The Ruined Bride of Velvet Nights by Brick Moving Ant

Chapter 58

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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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  • her face, but she quickly

  • so pretentious. If you haven’t been, just say so! Lying will only get

  • trouble.”

  • “I’m not lying.”

  • her arms, tilting her chin up. “Then

  • Or perhaps South

  • voice unwavering: “The Democratic Republic

  • The air froze.

  • repeated hesitantly, doubt thick

  • to drink,” another laughed, “making up stuff

  • inside me

  • only one there–there were many

  • peacekeepers, aid

  • not “normal

  • gaze across the table, speaking slowly

  • only have I been there, but I lived there

  • witnessed wars fought over mineral resources, visited Ebola treatment

  • even

  • fell over the

  • staring at me in disbelief.

  • 09:22

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

  • “One more thing.

  • Mediterranean–they prefer tropical waters. The Camino de Santiago doesn’t start in Portugal; it stretches from France to Spain. And

  • banned since

  • curling into a

  • good. It’s so easy to get caught.”

  • turned

  • and uncertain glances, their gazes

  • her feet, her voice rising in

  • just a parentless nobody–how could she have been

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