Chapters (109)
- Part One
- ONE
- One day earlier
- TWO
- THREE
- FOUR
- FIVE
- SIX
- SEVEN
- EIGHT
- NINE
- TEN
- ELEVEN
- TWELVE
- THIRTEEN
- FOURTEEN
- FIFTEEN
- SIXTEEN
- SEVENTEEN
- EIGHTEEN
- NINETEEN
- TWENTY
- TWENTY-ONE
- TWENTY-TWO
- PART TWO
- TWENTY-THREE
- TWENTY-FOUR
- TWENTY-FIVE
- TWENTY-SIX
- TWENTY-SEVEN
- TWENTY-EIGHT
- TWENTY-NINE
- THIRTY
- THIRTY-ONE
- THIRTY-TWO
- THIRTY-THREE
- THIRTY-FOUR
- THIRTY-FIVE
- THIRTY-SIX
- THIRTY-SEVEN
- THIRTY-EIGHT
- THIRTY-NINE
- FORTY
- FORTY-ONE
- FORTY-TWO
- FORTY-THREE
- FORTY-FOUR
- FORTY-FIVE
- FORTY-SIX
- FORTY-SEVEN
- FORTY-EIGHT
- FORTY-NINE
- FIFTY
- FIFTY-ONE
- FIFTY-TWO
- FIFTY-THREE
- FIFTY-FOUR
- FIFTY-FIVE
- FIFTY-SIX
- FIFTY-SEVEN
- FIFTY-EIGHT
- FIFTY-NINE
- SIXTY
- SIXTY-ONE
- SIXTY-TWO
- SIXTY-THREE
- SIXTY-FOUR
- SIXTY-FIVE
- SIXTY-SIX
- SIXTY-SEVEN
- SIXTY-EIGHT
- SIXTY-NINE
- SEVENTY
- SEVENTY-ONE
- SEVENTY-TWO
- SEVENTY-THREE
- SEVENTY-FOUR
- SEVENTY-FIVE
- SEVENTY-SIX
- SEVENTY-SEVEN
- SEVENTY-EIGHT
- SEVENTY-NINE
- EIGHTY
- EIGHTY-ONE
- EIGHTY-TWO
- EIGHTY-THREE
- EIGHTY-FOUR
- EIGHTY-FIVE
- EIGHTY-SIX
- EIGHTY-SEVEN
- EIGHTY-EIGHT
- EIGHTY-NINE
- NINETY
- NINETY-ONE
- NINETY-TWO
- NINETY-THREE
- NINETY-FOUR
- NINETY-FIVE
- NINETY-SIX
- NINETY-SEVEN
- NINETY-EIGHT
- NINETY-NINE
- GLOSSARY
- Acknowledgments
- Continue reading
- Part One
- ONE
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- THREE
Bruno’s gaze was fixed ahead of him. “Well, not really.”
“How do you mean?”
“You can keep a secret, right?”
“Of course.”
“I’m working for Sana Sana.”
Emma jumped to her feet. “What?”
“Yes. That’s why I didn’t say anything about Sana when Nii was talking about him.”
“No, Bruno. Are you serious?”
“Yes.”
“How long have you been working for him?”
“Almost two years.”
“Oh, my God.” Emma said. She walked away a few paces shaking her head and then returned. “I wish I’d known.”
“Sometimes I’ve felt like I should tell you,” Bruno said, “but the fewer people who know, the better. Not just for me, but for others as well.”
“So, is your friendship with Nii part of Sana’s probe into sakawa?”
“It is. That’s the way I found out that Nii is the one who scammed Mr. Tilson.”
“Wait a minute. Nii did that?” Another shock for Emma. “Then the meeting between them at the sports bar—was that for Tilson to confront Nii? Maybe he discovered Nii was responsible for duping him.”
“Maybe,” Bruno agreed, “but how would Tilson have found out?”
“I don’t know,” Emma said, reflecting. “There is a woman, Susan, an American who apparently set up the meeting. Do you know anything about her?”
“I think that’s the lady Nii was having a love affair with,” Bruno said. “He mentioned her a couple of times when he was training me.”
“Can you find out more about her from Nii?” Emma asked. “And also, the meeting at the sports bar?”
“Yes, I can do that for you the next time I see him, which will be soon. We are setting up for Nii and myself to meet Godfather, the man on top of this whole sakawa empire. I will expose his identity by secretly recording him accepting money from us.”
“Oh,” Emma said, alarmed. “That could be dangerous. Are you sure you want to do that?”
“It’s not whether I want to or not. It has to be done.”
That gave Emma very little comfort. “Then be careful. That’s all I’m saying.”
“I appreciate that.”
A thought struck Emma. “By the way, did you ever meet the American man?”
Bruno shook his head. “No, but Sana told me that Mr. Tilson came to consult him. He and Sana had a quarrel and went their separate ways.”
A thought entered Emma’s head from a side door. Could the acrimony between Tilson and the journalist have been so bad that Sana might have wanted to get rid of him? She put the notion in her back pocket for now.
“What about Kweku Ponsu?” she asked Bruno. “What have you found out about him?”