Gachugwa has had a dream where her old man dies,For some crazy reasons G imagins herself a widow,she talks to her mother of it and what she intends to do,her mother points out that its is imponsible since she was already pregnat. every one knew its was not D who is responsible, G retorts thats it was a simple thing to a abort,M agrees since she knew of such deeds before and since her man knew of it for he has taken her the way she was and was the only chance to get married to a serious man as she is not getting younger as this was the best shot she ever had to succced in it;

• Wondering whether to tell D of this dream which she knew D can't resist as it was foolproof.She will tell D to marry her officially which will make him get his farm back to him again, As to the rest of the family she didn't give a damn where they stay as she is not their keeper.haidhuru,don't expect things to go smoothly cauze nothings does,well you know me well,I dont resist temptation and i am not afraid to try something ,Enters Thithi,the family youngest daughter who recentry finished school,this makes the talks end hushhush...T remarks whats they been conspiring about as they had a guilty look on their face,Which promts M to tell whats G plan are...you must be crazy,says T and wonders what benefit G will get ,non of your business ,retorts G and you are baby anyway,what do you know of the world ,you want to...starts T but M interupt saying their is nothing to fight for and anyway T is just an innocent girl and that the way she want her to be..but mum ,i am a grown -up with my own opinion,yer M tells her and that the way I want from you,my hopes and aspiration.G on refrecting on this,Tells her mum that she knows that she had been a dissapoinment to the family but then she has a least brought wealth to the family and benefiting most by finishing school.,That you have done big sister ,That is why we can't understand you giving or throwing it all away;Iam not throwing it away,it's all from respect and status,Which i can't get from D even if for a short time, that is until he dies,one would think you are planning to kill him.says T,In which G replies that it was not a bad idea if i did it, you can be sure nobody would know it.Stop it,said M,This talk is going on the wrong direction.T,go to see your father while G finishes with her ironing.
• scene two
• In Dingithia house a ramsacle 2 bedroom,he mourns the Gods that had reduced him to a beggar who depends on his children who he had written off as useless with some becoming truck drivers,at least they pay more than office workers,he mourns then yells,Where is that useless woman...how long should I wait for that uji,I got this appointment to see the chief ,U know .I know that,One would think you are going to see the the president ,same thing,the chief got more power than the PC and you don't go their empty handed,Ha!say it is a bribe.Everybody in the goverment whether a sweeper,you have to bribe nowadays.I don't know where it is taking us ,it start from the top says D and them are sacred cows ;Come tie my shoe laces show I can see you(jockinly),You might get tempted and anything can happen,says Muggechi.when did you you tell me what to do or is it because I am not religius anymore,Well..let me tell you something ,I dont need to be born again ,God is in each of us and I don't have to show off to anybody.What i am is what you see and it don't help to pretend otherwise.Tell me how it helped me save my shamba nor shamed by a woman infron't of a village court and before my age mate,I almost hanged myself before my senses told me otherwise. It better to believe in the ways of the ascestors which is more meninful to us.You have said it,mugechi to D.It is true you never forgoten her even for what she did to you and you only stay with us as their is nobody else to take you in.Don''t get naive,woman just because it is your son whose house this is otherwise I woun't control myself,try it if you want for thing have changed you could find yourself on the receiving end ,arms akimbo with contept in her eyes ,D makes a hasty retreds saying he was going out as planned and for sure don't have time for empty talk....
• G has just walked into citizen pup where she is to meet with kianguku ,her current lover and man.she looked confused and deep in thought not knowing what to say.She sips her drink quickly and was about to call for another one when KNK joins her at sina tabu and call the waiter to bring 2 more drinks for he has'nt seen this lady for a long long time.Just the other day,reply G seems like a century to me,the only person I saw was your brother yesterday ,a jolly person ,not bad for a brother -in-law ,that is what i want to talk you about,put in G and what is your brother up to,he was going for a date and I woun't say who it was,not my brother,that one has a girl in every town,its about me ,you look ok to me maybe tired and haggard in the face,say Iam old and worn out you should go out and look out for dogodogo,you are just wasting time with me,you say so but i am not complaining and we have been through that until it is an old song.save your breath,I know you and for your information I have lost your baby,What...you can't be serious,its true...tell me everything,hell,I have told you I can't have a baby at my age ,it just happent and their was nothing I could do about it,why you want to be part of me must be more than that,believe it or not thats how it is.wee kitu ya bure ,you have arborted many times and thats the reason.so what its my body to do what I want with it,so don't give me that crap;yer,remember you a muderer...that don't bother me and i am off,says G guping the last drink and leaving KNK staring at her ,G almost smiling walked down the street knowing the hardest part had begun,If only KNK knew what was in her mind ,she shuderd just thinking it,it would be like the other time but now she wasn't strong enough and it will be like playing with fire ,tommorow,if only tommorow never comes ,she moaned wishfully at the turn of events....