“Who took the passports of Joseph and Naomi to Mr. Iyamu?”
“Hassan.”
“Where?”
“To the City Trust Bank, of course!”
“Then Hassan is working hand in hand with Mr. Iyamu.”
“What!” exclaimed the Mother “Hassan has been working for the Home for the past ten years.” She was beginning to wonder whether these suspicions of Mary were not becoming an obsession.
“Mother, have you tried Hassan?”
“Em...No.”
“Please, do so this time, because Mr. Iyamu does not work with the City Trust Bank.”
“OK, I will do so” the Mother promised, “you may leave now.”
When Mary was gone, Mother Udoh called Hassan and gave him the flight tickets of John and Naomi. “I want you to take these tickets to Mr. Iyamu at the City Trust Bank. You know your way to the bank, don’t you?”
“Yes, Mother. I was the one that t
