Wayeyinkwenkwezi enkulu ye-baseball eNew York. Wayengumdlali odlalwayo osandula ukudlala i-Playboy kwi-Millennium. Babengabadlali ababini kwiindawo eziphambili zobungcali babo. Le New York, ibingumcimbi wexesha ngaphambi kokuba iindlela zabo ziwele.
Ngobunye ubusuku kuDisemba ophelileyo, u-Playmate uDarlene Bernaola kunye neNew York Mets catcher uMike Piazza badibana eChaos eManhattan. Bathethile. Bathandile. Umnumzana Piazza wafumana inombolo kaNks. Bernaola kwiarhente yakhe. Kwaye ngequbuliso lo mfo yonke iLeaguer eNcinci ifuna ukuba kunye nalo mfazi wonke umntu afuna ukuthandana naye.
Akuyi kuba lula. I-baseball kunye nabasetyhini abaxubeki nje eNew York. Unokwenza iQela leNkwenkwezi yeHlabathi liphela lokungaphumeleli kwezothando zebhola. UDerek Jeter noMariah Carey, uJoe DiMaggio kunye noMarilyn Monroe, uMamie Van Doren kunye noBo Belinsky – bonke bazamile kwaye basilela ukuxuba uthando kunye nebaseball. (Kwaye masingakulibali ukuba kwinoveli ka-Bernard Malamud ye-baseball i-Natural, ubukho nje beMemo Paris buthumela uRoy Hobbs ukuba abethe ukoyisa okubethayo. Kodwa ke, lelinye ibali ngokupheleleyo.)
Mhlawumbi ezi zimbini zahlukile.
Sinexesha elimnandi. Kupholile, utshilo uMnu.Piazza, kungekudala ngaphambi komdlalo wakutshanje eShea Stadium. Ungumntu obalaseleyo. Siyonwaba nje, siyithatha imihla ngemihla.
Ngenye imva kwemini, u-Ms Bernaola ubalise ngohambo lwakhe olusuka ePeru oludlakazwe yimfazwe ukuya kumaphepha e Playboy, nokusuka apho ukuya kuMnu.Piazza, ngelixa besitya isidlo sasemini kwivenkile yokutyela iFox Hounds, ngaphesheya kwesitalato ukusuka kwigumbi lendlu yamawele akhe eBattery Park City.
Wayenxibe iiglasi ezinombala oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, umphezulu osikiweyo ongaphezulu oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, iimbadada kunye nentsimbi yomqala yeDayboy -icon emqaleni. Umvambo ngaphandle kweqatha lakhe lasekunene yayingama-inishiyali kaM.
Ndiyathanda ukumbukela edlala, utshilo uNkskz Bernaola. Bendingayi kubukela omnye umntu kwaye andizukubukela elinye iqela kwaye ngekhe ndibukele iqela lakhe lidlala, kodwa ndiyathanda ukumbona edlala. Uyamangalisa. Andikholelwa kumandla anawo.
UNks Bernaola ubukele uMnu.Piazza kwibhokisi yakhe yezulu ejonge ebaleni lase Shea. Akaze aphoswe ngumdlalo wasekhaya. Ngamanye amaxesha uzisa usapho lwakhe; amaxesha amaninzi uhamba yedwa.
Ukuba ndihleli ndedwa, ndiye ndigxile, utshilo uNkskz Bernaola. Ukuba akadlali, ndiza kubukela iTV okanye enye into. Ukuba uyadlala, ndinoxinaniso olupheleleyo. Ndiyayithanda inkanuko anayo.
UNks Bernaola uthe yena noMnumzana Piazza, ngaphandle kwebala, bafana nezinye izibini. Ungothuka, utshilo. Sizibini eziqhelekileyo. Sithanda ukuhlala ekhaya. Sithanda ukubukela iTV. Sithanda ukuchitha ixesha neentsapho zethu. Sithanda ukwenza izinto eziqhelekileyo.
Unksz Bernaola wazalelwa eLos Angeles. Abazali bakhe bahlukana xa yena newele lakhe uCarol babenonyaka ubudala. Wahamba nomama wakhe kunye nodadewabo baya eChanchamayo, eVilla Rica, ePeru, apho usapho lukamama wakhe luqhuba isityalo sekhofi. Idolophu yayinefowuni enye kuphela; UNks Bernaola wakhulela kwindlu enamagumbi okulala ayi-13 enephuli.
Xa uNkosazana Bernaola wayeneminyaka eli-16, usapho lwakhe lwafumana ileta evela kwiqela labanqolobi lasePeru Sendero Luminoso, kunyaka nje omnye ngaphambili ababebambe oonozala bakaNkosk. Bernaola. Ileta yathi amawele aseBernaola azakulandela.
Unina ka-Mme Bernaola wapakisha iintombi zakhe ezimbini zaya eMiami. Babelana ngendlu kwaye bafumana imisebenzi eMcDonald's. Sivela kusapho olulungileyo, utshilo uNkskz Bernaola. Khange sicoce ebomini bethu. Sinezicakakazi ezazisenzela yonke loo nto. Ukusuka apho saya kwintlupheko.
