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Kusenokwenzeka ukuba xa uKari Ferrell engena kwi Usekela iiofisi zamaphephancwadi eWilliamsburg, eBrooklyn, kwinyanga ephelileyo kudliwanondlebe nomsebenzi oncedisayo kwezolawulo, babecinga ukuba bazakubetha i-jackpot. UNkosazana Ferrell-omncinci, oneminyaka engama-22 ubudala, welifa lemveli laseKorea — wayenomvambo omkhulu we-phoenix esifubeni kunye neenwele ezimnandi ze-pixie. Wayethetha, ehlekisa, enomtsalane, ethandekayo. Wayenomvambo emqolo othi funda I Iindevu. Ubaxelele ukuba ebesebenzela i-ofisi yaseNew York yenkampani yokunyusa ikonsathi iGoldenVoice, ebeka imithendeleko emikhulu yamatye efana neCoachella kufutshane nePalm Springs, eCalif., Kwaye wayefudukele eNew York esuka eUtah kwiinyanga nje ezimbalwa ngaphambili. Bamqesha ngqo kwichaphaza.

Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa kamva, omnye woogxa bakaNks. Ferrell omtsha weza edesikeni yakhe. Ndathi, ‘Uxolo, miss, ingaba [umphathi wakhe] usezantsi?’ Uxelele umfana oneminyaka engama-29 ubudala Umjongi . Wayecinga ukuba le yayiyimbeko kakhulu kangangokuba ndathi, ‘Uxolo, miss,’ emva koko waqalisa ukuthetha nam, wandithumelela umyalezo okhawulezileyo. Ubuze ukuba ndivela eMzantsi na. Ndamxelela ukuba hayi. Yenyuka ukusuka apho.

Kwisiqingatha seyure, U-Nks.Ferrell wayemhlwaya ngemibuzo malunga nembali yakhe yezesondo-bangaphi abafazi awayelele nabo njalo njalo. Wayeza kum, kwaye ndandinomdla kuyo kwinxalenye yokuqala yayo, utshilo. Ndiye ndaqonda ukuba ndingonwaba emva komsebenzi — kodwa ke bendifana nokuthi, ‘Makhe ndikhangele le ntombazana.’ Wayemjonga. Up up wavela ifoto yomntu osebenza naye omtsha onomdla kuluhlu lweSebe lamaPolisa eSalt Lake City, efunwa kwii-warrant ezintlanu ezahlukeneyo, kubandakanya ukudlulisa i-60,000 yeedola kwitsheki ezimbi, ubuqhetseba nobusela bevenkile.

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Kungekudala emva kokufika eNew York ngo-Agasti ophelileyo, uKari Ferrell wafudukela kwigumbi elincinci kwisitalato iBergen kumda weCrown Heights – Prospect Heights. Wazenzela abahlobo ngokukhawuleza-ubukhulu becala yayingabafana, nangona kwakusoloko kukho intombazana enye okanye ezimbini kumjikelezo wayo. (Kweli nqaku, uNksk. Ferrell akazange aphendule kwii-imeyile okanye kwilizwi elishiyekileyo kwinombolo yakhe yokugqibela eyaziwayo.) Wadibana noBobby, umfundi waseRutgers oneminyaka engama-23, kwikhonsathi ye-GirlTalk eManhattan ngo-Okthobha. Kubonakala ngathi bobabini kuphela kwabo badala ngokwaneleyo ukuba bangasela, uBobby ukhumbule. Baqala ukuthetha, kwaye, ibali elifutshane, ndigoduka naye. Ngentsasa elandelayo sitshintsha ii-imeyile. Kuyavela ngobo busuku weba iselfowuni yam-kodwa yenziwa ngohlobo lokuba kude kube kwiinyanga kamva ndabona ukuba: khange phulukana umnxeba wam ngobo busuku, wayithatha.

