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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“You’re so welcome. Thank you for bringing the case to us.”
Thelma opened the door of the director-general’s office to let Emma in.
Andoh was at his desk talking on the phone. At length, he hung up and looked at the two women in front of him. “Yes?”
“Do you remember me, sir?” Emma asked.
He frowned. “I don’t think so. Who are you?”
“Emma Djan is the name. May I sit, sir?”
Andoh gestured at a chair on the other side of the desk, but instead of sitting there, Emma picked up the chair and brought it next to him. Then she sat down.
Andoh moved away. “What are you doing?”
“Remember in January how close we sat at this desk, and how you put your hand on my thigh?”
Andoh looked at Thelma. “What is going on? This is outrageous.”
“And then,” Emma said, standing up, “you asked me to follow you here.” She rose and walked to the door of his secret chamber. “We went inside, you told me to sit in the chair in the middle of the room, and then you attempted to rape me.”
“Nonsense,” Andoh snapped. He looked at Thelma. “Get her out of here.”
“But what she says is true, sir,” Thelma said. “I’ve worked for you for many years and learned a lot from you. But what prevents me from wholeheartedly respecting you is what I suspected about how you treat young female recruits—what you do to them. It was that night in January when you attempted to rape Miss Djan that I finally had the evidence. I was returning to the office to get something I had left behind when I heard voices and Emma’s screams. I crouched behind your desk as she came running out, and then I followed her to the washroom and talked to her from the other side of the stall door. I know this happened, sir.”
Speechless, Andoh stared at them.
“Thelma and I will be spreading this on social media and TV and radio,” Emma said.
Andoh looked both incredulous and disdainful. “Who will believe you?”
“A lot of people,” Emma said. “Especially women. And the way President Bannerman is feeling right now, I suspect he will too.”
“What do you want?” Andoh demanded. “Money? I can give you money.”
“No, sir,” Emma said. “We want nothing more than a public confession and apology to the women you’ve assaulted.”
Andoh snorted. “Stupid. Do you think I will submit to this extortion?”