One of her brothers who hated her decided to one day break the news that she is not part of the family in a cruel manner and that she was rescued from inside the dustbin her biological mother had dumped her.
This heartless revelation of her roots left her feeling crushed and devastated.
Lucy Njeri went on to narrate another sad ordeal where her brothers left her in a coffee farm where they all worked for a mzungu just when she’d dozed off and she was lost trying to find her way back home. Lucy found herself in Muranga town where she became a street kid among others who smoked bhang and drank alcohol on a daily basis. One day she hang onto a lorry and found her way to Thika where she lived for a few years before heading to Nairobi where she used to traffic firearms.