Ella's ejection from home

Ella bent sweeping the floor of the bar of Bentley guest house, an upright lobby broom held firmly to her fists as she swept. She did the sweepings so well as though she was born to it. The right-hand sleeve of the puffer coat she wore that she earlier rolled to her arm to enable her sweep well has loosened back to her wrist, she dropped the broom on the linoleum floor and rolled back the sleeve to her arm, and continued with the sweep. She has woken up earlier than 7 am today to start the cleaning of the guest house,  except the lodges which are in the exterior part of the building which it cleaning are assigned to different persons. 

She stopped sweeping a bit and took an enormous sigh as she sluggishly ambled to a stainless steel imperial leatherette bar chair and sat reluctantly on it, being exhausted already. She flashed back to what had let her to Betley's guest house in Denver.

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Three weeks ago 

"You this shameless girl, after I have watched over you for the past eleven years, all you could do is to cause me shame by getting pregnant to a fucking-ass hole fellow," her aunty, Helga Max raged and her chubby body flung over her mini apartment as she tosses left and right at the porch of the apartment. Ella was on the porcelain cobblestone floor sobbing profusely as she clutched to a black duffel bag where she had put all her belongings after they were flung out of her room by her aunt. 

"Aunt don't do this to me, I don't have anywhere to go to," she cried her ass out and pleaded rolling on the cobblestone floor. Miranda, the daughter of her aunt also flared up as she perambulated on the porch, she became pissed off by the sight of the tears that flew down  Ella's face. 

"What crocodile tears are you shedding, you bitch and prostitute! Get out of our home, we don't want to harbor an ungrateful soul anymore, take your miserable pregnancy elsewhere," she cursed, kicking the black duffel bag with her feet. 

Ella whose eyes have been covered by an ocean of tears, her face and her eyes balls turned red her cheeks turned pink and bloated, and her eyes lashes have lies over her iris with tears.  She sluggishly crawled to her aunt as she held her legs tight with her hands. 

"Aunt,  don't do this to me, I have no one, no family except you, if you do this to me, I am ruined, totally ruined!" she muttered weeping copiously. 

Helga bent to her and patted Ella on her shoulder as Ella bow down sobbing on her feet, she used her hands to support her back like she wanted to help her stand on her feet, she lifted her head with her hands to make it stand firm, Ella kept on weeping believing Helga has heard her plead and want to help her stand on her feet. 

Miranda stood still, shocked by the sight of what her mum was doing to Ella, she had thought her mum had forgiven Ella. 

"Mum, what are you doing?" She yelled questioning her mum.

Helga has helped Ella to her knees and she was about to stand on her feet when her right palm landed thunderously on her face leaving the mark of her five fingers on Ella's face. Ella slumped on the floor as she wailed. 

"To hell with you!" Helga stated and sauntered to open the door and slammed it as she entered. 

Miranda, whose all teeth are now out, laughed hectically at the sight of what just happened and moved close to Ella where she stood still sobbing profusely with hands held to her face. 

"I told you, you are looser," she sneered and guffawed and shuffled to open the door, she stood in the doorway with her terrible laughter. 

"Bye for life," She mocked and slammed the door against Ella. Ella immediately struggled to get her body up and stand on her feet and ran through the door but it had already been locked on the inside by Miranda. She tried to open it but it was to no avail. She then began to bang on the door calling out to Helga and Miranda. 

"Aunt, Miranda! Open the door please, where do I sleep tonight?, let me stay for the night, please," She pleaded but all to no avail did the door opened, After a while, as she couldn't stay and sleep on the porch, she took her duffel bag and ambled to friend her Rita's abode. 

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Ella jerked when he felt a soft tap on her shoulder, she was lost in thoughts and didn't know when  Annabel walked closer to her. 

"What are you brooding to that extent that you didn't hear my footsteps," Annabel questioned her. 

She looked exhausted and her voice timid as she replied. 

"Nothing Annabel, I am alright, when did you come I didn't hear the gate open," Ella asked.

"When you are lost in thoughts, how will you know?" Annabel sneered. 

Annabel held firmly to her hand a melamine plate of catfish and chips and some cabbages slightly chopped on the catfish. She places it on the bistro table that is close to Ella's seat. 

"I want to get something at the store, I will be back in a jiffy," Annabel replied and started walking out of the bar without allowing Ella to utter a word. Ella was speechless as she sat on a stainless steel imperial leatherette bar chair gawking helplessly and staring deeply at the melamine plate on the bistro table, she signed heavily and paved the way for her dried throat as she finally mumbled. 

"Thank you, Annabel," 

Annabel twinkled her raised right hand to Ella to indicate that she shouldn't bother about thanking her as she dashed out of the bar, Ella couldn't take her eyes off her till she evaporated out of her sight.