Umfazi wakhe, umyeni wakhe wasweleka iminyaka emithathu waphupha ukuba wangena ebhedini kwaye wavuka ucinga luo, oomatrasi basentwasahlobo abavulekileyo, bafunyanwa.

Ndingumntu wasemaphandleni, ekholejini wadibana nomyeni wakhe edolophini. Umzimba wakhe awukho mhle kakhulu, kodwa imeko yosapho intle kakhulu. Ngelo xesha ndandihlala kumalungu eklasi, ngokufuthi kwimisebenzi yeqela ukumnceda, ukumnyamekela, ekuhambeni kwexesha, oko kwavelisa imvakalelo ekhethekileyo kunye naye. Sidibana ixesha elide, siziva sinobuntu, sigqiba ubudlelwane. Ndacinga xa kuthweswa isidanga, uya kundilahla ngenxa yeemeko zentsapho, kodwa wabuza umbuzo kumsitho wothweso-zidanga. Jonga umyeni oqinisekisiweyo, ndiye ndavuma ukwamkela isicelo sakhe. Emva kwemini, saya kwiofisi yemicimbi yasekhaya ukuze sifumane isiqinisekiso somtshato. Nobukhwe bayazi lo mbandela emva kokugqabhuka ngumsindo ngumsindo, wamkhuphela ngaphandle kwendlu. Ndandizimisele ukuwuhoya kakuhle umzimba womyeni wakhe, hayi ke nonozala. Ukuze ndimthengele amayeza okubona ugqirha, mna ukongezelela ekusebenzeni imini nobusuku ukusebenza ixesha elongezelelekileyo, ndihamba nokubuya naphambili kwisibhedlele ngasinye esikhulu. Ngokuhamba kwexesha, imeko yomzimba yomyeni iya isiba mandundu, ekugqibeleni kuphela nge-infusion yesondlo sombuyekezo. Kweli tyeli, ndifuna ukuyofuna uncedo kwabasemzini, kodwa basola ngayo yonke lento, andifuni kubamba isandla. Umyeni uthe, abasebukhweni ukuba basebenze kangangoko kwiminyaka yakhe engamashumi amabini, ngoku kunye nam, abafuni ukusebenzisa amandla angaphezulu. Ukuva oku, intliziyo yam yaba buhlungu, andazi ukuba ndingamthuthuzela njani. Zola, ndingaqhubeka nzima ukufumana imali, kangangoko kunokwenzeka ukuba oogqirha basebenzise iziyobisi ukugcina ubomi bakhe. Kodwa nangona kunjalo, umyeni akaphumelelanga ukubetha isifo, wasweleka kunyaka wesibini sitshatile. Umyeni, ndithanda isidumbu esihambayo, ukongeza kumatshini wokusebenza yonke imihla emva komsebenzi, umdla kuyo yonke into. Emva kwexesha elide, ubomi bam buyingxwabangxwaba, umsebenzi uyisiphithiphithi. Kodwa kunyaka wesithathu wokusweleka komyeni, ndaphupha ngokukhawuleza ukuba angene ebhedini kwaye andixelele kakhulu, yiza. Vuka, bendicinga ukuba ndikhumbula isifo, bendinephupha elinje. Kodwa yiva umzimba u-luo ngezantsi, vula imbonakalo, umatrasi wasentwasahlobo ufunyenwe. Imatrasi yasentwasahlobo inemali eninzi, kukho iiakhawunti ezimbini, kunye nesiqwenga sephepha. Qaphela: 'Mfazi, andazi ukuba uya kuyifumana nini imali. Kuthe ngeli xesha usemsebenzini, ndanyebeleza ndayeka umsebenzi wesingxungxo ukuze ndifumane umvuzo. Nangona kungekho nto ingako, kodwa yintliziyo yam, akukhathaliseki nokuba kwiintsuku ezizayo, ndiyathemba ukuba unokonwaba. 'Xa ndibona oku, ndachukumiseka okwexeshana, ndicinga ukuba umyeni unokundicingela kakhulu! Okwangoku, andisabuva ubomi bunzima. Emva kokuba ndigqibe ekubeni ndiphile ubomi obulungileyo, kodwa kwakhona uthathe ixesha lokutyelela abasebukhweni, qinisekisa umyeni wakhe engcwabeni! Uthe, ndilungile?