Choipa choyambira, choyipa chimatha. Pulogalamu ya zosangalatsa zapakhomo amakonda kulingalira momwe akumvera. Banja la a Jacobo limayanjananso mwanjira ina iliyonse. Mwinamwake palibe aliyense m'banjali amene angafune kukhala pansi pa denga lomwelo, zaka zambiri banja litasokonekera chifukwa chosowa chikondi komanso machitidwe owononga.
Koma Jacobo sangachitire mwina koma kubwerera kwa Irene, mkazi wake ndi Miriam, chipatso chakutali cha chikondi chawo chomwe chidazimiririka, msungwana wouma wachinyamata yemwe samalankhulana pang'ono. Chilengedwe chomwe chimayanjanitsanso mabanja sichisonyeza mitsinje ya chisangalalo chatsopano. Chimon Wachirawit, mzinda wamzukwa wa Almería umakhala wamoyo mu bukuli, moyo wochepa, moyo wachilendo, koma moyo pambuyo pa zonse.
Komabe, nyumba ya pafamu pomwe a Jacobo, Irene ndi Miriam amayesa kunyalanyaza chisokonezo cha miyoyo yawo, pomalizira pake adaberedwa usiku umodzi. Irene aphedwa ndipo Jacobo akudzuka kuchipatala.
Atatuluka chikomokere, Jacobo samatha kumvetsetsa chifukwa chake kafukufukuyu akuti mwana wake wamkazi ndiye amene adayambitsa chiwembucho komanso kupha kawiri komwe kunachitika theka. Koma a Jacobo amakhala ndi chiyamikiro pang'ono, kukayikiranso zaubambo komwe malingaliro oti sangakhale choncho adabadwira.
Pamodzi ndi loya wa mwana wake wamkazi, akuyamba kufufuza tawuni yaying'ono yamzimu, yobisika m'chigwa chokhotakhota, pafupi kumizidwa ndi chikhalidwe chosachedwa koma chokhazikika. Komabe, m'malo osavuta chonchi, mkati mwakachetechete, komwe nthawi zina kumayimbidwa ndi nyimbo ya cicada, Jacobo ndi Nora apeza chidziwitso choti atenge. Mithunzi yazokayikira ikupezeka pakati pa anthu ochepa okhala ku Portocarrero, mpaka zikuwoneka kuti onse ndi gawo la zoyipa zakomweko, atakhazikika pamalo achilendo m'chigwa choiwalika.
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