Toni kamau’s Blog

It’s a lazy Saturday morning in the empty living room shared by Winston and Jamo. Clothes, beer cans and video games belonging to Jamo lie all over the expensive, neatly arranged furniture. Framed pictures have taken over the room. Most of them boast tall good-looking Jamo with his many rugby friends. Wimpy Winston’s few pictures contain him with his hot sexy girlfriend Joan and his hotter and sexier Lexus.

Through the open front door the loud moaning of Jamo and Joan making out on top of the Lexus drowns the sound of music coming from the neighbour’s.

Meanwhile Winston is just arriving home in a taxi and he’s not happy at all. First of all his meeting in Tanzania was cancelled when he was just about to board the plane twenty minutes ago. Then the not too bright taxi driver Paulo has ruined his expensive suitcase by putting it in the car boot, under the spare wheel! And then Paulo goes ahead to overcharge him by 2000 Ksh!

Back on top of the Lexus, Joan takes off her bra and throws it on top of the bonnet, giving Jamo a suggestive grin. Jamo can’t hold back his desires. He drags her, studded jeans and all, off the Lexus bonnet and takes her into the house to turn up the heat.

Winston is contemplating telling off Paulo and strangling him with the dirty spare wheel. However, reasoning gets the better of him so he doesn’t complain or strangle him with the spare wheel but instead pays Paulo what he asked for. Winston picks up his bag and heads home. His boss calls him and orders him to go to the office since he was going to work in Tanzania anyway. Winston agrees graciously as is expected.

Jamo and Joan are having such a good time in the living room that Jamo knocks over one of Winston’s pictures next to the couch. He shrugs his shoulders dismissively and continues kissing Winston’s woman.

Winston has finally reached his compound. He opens the gate with a sigh of relief when he sets eyes on his beloved Lexus. He goes to open the car door to put in his suitcase, and then he realizes something’s not right. He glances at the bonnet and realizes that something very bad has just happened there. As if to confirm this, his neighbour decides to turn up the volume of the music to scary loud levels.

‘WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED HERE?’ screams Winston.

His neighbour turns off the music to listen.

Stunned, Jamo and Joan jump off each other and off the couch. Jamo gets himself together calmly but Joan is frantically looking for the clothes she doesn’t have on.

 Winston opens the front door, revealing his furious expression. Joan has her clothes on now but she now wishes she had armour on to shield her from Winston’s murderous glare.

‘Hey u! You’re back early! Is everything okay?’ is all Jamo can say.

Winston advances towards him with the question ‘What did you do out there?’

Jamo backs away from him, unsure of what to say or do. He decides to feign innocence. Winston charges at him, his anger fueled by Jamo’s denial. Jamo runs out into the car park to hide behind the Lexus. Winston confronts him again and he denies any wrongdoing.

Winston chases Jamo out onto the streets. Slow, scrawny Winston has no chance of catching up to athletic, fast Jamo. Winston is further slowed down by the fact that he hits his head on the compound gate, stunning himself. Winston then literally runs into Mozay, the neighborhood bully and suspected crime lord. Luckily Mozay lets him off with only a murderous look because the lollipop he’s eating makes him happy.

Jamo stops running to catch his breath. After tripping over his feet Winston finally reaches him, but Jamo dodges him with a classic rugby move and runs back towards home. He finds Winston’s pursuit more fun than life threatening at this point.

Winston, frustrated, charges after Jamo with new vigour. The neighbour’s vicious dog decides to chase Winston because he’s running and the dog hasn’t killed any one in a while. Winston runs for dear life. Jamo stops at the gate and doubles over in laughter, watching both of them. Winston reaches him right before the dog does.

Jamo reaches out his hand and the dog leaps at him, knocking him over. Winston covers his eyes but opens them when he realizes Jamo’s yells are of pleasure not pain. The dog licks Jamo playfully, then jumps off him and leaves both of them with a final growl at Winston.

Winston confronts Jamo again. ‘What did you do?’

‘I didn’t do anything,’ Jamo replies. With inhuman strength, Winston grabs Jamo and drags him into the compound.

‘Confess what you did, you’re going to pay’ growls Winston as he tightens his grip on Jamo’s neck. Under pressure Jamo admits his guilt.

‘You’ll have to pay 20 k’ orders Winston.

Jamo is shocked that Winston wants monetary compensation for sleeping with his girlfriend, but since he’s an accountant, Jamo doesn’t argue much. Besides, Winston is strangling the air out of his lungs on top of the car bonnet.

Winston wonders out aloud why Joan is home that day as he caresses the scratched bonnet of the Lexus. Seeing the scratches caused by the studs on Joan’s jeans, Jamo realizes that the chase was all about the scratches on the Lexus.