The Ruined Bride of Velvet Nights by Brick Moving Ant

Chapter 70

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  • I resumed my work as a doctor.

  • Three years later, the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo was even worse than before.

  • The areas controlled by armed groups had expanded to an unprecedented scale.

  • There was a food crisis, cholera outbreaks, sexual violence, and an endless stream of kidnappings.

  • It felt as though this place had become a “land abandoned by God.”

  • Every day, witnessing the hellish reality around me, I couldn’t help but wonder whether, for Doctors Without Borders, their treatment was extending hope or merely prolonging suffering.

  • A few months later, Adam told me he had found five of the children from that group.

  • Among them were Ray and Mary.

  • They had successfully escaped that day.

  • They later got in touch with their relatives and were now living with family members in Kisangani.

  • This news was a breath of fresh air.

  • I rushed to meet them.

  • The moment the car arrived at the meeting point, Mary rushed out.

  • She threw herself into my arms, eyes brimming with tears.

  • “Zoey!! You finally came!”

  • She had grown much taller and had blossomed into a young woman.

  • Looking anxiously into the car, she asked,

  • “Where’s Doctor Joseph? Why didn’t he come with you?”

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  • said, “He’s

  • “…Has something

  • have experienced death are especially sensitive to vague answers.

  • my head reassuringly.

  • I’ll show you.”

  • flipped through my phone, but found I didn’t have any pictures of Joseph.

  • stored them all away in my computer when

  • home.

  • scrolled to the very end and found

  • coat, reading medical records under the warm glow of a

  • looked strikingly similar to Joseph.

  • picture, and her face lit up.

  • joy, then pulled her brother over,

  • be a doctor

  • other children chimed in,

  • to

  • to heal people!”

  • and asked the boy who

  • want to

  • on

  • want to be a journalist.”

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  • taken

  • the world to see the people

  • seen, maybe someone will reach out to

  • as I gathered them all into my

  • Joseph were still here, he would be so

  • gave my compact camera to Ray and

  • the other children.

  • cheeks flushed with

  • hardship, still hoped to lift up a bright future

  • scars.

  • like Joseph

  • hope, there is a

  • Months passed.

  • search for Joseph’s body yielded no

  • the forest

  • night, I had no idea which

  • no choice but

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