UNks Bernaola wafudukela eNew York wasebenza eTijuana Tom’s kwiLali yaseNtshona. Emva kweminyaka emithathu eNew York, wabuyela ePeru. Kulapho ke wadibana khona noMkhosi waseLwandle wase-Iowa owayemi e-American Embassy eLima.
Bathandana kwaye esi sibini saya eIowa ukutshata. Kodwa kwiiyure ezingama-24 phambi komsitho, ngela xesha uNkosazana Bernaola kunye nesinqandamathe sakhe babeqhuba besiya evenkileni, ilori yokulahla inqwelo-mafutha eya kwelinye icala yaphambuka yaza yatshayisa imoto. Umlingane kaNksz Bernaola wasweleka kule ngozi.
Wayengoyena mntu ubalaseleyo, UNks Bernaola utshilo. Wayeyingelosi. Yayiluhlobo lomntu odibana naye kwaye ungakholelwa ukuba bayinyani.
U-Nks Bernaola's pelvis waphuke kwiindawo ezimbini, isandla sakhe saba ngama-20 Ngelixa achacha esibhedlele eMiami, udadewabo wafumana ikhefu elikhulu.
Ngethuba leqela lokukhangela i-Playboy 'Playmate ye-Millennium e-Chaos eMiami, uCarol Bernaola wabamba iliso lomhleli we-Playboy. Xa umhleli wafumanisa ukuba uCarol wayenamawele afanayo, uphando lwaluphelile.
UDarlene noCarol Bernaola bafuna iphepha elinamaphepha ali-12 elibonisa ukuba amawele azitshisa elwandle eMiami, edanisa kwiklabhu yasebusuku kwaye ehlamba kwibhafu. (Turn-ons: intelligence, romance; turn-offs: ukungazi, ukunqongophala kweklasi, ubuxoki.)
UNks Bernaola uthe umfanekiso we-Playboy usikelelwe ngenxa yokufana phakathi kwemihla yokufota kunye nemihla ebalulekileyo ebomini bendoda yakhe eyaswelekayo.
Zininzi izinto ezingaqhelekanga ezenzekileyo, utshilo uNkskz Bernaola. Izinto ezingaqhelekanga, zomlingo. Ngawo onke amaxesha bendiye kwenza amahlumelo am, ibinento yokwenza nomntu endiza kutshata naye. Nokuba yayilusuku lokuzalwa kwakhe okanye isikhumbuzo sakhe. Ithunyelwe ngokupheleleyo ivela kuThixo. Yonke imihla yayinento yokwenza naye.
Inxalenye ehlekisayo kukuba xa sasisePeru, esazi ukuba siza eMelika, wandibonisa imagazini i-Playboy. Uthe, 'Jonga sithandwa.' Bendifana, 'ngekhe ubenazo ezo zinto endlwini yam ukuba ndiza kutshata.' Wayefana, 'Hayi, hayi, kufanele ubelapha . Siza kuhamba kuyo yonke idolophu de bakukhethe. Kuya kufuneka uyizame, Darlene, bonke abahlobo bam bandixelele ukuba ubuse Playboy.
Xa abadlali abadlala i-Playboy ye-Millennium edition befika kwiindawo zokuthengisa iindaba, yenza amawele eBernaola ama-celebrity amancinci e-United States. Emva phayaa kwilizwe labo, babengoothixokazi.
Isihlwele samakhulu sabingelela amawele kwisikhululo senqwelomoya saseLima ukubuyela kwabo ePeru emva kokupapashwa kwemagazini. Amagosa aseburhulumenteni ePeruvia athumele iintyatyambo kunye namanqaku. Izikhululo ezibini zikamabonakude zenza umlo onzima wokufumana udliwanondlebe kunye namawele. Isitrato kwidolophu yabo yangaphambili babizwa ngozuko lodade. UMongameli Alberto Fujimori wabamemela kwisidlo sakusasa kwibhotwe likamongameli.
Sinemifanekiso kwibhotwe, UNks Bernaola utshilo. Sasinokufikelela okupheleleyo ebhotwe kwaye sahlala kwisitulo sakhe.
Ubungakanani bodumo lwakhe kungekudala lwacaca. EPeru ngomhla womdlalo webhola ekhatywayo, awuboni mntu ezitratweni; idolophu ifile, utshilo. Kwaye ngalamini sasizakuphuma ngayo bukhoma kumabonakude, wonke umntu wayesezindlwini zakhe ezama ukusibukela. Ngelishwa, into ebekufanele ukuba ibiyimini yokubhiyozela amadoda asePeru yajika yangumhla wokuzila xa isikhululo esaphulukana nodliwanondlebe sonakalisa ukosuleleka kogqatso lwaso.
