"But we have a bet written in black and white, and we haven't determined who won yet. I don't want to answer this question now. Can I give you the answer after the result comes out?"
She has self-esteem and doesn't want him to depict her as worthless.
She wants to prove her worth to him, striving to win his approval and...praise.
Like when she was a child, when her dad said her grades were poor, that she couldn't score 100 points, and called her a little dummy. Hence, she started studying hard, climbing from 25th in the class to second. She didn't do it for anything else, but to prove her intellect and to gain her father's praise.
What kind of psychology was that?
Perhaps, the desperate need for validation!
She was relatively happy in Liberia. Despite the laborious work, people needed her there, and she felt that she was not a waste, but someone needed by others!
