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Chapters (109)
  1. Part One
  2. ONE
  3. One day earlier
  4. TWO
  5. THREE
  6. FOUR
  7. FIVE
  8. SIX
  9. SEVEN
  10. EIGHT
  11. NINE
  12. TEN
  13. ELEVEN
  14. TWELVE
  15. THIRTEEN
  16. FOURTEEN
  17. FIFTEEN
  18. SIXTEEN
  19. SEVENTEEN
  20. EIGHTEEN
  21. NINETEEN
  22. TWENTY
  23. TWENTY-ONE
  24. TWENTY-TWO
  25. PART TWO
  26. TWENTY-THREE
  27. TWENTY-FOUR
  28. TWENTY-FIVE
  29. TWENTY-SIX
  30. TWENTY-SEVEN
  31. TWENTY-EIGHT
  32. TWENTY-NINE
  33. THIRTY
  34. THIRTY-ONE
  35. THIRTY-TWO
  36. THIRTY-THREE
  37. THIRTY-FOUR
  38. THIRTY-FIVE
  39. THIRTY-SIX
  40. THIRTY-SEVEN
  41. THIRTY-EIGHT
  42. THIRTY-NINE
  43. FORTY
  44. FORTY-ONE
  45. FORTY-TWO
  46. FORTY-THREE
  47. FORTY-FOUR
  48. FORTY-FIVE
  49. FORTY-SIX
  50. FORTY-SEVEN
  51. FORTY-EIGHT
  52. FORTY-NINE
  53. FIFTY
  54. FIFTY-ONE
  55. FIFTY-TWO
  56. FIFTY-THREE
  57. FIFTY-FOUR
  58. FIFTY-FIVE
  59. FIFTY-SIX
  60. FIFTY-SEVEN
  61. FIFTY-EIGHT
  62. FIFTY-NINE
  63. SIXTY
  64. SIXTY-ONE
  65. SIXTY-TWO
  66. SIXTY-THREE
  67. SIXTY-FOUR
  68. SIXTY-FIVE
  69. SIXTY-SIX
  70. SIXTY-SEVEN
  71. SIXTY-EIGHT
  72. SIXTY-NINE
  73. SEVENTY
  74. SEVENTY-ONE
  75. SEVENTY-TWO
  76. SEVENTY-THREE
  77. SEVENTY-FOUR
  78. SEVENTY-FIVE
  79. SEVENTY-SIX
  80. SEVENTY-SEVEN
  81. SEVENTY-EIGHT
  82. SEVENTY-NINE
  83. EIGHTY
  84. EIGHTY-ONE
  85. EIGHTY-TWO
  86. EIGHTY-THREE
  87. EIGHTY-FOUR
  88. EIGHTY-FIVE
  89. EIGHTY-SIX
  90. EIGHTY-SEVEN
  91. EIGHTY-EIGHT
  92. EIGHTY-NINE
  93. NINETY
  94. NINETY-ONE
  95. NINETY-TWO
  96. NINETY-THREE
  97. NINETY-FOUR
  98. NINETY-FIVE
  99. NINETY-SIX
  100. NINETY-SEVEN
  101. NINETY-EIGHT
  102. NINETY-NINE
  103. GLOSSARY
  104. Acknowledgments
  105. Continue reading
  106. Part One
  107. ONE
  108. TWO
  109. THREE

Emma needed to get this information about the emails to the right place, of course, and she should start with the man she trusted the most—her boss. He was out of the office now, however, so Emma would have to meet him the following day. For the time being, she wanted to talk to Bruno, who was becoming a kind of bridge to everyone and everything.

When she reached him on the phone a few minutes later, she asked when next he would see Nii Kwei and whether she could go with him. Bruno immediately made an insinuating noise.

“No,” Emma said flatly. “I’m not interested in him like that.”

“Are you sure? I think he likes you too. He always asks of you.”

“Just answer my question. When will you be going to see him?”

“Maybe even tonight. I will call him and let you know.”

“Don’t mention I’m coming, okay? I want it to be a surprise.”

“Oh, is that so? Hmm.”

“Shut up,” Emma snapped. “It’s not that.”

SEVENTY-SEVEN

SEVENTY-SEVEN

Nii was happy to entertain Bruno and Emma that evening—it was a chance to show off his new Audi and the sprawling house he shared with two other guys in upper-middle-class Dzorwulu.

The sitting room, three times the size of Emma’s entire living space, had bright red leather chairs and a gigantic wide-screen TV—the kind she had only seen at the mall. Despite all the space, boys would be boys, she recognized. There was no tasteful decoration of any kind anywhere, and as large as the kitchen was, it was a mess with dirty dishes in the sink and an overflowing rubbish can, which by the smell of it, needed disposal.

Nevertheless, Emma laid on the praise thick, showering Nii with expressions of awe and admiration. He was clearly flattered and very pleased. Emma imagined he was not unaccustomed to admiration of young women, many a lot more glamorous than her.

Nii’s housemates had moved to the den to play video games, leaving Emma, Bruno, and Nii in the sitting room. The two men had a bottle of beer each while Emma had fruit punch. The evening news was on TV in the background.

“Emma,” Nii said, smiling at her. “How are you? Do you still work at the mall?”

Apparently, Bruno had not told Nii that Emma was now with a detective agency. She wasn’t about to tell Nii either.

“No, I moved from there,” she said. “Now I’m at an agency.”

“Ah, okay. Travel agency?”

“Something like that.”

The sports segment of the news showed a soccer clip, which inevitably brought up the traditional soccer rivalry between Accra’s Hearts of Oak and Kumasi’s Asante Kotoko and who would win the next big match.