– Anginayo imali noma umuthi.
– Yebo, lokho kuyathengiseka. Konke kukhokha isabelomali. Uma sithola ikhala.
– Futhi uma singayitholi?
– Futhi uma singayitholi, khona-ke zonke izindleko zizodonswa… kuwe.
– Kanjani?
– Kanjalo. Uma usabuza imibuzo yobuwula, ungalahlekelwa ngumsebenzi wakho. Ngiyitholile?
– Kulungile, kuyaqondakala. Sihamba nini?
– Umbuzo oyisiphukuphuku. Kufanele ngabe sesikhona. Asihambe manje!
– Futhi yini maduze? Angizange ngiphathe ipotimende lami?
– Kufanele siyigcine ilungile ngaso sonke isikhathi. Ubuwazi lapho uwuthola khona umsebenzi… By the way, into efanayo…
– Yini?
– Angizange ngiphathe ipotimende lami. Yebo, asizidingi. Lapho ufika, thenga okudingayo. Nginekhadi lasebhange.
– Futhi uma imali ingekho?
– Uyophonsa. – Kuphinde futhi iphoyisa lesifunda lafaka umunwe ophahleni futhi ngesitayela se-pygmy lasuka, lisebenzisa izikhathi ezithile, etafuleni, liphakamisela unyawo phambi kwakhala likazakwabo. Wasondela ezinyaweni zakhe wawela etafuleni ngezinyawo ngendlela eqonde e-Arutun eya esihlalweni sakhe. Izinyembezi futhi zingena ekhanda zizophuma.
– Kungani uhleli? asihambe! – wasula isandla sakhe, – futhi, kwaba sengathi ngomgwaqo waseSt. Petersburg, wakhukhula uMhlaba…
Bashiya inqaba, bashiya inothi kuphela ku-chalk emnyango:
«Ungakhathazeki. Sesiphumile esabelweni esiphuthumayo eSt. Petersburg. Uhlala endaweni ye-Incephalate, ne-Izya – esikhundleni sami.. Me!»
Futhi ezansi kukhona ukwengeza komunye umbhalo wesandla:
«Uxolo Pupsik, ngizobuyela njengoba kufanele! Ngenkathi uFlea wakho ehamba. Ngilinde futhi ngibuye. Mhlawumbe eyodwa…»
U-Izya wafunda lo mbhalo futhi, ebhala ephepheni elibhalwe ngesandla sikayise no-Intsefalopat, walifihla ephaketheni lakhe wayesula okubhaliwe emnyango.
– Yebo, imbuzi endala, uyitholile. – Ngathatha umakhalekhukhwini wami ngathumela i-SMS kubaba. Ngemuva kwalokho wangena endlini wanikeza umama wakhe inothi. Wayefunda futhi emhlikihla.
Agibele. Sizokubuyisela. Futhi akulona izwi ngokuqhubeka kukababa. Ngiyitholile?
– Impela, mama, ngiyaqonda… Futhi ake sithathe ingulube kumphathi omkhulu, ahh? waphakamisa.
– Uyini? Kumele senze konke ngokuya ngomthethosisekelo nangobulungiswa.
– Ungikhihla ngokungabi nangqondo?
– Ungumqondisi. Wazi kangcono. Futhi ngokwakhe uzolungisiswa phambi kukaNkulunkulu.
– Ingabe yileya elengiswe odongeni ehhovisi?
– Cishe. Lapho kulenga u-Iron Felix, iPhini lakhe. Kulungile, hamba wenze umsebenzi wakho wesikole.
– ngenzile. Mama, ngingahamba ngizohamba ngezinyawo emfuleni?
– Hamba, kepha khumbula, umdlwane: shona, ungafiki ekhaya. Ngizokubulala… Ngabe ngiyakubulala?
– Yebo. – U-Izzy wamemeza wanyamalala ngemuva komnyango…
– Uuh, – umlawuli, ongowokuzalwa kwelinye ipulazi elihlanganyele laseLatvia, unikine ikhanda, evumela izivakashi ukuba zidlule. – Akunanembeza, kusobala ukuthi ubuso abuwona owaseRussia, futhi kudonsa umfaniswano jikelele.
– Futhi kukhona isijeziso sokuphatha ngaso.. – Wachaza uSergeant Golytko, ongowokuzalwa eLviv.
– Nali iphasiphothi lami, elines screech, uHarutun Karapetovich futhi wamnikeza ipenta. – Russian. NgingumRussia, wami!
– Njengami, – engeza ipenti
– Nami. – Ukuhlukumeza amehlo akhe, umlawuli ungezile.
