Leon akatanga kunyara kutaura. “Mai, sei zvinhu zvichiita sokuti zviri kutamba ndisina kudzidza?” akabvunza, maziso ake akazara mibvunzo. Ndakabata ruoko rwake, ndichiedza kudzorera runyararo: “Hapana chakaipa mwanangu. Zvese zvicharongwa.” Asi mukati mangu ndaiziva kuti zvinhu zvanga zvava kuremara, uye mumvuri mukuru wakanga wakamira pedyo, uchinditarisa nguva dzose.
Tawanda akanga achiri kuda kunditsigira, asi nguva dzose ndakaona kusagadzikana mumaziso ake. Ari kuedza kundibatsira, asi sei akatadza kuona kuti ndiri pedyo nekupedzwa nemumvuri uyu? Ndakanga ndichingonzwa kuti nguva yaive yekuti ndigadzirire hondo yakakura kupfuura dzose dzandamboita.
Pakati pehusiku, ndakawana zvimwe zvinhu zvisina kujairika: bhokisi remashoko kubva kune courier risingazivikanwi, rakasanganisa mapepa asinganzwisisike uye tsamba diki dzisina siginecha. Mashoko acho akanga akapfava asi akandipisa moyo:
“Zvinhu zvese zviri kufamba sezvakarongwa. Usafunga kuti unogona kudzivirira zvese. Mvura yakachena inofanira kufashukira, uye nguva ichasvika pakuti chokwadi chese chibude. Chengeta vana vako, asi rangarira: mumwe munhu ari kuona zvese.”
Ndakabata tsamba iyoyo nemwoyo unorova zvakanyanya. Ndakazvichengeta pazasi pakope, ndichiedza kusaratidza chero chinhu kune Tawanda kana lawyer wangu. Asi mukati mangu ndakaziva kuti zvinhu zvakanga zvava kuremerwa — uye kuti mumwe munhu ari kuronga hondo yakavanzika pamusoro pedu.
Kubva ipapo, zvinhu zvakatanga kuoma zvishoma nezvishoma. Magweta emhuri yaDerrick akatanga kushandisa nzira dzisina kujairika, vachiedza kutyisidzira nyaya yangu pamberi pemutongi. Gerald akanga atanga kufamba pedyo neni nguva dzese dzandairi mudare, achinditarisa nemeso asingazivi rudo kana tsitsi, achingova nemoyo wekuedza kundishushurudza.
Husiku hwacho, ndakagara pamubhedha ndichinzwa mweya uri kutenderera mumba. Ndakatarisa kunze kwehwindo, mhepo ichipfuura ichindipfuura, uye ndakanzwa sekunge mumwe munhu ari kutarisa vana vangu. Maziso angu akazara nemisodzi, asi ndakazvipira chinhu chimwe chete: hapana chinokwanisa kutora vana vangu kubva kwatiri.
Zvese izvi zvakandiratidza kuti nyaya yacho haisi kungova pamusoro pepfuma kana zvemutemo — iri pamusoro pehupenyu hwangu, rudo rwangu, uye kusimba kwangu. Mumvuri uri pedyo wakanga uri kuda kutora zvinhu zvese zvandine, uye handina kumbobvira ndamboona kana kuziva kuti ndiani ari kukunda mutambo uyu.
Ndakazvipira zvakare kuti chero chii chingaitika, ndicharamba ndiri Shanillar Munetsi: amai vanokwanisa kuchengetedza vana vavo, murume anovimba nerudo rwechokwadi, uye munhu ane simba rekudzivirira mhuri yake kubva kune mumwe anovanza murima.
Uye ndakaziva, mukati memoyo mangu, kuti zvese zviri kufamba zvichasvika pakupedzisira — asi nguva iyo ichange isati yasvika, uye mumvuri uri pedyo ucharamba wakamira, wakamirira nguva yake yekuvhura mapapiro aro.
End of Chapter Eleven
With Love, Shanillar