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stiven kingi mister mersedesi Stephen King MR. Mercedes mTargmnelebi Tamar wilosani, Tamar xinCagaSvili, naTia soyuraSvili redaqtorebi marina saraliZe, lali qadagiZe garekanis dizaineri besik danelia dizaineri nino guruli Š 2014 by Stephen King All rights reserved. Š gamomcemloba `diogene~, 2014 yvela ufleba daculia.

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9-10 aprili, 2009 w. ogi oden­kirks 1997 wlis ga­moS­ve­bis „da­cu­ni“ hyav­da, ro­ me­lic miu­xe­da­vad so­li­du­ri gar­be­ni­sa, jer ki­dev karg mdgo­ma­reo­ba­Si iyo. ben­zi­ni ia­fi ar Rir­da, miT uf­ro umu­Sev­rad dar­Ce­ni­li ka­cis­Tvis, sa­vaW­ro kom­pleq­si ki, sai­Tac ogi mie­Su­re­bo­da, qa­la­qis bo­lo­Si mde­ba­reob­da. ase rom, ogim ga­daw­yvi­ta, Ra­mis bo­lo av­to­buss gah­yo­ lo­da. av­to­bu­si­dan 12-is 20 wuT­ze Ca­mo­vi­da. mxar­ze zur­ gCan­Ta moeg­do, dax­veu­li sa­Zi­le to­ma­ra iR­lia­Si hqon­da amoC­ri­li. „bum­bu­lis sa­Zi­le to­ma­ra di­lis 3 saa­Tis­Tvis mis­wre­ba iq­ne­ba“, _ gai­fiq­ra ogim. nis­lia­ni Ra­me iyo da sus­xi Zval­-rbil­Si atan­da. „a­ba, war­ma­te­be­bi!“ _ uT­xra av­to­bu­sis mZRol­ma ki­be­ze Ca­sul ogis. _ „mar­to imi­to­mac ge­kuT­vnis sa­mu­Sao, rom yve­la­ze ad­re mox­ve­di“. mag­ram ogi su­lac ar aR­moC­nda pir­ve­li. ro­ca far­ To, ci­ca­bo aR­mar­Tze avi­da, ro­me­lic di­di dar­ba­zis­ken mie­mar­Te­bo­da, dai­na­xa, rom oc­ze me­ti ada­mia­ni Sej­gu­fu­ 9

li­yo Se­sas­vlel­Tan. zo­gi fex­ze id­ga, ume­te­so­ba ij­da. kar­Tan mok­le bo­Zeb­ze ga­Wi­mu­li yvi­Te­li len­te­biT la­ bi­rin­Ti daex­lar­TaT. len­teb­ze ewe­ra: „ar ga­dak­ve­ToT!“ ogis ase­Ti la­bi­rin­Te­bi ki­no­Si ena­xa, im ban­kSic, sa­dac over­draf­ti hqon­da aRe­bu­li. la­bi­rin­Tis da­niS­nu­le­ba cxa­di iyo _ rac SeiZ­le­ba me­ti ada­mia­ni da­teu­li­yo rac SeiZ­le­ba mci­re ad­gil­ze. aq ma­le sa­mu­Saos ma­Zieb­le­bis jgro Seiy­re­bo­da. ro­ca ogi la­bi­rinTs miuax­lov­da, gao­ ce­ba da aR­Sfo­Te­ba er­Tdrou­lad daeuf­la _ ri­gis da­sa­ wyis­Si mdgom qals gul­ze mZi­na­re Cvi­li eki­da „ken­gu­ru­ Ti“. bavSvs lo­ye­bi si­ci­vis­gan Se­fak­lo­da da sus­ti xi­xi­ niT sun­Tqav­da. qa­li ogis msu­buq qo­Sin­ze Se­mob­run­da. is axal­gaz­rda iyo da sak­maod mim­zid­ve­li, miu­xe­da­vad amo­Ra­me­bu­li Tva­ le­bi­sa. fe­xeb­Tan pa­ta­ra, da­lian­da­ge­bu­li Can­Ta edo. iq al­baT bav­Svis niv­Tebs ina­xav­da. „ga­mar­jo­ba“, _ mie­sal­ma qa­li, _ „ke­Ti­li iyos Tqve­ni mob­rZa­ne­ba pir­ve­li mer­cxle­bis klub­Si“. „i­me­dia, na­dav­lsac Ca­vig­debT xel­Si“, _ miu­go ogim. me­re ifiq­ra, ra­to­mac arao, da xe­lic gau­wo­da. _ „o­gast oden­kir­ki. ogi da­mi­Za­xeT. ax­la­xan Se­mam­ci­res. XXI sau­ku­ ne­Si ase eZa­xian sam­sa­xu­ri­dan daT­xov­nas“. qal­ma xe­li Ca­moar­Tva. mtki­ce xe­li hqon­da, mo­ri­de­ bu­li nam­dvi­lad ar eT­qmo­da. „me je­nis qrei var. es pa­ta­ra gu­du­ra ki Ce­mi si­xa­ru­ lia da pa­ti hqvia. mec Sem­ci­re­bu­le­bis ri­gebs mi­ve­kuT­vne­ bi. Su­ga-­heiT­sSi dia­sax­li­sad vmu­Saob­di erT karg ojax­Si. oja­xis uf­ross man­qa­ne­bis sa­di­le­ro fir­ma aqvs“. ogi SeiW­mux­na.

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je­nis­ma Ta­vi dauq­nia. „ho. miT­xra, Za­lian vwux­var, rom giS­veb, mag­ram qam­ris Se­mo­We­ra mog­vi­wev­so“. „gax­Sir­da ase­Ti Sem­Txve­ve­bi“, _ Tqva ogim. Tan gai­fiq­ ra: _ „es bavSvi mainc ram wamogayvanina, nuTu damtovebeli aravin gyavs?“ „sxva gza ar mqon­da, bav­Svi Tan un­da wa­mo­mey­va­na“. _ ogis va­rau­diT, je­nis qreis te­le­pa­Tiis ni­Wi ar sWir­de­bo­ da, rom Ta­na­mo­saub­ris fiq­ri ga­moec­no. _ „dam­to­ve­be­li ara­vin myavs. me­zob­lis go­go mTe­li Ra­miT ver dai­to­vebs, romc mqon­des mis­Tvis ga­da­sax­de­li fu­li. me ki ara­fe­ri ma­ba­dia. sa­mu­Saos Tu ar mom­ce­men, ar vi­ci, ra un­da vqnaT“. „Tqve­ni mSob­le­bi ver waiy­va­nen?“ _ ikiT­xa ogim. „ver­mon­tSi cxov­ro­ben. tvi­ni rom mqo­no­da, mov­ki­deb­ di pa­tis xels da maT­Tan wa­vi­do­di. kar­gi ad­gi­lia. oRond maT Ta­vian­Ti prob­le­me­bi aqvT. ma­ma am­bobs, Cvens saxls da­Zir­va emuq­re­bao, oRond ara pir­da­pi­ri mniS­vne­lo­biT, anu mdi­na­re­Si ki ara, ra­Rac fi­nan­sebs ukav­Sir­de­ba“. ogim Ta­vi dauq­nia. esec ar iyo iS­via­Ti am­ba­vi. mal­bo­ro-stritidan, sa­dac we­Ran ogis av­to­bu­si ga­ Cer­da, ci­ca­bo aR­marTs ram­de­ni­me man­qa­na amouy­va. maT mar­cxniv gaux­vies ca­rie­li sad­go­mi­sa­ken, ro­me­lic Suad­ Ris­Tvis al­baT ga­da­We­di­li iq­ne­bo­da... jer ki­dev ram­de­ni­ me saa­Ti rCe­bo­da qa­la­qis „va­kan­sie­bis yo­vel­wliu­ri baz­ ro­bis“ gax­snam­de. man­qa­ne­bi sad­gom­ze ga­Cer­da. arc er­Ti maT­ga­ni ar iyo axa­li. Ti­Toeu­li­dan sa­mi­-oT­xi ada­mia­ni gad­mo­vi­da da dar­ba­zis­ken gas­wia. ogi aRar iyo bo­lo. sa­mu­Saos ma­Zieb­le­bis rigs la­bi­rin­Tis pir­vel bo­Zam­de mieR­wia.

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„sa­mu­Saos Tu vi­So­vi, Zi­Za­sac da­vi­qi­ra­veb“, _ Tqva qal­ ma, _ „mag­ram dRes me da pa­tim ro­gor­me un­da ga­vuZ­loT“. pa­ta­ram daax­ve­la, „ken­gu­ru­Si“ ad­gi­li moi­nac­vla da isev mi­Cum­da. ogi bav­Svis xve­le­bas di­dad ar SeuS­fo­Te­ bia. Cvi­li Se­fuT­nu­li iyo, xe­leb­ze pa­wia TaT­ma­ne­bic ki eke­Ta. „bav­Sve­bi ama­ze ua­res­sac uZ­le­ben“, _ gai­fiq­ra ogim da 30-ia­ni wle­bis ame­ri­kis da­maq­ce­va­ri „qvi­Sis Stor­me­bi“ da „di­di dep­re­sia“ gaax­sen­da. am­Ja­min­de­li dep­re­sia SeiZ­le­ba ma­Sin­dels ver Seed­re­bo­da, mag­ram pi­ra­dad ogis­Tvis Za­ lian mZi­me ga­mod­ga. ori wlis win yve­la­fe­ri rig­ze iyo. di­dad xel­gaS­li­lad ar cxov­rob­da, mag­ram Ta­vis rCe­nas axer­xeb­da. Tvis bo­los, met­wi­lad, co­ta ful­sac ga­dai­na­ xav­da xol­me. ax­la Sa­vad iyo saq­me. ogis mTlad kar­gad ar es­mo­da, ra uq­na mTav­ro­bam fi­nan­sebs. ogi kom­pa­nia „greiTleik­-tran­spor­tSi“ mu­Saob­da da ge­miT, TviT­mfri­na­vi­Ta Tu ma­ta­reb­liT tvir­Tis ga­da­zid­vis mar­Sru­te­bi­sa da in­ voi­se­bis gar­da ara­fe­ri ekiT­xe­bo­da. „bav­SviT da­mi­na­xa­ven da ifiq­re­ben, rom upa­su­xis­mgeb­ lo var“, _ wux­da je­nis qrei. _ „vi­ci, es uk­ve yve­las sa­ xe­ze awe­ria, maT So­ris, Tqvenc. mag­ram ra meq­na, me­zob­lis go­gos romc SeZ­le­bo­da bav­SvTan mTe­li Ra­miT dar­Ce­na, es 84 do­la­ri da­mij­de­bo­da. oTxmocdaoTxi! mo­ma­va­li Tvis bi­nis qi­ra maqvs mxo­lod ga­da­na­xu­li da erT cen­tsac ver mo­vak­leb“, _ qal­ma gai­Ri­ma da ogim av­to­sad­go­mis lam­pio­ ne­bis Suq­ze mis Tval­ze mom­dgar cremls hki­da Tva­li, _ „ram­dens vqa­qa­neb“. „nu bo­di­SobT“, _ uT­xra ogim. coc­xa­li ri­gi la­bi­rin­ Tis pir­vel mo­sax­vevs gas­cde­no­da, moex­via da im ad­gils 12

