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The Carriers.
#IKnowAGuy Ssn II [Finale]
Ep 4 of 4.
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This chic, tumwite Caro. For obvious reasons. She’s twenny wan. Fly AF. Sura, shepu na tabia. Skin that Luo men risk it all for. Ako colle.

Bad things do happen to good people. Depending on your perspective.
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#TheCarriers

She is single, but has a boyfriend.

She says she can’t date anyone within a Luanda Magere pantone. And she cannot date anyone still in campus. Also, you must be serving the Lord.

She's looking for work. Meanwhile she does promotion jobs. Her looks bring those jobs on a regular.

But si mnajua promos pay peanuts. And she is allergic to peanuts. But sasa mnataka afanye nini?

She is diligent and promising. She talks to promo boss, she could get permanent.

This specific promo, she is posted to a Langata Hyper. When that Langata Hyper was the real Hyper.

Katika harakati za works, this guy approaches her.

He is dressed sharply, and has those pilot shirts you can buy off any stall in Toi. He has a carry case he is pulling on the floor. He also smells expensive. He speaks Coasterian Swahili & some random English.

An obvious front.

He is with a certain woman who Caro assumes is the wife. But the guy moves in, in full sight of wifey & starts vibing her, bana.

She is used to it by now, already, the guys flirting flirting. But this one is bold, flirting within an earshot of the wife. Caro is nervous. Because.

Anyway, Caro is also very aware that she can’t be rude & she can’t shout, for the sake of the brand. She's however being careful the guy does not touch her.

He says he is a pilot, has been for a while. He has his own plane, and does chartered flights, strictly VIP flights only.

They mostly fly clients to exclusive private parties, which the other woman organizes. He is saying things that men think can impress women.

Some guy once boxed her saying he is paying his second mortgage, only to find out the guy had defaulted rent for 4 months.

They broke up.

The ‘wife’ on the other hand is looking at them, and then looking away.

The man asks her name, what she does, how much she is paid etc. She plays it safe, even lies about her name.

He asks her how long the promo would last, and if she wants a small contract, for a weekend.

She says yes, just to keep up with the engagement positive, and probably make a sale, but she has no interest in the guy or his stories.

Mr. Pilot sizes her & compliments her a bit, alafu he moves back and whispers to the other woman, and then they come at Caro.

She's scared.

Game on:

The Woman: Sasa? Nimesikia unajiskia na kajob kadogo?
Caro: (Puzzled but nods.)
The Woman: Hujui kuongea?
Caro: Ndio.

In her head, all possible scenarios are playing.

BTW she's hit on daily. Once by a chic who wanted to make out, then a couple that wanted threesome.

Her more liberal friends had been in random orgies just from meeting guys on the floors of the supermarket.

The Woman: We have a very exclusive high end party in Mombasa, and are looking for beautiful models like you to work as ushers. Unaweza fanya hiyo kazi?
Caro: Yes. Naweza.

The Woman: Haya, kuja interview kwa ofisi kesho. Na usichelewe.
Caro: Naweza kuja na beste yangu?
The Woman: (Hands a business card.) If she fits the bill & can work. Mtaenda Mombasa, mtalipiwa air tickets & hotel plus mtapata pocket money na bado mtalipwa.
Caro: OK. Aki ahsante.

Next Day.

Caro rocks into interview with Irene. A few other chics are there with CVs in brown envelops. They go in one by one, and then they come out. The woman occasionally paces in & out of the office, smiling at Caro every time.

The ‘Pilot’ also appears just once and leaves.

Irene goes in first then comes out in under 5 minutes. She tells Caro, job ni this weekend, but will call those who qualify.

Caro is called in. Her interviewed is 20 mins +; Where is your shags, who is your mum? Can you seen with other people? Do you have a boyfriend? A child.

She gives all the right answers.

Alafu she is told she has the job, they just need one more person.

Courage makes Caro speak for Irene. She begs to be paired with her.

The Woman: Huyu beshte yako, is she professional, is she reliable, can she keep company information secret?

Everything Caro had been asked.

Caro answers for Irene.

The Woman: She is your responsibility. Is she messes up, it is you.

Irene is called in. The woman also tells them, it is KE 20,000 a day. For 3 days. Plus KE 1,500 for breakfast and KE 2,000 for lunch. For all the 3 Days.

Dinners will be at the event venue / hotel.

They'll have to leave Thursday with earliest morning flight, to work on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. If they want, they can stay at the hotel free of charge for an extra day, but will only get money for meals.

Then fly back.

Sweet deal.

They hear the figures & almost susu. 60,000, plus another 10,500. Per Person. With a extra day stay at the hotel. Without having to sleep with anyone?

Too good to be true, si ndio?

She says they can't tell anyone about the job, and find a way to explain absence.

Then the catch, the woman says, is that ‘this event is for very exclusive people who are wealthy and are willing to pay anything.’

They just have to behave themselves, doing exactly as are told. Their work is to welcome people and walk them in and assist them in anyway they can.

They are told to come to the office on Wednesday afternoon for the uniforms, to sign contracts and final instructions.
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Irene and Caro agree they can take the extra day. They agree that they say Irene got a job interview and Caro is taking her.

They are scott free.

However...

Irene tells her boyfriend about the party, and that he can come to Mombasa on Sunday night, and then they stay and fly back on Tuesday morning.

Or they can stay a couple of days. Irene's boyfriend is game.

But she doesn't tell Caro who assumes everything is still chini ya maji.

Wednesday, at the office.

The lady is in a hurry, but says ‘Here is your down payment.’ 25K kila mtu.

She says the tailor delayed with the uniforms. They'll get them at the airport in the morning with everything else pending. She says, don’t be late. 5:30 sharp.

No contracts.

Irene sleeps at Caro’s in Emba, warauke ngware pamoja. They share a cab, arriving on time. The Woman is there, but she doesn’t look like she has travelling plans. She just has a bag. A manly bag. They sit quietly.

After coffee, she says she's going to find out about the flight.

After a few minutes she comes back pissed off.

The flight has been cancelled, and nobody told her. They now need to use a bus because the ushers can't be late.

But yeye, because of her back, she will just fly in the next day.

The girls are rushed to downtown Nairobi CBD.

They have to catch the earliest bus they can find.

They 'find' a bus. It has a set of two seats remaining. Surprisingly, the seats are right in the middle. They take them.

In their heads, nothing has clicked yet. Everything is happening because everything is really happening.

But, A BIG BUT, before they leave, the woman introduces them to a very ugly guy who is going to the same ‘event.’ She tells him, in their hearing, nichungie hawa wasichan wangu wasipote. And to make sure they are picked from bus park by the driver.

He promises to get watch them.

He is seated at the seat right behind them.

He looks like he is just muscle and nothing more.

Caro is captured by fear. Fully. She is wondering, why she didn't ask the driver or the conductor to watch over them. Why a stranger.

Irene sees the fear in Caro and panics properly.

And then, before the bus leaves, the woman gets back into the bus with the manly bag. It has two packages, like packets za Unga ya chapo.

Each gets the other. They are loosely wrapped in a cardboard box & black masking tape. They are told, they have to carry them for the event.

She says, 'This is something that needs to arrive before the event day so they just have to go with it. They are told, ‘DO NOT OPEN. AND DO NOT LOSE THIS!’

Anywhere they go, even to the toilet, they have to have the packages on them.

Hidden.

Under their clothes.

At all times.

Last instructions: Do not talk to anyone. She also takes their phones and gives them one without airtime, whose number they do not know.

The longest journey of their lives. Calls from the Woman and the Pilot every 30 minutes.

The ugly guy keeps reminding them he is there.

When they get to Mombasa, a car is already waiting. The ugly guy seats in front. The girls are terrified. Irene has been silently crying the whole time.

It takes them to the fanciest hotel they have ever seen, but their is too much pressure and fear to take it all in.

Their accommodation has been sorted already. They are shown to their rooms.

BILA CHECK IN PROCEDURES!

Immediately the woman calls and tells them to put the packages inside refrigerator in the hotel room, and then go to the restaurant for juice or a meal. But not to leave hotel.

They are also told not to return to the hotel room for at least 30 minutes.

They take 1 hour and wish for more. They are scared stiff. But their options are gone. Literally.

After an hour or so, the woman calls them and tells them they can now go and relax in the room.

She tells them, the event has even been cancelled, but if they’d like, they can stay for the three days because it's already been paid for. If not, they can leave.

Also, there is something for them in the fridge, they can take it with them.

She thanks them for the diligence.

They go to their hotel room, check the fridge. Two envelops with KE 47,500 each.

Their phones are there too. Chilling. They check to make sure their bags have nothing. They take a hotel cab to the bus park.

As they leave the hotel, the ugly guy and Mr. Pilot wave goodbye.

The cab driver tells them, 'Wasichana wadogo nyinyi, mbona, whay are you wasting your lives with holder men.'

They take the night bus and head back straight for Nairobi. The bus breaks down a few times, which really scares them, but they get home in peace.

A bit richer & wiser.

A few week later, in the evening news, Caro sees the woman and the pilot, arraigned in court, to deny charges of being in possession of narcotics.

In the courtroom, also, is the ugly guy, seated quietly, following the proceeding.
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THE. END.

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