reaved family echoed through the narrow streets

ped around her. Rocking back and forth, the agony of losing her

or accident when she was ten. Raised under the strict vigil of he

stood once

seen the n

all house in a red glow. Paramedics hurried in, s

ba

eathe. Her tiny body, weak, ha

o lost in her g

ast. She lifted the baby from the cot, pressing her fingers

e nurse muttered. Then, louder, to th

use, carrying Lucy away under

from the suffocating clasp of grie

by the machines that beeped in a steady, fragi

d her watched from the

The baby had a fighting chance now,

s Lat

n went to join a more pow

led to the underworld, planning to ally with a dreaded gang just so that he, in

ation like Nigeria, though there are well-respected and powerful police heads and personnel scattered across the states of the federatio

the mi

se felt

ilot since that time, h

n dipped below the horizon, ther

hesi

d opened it, her wor

this

the door, the nu

her a

u

ht. The child was

the nurse said, h

s as she reached out, taki

ed. "Who...

s in the right place

beautifully, but there was s

g to her what happened and why

he baby was hunted, and all she

hospital. Thank God for her bravery;

erworld were also planning to come for the little girl as a means of getting back at the yo

to pick regular jobs in their area of specialisation just so they can remain ghosted in the eyes of the bad guys. That was why she was found at the right place at the r

form her of the disappearance of the baby was paid off for the job, and even the police divisional he

the baby is alive, and all the

ars. And a sub again! She is alive, whole and hearty. Wasn't kidnapped again

for documentation and proper care. Titi is also allowed to come home with the baby at ti

ears

had g

s small apartment in the northern part of the city with warm

an assistant manager at a media firm. She bu

ver done playin

all these years, so

they weren't

e coming