Dear
diary,
Today has
been a long hard day. You’d think after all the things I have to put up with my
family I wouldn’t have to deal with them at work too; but guess what? I do.
KILL ME NOW.
Mensima Adams was tired, very tired; all she
really wanted to do was go home, slip on her pyjamas and watch TV, but what was
she doing instead? Standing in toe pinching six inch louboutin heels, a fake
smile plastered on her face, and a glass of champagne in her hand at a
corporate event. Her firm was hosting the event, and as such she had no choice
but to mingle and make small talk with prospective clients, honestly though?
She would give anything to be home right now.
Mensima was wrenched out of her thoughts by a
decidedly unprofessional squeal followed by her name being called out by the
last person in the world Mensima wanted to see-Her cousin Ewurama Addison.
“Sima! I can’t believe it’s you!! You’ve lost
so much weight!! Were you sick or something?” Ewurama said in a deceptively
innocent tone.
Mensima took a deep breath, turned to face her
cousin and with a warm smile she didn’t feel replied
“Ewurama! Hi! What are you doing here? Did you
get lost on your way to the bridal fair or something?” she laughed to show she
was only joking and her cousin laughed too, though her laugh was a lot more
forced.
“No silly! I’m here with Charles! You remember
Charles my fiancé? He asked me to come and wouldn’t take no for an answer, you
know how men are. Who knew I’d see my favourite cousin here too?” she laughed,
waving her hand around in such a way that one noticed the giant diamond on her
finger
Did she just say favourite cousin? If I’m her
favourite cousin, i shudder to think about how she treats our other cousins, Mensima
thought darkly, and what does she mean by she didn’t know I’d be here? IVE BEEN
WORKING AT THIS FIRM FOR FIVE YEARS!
“Anyways ,her cousin who had either not noticed Mensima’s darkening
countenance or was most probably
ignoring it continued “I’m planning a girls night in this weekend and I’d love
for you to come, we’ve barely seen each other since I announced my engagement and I’d hate for you to not be a part of my
special day.” Before Mensima could think of a plausible excuse, her cousin
continued.
“And I know you’re going to be at the wedding
but you still need to spend a little time with me. I’ve missed you so much!!
Speaking of the wedding, I placed you at the singles table, that way you won’t
get too lonely. You’re ok with that right? I mean you could bring a plus one,
but I know you won’t, so I really didn’t see the point in putting you with the
other couples. This way at least, you get to meet new people right?”
Mensima took in a deep breath and counted to
ten under her breath. She would NOT snap at her cousin at this event, no matter
how annoying she was, she was still family, but maybe she could hire someone to
“get rid” of her... now that idea had possibilities. Her macabre thoughts put a
smile on her face, which her cousin took to mean consent.
I’m so glad you see things my way; my mum was worried
you would be offended, but I told her you wouldn’t! I’m so happy we bumped into
each other! I have to go, Charles is probably looking for by now. I’ll text you
the details tomorrow ok? See you on Friday”. And without waiting for a response
from the bemused lady, Ewurama walked away. Mensima stared at her cousin as she
left, wondering if it was too late to switch to another family. How in the
world could she be related to that person? And more importantly how was she
going to survive an entire weekend without strangling her??
So this is the first part of the story, this isnt something ive done before, and i would like it if you could comment and review!! merci!! -Papillon
