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Omnye wabahlobo bam abasenyongweni kwikholeji ngumfazi ophumelele kakhulu, ophumeleleyo. Igama lakhe nguSarah, kodwa oko akubalulekanga apha. Ubuntwana bukaSarah yayiyinguqulelo yepeyinti-ngamanani yentsomi ye-Ugly Duckling, esekwe kwiindawo ezinemixawuka yaseGreater Los Angeles ngelo xesha lotshintsho lingaqhelekanga kwinkcubeko yaseMelika phakathi kweminyaka yoo-80 ukuya kuma-90. Wakhula emva kwexesha, wayexhalabile kwaye noko engonwabanga, wayengonwabanga kulusu lwakhe, kwaye iimpahla ezimanyumnyezi ezazisuka kwelo xesha azimenzelanga nto. Akuzange kuncede nemicimbi yokuba wayekhululekile ukuhlala nabazali bakhe kunamantombazana esikolweni, uninzi lwabo olwamenza ukuba ajolise kubo ekuphathweni gadalala.
Kwakukho intombazana enye eyayikhohlakele ngakumbi. Ndiza kumbiza ngokuba nguBecky nangona ingelilo igama lakhe. Andinaxhala lomthetho-njengoko inyani iyinto yokuzikhusela-andifuni ukunika lo mfazi uyolo lokubona igama lakhe liprintiwe naphina ngaphandle kwamaxwebhu enkundla xa kuqhutywa umtshato okanye isidumbu sakhe kwiphephandaba lendawo. . Ukusuka kwindlela uSarah amchaze ngayo ngaloo minyaka, u-Becky unjeya inyosi kwipikniki eye yagqiba kwelokuba ingene wena ngokuthe ngqo, nokuba wenza ntoni okanye uhleli phi, ngaphandle kokuba u-Becky wayenento engaphezulu kwesinye kwaye akazange afe emva kokuba eyisebenzisile. Wenza loo minyaka yokuba sesichengeni esihogweni esiphilayo kumhlobo wam olungileyo.
Kanye ngasekupheleni kwesikolo esiphakamileyo, nangona kunjalo, ibali likaSara le-Ugly Duckling lenza isenzo sesibini sajika kwaye waqala ukukhula waba yinkumba entle. Ukuza kwayo kukonyusa ukuzithemba okususe imbono yakhe kude kwixhoba elingenakuzinceda ukuya, andazi ukuba ungayibiza ntoni, into enomqolo ongaphezulu. Ngonyaka ophezulu, u-Becky wayengasekho nje intombazana enentsingiselo, wayeyi-nemesis kaSarah ngokusemthethweni. U-Becky wayengayazi le nto, kuba uSarah wayigcina kuye (ezinye iindlela ezimbi zedada zifa nzima), kodwa ayitshintshanga into yokuba wabizwa kwi-America's Least Wanted. Kwaye olo luhlu awuphumi ngokulula; njengoLuhlu lweeFly No-Fly okanye iRejista yabaphuli-mthetho ngokwesondo, ngaphandle kokubi ngakumbi kuba uSarah angabamba ingqumbo xa eswelekile (eyakho).
Ukuphikisana kwakhe okuvulekileyo kodwa okuthe cwaka noBecky kwakuhlala ixesha elifutshane. Kunyaka olandelayo baya kwiikholeji ezahlukeneyo emva koko baphelela kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zelizwe emva koko.
USarah waya eNew York, wasebenza kwimfashini, emva koko wapapasha, emva koko waya kwisikolo somthetho ngaphambi kokuba abuyele e-LA ukuze ajoyine inkampani enkulu yezizwe ngezizwe. Ngalo lonke elixesha ukhula unenwele elineenwele, iqhushumbisi eqingqiweyo enobukrelekrele nobukrelekrele bokutshatisa.
U-Becky watshata ngqo ngaphandle kwekholeji, kumfana osebenza kwintengiso. Bafudukela kwelinye ilizwe elilahliweyo okanye elinye, bathenga kwindawo egadiweyo kwisahlulo esithile saseStford esigcwele iMcMansions engenamphefumlo, apho ke batyala iflegi yabo. Uhamba ngokushishina ngalo lonke ixesha, esebenzela ukuhlawula amatyala (otyando) amgcina kwindlela aphila ngayo. Uchitha iintsuku zakhe enxibe impahla yeLuLu yeLemon engazange ibone ngaphakathi kwesitudiyo seyoga, ebaleka emva kwamatye amancinci amathathu ajongene nobuso afanele ukuba ebeyimibhobho.
