First Date

Three weeks later, the letter arrived. With Sara’s help Becky had secured an admission to the medical training college, Kericho campus.

She soon started classes in her new school. She had an easy time adjusting to being a student. The lecturers and classmates were all jovial.

She reached out to her friend Sara a few weeks after fully settling in a rented room in town. She briefed her of her progress and thanked her for the guidance she had offered. She had come to classify her as one of her best friends. Sara promised to make time during one of the weekends to check on her.

A month later, on a Friday evening after classes, Becky was on her way to her room when a matatu pulled over right ahead of her to drop a passenger – a tall broad shouldered man in a brown leather jacket.

As the vehicle left, Becky drew closer to him. She cast a glance at him and withdrew it almost immediately. This man looks familiar, she thought. But she took no trouble trying to recall where she had seen