gas­wo­re­bo­da, sa­dac ogi id­ga. qa­li mar­Tals am­bob­da _ bev­ri iq myo­fi mZi­na­re bavSvs mis­Ce­re­bo­da. „eg­rea, eg­re. umu­Se­va­ri mar­to­xe­la de­da var da yve­ las­Tvis yve­laf­ris ga­mo bo­di­Sis mox­da min­da“, _ Tqva qal­ma da ka­ris Tav­ze ga­mok­rul ba­ners axe­da, ro­mel­zec ewe­ra: „ga­ran­ti­re­bu­lia 1000 sa­mu­Sao ad­gi­li“. slo­gans qve­moT mi­we­ri­li hqon­da: „Cven mxar­Si vud­ga­varT Ta­na­qa­ la­qe­lebs. qa­la­qis me­ri ralf kin­sle­ri“. „xan­da­xan min­da, rom bo­di­Si mo­vi­xa­do ko­lam­bi­nis sko­ la­Si ma­sob­ri­vi mkvle­lo­bi­sa da 9/11-is ga­mo. is ki ara, beis­bo­lis­ti ba­ri bon­dsi rom ste­roi­debs iReb­da, ma­gi­ to­mac“, _ qal­ma na­xev­rad is­te­ri­ku­lad Cai­xiT­xi­Ta. _ „xan­ da­xan „Ce­len­je­ris“ afeT­qe­bis ga­moc min­de­ba xol­me mo­ bo­di­Se­ba, miu­xe­da­vad imi­sa, rom ma­Sin fe­xic ar mqon­da ad­gmu­li“. „nu wux­xarT“, _ miu­go ogim, _ „yve­la­fe­ri kar­gad iq­ ne­ba“. _ zrdi­lo­bis­Tvis xom un­da eT­qva ra­me. „a­se­Ti si­nes­te mainc ar iyos! bav­Svi kar­gad Ca­vaT­bu­ne im Sem­Txve­vis­Tvis, Tu Za­lian ecie­bo­da, mag­ram am si­nes­tes ra vu­yo...“ _ qal­ma Ta­vi gaaq­nia. _ „mag­ram mainc ga­vuZ­ lebT, ara, pa­ti?“ _ me­re ogis Se­xe­da sa­co­da­vi Ri­mi­liT. _ „ar mow­vi­mos mainc“. ar wvim­da, mag­ram lam­pio­ne­bis Suq­ze Can­da, ro­gor Jin­JRlav­da. co­ta xnis Sem­deg ogim iaz­ra, rom qals ze­ zeu­rad Ca­moe­Zi­na. is cal fex­ze Ca­moy­rdno­bi­li id­ga, be­ Web­Si mox­ri­li, sa­xe­ze mu­qi Tma Ca­moS­lo­da da ni­ka­pi la­mis mker­dze dae­do. ogim saaTs da­xe­da _ sa­mis TxuT­me­ti wu­Ti iyo.

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aTio­de wuT­Si pa­ti greim gaiR­vi­Za da ti­ri­li mor­To. de­da­mi­si (o­gis az­riT, is Tvi­To­nac jer ki­dev bav­Svi iyo) Seir­xa, cxe­ni­viT amoix­vne­Sa, Ta­vi as­wia da „ken­gu­ru­dan“ Cvi­lis amoy­va­na sca­da. bavSvs Wri­leb­Si fe­xe­bi gaex­lar­ Ta. ogi mieS­ve­la da „ken­gu­rus“ ki­dee­bi dai­Wi­ra. pa­ti ax­ la uk­ve io­lad amo­vi­da „ken­gu­ru­dan“, Tan mTe­li xmiT gah­kio­da. ogi xe­dav­da, ro­gor daic­va­ra Ca­mo­wo­li­li bu­ ru­sis­gan bav­Svis var­dis­fe­ri mo­sac­me­li da ima­ve fe­ris qu­di. „Sia“, _ Tqva je­nis­ma, _ „Zu­Zus miv­cem­di, mag­ram Tan uk­ve vgrZnob, rom Caf­smu­lia. Rmer­To Ce­mo, am si­nes­te­Si verc ga­mo­vuc­vli!“ „ro­mel­ma Rmer­Tma dam­ci­na da mo­mi­sa­ja am qa­lis me­re rig­Si dgo­ma“, _ gai­fiq­ra ogim. ne­tav ro­gor api­reb­da qa­ li Ta­vis ga­ta­nas si­coc­xlis bo­lom­de da ara mxo­lod is 18 Tu ram­de­ni­Rac we­li, sa­nam bav­Svis aR­zrda­ze iq­ne­bo­da pau­xis­mge­be­li. aseT Ra­me­Si sax­li­dan bav­SviT xel­Si rom ga­mox­val da sa­fe­ne­bis gar­da Tan ara­fers wa­moi­Reb, ro­ go­ri sa­so­war­kve­Ti­li un­da iyo! ogis sa­Zi­le to­ma­ra bav­Svis Can­Tis gver­dze ido. ogim Cai­mux­la, dax­veu­li to­ma­ra ga­Sa­la, el­va­Se­sak­ra­vi gax­sna da qals miu­mar­jva. „SeZ­ve­ri, gaT­bi da bav­Svic gaaT­be. me­re mo­gaw­vdi, rac ga­mo­sac­vle­lad dag­Wir­de­ba“. qa­li Tva­leb­Si Seac­qer­da, bav­Svi mis mkla­veb­Si iWa­We­ bo­da. „co­li gyavT, ogi?“ „myav­da. dav­Sor­diT er­Tma­neTs“. „bav­Sve­bi?“ 14

ogim Ta­vi gaaq­nia ua­ris niS­nad. „a­se ke­Ti­lad ra­tom gveq­ce­viT?“ „i­mi­tom, rom aq varT“, _ mxre­bi ai­Ce­Ca ogim. qal­ma co­ta xans ki­dev uyu­ra, me­re ga­daw­yvi­ta, mie­ Ro Se­Ta­va­ze­ba da bav­Svi mia­wo­da. ogis ga­Wi­mu­li xe­le­biT eWi­ra ga­Wa­Wu­li Cvi­li da Tvals ver aSo­reb­da mis awiT­le­ bul sa­xes. pa­wias ap­re­xi­li cxvi­ri ga­cin­glia­ne­bo­da. je­ ni­si sa­Zi­le to­ma­ra­Si SeZ­vra da ogis mi­mar­Ta: „mo­ma­wo­deT, ge­Tay­va“. ogim bav­Svi ga­das­ca da qa­li sa­Zi­le to­ma­ra­Si Sei­ma­ la. la­bi­rin­Tis mo­sax­vev­Si ori axal­gaz­rda id­ga da maT mis­Ce­re­bo­da. „Tqvens saq­mes mi­xe­deT, bi­We­bo“, _ uT­xra ogim. bi­Web­ma mze­ra aa­ri­des. „sa­fens xom ver mo­maw­vdiT?“ _ sTxo­va je­nis­ma ogis. _ „sa­nam vaW­mev, un­da ga­mo­vuc­va­lo“. ogim svel qva­fe­nil­ze Caimuxla da da­lian­da­ge­bu­li Can­Ta gax­sna. mis­da ga­sak­vi­rad, Can­Ta­Si qso­vi­lis sa­fe­ne­bi ew­yo „pam­per­sis“ nac­vlad. me­re iaz­ra _ qso­vi­lis sa­fe­nis ga­mo­ye­ne­ba mra­val­jer SeiZ­le­bo­da. et­yo­ba, qa­li co­ta­Ti prag­ma­tu­li iyo. „bav­Svis lo­sio­nis boT­lic devs da mo­ga­wo­doT?“ sa­Zi­le tom­ri­dan mxo­lod qa­lis mo­ya­vis­fro Tmis bRu­ ja mo­Can­da. „diax, Tu SeiZ­le­ba“. kac­ma sa­fe­ni da lo­sio­ni ga­das­ca. sa­Zi­le to­ma­ra ga­ ma­le­biT amoZ­rav­da. bav­Svma ti­rils uma­ta. la­bi­rin­Tis er­T-er­Ti gan­Stoe­bi­dan, ro­me­lic nis­lSi Ca­kar­gu­li­yo, vi­Ra­cis ro­yio xmam moaR­wia: „ver gaa­Cu­mebT mag bavSvs?“ 15

„vin­mem so­cia­lur sam­sa­xur­Si un­da da­re­kos“, _ das­Zi­na meo­rem. ogi ic­di­da da sa­Zi­le to­ma­ras Seh­yu­reb­da. ro­gorc iq­na, to­ma­ram rxe­va Sew­yvi­ta da iqi­dan xe­li ga­moC­nda, ro­ mel­sac mo­ke­ci­li sa­fe­ni eWi­ra. _ „Can­Ta­Si xom ar Ca­deb­ diT? mand par­kia WuW­yia­ni sa­fe­ne­bis­Tvis“. qa­li ogis ise Seh­yu­reb­da, ro­gorc pa­ta­ra za­zu­na so­ro­dan. „Cas­vri­li ar aris, mxo­lod sve­lia“. ogim sa­fe­ni ga­moar­Tva, par­kSi Ca­do („COSTCO _ sao­ ja­xo sa­qon­lis sa­bi­Tu­mo ma­Ra­zie­bis qse­li“ _ ewe­ra parks) da bav­Svis Can­Ta isev Sek­ra. sa­Zi­le tom­ri­dan („ra tom­re­ bi­sa da Can­Te­bis ad­gi­li esaa“, _ gai­fiq­ra ogim) ti­ri­li co­ta xans ki­dev is­mo­da, Sem­deg uc­bad Sew­yda _ pa­ti Zu­Zus wov­da qa­la­qis sa­vaW­ro kom­pleq­sis av­to­sad­gom­ze. WiS­ka­ ri ki­dev eq­vsi saa­Tis gan­mav­lo­ba­Si ar gai­Re­bo­da. TaR­ze gak­ru­li ba­ne­ris kuT­xe od­nav Seir­xa. ba­ne­ri 1000 sa­mu­Sao ad­gi­lis ga­ran­tias iZ­leo­da. „ro­gor ara“, _ gai­fiq­ra ogim. _ „iseve garantirebu­ lia, rogorc is, rom Sidss ar aikideb, Tu bevr C vitamins dalev“. oci wu­Ti ga­vi­da. av­to­sad­goms mal­bo­ro-stritis aR­ mar­Ti­dan amo­ma­va­li man­qa­ne­bi ema­te­bo­da, coc­xal rigs _ ada­mia­ne­bi. ogis va­rau­diT, ma­Ti rao­de­no­ba uk­ve oTxasamde iq­ne­bo­da. ase Tu gag­rZel­de­bo­da, 9 saa­Tis­Tvis, ro­ca ka­ris ga­Re­bis dro moa­wev­da, rig­Si uk­ve ori aTa­sam­de ka­ci iq­ne­ bo­da Tav­moy­ri­li. „vinmem „makdonaldsSi“ mzareuloba rom Semom­Ta­va­ zos, davTanxmdebi netav? al­baT. 16

