Zoo City

Zinzi and Benoît head to Odi’s neighborhood, where Benoît, clothed in his security guard uniform, convinces the guard that he’s early for the shift change. Once the current guard leaves, Benôit opens the gate and lets Zinzi’s Capri through. They have a limited time to act before the actual shift change shows up.

At Odi’s house, Benôit and Zinzi sneak up behind James. Benôit knocks him out, and they see that James was gathering equipment: a surgical saw, three hacksaws, an axe, and a pair of pliers. On the patio, they find a heavily drugged and bloody Carmen, who is stabbing herself with a knife at Mark’s command. Mark reveals that Carmen was supposed to become an animalled superstar, in the vein of the disgraced Slinger, but Zinzi made her suspicious of Odi and ruined their relationship. Mark notes that the knife Carmen is using leaves very distinct wounds; he says that the victims at Mrs. Luthuli’s were stabbed to death before they were burned.

Zinzi asks if the burned bodies were Song and S’bu, and Mark confirms that they were not, although the victims were street kids who resembled the twins, and he thinks the police will assume that Song and S’bu died in the fire.