Barclays ndi mkazi wake akuchita zachikondi madzulo a tsiku lake lobadwa. Ndi njira yoyambilira yokondwerera chaka. Barclays ankadziona ngati wokonda wosakhwima komanso wofunitsitsa. Akuganiza kuti akusangalatsa mkazi wake. Mwadzidzidzi, iye anagona ndi kuyamba kukopera. Modabwa, Barclays anayesa kumudzutsa, kupitirizabe kugwedeza kwake, kubwereza kubwereza kwake, kuyesa kumutenga ndi mphamvu zambiri. Komabe, sitili okonda mwaukali kapena amphamvu. Sadziwa kukonda mwaukali, ndi ziwawa zachiwawa, kumenya kapena kukoka tsitsi la mkazi wake. Ndiwe wokonda wofewa, wofewa kwambiri, wofewa kwambiri moti mkazi wake wagona pakati pa zokambirana zonyansa. Atachoka mosamala m'thupi la mkazi wake, Barclays amadzifunsa kuti: -Kodi adagona chifukwa sandikondanso? Kodi mumatopa tikamapanga chikondi? Kukhala wokonda zopusa kotero kuti pongo ayenera kugona? Akhala limodzi kwa zaka khumi ndi ziwiri ndipo aka kanali koyamba kuti iye, Silvia, mkazi wake, agone posinthana zachikondi, zomwe zidayambitsa kusokoneza. -Atha kukhala kuti wamwa vinyo kwambiri ndichifukwa chake akunong'oneza pafupi ndi ine tsopano? Barclays amadabwa. Aka sikanali koyamba kuti mkazi agone pakati pa mikangano yolaula naye. Zaka zambiri zapitazo, pamene adakwanitsa zaka makumi atatu ndi zisanu, Barclays ndi mkazi wake woyamba Cassandra anachita phwando ku hotelo yomwe inkatha XNUMX koloko m'mawa. M'bandakucha, adakwera galimoto kupita kunyumba kwawo kumidzi. Cassandra anali ataledzera, Barclays analibe mowa. Unali usiku wachimwemwe, anavina ndi chisangalalo chachilendo, anamva chikondi cha anzawo. Ndicho chifukwa chake zinkawoneka ngati kutambasula kwachibadwa kuti apange chikondi, kale masana, agalu akuwuwa m'munda, amphaka akugwedeza kukhitchini, kupempha chakudya. Mkazi wa Barclays adaganiza zomupatsa gawo logonana mkamwa. Atangoiyambitsa, anagona mutu uli pa nkhwangwa ya mwamuna wake. Chifukwa cha manyazi, Barclays anaganiza kuti: -Wagona tulo chifukwa sandikondanso. Wagona chifukwa sakufunanso kusewera nane. Tsopano, kwa mkazi wake wachiwiri Silvia, wamng'ono kwambiri kuposa iye, Barclays nthawi zambiri amamufunsa, pamene akufuna kupanga chikondi: -Kodi mukufuna kusewera nane? Samakana, amakhala wokonzeka kusewera, ngakhale atakhala opanda mphete yodzitetezera amaika pachiwopsezo kusewera ndi Barclays. Ndipo nthawi zambiri amasewera mochenjera komanso molimba mtima, molakwika komanso moona mtima, kusangalala nazo, kugawana zinsinsi zawo. Ndi mkazi wake woyamba, wolemekezeka kwambiri komanso wodzisunga, Barclays sakanatha kukwanitsa zonyansa ndi mopambanitsa zomwe amaloleza yekha ndi mkazi wake wachiwiri komanso wamakono, amavutika kuti amusangalatse m'maudindo achipembedzo komanso makamaka m'machitidwe a heterodox, omwe amasungidwa kwa anthu achiwerewere kwambiri kapena achiwawa kwambiri. Komabe, tsopano Silvia, madzulo a tsiku lake lobadwa, wagona, kugona tulo tofa nato, ndipo Barclays amakayikira luso lake monga wosakhwima, wothandiza, wofewa, wokonda