„uol­mar­tSi“­klien­te­bis mom­xmo­bad mu­Sao­ba­ze? savaraudod, ki. ra didi saqmea _ farTod gauRimeb da siTbos gamoiCen“. ogi aseT saq­mes praq­ti­ku­lad uk­ve as­ ru­leb­da am av­to­sad­gom­ze. „pirdapir magnitiviT vizidav adamianebs“, _ gai­fiq­­ ra ogim da xma­maR­la gai­ci­na. „ra ga­ci­nebT?“ _ mois­ma sa­Zi­le tom­ri­dan. „a­ra­fe­ri. bavSvs mi­xe­deT“, _ upa­su­xa ogim. „ma­gas va­ke­Teb swo­red“, _ mois­ma qa­lis Ri­mi­lia­ni xma. oT­xis na­xe­var­ze ogim Cai­mux­la, sa­Zi­le tom­ris ki­ de as­wia da SeiW­yi­ta. je­nis qreis mo­kun­tuls Cas­Zi­ne­bo­ da, Zu­Zu­ze bav­Svi hyav­da Ca­mo­ki­de­bu­li. am su­raT­ma ogis „mris­xa­ne­bis mtev­ne­bi“ moa­go­na. ra er­qva im go­gos ro­ man­Si, bo­los kacs Zu­Zus rom awo­veb­da? ra­Rac yva­vi­lis sa­xe­li. li­li? ara. pen­zi? ara, ara. ogim ifiq­ra, xalxs xom ar gav­Za­xo, vis aqvs „mris­xa­ne­bis mtev­ne­bi“ wa­kiT­ xu­lio. ro­ca wa­moi­wia, am si­su­le­le­ze Tvi­Ton­ve gae­ci­na da sa­xe­lic gaax­sen­da _ rou­zi. go­gos „mris­xa­ne­bis mtev­neb­ Si“ var­dis sa­xe­li er­qva, mag­ram ub­ra­lod var­dis ki ara, sa­ro­nis var­di­sa. ra­Ra bib­liu­ri sa­ro­nis nar­gi­zi da ra­Ra sa­ro­nis var­di. mag­ram ogi dar­wmu­ne­bu­li ar iyo, bib­liis kiT­xviT di­dad ara­so­des Seu­wu­xe­bia Ta­vi. ogim da­xe­da sa­Zi­le to­ma­ras, ro­mel­Sic ci­vi Ra­me un­ da gae­Tia da gaax­sen­da je­nis qreis naT­qva­mi, rom yve­las wi­na­Se yve­laf­ris ga­mo bo­di­Sis mox­da sur­da: ko­lam­bi­ nis sko­lis, 9/11-is da ba­ri bon­dsis ga­mo. mas am siis­Tvis glo­ba­lu­ri daT­bo­bis da­ma­te­bac SeeZ­lo. egeb, ro­de­sac 17

yve­la­fe­ri dam­Tav­rde­bo­da da sa­mu­Saos mii­Reb­dnen, an ver mii­Reb­dnen _ ori­ve va­rian­ti Se­saZ­le­be­li iyo _ go­go sauz­me­ze dae­pa­ti­Ja. ara, pae­man­ze ki ara _ ub­ra­lod, er­ bok­ver­cxiT da be­ko­niT gau­mas­pin­Zlde­bo­da. amis Sem­deg isi­ni er­Tma­neTs aRa­ra­so­des Sex­vde­bod­nen. sa­mu­Saos ma­Zieb­lTa na­ka­di uw­tyve­tad moe­di­ne­bo­da. ri­gi uk­ve gas­cda la­bi­rinTs, yvi­Tel len­tebs mkac­ri war­ we­riT _ „ar ga­dak­ve­ToT“ da av­to­sad­gom­ze gai­Wi­ma. ogis exa­mu­Sa ri­gis si­Cu­me. TiT­qos yve­lam ico­da, rom aq tyui­ lad iy­vnen mo­su­li, am saq­mi­dan ara­fe­ri ga­mo­vi­do­da da mxo­lod ofi­cia­lu­ri das­tu­ri un­da mie­RoT. ba­ne­ris kuT­xe ki­dev er­Txel Seir­xa uRo­nod. bu­ru­si ki­dev uf­ro Ses­qe­le­bu­li­yo. jer di­lis xu­Ti saa­Ti ar iq­ne­bo­da, ro­ca ogi bu­ra­ ni­dan ga­moer­kva, da­bu­Je­bu­li fe­xe­bi aa­moZ­ra­va da Se­niS­na, rom Ten­de­bo­da, oRond usia­mov­no fo­la­dis­frad. am gan­ Tiads ara­fe­ri hqon­da saer­To var­dis­fer­Ti­Te­ba eos­Tan da Zvel, teq­ni­ko­lo­riT Se­fe­ril fil­meb­Si na­nax ais­Tan. es an­ti­gan­Tia­di iyo, nes­tia­ni da fer­mkrTa­li, vi­Tar­ca er­Ti dRis gva­mi. sa­vaW­ro kom­pleq­sis Se­no­ba bin­d-bun­dSi uk­ve nel­-ne­ la ik­ve­Te­bo­da 70-ia­ni wle­bis uge­mov­no ar­qi­teq­tu­ris mTe­li si­dia­diT. Can­da la­bi­rin­Tic Ta­vi­si mo­sax­ve­ve­biT, ro­me­lic sav­se iyo sa­mu­Saos ma­Zieb­le­biT. la­bi­rinTs miR­ ma ga­Wi­mu­li ri­gi nis­lSi ikar­ge­bo­da. rig­Si mdgo­me­bi nelne­la amet­yvel­dnen da ro­ca nac­ris­fe­ru­ni­for­mia­ni dam­ la­ge­be­li Se­niS­nes, ro­me­lic Se­no­bis hol­Si meo­re ka­ri­dan Se­vi­da, co­ta­Ti ga­xa­lis­dnen ki­dec.

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„si­coc­xle sxva pla­ne­teb­zec ga­moC­nda“, _ Ses­Za­xa erT-­ er­Tma axal­gaz­rda kac­ma, we­Ran je­nis qreis rom miS­te­re­ bo­da. kiT fraia­si er­qva. co­ta xan­Si mas mar­cxe­na mkla­vi eq­ne­ba mog­le­ji­li. rigs xma­da­bal­ma si­cil­ma ga­daua­ra da ada­mia­ne­bi ala­ pa­rak­dnen. gac­re­ci­li Su­qi di­dad ga­mam­xne­ve­be­li ar iyo, mag­ram imas mainc mia­niS­neb­da, rom ga­Wia­nu­re­bu­li Ra­me das­rul­da. ogim kvlav dai­Co­qa Ta­vis sa­Zi­le to­ma­ras­Tan da yu­ri miug­do. iqi­dan mo­ma­val­ma mSvid­ma fSvin­vam Ri­mi­li moh­ gva­ra. SeiZ­le­ba, tyui­la­dac SeS­foT­da am qa­lis ga­mo. mi­si az­riT, ar­se­bob­dnen ada­mia­ne­bi, rom­le­bic mTe­li si­coc­ xlis gan­mav­lo­ba­Si axer­xeb­dnen ga­dar­Ce­nas da win­svla­sac ki, uc­xo ada­mia­ne­bis si­ke­Tis wya­lo­biT. axal­gaz­rda qa­li, ro­mel­sac ax­la mis sa­Zi­le to­ma­ra­Si eZi­na, Se­saZ­loa, swo­ red er­Ti­-er­Ti maT­ga­ni yo­fi­li­yo. ogis az­rad mou­vi­da, rom mas da je­nis qreis SeeZ­ loT ga­nac­xa­de­bis ma­gi­das­Tan Ta­vi ise wa­red­gi­naT, ro­ gorc wyvils. am Sem­Txve­va­Si, da­saq­me­bis baz­ro­ba­ze Cvi­lis wa­moy­va­na upa­su­xis­mgeb­lo­bis maC­ve­ne­be­li ki ar iq­ne­bo­da, ara­med bav­Svze mSob­le­bis er­Tob­li­vi mzrun­ve­lo­bi­sa. es sru­liad Se­saZ­le­be­li iyo, Tum­ca ogi dar­wmu­ne­biT ve­ra­ fers it­yo­da _ ada­mia­nis bu­ne­ba mis­Tvis did­wi­lad idu­ma­ le­biT mo­cu­lad rCe­bo­da. ogim ga­daw­yvi­ta, ro­ca je­ni­si gaiR­vi­Zeb­da, es idea See­Ta­va­ze­bi­na. sain­te­re­soa, ras it­yo­ da. ofi­cia­lur col­-qmrad Tavs ver gaa­sa­Reb­dnen _ je­niss sa­qor­wi­no be­We­di ar eke­Ta, ogi ki sa­mi wlis win sa­mu­da­mod ga­moem­Svi­do­ba be­Weds, mag­ram SeeZ­loT eT­qvaT, rom isi­ni... ras eZa­xian ax­la aseT ur­Tier­To­bas?.. par­tnio­re­bi arian.

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mal­bo­ro-striti­dan amo­ma­val ci­ca­bo aR­mar­Tze man­qa­ ne­bis na­ka­di ar wyde­bo­da. ro­gorc ki av­to­bu­se­bis moZ­rao­ ba daiw­ye­bo­da, fe­xiT mo­sia­ru­lee­bic moaw­yde­bod­nen. ogi dar­wmu­ne­bu­li iyo, rom av­to­bu­si di­lis 6 saaT­ze iw­yeb­da mu­Sao­bas. sqel nis­lSi man­qa­ne­bi ar Can­da, mxo­lod ma­Ti fa­ re­bi ana­Teb­da. sa­qa­re mi­ne­bis miR­ma ada­mia­ne­bi ilan­de­bod­ nen. zo­gier­Ti mZRo­li, sa­mu­Saos ma­Zie­bel­Ta uzar­ma­zar rigs ro­ca xe­dav­da, imed­gac­rue­bu­li ukan brun­de­bo­da, mag­ram ume­te­so­ba uka­na fa­re­bis cim­ci­miT mii­wev­da man­qa­ ne­bis sad­gom­ze dar­Ce­ni­li ad­gi­le­bis Se­sav­se­bad. me­re ogim er­Ti man­qa­na Se­niS­na, ro­me­lic arc ukan gab­ru­ne­bu­la da arc man­qa­ne­bis sad­go­mis siR­rme­Si gaug­ rZe­le­bia gza. man­qa­nas uC­veu­lod mbrwyi­na­vi fa­re­bi hqon­ da, aqeT­-i­qi­dan sa­nis­le fa­re­biT. „a­se­Ti fa­re­bi „mer­se­des­-bencs“ aqvs“, _ gai­fiq­ra ogim, _ „ra un­da „mer­se­des­-bencs“ da­saq­me­bis baz­ro­ba­ze?“ ogis va­rau­diT, es SeiZ­le­ba qa­la­qis me­ri kin­sle­ri yo­fi­li­yo, ra­Ta sit­yviT mie­mar­Ta „pir­ve­li mer­cxle­bis­ Tvis“, See­qo ma­Ti saz­ria­no­ba da WeS­ma­ri­tad ame­ri­ku­li en­Tu­ziaz­mi. am Sem­Txve­va­Sic, „mer­se­de­siT“ aq mos­vla _ Tun­dac Zve­li man­qa­niT _ swo­ri saq­cie­li ar iyo. asa­ko­van­ma kac­ma, ro­me­lic ogis win iyo rig­Si (uein ue­lan­di er­qva. am kacs fi­zi­ku­ri ar­se­bo­bis uka­nas­kne­li wu­Te­bi ed­ga), wa­moi­Za­xa: „nu­Tu es „mer­se­des­-ben­cia“? aS­ka­ rad bencs hgavs“. ogim, is iyo, daa­pi­ra eT­qva, es fa­re­bi sxva man­qa­ne­bi­ sas ar hgav­so, rom „mer­se­de­sis“ mZRol­ma, ro­me­lic lan­ di­viT mo­Can­da man­qa­na­Si, xma­ma­Ra­li, xan­grZli­vi sig­na­li mis­ca. gam­Wo­li fa­re­bi ki­dev uf­ro akaS­kaS­da, TeT­ri Su­ 20