– Kulungile, unempilo. – Iphasiphothi lamaqabunga lalihlaba umkhosi, – noma owesibili, – wawubukeka ungaphansi kwamabunzi, – ungumculi? – ngamehlo anemibala eminingi, emva kwalokho wehlise ukubuka kwakhe ukutadisha ezindlebeni, – noma ku-zoophile?
Amehlo ka-Ottila aqhephuka futhi wabambana njengethanga, ebuka i-Intsefalopat. I-Corporate reded.
– Well, stitch, yiziphi izinkomo edonsa wena, noma isiko lasekhaya? – isikhonzi sinikeze uHarutun ipasipoti.
– Ngingumculi onjani? Angisiye umsizi wesikhathi esigcwele edolobhaneni lasendaweni Sokolov Stream, eLeningrad Region.
– O, hlangazwa, phuma lapha. – kuphakanyiswa isikhulu somsebenzi.
– Nayi i-ID yami.
– Corporate, uthi? – lo msakazi wahlafuna esihlathini sakhe wafaka imbewu emlonyeni wakhe. – kahle, ukhululekile, futhi lona uzofika nami.
– Kusho ukuthini ukuthi, «woza nami»? -uBedbug wathukuthela. – Ake ngibize umphathi wami manje? Uzobeka ubuchopho bakho…
– Uyabiza, ufonela lapho, ehhovisi lami, futhi ekuqaleni ngikuvivinya ukuthi useshe, mhlawumbe ungumphekula wakwaChechen noma uphunyuke kubazali bakho. Wozani, asihambe. inceku yathuka futhi yamane yamdubula: kungaba nge-butt noma ngesigajana, u-Ottil wayephathwe naye isibhamu sokuhlaselwa esitimeleni sikaloliwe isiteshi sesitimela. U-Ancephalopath wamlandela futhi wafuna ngisho nokuhamba nomlilo ne-Ottila yakhe, njengoba kwakubukeka sengathi uKlop, wanyamalala ngokushesha ngemuva kwekholamu futhi wenza sengathi akamazi uKlop.
– UHarutun, shayela u-Isolde, makamlethe imibhalo! – kumemeza uKlop.
«Futhi masishane,» kunezela lo mshushisi, «uma kungenjalo uzohlala nathi isikhathi eside.»
– Futhi izokhishwa nini? kubuza uHarutun.
– Ungamsungula kanjani umuntu…
– Izinsuku ezintathu? – ikhehla lamamatheka.
– Noma mhlawumbe iminyaka emithathu. – kuphendule umlindi. – Uma engeke amelane nabaphathi. – wabe eshaya umnyango usuka ngaphakathi.
U-Incephalopath, ngeminwe yesandla sakhe sobunxele, wagoba isilevu sakhe esincane, kwathi esakhula ngaphansi kwempumulo, wanquma ukwenza lo msebenzi, owamfanela yena neBoss lakhe. Waphuma ngokushesha esiteshini wangena emgwaqweni futhi ngokushesha wema.
– Ngiyaphi? UHarutun wazibuza.
– Ku-Isolde, wena siphukuphuku. – uphendule ngokwethuka izwi elingaphakathi.
– Ngakho-ke ayikho imali? Ngizoya kuphi?
– Futhi wena, ngenxa yesithandwa sakho, yeba, lapho, kuleya ndoda ebheke fat ehleli jeep emnyama.
– Uyamshaya ebusweni. Futhi akufanele, ngiyi pent?!
Futhi ngenkathi uHarutun ebonisana nezwi lakhe langaphakathi, uKlop, enikeze imininingwane yakhe, wavuka ngesizotha ngenkathi ehleli monkey.
– Sawubona bum, fart enhle! – Kumemeza isikhonzi. U-Ottila wababaza wavula amehlo akhe amangele. Wavuma umlomo wakhe, lapho ezizwa eshibilika emlonyeni wakhe, wazama ukuqoqa amathe nolimi, kepha kwakungekho manzi emlonyeni wakhe futhi wacela ukuya endlini encane.
– Uzakwethu, ngingakwazi ukusebenzisa indlu yangasese?
Abadala bamphendula kahle bathi, «kungenzeka, kodwa uma uyigeza.»
– Kungani? – U-Ottila wathukuthela, – Ngingumboshwa, kepha unenenekazi lokuhlanza esifundeni sakho futhi udinga ukugeza phansi.
– Kufanele kodwa kungaphoqelekile ukuthi igeze i-dolnyak ngemuva kokunuka okunjalo kwabantu abangenamakhaya. Hhayi-ke, kanjani?
– Ngeke ngigeze iphuzu! – Ngokuvamile uBedbug uthe ngokwezigaba.
– Kulungile-ke shintsha amabhulukwe akho. Futhi uma okuthile kushaya phansi, uyobe usulinganisa yonke indawo.
– Kuphambene