Completeness

Chapter Five

Chapter five

The minute Naomi entered her uncle's house, everyone in the room noticed the change in her. Surprisingly everyone was in the living room watching TV.

Her aunt woke up from where she sat next to her husband, walked up to Naomi with concern written all over her face.

"What's wrong dear, something happened?"

- You bet something happened but I cannot tell, she said to herself.

"Nothing, am Ok, it's that I had fun in town. Met some very amusing people." She lied.

"But you are glowing, that doesn't come from joke telling."

"Am Ok auntie, believe me, I just got really excited."

"All right dear but I have to admit that you look superb, I just wish you stay this way forever. Are you eating I get you something? We had rice for supper with beef stew"

- I wish he stays mine for ever. She wished silently

"Oh yeah am famished, please don't bother yourself I know where the kitchen is."

She always had her Saturday meal alone as by the time she would come from the club, the others would have already eaten. Something they all had come to accept.

"That's nice, you got an appetite now. It's seems you really had a life changing experience tonight. Sit down let me do the honour."

"Thanks Auntie." You bet Auntie dear, you bet it was life changing.

Her two cousins kept her eyes on her and they seemed to have a very knowing look in their eyes. "Liar, liar, pants on fire." They seemed to say.

Mercy move next to Naomi and asked her in a whisper, "Who is he, anyone I might know?"

That got Naomi choking in surprise; her saliva took to the wrong path. How could this kid be so perceptive? She definitely was watching too many movies.

"No one." She whispered back.

"You two, don't you know its bad manners to whisper when others are around?" Mercy's father commented.

"Nothing dad, just girl talk." Mercy said defensively.

"Then girl talk elsewhere where no one will get irritated." Put in Denis.

"Hi, you two stop it, no fighting under my roof." Warned his mother as she came in with a tray laden with a very appetising meal.

"Oh, Auntie, you didn't have too." Naomi appreciated.

"You know I have to kid, I don't want you all skin and bone. Your father would never forgive me. Come on eat up then get to bed. I don't want you to miss church tomorrow or doze throw the sermon.

"Auntie, you are impossible." Laughed Naomi as she stuffed her face with the meal to the joy of everyone.

- - What happened tonight cos this is wonderful. Her aunt asked herself.

The night ended so fast for Naomi. One minute she was getting into bed, the next, the sun was streaming through her curtains.

8.30 am the bedside clock indicated.

She took a warm shower. She had the luxury of having a self contained unit just as the other was.

Her dress code was very strict unlike her cousin mercy. No above knee length skirts always just slightly above the ankles, long sleeved blouses and if short sleeved, just above the elbow. Nothing revealing. But no matter how much she hid her body from prying eyes, the more desirable she looked.

When she was through, she joined the rest of the family for breakfast. Surprisingly she was the first up. So she went into the kitchen and began assisting Judy with breakfast preparation.

"Thanks for the help; by the way, the pastor will have a hard time preaching if you sit in the front row. You look fabulous." Judy commented. And it was true; Naomi always knew how to look good without overdoing it. Natural beauty with no need of lipstick. Just skin lotion and a very light but intriguing perfume that played the devil with a man's imagination.

"Oh, Judy have you never looked at yourself in the mirror and realise why Martin clings onto you? Laughed Naomi.

"Me? No way. Martin was desperate. He took the only garbage that accepted his proposal."

"I will tell you off to Martin. I accuse him of having no taste in women, he settled on trash out of desperation!"

That got them rocking with laughter. And that is how the rest of the family got them. With tears streaming done their cheeks.

"Hi, that's not fair, we missed something?" Wailed the two kids in unison.

The entry of Martin, Judy's husband brought more laughter to the two ladies.

The laughter became infectious and they all burst out the majority not knowing why they were laughing.

"So what was the joke?" Martin asked after he caught his breathe. There had never had laughter like this for all times that he had been in the employ of this family. It was wonderful and refreshing.

"Naomi, was to accuse Martin of having no taste in women cos he married trash in desperation. That's just as much I got of the conversation as I was coming in." Offered Naomi's Auntie.

"What?" Exclaimed Martin in fake shock.

That brought the house down with more laughter this time with reason.

With tears streaming down her cheek, Judy hugged her husband and told him that it was all a joke.

To which he admitted he knew.

"Naomi, please whatever happened to you last evening let it always be so. You have made our day." Her Uncle laughed. Still finding it difficult to contain his mirth.

"I hope so Uncle. It was wonderful."

- - He was wonderful corrected Mercy.

After a hearty breakfast, they all trouped to the family station wagon. Church bound.

- Peter, which church do you go to? Naomi wondered in the hope that they would meet.

But luck did not have its way that day.

As Naomi was singing her hearts out in church at Nairobi Pentecostal Church, Valley Road, Peter was fighting for his life about 2 kilometres away at Kenyatta National Hospital. The Country's Main referral hospital. With Alice clinging onto his hand scared to death.