Tequila removed the ring on her finger and turned to Uthman. Her heart was beating fastly in her chest and she felt like she was about to cry again, but she knew that she was making the right decision for everyone.

"I want to go home," she said to him. The words felt heavy in her mouth and it felt like she should not say them out loud, but she could not help herself. In this case, it was the best thing to do.

"What?" Uthman asked. He was shocked. He could not believe what she was saying. It sounded so foreign coming out of her mouth. Uthman could quite...