The Mafia's Son and I

CHAPTER ONE

It is early morning and I need to go to school BUT my fees are not paid. So I have to stay home, and my parents cannot afford my school fees.

" Claudine dear, we have something to discuss with you can you get down here please" My mom calls from the sitting room. I reach the sitting room and find some two white people sitting, I reach out to them and greet them.

" So, what is it, you know I am sitting here and my school fees is still not paid." I looked at her with a sad eye.

" okay, these are two American couples and I have been working with them for like six years now, remember I was fired last year and now I am not working and your dad is sick," she looked me and continued. "Darling these two heard the situation we are in and they offered to help in a way that you should hear from them." She left for the kitchen.

" So, we want you to come in the states with us and we shall educate you till you feel like you can educate yourself but in return you have to also work as a house help and we shall always pay your mom eight hundred dollars a month and you will get four hundred dollars because we are going to provide everything for you. So, what do you say?"

Well I did not want to work as a house help but I thought about it and I also thought about my dads health and also the way my mom was looking at me made me feel so hurt and all I said was okay.

"Ummm thats great so well pick you up today at noon so please get ready at that time. The white lady said while looking at her watch."

They took their glasses of juice and left. My mom came to me and then she gave me a hug, all of a sudden we both started crying.

"I am sorry child I had no other option I was tired of seeing you suffer so at least you will work and get a little money with free education andI cut her off cause she was crying so much."

"Mummy its fine I will work hard so dont worry so much, I will get you a beautiful house to live in or even earn enough to get you to America okay?"

I hate it when my mom cries so I made her a cup of her favorite coffee and I guess that worked she felt a little calm and she slept off. So I packed my bags and then I called my teacher whom I really trust and told her everything. She felt really bad and I could hear the tears in her voice. I felt bad but hey I am going to be living in the States. How bad can that be look on the bright sight side I am getting free education and also money so I am a little excited so yeah. I told her to tell the head teacher and all other teachers I am not coming back to school and then hang up.

So at exactly 12:00pm I heard a car outside the gate and I saw the white couple that came in earlier. I ran downstairs to my mom and inform but I saw her crying already. I gave her the last hug but she just cried more. Mr. and Mrs. Booth came in and Mrs. Booth hugged me and my mother just to calm us down though it did not work. My mom could not stop crying so maybe the longer I stayed the more she would cry. I left and Mrs. Booth told me to leave all my clothes that I was getting new ones. At exactly 2:05 we reached the airport. They booked a private airplane and I like do not know what to say when we are the only people in the airplane. I went in my sit and said nothing, Mrs. Booth came to me and told me to order anything I wanted. This airhostess comes to me and I order chicken with chips but she brought me a bag of crisps with chicken.

"crisps on chicken I said making it sound very clear."

"Oh so you wanted fries with chicken is that what you wanted?"

"Yeah sure just bring those FRIES and I see, hope youre not getting me flies I responded looking confused."

And then after saying that I see all these airhostesses laughing. I felt a little embarrassed but I didnt take too seriously I didnt even care. So after two minutes I see the air hostess bringing chips and chicken to me and then I looked at her with an eye that says Isnt that chips and chicken? then she says its called FRIES AND CHICKEN in America. Oh so my bad for not knowing food with a different name but the same look. It has been 10hours in this plane and I slept. The airhostess woke me up and told me that we were landing, I felt relieved. So, we landed and I saw many people but who cares I am still new. Mrs. Booth signaled to enter a cab which will take us to her home. I entered the cab but I felt a little sad when I started thinking of my mom and dad. After a one hour drive we reached their home and wow it is really big, will I manage? I saw a man at the gate maybe that is their gateman. He smiled at me and well I ignored him cause I dont know him. We started walking towards the house.