I left (1) when I was 19 years old because my parents were
(2) . They wanted me to (3) and get married
to a man I didn’t like. He just wanted a (4) to do all the work
in the house, but I didn’t want to do (5) all my life.
After I left home I got a job in a (6) restaurant and bar,
not far from my parents’ house. I enjoyed being away from home,
but I kept in touch with my parents. About six
months after leaving home I moved to London, where I met a man of
Afro-American (7) . His parents were some of the first
(8) to Britain. After a few weeks, I took him to Maidstone,
my (9) where my parents still lived. My parents agreed to
meet him, but they didn’t like him at all. That didn’t (10)
though, and after a few years I decided to marry him.