Part 2: How Esther Arunga Walked All the Way to the Airport to Catch Her Dubai Flight

In the first part of the Esther Arunga in Dubai story, we detailed how she hustled cash out of her friend and even requested to be hosted by her simply after The Friend commented on her Facebook post, she was ready to uproot her family from Kenya to Dubai.

She had initially asked for cash for her son’s passport. But later requested for her’s too because she needed to have it changed to Esther Timberlake. Soon enough, the The Friend found herself providing money for Quincy’s passport, too. The Friend then organized tickets for the trip, after which the Timberlakes asked to be sorted out with Visas, too.

This is where the friend decided to draw the line. She asked them if they had other “friends” to help them out. She took pity upon them and sent the couple 1,000 dirhams (about Kshs. 23,000). Soon enough, they asked The Friend if she knew someone who would be willing to givem them a loan against their BMW. She asked her brother but he refused immediately he heard Quincy was involved.

They managed to travel either way. Their flight was scheduled for 4:00 p.m. but they traveled on the 11:00 p.m. flight on January 27th, 2012. According to them, they had traded the BMW for Kshs. 40,000 worth Visas. She also complained that her foot was hurting because they had to walk all the way to JKIA catch their flight. This, she said, was the reason they missed the 4:00 p.m. flight. All this she did while she was expectant with her second child.

Documents confirm that the Timberlakes had already been making payments in preparation for the trip as early as November the previous year. Quincy’s passenger ticket information shows they checked in at the airport at 1:40 p.m., traveled economy on the 4:40 p.m. flight whose expected arrival was 10:40 p.m. on 29th of January, 2012.

So, now the Timberlakes have arrived in Dubai. Keep it Ghafla! for the rest of the story and how Quincy’s paranoia unsettled their hosts.