Kwesinye isikhathi ngiba namahloni ukukhuluma ngaye kanje. Hhayi ngoba imayelana nomamezala wami, kodwa ngoba kimina le ndaba ibonakala intula kakhulu. Ekujuleni kwenhliziyo ngangikholelwa ukuthi mina noXavier singaba phezu kwalokho. Izindaba zikamamezala zazigcinelwe abanye futhi noma ngabe zinjani, zazingeke zingene emnyango wethu ngoba uthando lweqiniso kufanele, ngokubona kwami, luqondise inhlonipho. Nokho, kusukela ekuhlanganeni kwethu kokuqala, ngaba nomuzwa wokuthi umamezala wayengeke enelise ukungicela ukuba ngimteketise igama elithi Nanette, angiphakele ukudla engikuthandayo futhi anginike ubisi lomzimba oluhambisana namakha ami. usuku lokuzalwa. Ukubuka kwakhe kokuqala kakade kwakuqukethe uthando olungamanga kanye nenselele yangempela. Sekuyisikhathi eside ngigcina ukungabaza kwami mayelana nomama ka-Xavier, ngoba lona wesifazane, eqinisweni, wayengenasici. U-Xavier wayengeke aqonde ukuthi ngizwa okuthile okungekuhle ngaye angakwazi ukukubona. Ngangingenabo ubufakazi, ngempela. Engincoma njalo, enginaka, uNanette wanyakaza ngobuhlakani ekuhlobiseni kwethu. Kwaphela iminyaka embalwa kamuva lapho ngabona khona ukuthi bekuyindlela yakhe yokulungisa izinto ngendlela ehlelekile. Kancane kancane, kwangenza “intombazane angakaze abe nayo” kwashintsha umyeni wami waba umfowethu oyisitha.
"Iris... ingabe lelo igama noma isiteketiso?" ", wasibuza ukuthi indodakazi yethu yazalwa nini. Lapho u-Xavier emchazela ukuthi ngiwuthandile umbala we-irises, uNanette waphendula "Ngenhlanhla akathandi okubomvu, ngaphandle kwalokho ubezombiza ngokuthi i-Geranium!" Futhi njengoba umkhwekazi wami ekhuluma nami, phambi kwami, esebenzisa lowo "yena" njengokungathi ngiyigagasi eduze nendawo yokuhlala, ngaqonda ukuthi yini eyayingisinda. Kwakungaseyena yena, kodwa uXavier. U-Xavier, uhambisana nama-pikes akhe amaningi kakhulu. Ukumbona emamatheka ihlaya likanina kwangithukuthelisa. "Marion, ungathathi konke okungalungile ..." wangitshela lapho ngithukuthele, ethethelela lokhu kugcona nge-backhand, futhi eqala ingxabano ethandekayo kunina mayelana nokuxega kwamahomoni abesifazane. .
Lapho u-Iris ezalwa, uNanette weza wazohlala endlini, njengoba kwakuvunyelwene. UXavier wayevame ukusebenza phesheya futhi unina wayefuna ukusisiza. Emahoreni amabili, ifulethi lami lase lishintshe ngokuphelele. Asizange sikwenze kanjalo. Sasingafani nami. Ubungeke ukwazi ukushintsha ingane phezu kwetafula, ngisho nombhede wokushintsha ubekwe phezu kwawo. Asizange siyincelise ingane phambi kwabantu, ngaphezu kwalokho sakugwema ukuncelisa isikhathi eside! Ingane yayizobekwa phezu kwendwangu e-ayinwa. Ethathekile ngokuhlanzeka kwendlu, wawasha yonke into kusukela phezulu kuya phansi sengathi ngiyihule. Ngazizwa ngiphucwa ingane yami, yayivele ihoxe ezingalweni zami njalo uma ngiyithwele, engincoma phambi kukaXavier ukuthi ngihambe ngiyophumula, ukuze ngimbonise ukuthi uwusizo kangakanani. Waphatha u-Iris ngokumbiza ngokuthi “Risette”, eqikelela njalo ukuthi angalibizi igama lakhe lokuqala elimethusayo.
Ngenza ngakho. Ngazigolela, ngagcina sengimcela ukuthi ahambe, ngithi ngidinga umuzi wami. Njengoba uNanette ehlala efuna ukubonisa wonke umuntu ukuthi uhlakaniphe kakhulu, waya ekhaya, ebonisa uXavier ukuthi nginezindlela ezihlekisayo zokumxosha ngale ndlela ukuze ngimbonge. Uyise kaXavier wamshiya esemncane futhi akazange athuthe. Sekukaningi ngikhononda, kodwa namuhla ngikuqonda kangcono ukuthi kungani! Okubi, okukhohlisayo, okunamathelayo, yilokho ayikho. Cha, akanamathele, u-Xavier uyaphikisana.
