyaka emininzi ubudala, into ekhangeleka ngayo, kwaye kungekhona kakhulu kwikhekhe layo lokuzalwa. Zama ukubheka wonke umntu ngenxa yomona, kwaye kungekhona nje ubudala obufanayo, kodwa nabo bancinane kunani. Akunzima, into ephambili kukufuna.
Musa ukufana nalawa mabhinqa anqume ukuba emva kweminyaka engamashumi amane, ubomi bume.
Umama ungaphezu kwama-50. Umlingane wakhe uLariska waphumelela umhlalaphantsi. Kwaye umama ubambe isitampu, uqhube uphakamise umgangatho wemisebenzi. Ijika iintloko kubayeni, ivakalisa abasebenzi abancinci. Ukuya kwiqela lezempilo. Uthenga ijee ezintsha kunye nee-T-shirt ukugcina amahlombe akhe abuye abuye ahambe. Emva koko, ungumfazi, akaseneminyaka ubudala, usenokwenza okuninzi, into eninzi yokwenziwa, amadoda amaninzi ajika abe yintloko.