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nlike other Mondays
on this particular one there were no assignments to be submitted. Most students
were busy exchanging jokes about the events of the past weekend. Some happily
arguing bout Man-U, Arsenal, Red Devils among other teams that somehow had
affected their Sportpesa bets. Mr. Mutungi as usual was not late for his
communication skills class. It was one lively that those who missed regretted
the entire week. He knew how to weave recent political stories into his
explanations such that his class was never boring at all. One time he talked of
how some students were demonstrating demanding for dialogue. "That was
during Moi's era and one illiterate minister wondered why the government was
refusing to give them dialogue yet it was busy importing very expensive
vehicles for the state house. He thought dialogue was not that expensive and
could be imported from China!" Mr. Mutungi said comically as everyone
laughed uncontrollably. According to him Kenyan politics was enough to be
comedy and one did not need to be glued on tv watching hopeless comedies like
Churchill Show or Pasua show. To him these were just money oriented shows that
struggled to make you laugh.
No one noticed
Joyce was missing except for Godfrey. Not even those who depended on her for
assignments cared to know where she was or why she was absent. Since Mr.
Mutungi hardly gave any class work or assignments he never ever knew who was in
or not. Neither did that bother him in any manner. This was a sad reality for
Godfrey who getting a liking for this wonderful lady whom he sat next to in the
first lecturer. The longest time they spent together was in the CU during choir
practice as well as praise and worship. Godfrey was already an usher while
Joyce was a Praise and Worship leader. Godfrey wondered why no one bothered to
acknowledge that Joyce was not in class yet they always rushed to her for
Quantitative Techniques assignments most of them probability and calculus.
"Hey Stacia do
you happen to know Joyce's room?" He managed to ask Stacia who was right
ahead of him as they left the class.
"Do they sell
greetings these days sweetheart?" Stacia answered without bother to look
behind. Godfrey walked faster to be on the same pace with her because walking
behind her was tempting. She swang her hips seductively like she was a movie
character made to move in a slow motion by video effects. Godfrey always felt
ashamed whenever she did that before me. She was used to trying to catch her
attention ever since they first met at the registration queue. She was ahead of
him and out of boredom she began complaining like any lady would do. Godfrey
took to encouraging her "Don't worry no situation is permanent". When
they met in class in one of the subsequent lessons Stacia was poking him.
"Hey you I missed you. Please remind me your name"
"Godfrey, and
you?"
"Stacia, but
call me sweetheart instead"
"Why that name
meant for a couple"
"But we are a
couple don't you see!" She positioned her smartphone ahead and moved
closer to him. Godfrey not knowing what she was upto stared into the smartphone
only for her to take a selfie with him.
"Please Stacia
delete it" He pleaded.
"If you want
to delete it you will have to call me sweetie first!"
Godfrey had to give
up and just try to focus in what the lecturer was talking on. He felt bad that
all that had happened under the watch of the aged lecturer that stood in front
of the class. Beside him and at the back other students were busy doing
different things like cracking jokes, picking calls, chatting, spanking one
another as if there was no lecturer in class.
"So what does
this Joyce have that I don't have?" She turned around in full 360 °
expressing her point. Just then a big guy came from behind them and spanked her
on her butt. Contrary to Godfrey's expectations she seemed to have enjoyed. She
turned and hugged him as Godfrey looked away. "Boy you don't waste
something like this staring at it like a cat playing with a mouse it has caught
but isn't feeling hungry." The big guy said and left without waiting for
his feedback. Stacia turned only to find Godfrey disappeared. He had been
pissed off and left to the right. He had disappeared into the walking groups.
* * * * *
Joyce woke up from
long sleep, turned and tossed slowly in her hospital bed. Her eyes opened
slowly and carefully because it is long since they saw light. For a moment she
was lost not knowing where she was. She lifted her hands to help herself up but
failed terribly. It is then that she realised she was in a hospital bed. She
could not comprehend what happened to her? Which was this place? Suddenly the
door opened and a short brown man wearing a white lab coat walked in with a
clipboard in his hand. She stared at him. He smiled and walked to her, she
coiled herself a clear indication she didn't want to talk to the him. Who was
this stranger who would just walk to her room and start smiling. But the sight
of the lab coat inscribed 'Level 5 Hospital' made her realize he was a doctor.
That was when she noticed she had not been alone in the room. There was another
man and two women standing beside her bed away from the door.
'We are glad you
finally woke up Joyce. We was so worried about you!' Her dad said excitedly,
moving closer.
Joyce turned her
face to the left and saw her parents and another familiar lady smiling.
"Hey Joyce am
Madam Gladys your dean of students. Am glad you have opened your eyes. We will
pray for your quick recovery my daughter." The other lady said.
"Doctor how
long will she be here?" Pastor Mwanga asked.
"I think I'm a
weeks time or less she will be good to be discharged" the doctor replied.
"Thank you so
much may God bless you Doctor" Mama Joyce said.
She was happy that
her daughter was no longer in danger. Her eyes were sore from crying after
hearing what her only daughter had gone through. Just then a man wearing a
brown jacket and jeans trouser appeared on the door. He moved towards the bed
and he quickly greeted them all.
"Parents of Joyce
this is Inspector Stima from CID department in Kisii whom we contacted on your
behalf to conduct an investigation into the raping of your daughter" Madam
Gladys introduced the man to Joyce's parents.
"But I think
the investigations can wait till after she is discharged five days from
now" the doctor protested.
"It's okay I
just came to check on her. I hope you have her clothes somewhere so that we can
use it in a court of law as exhibits." The Inspector said.
"We have that
stored and will provide it to you when ask for it even today",
"That would be
helpful since my two colleagues are in campus to conduct an investigations
about it at her room."
"Now if you
will excuse me I would conduct some standard procedure on her since visitation
time is over. You can wait for me in the office. In fact inspector please take
note with you to the lab over on the left wing to be provided with the
exhibits." Doctor said handing the inspector a note he had just drafted.
He left immediately as Joyce's parents left the room only to stand in the
corridor like others. The doctor gave Joyce some injection to out her to sleep.
Since the door was still open he moved to it and locked it before turning the
lights off. Mama Joyce thought she saw the lights in that room go off though
she was not sure. Her husband was busy on his phone to notice what his wife had
just witnessed.
"Did you see
what happened in there my husband?" She asked him.
"Whatever
happened in there my dear is just a standard procedure as the doctor
said." He replied without bothering to look up.
"Is switching
off the lights a standard procedure surely?"
"Did he switch
off the lights really?"
"You didn't
see because you were busy on your phone"
"If he dis
that I doubt if he is really a doctor. Let's go check" Pastor said as he
led her into the ward. There turned the door nob slowly and could hear some
quacking of the bed. Pastor cleared his throat intentionally bring some silence
to the room. Just then his wife who was next the door managed to turn on the
lights.
"Jesus of
Nazareth! What are doing in the name of a standard procedure?" It was
Madam Gladys asking. She was just in time to see a glimpse of what had been
going on in darkness. Pastor Mwanga was still shock as His wife let out a loud
scream "Uuuuuuui!" Soon the door was filled with all manner of curios
onlookers.
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