How I fell for the tyrannical CEO

I FELL FOR MY BOSS

Chapter 1: Friendship

 Stella woke up at about 5:am that morning, the annoying sound of the crickets filling the surrounding.

She looked beside her and saw her sister sleeping soundly on the bed. It was a very tight room with lot of loads, it looks more like a local kitchen, with clothes, pots and bags hanging from different corners.

Their small foam was placed at the center of the room, and a big drum of water standing just right after the wooden door which was taken out every morning, and brought back in the evening to avoid theft.

Stella was the first of three children, living in a remote village with parents. Their parents were just poor farmers, but they were what you’d call a happy family.

Stella was just nineteen yrs old, Grace her  younger sister was sixteen and Christopher her younger brother eleven.

They based on the daily proceeds from their farm. They were farmers, what you would call wretched farmers, feeding from hand to mouth.

Some weeks ago, she nearly fell into the hand of a trafficker LadyB. She had agreed to go with the woman, coz she told her she would be her assistant over there and she happily took the offer. But her parents declined the offer, and refused her from going anywhere with LadyB. She did not fight it, coz she knew her parents always wants the best for her.

People who let their children go complained of poor communication, and they also complained about LadyB not fulfilling the promise she made them. All these also made her feel better.

Stella slid her hands under her pillow and brought out a small torchlight. She woke Grace up so she could help her in carrying the drum outside, coz it was quite huge and had a lot of weight.

“Get up sleepy head” she said hitting grace hard at the back.

“What’s your problem it’s not even bright yet”, Grace grunted.

“Lazy bone, my problem is that you’re just too lazy.” She said and then she sighted an empty bottle of soft drink close to her.

“Look is that not what you had last night?” she asked pointing to the bottle that was hiding under a bag of cloth, and peeping with it’s head.

“It was too late, so I wasn’t able to.........”

“Enough of your story” Stella cut her short. “Just come let’s take that big man outside.”

Grace finally stood up after stretching for some minutes, and then helped her in taking it out, but right after grumbling.

The whole place was as silent as a graveyard, but she wasn’t scared at all, coz she was used to it.

“Where are you going?” Stella asked, turning to Grace who was already few walks away from the bed.

“Back to bed” she sluggishly replied without looking back.

“Lazy bone” she cursed under her breath as she drew water from the drum into a miserable looking bucket, with the help of a worn out plate.

 She walked into the bathroom and in no time, she was done. And when she came out, the place was no longer silent, but filled with the chattering of men and women preparing for the day’s job. She went into the room and started dressing up.