Chapter 124 TALATU'S ENDGAME

“Someone is asking for you,” Mrs. James said, an hour after we came back from the restaurant. We came back for Esther to pack her things so we can go to the hotel. “She has two police officers with her,” Mrs. James added.

“That must be Talatu,” I said.

“What does she want?” Esther and she got up and walked out of the house.

I ran after her, holding her hand. Mr. and Mrs. James came after us. I wondered where Dorathy was, because I knew would have taken over the fight.

We found Talatu standing between the two policemen and behind them stood a police Jeep.

They came prepared, I thought. They came to arrest me. But for what?”

I looked at Talatu and saw that her eyes were bigger than they originally were. She was staring at Esther as if she had seen an alligator’s ghost.

“What’s going on Talatu?” I asked. “Why are you here?”

Talatu kept staring at Esther as if I had not spoken.

I turned to the officers.

“Sir, why are you here?” I asked.

“She said you assaulted her,” the officer