Since she couldn't meet with her parents the previous day, Vivian decided to go today.She had woken up all alone without Geoffrey in bed with her. According to the servants, he went to work early. Vivian admired this about her lovely husband, and she decided to treat him to a special dinner when he returns home tonight. Getting all dressed, Vivian left her home for her parents, feeling excited to tell them about the plans she and Geoffrey had made for them. "No, I shouldn't tell them yet. I don't want their hopes to rise too much. It's going to be a surprise when the money comes back multiplied, " She believed, seeing a brighter future for them.As she drew closer to the mansion, Vivian noticed something about the front.Their cars, some were missing already. Vivian pulled into her parents' compound and began to hear yelling coming from inside. "What was that? " She panicked, rushing out of her car.Vivian went into her home and was surprised to see the servants in one corner, w

Vivian stared at the pictures with shock on her face.She couldn’t believe that this was happening to her.Geoffrey would never do this right?She burst into tears.“This has to be a lie!”Vivian decided to place a call to Geoffrey once again. She dialed his number with shaking hands.Ring RingAfter try to call him persistently for 5 minutes, someone answered.“Who this sorry?” It was the voice of a young girl. She sounded out of breath.Vivian could hear the beat of loud music in the background.The bastard! Can’t work in a dull environment right?“It’s Vivian, Geoffrey’s wife!”She heard a commotion in a background. She listened closely and could hear the faint conversation.“Hey give me that…” It sounded like , but the voice was too faint to be sure.“Hey hello, Vivian what’s up. I told you I was working. Sorry my em… secretary picked it up.” Geoffrey stopped after his short speech to catch his breath.“You bastard!” Vivian started crying again.“You cheating bastard! Aren’t I goo

Vivian hurled the trash bag over her shoulder and struggled to carry it out with her. She walked steadily till she reached the trash bin and dumbed in the trash with a sigh of relief. She swiped off sweat form her brow. The trash had been heavy, she had never done such intense manual labour. Vivian had been waiting for Geoffrey to get home for the past two days and during those days, due to the condition of her father which got worse, and her mother’s mental… blockage, she had to clean herself. She was starting to get a picture of what the low level servants went through. Maybe next time she won’t tell them to do more work. She had sorted out the kitchen especially, because it was starting to get too dirty. She was constantly made aware of this by her mother’s passing snide comments. She decided to take one for the family after she got tired of the noise. She proceeded to prepare their breakfast- an omelet. It turned out crisp and burnt but she still felt vindicated for trying. As

Vivian lay on her bed, motionless.The tears on her face had dried off.She had entered a coma-like sleep for a few minutes. Everything had gotten too much and she needed to shut down for a while. Vivian just couldn’t comprehend why Geoffrey would treat her like that. Back in the day when she had been married to that guy, Geoffrey always treated her like a queen.Geoffrey made her feel things that Alphonse could never hope to. It was a ironic that her relationship with Geoffrey had flourished when she was still married to Alphonse. Alphonse was a loser who just made Geoffrey look even better.She could remember how Geoffrey would take her to parties and they would have a wonderful time. After the party they would get a room and spend the night drinking and having sex.Vivian had gotten married to Alphonse before she was fully aware of the existence of other men. From there she had been asked out by many men who she had all found not up to her developing taste. It was those same men

“Take me to the best grocery store you know.”“That’s a really strange request lady.” The taxi cab driver looked at Vivian through his rear view mirror.“Alrighty though. I guess we’ll be going straight to the Oasis fresh market down town then.”He turned on the engine. The radio began to give out background static.“That place is expensive anyway. Completely overrated if you asked me.” The cab driver took out a cigarette from his glove box and lighted.Vivian wondered whether his rugged beard might light on fire. Surely it would be too good to be true.“I didn’t ask you.”The driver gave a driver laugh and moved the car.They drove through busy highways. Car drivers constantly blaring their horns at one another. The whole place felt congested.Vivian was extremely pissed off with this development It was a particularly busy road on the Tulsa highway and Vivian wasn’t for it.She had never actually experienced anything this annoying, because she had always had maids who experienced i