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.

her head, momentarily stunned,

"I've been to Africa."

of surprise flashed across her face, but she quickly regained

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

"I'm not lying."

crossed her arms, tilting her chin

Or perhaps

steadily, my voice unwavering: "The Democratic Republic

The air froze.

"

hesitantly, doubt thick

much to drink," another laughed, "making up

fire inside me flared even

only one there-there were many

Journalists, peacekeepers, aid workers...

not "normal

my gaze across the

but I lived there

over mineral resources, visited Ebola treatment centers, distributed relief supplies with UN

"I was even shot."

over

staring

my gaze on Sara as my tone turned icy: "One

tropical waters. The Camino de Santiago doesn't start in Portugal; it stretches from France to Spain. And as for Uluru, climbing has been

lips

It's so

face turned ghostly

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