“I know, I know, and that was why I collected her details, but you see, we can’t just declare an adult missing if it is not up to twenty-four hours yet. For all you know, she might be somewhere. Maybe she decided to take some time off, and she would be home in no time,” said the police, who took their statement at the counter.

Tomiwa and Aidan had met Simon there. Henrietta had to stay with the kids, but she had called twice since Tomiwa got to the police station to know the status of the situation. A situation that the police seemed not to think was enough to...