After the Last Tear: Rising from the Ashes of a Broken Marriage By Cassila K

Chapter 29

Chapter 29

Someone immediately burst into laughter.

"Does she look like the type?

"Come on, Africa? She probably rarely even leaves her province!"

Even Jackson smirked faintly, shaking his head in disdain.

Sara squinted her eyes, a triumphant smile spreading across her face.

"Exactly, I asked the wrong person!

"I should've asked her which local market sells the cheapest vegetables or which brand of toilet cleaner works best!"

The table erupted in laughter again.

She, smug as ever, turned away and launched into another topic.

I slowly clenched my fists.

Something inside me was burning.

I thought, I must be drunk.

Otherwise, why would such a childish provocation anger me?

"I've been there."

My voice was calm but firm, cutting through the noise at the table.

The laughter stopped abruptly.

turned her head, momentarily stunned, before

"I've been to Africa."

her face, but she quickly regained her composure, her tone dripping with

need to be so pretentious. If you haven't been, just say so! Lying will only get you into

"I'm not lying."

arms, tilting her chin up. "Then

Or perhaps

stared at her steadily, my voice unwavering: "The Democratic Republic

The air froze.

"

hesitantly, doubt thick

much to drink," another laughed, "making up stuff

fire inside me flared

the only one there-there were

Journalists, peacekeepers, aid workers...

they not "normal

swept my gaze across the

been there, but I lived there

mineral resources, visited Ebola treatment centers,

"I was even shot."

fell over

widened, staring

wine in my glass, fixing my gaze

de Santiago doesn't start in Portugal; it stretches from France to Spain. And as for Uluru,

narrowed my eyes, lips curling

isn't good. It's so easy

turned

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