U-Barclays nonkosikazi wakhe benza uthando ngobusuku bangaphambi kosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa. Kuyindlela yokuqala yokugubha unyaka. UBarclays wayezibheka njengesithandwa esithambile nesibophezelayo. Ucabanga ukuthi ujabulisa umkakhe. Kusenjalo azumeke aqale ukuhona. Emangele, uBarclays wazama ukumvusa, eqhubeka nokududula, ephinda ephinda ezama ukumbamba ngamandla. Nokho, asisona isithandwa esinamandla noma esinamandla. Akazi ukuthi athande kanjani ngokhahlo, ngezinhlungu zobudlova, ukushaya noma ukudonsa izinwele zomkakhe. Uyisithandwa esithambile, esithambile kakhulu, esithambile kangangokuthi umkakhe uzunywe ubuthongo phakathi nesikhathi esivusa inkanuko. Ngemva kokuhoxa ngokucophelela emzimbeni womkakhe, uBarclays uyazibuza: - Ingabe ulele ngoba engasangithandi? Ingabe unesizungu uma senza uthando? Ukuze ube isithandwa esiphuphile kangangokuthi iphongo kufanele ilale? Sebehlale ndawonye iminyaka eyishumi nambili futhi kungokokuqala ukuthi yena, uSilvia, umkakhe, alale ngesikhathi sokushintshisana ngothando, okubangela ukuphazamisa kohlobo lwe-coitus. -Kungenzeka yini ukuthi uphuze kakhulu iwayini yingakho esehona eduze kwami manje? Izimanga zeBarclays. Akukhona okokuqala ukuthi umuntu wesifazane alale phakathi nengxabano evusa inkanuko. Eminyakeni eminingi edlule, lapho ehlanganisa iminyaka engamashumi amathathu nanhlanu, u-Barclays nonkosikazi wakhe wokuqala uCassandra benza iphathi ehhotela eyayiphela ngehora lesithupha ekuseni. Kwase kusemini, bahamba ngemoto bebheke emzini wabo endaweni. UCassandra wayedakwe kakhulu, uBarclays wayengabuphuzi utshwala. Bekuwubusuku benjabulo, bedanse ngenjabulo engajwayelekile, beluzwile uthando lwabangane babo. Yingakho kwakubonakala kuwukwengeza okungokwemvelo kubo ukwenza uthando, vele emini, izinja zikhonkotha engadini, amakati agubha ekhishini, acela ukudla. Unkosikazi kaBarclays uzimisele ngokumnika isikhathi socansi lomlomo. Eqeda kuyiqala wazumeka ikhanda lakhe liqamele ekseni lomyeni wakhe. Ehlazekile, uBarclays wacabanga: -Ulele ngoba akasangithandi. Usezumekile ngoba akasathandi ukudlala ngami. Manje, kumkakhe wesibili uSilvia, omncane kakhulu kunaye, uBarclays uvame ukumbuza, lapho efuna ukwenza uthando: -Ingabe ufuna ukudlala nami? Akalokothi anqabe, uhlale ezimisele ngokudlala, ngisho noma engenayo iringi yokuvikela inzalo uzibeka engcupheni yokudlala neBarclays. Futhi esikhathini esiningi badlala ngokuziqambela nangesibindi, ngobubi nangokungagwegwesi, bekujabulela kakhulu, babelana ngezimfihlo zabo. Ngomkakhe wokuqala, owayenobukhazikhazi futhi enodlame, uBarclays akakwazanga ukuzivumela ububi nokweqisa azivumela yena nonkosikazi wakhe wesibili nowamanje, ulwela ukumjabulisa ezikhundleni ze-Orthodox futhi ikakhulukazi kwezingajwayelekile, lezo ezigcinelwe abantu abangenasimilo kakhulu. noma izixhwanguxhwangu eziningi Nokho, manje uSilvia, ngobusuku bangaphambi kosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa, wazumeka, wazumeka, futhi u-Barclays uyawabuza amakhono akhe njengesithandwa