CHRISTMAS HLAYA

Abaningi abazi ukuthi uDombi unkosikazi kaThibhoz wathola uMgwaja bengakashadi. Wayeneminyaka engu-16 uDombi ngenkathi umama wakhe eya naye kwadokotela. Wayekhala ethi uyagula uDombi.

“Yebo-ke mama, ngabe yini inkinga?” kubuza udokotela.

“Yindodakazi yami egulayo dokotela,” kuchaza umama kaDombi, “uDombi lo usenokuhalela ukudla esingajwayele ukukudla ekhaya, futhi usekhuluphele mumva nje futhi ungitshela nokuthi uzizwa engaphilile njalo ekuseni.”

Axilonge uDombi udokotela. Uthe lapho eseqedile, waphendukela kumama kaDombi wathi, “Angazi ngizokutshela kanjani lokhu mama, kodwa indodakazi yakho kubukeka sengathi ikhulelwe. Zine izinyanga uma ngibheka nje.”

“Ukhulelwe? Kanjani? Akakaze ashiywa yedwa nomuntu wesilisa! Ngabe ukhulelwe ngempela Dombi mntanami?”

Athi uDombi, “Cha mama, angikaze ngayiqabula ngisho ukuyiqabula indoda!”

Udokotela ahambe aye efasteleni, alunguze ngaphandle kuze kuphele cishe imizuzu emihlanu yonke. Ekugcineni aze akhulume umama kaDombi athi, “Ingabe kukhona okungahambi kahle dokotela, lapho ngaphandle?”

Aphendule udokotela, “Cha, akukho mama. Ukuthi nje ngesikhathi igcina ukwenzeka into enjengalena, kwavela inkanyezi empumalanga kanye namadoda amathathu ngaleya kwentaba. Angifuni ukuphuthelwa this time!”