M'mawa uno, ndikukonza chakudya cham'mawa, ndidayang'ana panja ndikuwona mnansi wanga wapachipinda cham'mwamba, mkazi wokongola wazaka zapakati pa 70, akuvutika kutsitsa ma soda m'galimoto yake. Mwachibadwa, ndinakakamizika kumuthandiza. Ndinathamangira panja ndi kumulonjera mwansangala, ndikumuuza kuti, "Chonde ndithandizeni." Komabe, iye anayankha mwamphamvu, "Ayi, ndapeza."
Ndinadabwitsidwa pang'ono, ndinaganiza kuti angakonde kuchita zinthu yekha. Ndinamufunsa modekha ngati ndingamunyamulire masitepe aja. Apanso anaumirira kuti, “Ayi, sindikufuna thandizo. Ndinalemekeza zofuna zake ndipo ndinayankha kuti, "Chabwino, ndili pano ngati mukufuna chilichonse." Anayang'ana mmbuyo kwa ine, modabwa.
Kenako, nditatsala pang’ono kuyeretsa zinyalala za mphaka wanga, ndinamva kugogoda pakhomo. Anali mnansi wanga! Ndinamulandira ndikumwetulira, ndipo nthawi yomweyo anapepesa chifukwa chamwano wake wakale. Ndinamulimbitsa mtima kuti, "Zili bwino, ndamva." Ndinamupatsa mpata woti alowe, koma anakana.
Kukambitsirana kwathu kunapitiriza, ndipo anapitiriza kupepesa. Ndinakakamira kuti zili bwino ndipo ndinamupempha kuti ayese tiyi yomwe ndinamwa. Atazengereza kwakanthawi, adavomera. Ndinamuuza kuti mwina amphaka anga adzatuluka kudzamupatsa moni ngati nditasiya chitseko chili chotsegula, ndipo ndinasangalala kwambiri atalowa.
Pamene ndinkatulutsa tiyi m’khichini, anawoneka kuti anadabwa kwambiri ndi kukoma mtima kwanga ndi kupanda chakukhosi kwanga. Ndinaona kuti nthaŵi imeneyi ingasinthe, ndipo ndinapemphera kuti ndikawauza gwero la Mawu a Chikondi cha Amayi, mtima wawo ukhale wotseguka kuti alandire.