U-Ala wasonga okupholile ku-plaid nakucatshangwa. Wazama ukukhumbula okungenani usuku lokuzalwa kwakhe. Akukho lutho okhethekile olwalukhunjulwa. Ebuntwaneni, nabazali etafuleni, ngekhekhe elivela esitolo. Emsebenzini nozakwabo. Ezindaweni zokudlela nabangane. Amagama okusebenza, izincomo angakholelwanga, uthembisa ukuthi akekho owenze. Ukhathele, O, kukhathele kanjani konke ...
Kulonyaka, u-Alya waqala wonke umuntu, oshiya abangane eSochi. Kuyafana nasekhaya kuphela, wadla u-Olivier ophekwe ngo-Eva ka-Olivier, wemba uChampagne obandayo futhi wahlabelela. Abekho abangane engifisa ukuya kuSoli. Futhi kwakungekho muntu, engithanda ukugubha nosuku lokuzalwa.
Usabuza usuku lokuzalwa luwela ngosuku lokuphumula. Ngezinsuku zesonto kwakulula - umsebenzi, okuhlekisayo nokuhle ukuhalalisela kozakwabo emnyangweni - ala akazizwa engadingekile futhi ashiywe. Ngempelasonto, ukuhalalisela okuningana okuvela kulo mzalwane kakhulu ngosuku kwakungacacisa lutho. Kwakunesizungu futhi kudabukisa. U-Ala Slulgishly wasabela kwi-SMS, kanti ezinye izigaxa ezingabekezeleleki zinuka esifubeni sakhe ...
U-Alya wazamazama futhi wanquma ukuhamba ngezinyawo. Awukwazi ukukwenza ngale ndlela. Yini engagula, eqinisweni?
U-ALYA wayethanda iMoscow. E-Eshiya okuningana kweKremlin, elahlekelwa yinkungu yombhoshongo wedolobha laseMoscow, iMetro Bustle, okungavuleleki kwezimoto, ngisho nenhloso yabashayeli ... konke okusedolobheni kwakubonakala kuye kufanelekile futhi muhle. Futhi lokhu kuwa kwasungulwa ukwenza izindlela zezimbali ezivela kuma-chips onkuni aphuzi nobomvu kulo lonke iMoscow. Ngokuhambisana nemithi ebomvu ebomvu ne-thokozisa-ophuzi, kwakha isithombe esikhanyayo nesiMotley. Kustodeiv. Ngisho nenkungu kanye nemidwebo yezilwane ezincane azange zichithe.
Ekuphasisweni kwe-merce merce, wabona iqabunga eliphuzi eliqoshiwe, ngokulandela inkamba elihlangene nengilazi. Yile ndlela abezophuthuma ngayo kothile omnandi futhi ethembekile futhi ephuthume naye empilweni ...
U-Alya ugqokwe emgwaqweni. Ngubani ongahamba? Ontanga sekuyisikhathi eside bahlakazeka, amadoda amnyama amnyama anentshisekelo kuphela.
Futhi wafunda amashumi amathathu nane namhlanje. Amashumi amathathu, amade, amane. Futhi nezingane noma amademoni, njengoba kushona umama. Ngemuva kwamanxiwa ngesimo somshado wokuqala, okwathi ngemuva kwalokho bonke abalimi babebukeka njengezitodo. Phambili kusobala ukuthi unesizungu ngokuguga, ukugula kanye nesizungu ngokuphelele ... futhi akucaci ukuthi ungabhekana kanjani nayo, futhi kungenzeka, futhi akunangqondo ukuthi akunanjongo yini ...
- Doctor, ngizophila?
- nencazelo?
U-ALYA wakhumbula i-anecdote yakudala, wakopela futhi wamisa ehlathini, owayeshise ngempela, njengoba ebhala leyo mbongi edumile. Kodwa imvelo - umdwebi omkhulu: emaqabungeni ngobumnene futhi ophuzi kahle wangena eTerracotta, wabe esefika emlilweni ovuthayo ... bukhoma bonfire ...
- Kuhle, yebo?
U-Alya wabheka izwi.
Ngemuva kwakhe kwakumi indoda. Imizuzwana emithathu yokuskena: Intsha, ephezulu, ilungile. Okuhlaba umxhwele, washeshe wanquma u-Alya. Ngokuqinisekile ushade ngentokozo. Ungaphumula.
- Yebo, ubuhle bumangalisa. Autumn - Isizini engiyithandayo ...
UGey wamomotheka naye, "kusho umfana. - Ngibizwa nge-valera.
Ngemuva kwamahora amathathu, ukuqeda ikhofi endaweni ye-cafe, babekwazi konke ngomunye nomunye. Mayelana nemishado yokuqala engaphumelelanga. Emculweni wothando ucishe ufane. Mayelana noMama, Jehova, Jehova, okungcono kakhulu emhlabeni, kodwa kukhuphuka kakhulu empilweni yomuntu siqu. Mayelana nempilo yomuntu siqu, okwamanje, ngokuvamile, futhi cha ...
"Futhi nginosuku lokuzalwa namuhla," kusho u-Alya ngamahloni. Ngasizathu simbe wayefuna ukutshela konke ngaye.
- Yah? - UValera wamangala. - Blimey! Siyakuhalalisela! Ugubha kuphi?
