That night, during one of her late-night chats with Harry via w******p, Esther said she feared she wasn’t getting her own house in order. When she told Alice she’d soon be moving to Nairobi to be with him, her sister resolved to step up to her new role as head of household in Ukunda. But, in her mind, doing so meant informing the boyfriend on the motorcycle that it was time to park it, which meant she expected to be at least engaged if not married as a condition of his coming to live with them. Except that, once informed of her conditions, including expected contributions to support the others and the baby, he took off. So Alice vowed she needed a new man right away, and he might as well be a rich one. She even asked Esther whether her boss Balvan’s marriage was happy. If not, might Esther
