"I don't need your lecture," she said plainly. "I had my reasons."
Karen frowned. "What reasons? Because you felt something was off? That's not enough to risk the whole group!"
Nnenna didn't answer right away. She looked around at the others, John, Abuchi, Ekene. None of them said a word. They didn't need to. Their silence spoke volumes. They trusted her.
"I've made mistakes before," Nnenna said softly. "But this wasn't one of them. You don't have to understand it. Just know I would rather be cautious than captured."
The air in the truck was thick for a moment, tension riding the silence.
Karen wasn't ready to drop it.
She looked around, searching for support, someone to back her up. But everyone else stayed silent. Even John, who usually had something to say, kept his gaze fixed outside the moving truck.
Karen scoffed and crossed her arms. "So we're all just going to pretend like that long detour made sense?"
