Bhala ibali elifutshane ngomntu ofumanisa igumbi elifihliweyo endlwini yakhe. Ibali lifanele libe nesiphelo esicacileyo.
Kwakuza kuba lusuku olude. Xa umntakwabo-mkhwenyana wakhe wayengekho edolophini, uLisa wayevumile ukubukela umtshana wakhe uStella emva kwemini yaye intwazana encinane yayisaziwa ngokuba yinto enzima. Icebo lakhe yayikukuchitha imva kwemini epakini ukuze avumele uStella abaleke aze anyuke, ukuze amtyhafise kancinane. Ngelishwa, olu hambo lwaphazamiseka ngenxa yemvula eninzi ngoko ke uLisa wazincama ukuze achithe usuku ngaphakathi kwindlu kunye nozwilakhe omncinane. UStella wafika kwangethuba yaye wayekhangele phambili ekudlaleni. ULisa wagqiba kwelokuba aqalise ngomdlalo wokubhaca nokufuna, emva kwako konke oku kwakunokuthatha inxalenye elungileyo yosuku ngaphandle kwengxaki enkulu. UStella wabaleka waya kuzifihla yaye uLisa wahlala ezolile esela ikofu ngoxa wayebiza intwazana encinane, ezenza ngathi uyayifuna. Ekugqibeleni waqalisa ukufuna intombazana encinane kodwa kungekudala waqonda ukuba kukho into engalunganga. Enoba wayekhangela phi na, uStella wayengekho. Le ndlu yayingekho nkulu kangako, nto leyo eyenza ukuba ukunyamalala kwakhe kube yinto exakayo ngakumbi. ULisa wayesandul' ukufudukela kwikhaya awayethenge kulo kumakazi wakhe omdala ngaphambi nje kokuba afe yaye wayengekagxothanga nefenitshala eyayikho. Mhlawumbi uStella wayevaleleke kwindawo ethile emva kwekhabhathi enkulu kwigumbi lokulala okanye wayekhwele kwikhabhathi kwigumbi lokuhlamba iimpahla. Waqalisa ukuba noloyiko njengoko wayehambisa ikhabhathi kude eludongeni, apho yayikade ifihlwe ngumntwana omncinane kuphela. Ngequbuliso, wabona intlantsi encinane eludongeni, waza waqonda ukuba yayingumnyango omncinane awayengazi ukuba ukho. Umnyango wawuvuleke kancinane yaye ekugqibeleni wayishenxisa ikhabhathi ngokwaneleyo ukuze avule umnyango aze akhwele ngaphakathi. Yayiyintoni le ndawo? Umnyango wavuleka waza waveza igumbi elincinane uLisa awayengazi nokuba likho! Yayigcwele ubuncwane, iintsimbi zegolide namatye anqabileyo. UStella wahlala phakathi kwigumbi ethe cwaka edlala ngobuncwane, engazi ngexabiso elikhulu awayebangqongile ngalo. ULisa wayesazi ukuba umakazi wakhe wayengumfazi onemfihlelo kodwa oku yayikukufumana okungakholelekiyo yaye kwakuza kubutshintsha ubomi bakhe ngonaphakade. Ukutyelelwa nguStella kwakuyithamsanqa awayelifuna ukuze avule eli galelo yaye wayeza kusoloko enombulelo kule ntombazana incinane! Ixesha lokufowunela umntakwabo-mkhwenyana wakhe ukuze ambulele ngokumvumela ukuba atyelele uStella.