qis ko­nu­se­biT gaa­po nis­li, man­qa­na ad­gi­li­dan mos­xlta da win gae­qa­na, TiT­qos sig­nal­ma daaf­rTxoo. „hei!“ _ aR­mox­da gao­ce­bul uein ue­lands. es mi­si uka­ nas­kne­li sit­yva iyo. man­qa­na swo­red yvi­Te­li len­te­biT Se­mo­saz­Rvru­li im ad­gi­lis­ken gaiW­ra, sa­dac sa­mu­Saos ma­Zieb­le­bi yve­la­ ze mWid­rod iy­vnen Sej­gu­fu­li. am ada­mia­ne­bi­dan mxo­lod imaT moa­xer­xes gaq­ce­va, rom­le­bic ri­gis bo­los­ken id­gnen, WiS­kar­Tan ax­los mdgom „pir­vel mer­cxlebs“ ki gaq­ce­vis San­sic ar hqon­daT. la­bi­rin­TSi mom­wyvdeu­leb­ma waaq­cies bo­Ze­bi, rom­leb­zec len­te­bi iyo ga­Wi­mu­li, Sig gaix­lar­ Tnen, cdi­lob­dnen, ro­gor­me Ta­vi daeR­wiaT. ada­mia­ne­bis ma­sa aqeT­-i­qiT aw­yde­bo­da sa­so­war­kve­TiT. asa­kov­ne­bi da mom­cro ta­ni­sa­ni da­nar­Ce­neb­ma qveS moi­yo­les da zed ga­ daua­res. ogi mkveT­ri biZ­ge­bis­gan mar­cxniv ga­da­qan­da, Se­bar­bac­ da, Ta­vi Sei­ka­va da ax­la win ga­da­var­da. Raw­vze vi­Ra­cis iday­vi ise mox­vda, rom mar­jve­na Tva­li­dan na­per­wkle­bi gad­moay­re­vi­na. meo­re Tva­liT „mer­se­dess“ xe­dav­da, ro­me­ lic nis­li­dan ki ar ga­mo­dio­da, ara­med TiT­qos mis­gan iZer­ we­bo­da. es iyo di­di nac­ris­fe­ri se­da­ni, sa­va­rau­dod SL500, 12-ci­lin­dria­ni da 12-ve TiT­qos ga­ma­le­biT bru­nav­da. ogi mux­leb­ze daeca Ta­vi­si sa­Zi­le tom­ris gver­diT da sa­nam wa­mod­go­mas cdi­lob­da, araer­Ti wix­li mox­vda mklav­Si, mxar­Si, ki­ser­Si. is­mo­da xma­ma­Ra­li yvi­ri­li. vi­ Rac qal­ma Seh­kiv­la: „Se­xe­deT, Se­xe­deT, ar aCe­rebs!“ ogim dai­na­xa, ro­gor ga­moC­nda je­nis qreis Ta­vi sa­Zi­ le tom­ri­dan. qa­li gao­ce­bu­li axam­xa­meb­da Tva­lebs. ogis 21

man ki­dev er­Txel moa­go­na za­zu­na, ro­me­lic so­ro­dan mor­ cxvad iW­yi­te­bo­da _ de­da­li za­zu­na ga­bur­Zgni­li TmiT. ogim sa­Zi­le tom­ris­ken gai­wia da zed ga­dae­fa­ra, TiT­ qos SeeZ­lo qa­li­sa da Cvi­lis dac­va ger­ma­nu­li av­toin­Ji­ ne­riis or­to­nia­ni qmni­le­bis­gan. es­mo­da, ro­gor Rria­leb­ dnen ada­mia­ne­bi. es xma TiT­qmis ikar­ge­bo­da moax­loe­bu­li se­da­nis mo­to­ris xma­Si. ke­fa­Si vi­Ra­cis wix­li mox­vda, mag­ ram arc ug­rZnia. jer ki­dev sak­ma­ri­si dro hqon­da imis­Tvis, rom gax­se­ne­ bo­da: _ „me xom saronis vardi sauzmeze unda damepatiJa“. jer ki­dev iyo imis dro, rom gae­fiq­re­bi­na: _ „egeb gverdze gadauxvios“. es maT Sem­Txve­va­Si sau­ke­Te­so ga­mo­sa­va­li iq­ne­bo­da, ma­Ti er­Ta­der­Ti San­si. ogim Ta­vi wa­mos­wia, rom dae­na­xa, xom ar ux­vev­da man­qa­na gver­dze da ma­Sin­ve Sav­ma sa­bu­rav­ ma daub­ne­la Tva­le­bi, ig­rZno, ro­gor moe­Wi­da qa­lis xe­li mklav­ze. ogim dar­Ce­nil dro­Si ime­dia­nad gai­fiq­ra, egeb bavSvs jer ki­dev sZi­nav­so. Sem­deg dro amoi­wu­ra.

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gadamdgari deteqtivi

1 ho­ji­zi sam­za­reu­lo­dan ga­mo­dis lu­dis qi­liT xel­Si, Ta­ vis say­va­rel Rrma sa­var­Zel­Si jde­ba da qi­las mar­cxniv, da­bal ma­gi­da­ze dgams ia­ra­Ris gver­diT. ia­ra­Ri 38-ka­lib­ ria­ni „smiT­-en­d-ue­so­nia“, sam­xed­ro da po­li­ciu­ri da­niS­ nu­le­bis re­vol­ve­ri. ka­ci an­ga­riS­miu­cem­lad uTa­Tu­nebs re­vol­vers xels, TiT­qos ia­ra­Ri ki ara, be­be­ri ZaR­li iyos. Sem­deg te­le­vi­zo­ris pults iRebs da me-7 ar­xze rTavs. co­ta daag­vian­da _ stu­dia­Si uk­ve ta­Sis xma is­mis. ho­ji­zi im amaz­rzen, mo­dur ga­sar­Tob­ze fiq­robs, ro­ me­lic 80-ia­ni wle­bis mi­wu­ruls moe­do mTel qa­laqs. an iq­neb sit­yva „e­pi­de­mia“ uf­ro Se­sa­fe­ri­sia, rad­gan es yve­ la­fe­ri ga­dam­deb daa­va­de­bas daem­sgav­sa. qa­la­qis sa­mi­ve ga­ze­Ti wer­da am Te­ma­ze erT zaf­xuls. ax­la am sa­mi ga­ ze­Ti­dan ori uk­ve aRar ar­se­bobs da me­sa­me suls Ra­favs. mox­de­nil kos­tium­Si ga­mow­yo­bi­li wam­yva­ni sce­na­ze ga­mo­dis da xe­lis qne­viT esal­me­ba au­di­to­rias. ho­ji­zi am Sous yo­vel­dRe uyu­rebs po­li­cii­dan wa­mos­vlis Sem­ deg. mi­si az­riT, wam­yva­ni ga­ci­le­biT mets im­sa­xu­rebs, 25

vid­re am ga­da­ce­mis gaZ­Ro­laa. es ki ka­na­li­za­cia­Si yvin­ Tvas waa­gavs dam­ca­vi kos­tiu­mis ga­re­Se. wam­yva­ni ada­mia­ ne­bis im ka­te­go­rias ga­ne­kuT­vne­ba, rom­le­bic si­coc­xles TviT­mkvle­lo­biT as­ru­le­ben. me­re ki na­Te­sav­-me­gob­re­bi it­yvian, war­mod­ge­nac ar gvqon­da, Tu ra­me prob­le­ma awu­ xeb­dao, da gaix­se­ne­ben, ro­go­ri xa­li­sia­ni iyo bo­lo Sex­ ved­ri­sas. ho­jiz­ma an­ga­riS­miu­cem­lad ki­dev er­Txel mou­Ta­Tu­na xe­li ia­raRs. re­vol­ve­ri „viq­to­ris“ mo­de­li­sa iyo, Zve­ li, mag­ram kar­gi. po­li­cia­Si yof­nis dros 40-ka­lib­ria­ni „glo­ki“ hqon­da. ia­ra­Ri mi­si na­yi­di iyo _ mu­ni­ci­pa­lu­ri po­li­ciis ofic­re­bi Ta­vad yi­du­lo­ben ia­raRs _ da ax­la sa­wol oTax­Si ina­xe­bo­da seif­Si. ho­jiz­ma po­li­cii­dan ga­ ci­le­bis ce­re­mo­nia­lis Sem­deg tyvie­bi amoa­ca­la, seif­Si Se­do da mas Sem­deg aRarc mou­kiT­xavs. arc ain­te­re­seb­da. mag­ram 38-ka­lib­ria­ni nam­dvi­lad mos­wons. ho­ji­zi am re­ vol­vers SeeC­via da em­Sob­liu­re­ba, mag­ram ki­dev aris er­Ti mi­ze­zi: es ia­ra­Ri aras­dros iWe­de­ba. ai, pir­ve­li stu­ma­ric ga­mo­dis sce­na­ze _ axal­gaz­rda qa­li, ro­mel­sac mok­le lur­ji ka­ba ac­via. co­ta ar iyos, Ste­ru­li ga­mo­met­yve­le­ba aqvs, mag­ram _ umag­re­si ta­ni. ho­ji­zi dar­wmu­ne­bu­lia, rom ka­ba or­-sam ta­tus mainc ufa­ ravs. maT­gan er­T-er­Ti saj­dom­ze eq­ne­ba. au­di­to­riis ma­ ma­ka­cu­ri na­wi­li qals stve­ni­Ta da fe­xis ba­ku­niT ege­be­ba. qa­le­bi uf­ro mok­rZa­le­bul ap­lo­dis­men­tebs ime­te­ben. na­ wi­li iro­niul ga­mo­xed­vas ver fa­ravs. vis ea­me­ba am yai­dis qals miS­te­re­bu­li qmris da­nax­va. qa­li ga­co­fe­bu­lia. ga­da­ce­mis wam­yvans uy­ve­ba, rom mis say­va­rels sxva qa­lis­gan hyavs pa­ta­ra bav­Svi da mud­mi­vad 26

mas­Tan gar­bis bav­Svis sa­na­xa­vad. qals uy­vars Ta­vi­si boif­ ren­di, mag­ram ver itans im... mis Sem­deg sit­yveb­ze sig­na­lia da­de­bu­li da waS­li­ lia, mag­ram ho­ji­zi tu­Ce­bis moZ­rao­biT ar­Cevs sit­yvebs „dam­pa­li bo­zi“. au­di­to­ria eq­staz­Sia. ho­ji­zi luds wru­ pavs. icis, ra mox­de­ba Sem­deg. am Sous sap­nis ope­ris yve­la ni­Sa­ni aqvs.