Bese u-Alya embozwe futhi. Wakhumbula ukuthi akukho lutho olugubha khona, ngabona ukuthi kwakuyize, ukuthi le valera yayingaze inikeze ndawo amahora ambalwa wesikhathi, futhi manje izovuka futhi iyeke impilo yayo .. .
- Nabangani e-Sochi ngindiza. O, ngendlela, sekuyisikhathi sami. Indiza maduze.
- Ngiyachitha.
U-Alya wenqabile, uValera wagcizelela, kanjalo, ekugxileni, bafika ekhaya lakhe. Inhliziyo ka-Ali yagxuma ephuma esifubeni. Unqume ukuthi uma uValera manje ngeke ambuze ucingo lwakhe, uzofika ekhaya futhi ...
Yini "futhi", i-ALA ayikanqumi. Okuhle kunakho konke, vele, kufudumale amaphilisi. Umama, ngokusobala, uzodabukisa, kepha akunakwenzeka ukuthi uphile okuningi, lapho uphonswa ngaso sonke isikhathi. Akunakwenzeka ukuthi uphile eyodwa kule planethi evuselelekile. Alikho lapho izinkwa, imibhangqwana, imibhangqwana, futhi yena, njengohlobo oluthile lwe-geek ...
- Ngabe ujoyine? - UValera, oyisiwula, othengwe: - Usuku lokuzalwa, iholide elidabukisayo ...
U-Ali esifubeni waphinde wakhuthaza inhlama yengono.
Ubuze - ngeke ngibuze?
- Cha, konke kuhamba kahle, ngivele ngizenze ngiye esikhumulweni sezindiza.
- Well, woza, ugijime, intombazane yokuzalwa! Ukuphumula kukhona okuhle bese ubuya! Ngizokubona!
Washaya umlingani esihlathini sakhe ngakwesobunxele. Muhle, wasabale. Ecwengekile ngeholide elidabukisayo.
Yebo, kumuphi umhlangano, othokozisayo? Bahlangana kanjani, bengazi kahle izingcingo zomunye nomunye?
U-Alya wahlasela emnyango. Lokhu, ngokusobala, uphawu lokugcina lwesiphetho! Ukuphonsa ngosuku lwakho lokuzalwa, awudingi muntu, awulutho, wena ...
- Al, kuyini ebusweni bakho? - Kubuze ikhonsathi.
- Inhloko yobuhlungu, u-Anna Petrovna. Esimweni sezulu, mhlawumbe.
Futhi bashaye bangene esifini, ngaphandle kokulinda indaba ka-Anna Petrovna ngezakhe izilonda eziningi ...
Amaphilisi.
U-Ala wakhuphuka ikhithi yosizo lokuqala. Iodine, i-bandage, amaphilisi amahlanu aspirin, ukupakishwa kwe-analgin. I-Sickle Alya, ngokungafani neConsaerge, yayingakhuli. Kuyadingeka ukuya ekhemisi, wacabanga futhi wawela embhedeni.
Isiwula, isimo esiyisiwula! Well, wenzani? Kungani umfana amthanda, wasondela, akazange acele ngisho nocingo lwakhe? Wehliseni kuye? Yize kunjalo, bakhuluma nemiphefumulo, ngakho-ke baqondana, bahlangana kakhulu ...
U-Alya akakwazanga ukuphendula le mibuzo. Kumele siye ekhemisi.
Ngasikhathi sinye futhi uthenge isinkwa. Futhi ikhofi libonakala liphela ...
U-ALYA wabhekana nokuningi, ukukhiqiza uhlelo lokusebenza, akuzange kuxazulule lutho ekugcineni, kwathatha imali kwavula umnyango.
Embundwini wabeka isixha esikhulu se-bugger. Njengasephusheni, u-Alya wamthatha ezandleni zakhe, waletha ubuso bakhe. Izimbali zinuka ekwindla nasenjabulweni. Ikhala lahlahlela okuthile.
"Ithrekhi enhle! I-Movie - Ucingo. Valera.
Nenombolo yocingo.
Inani lakhe lefoni yakhe.
U-Alya washicilela ukukhala okunqobayo, wabuya efulethini, eqala ukushesha ukusesha i-vase. Cha, okokuqala ifoni ...
- UValera, yimi. Futhi wena ... futhi unjani ... angizange ngikutshele ifulethi ...
- U-ALYA, kahle, kanjani kulelohlaya - ubuhle bokuthi buyisiwula yini, - u-alya usanda kubona sengathi uyamamatheka. - Futhi sine-concierge kuni? U-Anna Petrovna zonke izimfihlo zakho ziyazi! Kepha kuphela nge-sochi ayizwanga ...
"UValera, uyangixolisa, ngazizwa nge-sochi." Angihambi ndawo. Benginamahloni ukukutshela ukuthi angikho usuku lokuzalwa olungenzi lutho ...
"Yebo, nginentombazane enezimanga ..." - ngemuva kokumisa isikhashana, kuzwakale kushubhu. - Kuhle. Ngeke kube yisicefe. Ngiyahamba. Yisiphi isiphuzo sikhetha umfana wokuzalwa ngalesi sikhathi sosuku?
Ecingweni isikhathi eside kwakukhona izikhala, futhi u-Alya wonke wamfaka ezandleni zakhe. Wahlala phakathi kwemibala namaphilisi futhi waqonda kahle ukuthi into entsha ngokuphelele, engagxiliwe futhi emikhulu iqala empilweni.
Kwakuyesabeka futhi kumnandi.
Umnyango wabizwa.