The moment Mr. Ifeanyi Nnadede walked through the estate gates, the tension around him was impossible to miss.
His shoulders were rigid, his expression wounded yet burning with fury. Nkem rushed to him the moment he stepped into the living room of their secured apartment, but even as he hugged her tightly, she felt something unsettling beneath the surface of his relief.
He held her face gently, his voice heavy.
“My daughter… are you truly fine?”
Nkem nodded slowly, but the tremble in her voice betrayed her. “I’m trying, Dad.”
He closed his eyes briefly. The last three days had shaken him to the core.
While he traveled briefly to Nigeria to settle a business issue, his daughter faced a nightmare he hadn’t been there to stop, men sent by the Augustine brothers had attempted to grab h