Udinga nje inkampani encane futhi kuwumsebenzi wethu ukumamukela. UXavier esukuma emele unina. Ngisho nangamaholide, lapho eqasha ngokusobala ifulethi eduze nendawo yethu yokuvakasha. Abanye babangane bethu bakhomba ukuthi sinenhlanhla kangakanani ukuba nogogo lapho ozothatha izintambo ku-Iris, kodwa uyakhuluma! U-Nanette uzimemela esidlweni sakusihlwa nathi, uhamba nathi ohambweni olumfanele, kodwa akalokothi adlale umzanyana. Uza nathi olwandle, ezojabulela u-Xavier wakhe, futhi uyamfihla kancane kancane. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, uze azivumele azindle ngomzimba wami. Hhayi ngokuqondile, kodwa ngendlela ezungezayo nehlanekezelwe, noma ngabe uXavier akafuni ukuzwa lelo gama. Njengoba sifuna ukuba nesemishi lesidlo sasemini emathawulani ethu olwandle, uyangihlebela ukuthi mhlawumbe kufanele ngisebenzise ithuba lasehlobo ukuze ngizenzele ukudla okuncane kwesaladi. Usho njalo engigqolozele ezinqeni. Udlala ikhadi le-connivance female, engicebisa ngokhilimu wokunciphisa umzimba. Kuyindlela yakhe yokungitshela ukuthi sengikhuluphele. Isifiso sesifo, utshela u-Iris oseneminyaka engu-5 ubudala ukuthi uyise wayenjani lapho esemncane. Ngiyazi ukuthi ukhuluma nami, kodwa ku-Iris, phakathi ne-Oedipus, lapho eqinisekisa khona ukuthi ubaba wakhe muhle kakhulu nokuthi, ngaphezu kwalokho, amantombazane, noma ngabe ukuphi. woza, abelokhu ehlanya mayelana yena! Uhlanya ngaye, angisekho. Umuntu wami emehlweni ami uyindoda elula ezithoba kunina. Angiqondi ukuthi akakuboni ukujabula kwakhe. Angisakwazi ukubala izikhathi amkhetha ngazo, ngokumelene nokunethezeka kwethu kanye nemfihlo yethu. Angisazami ukumtshela ukuthi umama wakhe usondelene kakhulu naye. Ube esengiphosa ebusweni ukungathembeki kwami kubazali bami. Abazali bami basendaweni yabo. Ababona abahlaseli, futhi, okungenani, bagada u-Iris njalo ngoLwesithathu. Bangenzela umusa. U-Xavier udla isidlo sasemini ngasese nomama wakhe. Akasalokothi angitshele, kodwa uzithathela kuye amaphutha. UNanette usanda kuthenga indlu emaphandleni “ukuze u-Iris akwazi ukugijima emaphandleni ngezimpelasonto”. Lapho ngitshela uXavier ukuthi ayikho indlela esingachitha ngayo zonke izimpelasonto zethu nomama wakhe, uphendula ngokushesha: “UNanette usinike okuwukuphela kwekamelo elinovulandi, wafaka ngisho nobhavu wokugeza. Usiboleka imoto yakhe ukuze sifike ngaphandle kwenkinga!” UNanette lapha, uNanette laphaya… lesi sidlaliso esisemlonyeni wakhe asisona isidoda kangangokuthi ngezinye izikhathi ngiyamhleka ebusweni bakhe.
Ngiphoxekile kangangokuthi ngezinye izikhathi ngimanqika ukumshiya ukuze ngihlukane naye. Ngidinga ukukhuluma no-Xavier. Yini okwakumelwe ayenze ukuze azihlenge? Ukuthi uyaqaphela isikhathi ngasinye lapho engilimaza, kusuka ngezansi noma ngokuqondile? Ukuthi axolise ngokuthi akakwazanga ukubona ukuthi ubani umama wakhe ngempela, nami vele? Uma engenzi njalo angisoze ngasilahla isithombe somyeni wami egoba kunina engibalekela. Ngeshwa, ukuphikisana naye akubonakali kuhlelelwe ngokushesha, futhi noma kunjalo hhayi kule mpelasonto: siya emaphandleni kwaNanette ongenamuntu ozolungisa umnyango wegalaji lakhe… “futhi okuhle kakhulu ukuba nawo, ongakafakwa, isivele ihlelele u-Iris i-portico ”!