"Kubonakala kum ukuba akufanele uphuze ngaphezulu, kodwa nonke nifuna ubhiya ... Masihambe kuyo-size siye ekhaya, silale." Uyavumelana? Ngaloo xesha umkhweli waphuma ekamelweni elingemva. - Yintoni oyenzayo? Wacaphukisa indlebe yam indlebe. - Kutheni unqwenela ukukhonza isivakashi?
"Ndamcela ukuba ahambe," wachaza, wambetha ngomntu owayemi kufuphi ne-bar. "Kungcono ulale, kwaye ungathengi enye iglasi."
"Ngoko, nyani, mthengise isiselo," watsho uMargarita ngokuqinile.
- Ufuna yena, Mama, ukuba abale kangakanani ukuba wayela? Umnqweno womthengi uhlala ngumthetho kuthi, ngakumbi xa senza imali enhle kule nto. Uze ungalibali ukuba ndiyena umlawuli apha!
Ndamnika loo ndoda ibhiya . Akazange afike kunye naye etafileni, wayela i-sip, waza wabeka intloko yakhe etafileni waza walala. Ndidiniwe na konke oku!
Yonke imihla iyafana. Ubuso obunxila obufanayo, ukuvumba komsindo kunye nomsi wecuba kunye nensika ... Ngokuqinisekileyo, akukho mthengi ohloniphekileyo apha akayi kuhamba: ngubani ofuna ukuyihlazo, apho bayakwazi ukugada, ukuhlazisa okanye ukubetha? Unokukhangela indawo kwaye ngokufanelekileyo.
Ngethuba lokucamngca kwam amabhinqa amabini angamashumi amane anesihlanu angena kwi-cafe, egqoke kakuhle, enxibe kakuhle. Ndabamnkqonkqoza, kodwa bona, bekhangela ngaphesheya kwelo holo, ngoku kwaye bashiya. Ngokuzisola, umfana wayemkhangela ngaphandle kokucaphuka. Endaweni yabo ndibe ndenze ngendlela efanayo: kuba akukho makhethi andiyi kuhlala kule gadyushnik.
"Hayi ..." wabubula ngokudabukisayo, waphinda waphupha ukuba lo mdla uya kuba yindawo ehluke ngokupheleleyo-enhle, ehlazileyo, ethule ... Ndatshilo umculi ngamawaka aphindayo ukuba ufuna ukutshintsha imenyu, ukulahla zonke ezi zidakwa kwaye ubeke ukubheja kwiindwendwe ezininzi ezivela kwindawo yokuthenga.
Okanye abanye abantu abanokubethwa yibhodibhodi ebanzi. Kodwa uMargo wamphonsa umnwe ethempelini lakhe waza wandixelela ukuba ndiyeke ukuqonda.
"Ndoda, ndenze ishishini kula bathengi kwaye ndizimisele ukuqhubeka ngomoya omnye," waphinda wathi.
- Nawe ungazikhathazi ngokuhlala ugubuzele? - ndamangaliswa. - Izikhalazo eziqhubekayo zabamelwane ngomsindo? Amapolisa?
- Ufanele uhlawule yonke into, kwaye yonke into ebomini inexabiso layo. Kodwa ngelixa ndimnyama ... Uyaqonda, "wamomotheka uMargo.
"Kutheni ucinga ukuba nabanye abathengi ..." Ndaqala, kodwa umntu wangiphazamisa. Washiya indlu yangasese waza wakhononda ukuba kwakukho umonakalo.
"UIra," umsikazi wayemomotheka. "Unelungelo lokunciphisa." Thatha i-rag uze usebenze. Dray yangasese, ndiphupha kwishishini lam. Ngokuchanekileyo, bekuya kuba yi-cafe ye-Margarita, kodwa ngendlela ehluke ngokupheleleyo. Ebusika kwakuya kuba ngumlilo kwindawo yokucima umlilo, abathengi babeza kuluva iwayini elishisayo kunye necolethi. Ehlotyeni i-air conditioner yayiza kusebenza, kwaye iindwendwe ziza kunceda i-orange fresh. Kwaye akukho zidakwa, ukulwa, ukuhlaselwa! Yonke into ihloniphekile kwaye iphucukile ... Andizange ndihlale ndisoloko ndifuna ithuba lokuba ndiqonde iphupha lam. Mnawethu nodadewethu ndathengisa indlu eyayizuzwa kubazali bethu, saza sahlula imali phakathi kwethu.
