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
- TWO
- THREE
“Nii Kwei called me to tell me that Ponsu and the twins had kidnapped you,” Bruno explained. “There’s only one person in the world I know who can act fast enough, and that’s Sana. So, I called him. The only problem was that at first he wasn’t answering his phone, so I was very worried. Finally, he called me and I told him what was going on. He called the Akosombo Police. A lot of people may not like Sana, but when he says something is up, everyone knows it’s real. So yes, they moved quickly.”
“Thank you, Bruno,” Emma said. “You really did save my life.”
“Thanks, but in the end it’s Nii, actually, right? If he had not called me, you would now be at the bottom of the Volta River.”
“You’re right.” Emma contemplated that scenario for a second and shuddered. “How did you get here this morning, Bruno?”
“I needed to be sure you were okay,” Bruno said, “so I sneaked out of the hospital very early and took a tro-tro to Atimpoku. I went straight to the Akosombo police station to find out what had happened. I met Inspector Bawa there and he said you had survived and were staying with the Labrams.”
“God bless you, Bruno,” Mrs. Labram said. “What you have done is noble—considering you yourself were still in the hospital.”
He smiled coyly. “Thank you, madam.”
“That’s my brother,” Emma said with pride, taking his hand and squeezing it. But the excitement of last night and the elation over being alive had begun to plunge and Emma began to experience an odd despondency in the aftermath. She concealed it from the Labrams, however, all smiles as she and Bruno thanked them and departed.
Bruno and Emma took a cab to Nii’s house from the tro-tro station. This being Sunday, traffic was thankfully light. Nii’s housemates were home, he was not.
“He didn’t tell you where he was going?” Bruno asked.
“No. When we woke up this morning, he was gone. We tried to call him but it seems his phone is off.”
Emma tried Nii’s number, and so did Bruno, but neither received a response. According to the network, Nii’s phone was off.
“Probably he might have gone to his family home in Bukom,” George, one of the housemates suggested. Bukom was one of the oldest parts of Accra and home to the Ga people, of which Nii Kwei was very much one.
“Ah,” Emma said, lighting up. “Do you know where the family house is?”
“Anyway, somehow.”
“What do you mean, ‘anyway, somehow?’” Emma asked, frowning at George. “Do you know his place in Bukom, or not?”
“He took me there one time,” George said vaguely. “We can go if you like and I can try to find it.”
Emma looked at Bruno, who nodded. “Yes, let’s go.”
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