Kwiminyaka emine neentsuku ezingama-21, uGina Marín akazange alale ubusuku bonke. Ukusukela ngo-Eva woNyaka oMtsha ngo-2018, xa wayekholelwa ukuba uHenry, unyana wakhe, ubuyele ekhaya e-Orihuela Costa. Uloyiko lobuxoki. Kuze kube namhlanje, xa engasenguye uGina, kodwa umama olahlekelwe yizinwele kunye nempilo efuna unyana wakhe; umfazi ochithe ubusuku elele esitalatweni, uye wangena kwizindlu ezingasasebenziyo xa kunokwenzeka ukuba bamjule kwenye, uye wazifihla kwaye wakhwela emithini ukuze abeke iliso lokuba ngubani okholelwa ukuba ngunobangela wokuduka kukaHenry. Utshilo amaxesha amaninzi ukuba ufuna ukufa kwaye usaqhubeka nokulwa: egula, ephukile kwaye ekude nendawo apho yonke into ithathwe kuye.
“Ngomhla woku-1 ku-2019 unyana wam akazange andiphendule. Emsebenzini waya kubhiyozela uBusuku bangaphambi koNyaka oMtsha nabanye abahlobo bakhe. Ngentsimbi yesine ekuseni ndandiziva kakubi. Ndimve xa esiza emnyango, ndaphakama kodwa ibingenguye. Ngentsimbi yesibhozo kusasa ndaqalisa ukumtsalela umnxeba. Xa ndandineminyaka engama-20 ubudala, wayesoloko ethetha nam ngaphambi kokuba alale, endixelela ukuba sele efikile okanye uze kuphunga nam ikofu. Ndafowunela uAndrés, omnye unyana wam. Andimazi ubhuti wakho undicimela ntoni, ndamxelela. Ayiqhelekanga".
UGina waqala ukukhangela, sele ebuhlungu. Waya kufaka isikhalazo kwizisele zaseOrihuela Costa (Alicante) apho babehlala khona. “Uneminyaka engaphezu kwe-18 ubudala, uza kuba epatini. Yandiphendula lonto ndanyanzelisa: ikhona into eyenzekileyo ngonyana wam. Ndafowunela amapolisa, zonke izibhedlele. Ubekwe kwenye yabafana epatini, ebehamba kodwa wandinika inombolo yomnye.
Zonke iimanyuwali zicebisa ukunika ingxelo ngokukhawuleza kuba iiyure ezimbalwa zokuqala zibalulekile ukuze ungaphulukani nolwazi. UGina walandela incwadi yethuku kunye nentliziyo yakhe. Umhlobo kaHenry wamxelela ukuba babelindele ukumxelela oko kwenzekileyo. Wabaleka nonyana wakhe omdala ukuya endlini kodwa zange bavule. Babuya emva kwexesha kwaye kukho abantu abatsha abasibhozo ababebalindile esitratweni.
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Ibali lamtshabalalisa. Ngentsimbi yesine ekuseni, ngexesha lokuziva kwakhe kakubi, omnye wabo, ummi waseIceland awayehlala naye uHenry kwiflethi kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidluleyo, waqalisa ukumbetha. "Bandixelela ukuba izithonga zonke bezisentloko kwaye zivakala ngathi ziziqhushumbisi." Bamphosa ngaphandle kwisitrato esihamba ze, wacela uncedo waza wambiza: "Mama, mama."
UGina uqinisekile ukuba akazange aphume kuloo kona. Lo mama wafaka abo wayehamba nabo emotweni waza waya nabo kwindawo yokuhlala. "Wavuma ukuba athini, babethumela imiyalezo." Omnye wabo waya kwilizwe lakhe, eIceland, ngosuku olulandelayo. Uye wabhengeza kodwa kamva kakhulu.
I-Civil Guard yaqala ukukhangela kwaye kwabakho ugqogqo, nangona uGina kunye nosapho lwakhe bephuma yonke imihla ukuya kuhlola zonke iikona. Akukho phawu. Ngenye imini komnye wale mingcelele iphelelwe lithemba, epakini, omnye wabafundi bakaHenry awayefunda naye owayesendlini wabonisa ividiyo. Wambona waquleka. Unyana wakhe wabethwa wafa.
