Sherenna Shelford

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Sherenna was on her way out to meet a few potential friends for drinks—friends she worked hard to keep in the dark about her life predicament. Hoping for a rare, pleasant evening out, the all-too-familiar chime of her husband’s text message interrupted her thoughts.

“Apples Cafe: 6pm - 8pm: Cleaning,” the text read. Sherenna’s heart sank. She knew she had no choice but to report. By now, Jasmine, the worker at the cafe, would have already transferred the £10 fee to her husband.

The arrangement was simple: £10 for any job. For Jasmine, it was an easy decision. Sit on her phone for two hours while Sherenna did the work, and Jasmine still made £20—£30 paid, £10 passed on. And as always, Sherenna got nothing.

Sherenna fumbled with the bowl of water and rags, the edges of her dress catching dirty food from the tables she wiped down. She dreaded the thought of canceling her evening plans but knew her appearance was a problem. Could she show up in a stained dress and disheveled state, praying no one noticed? Or would tonight be just another plan she had to sacrifice?

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Sherenna's Trashed Skirt 

The day had arrived. It had been three days since Sherenna’s sister, Amy, had cruelly tossed her knee-length pink skirt into the kitchen food bin. Amy had made it clear, in her mocking tone, that Sherenna would be wearing it—exactly as it came out—three days later.

For those three days, Sherenna had been consumed with anxiety, watching nervously as every messy plate was scraped into the bin. She was certain some of the mess had been added deliberately, just to make her ordeal worse.

Now, with no choice left, Sherenna reluctantly reached into the bin and pulled out the skirt. It was far worse than she had feared—stained, reeking, and utterly revolting. “You can wipe at it, but no washing it!” Amy jeered, her voice sharp with satisfaction.

Sherenna’s mind raced, already tangled with worry. What excuse could she use if someone asked about the mess? She imagined herself saying she’d spilled something or taken a bad fall—anything but the truth. That was the one thing she was forbidden to speak.

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Sherenna's Surprise Order

Sneaking away from her group of so-called “friends,” Sherenna almost felt normal again as she chatted with a particularly attractive man in the quiet corner of the bar. For a fleeting moment, she even allowed herself to feel admired.

But the reprieve was short-lived. It didn’t take Jodie long to notice her absence, and soon, Sherenna heard the all-too-familiar voice behind her. “Oh, Sherenna, where have you been?” Her heart sank as she turned to see Jodie’s smirk. “Do you have a nice new friend here?” Jodie asked sweetly, her voice dripping with mockery. “Well… why don’t we show him your true nature?”

Jodie’s smirk widened. “Pick up your drink… and pour it over your own face.”

Sherenna whimpered, knowing full well the price of disobedience—news of it would reach her husband and her sister. With trembling hands, she picked up her glass and tipped it over her head, feeling the liquid cascade down her face, soaking her hair and seeping into the neckline of her dress.

The mystery man, who had watched in stunned silence, quietly slipped away, never to be seen again. Sherenna stood there, drenched, her fleeting moment of normalcy cruelly shattered.

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Sherenna the Cleaning Fairy

As per her husband’s rules, Sherenna was required to accept any freelance job offered to her, with all earnings, of course, going directly to him.

Today, the job came courtesy of Sarah, who was celebrating her 22nd birthday with a house party. When the planned festivities started to feel a little dull, Sarah decided to add a twist to liven things up. Sherenna was to act as the party’s cleaner, scurrying around to tidy up as the chaos unfolded.

At first, Sherenna thought it might not be the worst job she’d been given—until she saw what she was expected to wear. “I know what your husband will say if I tell him you refused,” Sarah said with a smirk, holding up the outfit. “Now, put this on, go upstairs, and wait for the bell. When you hear it, you’ll come down and clean up anything that needs it. Understood?” Reluctantly, Sherenna nodded and took the ‘uniform’ upstairs.

The sound of the bell summoned Sherenna back to the party. As she descended the stairs, she immediately noticed a spill of red wine on the table. The room fell silent as the guests turned to take in the sight of her. For a moment, there was nothing but wide-eyed stares before the giggling began to spread like wildfire.

