“Oh by the way my name is Samantha, I forgot to tell you as it slipped my mind because I have so many things to tell you. This company is my passion and I love working here. I've been working in here since I left college and everything is so coooool."I looked at her lips which were always moving without stopping, she talked a lot she didn't have a full stop. She just didn't know how to pause. Even though she talked too much I liked her. The passion that she had for this company drove me to know more about it. I had been working from home and I didn't have much time to research I didn't have time to interact with the people that I was working with. We only had two meetings and we had two conferences once again where we never had to sit down and discuss anything about the company.“Samantha I love your enthusiasm I think I will enjoy working with you. The passion that you have for this company is making me jealous I am even cursing myself for why I didn't do the 8 to 5 from the start.
“How was work on your first day?” I laughed at her. Her enthusiasm made me smile.Yes, just like my brother I found myself parked in front of my parent’s house. I had laughed at my brother and before I even left the car, I laughed at myself for being my brother unwillingly.“It was fun, although my head is buzzing Samantha’s voice.”“Who is Samantha?”She asked, instructing me to sit while I watched her cook. It was in our African blood to cook and take care of our families no matter how busy our days had been.“The lady at the reception and the face of the company, she can sell a stone to you wrapped in a ribbon and believe it or not you will buy it because of her personality.”We both laughed. My dad came in holding a glass I think he wanted some water but joined us in the kitchen.“Mwatandala uli? (How had your day been?)” I asked my dad.“Natandara makora, kwali imwe? (I had a fine day, how about you?)” He replied.“As I was saying Samantha speaks so well about the company and it’
"Samantha, are you out of your mind? Do you know what time it is, why are you calling me in the middle of the night?"I was furious at her for waking me up in the middle of the night."This better be good Samantha, because you cannot be waking me in the middle of the night for nothing. What is it? Is your house on fire, are you dying? Why are you calling me at this hour? Anyway, where did you get my number I didn't give you my number?""Maya, you don't understand this is a disaster, this can't be happening, not before we go for our big day tomorrow. Come on, remember we need to win this."The drama was written in her voice, I couldn't even stay angry at her she looked as if she was panicking I wonder what was going on in her mind."Well, you didn't check the time before you called me technically it's today but fun games are today so what is it you want because you have disturbed my sleep we are going to lose as I won't be well rested."I did that deliberately to her she was panicking
"Ankazi what are you doing here? Who showed you where I was working? No one knows where I am working even my brother doesn't know my workplace, how did you find out where I was working this is creepy."I held my mouth after saying that last word, it was disrespectful of me to say that to her and it was not allowed in our culture, I don't know how that word left my mouth."I am so sorry, I am so sorry for saying that I didn't mean to say it out loud, please forgive me, please come this side."There was no use in me throwing her out she was already there. I might as well listen to what she wanted to say.I directed her to the kitchen where I asked her to sit down. I knew visitors were not allowed and that was the first policy that was read to me by the manager when I started working there. So I was crossing my fingers that no one saw her and no one saw me taking her to a kitchen.I have already removed the idea of taking her to my office because it had classes all over. So somebody was
I looked at the man who was calling me his wife when all the cows have been returned to his home. I didn't want to be disrespectful so I excused myself as he followed me outside but inside I was boiling, I was angry. My aunt gave me a death stare I think she was saying in her mind that ‘if ever you go back to that man I am going to kill you’. She had been amazed by the mother's rudeness and she was even asking me in the car why I stayed so long in that marriage. I just looked at both her and my mother apologetically because I didn't know what to do I didn't want them to think I was being rude to Joseph and his family."I am so amazed that you still call me your wife when everything has been said and done and we are not married anymore traditionally we are done.""I know that the odds are against me but I wanted to tell you that Asante misses you and I miss you too. It may seem like I don't care but I do care I wanted to give you space so that you can breathe and come back to us.""Wha
It was Mr. Manager, standing by the door. I looked at my manager and I was scared the way he was so serious I thought I messed up something, I was shaking but I didn't want to show that I was shaking."Alright, Mr. Jere, I will come to your office right now, let me finish packing."He looked at me and flashed me his smile again I was so confused and hoping it was nothing big.I knocked once and he opened as if he was waiting for me."May you please sit down. Please do not panic it's not work related I am sorry to bring you to my office I needed this."Okay, I was confused about what was not work-related and why would he haul me to his office for that."Maya, I do not know how to say this but is it possible if we have lunch or dinner and discuss maybe this contract or maybe something else."He was even stumbling it was funny, I would have laughed at him if not because of the shock that had rendered my body malfunction.I looked at him thinking that he was joking but he wasn't he was se
"You are stubborn Maya I told you not to look back now. Look all of them are looking at us; I think they were talking about us like we're talking about them.""Sorry, mother I didn't know that we were talking about, with people you know curiosity always leads them, I included.""I will beat you now, do you think you have a hot mother like me. How can I mother a stubborn child like you? I can't mother a stubborn child because I'm not stubborn."We both laughed at that statement I was not sure why Mr. Jere was there.I think I watched too many movies but the last time I watched the movie was when I was at college so why would I think that he was stalking me? What do stalker tendencies look like and does it happens in movies only? By the way, he said he loved movies maybe he was stalking me how did he know that I was there? "Please do not look at again do not embarrass me. Two are coming toward us; if you look this time around I'm going to kill you."I laughed at her serious face
“You know I felt so hurt when we were at the border and those little girls were busy selling instead of going to school, so I know what I want to do when I get back home. I want to start an organisation for the orphans. I know people have different purposes. I think this is my purpose whenever I go to court and there are some kids involved in some disputes or there are kids that are selling outside or that are not going to school I feel like our country is failing us so I want to start an orphanage.”I do not want to lie I had tears in my eyes. Sometimes we feel like people's purpose is supposed to be attached to the family. People’s purposes are not supposed to be aligned with what society thinks. My sister was thinking out of the box, I had never thought of orphans in my life because I had everything going on growing up, so it was selfish of me and it was selfless of her I envied her. The envy was in a good way it was coming from a good place because I felt like my sister had a hear