Kungekudala sasidlala umtshato , apho ndandinzima ukungaziboni izinto ezibukeka ngabazali bakhe, ngokukodwa umama, othe wandixelela ngokucacileyo emehlweni akhe ukuba wayengakaze amphuphe umalokazana onyana wakhe. "Mthandi, u-Edik wethu awunalo kuwe," watsho. "Uvela kwintsapho enobuqilima kwaye intombazana evela kwiphondo ayinakwenzeka ukuba yinto efanelekileyo." Ndingathanda ukuba acinge ngako kwaye akhansele lomtshato. " Kodwa u-Edik akazange nje atshintshe ingqondo yakhe, kodwa naye waba ngumyeni wam.
Kwaye emva konyaka sasiba namawele ngo-Anechka noVanya. U-Edward wachitha iintsuku emsebenzini, ndahlala ekhaya, ndanyisa abantwana, ndipheka, ndageza, ndahlambuluka. Xa abantwana baphendukela kwiminyaka emibini ubudala, ndagqiba ekubeni ixesha lokubanika i-nursergarten. "Hayi, hayi, hayi," yathetha indoda. - kwaye ungacingi. Ndifumana imali eyaneleyo, kwaye unako ukuhlala ekhaya, ukukhulisa abantwana. Uyabona, phakathi kwethu akuyinto yesiko ukuba umfazi ahambe emsebenzini ngaphambi kokuba abantwana baye esikolweni. Umama wandizisela kwiminyaka emithandathu. Kwaye kunye nomntakwethu, kunye nasekhaya. "
Ngoko ngokuhamba kwexesha, ndaphenduka kuba yinto eninzi ukuba ayikho umfazi wendlu yangempela. Ewe, ndandizibukela, ndaya kwivenkile ye-barber, ndenza i-manicure, ndambethe kakuhle. Kodwa emva komnye unyaka kunye nesiqingatha ndandiziva indlela ubuhlobo bam kunye no-Edik bube buthathaka.
Kwaye ukuba ahlale emsebenzini wanda ngokuphindaphindiweyo. Kwaye ebusweni bakhe, kungabikho isizathu esicacileyo, kwakukho ukumncoma okuphuphayo. Ngelo xesha, ndaqonda ukuba iingcamango zakhe zazikude kakhulu kum, kubantwana, ukusuka ekhaya.
Ndandisele ndicinga ngandlela-thile, xa kunokwenzeka, ncokola ngayo, kwaye inwele ebudanga obude ndiyifumene kwikhola yengubo yakhe yayingekho yam, kuba ndingumkhwele. Kodwa ngezolo u-Edik ngokwakhe ubeke yonke into kwindawo yayo. Sasidla isidlo sakusihlwa, njengokuba umntu embizayo. Ukumomotheka, wavuka esihlalweni waza waya e-balcony.
"Ngubani lowo?" - andinakuyichasa xa ebuya. "Intombi yentliziyo?" Umntu ophethe umlomo wakhe ngoku entanyeni yakho?
Ngoko uhlazo lwaqala.
"Ewe, ndinomfazi othandekayo," watsho umyeni ngokukhawuleza. "Kodwa musa ukwenza ingozi kulokhu." Yitsho ngokuchanekileyo ukuba olungileyo oshiyekileyo usomeleza umtshato. Futhi ungalili - ngoku ngoku phantse wonke umntu unomfazi ohlangothini.
Kwaye kwakunzima kum, nangona ndicinga ukuba indoda yam yayiyinyanya kum. Kodwa kutheni? Ukuba ndingumfazi ombi, ukuba sasinabantwana abangcolileyo nabangcolileyo, ukuba ndibukeka njengoBaba Yaga ngokwam, mhlawumbi ndiza kuqonda ukuba umnqweno wakhe ube nomfazi.
"Edik," ndathi, ukugwinya, ngokudandatheka. - Ngomso ndiya kufaka umtshato. Andikwazi ukuhlala nomntu olala kum, utshintsho, owakhohlileyo ukuba unentsapho ... Impendulo yam indoda yam yandibulala.
"Wena ... uyithwala into?" Wema imizuzwana embalwa, ngokungathi wayengenakukholelwa oko akuvile. "Ngaba ucinga engqondweni yakho?" Okanye awuyiqondi ukuba asiqhawule umtshato?
Uqhawulo? Ngaba uye wacinga ngendlela abazali bam, izalamane, abahlobo baya kuthatha ngayo? Asikho abantu abaqhelekileyo, ngokuba umtshato uqhelekile. Ewe, ndiyaqonda ukuba uvela kwidolophana ekude, apho ungazange uvelele ngemithetho yomthetho, kodwa uphoswa ngaphandle kwentloko yakho.
Kukho! Kuye kwenzeka ukuba kuye kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba abaqhawule umtshato. Utshintsho kumfazi wakhe - ngoko unako.
Ndathi, "Edik," ndathi ngokuqinile. - Makhe ndibe, njengoko utshoyo, kubantu abaqhelekileyo, kodwa ebomini, into ephambili akuyena owaziyo imigaqo yendlela yokuziphatha, kodwa ngubani na ukuba igcinwa kangakanani.
Ngomphefumlo wam, ithemba lisekhona ukuba indoda yam yayiyiqonda lam amazwi, kodwa, ngokugweba ngokujonga kwayo, akayiqondi. Andizange ndiyiqonde ukuba sinomphefumlo omnye kuphela, kwaye kuyimfuneko ukuba siphile ngokufanelekileyo, njengesazela kunye nentliziyo isitshele, kwaye singayi kuqhuba ukuya kwindlela ethile, sizithobe kwaye uhlasele umntu osondeleyo.