THE WOMAN IN THE PHOTO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD.

asked brokenly. “Why would you keep her from me?”

Tears slid silently down Safa’s face.

“Because your father said if I ever came back…” her voice cracked violently, “…he would make sure neither of us survived.”

Kojo’s blood turned to ice.

Then suddenly—

two men in dark suits appeared outside the hospital room.

Watching.

Not nurses.

Not doctors.

Watching.

Safa continue reading …