CHAPTER XVI
Chuks and his friend sat talking about the previous night. He had woken up that morning to find himself in a hospital bed, and Segun was asleep in a chair beside him. There was a bandage around his head and Segun told him that the nurse said he'd had a concussion when he fell. He didn't doubt the truth of that; his head was throbbing like a bass drum.
“And you say you're sure that your shot met him in the head?”
He wished Segun would stop doubting him about it.
“I've told you many times, I shot well enough. It was his head.”
“I want to believe you, but you know that Detective Tobi will ask when we get to the department, even Mr dé Crozon. You will have to convince them that the Eel somehow bulletproofred his head.
“And how are you sure he didn't actually bulletproof his h
