Rose was a pretty woman in her late 30's, she was what they call a new years baby, because she was born on new years day. Rose was a successful woman in business, she had lots of restaurant branches around town. Rose had no children and she never believed in love, she just hated the concept of union or companionship.
Rose had divorced 4 husband's, men she claimed were not up to her taste. You could say Rose was a strong woman but in a toxic way. She lived a life of seclusion from the outside world, she hated to be corrected by people because she felt she was perfect.
Her parents had died some few years back and she didn't even attend their burial ceremony, she claimed they were old and had lived their time, and there was no need to attend because they wouldn't appreciate her presence.
One Christmas eve, Rose sat in her usual coffee shop, she read the morning papers as she ate some muffins. After she was done she got up to leave, but while she walked out she bumped into an old man. He stumbled to the ground and hit his waist so hard he yelled out of pain.
Rose also fell to the ground, cracking the screen of her phone. She was so angry she got up and started yelling insults and curses at the old man who was on the ground in pain. She didn't even care for his condition, " you are such an unfortunate old man". She kept on insulting him.
The old man suddenly stopped crying and stood up, he looked Rose straight in her eyes and mumbled some strange words. But she couldn't understand what he was saying " You can't even speak English, old man!". She shoved him aside as she made her way out of the coffee shop.
Rose got back to work and continued her day like nothing happened, in fact she forgot about everything before nightfall. But that night when she slept she had a very strange dream. She saw herself in an adult home, a shelter for old people. She looked so old and frail, and male and female nurses were walking around her.
The next morning Rose was so confused and bothered by her dream, deep down she knew it meant something very important. Growing up One of Rose's deepest fears was aging, she never liked the idea of birthdays and growing old, it freaked her out, she never imagined herself in need of so much help to do everything.
She just decided to push the strange thoughts aside. It was just a dream she thought.
On new year's day, she decided to celebrate her birthday by getting drunk, and passing out on her bed. There was no one to celebrate with her as she was alone in the world. She drowned herself with alcohol all through the night and passed out on the floor.
In the morning when she woke up, she felt so weak and tired, she felt so sore and she struggled to get on her feet, when she finally got up she felt like throwing up so she ran into the toilet, when she was done easing herself she made her way to the bedroom.
But when she passed the mirror, her heart jumped out of her chest. She couldn't believe what she saw , she didn't look the same, Rose had suddenly turned into an old woman overnight. Her face was filled with wrinkles and her veins were so exposed she looked like she was dying.
Two minutes later, she heard a knock on the door and when she answered it, it was welfare officials that were sent to come and move her into an adult home. Her new life was just about to begin.
THE END....
MONEY IS TIME.....
