Episode 26
Dan woke up very early the following day, he was to go
to Kisumu to visit his father in the hospital, Joel was not
around so he had to drive by himself. He took a shower,
took his breakfast, took the car keys then left the house.
When he reached the car-shed, he found Joel washing
the car, maybe that was the new job that Joel talked
about. He was surprised to see him.
"Hey, Joe, what are you doing here? I thought you said
you were engaged somewhere?" Dan asked him.
"Good morning sir, yes, that is what I say, I also thought
I was engaged too, but after getting your call, I realized
there was no other place I would rather be. I missed you,
sir." Joel replied
Dan was very happy, he was very happy with Joel.
"Thank you, Joe, it's good to see you again, can you take
me to Kisumu? I was heading there to see Dad." Dan
requested
"I thought you'll never ask, I have really missed this
machine, 'my car keys' please." Joel stretched his hands
to get the keys from Dan laughing
When they arrived at Agha Khan, they found his father
talking to some of the officials from the UN who had come
to see how he was doing. They waited for about thirty
minutes for the officials to leave. They wanted to
transfer Dan's father to India but he refused. After they
left, Dan got in to talk to his father, his father was
heartbroken, he was disappointed in him.
"Son, what brings you here today? Or you have come to
confirm if I'm still alive? I can't believe that all of the
people, you can run away from me the time I needed you
the most son, I am so disappointed in you. I thought I
had raised a better person, what got into you son?" Pro. Ojwang had no idea that his son varnished and had not
been around for some time. He also didnt know of what
happened in the wedding because no one had told him, it
was only Lisa who could come to visit him once in a
while, his wife Mrs. Mary was just a 'public figure' they
never loved each other anymore, she never visited his
husband in the hospital even though she was the first one
to receive the call about her husband's accident. But his
father was right, Dan left him the time he needed him the
most, maybe he was just dealing with stress, but his
father was in a coma, he cared about his feelings and
himself more than his dying father
"Dad, I am very sorry I wasn't there for you, so many
things happen, horrible things and I am sorry I was selfish, I only cared about myself, I left, I went back to
the U.S, I wanted to forget about everything which
actually didnt work for me, I know I left you on your
death bed, that was so selfish of me, but I am here now,
and I am kindly requesting you to find a place in your
heart to forgive me. I love you Dad, I always will, but
this thing, what happened, I was so devastated Dad, I couldn't stay around." Dan explained to his Dad what
happened, his Dad was the first person to know where he
disappeared to.
Dan had a friend in Kisumu, a colleague who was also a
lawyer in the united states when he disappeared from the
hospital, he switched off his phone, then went to his
friend's house, fortunately enough, he found his friend
just about to leave heading to the airport to travel to the
U.S, Dan had enough money to take him to the U.S and
he was also with his passport, one of the documents that
he was always walking around with, so they went to the
U.S, he came back the day he activated his sim card
again. That day he slept in a hotel in Nairobi because he
jetted in late in the evening, he then took a fight to Kisumu
the following day and that is when he got back home.
His father forgave him and told him to always be free to
share and consult with people who care about him before
making such reckless decisions.
After talking to his father, Dan and Joel left, he was to meet
Florence in Kisumu that day. They met at Sovereign hotel.Florence was very happy to see him, Dan didnt want to
discuss the past with her so he didnt talk about it, they
started chatting, reminding each other
of there best moments, how they went to Impala
Sanctuary, how Florence almost got lost in the Ferry till
they found themself holding each other's hand and
looking at each other in the eye, the feeling was so
romantic, the environment was more romantic and cool,
Dan pulledFlorence closer, they were both in the urge of
kissing each other, this time, they couldn't resist it. They
kissed, everyone in the hotel turned around to look at
them.