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.

head, momentarily

"I've been to Africa."

face, but she quickly regained her composure, her tone

you haven't been, just say so! Lying will only get you

"I'm not lying."

really?" She crossed her arms, tilting her chin up. "Then tell us, where exactly

Morocco? Or

at her steadily, my voice unwavering: "The Democratic

The air froze.

"

doubt

too much to drink," another laughed, "making

fire inside me flared even

only one there-there

Journalists, peacekeepers, aid workers...

not "normal people"

the table, speaking slowly

only have I been there, but

mineral resources, visited Ebola treatment centers, distributed relief

"I was even shot."

fell over the

staring at me

my glass, fixing my gaze on

yellowfin tuna in the Mediterranean-they prefer tropical waters. The Camino de Santiago doesn't start in Portugal; it stretches from France to Spain.

eyes, lips

isn't good. It's so easy to get

face turned

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