04/09/2025
The Whispers of Lavington PART 1
The air in Lavington hung thick with the scent of jasmine and the distant hum of Nairobi's evening traffic. It was the kind of evening that promised a quiet end to a long day, but for Muthoni, it was just the beginning of a nightmare. She sat across from her father, a powerful, no-nonsense politician, whose face was ashen.
“You have to get out, now,” he said, his voice a low, urgent whisper that cut through the silence. “The audit… it's not enough. They're coming for us.”
Muthoni’s heart hammered against her ribs. She was a brilliant data analyst, and she'd been working on a top-secret project for her father's campaign, meticulously digging through financial records. What she’d found was a dark web of corruption that stretched from the highest offices to the city’s grimiest alleyways.
Just as she was about to ask who “they” were, the front door burst open, and three men in black suits stormed in. One had a familiar, cruel smirk on his face—it was Odhiambo, her father’s political rival and her ex-fiancé, a man whose ambition was as ruthless as his charm was lethal.
“A little family meeting?” Odhiambo sneered, his eyes locking onto Muthoni's. “Did you find what you were looking for, my dear?”
Muthoni’s world was collapsing. The love she once felt for Odhiambo, the man she believed to be her future, was now a chilling memory. He was the enemy, the very heart of the corruption she’d been trying to expose. The man she was supposed to marry had been playing her all along.
As the men closed in, her father shoved a small, encrypted flash drive into her hand. “Run, Muthoni. Don’t stop for anything.”
She didn’t hesitate. She scrambled out the back, scaling the wall of their compound and disappearing into the shadows of the jacaranda trees. She knew only one place to go—to the one person who could help her, a man who moved in the shadows of the city's underbelly: Mugambi. A notorious, street-smart journalist she'd once met during a charity event, a man known for his daring exposes and his even more dangerous enemies. He was a long shot, but he was her only hope. The race was on.
Part 2 Coming soon....
