Ukuya kwi-o-ffice. / Ukuya kwi-o-ffice. Ewe sinjalo. / Ewe sinjalo. / Utata uza kufunda incwadi ebhuqwayo. / UDaniel uza kutya icookie. / Ewe sinjalo.
Umdala uMnu. Abrams, 70, ligqwetha elikhokelayo lokuqala kunye neqabane eCahill, Gordon & Reindel. Uthe wakhulisa abantwana bakhe ababini-uDan kunye nodadewabo, inkosi ye-ofisi ejongene nolwaphulo-mthetho jikelele kwi-ofisi yegqwetha laseMelika u-Ronnie Abrams, 38 -njengokuba wayekhulisiwe: ngomoya womthetho ekhayeni lam. Ebusuku, endaweni yamabali okulala, waxelela amabali ngokuziphatha okusemthethweni: umzekelo, omnye malunga notitshala waseKentucky wenkulungwane ye-19 owathenga amalahle ukufudumeza igumbi lakhe lokufundela kwaye wamangalela isithili sesikolo emva kokuba enqabile ukumbuyisela imali. Kwangorhatya, wayezama ukuvala iingxoxo ebantwaneni.
Kwakukho ixesha, xa uRonnie wayeneminyaka eli-11 ubudala, xa ndandimsebenzisa ngokukodwa njengebhodi evakalayo yeengxoxo zomlomo, utshilo uMnu Abrams utata . Ndafumanisa ukuba wayenqanaba elifanayo lomonde njengabagwebi abaninzi. Wayedla ngokuthi, ‘Athini amatyala akho?’ Wayemamela umzuzu okanye emibini. Wayeza kubuza, 'Uthini na wena? Kwaye bathini? ’Emva koko wayeza kulawula.
U-Efrat, unkosikazi kaMnu. Abrams-owayesakuba ngutitshala kwisikolo sama-Hebhere kunye no-Guggenheim owayelilungu loqeqesho-kuphela komntu ongenguye u-J.D kusapho olusondeleyo. (I-Abramses eyandisiweyo ibandakanya abanye abangengabo abameli-kunye nomzala wokuqala ka-Floyd u-Elliott, usekela-Mcebisi kukhuseleko lukazwelonke lika-Mongameli Bush, kunye ne-New York Abramses abagcina ubudlelwane obukude, ukuba abubanda.)
Incoko etafileni yesidlo sangokuhlwa inokufumana i-wonky. Akhona amaxesha apho umama azive eshiywe ngaphandle, utshilo unyana wakhe.
Umnumzana Abrams omkhulu ukhulele eNew York, okokuqala eBronx, emva koko eQueens. Uyise wakhe wenza iintyatyambo ezingezizo; Umama wakhe wasala ekhaya. Uthathile ingqalelo yokuba ngumfundi, kodwa wakhetha iYale Law School xa eqonda ukuba akanako ukwanelisa iimfuno zolwimi ezimbini zeeMviwo zeRekhodi. Abantwana bakhe baqeqeshwa njengamagqwetha kuba yintoni enye abaza kuba yiyo?
URonnie wayesiya ebharini esemncinci. UDan walandela loo mzila mnye, kodwa wachitha ixesha elininzi kulutsha efuna ukuba nguTed Koppel olandelayo. Kude kube xa sele enesidanga somthetho kwaye esebenzela ukuba ngumabhalana, nangona kunjalo, waye wazimela kumabonwakude.
Ukuba utata wam wayengumntu osemthethweni ngokwenene, utshilo unyana, ngewayethe, 'Yiza-ngekhe uyeke ukuba ngumabhalane ohloniphekileyo.' Wayendikhuthaza kakhulu ngokuthatha kwam i-22,000 yeedola ngonyaka Umabonakude weNkundla.
Ngelixa amagqwetha akwa-Abrams ebonisana rhoqo kwimicimbi yezomthetho, utata kunye nonyana babanga ukuba bangangqubani nomdla.
Kubekho amaxesha ahlekisayo, utshilo uFloyd. Umdala u-Abrams wenza ukubonakala kwe-TV ngexesha le-2000 kaMongameli wonyulo. Ndandikumdlalo kaDan xa wayenenkqubo kunye noGeraldo, kwaye ndandikhona kwaye uDan wayesenza udliwanondlebe kuyo. Babenenye yezi bhokisi apho unabantu abane kwiscreen ngaxeshanye; kubonakala ngathi uphezu Izikwere zeHollywood okanye into. Ngapha koko, wabuza umntu wokuqala ngezimvo zakhe, emva koko owesibini, emva koko owesithathu, emva koko weza kum. Ndaqonda akayazi ukuba mandibize ntoni.
Ngexesha lotshintshiselwano lokuqala, uDan wabiza utata wakhe Mnu Abrams.
Kuyabonakala ukuba, bekukho intsini endlebeni yakhe, utshilo uFloyd Abrams. Ke kwixesha elizayo, wathi, ‘Floyd, ucinga ntoni ngalonto?’ Kuyabonakala ukuba, kwahlekwa. Ukugqibela kwam ukuza kum, wathi, 'Ewe, ngoku ndibiza ijaji eyintloko ekhaya.'
