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It all began with a conversation between Alice and her two close friends, Deborah and Eunice.The Influence – an African story of friendship and betrayal started as a harmless discussion that would soon shape the rest of Alice’s life. Alice boldly declared, “I want to join the convent and live a religious life.”Her friends laughed off the idea. Deborah mocked her, while Eunice tried to reason with her. They convinced Alice that living a celibate life wasn’t practical. That night, Alice changed her mind. She told her parents she would marry someday instead of becoming a nun. Her mother supported her choice, unaware of how that single decision would alter her daughter’s destiny forever. The Change of Mind Alice tried to comfort herself with the thought that marriage was what everyone expected. As an only child, she believed giving her parents grandchildren would make them proud. But the seed of…...