It was a very hot Saturday afternoon so I only had a boxer na kifua wazi,I was in the house alone, staring at the ceiling fan. I wanted to nap a little but the heat was too much. My house was a big bedsitter, I had chosen it this big coz I had bought all sorts of things. You know money can unlock some hidden peasant character, am no exception.
I was single after that kunguru we shared with a kisii fled and I had relocated to the coast after landing a new job. I took my time to pimp this house, vile unajua ujaluo ni gharama. Home theatre ya 1000watts being top of the list and a big screen na sofa set of course.
Hii siku nilikuwa off na since hakukuwa na EPL that particular day, nlikuwa kejani tu nikiskiza rhumba baada ya thorough cleaning.
Kuna jirani, a single mother, alikuwa na mtoi wa class eight, a girl to be precise. This jirani was a certified hooker so I always avoided her for obvious reasons, one being I hate freaking with CDs, two I can’t fuck a hooker and three she’s a next door neighbour. Her daughter was quite talkative and friendly and could sometimes ask me to assist with her school work, which I did wholeheartedly. This child could come and watch movies on my big screen, come for cold water from my fridge and even iron her school uniform in my house. So as a token of appreciation, she could wash plates for me and I tip her hata kama ni twenty bob.
I wasn’t used to her mother, at all but she had no problem with her daughter coming to my house, or so I thought.
So this Saturday, the kid is in the house watching TV and am in bed trying to catch some sleep. My house being the first at the gate, nothing could pass me easily. So I heard this screeching of brakes at the gate and since the window was open, I peeped to see whose car it was and why the rush. Police land cruiser.
The door was open. Mi nlishtukia tu makarau washaingia kwa nyumba yangu na huyu mama jirani screaming obscenities eti mimi ndio namharibia mtoto wa shule.
I was so shocked, mark you am in a boxer only. The guys roughed me up, nikaambiwa nivae tuende station. Yaani nilishindwa hata kujitetea.
Station pap, cell mara hiyo hiyo. Kuna jamaa aliona hiki kisanga ikifanyika akareport hiyo incident kule kazini, by then I had not made any call to anybody. So the manager came immediately, thank God my manager was a very good man, it was around six. He came and listened to the statement which he refuted vigorously but that was it, I had to buy my way out or go to court.
I spent the night in the cells coz aliambiwa OCS hakuwa, akaambiwa arudi the following day. Akakam Sunday by seven, nikatolewa nikaenda kwa ofisi ya OCS na yule kunguru akaitwa na mtoi wake. This idiot had trained the kid to say I had been fucking her. So I was told to choose an out of court settlement or go to court which could attract a 14 yr sentence. I chose the out of court settlement. So Malaya akaulizwa anataka alipwe pesa ngapi, akasema 500k. Manager akajam naye vibaya na akamsomea sana. Mimi nilikuwa powerless kwa hii negotiation, still shocked.
They argued until they settled on 250, hamsini OCS alikuwa akule ndio azime hiyo kesi kabisa. Nkaambiwa nitoe cash bail ya 10k ndio niende nilete hiyo pesa, latest Tuesday. Nikatumana doe ikaletwa na nikatolewa police custody. Weee, freedom. Kama haujawaiwekwa cell, huezijua maana ya freedom.
Monday nikarauka bank kuchukua emergency loan, manager aliniandikia barua, alikuwa anajuana na credit manager wa hiyo bank. I secured the loan and by Tuesday tukaenda naye tena station kama witness nikilipa kunguru for damages on her daughter. She insisted on cash, sio transfer ama nini, nikaenda nikatoa pesa kwa counter nikaleta. She won big. Alichukua pesa akaenda zake.
Nilihama that plot the very same week and embarked on a sweet revenge mission. Hekaya yake itakuom. Be very afraid my brothers out there, imagine repaying a loan you never used because a hoe set you up!!