Mercy Visits
By the time Mercy was calling I had finished smearing myself with Arimis. I wore my favourite
clothes and rushed down to pick her. As I ran down, I remembered I had not carried money for
breakfast. I rushed back and picked 1000 from the 15,000 Matilda had given me. I also picked a
carrier bag and rushed down again.
Outside the gate I did not see anyone. I removed my phone and called Mercy. 'Kwani nimepotea,
hapa sioni hio nyumba ulisema' Mercy said. 'Uko wapi exactly?' I asked. 'Nimekaribia Taj mall' she
said. When a looked the other side I saw a black Honda car, 'Ni wewe uko na gari?' 'Kuja na mbele
hivo' I said after confirming it was her.
When she arrived she rolled down the window. 'Hi Conrad,' came out a sexy voice. We exchanged a
handshake and let her lock the car. I requested her to escort me to the nearby shop to for breakfast.
The sight of me made her happy, if the looks on her face is anything to go by. We picked five eggs, a
packet of smokies, packet of milk and bread. We left for home.
At the door, I told her not to remove her shoes. She insisted and removed. I placed them inside and
closed the door. Mercy was an amiable, charming and lively girl. For those of you don't remember
Mercy, she is the nurse we met at Mama Lucy when we took Khadija's husband (RIP). Her fully name
is Mercy Korir, 28 Years of age. She stays with her parents at South B. This part is not important.
When she graduated, her father gifted her with Honda CR-V LX. She also told me she works at KNH
full time and at Mama Lucy on Locum (mwingine ataanza kuniuliza locum ni nini)
As I told you, I was supposed to be in church by 10. I told Mercy the same and she said she couldn't
mind if we went together. She offered to cook the eggs and Smokies while I buttered the bread. It
came to our surprise that we finished everything in less than an hour. ' Si utaosha vyombo ukirudi
kutoka church?' Mercy said as wore my church clothes behind the curtain (Bachelors know what am
talking about) I helped her wear her shoes, I opened the door and we left. Mercy drove to my parish.
As we had agreed, we were to conduct service at our church and then proceed for Bible Study (BS).
After church we went to Mr. Jonathan for our Bible study. I am a member of St. Joseph Arimathea
Bible study Embakasi. Mercy offered to accompany me. As is our tradition we always welcome new
visitors. Mr. Patrick, the BS chairperson, did the honours and welcomed Mercy and another lady who
had come for the first time. He was also able to convince them to register with us. Which they did.
What surprised me is the other new lady, her name is Janet, offered we conduct the BS from her
place the following week.
As we listened to Mr. Patrick elaborate the day's scripture, my phone vibrated. It was Khadija calling.
I did not receive since I was in BS. I remember Mercy was seated beside me when the call came in. I
ran out to receive it on her third call. It had been a while since we last spoke. To be honest since the
day she left for Mombasa we had not spoken.
Khadija broke out the unthinkable. 'Conrad, huu mwezi sijaona periods'. The news of her pregnancy
shocked me. What however surprised me is she was happier than expected. From the conversation
she wanted to be with me, 'Conrad, imagine hii boli inanifanya maneno, mtoto anataka nikue karibu
na wewe kila wakati?' I was totally confused. Rita is expectant. Khadija too is confirming the same.
WTF is this? I switched off my phone and went back.
After the call I felt weak. Not weak parse but weak, sickly and confused. How was I going to manage
all this? I didn't want to stress myself much. I took out a chewing gum that Mercy had given me and
started chewing. After all the two women were old enough. They could make their own decisions
and mark u I never raped them. .
I was still thinking of how to handle this matter when Mercy tapped me, 'Are you okay?' She asked
staring into my eyes. 'Oh yah, am very well dear' I lied. It did not take long before Mercy noted that
am not okay.
After BS she asked me, 'Conrad be honest, I know you are not well. Is anything bothering you? Talk
to me I am a nurse' I remembered what our Psychology 101 lecturer had once told us: if anything is
bothering you just share it out. After Mercy persisted on knowing I opened up to her.
'Don't worry about that. If I were you I will be happy that soon I am gonna be a father to a lovely
kid...Conrad, remember someone out there is barren.... Conrad, ang'owa ang'owa...' After the
lengthy comforting message I felt so much relieved. 'Conrad I won't leave without seeing you happy'
she assured me.
At about 330PM we drove to Tumaini supermarket. We did a little shopping. When I removed
money to pay she told me don't mind. She removed a Barclays bank Credit card and paid the 3,759
purchase. We drove to my house
'Let me cook for you today, have a rest' Mercy said. She gave me some capsules and in less than
5Minutes they had knocked me down. When I woke up I felt completely relieved. I got Mercy
watching a movie. 'Oh how are you feeling now?' she asked. 'I am exemplary good' I was honest. 'Ok
I have to take my leave now. I have prepared you stew and Chapatis you can have them later on'.
What I also noted she had washed all the utensils, wiped the cooking area, removed the clothes I
had aired on the verandah and folded them. I was so amazed. This is a true story. From that day,
bearing in mind what she had done for me, I saved her as Doctor Mercy Korir.
Since that day Mercy became more than a friend. She became my confidant. We became each other
confidants. I remember one day she called me to tell me of a Doctor who was hitting on her and
requested me to stop him. She actually laid the plan. She requested her father to lend me his
Porsche Cayenne car and for a week. Every day I drove to work to pick her. When the Doctor saw her
husband (who is now me faking it) picking her, he apologised and went for girls size yake.
After supper I escorted mercy. She had told me she was going to work the next morning which was
Monday. We hugged bye at the parking lot and she drove away. That night I slept more than a baby.
