Despised At First Sight

up disappointed me. The driver called just 30 minutes before the pickup time to

told him that it was fine but I cried internally. I stepped out of the shower and dressed at high speed to save time to get a cab on a busy Monday mor

g promoted beyond Senior Officer, no matter how hard I worked. I am very ambitious and have worked t

d to a manager if I complete my Executive Masters in Business Administration course. I was so excited when I received a c

the time. I had to try a taxi then. I got to the street and luckily, someone has just dropped out of a taxi so I wave to the driver to stop as

much surprise when I saw

Why are you charging this much for a jo

ituation and I can't do anythi

was no doubt with the level of thickness of the cloud that it was going to be a heavy downpour but my mind was so occupied with the interview that, I didn't notice it earlier to even pick an umbrella or a raincoat. I said a quick prayer in my mind asking God to at least hold the rain till I get

ws. Aunty Joy called an ambulance but there had been some fallen trees due to the heavy rain, which had caused a truck to run over a Mercedes. This made five other vehicles collide in the sa

e closed. This made the journey twice longer and mum passed on ten minutes after reaching the hospital. Since then, my life has

hs. No family member wanted to take me in after that because they saw me as being cursed. They didn't even want my parent's properties so one

lize that Sir Maxwell was the breadwinner of the family. He had two sisters and a brother. His mum and dad were both pensioners so he took up a chunk of the responsibilities. I didn't wan

shb

ax," I

ing alright?" He

taking care of me now, you should sell off my parent's

" he refused wi

better care of us. I don't mean to sound ungrateful. I know that you are trying your best but that can help

t as big and luxurious as my parent's house but we were comfortable and happy. Then life was great, almost perfect until one day, Sir Maxwell and his family had t

h his best friend Jude. He gave him a lot of money which surprised me because t

is family off. It was one of the saddest moments of my life. As I hugged him and kissed his cheek goodbye, he whispered in my ea

that was why Sir Max wanted me to keep those documents a secret. I was twelve years old by then but I was smarter than a fifteen-year-old. Maybe it was due to Sir M

family because his brother Alex was making illicit advances at me, which made me uncomfortable. His mum was always engrossed in one fashion photo or the other. Bags, shoes

as well. As the years went by, Jude got Married and his wife didn't like me so I decided to rent a one-room apartment. I was fifteen but very mature. He got me a decent and well secure apartment even though he had wanted me to cont

well in college. Only then did I remember the documents Sir Max gave me. For the fi

funded by the insurance he did. Then the cash investment could only be assessed when I was eighteen. So I got a part-time job to support myself when I got to college. By the time I completed my underg

f fla

Administrative Manager, I was transferred to another branch. Not only was it far from my home, but it was also extremely

me on the shoulder. It was the driver so I g

I said to him, as I

'am," he sa

t hand into my bag, removing my purs

le walking away. I didn't mis

e you need a taxi, call me". He yelle

d to the tall building in front of me. It was drizzling so I needed to h