Ndiyazi njani yonke le nto malunga noBecky? Zimisele. USara akazange alahle umkhondo wakhe. Nje ukuba bashiye isikolo esiphakamileyo, u-Becky wayengoyena mntu ugwetyiweyo ngokuchasene nazo zonke izinto ezimbi. Shukuma ngaphezulu kukaStalin noHitler, kukho isheriff entsha edolophini. Nayiphi na intwana yempumelelo — ngokwasentlalweni, kwezemfundo, nangobungcali — yayingumgangatho awathi ngawo uSarah walinganisa impumelelo yakhe kunye nokulingana karmic kwendalo iphela. Kwakungekho ukhuphiswano, ngomntu ngamnye , USarah wayengenakujongana nelizwe apho abantu aboyikekayo njengo-Becky bawela emlonyeni-wokuqala kumngxunya wentuthuzelo kunye nelungelo.
Njengokuba iminyaka yayihamba-kwaye njengokuba ezi zinto ziqhele ukwenziwa -ukuqina kwenzondo kaSara ngo-Becky yaphola ukusuka emlilweni oshushu omhlophe womsindo otyhidiweyo ukuya kwiketile ebila yentswela yentsimbi. Kuhlala kuphuphuma kakhulu ngexesha leeholide xa bobabini befika ekhaya bezokundwendwela (iindaba apho abahlobo babo bengazange basilele ukubazisa) kwaye phantse ayizange ichaphazele ubomi bemihla ngemihla bukaSarah. Andizange ndive ngoBecky de kube yiminyaka embalwa emva kokuba siphumelele, umzekelo. Okwangoku, ukuba ubunokumbuza nangaliphi na ixesha ukuba ngubani omthiyileyo emhlabeni, ngekhe aphose ukubetha: U-Becky Schultz uyahamba, ngomgama ofanelekileyo woNobhala.
Yonke itshintshile kwiveki ephelileyo. Kumsitho wokuzalwa ePasadena egcwele amantombazana aneminyaka eli-11 ubudala.
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Itheko lalenzelwe intombi kaSara, uKlowe. Yayingumnyhadala wosuku olupheleleyo: iindwendwe ezincinci, ubugcisa kunye nemisebenzi yezandla, isidlo sangokuhlwa, umboniso wetalente, ikeyiki kunye ne-ayisi khrim, umdyarho wefilimu weDisney oyinkosazana kunye nepopcorn, yonke loo nto ifikelela esiphelweni sokulala ngokuhleba, ukugigitheka kunye neinyembezi.
Uninzi lwamantombazana amancinci yayiyinto obungayilindela kwiindawo ezifumileyo zesixeko esikhulu saseMelika. Zazintle, zibhityile, ubukhulu becala zazine-blond, zinamagama e-WASPy awayemhlophe qwa ngokungabonakaliyo. Phantse bonke babefunda kwisikolo sabucala esihle kakhulu, esabiza kakhulu, esabafundisa isimilo esigqibeleleyo. Kwakukho intombazana enye eyayimnandi kangangokuba nanini na ndithetha nayo izinyo lam lalibuhlungu. Ngeliphandle, ndiyamvela utata wakhe. Andazi ukuba uza kumqeqesha njani njengokuba esiya ekhula engafuni ukuziphosa phambi koololiwe. Kwaye ndiyafunga, inkwenkwe yokuqala yokumenza alile okanye ayophule intliziyo kuya kufuneka abengoyena mntu wakhe waphila. Ngonaphakade.
Ngoku, thabatha yonke into endisandul 'ukuyichaza kwaye ucinge ngokuchaseneyo. NguHana lowo. Imesis entsha kaSara.
Akukho nto ibalulekileyo ngoHana. Akakhazimli ngokukodwa okanye ngokukodwa ubudenge. Akamhle ngokwenyani, kodwa akangomubi naye. Akabhityanga, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo akatyebanga. Kwimidlalo yokudlala eyakhiwe ngokugqibeleleyo yemidlalo yolutsha ekungekho mntu uyikhathaleleyo, uzibamba kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo akayona inkwenkwezi. Sisandla esigcwele kuphela seempawu ezahlula uHana koontanga bakhe nakubo bonke abantu kwitheko lokuzalwa likaChloe. Mde, ukhohlakele, uyangxola, kwaye akawuvali umlomo.
