THE THREE OF THEM EXITED Leke’s SUV parked outside the gate and stepped through the pedestrian side-gate into the compound. Out of the west wall, a small guardhouse protruded. To the north, a tall building loomed. Two cars clustered in front of the building. Aside from the hooting of a car horn from the next compound, all was still and silent.
Leke muttered, “Let’s get this over and done with.”
Late afternoon sunshine bathed their faces as they moved forward. Leke in front, Alera and Farida taking up the rear.
“Hey, hey. Wey you dey go?” A strapping man in his late forties with an oblong face jumped out of the guardhouse.
The three visitors halted. Alera twisted around and then her lips stretched in a smile. “Timothy, have you forgotten me?”
The man’s face brightened. A smile landed o
