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
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“She was at my house yesterday asking questions about how she can become a sakawa girl. Kweku Ponsu thinks she’s investigating something about me.”
“And he’s right!” Damptey said heatedly. “This girl a sakawa? Don’t mind her! She and Sowah were looking into what happened to that white man who drowned in the Volta River. Once they found the body, Sowah told my boss that they won’t be trying to investigate this any longer. So why is this girl still doing it? And Bruno, too—what is he doing with her?”
“I don’t know,” Nii said. “I thought I trusted him, but I’m not so sure now. What should we do?”
“I’m going to report that girl to our DCOP Laryea. He’ll take it from there.” Damptey sucked her fingers and smacked her lips.
“As for Bruno, well, find out if he’s working with that girl and warn him to stop.”
In the morning, Damptey found out DCOP Laryea was out of town and otherwise unavailable. She wasn’t sure what to do, so she consulted DCS Quaino. But he didn’t want to get involved.
“Mr. Sowah was my father’s mate,” he said. “How do you think I’m going to call him with a complaint about his employee? That’s disrespectful.”
“Yes, sir,” Damptey said. After lunch, she decided to take it to the top and put in a request to Sergeant Thelma for a meeting with Director-General Andoh. He saw Damptey a couple of hours later in his office and listened without comment while she described the problem of meddlesome Emma Djan.
“Why didn’t you report this to DCOP Laryea?” Andoh asked.
“Please, he’s not in. I think he has left for the weekend.”
The DG eyed her with disfavor. “And this couldn’t wait until Monday when he returns?”
“Please, I thought one of my superiors should be alerted.”
Andoh scowled at her and heaved a sigh. “You let the DCOP know when he returns on Monday. Don’t trouble me with this kind of trivial issue. You are dismissed.”
Damptey left feeling useless and embarrassed. In retrospect, it did seem a petty issue to take to the director-general, but to her, it was still very important. Damptey strongly resented Emma Djan. She needed to be silenced.