Mom and Jasper came about ten minutes later. Mom cried when she discovered Sarah's death. She cried so much I had to tell Jasper to take her home. The police came and asked some questions about my relationship with Sarah, and then they asked the doctor who hit her with his car. It was then I discovered that his car was a Mercedes Benz, and that he had come into the country for his wedding."I feel so horrible about the accident," he said. "She came out of nowhere.""Do you have a license?" I asked, and I smelled the peppermint all over his body again."Yes, I do. I have one in the UK, and I have one here." He looked into my eyes. "I wasn't driving roughly.""Did you take alcohol today," I asked. His eyes shrunk for a moment and then they grew wider. "I was not drunk," he said, and then he lowered his head, as if avoiding my eyes. "They police can confirm it. They checked me; I wasn't drunk."I nodded, looking into his eyes. He lowered his eyes from my gaze and looked down at his pho

I dreamt about dying. That I was running in the field and policemen were chasing me, calling me to stop. I ran, but the faster I ran, the closer they got to me. Then I saw Sarah. She was standing right behind a tree, and she was frowning at me, an expression she carries on her face when she wasn't happy with me. I stopped and stared back at her, afraid to draw close to her. She seemed strange, different, a ghost of her former self. She stretched out her hand to hold me, but for some reason, I drew back again."Don't you love me?" she asked."I love you," I said. "Come back to me, Sarah. I love you.""Then hold my hand," she said. I hesitated again. "Come, my love," she said. "I won't harm you. I love you."I stretched my hand and held her hand. "That's lovely. Now I know that you love me, and you would avenge my death."Then her face turned into Talatu's face, my former girlfriend who jilted me to marry the doctor. She had longs hairs that had the heads of snakes at their end.I s

Sarah was buried two weeks later. It was an event that I would never forget; it rained that day, and the crowd was more than we expected. The school gave me a three-week break. I stayed in the house all by myself. Mom wanted to move to the house or for Jasper to come and stay with me, but I refused all of these suggestions.Steve also offered to stay with me or that I should move to his house. I also politely refused this. I think they were all worried I might kill myself or do something that might be injurious to me, probably mentally.I stayed in the house for a week, not mourning, but thinking of what to do with Dr. Agaba. I thought about nothing else but how to harm him, and how to harm badly. He wasn’t at the burial, and I think that was rather wise of him, because I didn’t know what would have happened if I had seen him there. With my emotions out of line, I was sure I would have attacked him, not caring if a burial was going on or not.On the fifth day after the burial, I hea

We walked on for a while without any of us saying a word.“I heard you postponed the wedding,” I said.“Yes,” Talatu said.“Have you fixed another date?”“No yet.”“Sorry about that,” I said. “Shit happens. You just have to adjust to disappointments. That’s life.”We walked again in silence.“I am sorry about your fiancée,” Talatu said, breaking the silence. “I never thought he would be the one to…”“To hit and kill her?” I asked. “Well, he did. Now I can’t get married to Sarag, and he is getting married to my former girlfriend. Isn’t life grand scheme of wonders? He deprived me of happiness and he is about to be married and to live forever happy.”“It was an accident,” Talatu said. “It could have been anyone—”“He was drunk!”The silence returned and we walked with the sound of our shoes speaking for us. We reached the car park.“I didn’t know he was drunk that afternoon,” Talatu said.“He bribed the policeman who checked him to see if he had been drunk.” I said, and clenched my fist

Jasper called at about eight in the evening.“I have found the place he is staying,” he said. “I have the address.”“Where?”“Tudun Wada G.R.A; he is staying at number 12.”“Okay; thanks. Do you know anyone working in the government lands and survey department?”“No; I can’t remember if I do. But I will think about it and ask around.”“Okay, do that. I will also ask around to see if I can find one.”“I will come tomorrow morning,” Jasper said. “And thanks for the car. How is your G-Wagon doing? I love the sound of that car.”“It’s outside.”“Okay, good night.”“Good night,” I replied and turned to my thoughts. Then I felt pain in my stomach and got up to make tea. I hadn’t eaten since morning, but I wasn’t hungry for a moment. It was then that I knew I was totally consumed by the revenge I was planning. Jasper called by 9.30 in the night.“Mom knows someone who works in Lands and survey department,” he said.“Okay,” I said. “Please get his number and call him. Give him the address o