A pauper or a whore?

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The year was 2019, it was the year of overflow as our city preacher puts it. But that is not my issue because somehow life was good. I neither had like a corporate job nor was I in any business for an income. Not until Njehia the son of Adam happened. This man was two years elder of my dad, he was wrinkled, old and fat but his money made the difference. His blood pressure was always high possibly because of the multiple businesses that he owned. He as well had a chronic cough and he would snore really bad. His farts_ don't even imagine it, disgusting! I remember how he would say that the farting is healthy and we shouldn't mind. Absurd!
Steve was Njehia's driver and personal assistant. He bragged of how wise he's having hired a competent Steve. I agree he was,cause this guy so darn good, a hunky guy dropped from the heavens oozing a raunchy sex appeal. He was well built and naughty. I loved him but our love wouldn't bloom at Njehia's watch. We resolved to have this as our little secret. Whenever Njehia flew out of the country, Steve was my person. The feeling was mutual and we hoped that after we outgrew the whoring stage, him and I would settle down and begin a family of our own. He was indeed a fine man.
These two mammals found me in the slopes of the two hills that faces the mountain of the gods, a small forsaken village named Mukuru for it sits on a valley. Here fresh water flows from the mountain of the gods and there's green pastures for the cattle. It's quite reserved and morals are regarded to the highest degree. Everyone is his neighbor's guard and they thrive in unity. On this said day, here in Mukuru there was a great celebration of the chief's daughter dowry. She was a learned damsel who had travelled to the city for her studies. After her graduation she was found by a young champ from the lakeside and were bound to live together 'till eternity. The groom's father was Njehia's business partner and friend. They lived in the capital city where the affluent societies resided.
There I was in the celebration gliding my bones forward and back in the name of dancing for the guests,not aware that Njehia was drooling all through and had ordered Steve to get me immediately after the dance. He convinced my mother that he will take me to the city and upgrade my living. Having hunted for a job for a couple of years with no avail, my mother couldn't hestitate sending me with these two. I had just graduated with a diploma in nursing and he affirmed my parents he'd hire me as his personal nurse.
Fast forward, we're in the city and I'm quick to learn and I swiftly assimilate to the rich city life and Njehia keeps his word except he wants to marry me as his 7th wife. Honestly I don't love him but marriage means sharing in this man's wealth. I'm not carnally minded it's just securing my future. All this while I'm getting my conjugal rights from Steve behind Njehia's back. Njehia suffers from an erectile dysfunction and he turned out to be a guinea pig to every libido boost remedies. But how do I walk to my parents and let them know that I want to be a seventh wife to this old man? I digress from the matter to focus on his health.
I'm no longer a pauper, he generously splashes my account often. Road trips and weekend getaways to exotic hotels and joining him in caucuses with the big men in the political spectrum becomes a lifestyle.
At the end of the day we'd share a bed with Njehia and when the snoring begins I'd sneak to Steve's hotel room and get my justice and later return to my Njehia.
But September of the same year, a native doctor had recommended a remedy to my Njehia. He travelled to South Africa to meet up with this doctor for the remedy and Steve and I had been left behind enjoying a good break from work. Njehia's 4th wife lived there and so he wouldn't travel with us to his wife. The treatment began immediately upon his arrival and three weeks later his rusty engine was branded new. He was excited about it as he informed me on call that my co wife is enjoying the game and he can't wait to come home and marry me. He always desired to have a son and that was his main reason of wanting to marry me.
A week later he jetted back in to the country ready to marry me only to find that I had left for Dubai with one of his political ally who was younger than him. I had requested Steve to inform him,and I had already moved out of his mansion to a one bedroom apartment in Kilimani.
 
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