Chapter One: The Day Life Truly Began After finishing my KCSE exams, I had no clue what direction my life would take. Even though the exams had ended, the real weight of the future had just begun pressing down on me. That morning, I sat on my metal box at the school gate, staring at the dusty road, waiting for my uncle to come for me. My hands twisted the edge of my sweater, my eyes darting at every car that pulled in, praying one would stop for me.Part of me regretted not just leaving on my own. I could have squeezed into a matatu or found my way home on public transport. Instead, I sat waiting, a lump of doubt lodged in my throat. My mother was in Nairobi, busy with her own struggles, but she didn’t want me to be the only child not fetched. Every other parent was arriving in style to claim their children. My mother, knowing she couldn’t make it herself, sent my uncle.In my mind, I imagined him pulling up in some borrowed car or maybe even a hired motorbike. Something. Anything to save me from the humiliation of being left behind. But as minutes stretched into hours, no vehicle came. Just dust. Just silence.The first to go were the...
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