The alarm clock woke me up but I wasn't ready to get out of bed. I was still tired from hosting, Hephzibah, my second daughter's 9th birthday party which was in full swing.

There were many of other things to be done this morning, like; cleaning the yard, sorting present and settling some after bills.

I rolled out of bed after shutting my alarm. My husband was still snoring, just like me he had a rough day yesterday. I wore my glasses and saw my room properly for the first time that morning. In one corner of the corner of the room there was a stash of birthday presents for Hephzibah.

I made my way downstairs, the living room that one of my maids was cleaning. She greeted me and I replied stiffly. I wanted to drag her attention to a part on the ground that wasn't scrubbed properly, but noises coming from the kitchen distracted me.

"Are you mad or crazy, I said you didn't prepare this well" the angry time of my eldest daughter, Sophie rang through the house. I could feel myself getting angry myself, who was that idiot making my daughter this angry?

I entered the kitchen ready to pounce on the person annoying my daughter and it was Dorcas, the maid responsible for cooking.

"What is happening here?" I asked.

"Good morning ma" Dorcas greeted.

"Can you answer my question, what is happening here?"

"Ma na Sophie o, she come this morning come de ask say make I do toasted bread, I do the bread well but she talk she no wan chop am"

(Ma its Sophie, she asked that I prepare her toasted bread this morning, I prepared the bread well but she refused to eat it)

"You cannot even speak English" Sophie laughed, and I could see Dorcas boiling in anger.

"This your pikin no get respect, I don de tolerate her nonsense since but-" I slapped her half way into her useless complain. She looked shocked but I was happy to have restored order in my house.

Anybody below my standard has no right to address any of my children in that manner, not when I am alive.

TO Be Continued
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