U-Valery Meladze uvikela ngokucophelela impilo yakhe yangasese kubantu abangabazi, kodwa ngemuva kwenqubo yesehlukaniso nomkakhe owayengumkakhe, okwenzeka eminyakeni emibili eyedlule, abalandeli balo mculi bafunde izindaba zakamuva: iminyaka eyishumi, u-Valery wayehlala emindeni emibili. Umculi ukhetha ukungazi ukuthi kwenzekani empilweni yakhe, kodwa izinsuku ezincane emoyeni wenhlelo kaAndrei Malakhov "Tonight" uMaledze utshele ngezingane zakhe ezivela e-Albina Dzhanabaeva.
Umculi wavuma ukuthi izingane ziyimpumelelo ebaluleke kakhulu empilweni yakhe. Ngokusho kukaValery Meladze, indodana endala kaKostya, oseneminyaka engu-11 ubudala, unesithakazelo esayensi ngqo:
Kostik, cishe, kuyoba injini noma umqambi. Uthuthukiswa ngendlela enhle, unengqondo kulokhu, uyazi kahle ubuchwepheshe
Amadala amadala omculi abuye ahambelane nomculo: Inga ukhethe ukhetheka kowomnotho yena, futhi indodakazi yesibili kaSophia iyaziwa kuthelevishini nakwabhayisikobho. Indodakazi encane kunazo zonke u-Arina uhlanganyela esikoleni sobuciko, eheha kahle futhi ehlabelela ekhosini.
Kodwa lokho indodana encane yomculi uLuka ikhetha, akunakwenzeka neze ukunquma. Umfana usanda kuguqula unyaka nezinyanga ezimbili ubudala, futhi usemncanyana kakhulu ukuthi anganquma ukuthi yini ayithandayo. U-Valery Meladze waphawula ukuthi omama bezingane zakhe bahle kakhulu ekukhuliseni. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, lo mculi wavuma ukuthi wayethukuthele kakhulu ukuthi amadodakazi akhe ayengafuni ukuxhumana namadodana akhe:
Ngizisola kakhulu, amadodakazi ami namadodana angabangani, cishe aboni nhlobo. Kungenxa yami umsebenzi oyinhloko empilweni - ukwenza ukuze baqale ukuxhumana