Ngubani ongazange aphile ibali lothando olwalelweyo? Ukuba kuphela ngenxa yokuba lonke uthando luhlala ludibana nohlobo oluthile lokungavunyelwa nokuba ngumona nje. Kuyinyani ukuba oko kunqatshelwe kukhawulelwe kwinkululeko yesini, ngokwemvelo, kwenzeka kancinci nangaphantsi. Kodwa kuhlala kukho i-taboos eyakhiwe njenge-totems yokuziphatha.
Into enomdla kukuba, ngokuchaseneyo naluphi na uhlobo lwesalelo, umda okanye ukuchaswa okukhankanywe ngasentla, uthando olujongene ne-nemesis yombono wabanye, luphakama ngamandla, luphila ngokugqithisileyo, luphela lunandipha ngakumbi ebusweni iingqondo ezixineneyo ngokokuziphatha.
Yiyo loo nto eli bali lika umbhali uAna Merino, ekhokelwa yintshatsheli yeValeria yothando olungenantlonipho, yothando ebusweni bayo yonke into, yeentliziyo ezinzulu kunye neemvakalelo ezixhonywe yimisinga engalindelekanga ye-destiny, ihlala iphelela ekusiphumeleleni ukuba andazi ukuba yintoni umnqweno ongenakwenzeka okanye ithuba elilahlekileyo. ukuba mhlawumbi besinayo okanye singathanda ukuba...
UValeria, utitshala omncinci wesikolo onobudlelwane obuyimfihlo noTom, oneminyaka engamashumi amathathu ubudala kunaye, ujongene nengxaki yeemvakalelo kwaye ufuna ukuqonda intsingiselo yothando.
Kwidolophu afundisa kuyo, uLilian uyanyamalala ngaphandle kwesizathu esicacileyo ngelixa umyeni wakhe ekwelinye icala lehlabathi. UGreg, indoda ethanda amabhinqa, uquqa kwindawo ekufutshane yokwamkela iindwendwe ukuze athintele ukungoneliseki kwakhe, de kube ngenye imini abhaqwe ngeyona ndlela imbi.
Ukususela kumaxesha anjengala ekuhambeni koluntu oluncinane lwasemaphandleni, siye siphengulule iimfihlelo zemihla ngemihla zabemi bakhona. Ubomi babo bonke abuyi kuhlangana ngaphezulu kweminyaka engamashumi amabini kuphela, kodwa buya kulawulwa ngamandla othando, ukungahleleki kwamathuba okanye ngobulungisa bombongo ukuba ezona ziganeko zingalindelekanga zizisa kuthi ngamanye amaxesha.
Imephu yempembelelo ilandela umkhondo wabantu abakha amabali afihliweyo eendawo; iindawo apho ukungabikho kunye neziganeko ezingaqhelekanga zivuswa khona, apho ulwaphulo-mthetho olungaqondakaliyo lwenzeka, apho iingxabano zomntu kunye neentsapho zihlala kunye kwaye apho kuphela ukuqhutyelwa kokulungileyo kulungisa isiseko esiyimfuneko sokuqhubeka nokuphila.
Ngoku ungathenga inoveli ethi “Imephu yezothando”, incwadi kaAna Merino, apha: