Ehlobo, ama-parenthesis abalulekile. Ubani omunye okhumbula okungenani lelo hlobo ngothando lwakhe lokuqala ngandlela thile, noma ngothando oluthe xaxa kepha oluhlelelwe njalo. Kwesinye isikhathi kubukeka sengathi ezinye izimpilo zethu kungenzeka zilandele ezinye izindlela ngokusebenzisa izindiza ezintsha zesikhashana ezivela kuleyo vertex yehlobo lentsha ebibukeka ingapheli.
Uma kwenzeka futhi ukuthi ufunda inoveli emayelana nothando lokuqala kusukela eminyakeni engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili edlule, isikhathi lapho wena ngokwakho wadlula kuleso sikhathi sobusha esigcwele imizwa yothando olwedlulele kodwa lokho kugcina kufiphele ekukhanyeni kokudlula kwaleyo minyaka, uzwela ngisho okuningi ngomlingiswa ofana noMaeve Donnelly.
Endabeni ye-protagonist yale noveli, ukuguquka kwakhe, isikhathi lapho uthando lwakhe lokuqala lumiswe khona emlenzeni wobusha bakhe bokuqala, konke kwenzeka ngokuxokozela. Ehlobo lika-1988, uMaeve ukwazile ukuhlanganyela isikhashana esihle noDaniel, kufaka phakathi ukumanga. Kepha ngaphansi kwalesosigqi esingajahi sesikhathi sobusha, uMaeve onesibindi, onentshisekelo yolwandle esesemncane, ungena emanzini ngaso leso sikhathi lapho ushaka omnyama, othanda ngokwemvelo amanzi angajulile, edlula futhi agcine eluma it.
Kulula ukuqonda ukuthi ingozi isuliwe noma yasebenza njengendawo yokwehluka kwendaba yothando ekwakhiweni. Futhi-ke, uthando lukaMaeve lolwandle lwakhula kuphela yize kwakukhona okubi okwakungaqeda impilo yakhe.
Sinezinhlelo ezimbili zempilo kaMaeve. Yini engaba khona nokuthi yini eyayikhona. Futhi inqubekelaphambili yempilo kaMaeve isendleleni yokuvalelisa ebusheni, ngokwemvelo, ngokushiywa kothando lokuqala olucwiliswe emanzini olwandle olwalulindele nokho njengesihloko sokucwaninga ngesazi sezinto eziphilayo sasolwandle esizayo. Umbhali wabe esebeka indida yokufuna ukwazi ... UMaeve wakhetha ukufunda kabanzi mayelana nokuthi yini eyayizokuqeda impilo yakhe ngenkathi ebeka eceleni lolo thando olwaluhlala nalesi sigameko ehlobo elifanayo. UMaeve wayefuna ukufunda kabanzi ngobuhlungu kunokuvumela uthando.
Kepha akuyona inoveli edabukisayo, ngokuphambene nalokho. Ukubuyela kukaMaeve esiqhingini sobusha bakhe kumbeka ngaphambi kokuwela kolayini ababili bokuphila abadwetshiwe. Futhi kulapho-ke lapho sijabulela ukungqubuzana komuntu, ngenhloso yokuhlekisa nokunambitheka kwezothando ngalokho okutholwe othandweni oluhlanganisiwe nalokho okuzwakala othandweni olulahlekile.
UMaeve uzama ukusinda. Eminyakeni eminingi ngemuva komcimbi, ukubuyela kwakhe esiqhingini kudala ukuhlangana noDaniel. Kepha eceleni kwakhe kukhona uNicholas, umthandi onjengaye wezilwandle nolwandle. Esidlule, samanje nokungabaza ngekusasa elixhuma nomugqa wesikhathi owodwa noma omunye. Ngoba ekugcineni, kunempilo eyodwa kuphela.
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