Only thing of note there was that every night when drunk, Mashamba, the largest land owner, was escorted home by a leopard. No one ever saw the animal, but no one dared contradict a man the size of a house. I thought that only works when one’s kids are suckling.”She spits on her thumb and rubs something off my cheek. “But why Mashamba?”“Mom didn’t explain it in the letters?”When Kanini escorts me home, I press mother about the mysterious letters. That’s why I didn’t want you to join the service.”“You could have told me.”“Some things are hard to talk about,” Kanini adds.

Source: The Star February 21, 2021 03:00 UTC