ENVY WITHIN
EPISODE 1
WRITTEN BY Rukevwe merry
Once upon a time, there were six best friends: Clara, Mimi, Sonia, Vivian, Rita, and Jessica. They were inseparable, spending their days gossiping about their relationships, business opportunities and lives. Despite being successful working class women, they were all single, with only boyfriends to keep them company.
Among them, Sonia is the youngest at 38 years old. Despite their age, none of them had found a husband. They joked about growing old together, but deep down, they longed for companionship and love.
Clara, the richest of the group, had a secret side hustle that brought in a lot of money. However, she acted as if she were struggling like the rest of her friends. She didn’t want them to know about her wealth because she feared they would treat her differently.
Clara had been in many relationships, but none of the men wanted to settle down with her. Feeling hopeless, she decided to give love a chance with a man from her village. He was poor but educated, and he fell deeply in love with Clara.
Determined to make their relationship work, Clara used her wealth to transform her boyfriend’s life. She bought him nice clothes, groomed him, and helped him become presentable to her friends. She didn’t want them to mock her for being with a poor man.
“After years of longing for companionship and love, Clara’s dream finally came true as she walked down the aisle to marry Scott in a lavish wedding ceremony. The event was filled with opulence and extravagance, leaving Clara’s friends green with envy. She had achieved what they all desired,finding a husband.
Following the grand celebration, Clara proudly introduced Scott to her friends. As they exchanged pleasantries, Clara’s friends couldn’t help but admire Scott’s charm and good looks. They showered him with compliments, acknowledging his undeniable cuteness.
Despite their envy, Clara’s friends couldn’t deny the happiness radiating from her and Scott. They wished her well, Although with a tinge of jealousy lingering in their hearts. Little did they know, behind the face of Clara’s seemingly perfect life, lies a web of secrets and deception.”
When Clara bought a new mansion, she told her friends that it belonged to her wealthy husband. She wanted to keep up appearances and maintain her image as a struggling single woman.
Whenever Clara bought herself expensive gifts like cars, she claimed her man had bought them for her. Her friends believed her because they didn’t know about her secret side hustle.
Despite her lies, Clara felt guilty for deceiving her friends. She wished she could tell them the truth, but she was afraid of losing their friendship. So she continued living a double life, pretending to be someone she wasn’t, all for the sake of fitting in with her friends.
Feeling uncomfortable with Clara’s constant bragging about her supposed wealthy husband, Sonia began to envy her friend’s lifestyle. She longed for a man who could spoil her with luxury and shower her with expensive gifts, just like Clara’s husband allegedly did for her.
Unable to bear the jealousy any longer, Sonia decided to take matters into her own hands. She traveled to her village to seek the help of her mother, who was known for her knowledge of traditional remedies and potions.
Sonia confided in her mother about her desire to have Clara’s husband all to herself, along with the lavish lifestyle he provided. She begged her mother to take her to someone who could prepare a love potion, hoping it would make Clara’s husband fall in love with her instead.
Despite her mother’s warnings about the consequences of tampering with love, Sonia was determined to go through with her plan. She believed that once she had Clara’s husband to herself, she would finally experience the life of luxury she had always dreamed of.
To be continued
