CHAPTER 11Following the advice of Uncle James, Kola had arranged for two plainly dressed policemen to come to Alhaja’s shop on Thursday afternoon. But they kept even this detail hidden from Alhaja. The policemen planted themselves at the Post Office across the street where they could watch the shop closely. The agreement was that they would wait for a signal from Wura. Until then, they were to keep their distance.
On Thursday morning, Wura arrived at Alhaja’s shop. If everything went as planned, that would be her last day of work at the shop.
Customers had been in and out of the store all day long, and Alhaja had gone through her stock of jewelry at noon to double check. None was missing. She would do the same thing before she left for the day. That was when the missing pieces were usual
