The Garden of Burning Sand
“Joseph called his office and confirmed that he was, at least ostensibly, in South Africa on the night Kuyeya was raped. Dominic, too, seemed certain that the crest on the perpetrator’s SUV had been situated to the left of the plate. The child even drew a sketch in Joseph’s notepad. In a flash of insight, Joseph drew the emblems of the popular automobile manufacturers above the plate, and the boy circled the three-pointed star of Mercedes Benz. But of this fact he had been less certain.
Joseph returned to haunt the Lusaka Golf Club in search of another silver SUV. Zoe, meanwhile, spent her days at the office, whittling down the stack of legal work that had piled up. New case files had to be reviewed and status reports delivered to Mariam; two research memos she had written for Sarge and Niza required editing; and a brief Sarge had drafted for the Zambia Supreme Court needed footnotes with citations along with substantial grammatical polish. She checked her iPhone obsessively, hopin...g for a text from Joseph.MoreLess
Joseph returned to haunt the Lusaka Golf Club in search of another silver SUV. Zoe, meanwhile, spent her days at the office, whittling down the stack of legal work that had piled up. New case files had to be reviewed and status reports delivered to Mariam; two research memos she had written for Sarge and Niza required editing; and a brief Sarge had drafted for the Zambia Supreme Court needed footnotes with citations along with substantial grammatical polish. She checked her iPhone obsessively, hopin...g for a text from Joseph.MoreLess
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