Kumba kwakanga kusina runyararo. Leon aibvunza mibvunzo yakanga isingaite kumwana mudiki:
“Mhamha, sei vanhu vachinyora zvinhu zvakaipa pamusoro penyu?”
Ndakatarisa maziso ake, maziso aive nemhosva yekusaziva chokwadi chenyika, ndikanzwa ropa richindisvetuka. “Hazvina basa mwanangu. Vanhu vanongotaura zvisina chokwadi, asi chokwadi chichabuda.” Asi mukati mangu ndaiziva kuti chokwadi chaive chiri kutambanudzwa, kuchinjwa kuita mapanga aindicheka.
Kudare, zvinhu zvakanga zvava kuipa. Magweta emhuri yaDerrick akatanga kushandisa zvidimbu zvemashoko anobva mu newspaper ne social media senzira yekutaurira mutongi kuti “mufambi uyu haachina kuvimba nepfuma yaari kuda.” Zvese izvi zvaiva zvisina humbowo hwepamutemo, asi zvakanga zvichiita semaoko aiva kudenga, zvichimanikidza nyaya yangu kuti ipere.
Tawanda akanga achiri kuda kunditsigira, asi mukana wake wekupinda muupenyu hwangu wakandinyanyira kutyisa. Paive nemazwi akandirova kubva kune rimwe divi: Ko dai ari iye ari kuburitsa mashoko aya? Ko dai chokwadi chiri chekuti rudo urwu rwandiri kuvaka rwava chinhu chiri kundiparadza?
Husiku hwacho handina kugona kurara. Ndakagara pedyo nemahwindo, ndichitarisa kunze apo mwenje wechiedza chemwenje yemugwagwa wakanga uchipenya mumigwagwa yakanyarara. Ndaiva nemanzwiro ekuti munhu ari kunditarisa, kunge mumvuri uri pedyo asi usingaonekwe.
Runhare rwangu rwakatinhira zvakare, sms ichipinda:
“Tenda kuti hausi wega. Mumvuri uri pedyo newe kupfuura zvawafunga. Kana wambokanganwa, ndichakuzivisa.”
Maoko angu akatonhora. Ndakabata chipfuva changu, moyo wangu uchirova semurwi wengoma. Handina kuratidza message iyoyo kuna Tawanda, handina kuudza gweta rangu, handina kunyora pasi. Ndakaichengeta semunondo mudumbu mangu — chiratidzo chekuti zvese zviri kufamba hazvina kupera, asi zviri kutanga.
Kuzorora kwainge kusisipo. Kunyarara kwainge kusisipo. Chokwadi chainge chiri pamusuwo, asi chakanga chakamiririra nguva yakakodzera kuti chibude. Uye ini, pakati pehondo iyi, ndaitanga kuziva kuti kusvikira zuva iroro rasvika, handichazomboziva kuti ndiani wekuvimba naye.
End of Chapter Seven
With Love, Shanillar