Mafia Lord's Obsession

ie'

left foot against the kitchen islan

ghts were more focused on the bad omen of hitting my left foot and gett

curse on my lips and limped into the living ro

e called as she ran down

h my most blinding smile as I dropped to a squat

she rubbed her stomach with a

hurts" She grumbled as a slight

y baby and with a sigh I reached for a bottl

nt you to eat it at lunchtime," I said to her as I planted a k

aine is very hungry," Charmaine sighed

d her ear and gently pushed the ope

" I knelt on the floor and wrapped my arms around her middle, "Mummy promises to get

itement as she handed the half-e

?' She asked w

as I hooked my little finger

te so I grabbed the house keys from the chair, picke

sweetie,

*

ed me as Charmaine and I got off the school b

ne's daycare teacher, with the brightest smil

eeted me with a sour look on her fac

r playfully run towards her class w

ltogether and Mrs Taylor would cut me some slack but as I sta

tinue. We pride ourselves on never turning students awa

hesitate to turn her away if you do not pay up," Mrs Taylo

and took a deep breath before

I will be able to pay it. Look, I even have an interview today." I

ou have had more than enough! You might be going through rough times a

the month or she'll no longer have a place here," Mrs Taylor sn

my head up, hoping for some kind of help or interventio

stop, so I could catch the next bus and meet

*

the list of interviewees who didn't make the

CANDACE KAZIMIR was the

e position but the rational part of me picked up my bag from the chair I had been seated in mere minutes ago, an

morning, I should have known

ext, that I was sure was either fro

r texts of 'HOW ARE YOU?" With a detailed description of

ir help or just swallowed my pr

would actually sacrifice everything to help me and the lord kn

*

card back in my purse and accepted the plate

in a false mimicry of w

aine and I had to our names. After this pi

ripper or a sex worker

n a group of boys ran past me with a woman's purse and

rest of the boys, ran past me, stepping on the pie and squash

h me as they continued to w

anger as I swung my bag ac

em as I caught up to the supposed ring leader an

boys stopped in fear and anger, unsure what to do as they looked f

my jaw," He wailed as he point

nd several people whipped out th

a while since

one of them, dislocating his shoulder in the same m

es, moving joints in blind anger as the

sed, I wiped the blood off my fists with the

" I hisse

earfully returned the purse to the woman they

the wallets in my ba

man in the audience pu

through me but I ignored him and continued my j

lips as I dreamt of fulfillin

*

elly and my daughter tucked in bed, I went

ting system showed signs of almost cutting off,

ame, sat at the kitchen counter, and sipped some water

a luxury, I c

id this," I muttered in irritation as

and gas

orking today," I bit my fingers as I added the e

just have to use the free wi

my divorce," I sighed in i

o be magazine advertisements

t and head to bed when a fancy red and black envel

cked it up, stared at it fo

a fancy red and black l

was multi-lingual so my confusion didn'

,

confusion was what th

a la guild d

n to the Assa