Ukuziphatha kwakhe ngobusuku bepati kufundwa njengomboniso wezinto ezoyikisayo ezinokuthi, kwiminyaka engamashumi amahlanu eyadlulayo, ikhawuleze intombazana ihlaziye isikolo. Kule mihla, ukuba ebengakhuliswa yindoda engena-beta engenamfazi kunye nenkosikazi yakhe engaziphathi kakuhle, indlela aziphethe ngayo ingamenza afumaneke enoluhlobo lokuphazamiseka ekuhlaleni kwaye enikwe amayeza okuthomalalisa iziphumo. Le yayingeyo-rodeo yam yokuqala noHana-ndadibana naye kwitheko lokuzalwa kwiminyaka embalwa eyadlulayo- kodwa uSarah wandazisa ngaphambi kokuba iqela liqale ukuba le ntombazana isebenze yaya kuluhlu oluphezulu lwezinto zikaSarah ekungeneleleni iminyaka. Ke ndenze eyona nto inengqiqo-ndalandelela iintshukumo zakhe ubusuku bonke, njenge-anthropologist engenazintloni okanye umbono:
1. UHana wayephakathi kwabokuqala ukufika. Ekubuyiseleni emva, oku kuziva ngathi kukwaphula umthetho. Ukuzenzakalisa kuye wonke umntu ngeli xesha liphezulu xa unobabalo lwenyathi kufana nokubonisa ulambile kwindlu evulekileyo kwindawo yokuthengisa iimoto xa iibhotile zisuka kwizitya zokutya ezimahala nangona ungenayo injongo yokuthenga imoto.
2. Ukhwabanisa kwiingcamango zomntu wonke. Ngokukhawuleza xa engena emnyango wabona amanye amantombazana encoma amaqebengwana omhla wokuzalwa kwitafile yegumbi lokutyela, wathi nokuba yintoni na, bebe loo mbono wam Uyakhumbula? Uyakhumbula?! Mamela bitch, awuzange ube kwikona yentengiso kwimibono yokuhombisa iikeyiki zamaxande. Buyela umva.
Emva kwexesha, ngexesha lobugcisa kunye nemisebenzi yezandla, onke amantombazana enza ii-knicknacks zokugcina. Ngexesha lemizuzu engama-45, wabiza enye intombazana ukuba iyisidenge, wayigxeka esidaleni enye intombazana xa intombazana izama ukuyibonisa ngokuzingca kuSara, uxelele wonke umntu etafileni ukuba kutheni umbono wakhe ungowona ulungileyo, kwaye mna ' Ndiqinisekile ukuba uzame ukukrwitsha ikati yobumelwane ekufeni ngentambo evela kwibhaluni yaseMylar xa kungekho mntu ujongileyo, kodwa ndingakhumbula kakubi.
3. Wayegxeka kakhulu isidlo sangokuhlwa. Uyawondla njani umkhosi wabantwana abaneminyaka eli-11 ngaphandle kokuphambana? Izinto ezilula, isitayile sebuffet. Senze isaladi yeziqhamo, ibha yenja eshushu, i-mac n cheese, kunye neetshipsi zeTerra. Oku akuzange kuhlale kakuhle noHana uMphambukeli. Imac n cheese yayixinene kakhulu kwaye ingalunganga njengokwenza kuka mama wakhe. Isonka seebhokhwe zenja eshushu sasine squishy kakhulu. Kwaye yayiphi i-mayonnaise, ugh!?! I-cantaloupe yonakalise yonke isaladi yeziqhamo. Khange asifumane isiselo asifunayo. Ukujonga indlela awasabela ngayo, ungacinga ukuba simcele ukuba asele ngaphandle kwendlu yangasese kwaye atye ngaphandle kokulahlwa kwenkunkuma. Kuyavunywa, ngokuphela kobusuku bendiya kumvuyela ukumncamathisela intloko yakhe kwindawo yokulahla inkunkuma ukuyidubula, kodwa ayisiyiyo loo nto. Ngokukodwa kuba intloko yakhe enkulu yayiya kuthintela ukufikelela kwam kwi-switch switch.