“Introducing our cleaning fairy for the day, Sherenna!” Sarah announced with a delighted grin. The room erupted into whispers and excited laughter. For the guests, this was going to be a birthday to remember—but for Sherenna, it was going to be an evening she’d rather forget.

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Sherenna's School Day

When Sherenna learned she would be helping one of her sister’s friends prepare for university—specifically for a teaching degree—she assumed it would be one of her less demeaning tasks.

However, instead of helping with academic work, she found herself presented with a modified version of her own old school uniform. She was to become the would-be teacher’s “student” for the day.

At 34 years old Sherenna found herself back wearing black tights, clunky shoes, a pleated grey skirt, and a buttoned blouse with a cardigan. This made her feel awful—like she’d been demoted in status. Worse yet, she was forced to sit at her desk in silence, completing nothing more than coloring pages and dot-to-dot puzzles. The entire day felt like a humiliating regression and while she couldn't protest she knew full well she was being silently laughed at. The thought of being seen like this by anyone else made her stomach churn.

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Sherenna's New Hobby

Jamie, Alison, and Emma were old school friends of Sherenna’s back in the day—all three had attended ballet classes regularly.

Because ballet was one of Sherenna’s many new hobbies, handpicked by her husband, he thought it would be fun to invite a few of her former friends over for a demonstration.

Sherenna was to show them the five basic ballet positions, and they decided to bring along her old high school crush. The deal was simple: if she performed adequately, the only embarrassment would be dancing in front of her friends. But if she fell three times, she’d have to practice for an hour each day for a full week after work. The marbles scattered on the floor added an extra layer of difficulty—and extra incentive for them to watch her fail.

Her former friends smirked and giggled as Sherenna struggled to perform something they themselves had mastered by the age of seven. Their laughter grew even louder when she stepped on another marble and fell for the second time. None of them felt the slightest bit of sympathy for her—why would they, when this whole ordeal seemed so ridiculous?

With one last attempt to go, Sherenna couldn’t shake the feeling that she’d be wearing her ballet dress a lot more often this week.

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Sherenna's Office Coffee Day

Sherenna knew she was expected to do anything anyone in the office asked of her these days, but she couldn’t understand why she was being singled out so relentlessly today.

All morning, the entire office had been snapping their fingers and ordering her to bring them coffee. This was the fourth cup for Olivia, the 21-year-old intern. As Sherenna poured the coffee, she felt a growing sense of dread, knowing she was falling further and further behind in her own work.

Unbeknownst to Sherenna, her sister had used chalk to write a few choice words on the back of her skirt the night before, while it hung ready for the morning. Amy was thrilled to see Sherenna hurriedly pull the skirt on without noticing. Sherenna would go about her day, completely unaware of her sister’s mischief, until she undressed later that evening at home.

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Sherenna's Clothing Exchange

“Out with the old and in with the new!” Amy, Sherenna’s sister, laughed cheerfully, carrying out the 'one in one out' policy rule.

Every time a new piece of clothing was found or bought, it was promptly forced upon Sherenna, replacing an item from her existing wardrobe. These discarded items were either donated to charity or sold to bring in a little extra money for the family.

Sherenna stood disheartened, nervously fiddling with the outdated, ill-fitting skirt of her newly acquired dress, donated this time by a former friend. Her dismay deepened as Amy plucked an elegant peach dress—one of Sherenna’s favorites—from the wardrobe and placed it in the charity shop bag.

Month by month, Sherenna’s wardrobe shifted from modern, elegant, and stylish to a mismatched collection of cheap, old-fashioned, and childish garments. Eventually, it seemed, Sherenna would have nothing left to wear that made her feel beautiful or confident.

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Sherennas Karaoke

Forced to dress in the most childish princess dress they could find, Sherenna was pushed and forced into setting herself up for complete humiliation at the bar.

A plastic tiara and jewellery was chosen to go with her ridiculous Elsa dress, even her hair was made into a Elsa plait. Not being able to sing a single note, Sherenna stands ready to sing the song chosen for her at the local karaoke, she can already hear the tittering and chattering around the bar before she even begins.