esithambile, esiwusizo, esithambile, esithambile kakhulu. - Ngaphezu kwesithandwa, yiba yi-sedative - uyacabanga. Ngakusasa, akuxoxwa ngesigameko, mhlawumbe ngenxa yokuthi uSilvia akasikhumbuli, noma usikhumbula ngesizotha. UmkaBarclays uvula izipho zakhe futhi ezibonga ngomzwelo. Intombazane eneminyaka eyishumi nanye, indodakazi yabo, isesikoleni. Badla isidlo sasemini endaweni yokudlela eyintandokazi ka-Silvia. UBarclays uphuza amanzi kuphela, kodwa uzivumela izingilazi ezimbalwa zewayini. Nakuba kungase kubonakale njengomzuzu ojabulisayo, uSilvia uthukuthele, uthukuthele ngempela. Akamthukuthelele uBarclays, ngiyabonga. Akabathukuthelele abazali bakhe abakude. Iphatheke kabi, impela iphatheke kabi le ntokazi. Uphatheke kabi kangangokuthi utshela u-Barclays: -Ngifuna ukumxosha. Umoshe usuku lwami lokuzalwa. Umsebenzi ungowesifazane waseCuba oneminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha. Igama lakhe nguMaria. Wafika ngehora lesithupha ekuseni wageza izitsha wahlanza ikhishi walungisela intombazane isidlo sasekuseni. Ngesikhathi egeza izitsha, uNkk. Maria waphonsa izitsha ezimbili ezinkulu ezinesobho lenkukhu kusinki wasekhishini. Ngayizolo, ngobusuku bangaphambi kosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa, uSilvia wayechithe amahora amaningi elungisa lelo sobho lenkukhu. bekumnandi. Wayeyilungiselele ngokukhulu ukucophelela. Isitsha sesobho besingowakhe. Enye kwakungeyenja nekati elihlala endlini yakhe. -Angaba budedengu kanjani aze alahle isobho lami lenkukhu kudoti! Kusho uSilvia ethukuthele egane unwabu. Endlini yakwa-Barclays, u-Señora María ha ha ha ha odume ngokulahla izinto eziningi kunalokho okufanele kubhekwe njengokuwuchitha. Wake waphonsa i-lasagna uBarclays ayigcina efrijini kudoti, okwadala inkinga yomndeni. Manje usethumele isobho lenkukhu yomka-Barclays endaweni yokulahla udoti, okwenza usuku lwakhe lokuzalwa lube muncu. "Masithenge isobho lenkukhu kule ndawo yokudlela," uBarclays uphakamisa kumkakhe. -Cha! - uthi-. Abalenzi isobho lami lenkukhu lapha noma kuphi! Kumnandi! Ngichithe amahora ngiyenza! Ecasukile njengoba isikhathi eside engazange adedelwe esimweni esibi kangaka, umkaBarclays ubhalela uNkk. Maria umlayezo wombhalo ngamagama anonya. Hhayi-ke akamxoshi, umkhuza kanzima. Wabe ekhononda ngokuthi isisebenzi sasePeru uTania siseLima ngoba abamnikanga i-visa yokungena e-United States. -UTania ubengeke alilahle isobho lami, usho kanje. Kudala, abakwaBarclays baxoshe isisebenzi saseCuba u-Maria ngokulahla izinto ezeqile kudoti nangokushiya isheke laso lenyanga etafuleni lasekhishini ukuze isisebenzi sasePeruvia u-Tania asibone futhi athole ukuthi sihola kancane kunaleso asitholile. Ukushiya isheke ngemuva kwakuyiphutha elingenakuthethelelwa, uBarclays wacabanga, ukucasulwa ngamabomu ukwenza uTania abe nomona. Yingakho amxosha wasala yedwa uTania. Khona-ke uTania waya eLima futhi wabuyekeza i-visa yakhe, kodwa ayizange ivuselelwe, yenqatshwa, ngakho, yehluliwe, abakwaBarclays baphinde baqasha uNkk. María. Ngabe abakwaBarclays bangaphila ngaphandle kwezincekukazi? Yebo