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
King Matumu was troubled by the fact that his son could be in an affair with another woman. He had to hire a spy soon enough before his son went for the next visit to Ruaki village. He spread out the word to his lead guard to find him someone who was good at the job. He could not get anyone from outside because his son could be suspicious about it. Indeed, he found one hell of a spy. There was one tall, dark heavily built ex-army guy that fitted the position very well. Tentatively, he had to come up with a reason for his son as to why he had to change his security personnel. This was not hard though for his family seemed to have a talent in telling lies. The lying business was not only good to square things between him and his son but also was an important ingredient for a king to have. He had to lie to his people from time to time. This is because, although he was the king and a king is assumed to get all he wanted, sometimes it was not that easy. He had to li
Gatamu was very pleased and confident that his plan was safe. He went for the car as Rimberia went to let Peninah know of the plan. After a short while, the three of them got into the car and drove off. As they were driving, Gatamu and Peninah could hardly resist each other’s charm. They talked all the way to the ‘safe house’ exchanging some sweet words. Finally, they were here at the ‘safe house’ so to speak. It was in one of Rimberia’s property in one of the traditional huts. This was very adventurous for the Prince too. After Rimberia got them here, it was time for him to leave and keep an eye on the project as the Prince woos. He found his own way back to the project again. Peninah and Gatamu were left alone to share whatever it was they had to share to prove their love for each other. As usual, the Prince had to go first to give his gift to her but, first, he enjoyed the specially made uji for him by Peninah. According to his judgment, he had never taste