Sous wam­yva­ni qals ki­dev aZ­levs co­tao­de­ni la­pa­ra­ kis sa­Sua­le­bas da Sem­deg mom­dev­no stum­ris sa­xels ac­xa­ debs. es... lur­jka­bia­nis me­to­qea! am meo­re qal­sac da­ce­ma ta­ni aqvs, fa­fa­ri­viT grZe­li qe­ra Tma da ta­tu koW­Tan. meo­re qa­li pir­vels uax­lov­de­ba da eub­ne­ba: „mes­mis Se­ni, mag­ram mec miy­vars eg ka­ci“. ki­dev ra­Ra­cis da­ma­te­ba un­da, mag­ram pir­ve­li umag­res­ ta­nia­ni qa­li aRar ac­dis da saq­me­ze ga­da­dis. sce­nis miR­ma vi­Rac zars re­kavs, TiT­qos rin­gze or­Tab­rZo­lis daw­ye­bis ni­Sans iZ­leo­des. ho­jizs miaC­nia, rom es mar­Tlac or­Tab­ rZo­laa da stum­rebs fuls ux­dian, aba, ra­tom mii­Reb­dnen ama­Si mo­na­wi­leo­bas?! qa­le­bi er­Txans er­Tma­neTs ur­tya­men da kaw­ra­ven, Sem­deg maT ori oy­ra­yi aS­ve­lebs, rom­leb­sac mai­su­reb­ze „dac­va“ awe­riaT. ma­nam­de es or­ni mo­So­re­biT id­gnen da Tval­yurs adev­neb­dnen moC­xub­rebs. qa­le­bi co­ta xans er­Tma­neTs lan­ZRa­ven ma­gar­-ma­ga­ri ga­moT­qme­biT (ro­mel­Ta­gan ume­te­so­bas sig­na­li fa­ravs), wam­yva­ni maT ucod­ve­li sa­xiT Seh­yu­rebs da ax­la uk­ve meo­ re da­ce­ma­ta­nia­ni qa­li Se­moh­kravs pir­vels iseT ali­yurs, rom Sea­tor­tma­nebs. kvlav gais­mis za­ris xma. qa­le­bi sce­ na­ze ece­mian, ka­ba­wa­mox­di­le­bi er­Tma­neTs ur­tya­men da kaw­ ra­ven. au­di­to­ria Wkui­dan ga­da­dis. oy­ra­ye­bi isev aSo­re­ 27

ben moC­xub­rebs er­Tma­neTs. Sous wam­yva­ni Sua­Si dge­ba da TiT­qos uy­va­vebs moC­xub­rebs, mag­ram Se­fa­ru­lad aqe­zebs ki­dec. ori­ve qa­li yvi­ris, rom mas uf­ro me­tad uy­vars ka­ci, ro­me­lic ver gauy­viaT. wam­yva­ni sa­rek­la­mo pau­zas ac­xa­debs da hpir­de­ba au­di­to­rias, rom ma­le­ve dab­run­de­ bian. amis Sem­deg cno­bi­li msa­xio­bi qa­li, ro­mel­sac au­di­ to­ria uf­ro Jur­na­le­bis ga­re­ka­ne­bi­dan ic­nobs, vid­re sam­ sa­xio­bo saq­mia­no­biT, wo­na­Si da­sak­le­bi ro­me­li­Rac pre­pa­ ra­tis efeq­tia­no­ba­Si ar­wmu­nebs ma­yu­re­bels. ho­ji­zi isev mow­ru­pavs luds. icis, rom am qi­las Suam­ dec ar daiy­vans. ara­da, po­li­cia­Si mu­Sao­bi­sas im­dens svam­ da, la­mis ga­loT­da. ro­ca mi­si oja­xu­ri cxov­re­bac smas See­wi­ra, daas­kvna, rom al­ko­ho­li­ki iyo. mTe­li ne­bis­yo­fa moik­ri­fa, rom sma Seew­yvi­ta. me­re sa­ku­Tar Tavs Seh­pir­ da _ ro­ca po­li­cia­Si mu­Sao­bis 40-wlia­ni sta­Ji daug­rov­ de­bo­da, ram­de­nic en­do­me­bo­da, im­dens da­lev­da. 40 we­li STam­beW­davi iyo, rad­gan mu­ni­ci­pa­lu­ri po­li­ciis ofic­re­ bis na­xe­va­ri 25-wlia­ni sam­sa­xu­ris Sem­deg to­veb­da posts, xo­lo dar­Ce­ni­le­bis 70% 30 wel­ze mets ver Zleb­da. ax­la ki, ro­ca is 40 we­li ukan moi­to­va, al­ko­ho­li di­dad aRarc ain­te­re­seb­da. mxo­lod ram­den­jer­me daT­vra. un­do­da dar­ wmu­ne­bu­li­yo, rom ki­dev SeeeZ­lo sma, mag­ram sim­Tvra­le­Si ima­ze ukeT ar grZnob­da Tavs, vid­re sif­xiz­le­Si. uf­ro ua­re­sa­dac ki iyo.

Sou grZel­de­ba. wam­yva­ni am­bobs, rom ki­dev er­Ti stu­ ma­ri hyavs da ho­ji­zi xvde­ba mis vi­nao­bas. au­di­to­ria­mac icis da mouT­men­lad yi­Ji­nebs. ho­ji­zi ma­mi­seul ia­raRs iRebs, lu­la­Si ixe­de­ba da me­re sa­te­li­tu­ri mim­Re­bis in­ struq­ciis bro­Su­ra­ze debs.

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sce­nis mar­jve­na mxri­dan swo­red is ka­ci ga­mo­dis, rom­lis ga­moc am or­ma umag­res­ta­nian­ma qal­ma er­Tma­neTs Tav­-pi­ri daa­kaw­ra. sa­nam ka­ci ga­moC­nde­ba, uk­ve yve­lam war­ moid­gi­na ti­pa­Ji: ra­Rac sa­Sua­lo ben­zin­ga­sa­mar­Ti sad­gu­ ris ope­ra­tors, sa­dis­tri­bu­cio qse­lis saw­yo­bis Sem­fu­ Tavs da av­to­mo­bi­le­bis yal­Ta­band mrec­xavs So­ris, ro­ mel­mac Tqvens man­qa­nas WuW­yi sa­na­xev­rod zed Sear­Ci­na. ka­ci gam­xda­ria, fer­mkrTa­li, Sub­lze gad­mo­qoC­ri­li Sa­vi TmiT. ti­los Sar­va­li ac­via, Wye­te­la yvi­Tel­-mwva­ne hal­ stu­xi zed ada­mis vaS­lis qveS aqvs wa­We­ri­li. Sar­vlis to­ te­bi­dan na­tis Ceq­ma mou­Cans, wve­tia­ni cxvi­riT. ro­gorc im qa­lebs awe­riaT sa­xe­ze, sad ra ta­tu SeiZ­le­ba hqon­deT ka­biT da­fa­ru­li, ise am kacs et­yo­ba, rom cxen­sac Se­Sur­ de­bo­da mi­si yve­re­bis zo­mi­sa. mi­si sper­mis na­ka­di sim­Zlav­ riT lo­ko­mo­tivs ar Ca­mou­var­de­ba, sis­wra­fiT _ tyvias da ne­bis­mier zne­ke­Til go­gos daa­fex­mZi­mebs. ho, go­gos, sa­va­rau­dod, tyu­pe­bi ah­yve­ba. kacs sa­xe­ze Tav­da­je­re­bu­li kai bi­Wis Ri­mi­li uTa­ma­Sebs. mi­si saoc­ne­bo sam­sa­xu­ri si­ coc­xlis bo­lom­de sxvis ki­ser­ze jdo­maa. ma­le zars isev Ca­mo­re­ka­ven da is ori qa­li isev gai­wevs er­Tma­ne­Tis­Tvis Tva­le­bis ga­mo­sa­CiC­qnad. mog­via­ne­biT ki, ro­ca es ka­ci guls ga­dauS­lis wam­yvans, qa­le­bi er­Tma­neTs ga­da­xe­da­ven, Tavs od­nav dauk­ra­ven da er­Tad mis­dge­bian Ta­vianT say­va­ rels. am­je­rad dac­vis bi­We­bi co­ta mets daac­dian, rad­gan es bo­lo Se­ta­ke­baa is sa­na­xao­ba, ro­mel­sac au­di­to­ria _ stu­dia­Si Tu ek­ra­neb­Tan _ mouT­men­lad elis: ro­gor da­ qoC­ra­ven ded­le­bi ma­mals.

80-ia­ne­bis bo­los es xan­mok­le da sa­za­re­li mo­da, es epi­de­mia „moy­va­rul­Ta Ser­ki­ne­be­bad“ iwo­de­bo­da. vi­Rac 29

TviT­na­bad ge­nioss mou­vi­da az­rad ase­Ti biz­ne­sis wa­mow­ ye­ba da ro­ca is Se­mo­sav­lia­ni ga­mod­ga, sam­ma­-oT­xma sxva biz­nes­men­mac ar daa­yov­na. di­di fu­li ar exar­je­bo­daT _ oriod ma­wan­wa­las ipo­vi­di, Ti­Tos 30 do­lars ga­daux­di­di da miuq­sev­di er­Tma­neTs wi­nas­war daT­qmul dro­sa da ad­gi­ las. ho­jizs kar­gad ax­sov­da ad­gi­lob­riv strip­tiz­klub „bam­ba­la­mis“ ukan ki­bor­Cxa­le­bis mo­sa­Se­ne­be­li, aqo­Te­bu­ li au­zis mim­de­ba­re te­ri­to­ria. ro­gorc ki or­Tab­rZo­la dai­niS­ne­bo­da, Seat­yo­bi­neb­di msur­ve­lebs (ma­Sin pi­ra­dad af­rTxi­leb­dnen, in­ter­ne­ti jer Sors iyo) da Ti­Tos 20 do­lars ga­moar­Tmev­di. Cveu­leb­riv, am or­Tab­rZo­lebs ga­ ci­le­biT me­ti xal­xi es­wre­bo­da da ara is ora­sio­de ka­ci, rom­leb­sac ho­ji­zi da mi­si mew­yvi­le pit han­tli SeeW­rnen da rom­le­bic fso­nis da­de­bas er­Tma­neTs ar ac­did­nen. maT So­ris iy­vnen qa­le­bic, sa­Ra­mos ka­beb­Si ga­mow­yo­bi­li da Zvir­fa­seu­lo­baas­xmu­li, rom­le­bic mis­Ce­re­bod­nen, ro­gor iq­nev­dnen xel­-fexs is WkuaT­xe­li moC­xub­re­bi, ece­mod­nen, dge­bod­nen, mTe­li xmiT Rria­leb­dnen. brbo ici­no­da, yi­Ji­ neb­da da aqe­zeb­da meb­rZo­lebs. es Souc im or­Tab­rZo­las hgavs, oRond aq wo­na­Si da­ sak­le­bi pre­pa­ra­te­bis mwar­moeb­le­bi da sa­daz­Rve­vo fir­ me­bi iRe­ben sar­ge­bels. ho­ji­zi dar­wmu­ne­bu­lia, rom Ser­ ki­ne­bis mo­na­wi­le­ni (miu­xe­da­vad imi­sa, rom Sous wam­yva­ni maT „stum­rebs“ uwo­debs) 30 do­lar­sa da das­pir­tul Rvi­ no­ze ga­ci­le­biT mets iRe­ben. po­li­cia­sac ara­vin eri­de­ba, rad­gan es sa­te­le­vi­zio Ser­ki­ne­ba ise­ve ka­no­nie­ria, ro­ gorc la­ta­riis ga­Ta­ma­Se­ba.

