Chapter 1

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"Tina hurry up we need to go to the market so we can sell these slippers for a living remember if we dont sell them we wont have anything to eat"i said to my younger sister
"i know sister am ready now lets go and make some money"i love my sister soo much she is the only family i have ever since our parents passed away
life has really been hard for us most of the time we eat only once a day and we gather up money to pay for the one room apartment we were able to rent.I love my sister so much she is my first piority
"big sis hope you know that my birthday is coming up and do you know what it is tooomorrow"she said happily

"i know Tina and am soo happy finally my lil sis would be 20 she is now a bbbbig gurl!"i teased her.
"i will take you to a resturant tomorrow with the savings we have got so you can enjoy your day"u said grinning happily
"no way Bella thats all we have we need to save to pay our rents am no longer a baby so i dont need to celebrate my birthday its no bog deal it has never been a big deal"she said the last words she said got to me and i felt so bad

"Tina i understand you but i promise you that i will look for money"i said trying to make her happy
"thanks sis you are always there for me"she said while hugging me
"thats my duty"we both laughed
"hey there..how much for this slippers"aaah first customer thank God
"because you'r my first today you can have it for $3"
"really they are so beautiful.thank you"she handed the money to me and i packed it for her.
"Bella i would be back soon i need to go somewhere with Bea"
"oh you can go have fun.Bea how is Elina i have been trying to get to her"Bea and Elina were the only friends we had Bea is Tinas bestfriend and Elina is my beat friend .the four of us are like sisters.
"her phone is spoilt but she said she was coming over today to see you"Bea said
"okay.thank you have fun"i waved to them and smiled.

"oo why i only sold one slippers today i have to get enough money for Tina"i complained sadly God please help us.Tina and I look so worn out we have nothing to use to take care of ourselves am soo jealous of all those rich kids

"mom mom what is this.I can take you to a mall to get what you need..mo-"his phone started ringing he went outside to take the call

"hello angel"aarh thank God another customer a very beautiful woman she looks so agile and the man that came with her is sooooo handsome Wow!

"Good-afternoon Mam please which slipper would you like to buy"though am a shy peraon but i treat my customers well

"you are so beautiful can i know your name"her smile is so sweet i smiled back at her
"Bella"i said smiling
"what a beautiful name..Bella give me any slipper that you know would suite me"

"okay Ma--"
"Bella call me Aunt Sandra"she said
"mom why do you have to do this i can take you to a mall to buy-"

"ooh gosh son i didnt raise you up that way how can you be so rude the owner of the shop is right there"she wisphered to me
i didnt even notice anyone was there with mom till she told me.i couldnt see her face well i really want to
"Ma oh Aunt Sandra what about this"she said turning and our eyes met.I have to be honest with myself this girl is special and extremely beautiful

"hhmm hm hey am so sorry about what i said am really not that kind of person am so sorry"i said
"no problem Sir i cant take that as an offence" he then stretched his hands towards me

"your name"i said

"hm...Belle and yours"

"Blake..its so nice meeting you"

"hmm hmm"Sandra coughed laughing
then i realised that we were still holding hands and i quickly withdrew.
"Bella i will really love to see you again.wow!!"she came towards me and pecked me"thats an award for the first woman to leave my dear son speechless"she whispered not wanting him to hear and he didnt
i was so embarrased..gosh

"Bella this is my address and i would like it if you could come to my place this saturday that is tomorrow so i can get to know you better"she said smiling

"yes Aunt Sandra i would love to"i said grinni g happily
"Mom lets go home i have an appointment very soon"Blake said and then he looked at me
"Bella nice meeting you it was really nice meeting you"i didnt know what to say then i said

"thank you.bye"
"bye love"Sandra said and gave me a small envelop
"nno no way please dont open it till i go so how much is the slippers"she said

"$5"
"here...the money"i collected it from her and she hugged me bye

Immediately after she left i opened the envelop and wwwhhhat!!!!

Hey guys i hope you are all enjoying my book it is my first though so kindly pardon my wrong spellings

and please vote and comment i would be soo happy and the first person to vote gets to choose the books cover and the next chapter would be dedicated to that lovely and supportive person

LOVE YOU ALL PLENTY *muah*
xoxo..


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