Chapter 33

• “You don’t get it, do you, Cole?” Kemi’s voice had the edge of someone who was no longer playing games. She had crossed that line long ago. “You think you can just walk away from everything, from us—your family—because of her?”
• I stayed silent, sitting on the edge of the couch, my hands clenched at my sides. Kemi’s words, like always, cut deep, but I could no longer let her have that control over me. Not like before. Not when it came to Funmi.
• But she wasn’t done.