Umdlali we-actress akalungile. Amabele amancinci ayongxaki. Ekuqaleni ndandicinga ukuba usisimumu. Kodwa ujonga iqhude lam njengommangaliso onamantloko asixhenxe, ngexesha lokwesabisa kwesondo emehlweni akhe kunye nomnqweno "Ndinqwenela ukuba kuphelile" u-Yu Ekugqibeleni wavele wakhupha i-pathetic semblance of smile. Kwaye abafana babelungile kakhulu, belunge kakhulu. Bahlambalaza kakuhle, ngokobugcisa. Ndiyabakhumbula.
Ukulungiselela kakuhle iklasi, kodwa akukho malunga nokufunda. Umfundi afunda naye mhle ebusweni nasemlonyeni, kodwa ezi tyholo zisebhulukhweni zakhe ziyazonyanya. Ihlathi elininzi kakhulu. Ngamanye amaxesha ufuna inwele encinci yokutshintsha, kodwa akunjalo.