Chapter 50

• “Cole, you need to make a decision.”
• Her voice was sharp, cutting through the tension that had been building between us for days now. I looked up at Kemi, my heart pounding, my mind running in circles. Everything felt like it was unraveling, faster than I could catch up. Funmi’s face flashed in my mind, the love I thought we had built, the trust I thought we had earned. But the walls around me were closing in, and there was no way out, no escape from this mess I had created.
• “I know,” I muttered, my voice hoarse. I had been avoiding this moment, hoping it would never come. But it had, and now I had to face it head-on. “I just... I don’t know what to do anymore.”