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“Lucky for us, we’ve brought the cavalry”

CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE

A snake can shed its skin but it still remains a snake

– AFRICAN PROVERB –

The village was much smaller than Makao had anticipated, but he hoped they’d be able to use that to their advantage and quickly find the girl’s uncle The sooner they found hios into his scheme

“How do you know theboy sleeping in the backseat

“Never ot out that I took in homeless boys”

“Out of the goodness of your heart They forget tothem into street thieves?”

“They’d starve to death if not for me”

More like Kaht, ignoring the stares of the people as he drove past One problee this small was that everyone knew everyone He and Kaood reason e’re searching for this guy”

“Trying to bring Jonathon Atiku’s nephew home”

“Niece”

Ka boy “What about him?”

“What do I care? Take him back with you e’re done We need to find Atiku’s farive them our ultimatum When they bite, we move in”

It didn’t take long to drive the length of the village There was one dirt road through the center, and there were a nue Most of those that still stood were ated tin roofs, others with thatched “Wake him,” Makao said