stiven kingi
mister mersedesi
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. ISBN 978-9941-11-465-6 www.diogene.ge
jeims m. keini magondeba: „naSuadRevs TiviT datvirTuli sabargo manqanidan Camomagdes...“
nacrisferi mersedesi
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. 10
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. 11
„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. 13
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. 18
„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. 19
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. 28
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. 32
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.
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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.
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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!
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