Chapter 80

• "Why, Cole? Why didn’t you trust me? Why didn’t you tell me the truth?"
• Her voice cracked like glass, each word slicing through me. I was standing in the parking lot, under the dull light of a streetlamp, staring at Funmi as she stood a few feet away, her arms crossed tightly over her chest. She looked so small, so fragile in the night air. It was almost impossible to believe that this was the same woman who had once filled my life with warmth and laughter.
• I felt like a stranger to her now. Like a man whose love, promises, and mistakes were too much for her to carry anymore.