Chapter 54

• “You think you’ve won, don’t you?” The words slipped out before I could stop them, and as soon as I said them, I regretted it. But it was too late. The anger I’d been trying to suppress, the frustration that had been eating at me for days, had finally come pouring out.
• Kemi, standing across from me, didn’t flinch. If anything, she smirked, her expression a mixture of defiance and something darker. “Won?” she repeated, almost amused. “You think this is a game, Cole?”
• I leaned forward, my hands pressing against the cool surface of the table, my fists clenched so tightly my knuckles were white. “This is far from a game,” I said, my voice low but steady. “This is my life. This is Funmi’s life. You don’t get to tear everything apart and walk away like nothing happened.”