– Kulungile, kuyaqondakala. Siya nini?
– Umbuzo osisidenge. Kufanele ukuba sele sikhona. Makhe sihambe ngoku!
– Kwaye yintoni kungekudala? Khange ndipakishe isutikheyisi yam?
– Kufuneka sihlale siyilungile. Ubuyazi ukuba ufumana phi umsebenzi… Ngendlela, into enye…
– Yintoni?
– Khange ndipakishe ityesi yam. Ewe asizifuni. Ukufika kwakho, thenga into oyifunayo. Ndinekhadi lebhanki.
– Kwaye ukuba akukho mali yaneleyo?
– Uya kuphosa. -phinda ke ipolisa lesithili lityhale umnwe kwisilingi kunye nesitayile se-pygmy, latsiba, kusetyenziswa amaxesha athile, etafileni, lishukumisa unyawo phambi kwempumlo yeqabane. Ufike wema ngenyawo wazambela itafile ngeenyawo kwicala elisuka eArutun esiya esitulweni sakhe. Iinyembezi kunye nentloko yokuphuma.
– Kutheni uhleli? masihambe! -uye washukumisa isandla sakhe, -, ngokungathi uhamba neSt. Petersburg, watshayela umhlaba…
Bashiye inqaba, beshiya inqaku kuphela kwitsiba emnyango:
«Sukuba nexhala. Sishiya isabelo esingxamisekileyo eSt. Petersburg. Uhlala endaweni yeIncephalate, kunye noIzya – endaweni yam.. Me!»
Kwaye ezantsi kongezwe kolunye ubhalo lwesandla:
«Uxolo, Pupsik, ndiza kubuya njengoko kufuneka! Ngelixa iFlea yakho ihamba inyuka. Ndilinde ndibuye. Mhlawumbi…
U-Izya wayifunda la manqaku, wabhala ephepheni ngesandla sikatata wakhe kunye ne-Intsefalopat, wayifihla kwipokotho yakhe wesula umbhalo obhalwe emnyango.
– Kulungile, yebhokhwe endala, unayo. -Ndithathe ifowuni yam ndathunyelwa kuyo ngotata ngeSMS. Emva koko wangena endlwini wanika umama wakhe inqaku. Ufundile kwaye uxakekile.
Makakhwele. Siza kuyibuyisela. Kwaye akukho lizwi malunga nokuqhubeka kukatata. Ndiyifumene?
– Ewe kunjalo, mama, ndiyaqonda… Kwaye masiyithathe ihagu kumphathi omkhulu, ahh? Ucebisile.
– Uyintoni? Kufuneka senze yonke into ngokomgaqo kunye nokusesikweni.
– Kwaye uyandithuka ngobulungisa?
– Ngumlawuli. Wazi ngcono. Kwaye yena ngokwakhe uya kugwetywa phambi koThixo.
– Ngaba leya ixhonywe eludongeni eofisini?
– Phantse. Kukho i-Iron Felix, isekela lakhe. Kulungile, hamba uye ekhaya.
– ndiyenzile. Mama, ndingahamba indlela yokuhamba emlanjeni?
– Yiya, kodwa khumbula, inja: yiza, ungafiki ekhaya. Ndiyakubulala… Ndiyibulele?
– Ewe. -UIzzy wancuma wanyamalala emva komnyango…
– Uuh, – umlawuli, oyinzalelwane kwifama yaseLatvia ngokudibeneyo, wanikina intloko, evumela iindwendwe ukuba zigqithe. -Asikho isazela, kucacile ukuba ubuso abuyiyo yaseRussia, kwaye iyunifom yangaphakathi iyatsalwa.
– Kwaye kukho isohlwayo solawulo kuyo.. – USergeant Golytko, ummi waseLviv, ucacisile.
– Nantsi ipasipoti yam, ene-screech, uHarutun Karapetovich kwaye wamnika ipenta. -SiRashiya. NdingumRussia, wam!
– Njengam, -dibanisa ipenti
– Kwaye nam. -ukugcoba amehlo akhe, umlawuli ongezelelweyo.
Ewe, ulungile. – Incwadana yokundwendwela yamagqabi ibhengeze ipenti, – nangona yesibini, – ijongeka iphantsi emabunzini, – Ngaba ungumculi? -kumehlo anemibala eyahlukeneyo, emva koko wehlise ukujonga kwakhe ukujonga ezindlebeni, – okanye u-zoophile?
Amehlo ka-Ottila aqhekezwa kwaye watsala ngokungathi ngumzi, ujonge i-Intsefalopat. Umbutho uphinde wabomvu.
– Kulungile, stitch, zeziphi iinkomo zakho, okanye kwinkcubeko yasekhaya? -umlindi unikezele ipasipoti kuHarutun.
– Ndingumntu onjani umculi? Andinguye umncedisi osisigxina kwilali yalapha eSokolov Stream, kwiLeningrad Region.