wofewa kwambiri. - Kuposa wokonda, khalani oziziritsa - akuganiza. Tsiku lotsatira, nkhaniyo sinakambidwe, mwina chifukwa Silvia sakukumbukira, kapena amakumbukira modzichepetsa. Mkazi wa Barclays amatsegula mphatso zake ndi kuziyamikira ndi mtima wonse. Mtsikana wazaka khumi ndi chimodzi, mwana wawo wamkazi, ali kusukulu. Amadya nkhomaliro kumalo odyera omwe amakonda kwambiri Silvia. Barclays amangomwa madzi, koma amalola magalasi angapo a vinyo. Ngakhale zingawoneke ngati mphindi yosangalatsa, Silvia ali wokwiya, wokwiya kwambiri. Sadakwiyire Barclays, zikomo zabwino. Sakwiyira makolo ake omwe ali kutali. Wakhumudwa, wakhumudwa kwambiri ndi wantchitoyo. Anakhumudwa kwambiri moti anauza Barclays kuti: -Ndikufuna kumuchotsa ntchito. Mwandiwonongera tsiku langa lobadwa. Wogwira ntchitoyo ndi mayi wazaka makumi asanu ndi limodzi waku Cuba. Dzina lake ndi Maria. Anafika XNUMX koloko m'mawa ndikutsuka mbale, kuyeretsa kukhitchini ndikupangira chakudya cham'mawa kwa mtsikanayo. Akutsuka mbale zija, Mayi Maria anaponyamo zotengera ziwiri zazikulu zomwe munali supu ya nkhuku mu sinki yakukhitchini. Tsiku lapitalo, madzulo a tsiku lake lobadwa, Silvia anali atathera maola ambiri akukonza supu ya nkhukuyo. zinali zokoma. Analikonza mosamala kwambiri. Chotengera cha supu chinali chake. Lina linali la galu ndi mphaka amene amakhala m’nyumba mwake. -Angakhale osasamala bwanji mpaka kunditaya msuzi wanga wankhuku m'zinyalala! Adatero Silvia mokwiya kwambiri. M’nyumba ya a Barclays, Señora María ha ha ha ha wotchuka wa kutaya zinthu zambiri kuposa zimene ziyenera kuonedwa ngati zowonongeka. Nthawi ina adaponya lasagna yomwe Barclays amasunga mufiriji mu zinyalala, zomwe zidayambitsa vuto labanja. Tsopano watumiza supu ya nkhuku ya mkazi wa Barclays kumalo otayirako zinyalala, kupangitsa tsiku lake lobadwa kukhala lowawasa. "Tiyeni tigule msuzi wa nkhuku pamalo odyerawa," akutero Barclays kwa mkazi wake. -Ayi! -akuti-. Sapanga supu yanga ya nkhuku kuno kapena kulikonse! Ndizokoma! Ndinakhala maola ambiri ndikuchipanga! Atakwiya chifukwa sanatulutsidwe m'maganizo oipa kwa nthawi yaitali, mkazi wa Barclays akulemba meseji yaukali kwa Mayi Maria. Chabwino, samamuchotsa ntchito, amamuchenjeza mwamphamvu. Kenako adadandaula kuti wantchito waku Peru Tania akadali ku Lima chifukwa sanamupatse visa yoti alowe ku United States. -Akutero Tania sakadatayapo msuzi wanga. Kalekale, a Barclays adachotsa wantchito waku Cuba Maria chifukwa chotaya zinthu zochulukirapo m'zinyalala komanso kusiya cheke chake chamalipiro apamwezi patebulo lakukhitchini kuti wantchito waku Peru Tania aziwona ndikuzindikira kuti amapeza ndalama zochepa kuposa zomwe adapeza. Kusiya chekecho kunali kulakwa kosakhululukidwa, Barclays anaganiza, kuputa dala kuti Tania achite nsanje. Ndichifukwa chake adamuchotsa ntchito ndipo adatsala yekha ndi Tania. Kenako Tania anapita ku Lima ndikusintha visa yake, koma