Let Me Go, Domineering Presidents

ll sound asleep when I felt

oo him away by flapping my hand in his genera

put, and this time, he eve

someday. I sat up in frustration, ready to

me sullenly, and as for the kick I felt

hat I slept in his li

comfortable rug spread out in his livin

quickly flashed Benjamin my signatu

ile as he gave me his signature unre

d sweat ran

min actually had a rather tacky n

n's mother call him "Bonaventure,"

was, for lack of a better description, as en

had given me an earful for messi

ce, I named the str

d boss the cat a

e! Come lic

drink the water I

How empowering!

hat one day, this secret wou

I was the one

e myself by lying, "I wa

"So, you were asking me to

er to learn to serve you better, I went out of my way to adopt a cat and named him after you. I see the cat as

the distance between us. He was a good head taller than me, and this was the first time th

about his eyes that reminded me of the deep sea

was tantamount to assault, I heard him say at last, "Ju

before adding, "If you intend to continue

n't care less if you hate me, because frank

is place up be

and brushed past me toward h

gry; I could com

say he didn't lik

d he not

bordinate, the stuff of legends! One could not sp

ike toward me, no matter the extent of it, then

that my boss did not like me all that mu

that I slept on last night. I did not let even a speck of

up his bedroom

massive bathroom, his room was

he bedsheets looked brand new without a single wrinkle in sight. Ev

th Benjamin n

ition was to make myse

ows smoothed out to indicate that he was pleased with my work

do you think I can take the rest of the day off? I stay

nod. "I'll just dock your wages a

ou, Benjamin

med to have a personal vendetta against me toda

ficient supporting data. As a result, I amended the materials and added in a

chool, because he clearly had no idea that nothing co

at was both detailed and

dozen times before he finally nodded and pointed at the first set of mater

a bas

ally dragged my tired body and roug

and zooming around the house maniacally, like he was making a point t

as I stared at t

one would think I was actu

should have got

and combed his fur, and it was only then that Bonaventure s

iredly, "Why don't you cheer me up

and proceeded to lick

my toes up to the cat's snout, then said, "C

ust as I was getting my hopes up, t

aventure did not like

when I picked him up from

feet and lick my toes l

ving he had been

om Benjamin, it had been a long time since I treated Bonave

lained why he was

Bonaventure into my arms. I realized that

rate slave now, I would never be able to re

move and become

through to the end, I stayed

nd in name only, what could I do to help

ing ways would only drive Closetta further away from him. She might

etta, which was that: "A young woman born with a silver spoon in her mouth would

's 'true love' in order to get Closetta's attention, then have Benjamin treat me far better than he's ever treated

displaced" by Closetta, and she and Benjamin

n only had to pay me

the same amount he would have to pay to

nt, I could help him win Cl

I was prepared to offer

t with myself, I did not particu

if he deserv

my dark and jealous si

I closed my laptop and went to

get his true love back, and I would

ef of saving the trump card for last

sidered the possi

ventured, n

give myself

esume my life as a corporate slave. However, if the plan worked

shackles that bound us to a proleta