Waking up knowing my life would still be the same nothing different just regular me, i lay in bed thinking of what next to do, i wish I could just lay in bed forever the fear of facing what awaited me made me wallow in frustration.
Now i find myself day dreaming again how i wish I could be born with privileges, life without worries,servants at my beck and call , spend my day shopping and being lazy but all were just made up reality. I gazed to the old roof top still lost in thought then all of a sudden i hear a voice call out to me bringing me back to reality
"Zita" the voice called out i tried to ignore the yelling noise but it didn't stop "zita! Zita! Its day break get out of bed now . The voice kept calling i draged myself out of the old ragged bed as it made rusty noises as i stood up .
I finally responded to the call just so the yelling could stop " alright ma i am coming can't i just rest abit its still very early for the neighborhood to start hearing my name like they always do .
I walked over to the sitting room where my mom sat folding some clothes. " why do you always make me shout your name so early you know we have to get to work very early this morning " my mom roared at me " yeah I know i was already up but just saying a quick prayer i lied".
I left her presence to go shower and get ready for work. Ohh don't be fooled when I say work it's nothing to be proud off my mom washes clothes and cleans house for people and i just finished secondary school with no plans or support of going into the university, I have no choice but to help her out to reduce the stress . My dad was late and its just me and my mom now, i lost my older brother years ago to a deadly disease
It's just me and my mom against the world now.
I got myself prepared for the so called job but i wanted more i wanted to be special i mean rich with no worries I didn't want to end up like my mom but people like me have no opportunities the poor keeps getting poorer and the rich keeps getting richer thats the sick true of life . I walked out the room with my mom by my side as we walked outside the compound together greeting the neighbors as we walked pass when suddenly we got stopped by a voice, the strong loud masculine voice of our landlord saying "mama zee hope you know you have till the end of this month to move out of my house " i turned in disgrace to hear what he had to say while watching my mom respond "sir you know how things are , i can't possibly get a new place before the end of month please give me a longer time please sir" my mom said almost in tears . I hated to see my mom in such position everytime and there was nothing a 16 year old like me could do , i had to speak up for my mom because she was almost in tears and words could barely come out of her mouth " sir you don't have to embarrass us infront of our neighbors its not like we owe you but you always find a way to pick on my family " i took my mom by the hands and walked out of the compound not caring about what my landlord had to say about my outburst. I comforted my mom and gave her a reassurance all would get better
We got to the house to be cleaned for the day and we were already late due to the little confrontation with my landlord and traffic. We were ushered inside were we met the lady of the house she was already looking pissed , we both greeted her and my mom tried to apologize for the coming late but mrs flair didn't care about her explanation and asked my mom to go with her to the kitchen , I kept praying she didn't get fired she already had enough on her table. As i stood there in the sitting room waiting on my mom i heard a footstep descending the stairs it was a male figure I looked back and i saw this tall muscular looking human he was so handsome I couldn't help but stare, different thought came to mind it was like i met a demigod and he already figured out i was staring I quickly diverted my eyes to d ground to reduce my hunger for this talk glass of wine . He noticed my embarrassment and spoke up" you don't need to look away dear but who are you and what are you doing in my sitting room " I struggle abit but I spoke up I introduced myself as the cleaner's daughter and i was here to clean the house , he smiled and walked over to d couch to sit , my mom and lady flair walked out of the kitchen I tried to study my moms face to see if anything had happened but her face was norm I could barely read it she called me to her side and instructed me on what parts of the house i would be taking care of, i looked over at mr handsome and caught he taking a glance at me and he smiled i was shy but i quickly walked to my work station where i bumped into two other talk glasses of wine. Whats really going on why is everyone so handsome i greeted them immediately and walked pass I found out they were all mrs flair sons mich, moe,and mike they were all so handsome this job was going to be hard having this guys around how would i concentrate
I was washing the dishes in the kitchen when my mom walked in she said she had something to tell me i got scared did we loose this job i held my breath while i watched her speak " mr flair wants us to move into the boys quarters so we don't have to be late anymore and she gets to pay us monthly and the pay is really good " i was happy to hear this at least we weren't fired and we would be moving into this beautiful home i was so happy and i would be so close to this tall glasses of wine i can't wait. We finished our chores and headed home to pack in other to move quickly but i never knew that would be the greatest mistake we ever made.