UBobby waqala ukuthatha uhambo olusuka eNew Brunswick, NJ, oluya eBrooklyn rhoqo ngeempelaveki. Wamxelela ukuba usebenzela iGoldenVoice kwaye wamnika elinye lamakhadi eshishini. Wayenekhadi leATM, uBobby ukhumbule, kodwa khange kubonakale kusebenza; wayenokufumana kuphela imali kuyo, angayisebenzisi njengekhadi ledebhithi, kwaye, wamxelela, isebenza kuphela kule bodega ikufutshane nendlu yakhe. Waye ke aboleke imali kwaye athembise ukuyibuyisa.

Kungekudala wamxelela ukuba woyika ukuba ukhulelwe. Undixelele ukuba uthathe iimvavanyo ezintandathu-ezintathu zazintle, zintathu zazingenayo, utshilo uBobby. Ndamxelela ukuba makaye kugqirha wababhinqileyo, afumane uvavanyo lokwenyani lokukhulelwa, kwaye siya phambili ukusuka apho. Uyekile ukulizisa.

Xa uBobby wayebone uNkosazana Ferrell malunga neeveki ezintandathu, omnye wabahlobo bakhe wamxelela ukuba uNksk. Ferrell ubulawa ngumhlaza. Xa wadibana naye, uBobby wathi wamxelela ibali lokungxola —'Ndilahliwe kubazali bam, andibazi abazali bam, abazali bam abandamkelayo bayandixhaphaza. ' Akumangalisi ukuba umntu obhubha ngumhlaza, oneenyanga ezintathu zokuphila, angasuka eSalt Lake City aye eBrooklyn.

UBobby wayithetha nabahlobo bakhe. Ngokusisiseko, imvumelwano yayikukunamathela ecaleni kuba uyayithanda le ntombazana, kodwa ungadibani kakhulu, kuba uzakufa kwiinyanga ezintathu, utshilo uBobby. Ngaphezulu kweeveki ezimbalwa ezizayo, wathi, babeneengxoxo ezidandathekisayo malunga nendlela angafuni ukufa ngayo. Abazali bam ngoogqirha, kwaye ndizibonile izigulane zingena kwinqanaba labo lokugqibela lobomi. Wayesithi, 'Andifuni ukuyidlula loo nto, ndiza kuthatha ubomi bam.'

UNkosazana Ferrell wayebonakala ephilile ngaphandle, kodwa ngenye imini uBobby wafumana umyalezo othi uzokhohlela igazi kwaye usesibhedlele.

Oogqirha bebemnyanga ngokungathi kukho into engahambi kakuhle, utshilo. Bendicinga, ‘Owu, mkhulu, nantso isiza, esi iya kuba sisiqalo sesiphelo.’ Oogqirha eBellevue bathi, ‘Kukho into engalunganga ngesihlomelo sakho, sidumbile kancinci. Kodwa, zindaba ezimnandi, asifumani mhlaza kwimiphunga yakho! '

NgokukaBobby, UNkosazana Ferrell wayichitha le meko, esithi umhlaza wakhe yinto enokuthi ivele kwiskena ngenye imini inyamalale elandelayo.

Ngempelaveki phambi kweKrisimesi, uBobby kunye noNkosazana Ferrell baya epatini. Wayedanisa, etshaya imbiza. Ndacinga ukuba kuyamangalisa ngenene ukuba ukuba uyafa ngumhlaza wemiphunga, uya kube etshaya imbiza. UBobby ubuyele eRutgers kwaye kubusuku obungaphambi kokuba emke ngekhefu lasebusika, uNkosazana Ferrell wabiza, esongela ngokuzibulala. Ngosuku olulandelayo, wafowuna ngelixa esesidlo nabazali bakhe. Ubuthathaka ngokwenene, akafuni kuthetha, uthi, 'Ndiza kukubiza ngelinye ixesha,' kwaye abeke phezulu, utshilo. Ndonwabile nje uyaphila. Emva kweeyure ezimbalwa, ndiyathetha naye kwaye uxinezeleke ngokwenene-uthi ayisoze iphele, akukho sizathu. Uyamangalisa ngokwenene kwaye akaqondakali. Okokugqibela wamxelela ukuba une-psychotic ex-boyfriend, umphathi wolwaphulo-mthetho onokuthi angene nakweyiphi na iselfowuni. Wayemgxeka e-Utah, wathi; waqhekeza indlu yakhe weba imali. Uthe xa engena kwisithunywa sakhe esikhawulezileyo, yathi sele engenile; Wayothukile yayingu ex owayephambene.

