Chapter 31
On the phone last night, Esther had told him it might be weeks before she could join him in Nairobi, sometime in January. But when she came, she’d be there to stay. This news brightened his morning, and his mind raced through its checklist of chores, all the things he hoped to do to make this vintage house a home for his beloved.
He offered to join her in Diani for Christmas week, but she begged off. She’d made no preparations. She had no plans to visit her father in Nairobi, who, she said, was miraculously still alive and just as hateful. She’d wanted her children to join her in Diani, but she encouraged them to stay with friends because she couldn’t give them much attention. And she didn’t want them left to their own whims in the beach town. Other than looking forward to a c
