Chapter 61. Best Friends

Ellie's POV

"You are really something, Ellie. I mean, for you to defy your father like that, girl, you've got balls!" Grace says.

After that atrocious time-wasting interview and bumping into her at the gate, I wanted to scream at her to leave me alone. I was in no mood for any chats, especially with some high school dummy whom we never got close to, but surprisingly, we ended up in my house instead. I told her about my plight, and she was stupefied to learn that I was jobless and impoverished. Her narrative is also incredibly depressing, perhaps even more so than mine.

Her only brother took over the family business after her parents died in a car accident, and he refused to spare her even a cent. He seems to be one of those stingy, stereotypical Africans who think women shouldn't inherit anything. Stupid, right? He should be taught a lesson for torturing his only sibling this way. They weren't so rich, but she shouldn't be doing this either.