– Owu, wena mbi, phuma apha. – igosa elichongiweyo licetyisiwe.
– Nantsi incwadi yam yesazisi.
– Yobumbano, uyatsho? -iserikali sakrwitsha esihlathini sakhe saza safaka imbewu emlonyeni. -tele, ukhululekile, kwaye lo uza kuza nam.
– Ithetha ukuthini into ethi, «yiza nam»? -Ibhedi ibinomsindo. -Makhe ndibize umphathi wam ngoku? Uyakubeka iingqondo zakho…
– Uyabiza, ufowunele apho, e-ofisini yam, kwaye ekuqaleni ndiza kukuvavanya ukuba ukhangele, mhlawumbi ungoyikrexeki okanye ubalekele abazali bakho. Yiza, sihambe. Isicaka samkhalimela, saza sambethelela: nokuba sisibhuqe okanye umpu, u-Ottil wayephethe umpu wokuhlasela kwigumbi lovavanyo isikhululo sikaloliwe. U-Ancephalopath wamlandela kwaye efuna ukuya nomlilo nge-Ottila yakhe, njengoko kwakubonakala ngathi uKlop, wanyamalala kwangoko emva kwikholamu kwaye wenza ngathi akamazi uKlop.
– Harutun, tsalela u-Isolde, makamzise amaxwebhu! -akhwaza uKlop.
«Kwaye ngokukhawuleza,» wongeza lo mphathi, kuba kungenjalo uya kuhlala nathi ixesha elide.»
– Kwaye iya kukhutshwa nini? ubuze uHarutun.
– Ungamisela njani umntu…
– Iintsuku ezintathu? -mdala wancuma.
– Okanye iminyaka emithathu. -uphendule umlindi. -kuba ebengayi kumelana nabasemagunyeni. -uye wancama ucango lwangaphakathi.
I – Incephalopath, ngeminwe yesandla sasekhohlo, yagona i-chin yayo kwaye, ikhula phantsi kwempumlo, yagqiba ekubeni yenze eso sabelo, esimlungeleyo yena kunye neBoss yakhe. Uphume ngokukhawuleza esitishini esiya esitratweni kwaye ngoko nangoko wema.
– ndiyaphi? UHarutun wazibuza.
– Ku-Isolde, wena sidenge. -uphendule ngokutyibilikayo ilizwi elingaphakathi.
– Ke akukho mali? Ndizokuya phi?
– Kwaye wena, ngenxa yesithandwa sakho, yeba, ngaphaya, kule ndoda ejongene namafutha ihleli kwi-jeep emnyama.
– Yakhe, iya kubetha ebusweni. Kwaye awumelanga, ndiyipenti?!
Kwaye ngelixa uHarutun ecebisana nelizwi lakhe langaphakathi, uKlop, eyinike idatha yakhe, wavuka ngokuthobekileyo ngelixa ehleli kwinkawu.
Molo, bum! -Akhwaza umlindi. U-Ottila waphakama wavula amehlo akhe. Ubebeze umlomo wakhe, weva ukuba uthambile emlonyeni wakhe, wazama ukuqokelela amathe ngolwimi, kodwa kwakungekho manzi ngokwaneleyo emlonyeni wakhe wacela indlu yangasese.
– Mlingane, ndingayisebenzisa indlu yangasese?
Abadala baphendula kakuhle bathi, «Inokwenzeka.»
– Kutheni? -U-Ottila wayenomsindo, – ndingumbanjwa, kodwa unenenekazi lokucoca elikwimeko yakho kwaye kufuneka ahlambe umgangatho.
– Ayifanelanga kodwa inyanzelwe ukuba ihlambe i-dolnyak emva kokuncwina kwabantu abangenakhaya. Well, kunjalo njani?
– andiyi kuhlamba inqaku! – Ngokubanzi Bedbug uthe ngokwe nqanaba.
Kulungile ke shwatha ibhulukhwe yakho. Kwaye ukuba kukho into ebethelela umgangatho, uyakulenza inkungu yonke.
– Kuphikisana nomthetho; kufuneka undinike indlu yangasese kunye nefowuni.
– Kwaye yintoni enye endinetyala ngayo? Ahh? -ufika sergeant.
U-Ottila akazange athethe nto. Kwaye ekubeni evakalelwa ukuba sele eza kukhula, bonke bavumelana ngokufanayo. Ngapha koko, akukho mntu ubonayo.
– Kulungile, ndiyavuma.
– Kulungile. I-sergeant yavuya kwaye ikhokelele uKlop kwindlu yangasese. -i-rag, umgubo apho, phantsi kwesinki. Kwaye kubuchwephesha endibufumanayo. Ingxaki, hahaha.
– Iphi ibhakethi nephepha lendlu yangasese?
– Hlamba i-rag kwisinki, kwaye usule iesile lakho ngomnwe. -iserver iphosakele.
– Injani? -mangalisiwe