Imililo yequbula eLos Angeles

U-Eshele noBrayden bathola ithemba ngemva kwemililo yequbula

U-Eshele wayesemsebenzini ngesikhathi indodana yakhe eneminyaka engu-11 ubudala uBrayden imfonela imxwayisa ngemililo yequbula eduze kwekhaya labo e-Altadena, CA. Ngokushesha washiya ihhovisi lapho esebenza khona njengodokotela wemizwelo wemishado nemindeni futhi waya ekhaya kuBrayden kanye ne-chihuahua yabo, uKing Tut.Lapho bebona ukukhanya okubomvu komlilo we-Eaton empumalanga nje yendlu yabo, babaleka. “Sasingacabangi ukuthi sasingeke sibuye,” kusho u-Eshele. U-Eshele, owazalelwa futhi wakhulela e-Altadena, wayehlala eduze nonina nawodadewabo. Bonke balahlekelwa imizi yabo emililweni yequbula.

Ngosuku olucwathile ubona ushimula nezinsika eziningana phakathi kwamanxiwa omuzi oshile kanye nentaba ngemuva.

U-Eshele noBrayden bakwazile ukuthola izinto ezimbalwa abangazigcina, okuhlanganisa ubucwebe nezindondo zokudansa zikaBrayden, emlotheni wekhaya labo leminyaka engu-17.

U-Eshele wezwa mayelana nezindawo zokuhlala zezimo eziphuthumayo nge-Airbnb.org futhi wafaka isicelo sohlelo kuphathina we-Airbnb.org, i-211 LA. U-Eshele, uBrayden, noKing Tut bathuthela ku-Airbnb ebungazwe ngu-Inessa eGlendale eseduze. Bahlala lapho isikhathi esingaphezudlwana kwenyanga. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, uBrayden wahlanganisa iminyaka engu-11 ubudala futhi wachitha ubusuku ehalalisa nabangane nomndeni ku-Airbnb.

Owesifazane onezinwele ezinde ezimnyama ogqoke ijezi eliluhlaza nejini umile ebeke isandla etafuleni phambi kwefasitela egunjini elingenisa ukukhanya kwelanga elinesihlalo esiluhlaza.

“Ukuba kule ndawo kungivumele ukuba ngiphefumule, ngiphumule, futhi ngazi ukuthi ngivikelekile futhi ngiyanakekelwa,” kusho u-Eshele. U-Inessa nomndeni wakhe bahlala ngaphesheya komgwaqo futhi bebelokhu behlola izivakashi zabo. “Njengoba umndeni wami usuhlukanisiwe, kumnandi ukuba nothile oseduze uma ngidinga okuthile nabantu abakhathalela ngempela,” kusho u-Eshele.

Izithombe zomfana ogqoke ijini emnyama, isikibha esimnyama, nezicathulo ze-ballet okhomba izinzwane zakhe phambi komnyango wegalaji.

“Ukuba kule ndawo kungivumele ukuba ngiphefumule, ngiphumule, futhi ngazi ukuthi ngivikelekile futhi ngiyanakekelwa.”

Owesifazane ogqoke ijini nejezi uhlezi ebhentshini ukhuluma nowesifazane ogqoke ingubo ebomvu engadini egcwele amatshe nezinto ezibaziwe.

Umbungazi u-Inessa nomndeni wakhe bahlala ngaphesheya komgwaqo we-Airbnb yabo futhi babevame ukuhlola u-Eshele noBrayden kukho konke ukuhlala kwabo.

Phakathi nokuhlala kwakhe kwe-Airbnb.org, u-Eshele waqhubeka esebenza ukuze asize amaklayenti akhe awelaphayo, amaningi awo nawo ayelahlekelwe amakhaya awo. UBrayden, ongumdansi ophumelelayo eDebbie Allen Dance Academy, waqhubeka edansa futhi waze wadansa emcimbini wokuqongelela imali we-Academy ngo-February. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, bathutha ku-Airbnb ka-Inessa baya ezindaweni zokuhlala zesikhathi eside eziseduze. 

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