Chapter 15
I returned to the Goma refugee camp and remmited with Joseph’s colleagues,
Now, Doctors Without Borders had returned. He former partner, Adam, had been promoted to roordinator for the entire Goma project
The moment we saw each other, no words were spoken, but tears flowed uncontrollably.
After crying together for half an hour, I told him I had come back to search for Joseph.
He led me to the warehouse, where some of Joseph’s belongings were still ther
“We evacuated in a hurry, and many things were left unorganized,” Adam explained.
Inside a box, I found a few scattered items: a paper card, a packet of flowers, a set of keys, several medical books, a stethoscope…
These little things, so closely tied to him, transported me back to three years ag
I could almost hear his voice. “You’re here!”
I remembered walking into his dorm one afternoon, seeing him sitting on a chur, reading a book, casually twirling a pen.
Adam, too, seemed melancholy
“These things should have been dealt with long ago, but I thought maybe one day you’d return to sort them out for him, so I kept them.
I never expected that day would come
1 accepted the items solemnly
“Adam, thank you
Tm the one who came too late.”
at time.
Later, I told him I still wanted to find out the whereabouts of the children from that
He promised he would keep an eye mut, though he cautioned me not to get my hopes up after so many years.
After everything was sented. I returned to my dorm.
It was then I received a message from my colleagues.
y said Jackson had come to find me.
They s
I didn’t show up on the wedding day.
His parents were furious.
He searched everywhere for me.
When he finally asked my colleagues, he found out I had gone to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
He refused to believe it, causing a scene at the hospital and almost being taken away by the police.
Isighed, unable to make sense of it
If he had someone else he loved, then where did I st
stand in all of this?
Not wanting to make things difficult for any colleagues, I decided to video call Jackson
A soon as the call connected my breath caught in my
On the screen he looked disheveled.
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The room was dim, smoke swirling in the air.
The Door was linered with empty bottles.
“Tory??”
hit really you?”
He stared at me in disbelief, rubbing his eyes repeatedly
You really are something.”
He scoffed, barving his face in his hands.
“You actually ran off to Africa just because of a feve words from Sata?”
“Are you out of your mind
My anger flared, and for a moment. I regretted contacting him at all.
I was about to hang up when I saw the large drops of liquid falling from between his fingers.
You can’t play with your life like this?!
“How can you make me worry so much???”
Suddenly, I felt absurd
“Morry about me?
“Our relationship started with you using me to placate your parents, and 1 ave you as a substitute to ease my loneliness. There was no real affection
He shouted, cutting me off,
“To hell with real affection!
“Do you know, when I went out to find Sara that day, I couldn’t stop thinking about you! I was worried about how you’d get home after drinking so
mach!
“Your camera broke, I ran around all the camera shops in the city to find one. They all said it was too old, so I asked my friends abroad to help few over myself to get it for you!
“You disappeared without a word. They told me you went to the DRC, and I couldn’t sleep, searching online all night!”
“You made me fall in love with you, then you just left me!”
“How could you do that?!”
Has eyes were red.
The expression on his face reminded me of a stray dog at the doorstep.
“Please come back?”
He pulled out the ring I had thrown away, his voice humble.
“The wedding date can be set again. I will only marry you.
Westared at each other for a long time.”
“Dekson, you never really understood me. How can you say you love me?”
“Who is Sara, and who are you to make se act out of spite?
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“I came back because the person I love is here,”
› His pupās dilated, and in pain, he swept everything off the table.
“Who is he? Who is he, really?“.
Teldly ended the call.
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