Abel walked gingerly through Reagan National Airport. He hadn’t fully recovered from the injuries he received at the hands of the whorehouse thugs. His ribs were still sore and his back ached. The long transatlantic...
Lola stood over Abel, laughing. “You don’t like my cooking!” she said. They were in her sister’s apartment at Elephant and Castle, where Lola had been staying since her arrival in London. With her family away...
Abel spent the next several days talking with police, immigration officials, UN agencies and a couple of British investigative journalists about his next destination: Mali. After his experience in the Canary Islands, Abel didn’t want to...
The Marriott on Westminster Bridge Road was a hotel Abel fancied ever since he saw it in Eddy Murphy’s film, “Coming to America”. It wasn’t just the impression it had made on screen. Abel felt safe...
Abel woke up at eight a.m. refreshed and feeling stronger than he had in some time. Certain about his plans to use Aleck as a guide, he called the chopper office before ordering breakfast. A lady...
Abel spent a sleepless night confirming the routes favoured by traffickers who moved girls surreptitiously out of Nigeria. He already had narrowed his search to two: Mali, which Mary had suggested, and the Canary Islands. Figures...
Eight o’clock the following evening, Abel prepared to meet Dupe. He stood before the full-length mirror, admiring his boyish looks. He was dressed in a striped yellow shirt, which he had tucked into his black...
CHAPTER TWELVE When Abel woke up two hours later, he tried to get out of bed. He had work to do. The attack meant he was getting close to something and that Alice might be in...
Safely away from Yaba on the Third Mainland Bridge, Abel breathed more easily. The encounter with Winston had shaken him. And he was not easily thrown off balance. But he would not let anything deter...
That Winston Udor was a dictator in his own household was obvious from what both Alice and her mother told Abel. This only made Abel more determined to confront the man. As a reporter, he...