Mercy was shocked at what she had just heard. She could not understand how a woman could allow herself to be humiliated publicly that way.
'But she has sold her self respect', Mercy said.
Felix could not stop laughing. He laughed till the tears came to his eyes.
Mercy was looking at him confused.
'What is so hilarious? Did I say anything that funny?'
'No my dear. It is just that you think that everyone is like you and are concerned with what other people think of them or interested in preserving their dignity. But that is not so.
I laugh because you do not know this girl called Gift. I told you the last time I went to the village, how everywhere I went, people recounted her sexual escapades to me. Warning me not to make the mistake of taking her back as though I would even if she were the last woman on earth.