“Said what now?”

“I said I got the meaning to the codes.”

“You did?”

“I mean, I got someone to do it for me, but technically I got it.”

“And?”

“The main part of the code, which is common to all four notes is ‘he listens’.”

James huffed. “He listens. What in the world is that supposed to mean?”

Motun shrugged. “Beats me. Lest I forget, I need to find out something from Clara Adichie. But first, I should put a call through to Dr Malik.”

“What is that?”

“If I am going to investigate Ernest Ezerika, he has to be linked in a way to Stella Coker and Ibrahim...