Chapter 1

Henry gazed in utter disbelief at his ten year old daughter, Solace. This girl never ceased to always surprise him with her super duper intelligence. She just gave him a mind boggling reply to a question he a minute ago, asked her. The last time I checked I was so dumb during my primary and Junior High School days, but this girl who is my own flesh and blood is so different. Henry wondered and sighed. Who knows maybe she inherited this trait from Victoria.

Just then when Henry thought of Victoria, the young thirty-two year old lady who happens to be Henry's wedded wife called at their bedroom.

" What's happening here?". Victoria asked with a little squeeze on her face. What she was just witnessing, was Solace tucking unto her father's shoe lace whilst Henry, her husband held unto a pair of old wretched black socks which he oftenly wore for work.

" Well as you can see ma, I'm only helping da to lace his shoes since it seems he has little idea about it." Solace replied shaking his tiny but big brains head from side to side. Victoria was a bit taken aback by her words.

" Okay now, it's time for dinner. Enough of all of this drama, alright?" Victoria led them to the table where the couple's eldest child, Nathan was eagerly waiting for them. Nathan was always the foodie in the house.

As usual as it has mostly been, rice porridge and sme little slice of bread. Henry's income was always too meagre to see to all the needs of the house so Victoria sometimes out of her own pocket has to put food on the table whilst Henry took care of the children. Their clothes, shoes, school fees and a whole lot which Victoria knew budges him most of the time.

However Victoria was a highly educated lady who only decided under the opposition of her parents to marry poor Henry in those early days. She currently has a job as a clerk in one of the nearby companies in Accra, where they lived

During meals, Henry kissed his wife and children goodbye before leaving hastely for work. Later, Victoria saw the children off to school and headed for work too.