Isixa sibonakala sikhulu , kodwa njengoko kwenzeka, awukwazi ukuqonda iphupha lemali. Babencinane kakhulu ukuthenga i-cafe, kodwa kuninzi ukuchitha imali enjalo. Awufumani indlela engcono yokuphuma, ndashiya yonke imali ebhankini, kwidiphozithi. Vumela imali isebenze kancinane. Mhlawumbi, kuya kuba yithuba elihle lokubafaka into ethile. Ukusuka kwiingcamango ezintle ziphazamisekile ingxolo engenakuqondakala. Ukuphuma ngaphandle kwendlu yangasese, ndabona ukuba esikhungweni sethu isikhalazo saphula kwakhona. Kwaye ngaphambi kokulwa, ngokucacileyo, kusondele kakhulu. Ndiyifumene njani le nto ... Sekuninzi isiqingatha seyure ngaphambi kokudla, kwakukho isihlwele sababukeli, imoto ye-ambulensi kunye namapolisa. Kwakungesihlandlo sokuqala ukuba ndixelele abameli begunya malunga noko kwenzekile. Abantu abahlala kufuphi, banomsindo kakhulu, befuna "ukuvala le bar bar". Ndaziqonda kakuhle kwaye ndiba novelwano. Kodwa uMargo wayenomsindo kwaye wayenakunqwenela ukubheka isihlwele.
- Abantu baseWacky! Balala baze babone indlela abanye abantu abaqhelekileyo abangabangela ngayo iingxaki, "wavutha ngomsindo endlebeni yam.
Kodwa ke umkhandi akazange akwazi ukuma kwaye waqala ukuxabana nomfazi owayekhwaza kakhulu kunabo bonke. Mhlawumbi, ngenxa yomsindo uMargo wagqiba ngokupheleleyo ukuzilawula, ngoko waqala ukuthuka abaqashi. Ndisazi ukuba akukho nto ilungileyo eya kuvela kuyo. Ngethamsanqa, kwakukhona iqela lamapolisa elikufutshane nabo lasabalalisa wonke umntu.
Ngethuba ndaya kwibha. Wema waza wagxininisa iziglasi zakhe. Xa u-shefina ebuya, wabuza umbuzo omnye kuphela:
- Ngaba ungathanda ukuhlala kufuphi naleziko? Ngoko yonke ixesha phakathi kobusuku abantwana bakho bayamemeza baze bahlabe? UMargot wandikhangele ngokuxhalabisa okunjalo. Emva koko wathi.
- Ngoko mabahambe xa beziva bebi! Kwaye ndandisoloko ndicinga ukuba sifanele sizame ukuhlala ngokuthula nabamelwane bethu. Kwaye ndalungile. Kungenxa yokuba iintsuku ezimbalwa ezalandelayo zazisa izinto ezininzi ezingamangalisi. Abaqeshi babhala isikhalazo ngathi. Babakhumbula konke: ubusuku bukhala kunye nokulwa, kwaye ukuxabana kokugqibela kunye nenkosikazi. Ekuqaleni umphathi wam wabizwa ngamapolisa. Kwaye abahloli abaningana beza kwi-cafe. Bajonga yonke into, kwaye uMargot waqala ukufumana izilumkiso. Iziko lakhe lalifuna ukulungiswa ngokucokisekileyo kunye ... nokutshintsha.
"Kodwa kuya kuba neendleko ezinkulu!" - UMargarita wayethusa, ekhangele ngeziphumo zazo zonke iitsheki.
- Ukuba oko akukwenzeka?
- Emva koko kuya kuba neentlawulo eziqhelekileyo, kwaye ke i cafe iya kuvalwa! Wakhala.
