Ngobusuku bomshado wabo ukufa kukamakoti, umamezala wakhe uneshwa kakhulu, vula omatilasi basentwasahlobo, ku-lambaste indodana akuyena umuntu.

Igama lami ngingu-Eva, lolo suku kwakuwusuku oluhle, ingabe indodana yami umalokazana washada usuku olubomvu. Kwenzeke ingozi, nokho, usuku lwaphenduka usizi ngokuphelele. Emini konke kuhamba kahle, wonke umuntu ucwile enjabulweni yomkhathi. Kodwa ngobusuku bomshado wabo ebusuku, ngangilele, kungazelelwe ngezwa ukuklabalasa okuvela ekamelweni likamalokazana wendodana. Mina nomkakhe sisheshe sakhanyisa isibani esikhathini esidlule, emva kwalokho sithatha isicabha, ubuso bakhe buphaphathekile indodana nomalokazana ilele embhedeni iqulekile. Asizange sithuke, siphuthume sabiza abezimo eziphuthumayo, kodwa ingakafiki i-ambulensi, umakoti waphelelwa umoya. Ngale ndlela, ngosuku lwabo lomshado, ngashonelwa umkakhe nomkakhe, indodana yakhe yashonelwa umkayo omusha. Udokotela wanika umalokazana isiphetho sokuboshwa inhliziyo, imbangela yokufa. Ngemuva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa, thina imindeni emibili simatasa emngcwabeni kamakoti, singenaso isikhathi sokumba ukuthi yimuphi umalokazana ngenxa yokumelwa yinhliziyo. Manje umngcwabo webanga usudlulile isikhathi, ubusuku bomshado wabo umakoti ukufa ngokuzumayo lokhu kwenzeka emndenini wethu, kwanda kwaze kwaba kuhle. Indodana ayifuni ukuqhubeka nokuhlala lapho ibulale abantu ekamelweni, futhi nami nginamashwa, ngakho umndeni wanquma ukuthutha. Ukuthutha kuwumsebenzi omkhulu, udinga ukulungisa noma yini, noma yini ozoyithatha. Thina izingxenye ezintathu zokubambisana kwabasebenzi, umkakhe laphaya ukuzohlobisa indlu entsha, ukuphatha amapayipi amakhulu endodana, futhi nganginomthwalo wemfanelo wokupakisha isidingo sokususa lezo zinto. Kulolu suku, ekamelweni elivulekile indodana kamatilasi wasentwasahlobo, ngathola umbiko wokuhlola ngaphansi komatilasi wasentwasahlobo. Lona umbiko wami wokuhlola umalokazana, obonisa umalokazana unesifo senhliziyo, akakwazi ukuphuza ngokweqile, ngaphandle kwalokho kulula ukubangela ukuboshwa kwenhliziyo. Eshonile umalokazana wakhe, inhliziyo yami iyazibuza, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi indodana isemsebenzini, mbize abuyele ekhaya. Ngithathe a elemental medical wabuza indodana yakhe, wedding night kwenzakalani? Indodana bheka Fihla hhayi ukuphila, ekhala futhi ngathi, ngosuku ephuza iwayini kakhulu, inkokhiso ebusuku ecabanga ukuthi umalokazana wakhe ephuza izingilazi eziningana zewayini, futhi ngenxa yalokho kwabangela ukufa komkakhe. Ngemva kokwazi iqiniso, umlenze wami uthambile, wawela phansi, khona-ke ukuba lambaste indodana akuyona izinto. Uwazi kahle umzimba womkabo, akaphuzi, engalindele naye wamphoqa ukuthi aphuze. Ngoba waphoqwa ukuba aphuze iwayini, umalokazana ulahlekelwe ukuphila, indodana yami inqunu umbulali. Ukwazi iqiniso emva kokuhlukumeza, ngamalungelo kufanele ngishayele amaphoyisa, amaphoyisa ayiphathe, angavumeli umalokazana, umphefumulo, futhi indodana yami lena. Uthe ngenzeni? (Isithombe sithathwe kunethiwekhi)