Xa Ipolisa elidla umhlala-phantsi Ufumana ileta evela kumbulali obulale abantu abalishumi, engakhange abanjwe, uyazi ukuba ngokungathandabuzekiyo nguye. Ayisiyonto yokuhlekisa, ukuba i-psychopath imphosa ngeleta yokumazisa kwaye imnike ingxoxo oza "kutshintshiselana ngayo"
Ngokukhawuleza uHodges ufumanisa ukuba umbulali uyamsukela, uyambona, uyayazi indlela ahamba ngayo, kwaye ngokucacileyo ufuna nje ukuba ekugqibeleni azibulale. Kodwa kwenzeka ntoni ngokuchaseneyo, uHodges uvuselela umbono wokuvala ityala elidala le- Umbulali owaziwa njengo Mnu. Mercedes, obaleke ngaphezulu kweshumi labantu abemi emgceni befuna ukufumana umsebenzi.
Kwangelo xesha sidibana noBrady Hartsfield, umfana okrelekrele kunye nokukhanya kwenyanga. Umthengisi we-ice cream, ingcali yeekhompyuter kunye ne-psychopath efihliweyo kwigumbi elingaphantsi kwendlu yakhe. Kunika umdla ukwazi ukuba, ngandlel 'ithile, sisifumana isizathu sokusebenza kwakhe ngobugebenga, okanye ubuncinci ekubonakala ngathi siyalandela kuphuhliso lwemvelaphi yakhe. Utata ofileyo ngengozi ubanjwe ngumbane, umzalwana oxhwalekileyo onesifo sengqondo othatha ubomi bakhe nobonina, kunye nomama othi ekugqibeleni azinikele ngotywala emva kokubhubha kwabona banesiphiwo sabantwana bakhe.
UBrady noHodges bayazisukela, kwincoko emnatheni apho bobabini baphosa izithiyelo zabo. Kude incoko iphume esandleni kunye nezenzo zabo bobabini babhengeze ukukhula koqhushumbo.
Ngelixa uHodges ethatha ityala likaMnu. Mercedes, ubomi bakhe, obabubonakala ngathi buza kufikelela esiphelweni ngokufikelwa kukudakumba, ufumana amandla angaziwayo, phakathi kosapho lelinye lamaxhoba kaMnu. Mercedes ufumana uthando olutsha, kunye noBrady (Mnu. Akanakuyinyamezela into yokuba yayizakuba sisicwangciso sokutshabalalisa ipolisa liphela sele lisisibonelelo sokonwaba kwakhe.
Ukuhlanya kusondela kuBrady emva koko, ulungele nantoni na. Kwaye kuphela kungenelelo olunokwenzeka lukaHodges, ohlwaywe ngokuqatha nguBrady kulonwabo lwakhe olusebenzayo, onokumnqanda ngaphambi kokuba enze obona budenge bakhe. Amawakawaka abantu asemngciphekweni wokusondela.
Inyani yile,, ngokuqonda ubuchule besinye seereferensi zoncwadi lwam, le noveli ibonakala ngathi ayilunganga njengabanye abaninzi. Iyelenqe liqhubela phambili ngokukhawuleza kodwa akukho nqanaba lobunzulu kunye nabalinganiswa. Nokuba yeyiphi indlela iyonwabisa.
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