This part was slightly too long to post in one fell swoop. The second part will be posted tomorrow night.

For the Scatterlings and Orphanages Africander Fiction Challange by ludditerobot.

For all previous parts, go here.
Continued from Part 33.

Ahhh, but that is in the future. Let us now return to the dark history of Gao and how, in the long-reaching shockwaves of what happened there before my arrival, gave Mr. Harris all the tools he needed to set his cunning trap. A trap, I might add, that irrevocably altered my future.