Chapter 51When Talya got back to her room, it was nearly midnight. She had forgotten all of the things that brought her to Dakar, and she had forgotten about tomorrow.
As she closed the door, she felt someone was in the apartment. Suddenly her heart started thumping. She stood frozen in the passage. The only light came from the opened terrace door. There were only shadows and shapes of familiar things. She took a few steps to her left to switch on the bar light and then she saw him.
Talya recognized him immediately. Abdul Rasheed was standing by the dining room table. He was smiling. She ran toward the bathroom but she wasn’t quick enough. He had the agility of a panther, given his weight. He leaped over the sofa and tackled her from behind, slamming her body onto the floor. In an insta
