Rimwe zuva vakaroorana vakauya kwandiri: akanga ari chiremba uye mudzimai wake aiva mukoti. Vakanga vachinetseka zvikuru pamusoro pomwanakomana wavo ane makore matanhatu okukura, akanga akapindwa muropa nokuyamwa chigunwe chake chikuru.
Kana akasiya munwe wake oga, akatanga kuruma nzara dzake. Vabereki vake vakamuranga, vakamurova, vakamurova, vakamusiya asina zvokudya, havana kumubvumira kusimuka pachigaro chake hanzvadzi yake ichitamba. Pakupedzisira, vakatyisidzira kuti vaizokoka chiremba anorapa vanhu vanopenga.
Ndichisvika parunhare Jackie akandimhoresa nemaziso aipenya uye akapfumbata zvibhakera. “Jackie,” ndakadaro kwaari, “baba naamai vako vari kukumbira kuti urape kuti urege kuyamwa chigunwe chako nokuruma nzara dzako. Baba vako naamai vako vanoda kuti ndive chiremba wako. Zvino ndaona kuti izvi hauzvide, asi teerera zvandinoudza vabereki vako. Nyatsoteerera.
Ndichitendeukira kuna chiremba nomudzimai wake mukoti, ndakati, “Vamwe vabereki havangonzwisisi zvinodiwa nevana. Wese ane makore matanhatu okukura anoda kuyamwa chigunwe chake uye kuruma nzara dzake. Saka, Jackie, sveta chigunwe chako uye woruma nzara dzako kusvika pamwoyo wako. Uye vabereki vako havafaniri kukushora. Baba vako ndichiremba uye vanoziva kuti vanachiremba havambopindiri pakurapwa kwevarwere vevamwe. Iye zvino wava murwere wangu, uye haakwanisi kundidzivisa kukubata nenzira yangu. Mukoti haafaniri kuita nharo nachiremba. Saka usanetseka, Jackie. Sveta chigunwe chako uye woruma nzara dzako sevana vese. Chokwadi, kana wava mukomana mukuru, anenge makore manomwe, wobva wayamwa chigunwe chako nekuruma nzara dzako zvichakunyadzisa, kwete zera iroro.
Uye mumwedzi miviri, Jackie aifanira kuita zuva rekuzvarwa. Kumwana ane makore matanhatu, mwedzi miviri isingaperi. Birthday iri richasvika rinhi saka Jackie akabvumirana neni. Zvisinei, mwana wose ane makore matanhatu anoda kuva mukuru ane makore manomwe. Uye mavhiki maviri zuva rekuzvarwa kwake risati rasvika, Jackie akarega kuyamwa chigunwe chake nekuruma nzara dzake. Ndakangomukwezva pfungwa, asi pamwero wemwana mudiki.