Matilda was retreating backwards, she hit her feet against a recycle bin and fell on her back. She held out her hands.“Don't come near me, stay away from me!”The man with the dirty clothes, bushy hair and marks all over his body began to approach Matilda slowly.“No miss, I'm not going to hurt you. I just wanted to…I wanted to ask if you could give me anything to eat”.The old man demonstrated putting food in his mouth, with a sad face. He looked so lean and tired.Matilda got up and cleaned her body, she looked at the old man and felt pity for him.“I'm so sorry sir, I shouldn't have lashed out that way. I'm sorry”.“It's fine, miss, I understand”.Matilda smiled at the man and he returned the smile, his golden yellow teeth were visible this time around.“Let's go to the convenience store over there, sir”.Matilda led the way and the old man followed behind her.*******************Jaden wore his jogger, put on his slides and took his car key. He ran down the stairs, and at the sam
Tom poked Tiana's side as he laughed very hard.“Your facial expression says it all, you like that, huh?”Tiana's face was still red from what she saw on his phone, she tossed the phone back to him and sipped out of her drink.“How did you even know it was a woman I wanted to deal with?“I can see through women”Tiana rolled her eyes at him and scoffed.“Oh please, shut up”.“So, do you want that? I'm a very busy man, so make your decision quickly".Tiana laughed at him mockingly, she glanced at him in a terrible way.“You mean busy drinking? Oh please, spare me the joke. I'll think about it and get back to you”.Tom shrugged and took another drag from his cigar, he leaned in and tried to kiss Tiana this time.“Behave yourself Tom, can't you see we're in public?”Tiana pushed him in his chest, and he slumped in his chair and laughed again.“Don't you miss me, princess?”Tom said mockingly in Tiana's father's voice.“How dare you?”Tiana smacked him on his hand, but he held her hands t
Matilda's gaze moved to Jaden, from her dress to his face. She could not believe what she just heard, Jaden declared her his girlfriend publicly.He held her hands and made her come in front of him, to greet the manager. She shook hands with him and put on her fake smile.Matilda was not very comfortable with the dress, so she kept dragging it up to cover her cleavage. Jaden noticed and beaconed on the staff to take Matilda back to the changing room.Jaden dismissed the manager and went back to sit. For some weird reason, he looked forward to seeing Matilda in other beautiful dresses. He admitted in his heart, that she was stunning.Matilda came out in another dress, this one was exposing her thigh and she kept crossing her legs to cover them. Jaden swallowed as he kept looking at her from her head to her toe, he liked the dress and told the staff to pick that one too.The testing of dresses continued for close to an hour and Matilda already tried over 30 dresses.She was exhausted w
Tom took another drag of his cigar as he stood up from his bed and faced Tiana. “Are you sure you want to do this?” Tiana hesitated a little, she was a little bit scared of what she was about to do. But she pushed it at the back of her mind, as she was determined. “Yes, I am. I am ready”. Tom nodded his head and smiled at Tiana, he offered her a cigar but she threw it on the floor and rolled her eyes at him. “Now, all we need is a plan Tiana. First off, I'll look for a competent guy that can…” Tiana cut him off as she put her hands on her ear in a dramatic manner, like she could not hear him. “You said what? What dude? You are the one that is going to do this for me, I don't want anyone else!”. Tiana stomped her feet on the ground and stared at Tom with her wild eyes. “I can't Tiana, I've been to jail before I don't ever want to go back there. What if I get caught at the end?” Tom turned his back on Tiana, he ran his hands through his hair as the memories of him being in pris
“So, it's your company now, dad? Huh? After all my toiling for years, for the company, you dare say that to me?!”“Do not raise your voice at your father, young man!”Mr Brooks stood up and faced Jaden, both of their eyes shooting out fire. The room was tense and one could hear Jaden's breath.“I only do this because of the promise I made to your mother, I must keep the promise I made to your moth…”.Jaden took the frame beside him and smashed it on the wall, he was breathing heavily with his chest moving up and down simultaneously.“ Stop bringing up mum in every conversation we have, stop it!”.Mr Brooks face became filled with pity, he looked at his son and his heart sank. He never liked to see his son that way.He moved closer to Jaden and wanted to wrap his hands around him, but Jaden pushed his hands away. Hot tears were streaming down Jaden's face, as he stared at his father with intense anger.“I'm sorry, son. I never bring up your mother to intentionally hurt you. Whenever I
Tom immediately got up from the girl, he staggered as he tried to put on his pants. The girl sat up and was not moved by Tiana's presence, she used her top to cover her upper body.“Tom, is this what you do behind my back? Sleeping with sluts in the house that I got for you?!”Tiana's voice was beginning to crack as she spoke, she was at the brink of crying but she held it in.The girl adjusted on the bed and turned towards Tiana.“Hey hey hey, do not call me names. I am no slut”.Tiana rushed to approach her, wanting to pounce on her but Tom blocked her and pushed her back gently.“Don't touch me you animal!”Tiana pushed Tom in his chest as she bellowed at him, her eyes were already red.Tom picked up the girl's clothes in a hurry, and threw it at her. He pushed her out of the apartment and went over to where Tiana was.“I'm sorry babe, I didn't mean to hurt you”.Tom took Tiana's hands in his and tried to kiss them, but Tiana withdrew her hands, almost using her nails to tear his s
Tiana's hands were trembling, the pills were falling off her hands. Overdosing antidepressants in the past, almost took her life.She promised her father never to take them anymore and seek help from therapy. Tiana threw the pills on the floor and fell alongside with it.Tiana wailed as she rubbed her body on the bare floor, the floor was so cold but she did not pay attention to it.Her father kept knocking at the door, trying to get in. Tiana did not respond to him, all he kept hearing was her wailing.“Tiana dear, please open the door and talk to me. Please”.Her father placed his hands on the door, and positioned his ear to be ready to catch up on any sound or word from her.“Dad, why do men not want me? Why do they hate me so much?”Tiana's voice was filled with emotions, and it trembled with every word that she spoke. She hugged herself on the bare floor, and held her throat as she cried.“It's not your fault my princess, to me you're the most beautiful and wonderful young woman
Matilda removed the band she used to hold her hair up all through the day, she threw her bag on the carpet and landed on her bed.She watched as the fan was spinning slowly, she was lost in thoughts and her mind was blank. She was not thinking about anything in particular.Her phone buzzed and she picked it up, it was a spam message. She looked at the time, it was almost 7pm and Niki will soon be back from cram school.Matilda went into the bathroom and took a quick shower, she changed into a blouse and short knicker. This time, she packed her hair into a rough bun.The kitchen's sink was in a bit of a mess, she cleaned that up and started making dinner. She heard the front door open and she knew it was Niki.He came in and wasn't his chatting self, Niki would have dropped his bag on the floor and run over to meet Matilda in the kitchen and chatter all the way."Hi, Matilda".Matilda put the pot down from the gas cooker, and walked over fast paced, to meet up with Niki before he got in