Sandwiched between two other women who had come to commiserate with her over the loss of her husband, Emily sat motionlessly in a sofa like a statue for more than an hour, ruminating over her self-incurred plight. How she wished she could turn back the hands of time back to when she was much younger and energetic so that she could be more diligent and industrious. Although it had been a gradual process that spanned three years, the consequences of how she lived her life during those years appeared too severe for her to bear. Without her being conscious of it, time had sped past her like a winged chariot. Now, like a drunk suddenly awake out of a deep slumber, she found herself in a miserable and unfulfiled end. "O Emily!" she cried, as her mind painted the details of those wasted years.
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Emily was a victim of indolence. Right from her college days, indolence had been like a cancerous sore in her life. she became averse to work the very day she stepped into the college. From manual work, her lazy attitude encroached her studies. The once brilliant Emily became lackadaisical towards her studies, and as expected, her performance dropped significantly. that was how she graduated from the college with such a poor result that could hardly get her any well-payed job.
It didn't end there. A few years later, she got married to a man who couldn't condone laziness. And being an international business tycoon, William hardly had the time to organize the home. Regrettably, it became obvious that Emily could neither take proper care of herself not the home. The children looked untidy, a heap of dirty clothes often stood like a hill, a pile of dirty plates beckoned for attention in the kitchen, while wastes from an overfilled waste basket littered the compound. It was an eyesore!. Except when William had a little time from his busy schedule to tidy up the house himself, the entire house would be so disorganized, dirty and stinking like a piggery. Her food, which she usually cooked with struggle, was always tasteless.
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Her occupation wasn't spared either. She could hardly keep a job because of her indolence. On one occasion, her husband got her a job through his influence. She hardly spent a moth there because she was fired for tardiness and indolence. this broke her husband's heart because she couldn't support him in any way. Everything depended on him.
Two nights ago her husband died in a fatal accident, leaving her with 3 children. She helplessly watched mourners troop in and out as though in a cinema. She wished it was just a dream. But it wasn't; the reality of life had dawned on her. It appeared as if her world had come to an end. Where would she take the children? How would she feed them and pay the various bills? How would she even secure a job now?. thinking about all these, she broke down in tears, with terrible sobs.
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