Mapisarema: Chapter Fifteen – Confrontations and Secrets

Zvese zvakatanga kupera kwemwedzi, uye ndakaona kuti nguva yakanga yasvika yekuti ndibate chitsotsi chiri kumashure kwemumvuri uyu. Ndakasimuka mangwanani, ndichinzwa mweya unorova nekukurumidza. Vana vangu vakanga vakamira pedyo neni, asi ndakaona kusagadzikana mumaziso avo. Leon akatanga kutaura, achiti, “Mai, sei vanhu vachinditeerera sezvisiri zvechokwadi?” Ndakabata ruoko rwake, ndichiti, “Hapana chakaipa mwanangu, zvese zvicharongwa,” asi mukati mangu ndaiziva kuti nguva yacho yaive pedyo.

Pakupera kwezuva, pakazosvika chinyorwa chitsva. Ndakazvichengeta pasi pekurara kwevana, asi mazwi acho akandirova moyo:

“Chokwadi chiri pedyo. Hapana anokwanisa kudzivirira chokwadi. Tarisa zvese zvawakaviga, nekuti nguva iri kuuya icharatidza zvese.”

Ndakanzwa mweya usinganzwisisike pamadziro, ndichiona Gerald achiedza kuudza mumwe munhu pamusoro pangu. Zvese zvakatanga kubatana — tsamba, vanhu vemhuri yaDerrick, uye zviitiko zvakasiyana-siyana — zvose zvakanga zvava pachena. Ndaiziva kuti mumwe munhu aive akagadzirira kuti ndiparadzwe kana ndikasanyatsovimba nesimba rangu.

Pakupera kwehusiku, ndakafamba ndichiona kuti chimwe chinhu chikuru chiri kuswedera. Tawanda akanga ari padivi pangu, achiedza kunditsigira, asi ndakaona kusagadzikana mumaziso ake zvakare. Ari kuedza kundibatsira, asi sei asingazivi kuti mumwe munhu ari kuswedera pedyo nemhuri yangu?

Zvino, zvese zvakatanga kuchinja. Mumwe munhu akatanga kuita kuti ndinzwe kusurukirwa uye kushushikana pamwero mukuru. Gerald akatanga kuita zvekushushurudza nguva dzese, uye zvimwe zvivara zvemumvuri zvakava pachena. Ndaiziva kuti nguva yaive yekuti ndigadzirire hondo yakakura kupfuura dzose dzandamboita.

Pakupera kwevhiki, zvinhu zvakawedzera kuoma. Vana vangu vakatanga kuona kusagadzikana kwangu, uye Leon akatanga kubvunza mibvunzo yakaoma. Ndakaedza kuvadzivirira, asi ndakaziva kuti zvinhu zvanga zvava kuremara zvikuru. Zvese zvandaitarisira kubva pakutanga, hupenyu hwangu, rudo rwangu, uye ramangwana redu naTawanda, zvese zvakanga zviri pamuganhu.

Pakupera kwezuva, ndakagara pamubhedha ndichitarisa kunze kwehwindo. Mhepo inotonhorera yakapfuura, uye ndakanzwa mumwe munhu achitevera zvinhu zvese. Ndakaona Leon naLarona vakavata, ndichiziva kuti kusvikira ndawana mhinduro, ndicharamba ndiri mutsigiri wavo, nemiwo Tawanda, uye nemoyo wangu unoziva kuti simba rekuchengetedza rudo rwangu neupenyu hwevana vangu richava rakasimba kupfuura chero zvese zviri kudzokera kumashure.

Zvese izvi zvakangova kutanga kwekupedzisira. Mumvuri wakanga wakamira pedyo, asi hapana aizoona kuti wakamira kupi. Ndakazvipikira kuti chero chii chingaitika, ndicharamba ndiri Shanillar Munetsi, amai vanokwanisa kuchengetedza vana vavo, uye murume anovimba nerudo rwechokwadi.

End of Chapter Fifteen
With Love, Shanillar