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  • 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.

  • Sara turned her head, momentarily stunned, before sneering, “What?”

  • “I’ve been to Africa.”

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

  • be so pretentious. If you haven’t been, just

  • trouble.”

  • “I’m not lying.”

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

  • perhaps South

  • steadily, my voice unwavering: “The Democratic Republic of

  • The air froze.

  • repeated hesitantly, doubt thick in

  • drink,” another

  • fire inside me

  • one

  • aid workers…

  • they not “normal

  • swept my gaze across the

  • have I been there, but I lived there for an

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

  • even

  • over the table.

  • eyes widened, staring at me

  • 09:22

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  • wine in my glass, fixing my gaze on Sara as my tone turned

  • “One more thing.

  • are no yellowfin tuna in the Mediterranean–they prefer tropical waters. The Camino de Santiago doesn’t start in Portugal; it stretches

  • since 2019.”

  • narrowed my eyes, lips curling

  • good. It’s so easy to get

  • face turned

  • uncertain glances, their gazes darting between us.

  • her voice rising

  • could she have been

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