Rhia shut off her desktop and extracted her handbag from the shelf where she had dumped it in the morning when she came to work. It had been a hectic day and she was looking forward to going home and soaking in a hot bath. She...
If there was one thing that had been ingrained in Rhia all her life was that she had certain expectations to live upto. ‘Be quiet. Girls are supposed to be quiet.’ ‘Be more girly. Look at how you are standing!’ ‘Behave yourself. Don’t be so free to start dancing...
A cackle of laughter from her boss’s cabin startled her. She waited patiently, for the conversation to end and the man to leave, after which she waltzed right in. Seeing her irate expression, her manager spoke up without preamble. ‘Look, Rhia, you can’t possibly object...
Rhia bolted the door and looked around the house. Or rather, her home. Was it a home? When did it come to this? When did she become the unpaid maid? There seemed to be no other purpose to her existence other than cooking and cleaning....
‘New Designs – Brie’s Bikinis . On Racks Now’ Rhia looked at the display board outside the swanky store and stopped short. Her arms were aching from the weight of the shopping bags she was already carrying. Would one more be too many? How would her thrifty...
An apple a day keeps the doctor away, someone said. Rhia decided it really would this time. She’d had enough of doctors and nurses. It was exhausting to have her home turned into a nursing home, with doctors and nurses buzzing in and out of the apartment....
Ten days to go for April 1. Ten days to go for Blogging A2Z Challenge to begin. Also, ten days to go for Camp NaNoWriMo, since I foolishly decided to participate in both. I'm already feeling the heat. The other participants have already begun to put...