to behold the baby and have a proper

s the

His children and wife, unaware of the happening, were busy in the house before he alerted them as the police arrived from a nearby outpost some meters away.

olice post wasn't far, he thought Titi probably had alerted the police sinc

grace for Titi and

t night. The following day, she began to look for a means of loca

e was invited to preach in their church. In about an hour, she was on the phone with the Pastor and was linked up wit

afety of herself and the baby. But this time, it's no

glow of streetlights. In one part of the city, a man walked in shadows, his name w

en from the same womb and thro

d found

had los

ees and the faint sound of rustling leaves. It was peaceful

The walls were lined with books, scripture verses framed neatly between family portrai

ere Lucy wo

ing as her mother's elder sister,

ispered, kneeling to the child's

m but knowing. He had seen enough of the world to understand th

said gently. "But you

may interest y

motor accident while the children were returning from school. It was a tragic day for the entire city as the driver an

e child's curls away from her face.

and the depth of the momen

t, the little gir

ty, the air w

igarette burning low between his fingers. Around him, men whis

er just a memb

s a l

who had once run home to his mother's laughter was long gone. I

barely twenty, stepped forward. His hands tre

house but fled due to the police rescu

ss," the boy said, a

open. Inside were pictures. Names. P

ed. "Goo

y hesi

re thing," he added

rely looked

swallowed. "

rld st

folder tightened, his

i

n who had ever tried to pu

he asked, his voic

y hesi

s... th

's heart

eated, the words f

odded. "Lucy.

inside Robinson shifted. A name he ha

si

iv

ull her into the same darkness

cigarette under his b

er," he ordered.

dded quickly a

rd the darkened stre

u

a life.

he had los

someone kne

ld, knowledge