THE SHAMBA BOY
Ken was not in the compound, neither Miriam.
I thought perhaps Miriam had gone to the market with Josephine and just sat at the table room and relaxed watching some movie. Suddenly, I heard our dog barking, which was unusual during the day so I got outside to look at what it was barking at, only to see a mongoose which used to eat our chicken run so fast into the hedges and disappeared. I walked along the hedges to see if there were some holes which I would tell Ken to fill up so as no more wild animals would get in. As I got closer to Ken’s house, I heard voices coming from the house. I heard Ken’s voice and thought perhaps he was with his girlfriend. I nearly had a heart attack when I hear