Rimberia was now ready to set the day for the council meeting. All he had to do first was to let Gatamu know of his progress and maybe some down payment. He sent him a message and went ahead to set the dates for this meeting. After this, he went back to let Makubu know of the dates to alert the seniors.
After Makubu was notified of this date, it was time for him to reach out to the seniors and let them know of the meeting and the dates. After a few days, all were aware of the meeting and were ready to meet. As a safety measure, he made sure that he did not disclose the agenda to them before the actual day had come.
They could not risk letting the cat out of the bag. It is not that they had discussed it. It was just use of common sense for both. Makubu also had to respect what the Oracle had said. He had to let Rimberia call the shots as well as prove to him that they were together. If the seniors were to be told the agenda, they could have time to plan for the opposi
Gatamu, on hearing the news, he could not waste any more time. He could not keep his heart’s thirst unquenched any longer. It was time to meet this queen. At least, if not to talk much and all, just an introduction was enough. You cannot imagine how eager he was just to hear her speak. Before he organized of when to visit the village again, he had to let his father know about it first. Since Matumu had put him in charge of the project at the village, he could not decree otherwise. All was set and it was time for him to set on this important journey of his life. The following day very early in the morning, he woke up to a nightmare! As he was getting ready to leave for the city, Silviah had already arrived at the palace and waiting for him at the driveway. She was ready to travel with him to this village too. Since the very last day they fought about him having a girl from this village, she swore to keep him on a tight leash. She was to be by his side in every underta
At the site, Rimberia had arrived early enough to wait for the Prince. Just minutes later, the Prince arrived. He hurried towards his motorcade to receive him. The cars halted a few minutes later and the Prince was out. As Rimberia was busy greeting him and talking to him, he seemed one occupied by other fixations. He hardly looked even where he himself stepped. His mind was engaged in the search for Peninah. His eyes ran erratically around the crowd in search of her. After a couple of minutes in the search for her, he realized that she was nowhere to be found in the crowd. At this point, it is when he had time to talk to Rimberia and respond to his greeting. It is not that he was so much into what Rimberia had to tell him but only needed to hear about Peninah. “Good morning, my Prince.” “Good morning, elder Rimberia. I was looking around and could not help but to worry...” “Why do you have to worry my Prince? There is nothing to worry a
It was not long after and Gatamu was ready to go talk to Peninah. Since he was about to make his first step to his true love life, he had to be cautious not to ruin everything. He arrived at the place where Peninah was working. On seeing him, Peninah became nervous and afraid of what to say to this Prince. She was only forgetting that she was not the only one that was nervous about this. If only she knew that, the Prince was even more nervous than she was. “Hallo, how are you?” Gatamu started. “I am fine thank you my Prince.” Peninah replied. “Wow that’s the most melodious voice I have heard in my life. Beautiful!” “I am flattered my Prince. Thank you.” “I am Gatamu. That would sound better from your lips than, my Prince.” “Of course you are Gatamu. Everybody knows who you are. I am Peninah.” “Well Peninah, I must say that you have a beautiful name too. It matches the beauty on you.” He extended his hand for a handshake. “It is
On arrival back home, Gatamu had to go share the good news with his friend doctor Kirimi. Since his relationship to this girl was to remain under laps, doctor Kirimi was the only person that Gatamu would speak to about Peninah. He could hardly wait to tell this to doctor Kirimi but before then, he had to deal with someone first. He had to deal with his so-called girlfriend or rather, his arranged wife-to-be Silviah. Ever since their fight, she swore never to let him fall into the hands of another woman. She had been making sure that Gatamu thought about nobody else other than her for his woman. This meant that, when Gatamu arrived from the village, she was the welcoming wagon back in the city. It is not that her being the welcome wagon was a problem, especially not to a Prince but, indeed, it was with someone as nagging as her. Was it not for the advices from his friend to keep Silviah as close to him as possible, to save himself and his love for Peninah, he surely c
After a few minutes’ drive, Gatamu’s convoy was already at the doctor’s place. Without waste of any second, he pushed the door and let himself in the house. Doctor Kirimi was in his couch taking the day’s load off. At this moment, he already knew that his friend had something bothering him in his head and was there for help once again and not the normal friendly visit. “My good friend Gatamu, how are you and how has been your stay at Ruaki conurbation?” “My friend, I am good or rather, my stay at Malaba district was awesome and a great success. I was the happiest prince for some minutes before I was told the most annoying news I have heard all year and that made my day very, very dark. Actually, I came here to have a talk about how things went for me out there but first, I need your help.” “My prince, bad luck seems to have a way of getting into bed with you these days. Anyway, let me take a wild guess; it has to do with Silviah again isn’t it?” “Of c
After this conversation and with him having what he was after, Gatamu headed straight back to his home. This time he was in search of Silviah and his father to apologize for his reaction earlier. Lucky enough for him, Silviah had gone nowhere this time. He just found her at his home. Although she was at their home and the king having told her that everything was to be okay, she still was not herself. One could tell this by the look on her face after she saw Gatamu return. Without much and do, he walked right up to her where she was seated under a shade just outside the palace to explain himself. “Hi there; I see that you are still here. Aren’t you bored being alone?” “What do you think genius, of course I am bored. I also know that you ask this first because you are trying to ask or tell me something about what happened earlier. Cut to the chase and speak it out already, will you?” “Yes of course. And how did you know I was about to tell you something
Back at the Malaba district, Peninah had shared the good news with her parents too. She also had to make sure that the Oracle knew about the progress of things. All she could get from both her parents and the Oracle was so encouraging that she was motivated highly to love this Prince more. She too was in search of a way to show this Prince the love she had for him. She was eager to know the best way to show her love to a man. She could even ask her mother for advises on how to go about it. You know what they say that, in order to know, ask the experts. Indeed, she did ask the experts. What better expert could she ask for other than her successfully married mother? Being married for such number of years more than those of her age, her mother was in deed the perfect expert for consultation. “Mother, I think I need your help on something?” “What is it my daughter? Just ask.” “Well, it’s about the Prince.” “What about the Prince, I thought you sai
Rimberia, on the other hand was the happiest man in the whole district. He had started to harvest the fruits of his hard labor. His gold mine was paying off very well. The token that Gatamu gave him was getting him over his head. He knew that being the only one that knew about it, he could enjoy the benefits for quite some time. He thanked the gods too for the gift they had given him. From what the Oracle had told Peninah and her family about Rimberia, Peninah’s father Mr. Makubu was very much aware of what was happening but could not show it to Rimberia. After all, he was happy that it was Rimberia doing everything. This is because, if it were anybody else, Rimberia would surely go to any length to see it fail. He was such an egocentric. All he thought about was himself and little about his family. Though this was some kind of a tradition in this district, people minding and caring only about themselves, his was a notch ahead of all the others. They are not to blame