Jolene
“Ssshhh; she is the one” Two women whispered while glancing at me sideways. Should it be considered a whisper if I heard them? Or saw the way they rolled their eyes up and down while looking at me? Or the way they fanned themselves faster while they passed me as if the very air I was breathing was contaminated! What did I do to deserve this? Is falling in love such a crime? Maybe I should not have listened to Luther Ingram when he said, “ if loving you was wrong, I don’t want to be right !” Or maybe, just maybe, I should have waited to be born in the 21 st century where Nico and Vitz, will help me “ ask am I wrong ” and everyone would understand why I am not wrong. At least, not for loving! You know, when I left the house, all I wanted was to do was get some fruits! But here I was at the market, everyone looking at me like I had a plague on my face! All my usual fruit vendors are unwilling to sell to me! What kind of businessperson refuses money? Is this why many of their bu...