Roseline!!! Mrs cherry called her

daughter who was fast asleep. she had

read the whole night non-stop as she is

preparing for her final year exam in

nursing school.

Mrs cherry walked into the room very

angry to see everywhere so scattered

clothes were thrown at every corner of

the room the books on the table were

scattered at every direction the lights

were left switched on through out the

night. she looked at her daughter lying

exactly like a three sixty degree angle

on bed and murmured to herself packing

all the clothes in the laundry basket.

"when will you grow up Roseline?"

"wake up now!" she tapped her slowly.

Roseline yawned so wide that she can

swallow a plate of porridge and sat on

the bed mopping at the reading table.

"good morning mom" she managed to

say.

"what's all this?" mrs cherry asked

"mom I haven't finished my project also,

I'm reading for my test I have a lot of

things she said standing up from the

bed as she walked straight to the

bathroom.

"ooh!" mrs cherry answered sitting on

the couch.

"come over here!" Mrs Roseline said.

"why is your room so deserted?

don't you know you are a lady? is this

what you will be doing once you get

married? " she asked mildly.

" mom!! this is my youth! allow me to

leave it the way I want! beside I'm not

getting married! who did that help? "

she asked gulping down a cup of water.

" Roseline! I know, it's your youth but you

have to do things right my dear!"

" are you imposing something on me

mom? she asked a bit annoyed

"no! mrs cherry mildly answered

" is just that I'm bothered if you continue

like this no man will want to build a

home with you".

" ohh mom!! you have said this

countless times. also, since you were

homely beautiful and industrious didn't

Dad leave you? yes he did he left you

and I alone."

" Roseline!!! stop that! " she yelled.

" I'm done already. like i said I'm not

ready for this marriage stuff.

"I pray you find someone you deeply

love. Mrs cherry said.

"whatever!! Roseline answered walking

out. " I'm off for lectures Mom". she said and walked out eating nothing.

on her way, her friend Amanda called

"hey Roseline! what's up?

" hello Amanda where are you?

" I'm in the bank? want to get some cash

" ohh!! Roseline answered stopping a

cab.

" where are you now?" Amanda asked.

"just left home she said"

" really?

"yeah! I slept late and woke very early

exactly 8:30am. my Mom woke me with

her unending lectures" she said frowning

" ok! hope everything goes well today? I

will meet you later alright take care!".

she said and hanged up.

back at home Mrs cherry wept over her

husband she didn't know what she did

that made him abadone her and the

daughter. Roseline was just four when

the dad left and that was after mrs

cherry helped him get a contract that

must have changed his life by now.

since he left she has raised Roseline

alone and it hasn't been easy doing

single parenting. as this is affecting

Roseline as well.

she left London for sourth Africa where

they now reside. she didn't want

anything reminding her of her past and

Terrible mistake. it felt like marrying

him was the biggest and worst

mistake of her life if she had known,

she wouldn't have loved him.

she wept silently looking at the husband

picture. she had tried burning it many

times but couldn't.

"my dear Roseline I pray you get all the

happiness you want in life my child.

she prayed for her daughter keeping

back the photo in the lock.