21.

“I've been meaning to ask you, what made you become a slay queen instead of venturing into any business,” Leo asked his wife as they sat under the summer but in their garden.

“It's a long story, brace yourself." She sighed as she began with the story of her life.

My parents gave birth to the two of us only, that's myself and my kid sister. Life was all colourful and rosy, until one day my dad brought in a new woman because he claimed he needed a son to succeed him when he passes on. My mom was broken but she was strong for both of us. My stepmother was a good woman, no doubt. She respected my mom and liked my sister and me, she held no grudge with us. We lived peacefully as one big family, she gave birth to a set of twins, both boys and that's where things started going south. My dad changed into someone we barely knew, he always treated my mother and us badly, his wife, that is my stepmother was always against his ill-treatment.

Anytime he refuses to give us food to eat, she used to