UBobby uxelele abanye abahlobo bakhe lonke ibali lakhe kwaye babonakala bengakholelwa, ke yena wamkhangela kwaye wafumana ipowusta efunekayo. Emva kokuba ndibone yonke into ukuba yinkomo, uqhubeke nokundithumelela imibhalo, wathi undithumele umyalezo ngeKrisimesi endixelela ukuba uyandithanda. Ngokukhawuleza ndakuqonda ukuba ungubani kanye kanye, ndayeka ukunxibelelana naye.

Kodwa uBobby wayengenguye yedwa uNkosazana Ferrell. Kwinyanga ephelileyo, ekupheleni kuka-Novemba kwitheko lokudanisa kwindawo yokuphumla i-Happy Ending kwi-Lower East Side, wadibana nomfana oneminyaka eyi-28 ogama linguJoe, owayehlala eGreenpoint. Wayebhiyozela usuku lokuzalwa kwakhe kwaye wamema uNkosazana Ferrell kwitheko awayenalo ngobusuku obulandelayo. Undixelele ukuba usebenzela inkampani eyenza uCoachella-iGoldenVoice, utshilo uJoe. Uya kuzinika zonke ezi nkcukacha malunga nokubaleka, ukuya kwiintlanganiso. Ngobunye ubusuku wathi wayelele eofisini kuba wayenomsebenzi omninzi. Uye waxelela uJoe nabahlobo bakhe ukuba usebenzela incwadi Usekela -Incwadi yetafile yekofu yeefoto zamadoda aneendevu ezibuza ecaleni kwakhe Ndiyayithanda ithenda yeendevu.

Unale nto nabafana apho athetha khona malunga nokwabelana ngesondo phambili kwaye uhlobo lokubeka abantu kwimilinganiselo, utshilo uJoe. (KwakungoNovemba ke apho umfana ogama linguTroy wayese-Union Pool, ibar yaseWilliamsburg, xa ibartender yamgqithisela inqaku lomnye umthengi. Yayifundeka ngolu hlobo, ndifuna ukukunika umsebenzi ngomlomo wam, kwaye wasayinwa Ngokutsho kukaTroy, evela kuNkosazana Ferrell. Elinye ixesha, umxhasi eFabiane, ikhefi eseBedford Avenue eWilliamsburg, utshilo uNkosazana Ferrell wamnika inqaku elalisithi: Ndifuna uphosa inja phantsi kweholo lam.)

UNkosazana Ferrell waba ngabahlobo abasondeleyo noJoe egumbini lokuhlala no-Erica Koch, oneminyaka engama-26, osebenza kwi-cafe eBrooklyn Label eGreenpoint. Undixelele ukuba unomhlaza, utshilo uNksk. Koch. Emva koko wandixelela ukuba wayegula ngumhlaza. Uthe wayesandula ukufumanisa ukuba ufike nini eNew York kwaye wayesela iipilisi ze-chemo. Awunakho ukubuza umntu othi unomdlavuza! Ngenye imini waphuma kwigumbi lomntu endandihlala naye ekhohlela, kwaye wayenegazi esandleni.

Kwilebheli yaseBrooklyn ngenye imini ngoDisemba, umhlobo kaErica’s, unoncwadi oneminyaka engama-30 ubudala ohlala eGreenpoint, wayebhala amakhadi eKrisimesi xa uNkosazana Ferrell esiya kuye. Baye bathetha ixeshana baphela ngokuya kumboniso bhanyabhanya. Emva kwexesha wamxelela ukuba unomhlaza. Wayebonakala engumqabaqaba ngokupheleleyo — wayebonakala esempilweni, utshilo umthala weencwadi. Ndathi, ‘Imbi loo nto,’ kodwa andivanga ngathi yinto ebulalayo. Kwiintsuku ezimbini kamva, wathi wafowunelwa ngoogqirha bakhe kwaye wayenenyanga ezimbalwa kuphela ukuba aphile.

Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa kamva, unoncwadi ukhumbule, uNkosazana Ferrell wathi wayediniwe kwaye angafuna ukuya kwigumbi likaxakeka. Wayebanga ukuba kufuneka aye eSloan-Kettering-watsho ukuba yiyo loo nto eze eNew York, eze kweso sibhedlele. Kodwa wathi ngekhe aye eSloan-Kettering xa eneengxaki. Kwigumbi lezongxamiseko, oogqirha khange balufumane ulwazi ... Wabanika inombolo yakhe yoKhuseleko lweNtlalo kwaye abafumananga zirekhodi eSloan-Kettering. Ndiqonde ukuba le yenye yezinto zolawulo apho bengafumani lwazi kuye.

Kungekudala umthala wethala leencwadi waqonda ukuba into ayilunganga, kwaye wamkhokhela. Okokugqibela ndamthumelela i-imeyile ndisithi ndiyazi, kwaye andizukuphinda ndihlale naye, emva koko ndabalisela bonke abahlobo endadibana nabo ngalo ibali linye. Baye basusa unxibelelwano naye.

NgoJanuwari kwitheko le-HBO, uNkosazana Ferrell wadibana nombhali oneminyaka engama-24 ubudala ohlala eWilliamsburg. Ngeli xesha, waye wafudukela kwi-Throop Avenue eBedford-Stuyvesant kuba, wamxelela, isakhiwo awayehlala kuso ngaphambili sagwetywa. Umbhali waziva ekhawuleze wangena kwindlela kaNks Ferrell; bagqiba ukujinga malunga namaxesha amane ngeveki. Usebenza ngokufudumeleyo kwaye unomdla omkhulu kwinto abantu abayithethayo, ukhumbule. Kwaye unokunikezela okuninzi ngezinto. Unomdla ngokwenene emculweni kwaye uyazi okuninzi ngomculo. Uyakuthi, 'ndisebenza eGoldenVoice, ndingakufaka kuloo mboniso. Nantoni na ofuna ukuya kuyo, ndingakufumana kuluhlu. ’Siya kuhamba kwaye siphele singabikho kuludwe, kodwa ngandlela thile sakuphela singena — wayevele aqhwanyaze emnyango Siza kungena ngaphakathi. Phantse wonke umntu oyindoda, unoburhalarhume obukhulu ngokwesini- ndimbonile ethumela imiyalezo kwaba bafana, ngokwenene ndicacisa, ukurhwebesha ezi dud in. Ndicinga ukuba aba bantu bayayibona loo nto kwaye bathi, 'Unomtsalane, unoburhalarhume, ndingena kuloo nto.' wayenokubangenisa kwiindawo — sasiya kudanisa kwaye sonwabe. Wayesoloko efumana iinombolo zefowuni kunye ne-imeyile kwaye azilandele.

Ngo-Matshi, UNks Ferrell wanikwa umsebenzi e Usekela . Sibe nezincoko zinde malunga nokuba kufuneka ayishiye iGoldenVoice aye kuyo Usekela okanye hayi, utshilo umbhali. Le yenye yezinto ezindiphazamisayo kunayo nayiphi na enye into-sancokola imizuzu engama-30 malunga nokuba kufuneka atshintshe imisebenzi okanye cha. Sibe nencoko ebandakanyekayo malunga nento eyayiyimpazamo ngokupheleleyo.