She has to pretend that she's serious and finish the whole song, otherwise, another song will follow. There was a long night ahead of Sherenna, who knew - at best - that the rest of the night would be spent sitting at the bar in her oversised Elsa dress.

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Sherenna's Bridal Bikeride

Sherenna struggled to push down the pedals of the bike in her heels and trailing gown.

Another cruel joke played on her by her sister and friends. Forcing Sherenna to wear her wedding dress again they came up with a game.

"Make it to the end of the path without falling over and you get to change, fall and you wear that for the week without changing". This was what she had to do on her weeks holiday.

Sherenna looked all the more comical trying her best, the bike wobbled as she pushed on, the spray from the mud already destroying the lower parts of her elaborate dress. This would be an awful week if she fell.

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It's good to have a hobby.

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A great idea for Sherenna.

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Sherenna's Princess Party

"Do you like the Snow White outfit we chose for you?" Gabby smirked as she stood beside Sherenna with her friend.

"It's your friends daughters princess party, I wonder how she will like you after you turn up like this?" grinned Stacey.

Sherenna's 'friends' stood beside her looking like authentic classy princesses and yet they had made her look like a cheap trashy knock off. Sherenna's cheeks burned at the thought of walking into the party with them dressed like this.

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Sherenna's Waste Protest

Forced to become an 'environmentalist' Sherenna's friends thought up her next protest.

A sign was placed on the dumpster outside of the local restaurant and Sherenna was to stand inside it. Made to look as obnoxiously righteous as possible Sherenna was standing in the way of the restaurants work, claiming that food should not be wasted.

Of course the workers had no time at all to deal with Sherenna, they were very busy. They just dumped in the left over food anyway.

Sherenna stood there dejected with the sloppy food drying into her hair and dress before another load was to be dumped in. Sherenna had another 3 hours of her 'planned protest' to go plus the walk home.

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Sherenna's School Reunion

After the many games and tricks played by Sherenna's family and friends she hasn't gone too far in life with her career. When the high school reunion came up her friends of course would not let her fail to attend.

The theme was to go dressed as your chosen profession, holding a sign with your position written on it. Sherenna could have gone in her office wear which would have saved some embarrassment, however her sister had other ideas.

One of her many weekend and evening jobs left lots of choices for what Sherenna could go as. After a lot of thought Sherenna's sister settled on the waitressing job she does in the evenings.

Sherenna stands in-between her two former school friends, as they hold their signs for the photo. They both seem amused which makes Sherenna feel even more of a failure.

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Sherenna is Hairdressing Practice

Sherenna's doesn't even know for sure if her 'friend' Sonia wants to be a hairdresser or not. All she knows is she is forced to sit and let her 'practice'.

Sonia is definitely deliberately ruining Sherenna's hair for fun. Using long strokes to brush up her hair and stick it out in all different directions, heavy hairspray cements the hair in place. There wont be much Sherenna can do to fix her hair for the day, it will just look an atrocious mess.

It will take a long time in the shower at the end of the day to wash, detangle, dry and straighten her hair again, all for another practice session to be arranged at any time.

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Intern Messages for Sherenna

"Stand still Sherenna." ordered the 21 year old new intern Olivia. Sherenna can feel the chalk forming letters on the back of her skirt but daren't move or turn around, she'd surely get in trouble if she did.

Olivia smiles at her latest word. "Off you go now, and dont you dare do anything to spoil my writing."

Sherenna gets on with her day trying to forget about the letters, despite the tittering from around the office. She doesn't know what the word is, she'll have to find out when she goes home at the end of the day.

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Sherenna Bringing down the Neighbourhood

Another day and another game for Sherenna's 'friends'

Shopping was first and after a trip to the clothing department an outfit was chosen. It was everything Sherenna hated but of course she had no choice.

After walking to a posh neighbourhood Sherenna was instructed to stand on the street corner and just wait.

Sophie, Claire and Jennifer sit on the bench nearby to watch the game unfold. They wanted to see how long Sherenna might last until the police were called. They giggled with each other, pretending not to know Sherenna as they watched disgusted faces peer out of the nearby windows. A man stops and pulls out his phone, it looks like the game will end sooner rather than later.

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