Summary

Chapter 25

The timeline jumps forward to the action that was taking place in Part Two when Odenigbo and Olanna's wedding reception was bombed. Fearful, both Odenigbo and Olanna draw all of their money and assets out of the banks. Odenigbo tries to remain cheerful and confident, but Olanna cannot. There have been reports of soldiers kidnapping children to make them work for the war effort and this makes Olanna fearful for Baby and Ugwu. She has them guarded night and day. Baby comes down with a cold and Olanna takes her to the hospital where she's taken ahead of many others there because she speaks British English. However, she doesn't get much satisfaction from the doctor who tells her that Baby needs some antibiotics and that they don't have any. She will have to get them from the black market. Luckily...