Cxu­bis das­ru­le­bis Sem­deg ma­yu­reb­lis wi­na­Se mo­sa­ mar­Tle qa­li war­dge­ba. ka­te­go­riu­li, sa­ku­Ta­ri po­zi­ciis 30

zneob­rio­ba­Si uki­du­re­sad dar­wmu­ne­bu­li mo­sa­mar­Tle Zlivs ika­vebs brazs uRir­si gan­sas­je­le­bis mi­marT. mo­sa­ mar­Tles Ca­su­qe­bu­li fsi­qoa­na­li­ti­ko­si mos­devs. ana­li­ti­ ko­si im­dens izams, rom stum­rebs aa­ti­rebs (a­mas is „uar­yo­ fis ba­rie­ris daZ­le­vas“ eZa­xis) da mou­wo­debs, da­to­von ga­ da­ce­ma, Tu ro­me­li­me be­davs da eW­vi Seaqvs mi­si me­To­de­bis sis­wo­re­Si. ho­ji­zi eW­vobs, rom fsi­qoa­na­li­ti­kos­ma Ta­vi­si me­To­de­bi „ka-­ge-­bes“ saw­vrTne­li fil­me­bi­dan aiT­vi­sa. ho­ji­zi am fe­ra­di sa­te­le­vi­zio nex­viT yo­vel sa­Ra­ mos ik­ve­be­ba Ta­vis say­va­rel Rrma sa­var­Zel­Si mo­ka­la­Te­ bu­li. gver­diT ma­gi­da­ze ma­mi­seu­li ia­ra­Ri udevs. ma­ma­mi­si am iaraRs sa­pat­ru­lo po­li­cia­Si msa­xu­ro­bis dros ata­ reb­da. ho­ji­zi sa­Ra­mos gan­mav­lo­ba­Si ram­den­jer­me iRebs ia­raRs da lu­la­Si ixe­de­ba. mis bnel siR­rmes swav­lobs. er­Ti­-or­jer pir­Sic Cai­do, rom sa­sa­ze da­miz­ne­bu­li da­te­ ni­li ia­ra­Ri Seeg­rZno. TiT­qos eC­ve­va amas. msme­li rom vi­yo, er­Ti wliT mainc ga­dav­deb­di am na­ bi­jis ga­dad­gmas. or wlam­de Tu gav­qa­Cav­di, egeb ama­so­ba­Si gaev­lo ki­dec TviT­mkvle­lo­bis sur­vils. egeb me­ba­Reo­ biT da­vin­te­res­de, an or­ni­to­lo­giiT, an­da xat­viT. ai, tim quig­lim, ma­ga­li­Tad, mxat­vro­bas mih­yo xe­li, ro­ca mo­xu­ ce­bu­li po­li­cie­le­biT da­sax­le­bul uban­Si ga­dai­nac­vla. quig­li im­de­nad gai­wa­fa, rom zo­gier­Ti na­xa­ti ve­ne­ciis xe­lov­ne­bis fes­ti­val­zec ki ga­yi­da. es _ sa­nam in­sul­ti dae­mar­Te­bo­da. amis Sem­deg rva-­cxra TviT lo­gi­nad Ca­ var­da. mar­jve­na mxa­re war­Tmeu­li hqon­da. amiT das­rul­da quig­lis mxat­vro­ba. me­re sai­qio­sac gaem­gzav­ra... ai, ase. rin­gze isev gais­mis za­ri da aS­ka­raa, rom ori­ve qa­li im gam­xmar, Wye­te­la­hal­stu­xian kacs un­da mis­dges grZe­ 31

li, Se­Re­bi­li frCxi­le­bis el­va­re­bi­Ta da fa­fa­ri­viT Tmis fria­liT. ho­jizs kvlav ia­ra­Ris­ken gaeq­ce­va xe­li, mag­ram am dros win­kar­Si sa­fos­to sar­kmlis Cxa­ku­ni da ia­tak­ze ra­Rac pa­ke­tis da­ce­mis xma es­mis. eleq­tro­nu­li fos­ti­sa da feis­bu­qis xa­na­Si ga­na ra un­ da mo­vi­des fos­tiT ise­Ti, rom mniS­vne­lo­va­ni aR­moC­ndes? mag­ram ho­ji­zi mainc dge­ba, fos­tas ga­da­xe­davs da ma­mi­seu­ li 38-ka­lib­ria­nis ga­mo­ye­ne­bas meo­re dRis­Tvis ga­da­debs.

2 ro­de­sac ho­ji­zi Ta­vis sa­var­Zels ub­run­de­ba pa­ta­ra pa­ke­tiT xel­Si, Sous wam­yva­ni em­Svi­do­be­ba au­di­to­rias da am­bobs, rom xval xeib­re­bi eyo­le­ba stum­rad. oRond ar azus­tebs, xeib­ro­bis ro­mel nair­sa­xeo­bas gu­lis­xmobs _ go­neb­rivs Tu fi­zi­kurs. sa­var­Zlis gver­diT ori par­ki devs: er­Ti nag­vis­Tvi­saa gan­kuT­vni­li, meo­re _ mi­nis ta­ris­Tvis. nag­vis par­kSi ho­ ji­zi rig­ri­go­biT uS­vebs „uol­mar­tis“ fas­dak­le­bis bro­Su­ ras, da­saf­la­ve­bis daz­Rve­vis Se­Ta­va­ze­bas (ro­me­lic Cveni sayvareli mezoblis sa­xel­zea ga­mog­zav­ni­li), „ia­fi eleq­ tro­sa­qon­lis“ ma­Ra­ziis sa­rek­la­mo fur­cels, Ria ba­ra­Ti­ viT Set­yo­bi­ne­bas ad­gi­lob­ri­vi sab­Wos wev­ro­bis kan­di­da­ tis­gan imis Se­sa­xeb, rom ho­ji­zis xma mniS­vne­lo­va­nia. ba­ raT­ze kan­di­da­tis fo­toa da­beW­di­li. ho­ji­zi mas doq­tor ober­lins am­sgav­sebs _ sto­ma­to­logs, rom­li­sac Za­lian eSi­no­da bav­Svo­ba­Si. ai, al­ber­tso­nis su­per­mar­ke­tis bro­ Su­ras ki ho­ji­zi gver­dze ga­da­debs, rad­gan ku­po­ne­bi­Taa sav­se.

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bo­los da bo­los, sa­fos­to pa­ket­Si we­ri­lic ga­moC­ nde­ba _ sak­maod sqe­li kon­ver­ti. ad­re­sa­ti ga­dam­dga­ri de­ teq­ti­vi ui­liam ho­ji­zia, ro­me­lic har­per­-rou­dis 63 no­mer­Si cxov­robs. kon­ver­tze ga­mom­gzav­nis mi­sa­mar­Ti ar

awe­ria, mis nac­vlad „smai­lia“ da­xa­tu­li. dRe­van­del gzav­ ni­lebs So­ris es uk­ve meo­re smai­lia, pir­ve­li „uol­mar­ti­ sa“ iyo da Tvals upa­Wu­neb­da. am meo­res _ eleq­tro­nu­li fos­tis smails _ Sa­vi saT­va­le uke­Tia da ik­ri­We­ba. ar­cTu sa­sia­mov­no am­be­bi agon­de­ba. „a­ra!“ _ fiq­robs ho­ji­zi. _ „a­ra!“ mag­ram Tan ise swra­fad fxrews kon­verts, rom wam­Si naf­le­Te­bad aq­cevs. we­ri­li oT­xgver­dia­nia. es arc man­qa­ na­ze na­beW­di teq­stia, arc beW­du­ri asoe­biT na­we­ri. kom­ piu­ter­zea ak­re­fi­li sa­beW­di man­qa­nis Srif­tis msgav­si fon­tiT. Zvir­f a­s o de­t eq­t i­v o ho­j iz, _ ase­Tia teq­stis da­sa­ wyi­si. ho­ji­zi ma­gi­da­ze xels afa­Tu­rebs, al­ber­tso­nis bro­ Su­ras Zirs ag­debs, re­vol­vers verc ki aRiq­vams da te­le­ vi­zo­ris pults swvde­ba. me­re ga­mo­sar­Tav Ri­laks aWers TiTs, ka­te­go­riul mo­sa­mar­Tle qals sit­yvas Sua­ze aw­yve­ ti­nebs da we­rils ub­run­de­ba.

