Ngemuva kokuba umculi wamemezele ikhefu nomkakhe, abahlonishwayo baseBaskov babenenkinga ngombuzo othi: ubani ozobe engumuntu othanda ukushayela?
Naphezu kokuthi umculi akakaze athole isahlukaniso, wabizwa ngamanoveli anabesifazane abaningi abahle nodumo.
Ngokuyinhloko leli phunga laqhuba uBaskov nomlingani wakhe e-duos ethi "Ngiyeke," "Ude" nguTaisiya Povaliy. Futhi ngesikhathi umculi etshela abezindaba ukuthi umshado wakhe nomkhiqizi u-Lihuta usekelwe kuphela ebhizinisini, inkulumo mayelana nobuhlobo phakathi komculi noNicolai yaqala ngamandla. Wanezela uphethiloli emlilweni kanye noBbasque ngokwakhe: wathatha futhi wahamba waya eKyvna kuya ePovaliy, ekhansela ama-party kumaqembu aphezulu akhokhelwayo.
Sithole ngemuva kukaNikolai e-Ukraine, ukuthola ukuthi kukhona yini uthando phakathi kwakhe noTanya.
- Ngiyamthanda lo mculi omuhle, onolwazi, njengomyeni! - umemezele ukungena esiteji Baskov Povaliy.
La mazwi omculi obhekiswe eBaskov asheshe abhekwa njengememezelo yomphakathi yothando. Kodwa-ke, ngemuva kwezehlakalo uNikolai waphoqa ukuncoma kukaTae, lo mdlali wathi ufuna uPovaliy nomyeni wakhe u-Igor Lihut bajabule. I-untypical iyatholakala. Kubonakala sengathi le mbhangqwana enhle ixhunywe ngobuciko nobungane.
Nakuba iBasque ifudumele kakhulu kumlingani wakhe. Isibonelo, wanikeza intombi yakhe yempi ngesipho esiphuthumayo - i-diamond pendant.
"Lo mhlobiso uzogcizelela ubuhle bakho, uTaechka," umculi wabeka ngothando, wabeka idayimani entanyeni yakhe.
Nokho, umbuzo wokuphila komuntu siqu kaBaskov wahlala uvulekile. Kodwa abhalisa "KP" baphumelele ukuthola ukuthi ubani manje onenhliziyo ye-tenor.
Ngemuva kosuku lokuqala lamakhonsathi e-solo uPovaliy Baskov waya edilini elinobungane nomengameli wangaphambili wase-Ukraine uLeonid Kuchma. Kuyaziwa ukuthi uKuchma ubhekisela eBaskov njengendodana. Umengameli wangaphambili wase-Ukraine waze wafika eMoscow ngosuku lokuzalwa kuka-Nikolay. Futhi eshiya isikhundla somongameli, wanikeza umculi isihloko esithi "Abantu Abaculi base-Ukraine".
U-Nikolai waya kuKuchma engeyedwa. Kusukela ehholo lekhonsathini, iBasque yaphuma ingalo ngesifazane onobuhle obomvu obomvu, njengamaconsi amabili amanzi afana neHollywood inkanyezi uMonica Bellucci.
Nakuba iBasque ifihla ubuhlobo bayo noNastya, kusobala ukuthi umculi unesithakazelo kakhulu ngobuhle. Isithombe nguJulia Ilyinskaya
"Ngicela ungathathi izithombe," kusho uBaskov etshela umlobi wethu, ehlezi emotweni.
- Nikolai, ngubani lokhu nawe? Ingabe lena intombazane yakho? "Asikwazanga ukuzibuza imibuzo.
"Kodwa akuyona yebhizinisi lakho!" - umculi wasitshela ngenselele.
Ngosuku olulandelayo sithwebula iBaskov nomunye umuntu ongowesihambi emnyango wesinye sezindawo zokudlela zaseKiev. UNicholas wagqoka izibuko zakhe zokukhanyisa futhi ngokusobala wayengafuni ukuqashelwa. Umculi unzima kakhulu ukufunda, ngoba iBasque ezinyangeni zakamuva kakhulu isisindo esilahlekile futhi sakhiwe.
Umculi wezingoma wayibamba ngokucophelela isandla sakhe. Kamuva, kwavela umbhangqwana edilini likaTaisiya Povaliy. Yiqiniso, bangena ehholo ngokwehlukana. Emcimbini, owesifazane omuhle wayehlezi ngokuzithoba embhedeni, kanti uNikolai wavuma ukuncoma ePovaliy.
Futhi lapho kuphela izivakashi ziqala ukuhlakazeka, iBasques yacela ubuhle ukudansa. Lo mbhangqwana washiya idili ndawonye emotweni kaNicholas. Bashiya indawo yokudlela njengamajuba amabili, bethana ngezandla.
Sasizibuza isikhathi eside ukuthi lo mfokazi, onakekelwa yiBasques. Kusukela ekugcineni komculi, sakwazi ukuthola ukuthi igama likaNastia elisha lentombazane nguNastya. Uneminyaka engu-19 kuphela. U-Basque wamhlangabeza ekupheleni kukaSeptemba esimisweni sesimiso esithi "ngoMgqibelo kusihlwa", lapho uNastya asebenza khona eqenjini labaculi abazenzayo.
Futhi kusukela ngemva kokuvakasha eJalimane umculi washiya ngaphandle komculi owenziwe, uNastya ngandlela-thile waqala ukusebenza eBaskov.
Kusobala ukuthi intombazane eneminyaka engu-19 ubudala engenazo isipiliyoni somsebenzi akulula ukungena eqenjini labafundi. Indima ebalulekile yadlalwa yizwela likaNicola.
Bathi uthando lwabo luhlala cishe izinyanga ezinhlanu. Nakuba iBasque ifihla ubuhlobo bayo noNastya, kusobala ukuthi umculi unesithakazelo kakhulu ngobuhle. Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi yena kanye no-stylist uchwepheshe uLarisa Sotnikova waya eKiev futhi akadingi usizo lomdwebi owenza umsebenzi, uNikolay wayefuna uNastya ukuba abe khona. Bathi eKie umculi wabeka othandekayo wakhe omusha ngo-March 8 nge diamond. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi umshado?