Hi! I'm Alessia from a small town in Kenya. Growing up I was stubborn and also a happy kid, even though my mom worked as a servant for the wealthy Chief Mwangi at his farm, I always felt like part of the family because of the Chief's son, Barasa. He was my best friend, and he did almost everything with me. He helped me with chores and even stopped me from cleaning his room whenever I had to. It was fun... Until his uppity father stopped him from hanging out with me.  "Barasa, you're better than playing around with the poor servant. I want you to stay away from them." What Barasa's father said hurt me, and I knew it had something to do with the fact that Mum and I were poor. I became envious whenever I saw Barasa with his wealthy friends. So, one day, I devised a plan to change his opinion of me; all I needed were the same expensive items that his friends wore. I began to put a lot of pressure on mum to get them for me.  "Mum, I want that dress!" "How about we go to the yard sale over there, they sure do have some nice clothes." "I hate them. They're ugly and cheap!" I knew our poor situation was none of Mum's fault, and later that evening she surprised me, and I was so overjoyed.  "Honey, I saved some money and got you those Louis Vuitton shoes you wanted." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.