Chapter 25

Nancy looked at her daughter, ignored her and picked the call.

The whole call was a great surprise to Nancy! She was told that in the hotel she spent a few days, she was lucky to be the winner of a 32 inch TV screen worth 46,000!

“We normally randomly pick few of our clients, randomly, and reward them for having spent their time with us in our hotel. You are a lucky winner of a 33 inch Samsung TV worth Kshs 46,000.” The lady caller told Nancy.

“Wow! is this for real?” Nancy asked.

“Yes, it is for real. We will send it to you, it is your gift, you are just a lucky winner.” The caller said.

“Wow! I can hardly believe! I will believe when it comes to me!” Nancy said.

“In three days. provide us with your address or we simply use the address you provided us here.” The caller said.

“Yes, just use that one.” Nancy told the caller.

“Alright, we will, thank you for letting us serve you, we welcome you again and again.” The caller said and terminated the call.

“Yeeees! We have won a TV!” Nancy told her daughter, “This is now true blessings!”

Nancy began to jump up and down. Lydia joined her. Mother and daughter rejoiced. Even the little girl forgot about her nagging her mummy about her daddy.

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Later that evening, Nancy took her daughter for a walk around Mtwapa to make her forget about the issue she kept on asking about. She took her for some shopping for her clothes and shoes. As they were walking, they met Dickson who was also shopping for some new gym clothes.

“My other track suit is worn out and I need a new one. You know, you people are my clients and I should look presentable to you.” Dickson told Nancy.

“Yes, you really should. It is good to create a good impression.” Nancy told Dickson. She began to recall how they fucked almost the whole day and wished to get such another time.

But even as she went about her day, she could not stop thinking of what to tell her daughter. She even thought telling her that her father died since she genuinely did not know who was Lydia’s father.

However, Lydia did not bother her mother with daddy’s questions anymore that day. Nancy was glad she did not.

The following morning, as usual, Nancy prepared her daughter to go to school. As she was fitting her on her shoes, she noticed that the shoes were getting smaller.

“Girl you are growing so fast!” Nancy told Lydia.

“Yes, I will be bigger than you.” The girl said.

“I wish you will, I sometimes wish I was taller than I am now. But God determines how big you will grow.” Nancy told her daughter.

“By the way, you will be 6 years old soon. I will do for you a bigger birthday party and invite children to come and celebrate with you.” Nancy told Lydia.

“And I will eat a cake that day.” The little girl said.

“Yes, you will.” Nancy told her.

“Hurry up, you will be late for school.” Nancy told her daughter.

The two walked fast into the waiting bus. They were right on time to find the bus had just arrived. Nancy handed the little girl to the lady who was in charge of them in the bus. The little girl left.

Nancy went back to her house and sat there for a while thinking of what to do next. She then decided to do some general cleaning. She put her phone on silent mode so that no one will disturb her and she cleaned the house thoroughly until it was some minutes past 2 pm. She then took some bananas and ate them for lunch.

Since she was not feeling hungry, she put on her gym attire and went to the gym. She did her session up to 4 pm, showered in the gym, changed into some other clothes and casually walked back home. On her way home, she saw the school bus approaching their gate.

Lydia was put down. She walked towards the gateman. She had not seen her mother. Nancy accelerated to pick her.

Nancy noticed her daughter was not herself that evening. She seemed scared. She did not even want to go near the gateman.

“What is it?” Nancy asked her daughter.

Nancy walked with her daughter to the house. She was all silent.

When she began talking, she said, “Mum, teacher Kariuki today touched us here, me and some othergirls…” Lydia said. she made gestures to indicate where the teacher touched them. She pointed at her private parts.

Nancy felt like exploding with fury. She held her breath, looked at her daughter and asked her, “Are you sure?”

“Yes, mummy.” Lydia said. It was obvious the little girl was scared.

Nancy held her cool after interrogating the little girl. They made supper, ate together and slept before it was 10 pm.

The following morning, Nancy decided to go to Lydia’s school. She got there early enough. She first met their female teacher and explained to her everything as Lydia reported.

“This is absurd!” the female teacher said, “How did that happen and when?”

“She told me so, you can ask other girls.” Nancy said.

Some other girls were called. They all spoke of the same. the teacher just had touched them but did nothing.

“But this particular teacher is so social with the little girls, why would he do this?” The female teacher said to Nancy.

“Hey may be a pest and a pervert. Now, you may have to watch over him properly because the next time I will hear of such a thing, I am coming here to castrate him.” Nancy said.

“We will investigate and give you some feedback.” The female teacher said, “Perhaps you might also have to tell it to her father.”

The statement stung Nancy. She however smiled, looked at the teacher and told her, “She does not have a father and I indicated that in her details.”

“Sorry, I forget the details. But children sometimes need a father figure. I noticed in my lifetime as a teacher, children from homes where the father is not present, people joke a lot with them but when someone knows that the father is around, they do not joke with that family. You see, for example, if you confront this male teacher, it would be better if her father did it.” the female teacher said.

“Ok, but this is your school and you are responsible for the safety of our children, we are paying for you to have them here. So, I will not take any excuse on why someone has to go touching our daughter’s private parts. Furthermore, if this gets public it is your business that will suffer, consider that.” Nancy said.

“We will investigate, give us some time.” The teacher said.

“And who is this teacher Kariuki?” Nancy asked.

“Don’t worry, we will handle the matter.” The teacher did not wish to have someone causing a scene there but the said teacher was busy with children, playing with them outside.

“Ok.” Nancy said, “I only came to talk about that. I am going. Have a good day.”

“Good day too.” The teacher said.

Nancy walked back home. It was some distance but she did not call for a bodaboda to take her home. As she walked away from the school, she kept wondering: suppose her father was present, would anyone joke with her or they would respect her more?

As Nancy was walking, some man who was riding a bodaboda approached her from behind. He rode next to her and told her, “Beauty, how about I give you a lift to where you are going?”

“Not interested.” Nancy said and kept walking.

“I will not charge you; I am only offering you a lift.” The man insisted.

“I told you I am not interested. Do I look like I am unable to walk?” Nancy asked the man.

“Stop being so difficult…” The man said and then, all of a sudden, rode ahead and blocked Nancy’s path. Nancy kept walking and when he reached to him, she gave him a sudden push until he fell together with his motorbike.

Nancy then walked past the bodaboda rider who was left on the floor completely stunned.

“Ok, I meant no harm!” the man shouted as he stood up. He lifted his motorbike and rode in the opposite direction. Nancy kept walking and did not even bother looking behind as some people looked at her and wondered: what is has made this beautiful lady so furious?