'What am I going to do now?' Chuka wondered as he tapped his hand on the steering wheel and drove out of the estate. He connected his phone to the car's Bluetooth device before dialing Pete's number. It rang for some time and disconnected when Eric failed to take his call. Was he still at the hospital with his parents? Chuka wondered as he dialed the number again. When Eric still didn't take his call he decided to call Wumi instead. Maybe she could reach their mother and pass the information to Eric herself. He scrolled through his phone for Wumi's number which he had saved as 'gumdrop' and dialed her number.
"If you're calling because something you bought is missing, I didn't take it," Wumi said defensively before Chuka could say a word, but be was too worried to find the humor in her words.
"That's not why I'm calling. I've been trying to reach Eric, but he isn't taking his call," Chuka said with a note of urgency in his voice which Wumi didn't miss.
