“Razor Blades?” ……… ”Usho ukuthini ukuthi kukhona ama-razor blade esithendeni sezicathulo zakhe” ……. ”Cha, ngizofika lapho kungekudala” uDkt Laflame wavala ucingo lwakhe. "Sthandwa, kufanele ngihambe" UDkt Laflame unxaphe umkakhe. Akhiphe isinono esingamanzi. Wayephume egodola. Imvamisa ngalesi sikhathi sobusuku naye wayezoba njalo.

Iwashi lishaye phakathi kwamabili lapho uDkt Laflame efika endaweni yesehlakalo. Izicishamlilo, amaphoyisa nabezimo eziphuthumayo ngokufanayo bagcwala indawo. Phambi kwakhe kwakumi umlilo wendlu ovuthayo, onqenqemeni olungaphambi kwendlu kuhlezi intombazanyana. Ubesongwe ngengubo futhi ehlanganiswa nabosizo lokuqala.

“Ah, Dokotela, kuhle ukufika kwakho” Kumemeza uMike, isikhulu esiholayo. "Ngabe yintombazane leyo" kubuza uDkt Laflame, ubuso bakhe buzwakalisa ukukhathazeka. “Yebo, dokotela, ziqinise.”

UDkt Laflame ubelindele intombazane enezithende ezinegazi mhlawumbe nokulimala okuthile. Wabingelelwa isisu esivelile sikaSarah, nobuso bakhe obushaywe kabi. “Sarah, nginguDkt. Laflame, ngilapha ukuzosiza”

Isinyathelo sokuqala bekuwukwenza ngokomzimba. USarah akazange akuvumele lokho kwenzeke. Akavumanga muntu oseduze kwakhe. Ngesikhathi kukhulunywa ngokukhumula, uSarah wahlasela umhlengikazi. Uphume etafuleni lezivivinyo wabe esefaka amazinyo akhe entanyeni yomhlengikazi.

Ngisho ne-hulking orderlies ibinenkinga yokunqoba uSarah. Kuze kwaba yilapho ukutheleleka kucekela phansi umzimba wakhe, lapho sakwazi khona ukumhlola. Kukhona nje ezinye izinto okungekho muntu okufanele azibone.

Ngaphansi kwezingubo zikaSara, beka umzimba oshayiwe. UDkt Laflame wamhlola uqobo. Lapho amabele amaningi abengake abe khona, manje bekumi izingxenyana eziminyene zezicubu ezibomvu. Isisu sakhe ebesivuvukile besibomvu sibomvu. Isigaba se-c esingenalutho esiboshwe ngezintambo zezicathulo sigijime esiswini sentombazane encane

Kwaqala kwaba kubi ukusuka lapho. Lapho sekuqhutshekwa nokuhlolwa, kutholakale ukuthi ukuvulwa kwesitho sangasese sowesifazane kukaSara kwakukhishwe. Lokho kuchaze isigaba se-c, kepha hhayi ingane efile asayiphatha. Le ntombazane ibisibonile isihogo, bekungeseyona impicabadala ukuthi kungani ilwe kangaka.

Nsuku zonke uDkt Laflame wayefika ezohlola uSarah, nsuku zonke wayehlala athule. Lapho ekugcineni uSarah ekhuluma, nansi indaba ayixoxa.

“Ngangilele ngesikhathi kungena ubhuti. Wagibela phezu kwami, wayelokhu ethi uyangithanda, kodwa wayengizwisa ubuhlungu. Ngimemeze ngicela usizo. ” Wama kancane.

“Kulungile Sarah thatha isikhathi sakho”. Intombazane ehluphekayo ibukeka sengathi ikulungele ukukhala. “Ngesikhathi ngimemeza, ubhuti wabeka isandla sakhe emlonyeni wami. Wayelokhu engizwisa ubuhlungu. Akazange ame. Lapho enza kanjalo, ngezwa nginamathela ngaphakathi. Ngiphinde ngamemeza futhi umama waphuthuma emnyango ngesikhathi ubhuti egqoka. ”

“Wayethukuthele kakhulu, wangithethisa. Wangibiza ngesifebe, kodwa kwakungelona iphutha lami. Kungani umama wayengangithandi? Kungani bekufanele angizwise ubuhlungu? ” Amehlo akhe amakhulu ansundu asesha uDkt Laflame ukuthola impendulo. “Angimazi uSarah, yingakho ngilapha ukuthola. Ngicela uqhubeke. ”

“Umama ungikhiphe embhedeni ngamaqakala, wangidonsela egumbini lokuphumula. Ubaba wangibamba wangibeka phansi. Ungibize ngesoni njengesifebe, wathi yimi okwenza ukuthi umfowethu enze lokhu. Ukuthi uzoyilungisa, ukuthi ikhaya lakhe belingeyona indawo yamantombazane angcolile kangaka. Ubaba waklebhula ingubo yami yasebusuku. Umama usike isifuba sami ngebhodlela eliphukile. Ngazama ukubaleka, ngazama ukumemeza. Ubaba wangishaya ngempama. ”

”Lapho umama ekhipha i-poker evuthayo eziko, wangilimaza ngendlela efanayo nomfowethu. Angikwazanga ukulwa, ubaba wayenamandla kakhulu. Lapho isisu sami siqala ukukhula, bangishaya kakhulu. Lapho isisu sami sikhulu kangaka, ngangizizwa ngikulungele ukuqhuma, uMama wathi ngeke abe nesinengiso esinjalo endlini yakhe. ”

“Bathele uketshezi olucacile emqaleni wami. Bangiphoqa ngebhodlela emlonyeni wami bangiphuzisa. Kwakunuka kabi futhi kusha kuya phansi. Bathe kuzongilalisa, nangempela kwaba njalo. Lapho ngiphaphama ikhanda lami nesisu kubuhlungu. Isisu sami sibi impela. Ngiphakamise ihembe lami kwaba nemicu yezicathulo ebambe isisu sami ndawonye. ”

UDkt Laflame wehle izinyembezi, zagcwala izinyembezi emehlweni akhe. “Ngiyaxolisa kakhulu Sarah. Akuwona wonke umuntu onjalo. Abazali bakho babengabantu ababi ”. USarah wamamatheka, kwaba okokuqala. “Ngiyazi ukuthi bebengabantu ababi. Yingakho ngibase umlilo. Abantu ababi baya esihogweni, ngakho ngabathumela lapho. UDkt Laflame, ucabanga ukuthi uNkulunkulu usazongithanda? ”

UDkt Laflame ugone le ntombazanyana empofu eneminyaka eyishumi nambili, izinyembezi zehla emehlweni akhe. “Yebo Sarah, Yebo ngiyakwenza.”