3 Zvir­fa­so de­teq­ti­vo ho­jiz, vi­me­dov­neb, ar miw­yenT, Tu uwin­de­li wo­de­biT mog­ mar­TavT, miu­xe­da­vad imi­sa, rom eq­vsi Tvis win da­

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to­veT sam­sa­xu­ri. Tu­ki ara­kom­pe­ten­tur mo­sa­mar­Tleebs, ko­rum­pi­re­bul po­li­ti­ko­seb­sa da Ster ge­ner­lebs SeuZ­ liaT Sei­nar­Cu­non Ta­vian­Ti wo­de­be­bi. ga­dad­go­mis Sem­ deg, es un­da SeeZ­los po­li­ciis ofi­cer­sac, ro­mel­sac am qa­la­qis ar­se­bo­bis man­Zil­ze yve­la­ze me­ti jil­do aqvs mi­Re­bu­li. ase rom _ iyos de­t eq­t i­v i ho­j i­z i! ase mog­mar­TavT. ser (ki­dev er­T i ti­t u­l i, ro­m el­s ac im­sa­xu­rebT, rad­gan ko­kar­di­s a da ia­r a­R is WeS­m a­r i­t i rain­di xarT), bev­ri mi­ze­zi maqvs am we­r i­l is mo­s a­w e­r ad, mag­ram mo­ loc­viT un­da da­v iw­y o _ Tqve­n i sta­J is ga­mo. Tqven xom 40 wlis gan­mav­l o­b a­S i im­s a­x u­r eT po­l i­c ia­Si, aqe­dan 27 _ de­teq­ti­vad. ga­d ad­g o­m is ce­r e­m o­n ias te­le­vi­ziiT vu­ yu­re (me-2 sa­ z o­g a­d oeb­r iv ar­x ze, in­f or­ma­ciis Se­sa­ niS­nav wyaroze, ro­m el­s ac dam­f a­s e­b e­l i co­ta hyavs) da vi­ci, rom ga­sa­c i­l e­b e­l i sa­R a­m o ae­r o­p or­tTan mde­ba­re res­to­ran „rein­T ri­-in­S i ~ gai­m ar­T a meo­r e dRes. es al­baT ga­d ad­g o­m is nam­d vi­l i ce­r e­mo­nia iyo! msgavs Tav­ y ri­l o­b ebs ara­s o­d es dav­s wre­bi­var, mag­ ram

sa­po­li­cio

Sou

bev­r jer

mi­n a­x avs

te­le­vi­ziiT.

es ga­da­ce­me­bi aras­w or war­m od­g e­n as qmnis po­li­cia­ ze, Tum­ca ga­dad­g o­m is ce­r e­m o­n ia ram­d en­jer­me aC­ve­nes („niu-ior­kis po­l i­c iis de­p ar­t a­m en­t Si~ , „mkvle­lo­ba­Si~, „fa­rul mos­me­na­ S i ~ da a. S.) da mo­m eC­v e­n a, rom da­ma­je­ reb­lad iyo aR­ w e­r i­l i, ro­g or em­S vi­d o­b e­bian ko­kar­di­sa da ia­ra­Ris rain­d e­b i Ta­v ianT ko­l e­g ebs. gar­da ami­sa, jo­ zef vam­bos bo­l o or wig­n Sic wa­m i­k iT­xavs ga­mo­sam­

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Svi­do­be­be­li sa­R a­m oe­b is sce­n e­b i. Tqve­n i ar iyos, isic yo­fi­li de­teq­ti­v ia da eg ar SeeS­l e­b a. naT­lad war­ mo­mid­ge­nia Tqve­ni ga­ci­le­ba: We­ri­dan Ca­ moS­ve­bu­li fe­ra­d i buS­t e­b i, blo­m ad sas­me­li da uw­ma­ wu­ri mo­naT­xro­ b i, mo­g o­n e­b e­b i Zvel dro­sa da Zvel saq­ meeb­ze, xma­ma­Ra­li mxia­ru­li mu­si­ka. SeiZ­le­ba strip­ti­ zis er­Ti­-o­ri mo­c ek­v a­v ec yo­f i­l i­y o da kur­tu­mi eq­nia. al­ baT bev­rad uf­r o mxia­r u­l i da gul­w rfe­li ga­mos­vle­ bic ar­se­bobs, vid­r e is, rac am­g var „dad­gmul Ro­nis­ Zie­beb­ze~ is­mis. aba, ro­go­ria? zus­t ad gad­m o­v e­c i yve­la­fe­ri?

„ar­cTu uri­god“, _ fiq­robs ho­ji­zi. ro­gorc ga­mo­vik­vlie, de­teq­ti­vad moR­va­weo­bis pe­ ri­od­Si aso­biT saq­me gaqvT gax­sni­li, maT So­ris ise­Te­­ bic, rom­leb­sac Jur­na­lis­te­bi (ted ui­liam­si rom „kom­­ piu­te­ris kla­via­tu­ris rain­debs~ eZa­xis) „mniS­vne­­lo­vans~ uwo­de­ben. Tqven da­gi­We­riaT mkvle­le­bi da ya­Ca­Re­bi, ce­c­xlis wam­ki­deb­le­bi da mo­Za­la­dee­bi. erT sta­tia­Si Tqve­ni di­di xnis par­tnio­ri, 1-li ran­gis de­teq­ti­vi pi­ ter han­tli ga­xa­sia­Teb­daT, ro­gorc „uaR­re­sad Tan­mim­ dev­rul­sa da brwyin­va­le in­tui­ciis mqo­nes~. araC­veu­leb­ri­vi kom­pli­men­tia. da Tu es mar­Ta­lia, uk­ve mix­vde­bo­diT, rom me ada­ mian­Ta im mci­re­ric­xo­van jgufs mi­ve­kuT­vne­bi, rom­le­ bic Tqven ver dai­Wi­reT. me is ka­ci var, ro­mel­sac pre­sa uwo­deb­da:

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a) mas­xa­ras b) jam­bazs an g) mer­se­des­qi­lers me es bo­lo sa­xe­li mir­Cev­nia. dar­w mu­n e­b u­l i var, Ta­v i ar da­g i­z o­g avT gam­r Rve­ vis da­s a­W e­r ad, mag­r am sam­w u­x a­r od (Tqven­d a, ara Cem­ da), ara­f e­r i ga­m o­g i­v i­d aT. war­m o­m id­g e­n ia, de­t eq­t i­v o ho­j iz, ro­g or gin­d o­d aT imis da­W e­r a, vinc man­q a­n iT gan­z rax

SeiW­r a

da­s aq­m e­b is

baz­r o­b is

mom­l o­d i­n e­T a

rig­S i, rva ada­m ia­n i mok­l a da ori am­d e­n i daa­s a­x iC­r a (un­d a giT­x raT, rom yve­l a­z e Ta­m am oc­n e­b eb­S ic ki ver war­m o­m ed­g i­n a am­d e­n i msxver­p li). ga­d ad­g o­m is ofi­c ia­ lur ce­r e­m o­n ia­z e, ro­d e­s ac sa­m ax­s ov­r o me­d als gki­ deb­d nen, nu­T u ar ga­g ax­s en­d iT? ga­n a go­n e­b am Cem­k en ar ga­m o­g i­w iaT, ro­d e­s ac Tqve­n i ko­l e­g a rain­d e­b i aTas tyuil-mar­T als (Ce­m i az­r iT) yve­b od­n en kri­m i­n a­l eb­z e, rom­l eb­s ac pir­ d a­p ir Sar­v al­C ax­d i­l ebs mius­w res, an­d a im oi­n eb­z e, rom­l eb­s ac er­T ma­n eTs uw­y ob­d iT po­l i­c ia­ Si? ga­mo­gi­wiaT. ara mgo­nia, vcde­bo­de. get­yviT, ra kai­fi iyo, ro­ca sab­ra­lo mi­siz oli­via tre­lo­nis „mer­se­dess~ ga­zi bo­lom­de mi­ve­ci da Sej­gu­ ful ada­mia­neb­Si Se­vi­We­ri. cxov­re­ba­Si eg­re ar am­dgo­ mia. pul­si 200 meq­ne­bo­da.

aq ki­dev er­Ti Sav­saT­va­lia­ni smai­li iyo Cas­mu­li.

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erT pa­ta­ra, ni­San­dob­liv de­tals ga­gim­xelT da Tu ga­ ge­ci­ne­baT, gai­ci­neT. na­wi­lob­riv aris ki­dec sa­sa­ci­ lo, Tum­ca ima­zec miu­Ti­Tebs, ro­gor vfrTxi­lob­di. pre­ zer­va­ti­vi me­ke­Ta! spon­ta­nu­ri ea­ku­la­ciis me­Si­no­da, xom SeiZ­le­bo­da, dnm-s ana­li­ziT mo­geR­wiaT Ce­mam­de?! ase rom, Ta­vi da­viz­Rvie. mag­ram bev­rjer da­min­Zre­via, ro­ca vix­se­neb­di, ro­gor cdi­lob­dnen isi­ni gaq­ce­vas da ver axer­xeb­dnen _ mom­wyvdeu­le­bi iy­vnen, ro­gorc sar­ di­ne­bi qi­la­Si. ro­gor da­feT­dnen (a­man Za­lian ga­ma­ xa­li­sa), ro­ca man­qa­na maT jguf­Si SeiW­ra, me ki ise mkveT­rad ga­dav­qan­di win, rom Rve­di gai­We­da. Za­lian ma­ga­ri gan­cda iyo. si­mar­Tle giT­x raT, ar vi­c o­d i, ra moh­yve­bo­da amas.

Ce­mi da­We­ris San­s i 50/50-ze iyo, mag­ram ab­sur­du­lo­ bam­de op­ti­mis­t i var. war­m a­t e­b is­T vis uf­ro vem­za­de­ bo­di, vid­re wa­r u­m a­t eb­l o­b is­T vis. pre­zer­va­ti­vi er­Ti pa­ta­ra de­ta­lia. mag­r am aris ki­d ev sxvac. dar­wmu­ne­ bu­li var, Tqve­n i kri­m i­n a­l is­t e­b i (se­r ia­li „da­na­Sau­lis ad­gi­lis ga­mok­v le­v a ~ na­n a­x i maqvs) Za­lian imed­gac­ rue­bu­le­bi dar­C e­b od­n en, ro­c a jam­b a­z is ni­Rab­Si dnm-s kva­lic ver aR­m oa­C i­n es. al­b aT it­y od­n en, im saz­rian gam­rRvevs Tmis dam­W e­r i ba­d e eke­T e­b o­dao da mar­Tle­ bic iq­ne­bod­nen. gar­d a ami­s a, ni­R a­b i ma T e T rebli T gav­rec­xe! isev da isev max­s en­d e­b a dar­t ymi­s a da msxvre­vis xma, ro­gor ir­ y eo­d a man­q a­n a, ro­c a maT sxeu­lebs zed ga­daua­ra.

12-ci­l in­d ria­n i

mer­s e­d e­s i

siZ­lie­ri­sa

da

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kon­tro­lis gan­ s a­x ie­r e­b aa. ga­z eT­S i wa­v i­kiT­xe, rom Ce­ mi er­T -er­Ti msxver­p li Cvi­l i iyo da aR­vfrTo­van­di. ase­Ti nor­Ci si­c oc­x lis Se­w ir­v a pa­t a­r a am­ba­vi ar aris. ram­den ra­mes ga­m oak­l de­b a cxov­r e­b a­S i, ara? ufal­ma gaa­naT­los pat­r i­c ia qreis su­l i! de­d ac Tan mi­va­yo­le. mar­wyvis je­mi sa­Z i­l e to­m a­r a­S i. im ka­cis gax­se­ne­bac Za­lian msia­mov­n ebs, mkla­v i rom da­k ar­ga. im ori­sac, pa­ra­li­ze­bu­le­bi rom arian. ka­c i wels qve­moT mow­yda, mar­ti­na sto­ve­r is­g an ki mxo­l od jox­z e wa­moc­mu­li Ta­vi dar­Ca. isi­ni ar da­x o­c i­l an, mag­r am al­b aT sik­vdi­li er­ CiaT. ama­ze ras it­y viT, de­t eq­t i­v o ho­j iz? al­baT fiq­robT, es ra avad­m yof­s a da per­verts ga­ da­ve­ya­re­To. ver da­g a­d a­n a­S au­l ebT amis ga­mo. mag­ram es sa­ka­ma­Toa! mi­m aC­n ia, rom bev­r i sxvac sia­mov­ne­biT gaa­ke­Teb­da ima­v es. swo­r ed ami­t o­m aa, rom sia­mov­ne­biT kiT­xu­lo­ben wig­n ebs, uyu­r e­b en fil­m ebs, te­le­Souebs, sa­dac wa­me­bas, ada­m ia­n is sxeu­l is fle­T as da aseT ra­ meebs gviC­ve­ne­b en. er­T a­d er­T i gan­s xva­ve­ba isaa, rom me es nam­dvi­lad ga­v a­k e­T e. ara imi­t om, rom gi­Ji var (am sit­yvis ne­ b is­m ie­r i mniS­v ne­l o­b iT), ara­med imi­tom, rom ar vi­co­di, ro­g o­r i iq­n e­b o­d a. we­s iT sru­liad araC­ veu­leb­ri­vi un­ d a yo­f i­l i­y o, ro­g orc am­bo­ben _ ise­Ti, rom­lis Se­sa­xeb mo­g o­n e­b a si­c oc­x lis bo­lom­de gag­yve­ ba. ada­mia­ne­bis ume­t e­s o­b as bav­S vo­b i­d an zRu­da­ven da isi­ni ase­Te­bad rCe­b ian mTe­l i cxov­r e­b is gan­mav­lo­ba­ Si. am Sez­Ru­du­l o­b as sin­d i­s ie­r e­b a hqvia, ro­me­lic me ar ga­maC­nia. ase rom, Se­m iZ­l ia, Cveu­leb­riv brbo­ze