siinapangidwenso, inakanidwa, kotero, atagonjetsedwa, a Barclays adalembanso Mayi María. Kodi a Barclays angakhale opanda akazi? Inde kumene. Koma kudzuka XNUMX koloko m’maŵa, kukonzekera kadzutsa kwa mtsikanayo, kupita naye kusukulu yomwe ili kutali ndi chisumbu chimene amakhala. Ankayenera kutsuka mbale, kuyeretsa m’khichini, kukagula zinthu, kuchapa zimbudzi. Anayenera kupita kukamtenga mtsikanayo kusukulu XNUMX koloko masana. Poti safuna kuchita zimenezi chifukwa ndi aulesi komanso oonongeka, a Barclays amawafuna Mayi Maria ndipo sangakwanitse kuwachotsa ntchito chifukwa chotaya supu ya nkhuku. Pa tsiku lake lobadwa, Silvia ali wokondwa chifukwa adalandira maluwa kuchokera kwa apongozi ake a Dorita ndi mlamu wake Octavio, koma panthawi imodzimodziyo adadabwa chifukwa mlamu wake Julián sanamupatse moni. Maola awiri aliwonse, Barclays amamufunsa kuti: -Kodi Julián wakupatsirani moni? Koma Julian sakumupatsa moni. Madzulo adutsa, usiku ukubwera, pakati pausiku ukubwera ndipo Julián sanamupatse moni. Zikuoneka kuti wakhumudwa ndi Silvia. Mchimwene wanga wakhumudwa chifukwa chiyani? Barclays amadabwa. Ana aakazi akuluakulu a Barclays, ana aakazi a mkazi wake woyamba Cassandra, sanapereke moni kwa Silvia, ngakhale izi sizodabwitsa Barclays kapena Silvia. Wake waubwenzi, wodzipatula koma. Tsiku lotsatira, mwana wamkazi wamkulu akutumiza imelo yachikondi kwambiri, moni kwa Silvia. Kutatsala masiku angapo kuti tsiku lake lobadwa lifike, Silvia anapita ndi mwamuna wake kumalo ogulitsira, kumene anakagula mphatso zake, zonsezo zinali zokongola kwambiri. Iye ndi mkazi womasuka, womasuka komanso mwinamwake wokondwa. Koma anagona akupanga chikondi. Ndipo ataya supu yake ya nkhuku m’zinyalala. Ndipo wakhumudwa, wokhumudwa modabwitsa. Kukhumudwa kotero kuti Barclays akudabwa: - Kodi zingakhale kuti salinso wokondwa kukhala ndi ine komanso kuti chochitika cha supu ya nkhuku ndi nsonga chabe ya chisangalalo chake? Kukada, Barclays amafunitsitsa mkazi wake komanso mwana wake wamkazi womaliza ndipo amapita ku wailesi yakanema. Silvia adakali ndi maganizo oipa. Mwina ndichifukwa chake amapita kusukulu ya karate. Mwina ayenera kumenya nkhonya ndi kukankha kuti atulutse zokhumudwitsa zake. Kuphatikiza apo, ku sukuluyi ali ndi abwenzi awiri achiwerewere, onse aku Argentina, omwe amamukonda. Gawo lolimba la masewera a karati lidatha, atatu a iwo amapita ku malo odyera achi Japan kukadya. Ikhoza kukhala nthawi yosangalatsa kwambiri pa tsiku lobadwa la Silvia. Barclays amadzifunsa kuti: -Ngati amasangalala kwambiri ndi anzake achiwerewere kuposa ine, kodi zingakhale kuti mkazi wanga ndi wachiwerewere ndipo watsala pang'ono kuzizindikira? Pamene Barclays amabwerera kunyumba pakati pausiku, Silvia akadali mu lesitilanti ndi anzake. Bwererani posachedwa. Waledzera komanso wosangalala. Kodi mkazi wanga adzakhala chidakwa? Barclays amadabwa. Kapena ali m'njira yoti akhale? Ali kale pabedi, Barclays amakana kufunsa kuti: -Kodi mukufuna kusewera nane?
