“Who is this woman?”
But Agu did not hear them.
“Do you have family?” he asked, his voice shaking.
Sarah hesitated.
“I had a son many years ago. I named him Agu after his father died. But there was an accident. A car hit us while I was holding him. I went into a coma. When I woke up… they told me… they told me he died.”
Agu felt the world pause.
“Where was this?” he asked, heart racing.
“All Saints Hospital,” she said. “In Nsukka. I was young then. He was barely a year old. They said they took him to an orphanage.”
Agu’s knees went weak.
“All Saints Orphanage?”
Sarah stared at him now, her eyes wide, confused.
“What did you say?”
“I was raised in All Saints Orphanage. My name was Agu. They told me my mother died in a car accident.”
The air between them thickened.
The crowd fell silent.
Sarah dropped her bag.
Her legs buckled.
“Your name… Agu?”
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