CHAPTER FORTY-ONE

SUSAN

Susan shuts down her laptop in frustration. This is the fourth job she has submitted all requirements for, she waited a long time for feedback after all the online interviews she has honored and online tests she has taken to prove that she is qualified for the job, only to get a mail that she wasn't shortlisted. With a bigger reason to nag at her husband that evening, Susan waits for Henry's arrival. She hates the neighborhood, Henry promised her that his neighbors are very friendly and would make her feel at home but she doesn't feel welcome at all in their midst. Ever since she arrived with him in the United States, they act weird whenever she is around them or walks in on them having a discussion. Being from an African home, she understands what it means whenever people give you such countenance, it's for you to speak words to your feet where they can hear and be on your own. She has learned to keep her distance whenever Henry isn't home or when he is even out with them, she