Chapter 15 is powerful because there is an abundance of suspension. There is suspension because the question "what are Sade and Femi going to do?" is always in the audience's mind, through the uneasiness Sade and Femi were feeling. For example, there were numerous thoughts that represented Sade's fear and not knowing what she could possibly do, she knew that she and Femi "couldn't keep silent forever" (Naidoo 83) and the question "what could they say that was safe" pondered across Sade's mind. This was useful to create suspension because, since they were in a very tight situation, not knowing whether they could trust Iyawo-Jenny, it was worded in a way that made it suggest that Sade was feeling helpless. This is because in the paragraph the last few quotes were in, included that they were pressed to talk but they didn't know what to say.
Sade was reluctant to respond to the questions that the Social Worker asked because she did not want to give away any information that will lead to there father's imprisonment or death. This fact is evident in Chapter 15 as Beverley Naidoo stated that Sade was thinking about "if the police in England sent the information to the police in Nigeria" (Naidoo 82).
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