Ndehla kwi-Entenza enzulu, ndisendleleni eya kwisidlo sangokuhlwa ePaco Méndez's. Ndinexesha kwaye ndifuna ikofu. Ndihlala ethafeni elingaziwayo ndize ndimamele incoko kwitafile elandelayo. Amantombazana akhe angasemva ayenganxibanga kakuhle kodwa emda. Abaqhayisi ngefety. Omnye uxelela omnye ukuba ubenosuku olubi ngezolo emva koko uchaza izinto ezimbi ezimdaka ekumele anyamezele kumthengi. Kanye xa ecinga ukuba intombazana ayinakukhathazeka ngakumbi, iqalisa ukuthetha into eyoyikeka ngakumbi ngoyise. Umnqweno wam kukuba ndiphakame ndimwole, kodwa andiqondi ukuba angayiqonda. Nangona kunjalo, into endimangazayo malunga nomcimbi ayisihogo, ngenxa yamathuba amaninzi ayenayo ukuba andiqhelanise nobukho bayo, kodwa ukuba le ntombazana idla i-sandwich ehamba nejusi ye-brand yaseGranini. Ubomi, njengawo nawaphi na amashishini, kufuneka ahlawule kwaye le drama ayihambelani nayiphi na ibhalansi elungileyo. Akukho themba koko akuthethayo, yaye akalindelanga ukuba kwenzeke. Kwaye ngelixa echaza ukuthotywa kunye nokuzonda ukuba kwafuneka akunyamezele ngemva nje yemini enye, kwaye kuyacaca ukuba akukho nto ebomini bakhe inengqondo, udla isandwich kunye nokunyusa unaphakade wakhe kwiintlungu, kwintshabalalo. Kwaye loo nto yongeza inkohlakalo yokuzinika intuthumbo ngakumbi ngeGranini eselwayo. Ukuphila akufuneki kwaye kukho i-accounting. Ndihlala de isandwich iphele. Ndimamela ndinxunguphele kwiingxaki zakhe ezingapheliyo kwaye ndicinga ukuba akukho nanye kuzo ngeye mbi ngakumbi ukuba ebefile. Kwiminyaka eyadlulayo, emva kwenyikima eHaiti, ndabona inkxwaleko ababeyishiye abasindileyo, ndabhala ndathi abafileyo banethamsanqa. Abanye babendicaphukela kodwa indlela endandivakalelwa ngayo yayiluthando yaye ndandicinga ukuba ndimanyene, ukuthanda kukayise kwaye ndingenanto. Babesoloko beliqela lamathuba kunye noogqirha. Ukusukela ngoko ndiye ndacinga indlela entle yokuphuma ukuba ngenye imini ubomi bam buyayeka ukuba luncedo. Ukuba isifo esithile sindenza umthwalo, ukuba ugqirha undixelela ukuba kungekudala andiyi kudibana nawe. Ubomi kufuneka buhlawule kwaye kufuneka sihlawule abanye. Akuyomfuneko ukuyibhengeza, okanye ukuyenza ibe semthethweni. Kwanele ukukhangela ichiza elichanekileyo kwi-intanethi ukuze ukwazi ukuhamba ngaphandle kokubandezeleka kwaye kungekho mntu uyazi ukuba uthathe isigqibo. Ubomi bethu bokungafezeki bubotshelelwe kumlinganiselo. Kusenokwenzeka ukuba intombazana ephethe isangweji igqithile kweli xesha, kwaye kusenokwenzeka ukuba ngaphambi kokuba ndenze njalo, ukufa kuya kundithatha ukuba ndizisole ngenye imini. Inoba sele eyiqhelile le drama, kwaye ayisekho buhlungu ngoku, kwaye mhlawumbi ndikhetha kakhulu. Kodwa ndaphakama ndaza ndathi kuye: "Mhlawumbi mandithathe iintambo zobomi bakho ukususela ngoku ukuya phambili, ngokuqinisekileyo ngaphandle kokukuchukumisa, okanye ushiye isandwich uthathe ezi pilisi ngokukhawuleza", ndandiphethe iibhokisi ezimbini. Stilnox awayesandula ukuyithenga. Andinguye. ndiyabiza, kwaye eli lixabiso lam. Ukuba awufuni ukuyihlawula, hamba uye undivumele nditye isidlo ngoxolo."