Ngomhla wamashumi amabini anesibini kweyoKwindla-kanye emva kokuba uNkosazana Ferrell egxothiwe Usekela, Isigqubuthelo sakhe sigqityiwe ukubulela u-Googling osebenza naye-umbhali kunye noNkosazana Ferrell bafumana isidlo sangokuhlwa kwaye bebexhonywe kwigumbi lakhe nabahlala naye. Uya kwigumbi lokuhlambela aze athi, ‘Ndivele ndakhohlela igazi.’ Wayendixelele ukuba unomhlaza wemiphunga, kodwa ndandicinga nje ukuba wayengenankathalo okanye enesidima. Okanye ukuloba ngaphezulu kwebali kancinci kwaye yiyo loo nto ebengafuni unyango. Kamva ngobo busuku, wathumela umyalezo wombhali esithi useBellevue -kodwa wathumela umyalezo kwigumbi ahlala nalo ukuba useN.U. IZiko lonyango.

Ndandifana, ' Ayiqhelekanga kakhulu , mhlawumbi udlulisiwe, utshilo umbhali. NgoMvulo ngokuhlwa ndiyokumbona kwaye useN.Y.U. kwi-ER, kwaye kubonakala ngathi kudala elapho. Ndihamba naye ukuya kwi-neuro-uthi akaboni ngakwiliso lakhe lasekhohlo kwaye unezintlungu ezinzulu ezisezantsi ngasekhohlo. Akathethi kwanto ngokukhohlela igazi. Uthi benza i-gastroendoscopy, kwaye mhlawumbi unesifo kwaye iphosa amahlwili kwaye uyopha. Ndiphantse ndaya kwisikolo sobugqirha-yayingeyiyo uninzi into engenangqondo endakha ndeva.

Ngobusuku obulandelayo waya endlwini yentombazana leyo, wathi, yayisuswe izidanga ezine eKari, kwaye umntu othile wathetha into ngokuvakalayo ukuba usesibhedlele uKari. Le ntombazana yayingazukundixelela-kodwa ndaye ndanesikrokro. Ndathumela iqela lezinto kwaye intombazana yathi, 'Intombazana ayinomdlavuza. Iintombazana zikhulula iintombazana ezintandathu zize zibalekele ibheyile. INew York elawula imiboniso yasekhaya; iifowuni kwisebe lezabasebenzi le-AEG alibuyiswanga.)

Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa kamva, okwangoku, unoncwadi wafumana umnxeba kwisibhedlele saseMount Sinai; UNks Ferrell wayemdwelise njengonxibelelwano olungxamisekileyo. Bathi, 'Ngaba unalo ulwazi malunga naye? Ungamxelela ukuba unetyala kuthi? ’

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Kwiminyaka emine enesiqingatha eyadlulayo, uKari Ferrell wayengomnye nje intombazana eneminyaka eli-17 ubudala ejinga kwindawo ethe tyaba eSalt Lake City. Wayehlala notata wakhe-abazali bakhe babeqhawule umtshato, kwaye umama wakhe wayetshatile kwakhona wafudukela eArizona-kwaye wachitha ixesha elininzi kwi-MySpace. Kulapho wadibana khona noCasey Hansen, ngoku oneminyaka eyi-24. Uvele wandithumela umyalezo ngaphandle kwendawo, ebeka ingxelo kumfanekiso weprofayile yam, utshilo uMnu. YayingoSanta Claus ephethe uphawu oluthi, ‘Andikho.’ Bobabini baqala ukuthandana.

Uxelele uMnu. Hansen ukuba uneminyaka eli-18 kwaye uphumelele kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo ngaloo nyaka. Ilayisensi yakhe yokuqhuba yathi wayeneminyaka eli-17, nangona kunjalo, kwaye nabazali bakaNkosazana Ferrell bade bamxelela ukuba mdala kangakanani. Utshilo nje ukuba kukho into engaqhelekanga ngesatifikethi sakhe sokuzalwa, kuba wamkelwa eSouth Korea, utshilo uMnu. Wamkholelwa. Ubambelele kule nto malunga nobudala bakhe, ngaphandle kwesizathu esivakalayo, kangangeminyaka emibini. Ndivakalelwa kukuba leyo yayiyimbonakaliso yezinto ezizayo.

