Tommy Connolly wazaka 23 wa ku Australia anali ndi chirichonse: kuphunzira pa Sunshine Coast University ku Queensland, mabwenzi achiwerewere, ntchito yosangalatsa. Koma kodi munthu uyu angaganize kuti chochitika chimodzi chingasinthe moyo wake wonse, kaya chakumbuyo, kapena kuchokera mutu mpaka phazi?
Tommy anali mphunzitsi wamkulu wa gulu la ophunzira. Pamodzi ndi iye, adagwira nawo mpikisano kunja kwa makoma a yunivesite. Mu moyo wa mnyamata, chinthu chachikulu chinali maloto oti atenge nawo mpikisano wa dziko lonse ndi mayiko. Koma maloto ake sakanati akwaniritsidwe.
Adrenaline anali mafuta ake. Popanda iye, sakanatha kupita patsogolo, kufikira zolinga zake. Tommy ankakonda masewera olimbitsa thupi. Kungakhale kukwera mwamba kapena rafting yoyera. Zoona, wachinyamata wa masewera sankaganiza kuti zomwezo zimukonzekeretsa kuti azikhala adrenaline.
Connolly ankalota za kuthamanga kwa masewera, komanso kutsegula malonda ake. Kwa iye, ntchito yaikulu inali yogwirizanitsa bwino malonda ndi masewera. Koma kenako adamva kuti ali ndi banja, lomwe liyenera kusamalidwa. Mu chithunzi chomwe chili pansipa, mukuona Tommy akukumbatira bwenzi lake Olivia Tauro. Iye, monga chibwenzi chake, amakonda masewera. Asanayambe chibwenzi, zaka ziwiri izi zinali mabwenzi. Zoonadi, Olivia anadabwa kumva kuti Tommy anakhala bambo ndi agogo ake.
Ndipo tsopano ndi nthawi yopeza zosangalatsa zonse. Kotero, pamene umunthu wathu wamkulu anali khanda ndipo akukwawa pakhomo pa nyumba zonse zinayi, msuweni wake Ciarne adakwanitsa zaka 17. Mwa njira, iwo anali ofanana kwambiri ndi wina ndi mnzake. Zaka zinatha, ndipo mtsikanayo anasamukira ku mzinda wina. Kwa zaka 10 awa awiri sanalankhulane, koma tsiku lina telefoni ya mlongoyo inasintha moyo wake.
Makolo a Ciarna sangathe kusamalira mwana wawo wamkazi, choncho mtsikanayo anakakamizika kukhala mumsewu. Iye anavomereza kuti nthawi zambiri ankagwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo komanso kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo. Mu 2011, adathamangitsidwa kusukulu, choncho mtsikanayo sakanatha kudzitamandira chifukwa cha erudition ndi maphunziro. Atakhala ndi wokondedwa wake, adakwanitsa kulowa m'ndende. Atamvetsera zonsezi, Tommy anazindikira kuti akufuna kapena ayi, koma akuyenera kuthandiza mlongo wake.
Zoona, sizinali zodabwitsa zonse zomwe zidakonzedweratu mnyamatayo.
Kotero kuti msungwanayo sanamve ngati kuti analibe anthu, mwana yemwe makolo ake anakana, Tommy adadzipangira chisankho chofunikira - anakhala mlezi wake. Pasanapite nthawi mtsikana uja adayambiranso kuphunzira. Koma patapita kanthawi zozizwitsa zinachitika ...
Tsiku lina, Kearna adamuuza Tommy kuti akuyembekeza mwana kuchokera kwa mnyamata yemweyo yemwe akutumikira nthawi yake kumbuyo. Ndipo, ngati mtsikanayo adadziŵa kuti adzatayika mwana wosabadwa chifukwa cha kusowa kwa denga pamutu pake, tsopano anali otsimikiza kuti banja la Tommy lidzakondwera kumuthandiza mayi wam'tsogolo.
Ndipo tsopano Tommy akhoza kutchedwa bwinobwino agogo aamuna. Kearna anabala mwana wathanzi, yemwe anamutcha Kaydan. Pamene mtsikanayo anadzera mwana wake wamwamuna, Tommy adachita bwino masewera ake ndipo nthawi yomweyo adapeza ntchito ku kampani yogulitsa zinthu zaulimi.
Kodi mukuganiza kuti mtsikana wotere Tommy amusiya? Ayi, iye sali naye pachibwenzi chokha, komabe amathandiza Ciarne kuukitsa mwana wamwamuna.
N'zoona kuti Tommy sanalekerere mosavuta kulera mwana, ataphunzira maphunziro ku yunivesite ndi kumanga ntchito. Koma atangomva kuti mnyamatayo adakhala agogo ake, intaneti yonse idatha, mawu othandizira ochokera kwa anthu ambirimbiri ogwiritsidwa ntchito, atakhudzidwa ndi nkhani yake, adagwa pa mauthenga a Tommy.
Tsopano Kaidan wamng'ono wamwamuna wofiira wofiira anali ndi zaka zitatu. "Agogo" ake amamuuza kuti amamuuza "chimwemwe chochepa chimene sungagule ndi ndalama." Tommy akufuna kulera mwana wamwamuna weniweni ndikumupatsa tsogolo labwino. "Kuti asachite, tsiku lina adzakhala mbuye wake," akutero motero Connolly.