had only been seeing each other over the weekends, although they were communicating on a daily basis.
Pierre and Tina had also been in touch. They had had sex several times after that first time at the club, and had managed to keep it from Ted all the while. Every day after Ted had left for the seminar, Pierre would send a cab to pick up Tina and take her to the hotel. They would then rendezvous in the hotel room throughout the day. At the end of each day, Pierre would give her a thousand shillings and remind her to keep it secret before calling the cab to take her away before Ted arrived.
On one occasion, Pierre was forced to pay one of the waiters of the hotel for his silence. Pierre had just come from the shower and water was dripping from his body. He asked Tina to pass him a towel as he stood in front of her naked in his birthday suit. Instead, Tina took the towel and proceeded to wipe the water off his chest. She slowly made her way down and eventually dropped the towel when she got to his penis. She got on her knees and started sucking on it as Pierre enjoyed every second. Suddenly there was a knock on the door and the two stood still. A voice called from outside, “Room service.” Tina quickly got to her feet as Pierre tied the towel around his waist and proceeded to open the door.
With a mischievous smile on his face, the waiter said , “Am sorry for the poor timing, Sir, I had no idea I would interrupt something so important, but the lady ordered some food.” Immediately, Pierre knew that the waiter had seen Tina give him a blowjob. He summoned him in and proceeded to give him a $100 tip as he had no Kenyan currency at the time. He then told him that what he had seen was never to be revealed to anyone.
On the day that Ted and Pierre left for France, Tina was there to bid them farewell. She took them to the airport and waited until they had gone past the luggage inspection and were on their way to board the plane. In his last words before he left for France, Ted told Tina via a note left on the cab seat,
- I never thought that I would meet someone like you during this trip when I was leaving France for Kenya. Never in my wildest dreams. You and I could have a good thing going - or so it seems. I really enjoyed my time with you and I wish I could stay longer. NB: You need to seriously think about what I told you! Nakupenda, Kwaheri.
Ted had learnt a few Swahili words during his three week stay. Tina had taught him that “nakupenda” translates to “I love you” in English and “Kwaheri” is Swahili for “goodbye.”
Over the next few months, Tina's life changed for the better. She finally agreed to become Ted's girlfriend after about a month of persuasion. She no longer had to work as a prostitute as Ted supported her and her siblings. He sent her money for upkeep on a monthly basis and even gave her capital, which she used to open a small grocery store, which brought in some extra income. She lost most of her friendswho still plied her previous trade. They called her all the demeaning names they could think of and made sure she knew that she was no longer considered a friend. It was rather obvious that they were jealous of her newfound happiness.
One Friday evening, Tina was late in arriving home from the flea market where she bought supplies for her store. Her house was located far from the main road and she had to walk through a dark alley to get home. Halfway through the alley, two men emerged in front of her. One of them went past her and stood behind so that she was trapped in between them. The man in front grabbed her by the hand and placed his hand over her mouth.
The other grabbed the groceries she had in her hand and threw them down before forcefully pulling down her pants. The two men raped her repeatedly while exchanging turns. She was helpless as they were too strong for her to put up a fight. She could not scream since they made sure her mouth was covered through the entire