Ukufa yeyona mfihlakalo inkulu, eyona mfihlakalo inkulu enokuxhonywa kuthi ukuba sibona ubomi njengenoveli. Ngaphambi nangasemva komsonto wexeshana kunqunyulwe abo bashiyeka benamathandabuzo, behlalutya ubulolo njengoko bebengasoze bacinge ngokukucinga.
Yolo lonwabo lujongana nalo U-Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde Kwintshayelelo yenoveli, kufunyenwe eyona mininzi egqibeleleyo, kanye xa kuye kwakho imisonto emininzi emiswe kwi-limbo yeziganeko kunye nokufa kwehlabathi lethu. Kwaye ukusuka apho ngokuqinisekileyo abalinganiswa beli bali linzulu bazalwa ngokwengxelo yalo nje kuphela kodwa nakwezona ndawo zibalulekileyo ezikhoyo.
UKim omncinci wayenze ubomi bakhe eAlicante, kude nabazali bakhe kunye nemvelaphi yakhe yesiNgesi. Kude kube iimbumbulu zekamva lakhe elibi zigqibe ukwenzeka kwetyala elitsha elingafanelanga ukuba likhona. UJohn noGeraldine, abazali bentombazana, baya khona. Ngamnye uvela kubomi bakhe obutsha kuba imeko yosapho khange ibekho kangangeminyaka emininzi. Kwaye umbono wokuqala ophakanyisiweyo yilelo lokungcwaba elinokungcwatywa, elinokubonakala xa iimeko zingaphuhlisi ngaphakathi kwinto ethathwa njengesiqhelo.
Ukwahlula kokona kusengqiqweni xa izinto zingahambi kakuhle. Kodwa ngalo mzuzu wempi, kwiminyaka emininzi kamva, isigqibo sithatha njengesona sizathu sikukufa kukaKim. Ukanti, mhlawumbi ngokuchanekileyo ngenxa yomgama ekuvunyelwene ngawo phakathi kukaJohn noGeraldine, bobabini bakhawuleza bajoyina imikhosi ukucacisa okwenzekileyo noKim. Yonke into yalatha kwimeko yempindezelo yesona senzo sobukrakra. Kodwa imiphetho ifundwa ngokunzulu ngamapolisa nangabazali babo ngokufanayo.
Emva kukaKim. Yonke into imnyama emva kukaKim. Nangona kubunzulu bobumnyama kukho into yokuhlangula, into yokuqhubeka ngamandla. UGeraldine noJohn bayazi ukuba ngootatomkhulu kwaye bazimisele ukukhangela inkwenkwe leyo.
Zonke izinto ezimbi kakhulu zinakho, okanye mandithi, kufuneka ufumane i-sublimation ukuze uqhubeke uphila. Incwadana iyaqhubeka ekuhambeni kokufikelela kwinyaniso kunye nokukhangela inkwenkwe kunye nokuqiniswa kobudlelwane phakathi kukaGeraldine noJohn.
Ubuncinci bokudibana kwakhona kusebenza apha ukujoyina imikhosi. Abasokuze bafune ukudibana kwakhona ukuze bafumane imeko enjalo ngaxhatha linye. Kodwa okona kubi kunokubakho ukulungiswa kwakhona kuloo ndawo yobudlelwane bemvakalelo ekungekho ndlela yakuya naphambili, kodwa iyajika ijike ijolise kumbindi nothando olungenakuchazeka lothando.
Ngoku ungathenga inoveli "Emva kukaKim", incwadi entsha ka-Ángeles González Sinde apha: