Basi, kwa hali ile, na mda ule kuondoka ikawa haiwezekaniki ikabidi tulale. Tukaonyeshwa sehemu ya kulala. Tukaingia nikafunga mlango. Best akajitupa kitandani mi nikawa na pace tu up and down. Mara simu yake ikaita akaanza kucheka. Akakaa chini akaniambia give me a minute kuna kitu nimesahau ndani ya gari. Nikamwambia poa. A few minutes later, akanipigia akaniambia sweetie am fine, don't worry about me. Nikafunga mlango na kusukuma kimeza nikakaa juu ya kitanda. Whatever sent me kunyanyua pillow sijui ni nini. Nilikuta syringe zenye sindano ambazo zilikuwa na vi damu. Niliona mpira flani mweusi na kiberiti na kijiko cha kula ambacho kilikuwa kimeungua. Palikuwa na lighter na hali ile ikanionyesha dhahiri mle palikuwa na wavuta unga. Kudaadeki nikasema this is it. Ile nafungua mlango nitoke nikamsake best mlango nao ukawa unasukumwa kwa nje, tumbo likanishika palepale. Who is it? Ikajibu sauti ya kiume I just wanna talk. Nikamuuliza where is my friend, akanijibu having the time of her life. Niaona huu sasa ni ujinga na hapa sitoki salama. Nikapiga simu kwa ma boys wangu nikawaambia am in a lot of shit. Wakawa hawaelewi, si unajua tena kuamshwa usingizini? Nikawaambia you have to get here ama tutaumia. Basi, nilompigia akamchukua na mwenzie wakaja Stone Town. Nilipompigia best simu ikapokelewa ila hamna sauti inayotoka. Mi mpaka hapo nikawa nimechoka, liwalo na liwe. Kuja kushangaa baada ya muda akaja kunigongea mlangoni nikamfungulia. She was now sober! Nikamwambia tusepe ma boys wako njiani wanakuj na huku tuliko sijui namna ya kuwaelekeza. Ile tunatoka bwana kuna mzungu mmoja akawa anaburuza gunia moja kubwaaa na kwa juu niliona mitutu kadhaa ya bunduki. Sikutaka kujua zaidi ya hapo, tukashuka ngazi fasta huku roho juu kama hatuamini vile. Tukapigiana simu na ma boys wakaja kutufata. Nikampigia simu bf wangu ambae alikuwa Dar na kumpa issue yote nikiwa very sad. Mimi na best tukakubaliana tusiulizane maswali as long as tupo ok. Ila best lazima nilimuuliza have you shot drugs akaniambia no. Basi tukayaacha na hata siku tulikutana na hao watu tena club ilikuwa polite hi na kuendelea na raha zetu. Next time I drank without getting high, I took a cab and went home. That was one lesson among many that life has taught me.