MY ILMORAN

SEVEN

Wangari was having a great time talking with Dennis's mother who she came to know as Janet. She was a very outgoing lady who was well learned and welcoming to people. Her wonderful mien and charming personality made people feel drawn to her and Wangari was no exception.

Dennis and his brother had left as soon as he had delivered the fruits and the herb. Wangari and Janet worked side by side preparing breakfast for them all after Janet had applied the herbs extract on Wangari's foot. Janet curiously but subtly asked about the girl's life and what her dreams were. She also let Wangari handle most of the work so she could see how the girl worked and was pleasantly surprised to find that Wangari was fast and efficient despite her injury and was happy about that.

Dennis and his brother on the other hand, had left the two women in the hut and gone to survey the area ensuring that no threats would befall them. They walked around for a while talking and joking then decided to head back.

The four had breakfast and Dennis decided to take Wangari home. Their mother convinced them that she should take Wangari home so her parents wouldn't worry too much. They agreed but decided to escort them and so the group of four left together.

Mary was worried about her granddaughter for she knew how unsafe the areas beyond their neighborhood could be. She had not slept a wink the whole night waiting for her. She had just decided to call her daughter Christa, to inform her of her daughter's disappearance when she heard Wangari calling at the gate.

She felt relief like no other when she opened the gate and saw Wangari safe and sound. She embraced her just to confirm that she wasn't in a dream. As soon as she let go, she saw a woman and two young men who, from their attires she concluded were Maasai.

She welcomed them after the greetings and Mary served some tea. "I'm Janet Naserian and these are my sons, Dennis Saruni and Samuel Lekishon. We're the family of Ole Kaparo from Ledipo village." Janet introduced. "I'm Mary Wangari. Thank you for bringing my granddaughter home." Mary said. After they had their tea and talked some more, the family of three left for their home. Wangari and her grandmother had walked with them a little then came back and locked their gates. "Shosho, that was Dennis Saruni. The one I told you about the other day. He helped me get home when I was lost." Wangari said as they walked back to the house.

Mary was surprised to learn that this was the same young man who her granddaughter had spoken of. For as long as she could remember, Wangari had found it a little difficult to interact with people and she liked to keep to herself so you can imagine her surprise when she met the same young man Wangari had told her about in the span of a month.

"Wangari, I know you are a very smart young woman with a bright future ahead of you. Just a word of caution. Be careful,alright?" She advised. "Yes, shosho. I will. But you know I'm always careful." Wangari said in a light tone and her grandmother chuckled in amusement.

"Oh and don't forget to air the bedding tomorrow, your aunts and cousins are coming the day after." Her grandmother reminded her. "Okay, I will." Replied Wangari as she went to her room. A quick bath and a change of clothes had Wangari out of her room into the kitchen where her grandmother was shredding some sukuma wiki with a sufuria on the fire boiling water for some ugali.

Wangari cooked the ugali and prepared the sukuma wiki then served the food. They sat in the sitting room eating while watching TV. Wangari and her grandmother had a system they used to work in the farm. Her grandmother would cook tea for breakfast then take care of the animals in the morning, milking and taking them to graze in the fields while Wangari took care of the house chores. In the afternoon Wangari would take over and water them and feed the chicken, rabbits and everything else then in the evening, it was combined effort to get them all in from the fields.

Wangari had gone to their farm to get the rabbits some sweet potato vines which they liked. As she worked, she remembered that her extended family was scheduled to arrive the day after tomorrow. She had a love-hate relationship with get-togethers because on one hand, her grandmother would be very happy, ecstatic even, as her children and grandchildren visited her. Also Wangari would get to see all the family members who she didn't get to see very often including her cousins who had very amusing and entertaining antics.

On the other hand, she would only get to talk to her grandmother every once in a while as it seemed everyone was vying for her attention and if there was anything Wangari valued, it was her talks with her grandmother.

Wangari found her thoughts wondering through out the afternoon as she worked. Her thoughts ranged from food to some funny videos she had seen on social media, in which case she chuckled lowly, to a novel she was reading and Dennis. She remembered that she had promised to get in touch with her friends and filed that for later when she decided to call her parents.

When she was done, she went to the farm where her grandmother and some other women were working on preparing an area to plant some pumpkin seeds and other stuff and invited them back for some tea at home. Her grandmother told her they would be back as soon as they were done.

That evening after they had had their supper, Wangari cleaned the kitchen and the dirty dishes to reduce the next day's work load. Her grandmother watched TV for some time and bid her a goodnight. Wangari finished up for the night and turned off all the appliances and lights and went to bed ready for the next day.

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Song of the day: There's nothing holding me back - Shawn Mendes

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