The evening quietude was serene like that of a radiating magnetosphere. The government hospital that both Koby and Maggie had been taken to was fully packed with patients. Abena, Yaw, Kwesi, Philip and Sarah all sat at the reception area. Each person was deep in his or her own thoughts. And the dominant thought that was parallel to all of them was that – Will Koby and Maggie make it out alive? Philip had informed Maggie’s Dad, and he was already on his way to see her daughter. The children were still in their school uniforms and were so exhausted. Abena had narrated to her father how auntie Thea had come in time to save her from being killed by Doramo. But they were all sad for their mother. She had been stabbed like Koby. Koby had lost a lot of blood and he was now in the ER. The receptio