Ngaloo mini, ndambona ebona kuqala. Nangona ngaphambi kokuba kubonakale kum ukuba uMargo wayengesabi nantoni na. Wayekwazi ukubeka indawo yabantu bonke abadakiwe ...
- Yintoni endiyenzayo? - wafumana umpheki.
"Mhlawumbi ngetyala?" Wamcebisa.
- Omnye? Andiyi kunikwa. Ndiza kutshenga indlu! Ndithemba ukuba i-coffee shop iya kuba yinzuzo ...
"Ndiyaxolisa ukuba oku kwenzekile ..." Ndandixolisa, nangona ndandisoloko ndibonise ukuba konke kuya kugqiba ngale ndlela.
Ngobo busuku ndaqala ukucinga ngento enye . Watshela umyeni wakhe, kodwa waqala ukundinceda ukuba ndingayisebenzisi le ngcamango. Kodwa ke u-Ilia wathi "hayi", ukunyenga ngakumbi kubonakala kum ingcinga yam. Kwaye kwafika usuku xa uMargarita evakalisa ngomsindo ukuba uya kufuneka athengise i-cafe.
"Kodwa kukho enye indlela," ndatsho.
- Ndiyazibuza ntoni?
- Fumana umtyalo-mali oza kutyala imali kwaye abe ngumnini-mlingani wakho.
"U-Ira," umkhandi wandibukela ngothuka. "Ngaba unxila?"
- Hayi! Uyazi ukuba andisayi kusela! Ndifumana nje imali ethile. Oku kufanele kube ngokwaneleyo ukulungiswa. Kodwa ngokubuya ndiya kuba ngumlingane wakho.
- Uphosa! Emva koko, le nto ibhizinisi lam!
"Ndiyakhumbula." Kodwa ukhetho onalo alukho olukhulu: okanye uthengise i cafe, okanye iya kuvalwa. Kwaye kukho ithuba lokwenene lokusebenza ...
Ndazi kakuhle indlela yokuqinisekisa uMargarita. Naphezu kwayo yonke iingxaki, wayexabisa kakhulu iziko lakhe.
"Ukuba uyavumelana nemigomo yam, awuyi kulahlekelwa nantoni na." Wena, njengangaphambili, uza kwenza inzuzo kwi-cafe, mhlawumbi, ekuqaleni kokuncinane kunaphambili, kodwa ekugqibeleni kuya kwanda. UMargarita wabuza ngelinye ilanga ukuba acinge. Ndazi ukuba uyavuma.
Umyeni wam wandicasula kum . Wayesaba ukuba intsebenziswano noMargarita ayinakusibuyisela into enhle. Kodwa iminyaka emithathu yokusebenza kunye nomphathi wam, ndandinalo ixesha lokuyifunda kakuhle, ngoko ndayazi ukuba ndiza kuphumelela. Ngosuku olulandelayo wavela emsebenzini waza wathi uyamkela, ndamhlala phantsi etafileni kwaye ndikhokelela ngokuthe ngqo intetho:
- I cafe iya kutshintsha ngokupheleleyo. Siza kuphelisa ngonaphakade izidakwa kunye ne-vodka ukuhlaselwa. Kuya kuba sisiko elihloniphekileyo ... "UMargarita wandijonga ngothusayo. - Sidinga ukuthengiswa. Ekuqaleni kuyafaneleka ukutsala abahlali bezindlu ezisondelene nabathengi beziko lokuthenga. Singaba ne-snack, ikhofi okanye i-cocktail. Siyakwenqabela ukutshaya. Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba siqhubekele kwimeko, siza kucela igqwetha ukuba lenze isivumelwano. Ubambiswano lwethu kufuneka lubekwe ngokusemthethweni.
"Ndiyabona ukuba ucinga ngako konke kwaye ucebise." UMargarita wakhala ngokudabukisayo.
- Kakade, mhlawumbi akunakwenzeka. Uyazi ukuba liphi ilizwe esiphila kulo. Mhlawumbi uThixo andiyi kubonakalisa nantoni na kamva. Kwaye andizimisele ukubeka ingozi kwixabiso elifanelekileyo.
