The African Diamond Trilogy Box Set by Christopher Lowery

Author:Christopher Lowery [Lowery, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781909273153
Publisher: Urbane Publications Limited
Published: 2019-05-30T22:00:00+00:00

“I think we can rule out the servants. They wouldn’t even have known if Mutesi had survived and had her baby. They had their own problems, poor souls.”

“Agreed, Jenny. And it’s stretching things to imagine that Marianne could be involved in this plot. So we rule her out also. Which leaves us with only two suspects. Constance and Forrester, both doctors, both aware of Mutesi’s death and Leo’s birth.

“Emma,” he went on. “You’ve told us a lot about Tony, but do you know much about Dr Constance?”

“Only what I was told by Tony. Dr Constance never told me anything about himself but I could see that he considered maternity work beneath him. He was a rather supercilious person, quite aloof when he wasn’t working. Apparently he’s a reconstructive surgeon and that’s why he went down there. To help the victims who had been hacked to pieces but had somehow survived.”

“You mean a kind of plastic surgeon?”

“A very advanced kind. There were thousands of innocent victims who were left dreadfully disfigured and he wanted to help them to lead a normal life again. Tony was quite cynical about him. He thought he was looking for personal fame and celebrity status. You know, ‘ French Doctor Helps Genocide Victims Find a New Face and a New Life.’ It would have furthered his chance of becoming a top plastic surgeon in Paris or London.”

“So why was he working at the maternity clinic?”

“Because there were no other hospital facilities of any kind open. The whole national infrastructure was in a complete shambles. There was a hospital operating in Kigali, but it was closed to the public. Hutu government officials and those who had some kind of authority were admitted but only for very basic treatment, so it was really a private clinic where normal citizens couldn’t go. There was literally no hospital in Rwanda where any kind of advanced surgery could be performed. That’s why there are so many thousands of survivors with terrible disfigurements and scars, still today.”

“So he ended up helping rape victims give birth to their illegitimate children?”

“And he did a wonderful job,” Emma said defensively. “He managed to run that shed that we called a clinic in the most awful circumstances and he helped to save many lives. I don’t know what he did before or since, but I will always remember his dedication to the people of Rwanda.”

“The fact remains that it’s highly probable that Constance asked Forrester about Leo after you disappeared and he learned the circumstances of his UK passport, so I conclude that we have two people of similar background with similar knowledge of what happened in Rwanda.”

“But how could they have learned about our trip to South Africa? We’ve been out of touch for fifteen years.”

“I think that information was easier to come across than Leo’s parenthood.”

“Maybe, but how do we find either of them? So many years have passed since we knew where they were.” Emma was beginning to think that all this deduction was leading nowhere.

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