Chapter 83 TALATU'S VISIT

The next day, the phone rang by seven in the morning and cut short the dream I was having. Esther was in the dream and I was happy. I picked the call with reluctance and answered.

“Hello,” I said.

“Isaac, here boss. Good morning.”

“Good morning,” I said, making a mental note to tell him not to call me before nine in the morning again.

“We found him, boss,” he said. “We found Assistant Superintendent Dangin. He is no longer an inspector.”

I sat up in bed, my heart beating fast, and wondering how he was able to get to Lagos so fast.

Maybe he took a night bus, I thought.

“How did you find him so soon?” I asked.

“I paid a policeman three hundred thousand to find him,” Isaac said. “And he did, boss. I also know where he stays. He has a house in Ajah.”

“What? That’s close to Eric’s house.”

“Whose is Eric, boss?”

“Never mind,” I said. “So, you have the location of his house?”

“Yes, boss. But I have not gone to see it yet.”

“Okay. Go and see it and then rent a car and pick me up at the airpo