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I stood there thinking about all the things he could do to me had I been his. It was only until I heard Paul’s voice that I was drawn back into the sad and depressing reality known as my life. “What extraordinary delicacy did my wife prepare for me today?”, Paul asked. All the happiness I felt a second ago departed me as I heard him say those words. As unwilling as I was, I moved my eyes from the sight of Jay working out shirtless to look at this old, unattractive and apathetic man who happened to be my husband.

As I followed him to the kitchen, I asked myself, “ How did I end up like this?”. I dished up for both of us and we sat around the dinning table. As we were eating, Paul started talking about how the country’s economy is crashing and everything involving politics. Then is hit me. My life flashed before my eyes and I started to recall how I ended up here.

It all started when I was very young. I grew up in the care of my grandfather and had never met my mom. I was told she was dead but deep inside, I had always wished for that to be a lie. Paul is a very well known and respected politician in the community where I grew up so he would often visit to campaign whenever the local elections were approaching. That is how he got to know my grandfather. My grandfather had a great interest in politics and was even a greater supporter of Paul. One day during his campaign, he decided to give out food parcels to the community and I grandfather and I were amongst the people lucky enough to receive food parcels from Paul himself. After that encounter, Paul’s visit to my household became very often. I would ask my grandfather why he would come without any food parcels and all he would say to me was, “I am securing your future”. Whenever Paul would visit, he would say to me “ How are you my tiny wife?” and I would innocently reply “ I am fine”. What did I know at the time? I was 10 years old for GOD sake.

Two months after I had completed my secondary school, my grandfather sat me down and asked me what I would want to do with my life. “ I want to go to school and further my education”, I said. “ I don’t have money to take you to school but I have managed to find you a job, perhaps you can save from there and take yourself to school” he replied. I was so happy because this meant that not all hope was lost and I was even happier when l learnt that my employer would be Paul. “He is a rich man, I bet he will pay me well", I thought to myself. My grandfather assured me that I would be trained on the job so I didn’t need to worry about not having any office skills.