Malunga noNyaka oMtsha ka-2005, wafudukela eArizona ukuya kuhlala nomama wakhe, kodwa wabuyela eSalt Lake City kwiinyanga ezintathu kamva. Ngo-Epreli wafudukela eSalt Lake City. Kwisithuba seveki, utshilo uMnu. Hansen, wamxelela ukuba ufumana imiyalezo evela kwiinombolo zefowuni angazaziyo. Wamxelela ukuba bathetha izinto ezinje, ndizokudlwengula ufe. Uxelele abantu ahlala nabo ukuba ucinga ukuba uyazi ukuba ngubani, umntwana wasekhaya. Uxelele uMnu.Hansen ukuba yena kunye nabantu awayehlala nabo baya kwikhaya losapho lomntwana kwaye baqhawula amavili kwaye baphula iifestile.

Ukujonga kwakhona, wayezithumela imiyalezo ethile ngandlela thile, utshilo uMnu. Wayefuna ukuqinisekiswa ukuba abantu bamkhathalele, ndicinga njalo.

Ngelo hlobo uNkosazana Ferrell waya kuhlala noMnumzana Hansen ngenxa yokuba abantwana kwindlu ethe nkqo babengahlawuli irente kwaye bonke bagxothwa. Wayesebenza kwindlu yenja eyayiza kuthi kamva ifake isigwebo kuluntu ngokuchasene ne- $ 1,201; Ushiye inja yakhe kwindlwana yakhe ukuze aphile noMnumzana Hansen. Wajika waba ngumama wam weswekile ngendlela. Wayenayo yonke le mali imangalisayo, utshilo. Wayengafuni ngenene ukuba ndiye emsebenzini. Kwakuyixesha elibuhlungu ngokwenene ebomini bam. Ngokukhawuleza wafumana isaziso ebhankini esithi umntu othile ukhe wazama ukwenza itsheki yakhe, kwaye wabiza icandelo lobuqhetseba kwisebe lamapolisa lasekuhlaleni watyhola omnye wabantu ababehlala naye ngaphambili.

Ngobunye ubusuku emva kokuba babelane ngesondo, watyhola uMnu. Hansen ngokumkopela. Ndifike ezantsi wabe ehleli ngapha kwefowuni yakhe, elila, utshilo. Uthe umntu wayenemifanekiso yam kunye nentombi yam yangaphambili. Andizange ndibe nentombi ngaphambili, makungabikho, umntu wayenjani imifanekiso yam? Kwiiveki ezimbalwa kamva, uMnu. Hansen waya eLos Angeles kunye neqela lakhe; UNkosazana Ferrell kunye nabanye babahlobo bakhe bamakwe kunye. Watyhola umfana ngokumbetha kwaye uMnu. Hansen wathi, waphantse wamkhupha.

Ekwindla, uxelele uMnu.Hansen ukuba ekugqibeleni wakwazi ukufikelela kwimali angakhange akwazi ukuyifumana ngenxa yobuqhetseba bangaphambili kwiakhawunti yakhe yokutshekisha. Waqala ukufaka zonke ezi tshekhi kwiakhawunti yam, efaka i-300, i-500 yeedola, i-1,100 ngexesha, wathi baqhubeka nokundinika imali nanini na ndifuna ukukhupha imali. Wahlala esithi akakwazi ukusebenzisa yena Ikhadi leATM, lindixelela ukuba, ‘Wenza imali ezi tsheki uze undinike imali.’ Ngenye imini ndazinika itsheki eyi- $ 1,200 ndaza ndabuza kuloo mntu uthi, ‘Ngaba zilungile ezi zinto? Ndicinga ukuba kunjalo, kuba nina nihlala nindinika imali kwaye niyibhanki, kodwa ngaba ninokujonga nje oku? ’Kwaye undixelela ukuba zilungile. Oku kuqhubeke kangange veki enesiqingatha, nge-10, 600, ngaphambi kokuba ibhanki iqonde ukuba iitsheki zibhaliwe kwiakhawunti engavulekanga.

