A world of our own

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bed, wake up lazy brat” I could hear my mom cursing and shouting at

m awak

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you, my mates are driving around town with cars bought by their children but mine is here doing nothing, all you know how to do best is sleep, chase potentia

make breakfast for everyone? No

r your problems … if only you had listened to me and married Jack we wouldn't have been suffering like this, we could

eprived me of all the good t

ng out of my mother's mouth, I mean I am used

dren who dropped out of the university in my 4 years. I hoped to acq

rted earning by doing part-time jobs to cater for my needs and that of my siblings Divina and Divine but things gradually turn from bad to worst… my parents have never treated me with love but they shower my siblings with

cations is not possible as I studied mathematics, but I still have hopes, I do 3 part-time jobs which sustain myself and the family according to my parents I was the jinx of the family, but all this d

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or they do not see me like their big sister they treat me more like their maid, but I have neve

s care for them, but at some point

to a breadwinner so he can save them from poverty, I work in three dif

day with very little or nothing left” Jackson came last two months ago

marry a man who feels money can buy happiness, no one asked for my opinion, my marriage was an ope

comfortable doing especially the aspect of wearing

long as mom discovered what I was doing and she made me promise to give her all of my salaries which I could only agre

et married to that pervert who thinks money can buy everything the last thing I wanted at tha

east I should be patient enough to

n the future. for the first time in my life I stood up for myself I rejected jack openly in front of everyone and since then mom and dad have not had it likely with me they fin

e happening

t out

witchcraft in the world can save me today from my boss, as I am bound to be ve

any other bad habit. The only

ke out their discontent by making me work even when i

could hear my mother pr

around to be praised so much"...That'

y girl you need to make him give you more money o

, as I listen to my mother's unGodly advice

sends her child to g

so small to be thinking about men, she is still a college stude

storm into the kitchen with the speed of ligh

, to go after men for money? How could you? Don't tell me you're not aware of the things she doe

th him she se

mom and Divna both burst into laughter, laughing like total lunatic

to ask because I could not place m

ire life in this abject poverty you have decided to subject us to? Oh

it did not make any sense to me for I provide her needs. I

any help to me? if you must know I only collect you

e brief you on it. Mom wants to render

never even for once believed in me. I thought I could change their way of thinking towards me b

h are you worth? not even a cent and

t of those jobless jobs you keep doing. Arielle wakes up and stops daydreaming. I know you feel bad but I feel more horrible

o to work late. I don't think you want to be fired again, right? Ummm lo

hool early so breakfast should be ready when she comes downstairs and before

ealth. I can't afford it if anything bad happens to them. Now get to work

ely, breakfast was served, I hurriedly left for work, my heartbeat increased at an alarmin

odfre

I think I have taken more than enough Grace remember to tell her not to come to my office when she arrives, she can just

to work. Who knows she might be married to young girls nowadays can't be trusted. She is

'' ok then let her

lle

ust scared because I'm not ready to lose another job now. Where will I start from? How will I go about the bills this month? I

n,” I asked as I

u may, A

ion to be late. I am sorry. I will try my best to

xt job and avoid being late all the time, Arielle you are a good girl, and firing you does not make me happy but I have to for am after the growth of

goodbye. I laugh at my face as I leave the coffee shop. What a fun way to live. I am too exhausted

t to my greatest surprise Divna is still at home

l daughter is back, can't

side” but Divna it will soon rai

mom says something I have been paying for the bills all this while and not for ones have I ever ask for something in return and my sister pays for the first time and I am been asked to s

o follow her orders you should be grateful she is not throwi

the night in the rain, I don't know how I manage to survive through all that cold but I did not forget the fact am suffering from a high fever now, all I want now is to cover me