"Kunjalo," uMargot wavuma.
"Ngaba uyavuma?"
"Ngaba ndinayo indlela yokuphuma?"
"Abahlobo?" Ndambamba isandla sam.
"Abahlobo!" Kwimeko apho, masifike "kuwe" . Kwaye ke ngandlela-thile ndihlekisa ... ndazibhaptiza ngokupheleleyo emsebenzini. Ndade ndikhathele kakhulu, kodwa ndazi ukuba ngoku andingasebenzi kuMargot, kodwa mna, ngoko ndazama kunzima. Ukuvulwa kweefesi yokulungiswa kwakulungiselelwe ngeveki zeeholide zeKrisimesi.
"Lixesha elibi," iqabane lam liyancipha. - Bonke abantu basemakhaya, akukho mntu uya kwiindawo zokutyela!
"Kakade, abaya kwiidlo zokutya, kwaye abantu abaninzi baya kufika kwikhefe yethu," ndamthembisa. Okokuqala wabhala ngokubongela ngeeholide kwi-postcards waza wafaka kwiibhokisi zeposi kwizindlu ezakhelene nazo. Ngomso wangobabini abafazi beza kuthi. Ndakucebisa ukuba bahlale phantsi, nangona i-cafe yayingavulwa okwamanje. Wandixelela oko kwakuza kwenzeka, wandimema ekuvulekeni. Ba thembisa ukuza.
- Ewe, asiyi kuvuma! Emva koko, yonke into iya kukhululeka! - Grimaced Margo.
"Hayi, uyifunayo njani?" Kuzo zonke indawo ezifanelekileyo ekuvulekeni, konke kukhululekile! Kwaye thina, kunye nawe, ngaphandle kwalokhu, sisadingeka ukuxhamla abamelwane ngazo zonke izinto ezidlulileyo. Kodwa abantu baya kubona ukuba ukungalungi okunjalo akuyi kuphinda kwenzeke kwakhona. Kwaye kulungile kubo, kwaye wena kwaye ndizuza.
Ndandilungile. I cafe yethu yaba yinto ethandwa kakhulu imihla ngemihla. Kodwa kwakukho enye ingxaki - yam iqabane. Waqhubeka engiphatha njengomntu ongaphantsi kwakhe: wanikeza izikhokelo, wenza izigqibo zakhe. Amazwi am awakulungile: athi, uyalibala ukuba akayiyo i-chef.
Uxolongo kwaye ... kwakhona wenza okufanayo . Kodwa ngolunye usuku ndaphula. Iqabane lam lichitha lonke ixesha lokuhlwa etafuleni kunye nabahlobo bakhe, mna ngelo xesha ndingekho nje abathengi, kodwa itafile yabo. Xa behamba, uMargot wathi abahlobo bakhe abayi kuhlawula ukutya.
"Awucingi ukuba uninzi?"
"Musa ukunyanisela!" Andikwazanga ukuthatha imali kubo! - wayelungile.
- Ngoko ke. Ukususela namhlanje uhlawula ngokwakho, kwaye ndiza kubahlobo bam kuphela kwipokothini lam. Ngaba kucacile?
"Kodwa wenza ..." UMargarita waqala ukubethekisa, kodwa ngaloo mzuzu waphazamiseka ngumfazi owayeshiya indlu yangasese. Uthe wadana ukuba iyingcolile.
- Ndiyaxolisa. Ngoku siza kuhlambulula, "kwaye sibukeka sibuhlungu kuMargo. Wayekhangela kum ngothuko.
- kwaye ulindele ntoni? UMargo wacela.
"Yiyiphi loo nto?" Ngoku ikhefu lakho!
- Yintoni? - Wayecaphuka.
"Ulilibale?" Thina singabalingani ngoku. Inzuzo iyahlula kwisiqingatha. Kwaye ngomsebenzi ngendlela efanayo. Ngoku awuyena umlawuli we-parade, kodwa WE! Ngoko, okanye uqeshise i-cleaner, okanye i-rag ezandleni zakho-kwaye hamba!