"Suzie!" shouted Babida as he woke up from a nightmare.
The tragedy of last night resurfaced and he remembered that he left the young maiden on the balcony of the administrative headquarters alone with the late Governor's aide-de-camp Polo and the dead body of uncle Bibi.
He looked through the window and the day had completely risen. So he quickly rushed to the bathroom and geared up.
Done, he wasted no more time, grabbed his axe and walked away. The logger went straight to the balcony and it was empty. The young Miss had departed from there.
He turned to the imperial sentinel that was supervising the corridor and asked him the whereabouts of the young maiden, to which he replied that she had finally left the balcony just right after dawn accompanied by Polo and a squad of his comrades.
The imperial sentinel added that he heard the late Governor's henchman suggesting to the young maiden Suzie that they travel to Ekule and organize a farewell funeral for the late uncle.
