Red Moon light

Chapter 2

Lioness.

Fresh tomatoes ripened by the glorious sun glittered all over the garden.

I carried my basket as I picked each one inspecting for any pests that may have attacked the fruit.

We seem to be having a problem . I noticed some had liaisons .

Must've been a fungus .

I will drop by the market and buy some fungicide .

The peas were green and ready to be busted from their pods .

I heard the door bell. My husband had left early for work . I woke up to his kiss on my temple.

I have a feeling he's not telling me something.

In the meantime I had to think of a job , something I could do. I won't get my pension or benefits until I am thirty. Unlike the others I was sent off not retired .

I have to get work. I can do makeup , hairdressing and massage services .

I am certain I will definitely get something to do .

I' washed the tomatoes and loaded the pea pods into the basket I will pop them later . I am eager to start searching for a job make applications if necessary .

I took my laptop , it's been long since I used it.

It boot up, loading my image and that of Nate on the window display , He and I on our wedding day . I remember it like it was yesterday.

My husband and I met way back before I joined the army .

I was training at that time .

On one weekend I was shopping for groceries at the grocery mall.

Evaluating a cucumber . I was unsure if I needed it or maybe I could buy it for future then I decided it wasn't necessary but then I couldn't let go of the thought I came to buy groceries without a cucumber.

I noticed a man was staring at me . He was very good looking, medium short hair, tall , Caucasian and had a sweet smirk.

I smiled back at him .

He came over to greet me , the way he looked at me got me hooked .

" you seem to be undecided on the cucumber"

" yes, I am not sure if I need it soon or I could buy it for later then it goes bad and I end up forgetting about it "

" I think you should do what that loud voice in your heart says "

I decided not to buy the cucumber.

We talked and exchanged numbers , went on several dates at times we fought then rekindled our love with some reconciliation and hot s*x .

He proposed to me on my birthday.

I was not expecting he would do it in front of my family.

Especially with both of us coming from different homes , his was very conservative mine was too .

We had a beautiful intimate wedding in Miami and went on a honeymoon to Seychelles.

We both had a talk on when we should have kids .

I had been posted to Afghanistan for my first time ,I couldn't risk getting pregnant as it would slow me down .Don't get me wrong I love children and I want to have them but with a career as mine it's quite impossible to maintain the focus and have a high risk of being kicked out at that time there wasn't any option for pregnant women in the military other than be cast out .

He on the other hand had a successful business of selling automobile a car sales man to be precise . He was doing so well .We ended up buying our own home . We were young and successful .

I skimmed through ads. Some seem quite fake asking for money to be registered to enroll for the job , others were just uninteresting jobs like mechanic, cow dung cleaner, product tester and review.

I spent nearly three hours looking through but nothing seems to be of any interest.

I was running out of patience and frustrated .

I slapped my keyboard it scrolled to several pages continuously. I had no idea what was even happening.

I clicked several keypads to stop the madness happening on my laptop .

Fortunately it suddenly stopped navigating .

I sighed in relief.

The page was an ad.

It read

" stylist and makeup artist urgently needed "

Both are two separate things but I can do both.

I replied with my CV.I had diploma in cosmetics and beauty and another on fashion and design . They were part time courses I took while in the military and free . So I thought why not seize the opportunity.

" sent " I said .

Now it's to hope I get hired.

' ding dong'

I got up to answer the door .

It was the mailman.

We had a lot of mails .

I threw them on the table .

I could go through a few to save Nate the time as he could come home totally wasted.

I opened a few and I was not expecting what the contents contained.

Unpaid bills , and arrears . Our bank accounts were dry , and our house was soon going to get taken. We were bankrupt!

Maybe it's a prank or a joke of some kind . How is this possible? How are we in debt ? What happened while I was away?

I waited for him to come as usual with his " hey baby kiss on my temple"

" why didn't you tell me we had all this debts " I went straight to the point.

He scratched his head .

" Nate I asked you a question, is this all true?"

I held the documents .

He took a seat and sighed heavily.

" yes , it's true "

I shut my eyes and covered my mouth ,this is a very bad way to come home .

" I am so sorry baby, I wanted to tell you . I didn't know how ? Last night I got a call from Randy our banker that's what you heard . I am real sorry I wish I could do something to this situation . Am really trying"

" What really led to this Nate "

" I took a loan to further import more vehicles, unfortunately the seller had stolen several of the cars and was undergoing investigation and the police impounded all of them from our yard. It was and still is hard to catch up with the bank in paying .The interest rates kept growing and growing on my delay to pay back. Now I am stuck with all this .I am sorry I didn't tell you"

This is bad news .

" we still have our house to our name "

" no, the bank will take it "

" you have to be f*****g kidding me , so technically we are about to go homeless?"

" yes if we don't fix this in the next one week "

"one week! "

" yes "

" how much is left ?"

" thirty million".

I was mute , unsure of what to think or say . I got up and went to our room.

I am trying not to let my emotions get ahead of me because I will snap.

I am about to snap. We are about to lose everything , we worked to get this house and now we are about to say goodbye bye to it.

Fucking mess.