MY SECRET TALENT 1

"Wake up you lazy girl!this is my house and I will not tolerate your laziness,if you know you can't abide by the rules in this house then feel free to join your mother in her grave...nonsense!" My aunt yelled at me as she pulled me up from bed.

I was an orphan, my aunt was the only relative I knew from my mother's side,and as for my dad's side I never got to meet anyone for when my father passed on his relatives abandoned my mother and I. My aunt hated me,she never appreciated anything I did...all she could say was Mwaka why this,why that. I got up and made my bed,cleaned the rest of the house and made breakfast for everyone. My aunt only had a set of twins (both girls) they were two years older than me. They never used to do anything other than eat,sleep,watching TV, going to school and shopping. As for me I never went to school,had to do all the chores and be insulted.

Whenever aunt was not home Tapiwa would always threaten me and treat me like an idiot but Tasheni was different,she would make sure she woke up early and did three quarters of the chores in my aunt's absence.

My aunt never wanted Tapiwa and Tasheni to do any chores, she said if I wanted to stay in her house I'd have to live like a maid.

"My children I cooked your favourite meal hurry up come and eat" my aunt called her kids.

They would always have their meals from the dinning table but I had to sit on the cold floor in the kitchen to have my meals.

I loved to sing but my aunt would not allow me to do so,she said I was making noise and it irritated her.

IN THE MORNING

"Tasheni please tell Tapiwa that we are getting late,I have a meeting in 30minutes and I have to drop you girls at school" she said.

She walks to the kitchen...

"And as for you Mwaka I want this house to be clean, make sure you wash my children's clothes... Do I make myself clear? By the time they will be getting home they should find lunch ready,don't starve my children for me. You know my children like rice with beef stew so prepare that for lunch.....I am going now" she said as she walked out.

I knew I had a long day because I had a lot of laundry to do, I quickly cleaned the house. I took out the laundry and went to wash from outside,I was half way done when I realised it was almost lunch time and the twins would soon be home. I rushed into the house and started cooking,in no time the twins got home.

"So you didn't hear what my mother said? We are home and you are still cooking!are you mad? In my own father's house you want me to die of hunger?" Tapiwa shouted at me when she found me cooking in the kitchen...

"Please Tapiwa allow the poor girl to rest,why are you always finding ways to insult her? She is only 15and you are 17,didn't you see the laundry outside?she had to clean the house too and those are things you can't even do,what is wrong with you" Tasheni defended me.

"I am your big sister, you don't have the right to talk to me like that okay!just because of this good for nothing you now have the audacity to talk to me like that huh?as for you Mwaka just wait and see when mum gets home....I am giving you 10minutes,I want my food to be ready" Tapiwa said as she walked out.

I felt insulted, I didn't kill my parents and neither did I want them to die but everyone treated me like an outcast (I cried bitterly)

"Please don't cry... I don't know why my mother and sister decided to be so heartless and cold but don't worry when daddy comes back from his trip I will tell him everything. Come let's cook together" Tasheni said to me.

Her husband treated me nicer,he appreciated my food and all that I did...I wondered how a man like him would marry a woman who was always nagging.

Tasheni and I finished with the cooking and she set the table as Tapiwa was sitting giving me that evil look, but I paid no attention to her.

I went to the kitchen to have my meal..

"Mwaka!please come and sit with us here, mum is not home yet...you are part of the family and this table is....

Tbc...

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