4. Wenza nokuba amantombazana amabini akhale ngexesha lokulala. I-Sleepovers idume kakubi ngabantu aba-2 okanye aba-3 abakhumbula ekhaya kwaye babize oomama babo ezinzulwini zobusuku. UHana wayesazi ukuba ngawaphi amantombazana asengozini yokufumana lo mkhwa kwaye wajolisa umpu wakhe kuGatling wokugculelwa ngamazwi ngqo kubo. Iintsana kuphela ezifuna oomama bazo. Le pati yenzelwe amantombazana hayi iintsana. UHana watyhala de enye yamantombazana yaqhekeka yeza yehla yaya kwigumbi lokuhlala apho mna noSara nomyeni wakhe sasijinga khona. USara wayefuna ukubeka uHana engxoweni ezele ligazi le-raccoon kwaye amrhuqele kwiiNtaba zeSan Gabriel njengesixhobo se-cougar, kodwa kwityala lakhe wavumela umyeni wakhe ukuba ayiphathe kwaye kungekudala yonke into yayiyeyokuziphatha.
Kungekapheli nemizuzu engama-20, uCloe wayelila. UHana wayengene kwizilwanyana ezibaluleke kakhulu kwi-menagerie ehlelwe kakuhle ebhedeni likaCloe waza waqala ukuziphosa ngeenxa zonke kwigumbi njengezitya kumtshato waseGrisi. UChloe wamcela ukuba ayeke, emva koko wafuna, emva koko wacenga. Konke kwaba lilize. Kungekudala uvakalelo lwaluninzi kakhulu kwaye ubunzima bayo yonke into buzisa yonke loo nto ukuba idilike. UKloe wakhala. Emva koko abahlobo bakhe abanobuntununtunu, nabo ngokwabo beva ingqumbo kaHana kwezi veki nakwiinyanga zidlulileyo, baqala ukukhala. Ke noHana ngokwakhe wayenobukrakra bokukhala, esazi ukuba uza kungena engxakini yokuba ngumququ oxhokonxa esi siselo sizele ziinyembezi. Akukho dice, shitbird. Ndiyayazi loo nto. Ndiyathemba ukuba uyaxinana echibini elinetyuwa lokuzisola.
5. Wayengowokuqala phezulu nowokugqibela ukuhamba. Wonke umzali onenkathalo wabakwishumi elivisayo kunye nabangaphambi kolutsha bayazi ukuba ixesha lokugqibela elisemthethweni lokulala ngokukhawuleza xa kusenziwa i-fucking ngentsasa elandelayo. Uninzi luwuthobela lo mthetho ungabhalwanga, kwaye abo bangenakuqinisekisa ukwazisa abazali ababamkeleyo ngaphambi kwexesha kwaye bacele uxolo kakhulu. UMaddie unomdlalo webhola ekhatywayo nge-8am, ndingu ke uxolo. Kwakunjalo ngale ntsasa yangeCawa, kwaye utata kaHana wayexelele uSara nomyeni wakhe ngaphambi kwexesha ukuba bazokufika emva kwexesha. USara wayesazi ukuba bafumana ixesha lebhonasi kunye noMtshakazi kaChucky, kwaye babezilungiselele.
Into ababengayilungiselelanga kukuba wayeya kuvuka ekuzeni kokusa njengesilwanyana sasendle, azingele ukutya ngaphambi kokuba abanye bavuke ukuze bakhuphisane ngeyona ndlela ibalaseleyo yokutya kwasekuseni. Oh naye kulindeleke isidlo sakusasa, hayi isidlo sakusasa kuphela. Iphi imingxunya yedonut? Kuthekani ngeemuffins kunye neebrownies? Uthe sinokuba neFrappuccinos! Uxolo Matilda the Hun, ndicinga ukuba eyona nto uyifunayo sisifo seswekile solutsha kunye nesifo sentliziyo. Konwabele ukufikisa. Ukuba bekuya kum ngendandimvalele egumbini, ndifake isidlo sakusasa ebhegini yokucoca kwaye ndinqwenelele ukuzingela kwakhe. USarah kunye nomyeni wakhe benza into esele ikhulile endaweni yoko, bavuka ngokufanelekileyo ngo-6: 05 ekuseni ukuqala isidlo sakusasa nokwenza ukuba idonut ibaleke.
Kwirekhodi, uHana akazange abulele mntu. Nantoni na.