"Kutheni bengamncedanga, kutheni bengakhange bafowunele i-ambulensi?" uqhubeka ezibuza kwiminyaka emine kamva. Ulandelelwano olupheleleyo lulahlekile, luyadika; Kuphela yinxenye eyayibandakanyiwe kwisishwankathelo eyafunyanwayo.
“Usajini kunye nomphathi-mkhosi bandixelele: ngaphandle komzimba akukho lwaphulo-mthetho, Gina. Khange ndiphinde ndikwazi ukuyinyamezela. Wathi kubo izihlandlo ezininzi, Niyazi ukuba unyana wam ufile; Eli bhinqa, elingumama wabanye abantwana ababini, lize kulala esitratweni, lalichitha imini nobusuku lixhoma iipowusta ligqogqa, libuza nabani na. Wayedla ngokunxiba aze akhwele emthini ukuze ajonge umntu waseIceland. Uyishiyile i-salon yobuhle awayeyibaleka, enabasebenzi abahlanu, nalapho uHenry wasebenza njengomguquleli kubathengi bangaphandle ababegcwele ishishini lakhe.
Wayemana esithi gqi kwizindlu zamajoni ukuze abeke imali eninzi, ukuze angayeki ukukhangela umntwana wakhe. “Ubusikeleleke,” uphinda-phinda emnxebeni engayekanga ukulila. “Sabeka umcuphi, kodwa usajini wathi kum: 'Gina, ungaphindi uchithe imali.' Noko ke, ndandingasenayo.”
Iikhamera, ezininzi kwezo dolophu, azizange ziwufumane umfanekiso kaHenry. Umama, oguqulwe waba ngumphandi ngenxa yokuphelelwa lithemba, unethiyori yakhe. Ngobo busuku, u-Island, u-Henry owayehlala naye wayehamba ebuyela kumama wakhe, nguye owambetha entloko. Ukholelwa ukuba uHenry wamsongela ngokummangalela ngesiganeko esenzeka kwiintsuku ezidlulileyo.
Ngobusuku bangaphambi kweKrisimesi, unyana wakhe weza kumlungisi weenwele kunye nentombazana waza wacela imvume kunina ukuba adle nabo. UGina wayengonwabanga, wayengowaseIslandi yaye engumntu wasemzini. “Unengxaki mama, akakwazi kuhlala no-Álex (umntu ahlala naye) endlini,” utshilo. Ngosuku olulandelayo bamsa kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya. Ngoku bayazi ukuba yintoni "ingxaki". Balifumana eli bhinqa liselula laza labaxelela ukuba lalidlwengulwe kwangaloo mntu ekucingelwa ukuba wabetha uHenry. UGina uyaqhubeka emcenga ukuba amxele. Kuye kuqaliswe le nto yenzekileyo.
Abahlobo bathi uHenry wabaleka wenzakele. Umama uyazi ukuba akazange aphume esaphila kuloo ndlu. I-Civil Guard yabhalisa kodwa emva kwexesha. “Babengasihoyanga kuba ebeseyinkwenkwana kwaye efikelele kwiminyaka esemthethweni,” ukhalaze watsho.
UHenry, owayesuka eKholombiya esemncinane kakhulu, wafunda waza wasebenza. Ndandifuna ukuba ngunogada wasekuhlaleni. UGina wayecinga ukuba uza kuphambana eluvalelweni xa engakwazi ukuphumela ngaphandle akhangele. Wathumela intombazana yakhe eneminyaka emithandathu ubudala eMurcia kunye noyise, engakwazi ukuyinyamekela. "Ndandifuna ukufa, kodwa ugqirha wengqondo wandicela ukuba ndizinike ithuba."
Le nkosikazi, eyayisebenza njengegcisa lokuthambisa kumabonakude kwaye yaseka iziko lobuhle eliyimpumelelo, yabalekela eLondon apho umhlobo wayo uhlala khona ukuze angaphambani. Ngaphandle koxinzelelo okanye ukutya. Wayesele ephulukene neenwele kwaye unestresi esophayo. Ngoku ucoca yaye uhlala nentombi yakhe, elinde umnxeba iiyure ezingama-24 ngosuku. I-European Foundation for Missing Persons QSDglobal ibiza imeko kaHenry "emangalisayo" kwaye inceda uGina, umzekelo wentsapho etshatyalaliswe ngokunyamalala.
