Chapter 81

• "Do you trust me, Funmi?" The words slipped out before I could think better of them, but they hung in the air between us, heavy and suffocating.
• Funmi looked up at me, her eyes narrowed, the tension in her jaw only adding to the hard line of her lips. Her body was stiff, as if bracing for something she wasn’t sure she wanted to face.
• "You ask that now?" she shot back, her voice rough with exhaustion and frustration. "After everything? After you kept all the secrets from me? You want to know if I trust you?"