this woman out. Kelechi’s voice cut through the room. —Nobody will touch her. Then Daniel stepped forward, holding Folake’s phone in his hand. —Daddy, I recorded everything. And there is something else in Mummy’s messages.
Part 3
Kelechi took the phone with a silence that frightened even Folake. The messages were not only cruel. They were evidence. Folake had been instructing her cousin’s agency to deduct most of Nneka’s pay, delay her transport allowance, and threaten her anytime she complained. One message made the entire kitchen feel airless: “Keep her
