CHAPTER 9 — THE FINAL SHADOW
Years later, a call came from a hospital.
“Mrs. Kayode… Zola Ramos is asking for you.”
Abeni arrived to find Zola frail, gray, fading.
Cancer.
Terminal.
Zola whispered:
“I wanted… to thank you. Even when I didn’t deserve it.”
“For what?”
“For showing me what a real woman is.”
Abeni sat quietly.
Zola handed her a letter.
“For you. When I’m gone.”
Abeni remained until Omari arrived.
Then she slipped out, leaving mother and son alone.
Zola died a week later.
