UMnu Mercedes, wase Stephen King

Uma i iphoyisa elisethathe umhlalaphansi uHodges uthola incwadi evela kumbulali omkhulu owathatha impilo yabantu abayishumi, engakaze aboshwe, uyazi ukuthi akungabazeki ukuthi nguye. Akuyona ihlaya, ukuthi i-psychopath imphonsa leyo ncwadi yokwethulwa futhi imnikeze ingxoxo "yokushintshana ngayo"

Ngokushesha uHodges uthola ukuthi umbulali uyamsukela, uyambuka, uyayazi imikhuba yakhe, futhi ngokusobala ufuna nje ukuthi agcine ngokuzibulala. Kepha okwenzekayo kuphambene nje, uHodges uvuselela umqondo wokuvala icala elidala le- umbulali owaziwa njengoMnu. Mercedes, owagijimela inqwaba yabantu ababambe ulayini ukuthola umsebenzi.

Ngasikhathi sinye sihlangana noBrady Hartsfield, insizwa ekhaliphile futhi ekhanyisa inyanga. Umthengisi we-ayisikhilimu, uchwepheshe wekhompyutha kanye ne-psychopath kufihlwe egumbini elingaphansi kwendlu yakhe. Kuyafuna ukwazi ukuthi ngandlela thile sithola isizathu sokwenza kwakhe ubugebengu, noma okungenani lokho kubonakala ngathi kulandela ukuthuthuka kwesizinda sakhe. Ubaba oshonile washaywa wugesi ngengozi, umzalwane othembekile okhubazeke ngokomqondo othatha impilo yakhe kanye nonina, nomama ekugcineni ozinikele kakhulu otshwaleni ngemuva kokushona kwezingane zakhe ezinesiphiwo esincane.

UBrady noHodges bayajaha, engxoxweni enetheni lapho bobabili bephonsa khona izihibe zabo. Kuze kube yilapho ingxoxo iphuma esandleni futhi izenzo zabo bobabili zimemezela ngentuthuko eqhumayo.

Ngenkathi uHodges ebanga udaba lukaMnu. Mercedes, impilo yakhe, ebibukeka sengathi izofinyelela esiphethweni esimnyama esifakwe ukucindezeleka, ithola amandla angaziwa, phakathi komndeni wesinye sezisulu zikaMnu uMercedes uthola uthando olusha, kanti uBrady (Mnuz Mercedes ) akakwazi ukubekezelela ukuthi lokho obekuzoba isu lokucekela phansi iphoyisa kugcina ngokuba yisipho enjabulweni yakhe.

Uhlanya lusondela kuBrady ngesankahlu, ulungele noma yini. Futhi ukungenelela okungenzeka kukaHodges, ojeziswe ngonya nguBrady enjabulweni yakhe entsha, kungamvimba ngaphambi kokwenza ubuwula bakhe obukhulu. Izinkulungwane zabantu zisengozini eseduze.

Iqiniso ngukuthi, ngokubona ukuphathwa kwesinye sezinkomba zami zemibhalo, le noveli akubonakali kimi ifana nezinye eziningi. Isakhiwo siqhubeka beshesha kepha alikho lelo zinga lokujula nabalingiswa. Kunoma ikuphi kuyajabulisa.

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