Chapter 96 THE SPELL

Talatu’s call came the next day, about noontime.

I didn’t want to pick the call but I was curious with what she might have come up with. She never ceases to amaze me, and I was wondering what she would come up with today.

“Paul, how is she doing?” she asked, as soon as I picked the call.

“How is who doing?”

“Your white girlfriend,” Talatu said. “How is she doing? Is she getting better?”

My heart began to beat faster. Who told her Esther was in the hospital?

“She is fine,” I said.

There was no need to hide it anymore.

“She is fine? I don’t think so. From what I have gathered, she is going to die.”

“She is not going to die,” I said. “Your evil desires will not be come to be. She is not going to die; as a matter of fact, she is getting the best medical attention the country can provide.”

She laughed. “That’s your problem. You think your money can get you whatever you want and whenever you want it. Well, this would not be the case. She is going to die and your money cannot save her.”

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