POOR LITTLE RICH ME.

WONDERS NEVER END.

Everything here was so small, i didn't understand how they lived three of them in such a small house, the lady introduced the two girls as her nieces whom she lived with, one was older than me and the one who opened the gate seemed my age mate, they seemed friendly and i felt a bit at ease .

When she served me i waited for the cutleries only to notice a single spoon on  the food, the lady told me to eat and i took my spoon, the food seemed strange though i could recognize rice, i didn't understand how one could cook rice mixed with Irish potatoes and some funny looking veges but i didn't have a choice, i ate the food in silence though it was a mixture of everything, it was tasty and i enjoyed it more than i thought i could.

While eating they were glued on the television (in the same room since there wasn't a dinning table) which was equally small they seemed to watch some Indian soap and they really enjoyed it, however i didn't understand a thing i just sat there smiling as i ate because i didn't know what else to do but i was reminding myself it was just for a night. I so much wanted to take a shower but i didn't have a change of clothes there was actually nothing much in my back pack apart from the bottle of water and an extra hoodie. After i was done eating and they were done with their soap, the lady realized i was dozing off, therefore she told the girls to show me where to sleep and after wishing her a goodnight i followed them, i thought they were to show me to a guest room but to my surprise we just walked in a room which had two beds and  a tiny closet i.e if you could call it so, shoes piled on one side some clean others dirty and the beds were unmade.

The older girl made my bed and at least changed the sheets.... no the sheet it was just one, which wasn't in the best condition but it was clean or so i comforted myself and  a funny looking duvet which i came to learn later that was the real blanket because in my world whatever we referred to as blanket was no where near this one. She told me i was to sleep on that bed, i asked her what about them and she pointed to the other bed wait not only were we to share a room they going to share a bed "was that even hygienic?" so i thought to myself though i couldn't ask them because i was faced with even a major problem on what to change into since i didn't have clothes with me worse pajamas thankfully the older girl guessed my predicament and offered a dress, a dress!!! do people sleep in dresses i thought it was either pajamas or night dresses, i kept all these thoughts to myself because these people were too good to me to start disturbing them more, they already had sacrificed their comfort for my sake, so it was only fair to be grateful than complain, Mum always insisted on gratitude so i took the dress and asked her where was i to change from, they looked at each other in surprise and then burst in laughter the older one whose name was Deborah seemed pissed off by my question though she tried to hide it however the younger one Brigit told me i was to change in the same room we were in, now it was my time to get surprised how was i supposed to remove my clothes in-front of anyone more so in-front of strangers?? i hesitated for a while and Deborah told Brigit they give me space in order to change and with that they stepped out briefly.

The speed i changed with should be entered in the world book of records even when i told them i was done they got in giggling and asked me who was chasing my clothes out of my body which made me a little uncomfortable but i was in their territory therefore under their mercy and i dint want to make any enemies in just one night. Though i was going to be here for just one night they were the only seemingly familiar people i now knew regardless that this was the first time i laid my eyes on them. So i bid them goodnight and i got in bed which was another thing waiting for me, the mattress was very thin that i could feel the bed and the blanket was a bit rough that it irritated my skin and made me itchy which was uncomfortable since i didn't want my host to notice my discomfort luckily due to the activity of the day i was so worn out that i drifted to sleep in a short time and thanks to the dream world. I dreamt that i was in our old house seated at the corridor crying and then one of my sisters appeared from behind me while laughing and told me "why is our baby crying? do you think we can go anywhere without our munchkin? we were just watching and monitoring you to see your reaction and you are very brave baby" with that she hugged me then the rest appeared apart from Dad and mum but they told me they had to attend to different matters in several overseas branches and i was OK with it since it was a norm for them to travel, i was so excited and thought that them disappearing was just a bad dream however as we were making merry........ i was startled by some strange noise that woke me up, i almost thought i had been kidn*pped because the surrounding was unfamiliar then i heard noises from outside and i was so scared, that's when i recalled earlier events and realized my family disappearing wasn't a dream, them coming and the merry making is what was a dream. I felt like screaming in frustration, i missed home i missed my family, i missed my bed and interestingly i missed my clothes. That's when it occurred to me the things i took as obvious rather for granted were really prestige. Not a day i ever gave thought of my bed , clothes or where we lived that was the norm but now i missed all those things, though they were somewhere i had no idea where i was and from where i was i didn't know which direction was home but i had hope once we go to the police they were going to take me back home just like in the movies, then they will go family hunting and with no time bring them back, then all cameras will be on us every newsroom trying to get the story first and booking appointments, then i will be crowned 'little miss brave' with that thought the bed appeared softer, i was so excited that i couldn't wait for morning to go to the police station. Ever since my family disappeared i dreamt with them every single night, in most of my dreams mum used to appear carrying a glass of juice for me calling me her lioness and would wake up when she was about to make a call to dad but this time they had both gone overseas to take care of business so i just saw my siblings and this made me miss my parents so much. However  the great day i was waiting for was finally here or so i thought till it was morning and reality hit me hard.