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Abazali bakaHana bafika bezokumkhuhla nje emva kwentsimbi yeshumi elinanye. Ngonaphakade. Kakhulu ixesha elincinci. Bendingazange ndadibana nesibini esonwabileyo ngaphambi koku, ke ngokunyanisekileyo bendingenalo nofifi lokuba mandilindeleni xa sele kukhala intsimbi. Into endidibene nayo yayingeyonto imfutshane kwindlela yokuhamba. Utata kaHana wayenguBrooks Brothers clone owayekhe wakhangela ngcono njengoko esiba sisityebi kwaye ekugqibeleni wazibophelela ekucheba intloko yakhe ngaphambi kwexesha. Umama kaHana wayeyintombazana entle, ende kwaye kuphela komntwana endakha ndadibana naye. Wayelukhuni, ephakamile, kwaye ekhathazekile ngalo lonke ixesha malunga nomfanekiso awucacisileyo.
UHana wayalela utata wakhe ukuba asongele ngomnwe wakhe oneswekile ocoliweyo. Uya kulila daaaa-ddyyyy kwaye uyanyibilika angabikho, eguqukele kwiimfuno zakhe zokufaka into angayifuniyo okanye ayifunayo ngokwenene. Ukuba uthathe isigqibo sokuba ngumzali okwesibini kwaye azame ukusebenzisa imigaqo okanye uqeqesho, uya kuqala ngokulandelelana kokuzibulala okubandakanya ukukhwaza indlebe, iinyembezi ze-alligator, ukujija emhlabeni, kunye ne-ejaculations yentiyo oyithandayo lindela kuphela ukuva kwiintombi osandula ukuzikhohlisa. Xa oku kusenzeka, utata kaHana akaphambani. Uyancama nje. Emva koko uyanikezela. Uphuma kuye nantoni na ayifunayo kwaye uyazi. Iminyaka elishumi elinanye ubudala kwaye uyidlala njenge-chump kwitafile ye-poker. Kwakudandathekisa ukubukela kungekuphela ngenxa yakhe, njengendoda, kodwa ngenxa yoko kudalwa kukungabinampucuko: ubuqhetseba, nelungelo elinomngxunya omncinci.
Ngumama kaHana owenza umonakalo wexesha elide nangona. UHana akayontombi yakhe; UHana ukwandiswa kwesazisi sakhe. UHana ngu yena. UHana akanakwenza nto iphosakeleyo, uHana akanakuba ngogqibeleleyo, okona kulungileyo, okunomdla kakhulu, kuba oko kuya kuthetha oko yena ayigqibekanga, ilungile okanye inomdla. Ucinga ukuba kutheni umama kaHana ethe phithi yile nto abantu bayicingayo kunye nomfanekiso awenzayo? Ngelishwa, wenze ilog yokunika ingxelo ebuyisa kuphela into enye: uyamangalisa kwaye umhle kwaye ugqibelele kwaye ulungile… ngokuba ungumntwana wam . Kwaye lo loop ujika ubuqhetseba, unelungelo lokuziphatha kwe-asshole kunyamezelwe ngutata kwisifo esinyamezelwa ngumntu wonke.
Ngokudibeneyo, utata kaHana ongashukumiyo we-beta oyindoda kunye nomama wakhe oxhomekeke kuye oxhomekeke kuye ngokuqinisekileyo benze i-monster. Ukuhoya, ukubamba iswekile, ukuxhaphaza abahlobo, ukuxhaphaza ubuthathaka ngokuxhaphaza i-monster encinci.
Ndiye ndehla xa kanye sele izokuhamba ifamily yaseHannah. USara wayeqokelela zonke izinto zikaHana kunye nobugcisa kunye nemisebenzi yobugcisa ngelixa umyeni wakhe esenza intetho encinci nabazali bakaHana. Uye wandazisa.
Lo ngumhlobo wethu uNils.
Molo, nditshilo.
Lo nguyise kaHana uSteve.
Hayi, kuhamba njani '? uthe.
Kwaye lo ngumama kaHana u-Becky. Ewe ulilo, ewe ligama lakho elo.
U-Becky wandixhawula xa uSarah ephuma kwigumbi lokudlala nazo zonke izinto zika-Hannah. Wanika uSteve ngelixa u-Becky waxolisa kakhulu ngokulibazisa.
Siyaxolisa. Izinto zivele zaphambana ngale ntsasa kwaye salahlekelwa lixesha.
Kulungile, uSarah wamqinisekisa, kodwa u-Becky akamvumeli ukuba abe nelizwi lokugqibela.
Hayi, ngokupheleleyo ityala lethu.
Ubheja iesile lakho.
UNils Parker ngu umhleli wee-NY Times ezithengisa kakhulu , iqabane kwi Ukujonga ukuThengisa uBrass , kunye nombhali-mbhali wencwadi ezayo Umlingane: Yiba yindoda efunwa ngabafazi .