kunjalo. Kodwa kufanele ivuke ngehora lesithupha ekuseni, ilungisele intombazane ukudla kwasekuseni, iyise esikoleni esikude nesiqhingi abahlala kuso. Kwakuzodingeka bawashe izitsha, bahlanze ikhishi, bathenge igrosa, bakhuhle nezindlu zangasese. Kwakuzomele bayolanda intombazane esikoleni ngehora lesithathu ntambama. Njengoba bengafuni ukwenza lokho ngoba bayavilapha futhi bayamosha, abakwaBarclays bayamdinga uNkk Maria futhi abanayo imali yokumxosha ngoba nje elahle isobho lenkukhu. Ngosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa, uSilvia uyajabula ngoba uthole izimbali kumamezala wakhe uDorita kanye nomlamu wakhe u-Octavio, kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo uyamangala ngoba umlamu wakhe uJulián akazange ambingelele. Njalo emahoreni amabili, uBarclays uyambuza: -Ingabe uJulián usekubingelele? Kodwa uJulián akambingelelanga. Kudlule intambama, bufike ubusuku, kufike phakathi kwamabili futhi uJulián angambingeleli. Ngokusobala, ucasulwe uSilvia. Wacasuka ngani umfowethu? Izimanga zeBarclays. Amadodakazi kaBarclays amadala, amadodakazi kankosikazi wakhe wokuqala uCassandra, awakaze abingelele noSilvia, nakuba lokho kungamangazi uBarclays noma uSilvia. Ubungane bakhe, ngaphandle kodwa. Ngosuku olulandelayo, indodakazi endala ithumela i-imeyili yothando, ibingelela uSilvia. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambi kosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa, uSilvia wahamba nomyeni wakhe baya enxanxatheleni yezitolo, lapho amthengela khona izipho, zonke zizinhle kakhulu. Ungowesifazane okhululekile, okhululekile futhi mhlawumbe ojabule. Kodwa walala enza uthando. Futhi balahle isobho lakhe lenkukhu kudoti. Futhi uphatheke kabi, ucasuke ngendlela eyinqaba. Uphatheke kabi kangangokuthi uBarclays uyazibuza: - Kungenzeka yini ukuthi akasajabule ngokuhlala nami nokuthi isigameko sesobho lenkukhu simane nje siyisihloko sokungajabuli kwakhe? Njengoba kuhwalala, uBarclays ulangazelela umkakhe nendodakazi yakhe encane futhi ushayela kumabonakude. USilvia usesesimweni esibi. Mhlawumbe yingakho eya esikoleni wekarate. Mhlawumbe kudingeka ashaye isibhakela futhi akhahlele ukuze aveze ukukhungatheka kwakhe. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kulesi sikole unabangane ababili abathandana nabanye besifazane, bobabili base-Argentina, abamthandayo. Iseshini enzima ye-karate yaphela, bobathathu baya endaweni yokudlela yase-Japanese ukuze badle isidlo sakusihlwa. Kungaba isikhathi esimnandi kakhulu sosuku lokuzalwa luka-Silvia. U-Barclays uyazibuza: -Uma ejabule kakhulu ngabangane bakhe abathandana nabobulili obufanayo kunami, kungenzeka yini ukuthi umkami uyilesbian futhi usezokuthola? Lapho uBarclays ebuyela ekhaya phakathi kwamabili, uSilvia usesendaweni yokudlela nabangane bakhe. Buya ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho. Udakiwe futhi ujabule. Ingabe umkami uzoba isidakwa? Izimanga zeBarclays. Noma ingabe isendleleni yokuba khona? Njengoba isisembhedeni, u-Barclays uyenqaba ukubuza: -Ingabe ufuna ukudlala nami?
