I felt my mouth drop open. “Wait. It’s 11:05?” “Yep.” I struggled to speak. “But, we’ve been here…almost an hour.” “I pulled you over at 10:30, so, only a half-hour.” My friend, Eric, looked at me, then back to the cop. “Are you saying you stopped us…for a curfew violation…before curfew?”
Nilihisi mdomo wangu tone wazi. “Ngoja. Ni 11:05? “” Yep. “Nilijitahidi kusema. “Lakini, tumekuwa hapa … karibu saa.” “Nilikuweka kando saa 10:30, hivyo, tu nusu saa.” Rafiki yangu, Eric, alinitazama, kisha kurejea askari. “Je, akisema kusimamishwa us … kwa ukiukaji amri ya kutotoka nje … kabla ya kutotoka nje?” “Hapana, mimi si kusema chochote.