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UWillowjean Parker ebengumncedisi kumcuphi odumileyo uLillian Pentekoste iminyaka emithathu. U-Will wabaleka ekhaya xa wayesengumntwana kwaye wajoyina isekisi apho wafunda khona yonke into. U-Lillian, onesifo sokuqina kwamathambo, wavumelana naye kolunye lophando kwaye wacela ukuba ngumncedisi wakhe.
Ngoku, uWill noLillian bajongane nophando malunga nokusweleka kuka-Abigail Collins, umhlolokazi womnye wezihandiba zedolophu othe wenza intywenka yemali ngokuthengisa izixhobo kwimfazwe yaseYurophu. Kodwa oku akuyi kuba lulo naluphi na uphando kwaye ubomi bukaWill noLillian baya kuva ubunzima. Ngaba ulwalamano lwakho luya kuphuma lungaphazamiseki? Kwaye intliziyo yakho?