8 CHAPTER 7

Cynthia kept her eyes on the road ahead of her, pointing her fingers as soon as Sandra was close to the spot where Ireti lay. Sandra parked her car beside the curb, looked at her wristwatch – 12:45am, turned off the engine and got out of the car. Cynthia was out the door in a flash, already walking into the bush, looking for Ireti. She didn't think it would take her more than a minute, but she was having a hard time remembering where her Madam was. The night was still dark after all. So she began to panic as time seeped by before Sandra called out a few feet to the right.

"Cynthia! Cynthia. Is this your Madam?" Sandra called out after she had tripped over something that felt too wide for a fallen tree branch. She looked under her foot and gasped at the sight of the nearly life-less body.

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