Ndala, utshilo uMnu. Hansen. Wayehlala esenza into yokuyolula. UMnu. Hansen wazama ukwahlukana naye. Wamxelela ukuba unomdlavuza. Wamxelela ukuba uyabanjwa kwakhona. Ndibuyele endlini yakhe ndize nebhetshi yesinyithi ndiphethe imela kunye noMace, kwaye ndiye ndaba ngummeli wezokhuseleko, utshilo. Uhlala efumana le mibhalo ingaqhelekanga. Baqala ukulala ngesondo kwakhona. Waya kukhenketho ngoFebruwari 2006, kwaye ngobusuku bokuzalwa kwakhe kwamashumi amabini ananye, wamthumela umyalezo emxelela ukuba ukhulelwe. Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa kamva, wafowuna esithi uza kuzibulala.

Ngo-Okthobha wafumana umntu omtsha ahlala naye, umhlobo wakhe awayemazi kangangeminyaka eliqela, kwaye, ngokuka Mnu. Hansen, wamqhatha nge $ 3,000. Emva kwexesha, uMnu. Hansen ngandlela thile wacinga ukuba kungangumbono olungileyo ukuba athengele imoto esele isebenzisiwe, iVolkswagen Jetta, ukuze uNkosazana Ferrell ahlawule. Kwakuyimali-mboleko yeminyaka emihlanu kwiipesenti ezingama-20. Uye wenza iintlawulo ezimbini emotweni. Umnumzana Hansen wagqibela ngokugcwalisa njengongenamali.

Ngosuku olulandelayo emva kokuba uNkosazana Ferrell egqibe iminyaka engama-21, ngoFebruwari 2008, waya ejele eSalt Lake City iinyanga ezintathu. Ukuphuma kwakhe, waqala ukuthandana nomfana ogama linguBrian MaWhinney; wayedibene naye kuba wayethandana nomntu ahlala naye.

Ndibuze uMnumzana MaWhinney ukuba uyalazi ixesha lika-Ms Ferrell kunye nokuthambeka kwakhe kobuqhetseba bokutshekisha. Ndijonge ngaphaya kwayo, watsho. Uthe wayenceda umfana athandana naye kwaye waphuma entolongweni kwangoko kuba wangena kwaye wathi, ‘Ndilapha, le yinto yam.’ Andiqondi ukuba ibiyinyani leyo. Umama notata wakhe wesibini beza kutyelela; ubatyala ityala lamawaka eedola, uxelele uMnu. MaWhinney, ubathumele nge-Western Union. Ngaba khange bayifumane imali? (Xa uqhagamshelana naye Umjongi Utata wesibini kaNks. Ferrell wala ukuphawula.) I-Western Union yabiza amapolisa, waze uNksk. Ferrell wachitha ezinye iiyure ezingama-48 entolongweni; ibheyile yayiyi- $ 5,000, kwaye kuba wayeneedola ezingama-500 kuphela kwisipaji sakhe, uMnu MaWhinney wathumela eseleyo.

Xa wayethandana nam, utshilo uMnumzana MaWhinney, wathi wayesebenzela iGoldenVoice kunye ne-24tix-enye inkampani eququzelela ikonsathi. Emva kwexesha, safumanisa ukuba akazange asebenze nge-24tix kwaye andiqondi ukuba wayesebenzela iGoldenVoice. Andiqondi ukuba wayenomsebenzi ngalo lonke ixesha ndithandana naye. Wayesoloko esebenzisa imali. Andiqondi ukuba wayenayo i-akhawunti yebhanki. Uye wathi wayenayo le misebenzi kuba ngelixa wayeseDyunivesithi yase-Utah, wayegqwesa emculweni kwaye waqala ukufundela kule misebenzi emva koko waqeshwa. Ndifumanise kamva ukuba akazange ade aphumelele kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo.

