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The troubles that comes with living in a bedsitter

'Aki si hii nyumba yako ni ndogo alafu ni simple vizuri.' Says Awino as she sits on the bed. The beds makes some unique sounds maybe complaining about the large size of her behind-the type of behind that Biko once said would turn a whole church into a choir. I feel some displeasure in her words because she thought this dude must be staying in a big house.

She asks why I had put her sandals inside and left mine outside and I tell her I'm just trying to be a gentleman, but that was intended to prevent the muchene by those women, I guess you know them. Those that will always talk about seeing you with a woman but will never see the thief that once got away with the new khaki Collo had bought.

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