Chapter 46

• "Why are you doing this?" Funmi's voice trembled, and I could see the hurt in her eyes, the betrayal of seeing me caught between two impossible worlds. "You have to choose, Cole. You can't keep living in this limbo."
• I stood there, frozen, the weight of the decision pressing down on me like a heavy stone. On one side, there was my family—my flesh and blood. The people who had shaped my life, who had always been there for me. On the other side, there was Funmi—the woman I was falling for, the woman I couldn't imagine living without. And somehow, in this moment, I had to choose between them. There was no middle ground. No easy way out.
• "I don't know how," I admitted, my voice raw. "I don't know what the right choice is."