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maR­la dav­dge. da vin­m es rom da­v e­W i­r e ma­Sin? ma­ga­li­ Tad, mi­siz tre­l o­n is „mer­s e­d e­s i ~ ga­f u­W e­bu­li­yo (Tum­ca mov­li­li man­qa­n a iyo da Zne­l i war­m o­sad­ge­nia). iq­ve gam­glej­dnen Sua­z e. cxa­d ia, amis San­s i iyo da es ki­ dev uf­ro me­tad aR­m ag­z neb­d a. mag­r am rea­lu­rad ada­ mia­ne­bis ume­te­s o­b a cxva­r ia da sis­x lis­msme­li ar aris, SeiZ­le­ba co­ta wae­T a­q e­b i­n aT, mag­r am amas ga­vuZ­leb­di. sa­va­rau­dod, da­m a­p a­t im­r eb­d nen da sa­s a­mar­Tlos ga­dam­ cem­dnen, sa­dac gan­v ac­x a­d eb­d i, rom su­liT avad­myo­fi var. SeiZ­le­ba var ki­d ec (ga­m o­g it­y de­b iT, am az­rma ga­ miel­va), mag­ram es Za­l ian Ta­v i­s e­b u­r i avad­myo­fo­baa.

Tum­ca yve­la­fe­r i Cem sa­s ar­g eb­l od daew­yo da suf­Tad ga­mov­Zve­ri. nis­li Za­lian da­mex­ma­ra! ho, ki­dev er­Ti mniS­vne­lo­va­ni ram mi­na­xavs. am­ je­rad uk­ve fil­mSi, da­sa­xe­le­ba ar max­sovs. iq se­riu­ li mkvle­li iyo, Za­lian Wkvia­ni da po­li­cie­leb­ma (erT maT­gans brius ui­li­si Ta­ma­Sobs, ma­Sin jer ki­dev ar iyo me­lo­ti) Ta­vi­dan ver moa­xer­xes mi­si da­We­ra. ho­ da brius ui­lis­ma Tqva: „is amas ki­dev Cai­dens, rad­gan sxvag­va­rad ar SeuZ­lia. ad­re Tu gvian Sec­do­mas dauS­ vebs da da­vi­WerT~. asec mox­da! ax­l a ase ar iq­n e­b a, de­t eq­t i­v o ho­j iz, rad­g an ga­m eo­r e­b is ara­n ai­r i sur­v i­l i ara maqvs. Cem Sem­ Txve­v a­S i er­T ic sak­m a­r i­s ia. me Ce­m i mo­g o­n e­b e­b ic me­y o­f a,

im­d e­n ad

mka­f iod

max­s ovs

yve­l a­f e­r i.

ra

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Tqma un­d a, sa­z o­g a­d oe­b a da­S in­d a, ifiq­r es, rom ga­ vi­m eo­r eb­d i. xom gax­­sovT _ sa­j a­r o Tav­S ey­r is ad­g i­ leb­S i Ro­n is­Z ie­b e­b i ga­d ai­d o. cxa­d ia, aseT reaq­c ias Cem­z e STa­b eW­d i­l e­b a ar mo­u x­d e­n ia, mxo­l od co­t a­T i ga­m a­x a­l i­s a. ase rom, ro­gorc xe­davT, mec da Tqvenc ga­dam­dga­ rebi varT. er­Ti ram da­s a­n a­n ia, Ce­m o de­t eq­t i­v o, ser, rom Tqve­ ni ga­dad­go­mis ce­r e­m o­n ias ver da­v es­w a­ri da ver gad­ Reg­rZe­leT „rein­T ri­-in­S i ~ ga­m ar­T ul vax­Sam­ze. Tqven Ta­vi ar da­gi­z o­g avT, arc de­t eq­t iv han­tlis, mag­ram sa­ga­ze­To da in­t er­n et­m a­s a­l ebs Tu ga­d av­xe­davT, Tqven yo­vel­Tvis umaR­l es li­g a­S i Ta­m a­S ob­d iT, ra­sac han­tli­ ze ver vit­yo­di. dar­w mu­n e­b u­l i var, rom saq­me jer da­ xu­ru­li araa, rom han­t li xan­d a­x an gad­moi­Rebs xol­me Zvel an­ga­ri­Sebs da kiT­x u­l obs, mag­r am amis iqiT ver wa­va. Cven xom ori­v em vi­c iT es. da­sas­rul, min­da wuxili gamovxato. zo­gierT te­le­Sou­Si (da vam­bos er­T-erT wig­nSic. Tum­ca SeiZ­le­ba meS­le­ba da jeims pa­ter­so­nis wig­ni iyos)

mxia­rul

ga­mo­sam­Svi­do­be­bel

sa­Ra­mos

sev­dia­

ni gag­­rZe­le­ba mos­devs. de­teq­ti­vi sax­lSi brun­de­ba da aR­moa­Cens, rom „ko­kar­di­sa da ia­ra­Ris~ ga­re­Se mis cxov­re­bas az­ri ara aqvs. rac Cem­Tvis sru­liad ga­sa­ge­ bia. ra SeiZ­le­ba iyos be­ber ga­dam­dgar rain­dze uf­ro sev­dia­ni? asea Tu ise, sa­bo­lood de­teq­ti­vi Sub­lSi tyvias daix­lis Ta­vi­si sa­ta­be­lo re­vol­ve­riT. in­ter­

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net­Si aR­mo­va­Ci­ne, rom es ga­mo­go­ni­li araa. es rea­lur cxov­re­ba­Si xde­ba! ga­dam­dgar po­li­cie­lebs So­ris TviT­mkvle­lo­bis ri­ c­xvi uki­du­re­sad ma­Ra­lia!!! ume­tes

Sem­Txve­va­Si,

po­li­cie­lebs,

rom­le­bic

am

sam­wu­xa­ro na­bijs dga­men, ar hyavT oja­xis wev­re­bi, rom­le­bic sa­gan­ ga­So niS­nebs Seam­Cnev­dnen. Tqven msgav­ sad, bev­ri gan­ qor­wi­ne­bu­lia. bevrs zrdas­ru­li Svi­le­bi hyavs, rom­le­bic Sors cxov­ro­ben. mgo­ni, Tqvenc sru­ liad mar­to xarT har­per­-roud­ze mde­ba­re sax­lSi, de­ teq­ti­vo ho­jiz, ami­tom Ce­mi SeS­fo­Te­ba ma­tu­lobs. raa cxov­re­ba „na­di­ro­bis Ji­nis~ ga­re­Se? te­le­vi­zors xSi­ rad uyu­rebT? al­baT. smas uma­teT? Se­saZ­loa. dro uf­ro ne­la ga­dis, ra­ki Tqve­ni cxov­re­ba da­ca­riel­da? uZi­lo­ ba xom ar ga­wu­xebT? hm, ime­dia, ara! mag­ram vSi­Sob, arc uma­gi­so­baa! aS­ka­rad ga­s ar­T o­b i gWir­d e­b aT, ra­T a gu­li ga­daa­ yo­loT. nac­vlad imi­s a, rom ifiq­r oT kac­ze, ro­me­lic daus­je­li da­dis da ro­m el­s ac ve­r a­s o­d es dai­WerT. Za­ lian cu­dad dam­T av­r de­b a ima­z e fiq­r i, rom mTel Tqvens ka­rie­ras Ca­lis fa­s i hqo­n ia, rad­g an ka­ci, ro­mel­mac am­de­ni uda­na­Sau­l o ada­m ia­n i Sei­w i­r a, xe­li­dan da­gis­ xltaT. su­lac ar min­da, rom ia­raR­ze fiq­rob­deT. mag­ram fiq­robT, ara? da sa­bo­loo fra­za im ada­mia­nis­gan, ro­me­lic marTl­ msa­ju­le­bas dauZ­vra:

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Seni uiRblo dedac... xum­ro­baa, ar gew­yi­noT! gul­wrfe­lad Tqve­ni, mer­se­des­qi­le­ri

qveS ki­dev er­Ti smai­li iyo mi­xa­tu­li da ewe­ra: P.S.: Za­lian vwux­var mi­siz tre­lo­nis gar­dac­va­ le­bis ga­mo, mag­ram am we­rils de­teq­tiv han­tlis rom ga­das­cemT, uT­xa­riT, nu Sei­wu­xebs Tavs mi­si dak­rZal­ vis fo­toe­bis Ses­wav­liT

_ eW­vi ar me­pa­re­ba, po­li­ciam

bev­ri fo­to ga­dai­Ro. me ves­wre­bo­di dak­rZal­vas, mag­ram mxo­lod war­mo­sax­viT (Ce­mi fan­ta­zia ki uki­de­ga­noa).

P.P.S.: gin­daT, rom da­mi­kav­Sir­deT? Tqvens azrs xom ar mo­max­se­neb­diT? mom­Zeb­neT in­ter­ ne­tiT Cet­sait­ ze Under Debbie’s Blue Umbrella. mom­xma­reb­lis sa­xe­ lic ki mo­gi­fiq­reT: ba­ya­yi-­ker­mi­ti19 _ kermitfrog19.

SeiZ­le­ba arc gi­pa­su­xoT, Tum­ca vin icis.

P.P.P.S.: vi­me­dov­neb, am we­ril­ma ga­gam­xia­ru­laT!

4 ho­ji­zi uZ­ra­vad zis. ga­dis ori wu­Ti, oT­xi, eq­vsi, rva. ho­ji­zi ar in­Zre­va. xel­Si we­ri­li uWi­ravs da en­driu uaie­ Tis pla­kats Seh­yu­rebs ke­del­ze. bo­los fur­clebs Ta­vi­si sa­var­Zlis gver­diT ma­gi­da­ze aw­yobs da kon­verts iRebs. sa­fos­to mar­ka ad­gi­lob­ri­via, es ar uk­virs. we­ri­lis av­ 42