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Shittu Fowora<br />
Double Promotion<br />
One <strong>of</strong> such evenings, tired from work and bored to the bones, she called home to know how<br />
things fared. Positive feedback. She engaged a former work colleague who now oversees<br />
most <strong>of</strong> the unit she once headed –in a chat. Good feedback too.<br />
“….But Eno is now in Edinburgh.”<br />
‘Really?’<br />
“Yes Tinuke, she’d since left,” her colleague said,<br />
“ she got a study grant or so…” she finished.<br />
Somewhat taken aback, “That’s interesting.” Tinuke said,<br />
“Edinburgh is about an hour away from here.” Tinuke’s lungs stifled.<br />
Eno, her erstwhile <strong>of</strong>fice assistant at Cadbury Limited would have reached out to her, she<br />
thought. She went in to have a shower and then dinner <strong>of</strong> fried rice, egg sauce and sautéed<br />
plantain before Kpodo returned.<br />
“Eno in Edinburgh?” Something instinctive fed her concerns even more. She placed a call<br />
through to her husband. “K, love,” she said and stayed her breath awhile.<br />
“Yes Tee, hope I am not about to be arrested?” He said in mild banter.<br />
“Nope,” she said, still trying to guess what’s up. “Just make sure you get home on time,” she<br />
said. “…sure sure, I’ll be with you soonest.”<br />
Her phone app indicated a shopping mall around Victoria Street in Edinburgh. Without Eno in<br />
the picture, she wouldn’t have been this uptight about Kpodo’s whereabouts.<br />
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