NgoJulayi wonyaka ophelileyo, uNkosazana Ferrell uxelele uMnu. MaWhinney ukuba uzakumthatha kunye nabahlobo bakhe ukuya eChicago kwiPitchfork Music Festival. Sonke safumana umsebenzi, sapakisha kwaye silungile-sizakuhamba ngolwesiHlanu kusasa, utshilo. Uye wafowuna esithi ufowunelwe ngumphathi wakhe esithi ulibazisekile. Waqhubeka nokufowuna, esithi ihleliwe ilibazisekile, emva koko ekugqibeleni asihambanga.

Nge-Agasti ka-2008, uNksk. Ferrell wafudukela eNew York, exelela uMnu. MaWhinney ukuba iGoldenVoice iyamvumela ukuba adlulisele kwiofisi yayo yaseNew York. Wamxelela nokuba unosuku lwenkundla eSalt Lake City ngoDisemba, apho azakubuya imali awayeyithumele ngebheyile yakhe. Khange abonakale.

Iveki u-Ms Ferrell awayeqeshwe ngokuyingenelo ngayo yayixakekile, ngokwe-a Usekela Umsebenzi owayesebenza ngokuthe ngqo kuye: Sifumanisile ukuba ebebiza iiklabhu esithi ufuna ukuba kuluhlu, uvela Usekela kwaye bendizokuphonononga umboniso. Uyinqaba, akunjalo? Kodwa ayisiyiyo lempambano yomntwana omncinci ukuba ayenze. Emva koko sifumene iphakheji evela kwi-HBO nge Uhambo lweeConchords IiDVD ebezicelile ukuba ziphononongwe. Kulungile, ke uhlobo lokusebenzisa gwenxa indima yakhe ukuze afumane i-swag kunye nabantu abasebenza nathi-engapholi. Emva koko, umqeshwa wathi, Usekela ufumanise ukuba wayebhukishe itafile kwiThe Box 'yomnyhadala womhla wokuzalwa womshicileli we Usekela 'Kwimbalelwano ebehlala bonke,' ndikuthumelela imeyile nge-imeyile yam kuba sinemicimbi yeseva, musa ukunxibelelana nomshicileli, kuyothusa. '

ISebe lamaPolisa leSalt Lake City lihlala linomdla kakhulu ekufumaneni uNks. Ferrell. Ngokutsho kwesithethi samapolisa, ukuba ngenene uNkosazana Ferrell useNew York — okanye eFiladelfiya, apho abahlobo bakhe abaliqela bandixelele ukuba undwendwela rhoqo kwaye wathetha rhoqo ngokufudukela — amapolisa awanamandla okumphindisa ngaphandle komyalelo wokubuya kwiTyuwa Iofisi yeGqwetha leSithili seLake City.

Ndabiza i-DA ndathetha nonxibelelwano lwam phaya, isithethi samapolisa, uSergeant Fred Ross, wandixelela. Ndilinde nje umtshutshisi owabelwe amatyala akhe. Ukuba ucholwe eNew York, amagosa amabini asuka eSalt Lake aza kubhabha aye kumlanda ambuyise ajongane nezityholo. ( UHLAZIYO ISebe lamaPolisa eSixeko saseSalt Lake ngoku linomyalelo wokuhanjiswa kukaNkosazana Ferrell. Nabani na onolwazi lokuba uphi angatsalela umnumzana Ross kule nombolo 801-799-3366.) USergeant Ross naye wanditsalela ingqalelo ekusebenziseni kwesebe lakhe iYouTube ukulandela uNkosazana Ferrell:

Into endiyifumanisa ingumnqa kukuba usebenzisa igama lakhe lokwenyani, uBobby, umfundi oneminyaka engama-23 ubudala waseRutgers, utshilo. Bendicinga ukuba ulixoki nje elilungileyo. Ulandela abantu abakholose kakhulu, kwaye uyabaxhaphaza. Ngokwenene wayendenza ukuba ndihambe-imeko yam yokuqala ayinguye kuGoogle umntu xa ndidibana naye.

* Eli bali liguqulwe kwinguqulelo yoqobo.