returned nonetheless. In fact, if not for the boy's father who, at that moment, was climbing down a tree where he had gone to tap fresh palm wine, and who had actually seen the boy appear on the ground beside his tools, nobody would have believed the tale. Some people still do not believe the tale. They think Baba Dotun made it up to make his son into some sort of modern day marvel, which interestingly, he has become. But, he and Dotun know the truth. He has vowed never to let his son return to Lagos to work for anyone again.
Mrs. Phillips now lives with her elder daughter, and whenever she is asked about the only houseboy she ever had, she tells people that he ran away. The person who brought Dotun to work for her reported seeing the boy in Isare-Remo, working with his father, happy and content as can be. Nobody knows what happened to the basket of food Dotun was carrying that day.
And if you visit any market in Lagos, and you see a man with a pink-tutu-wearing baboon called Koko, you'll know that the man beside him, performing magic tricks is Bade. He is still making people and things disappear.
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About the Author
Sharon Abimbola Salu was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria where she lived until she relocated to the United States of America. Her stories are mostly set in Nigeria, and she writes the kind of stories she would like to read. She has written several short stories, flash fiction stories and novellas, including an on-going detective series called The Aso-Ebi Chronicles. A professed lover of spicy foods, she loves experimenting with new recipes, to the dismay of non-spicy food lovers. Apart from writing, photography is her other hobby.
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