As Shirley left the house that morning, she thought about her unpleasant encounter with Niklause. As the event played in her mind a fresh feeling of rage flowed through her again. Only God knows what he was thinking.As she reached outside the huge gate she saw Sarah coming out of a black jeep. She remained at her spot waiting for Sarah to reach.“Hi Shirley”. Sarah greeted politely.“Where have you been”? Everyone at home was worried about you”. Shirley said moving her face from Sarah’ to the now disappearing car.“I was at a friend’s place”.“Why didn’t you call to at least tell us that you were spending the night”.Sarah raised a brow at her and in quick motion moved her eyes to Shirley’s neck. “I know it’s none of my business but you should have informed us”. Shirley said.Sarah still kept her eyes glued to Shirley’s neck. Seems like someone or rather two people were busy having fun instead of worrying about her.“Sarah, Sarah.” Shirley snapped. “Are you here at all”?.“Y-e-s I
Shirley was scrubbing like did every other day. She was on all four scrubbing the ground to make sure not a single dirt remained on it. She had diffrent part time jobs at diffrent hours of the day. This cafe where she works is owned by Mrs Benson; a grumpy plus sized woman who found fault with every singe thing she did. After scrubbing she walked over to the counter where a senior collegue sat. "Hey Anna, it's my closing hour already.. I have to get going". "Okay" Anna responded without sparing her a glance.Shirley waited a while before speaking again. "I was wondering if I could get my pay for the day". Anna shot her a look.. she actually pitied this young girl standing in front of her. She had never seen anyone who worked as hard as Shirley. What's worse?, she had a burden as a mother."Shirley you arrived late to work today and Mrs Benson instructed me to deduct 10 dollars from your pay". "
Shirley stood up early to prepare for work the next morning only to find her mother standing by the corner of the room.Out of fear she jumped out of bed grabbing the duvet to cover her half naked body."Mom what are you doing here"?She waited for a reply but got none from the woman standing before her. Shirley used this opportunity to take in her mother's appearance; she looked like a mentally disabled patient, dirty clothes, nails, brown teeth.. everything about her was simply unappealing."I need some money". The woman said jolting Shirley from her thoughts. Shirley scoffed angrily."I said I need some money brat". The woman repeated impatiently.Shirley refused giving the woman any answers but walked to her cupboard to bring out her work clothes. The woman ran like a mad dog toward the cupboard pushing Shirley out of the way. She brought out an old metal box for saving and tried breaking it open with her hands."Ryan said he needs money for school. My boy is hungry, he needs to e
Sarah gasped the slap stung her soo much that tears already gathered by the corners of her eyes. No, she wasn't going to let them fall, she wouldn't cry because a stranger slapped her. She had passed through worse things in life. Besides crying would only make her look like a weakling."Who are you and why did....""Shhhh, darling.. the only person permitted to talk around here is me. Got that"?The only reason why Shirly was keeping her cool was because the woman standing before her looked elderly and classy. She didn't want to be disrespectful and neither did she want to spend the night in jail.But this woman crossed all the boundary, who is she anyways?"My name is Grace Lancanster. Mother of billionaire CEO Adon Lancanster who is turn is the owner of Lancanster Co operation"."And what does that have to do with me"?. Sarah asked with palm on her face still nursing her injury."You see those men out there". Mrs Grace said pointing out the cafe.Shirley looked out and saw two men
Sarah drove through the dark Street.. fear visible in her eyes.. she wondered why, James asked her to meet him by this time of the night."I'm here already, I can't see you anywhere". Sarah spoke into the phone."I'm on my way".Suddenly a knock came upon the window of her car. She opened and Paul entered. He looked away while she remained silent."Paul, I'm sorry". Sarah said apologetically.Paul scoffed. "You're sorry, Sarah, you're sorry. I called you several times and you refused to pick up"."I was trying my best Paul, I was doing everything possible to break my union with Adon but nothing is working. I'm doing this for us and you blame me for not taking your call"."You should have at least picked up". Paul said, his anger reducing bit by bit."I tried, I tried okay but I didn't want anyone to get suspicious".He finally turned to face her. "Sarah, you might not understand how much I love you. I love you so much its making my crazy, I love you so much that the mere thought of
“It was all a misunderstanding”. Sarah said.Shirley’s ears really itched for an explanation. She asked herself the kind of misunderstanding that would make Mrs. Grace or whatever her name was, think she was having an affair with her son, Adon.Shirley turned her gaze towards Sarah. “What kind of misunderstanding”?.Sarah still looked down at her feet unable to say a word. Her brain moved in the speed of light trying to find a suitable explanation to the numerous ears waiting to hear from her. In an attempt to ease the tension, Mrs. Grace walked over to Shirley and held both of her hands. “Dear child, I’m really sorry for everything, I acted out of anger. Kindly find it in your heart to forgive me”.“Are you really sorry for everything”?“For everything”. Mrs. Grace replied back with soberness in her voice.“For the slap”? Shirley asked again.Adon gasped and glared hard at Sarah. “Mom!! You even slapped her”.”For the slap, I’m sorry”.“For making me lose my job”.Mrs. Grace gasped
It was time for dinner already and the Lancaster’s were yet to appear at the dining table, the only people present were Nicklaus and Sarah. She set the table while he stared at her with venom in his eyes. “What are you doing”?. Nicklaus threw at Shirley as she was about to take her seat in the dinning.“Umm what does it look like.. I’m taking a seat”. Shirley said describing with her hands.“Maids are not supposed to be at the dinning with their bosses”. Nicklaus shot back at her.Shirley wasn’t going down without a fight. “Well. The fact that I cooked dinner tonight doesn’t mean I’m a maid”.“Who cooks dinner without being a maid”?.Shirley couldn’t wrap her head round the whole scenario, this kid just arrived today and he’s already having issue with her for reasons best known to him. “Do we have a problem Nik”. Shirley decided to ask.“Its Nicklaus to you”.”Well go screw yourself”. Was Shirley’s reply.“Is there a problem”? Adon asked coming down from the stairs while Sarah and All
Shirley woke up that morning ready to take the day as it came . She barely put her feet on the ground when her phone rang out loud. “Hello”. She spoke into the phone.“Hello, is this Miss Shirley McMahon”?“Yes, this is Miss Shirley. Who am I on to please”.“This is Detective Ben from the Vegas crime unit, we are calling to inform you that after series of test, results show that your mother is mentally unstable and due to this reason she has been sent to the Las Vegas mental institute for proper care and quick recovery”.“Oh, okay thank you.. Is that all? Thank you for your help detective”.She dropped the call and refused to feel sad or shed a single tear. Assuming she listened to Charlotte then, maybe things wouldn’t be as worse as they are now. Refusing to give it much thought, she did her morning routine and dressed up in a floral dress, just right for the weather. She stepped out of her room and immediately bumped into someone.“Hey maid watch it”. She looked up to see that sh