It was on a Saturday morning , Princess had just woken up, first thing as usual was to pray but it seems she'd forgotten to do so today. after yawning and stretching ,she moved to the kitchen,statod hydigen cleaning. She washed The dishes afterwords.
Looking around the house no one was awake just her , so she picked up the broom and began sweeping.
After the house , she took a bucket and a mop and cleaned up the house .
Then she went outside and raked up the compound . Not too long after she finished cleaning the house , her aunt was up " wretch !" She yelled from her room " yes?" She quickly answered running upstairs and greeting her neighbours until she got to where her aunt was . "where have you been?" , Aunt asked . " ummm I...I...was cleaning " , " better, now get dressed and go open the shop ". Immediately aunt finished talking Princess ran to get dressed and leave for shop .
On her way to collect the shop key she remembered " aunt , but today is Amanda's turn " . " You fool , you are an enemy of progress , you don't want my daughter to go to school because of you right? " . Aunt replied her with a slap.
" I....I....I am s.. S.. Sorry I didn't mean that " Princess said holding her slapped face . Aunt didn't wait a sec , she pounced on Princess and beat her up until she ran out of the house.
Crying , she went her way to the shop with the keys . " If only you were alive , I wouldn't be suffering here and receiving I'll treatments from your so called family " She said to her self , unknowingly she didn't see the stone ahead of her but it was too late , she dashed her foot on it .
Almost falling to the ground , she felt strong arms that quickly wrapped around her waist and held her to lift her up , she could persive his harsh perfume but beyond that , the husky masculine smell. " You should be more careful next time " the voice spoke . 'Gosh' it was such a pleasant masculine voice , she wasn't sure whether to look up but her body betrayed her and she found herself being dazed by his look .
"Woah " that was what came out of that small pink lips of hers , " sorry , what? " he asked . " Nothing , I was just surprised , thanks for saving me" she said and turned to leave when she felt his strong arms on her hand firmly " I'm Michael by the way" he said.
She reply" am sorry if I'm rude but it's the best for you
Know Nothing about me "she said turning away
Without looking back . " please I don't mean any harm I just wanna know your Name" he said smiling and looking so happy like he had found something fascinating.
She looked at his face finally , " My name is Princess " , " wow ,that's a nice name" , he looked at her and smiled. " It suits you " he said and then let her hand go . " It was nice meeting you though" he said . " Nice meeting you too but I really have to go to my shop right now " she said leaving the young man standing .
She walked majestically with confidence as if trying to impress him , her tears of pain and sorry had just been washed a way by this cutie .
Getting to the shop , she quickly cleaned up and started cooking , the shop was actually a small restaurant of the African style but they sold different dishes.
She changed the position of the shop post to indicate that the shop was open immediately after saying a short prayer .
She prepared all the dishes and desserts for Saturday menu , she looked up to the heavens and said " Do not spoil my day" , after cooking dishes , she took the mixer and started her baking and fruit juices .
Princess was like a magnet for customers. She was nice and friendly to all the customers unlike her aunylt and her cousin Amanda .
Everybody loved the way she attended to customers.
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It was exactly. Ten in the morning , Aunt walked up to the shop to inspect the sales and progress of the shop " how far? " aunt asked speaking vernacular " fine " Princess replied , handing over all the money she had sold for the day , Aunt counted all the money and smiled then she quickly put on her serious look and looked at Princess sharply " God has saved you today , alright you can leave let me take over , remember that you are in charge of tomorrow night "
Princess left the shop mumbling
She quickly took her bath and fixed herself lunch , she made fried yams and plantain with egg sauce .
She quickly ate and then went to wash her clothes.
Her mean cousins came home later in the evening and ate their food . Princess later made dinner and went to visit her friend .
Walking toward Debbie's place , she remembered her uncle .
Her uncle Denver had taken her in and put her under aunts care , uncle Denver sponsored her education until she got into the Senior Secondary , she was in class one of the senior high school when he died in an accident . Ever since that tragedy , Aunt began maltreating her and blamed her for the death of her husband . She started by putting an end to Princess's education , Princess being intelligent and hardworking , she reads her old books ànd visits Debbie who teaches her what she learnt from school from time to time .
Debbie is an elegant and nice girl , she is a year younger than Princess , they were both in the same department in school until Princess stopped schooling .
Debbie is fair and average in height , she is cute with great curves and bright skin.
She has a charming brown eyes. She is every guys dream but right now , she is too young for that.
After regular explanations and teachings from Debbie , Princess went home with her notes , thanking her friend she ran home to watch over her mischievous cousins especially Gabby , Amanda is more mature and manageable to be with and to trust but Gabby , ' hell no'.
