He left his lies floating in the ocean. The symbol on the side of the oncoming boat meant he no longer needed to pretend to be someone else, so he took the fake passport out of his pocket, tossed it from the inflatable raft and watched it recede forever into the endless dark sea. The boat got closer, its symbol growing bigger and bigger, its promise more real. That symbol was an answered prayer.
He was, once again, Francis Ngannou, a 26-year-old aspiring boxer from ...
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