Emva koko, emva eNew York, kwitheko lokudlala i-Playboy e-Chaos ngo-Disemba ophelileyo, UNksz Bernaola wadibana noMnu.
Udadewethu ungumthandi omkhulu webaseball kwaye wayefana, 'Lo nguMike Piazza. Uyindoda enkulu ye-baseball, utshilo uNks Bernaola. Ndandifana, 'Hayi, andazi ngebaseball kodwa kuyonwabisa ukudibana nawe.'
Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa kamva, uMnu. Piazza wafumana inombolo yomnxeba kaNksk. Bernaola. Baqala ukuthetha ngefowuni kwaye kungekudala babesibini.
Njengomdyarho weepennant uvutha ngasekupheleni kuka-Agasti, UNks Bernaola wafumana incasa yobomi noMnumzana Piazza ngelixa wayehamba naye kuhambo oluya eCincinatti. Abanye abantu bandibonile kwaye into elandelayo endiyaziyo, omnye umntu uyakhwaza, 'Mike, uyanya!' uthe. Ndijike ndajonga ukuba ngubani. Ngexesha lokuhamba kwam, abantu bayayazi ukuba ndiyintombi yakhe, ke bayabhonga kwaye baqhwaba izandla kuba ndiyahamba. Emva komdlalo ndifana, 'Mike, bandidlokodle.' Kwaye unje, 'Ngoku uyazi indlela endiziva ngayo.'
(Eli licala elibaliweyo kwibali elidumileyo lobudlelwane bukaMonroe-DiMaggio. UMonroe wakha walungisa iYankee ngeenkcukacha zokwamkelwa ngokukhethekileyo awayekufumene. Amashumi amawaka abantu babeqhwaba-awunakucinga, utshilo. Ewe , wayenako, waphendula uDiMaggio.)
UNks Bernaola akakwazi kuchaza ukuwa kukaMnumzana Piazza ngoSeptemba epleyitini. Yinto yokugqibela le afuna ukuthetha ngayo, utshilo. Andazi kakhulu ngebaseball mna. Asithethi nge-baseball kwaphela.
Uye wathi, ngokuchaseneyo nokuthetha emaphepheni naphakathi konogada base Shea, esi sibini asinazicwangciso zokuzibandakanya.
Siyithatha ngenene imihla ngemihla, utshilo. Asinangxami. Ndiza kuba kufutshane, yena uya kuba ngeenxa zonke. Ukuba loo mhla ufikile, uya kuba mkhulu. Akukholeleki. Siza kuyithatha apho. Sinobudlelwane obuhle, obumangalisayo kwaye yile nto.
Ukusukela ukusasazeka kwe-Playboy, UNks Bernaola uye wanikwa ukukhokela kwi-soap opera yase-Peru, kwaye uphantse wagqiba ingxelo ngobomi bakhe. UNks Bernaola akakamfumani umpapashi okwangoku kodwa ukulungele xa esenza njalo.
Nabani na oza kukhupha incwadi yam kuyakufuneka ayibeke ngqo ngendlela endifuna ukuba ibekwe ngayo, utshilo uNks. Bernaola. Nokuba ndithetha amagama ngokungalunganga ndifuna ukuba njalo, kuba ndim. Le yincwadi malunga nezinto endidlule kuzo. Kufuneka uyibeke kwisiNgesi sam esibi. Ukuba awuyifuni, sukuyithatha. Ngoba ndim. Ndim lo. Ukuba uyayithanda, kulungile. Ukuba awukwenzi, kubi kakhulu. Xa i-biografi igqityiwe, UNks Bernaola uthe uzakuqala ukusebenza kwiscreenplay.
Okwangoku, u-Playboy ufuna amawele aseBernaola abuyele umba kaDisemba. Kuvakala ngokungathi uNks. Bernaola ucinga ukuba ukubuyela kumaphepha amaphephancwadi kunokuba kukuyekelela. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, uliDlalani leMillenium. Ndiyathemba ukuba abazukundikhetha, utshilo uNkskz Bernaola. Kufana nokuthi, 'NdinguNksz United States kwaye ndifuna ukuba nguNks Florida.' Kunjengokuba baya kuthatha isihloko.
Isidlo sasemini besiphelile. UNksz Bernaola kwafuneka abaleke kunye nodadewabo. Ukuwela kwakhe i-South End Avenue, wamkelwa ngobushushu obuvela kwilori yomlilo eyayidlula. UNksk. Bernaola wajika wawangawangisa abacimi-mlilo abancwinayo.
Ndiyayihleka loo nto, utshilo.
Ngobo busuku, UNks Bernaola wayehleli yedwa kwibhokisi yezulu kaMnu Piazza kwaye wabukela ukubanjwa kwe-0 ngo-3. Emva komdlalo, walinda ngaphandle kwegumbi elitshixwayo leMets kunye nabafazi babadlali. Emva koko esi sibini saqhubela kwindlu kaMnu Piazza eNew Jersey.
