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209 33 he next day, when darkness paved way to dawn and the sun peeked above the hazy Kakamega sky, it brought with it the uncertainties of displacement. Nico, who had vanished the previous night, had not returned to the station. No one knew his whereabouts, not even his friends who had accompanied him into the town the impetuous night. Not even his sisters and parents; they were all in the dark, real darkness, as dark and as bleak as their future. They pushed ill thoughts of his demise off their minds, believing in the power of positive thinking; though they knew his case was hopeless. When questioned about their ill-fated journey into town the previous night, all the men could mumble were broken syllables of a journey which had ended in disarray! “Eeeh! Aah! Aah! It was like this—too d-a-r-k to see!” “I-was-was, too frightened to remember—just ran—that is, of course, I ran. Didn’t think!” What more could one say? Nico, the illusive Nico was gone and that was all there was to it. T 210 ...