A Dancer's Guide to Africa by Terez Mertes Rose

Author:Terez Mertes Rose [Rose, Terez Mertes]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Classical Girl Press
Published: 2018-10-01T16:00:00+00:00

Preparing myself late Saturday afternoon, I recited everything I had going for myself. I loved the mission and my snug home. I’d made friends. Teaching was going well. In short, life was as good as it had been since I’d arrived in Gabon, sixteen months prior.

I had no intention of continuing an affair with Christophe. I’d bawled the afternoon he’d driven William and me to the airport, as we said our goodbyes. He’d gently steered me to a quieter spot. “Baby,” he’d said, with a note of confusion in his voice, “it doesn’t have to be this way. I’m just a phone call away. I travel to Oyem regularly and I can easily meet you in Bitam.”

But I hadn’t wanted that either. Not after the way he’d talked about Mireille, how her father was a provincial governor and how her brother was counselor to the Minister of Education. “Their connections are going to be invaluable to us,” he’d said, and the painful reality hit me. This was no fly-by-night relationship. I could hear it in his voice. Much like I’d foreseen Alison’s plan to marry, I could tell Christophe was planning on a future with this woman. I had my own life to live.

And I’d found it, on my own. But the thought of his return made it all seem as stable as a house of cards.

Hold strong, Fi. Just hold strong.

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