Pakali pano, chizindikiro chofanana pakati pa ubwenzi, kukhulupirirana ndi unansi wabwino chingakhale kutenga mwana wa mnzanu. M'malo mwake, bukuli likayamba kuoneka kuti likuyenda m'malo oyandikana nawo paubwenzi, kapena chikondi kapena zina mwamitu yopepuka iyi.
Palibe chochita, zomwe zimalengezedwa ngati zosangalatsa zimatha kukhala chimodzimodzi, wosangalatsa wapakhomo pomwe Stephanie amapezeka kuti ali m'manja mwa mwana wa bwenzi lake Emily ndipo popanda kumutsatira. Kumverera koyamba ndiko kugawana nawo nkhawa yodziwa zomwe zikanachitikira Emily. Pamene Stephanie akuyesera kuti mnyamatayo asazindikire zochitika zachilendozo, akuyamba kumufunafuna kumene amayenera kukhala. Kuyambira pachiyambi, kuwululidwa kwa mfundo kwa akuluakulu sikuwoneka kuti kumapereka zotsatira. Nthawi zina, kwa apolisi, chilichonse ndi nkhani yanthawi yake komanso zowunikira. Ndipo pakutha kwa Emily sanapezebe chifukwa chokwanira chodzidzimutsa.
Kupotoza koyamba kwakukulu m'nkhaniyi, nthawi yovuta yomwe chilichonse chimasintha kuchokera ku imvi kupita kukuda, chimabwera pa ife pamene Stephanie amatha kulumikizana ndi Sean, mwamuna wa Emily. Zomwe Sean akuyenera kumuuza zikusintha mkhalidwewo kukhala momwe Stephanie amadzipeza yekha ndipo alibe chochita, m'manja mwa kamnyamata komwe amayi ake akuwoneka kuti adameza nthaka.
Mnyamatayo akufuna kudziŵa chimene chikuchitika ndi amayi ake, mofanana ndi Stephanie mwiniwakeyo. Njira yopita ku chowonadi imawonetsedwa pagawo lililonse ngati chikayikiro choyipa, kusatsimikizika ndi maulosi amdima. Stephanie akunong'oneza bondo chifukwa chololera kukondera komwe kwamupangitsa kukhala wosangalatsa wolengezedwa komanso wapadera, kuopa malo omwe amasintha kuchokera ku zinthu zosayembekezereka kupita kudzidzimutsa, pomwe mthunzi wangozi umabisala nthawi iliyonse. Moyo ngati bodza ndiye mtsutso wabwino kwambiri wopusitsa wowerenga aliyense.
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