Elizabeth had a long night, she was tossing and turning. She missed her husband's warm embrace around her. She stopped herself from going to the study room to fetch her husband.A thought flashed through her mind. What if her husband was in Bridgette's bedroom? She would never allow that to happen under her nose. She threw the comforter away, and then she rushed to Bridgette's room.Fortunately, Clayton was sitting outside the door. When he saw Mrs Martins, he greeted her warmly and said, "Are you here to see your lovely daughter Madam?" Mrs Martins was so embarrassed and replied, "I am looking for my husband."Clayton looked at her with confusion in his eyes. He looked at his watch, it was midnight. Why would Mrs Martins go to Bridgette's bedroom if she was looking for her husband? Was she trying to catch her husband with Bridgette?He smiled faintly and replied, "Mr Martins is sleeping in his study room Madam. Are you sure that you are not here to see your lovely daughter?"When Mrs
In the blink of an eye, Baby Avery was six months old. She started calling her father 'Dada' and Bridgette 'Mama'. Bridgette wanted to correct her, but Mr Martins felt that it would confuse the child since she hadn't seen her mother yet.Several times Mr Martins tried to involve his wife in their daughter's life, to no avail. Mrs Martins indicated that she agreed to give birth to one child only.The following day, the weather was sunny and bright. It was a good day to take baby Avery outside for a walk.Bridgette walked to Clayton smiling and said, "Clayton, would you be so kind to accompany us to the park. The weather is so beautiful; I want to take baby Avery out for a walk."Clayton nodded his head and waited for Bridgette and the baby. Bridgette put a hat on Baby Avery, and then she packed her milk bottle and fruits in the bag. Clayton took baby Avery in his arms and Bridgette pushed the pram to the lift.When they got out of the lift, they met Mrs Martins who was waiting for the
Mr Martins was eating his breakfast alone. His wife didn't bother to accompany him. Sometimes he would ask his butler or Aunt Rose to eat with him. He couldn't wait for his children to grow up.After breakfast, Mr Martins went to her daughter's nursery to greet her as usual, but she was still sleeping.He wanted to see her beautiful smile before he left for work. He touched her chubby hands, then he kissed her chubby face. He didn't linger for a long time because he had a morning meeting with his managers.When he arrived at the Martins Group, he went straight to the boardroom. His secretary followed behind him with his laptop. His managers were already there. Each manager was giving feedback on the project they were busy with.When it was Director Paul Evans' turn, he said, "As we all know, the Martins Group had won a tender to build government subsidized housing.We have started a project to build 3000 houses. We will make sure to produce houses of good quality."CEO Martins looked
Four years later…...Principal Glen was in his office with Grade 00 class teacher, Mrs Carrie Cope, discussing Avery Martins.She looked at Principal Glen and said, "Principal Glen, I have a learner in my class who is highly intelligent. I think it is a waste of time to keep her in Grade 00."Principal Glen replied, "Mrs Cope, why don't you assess her to see if she can cope in Grade 0. Then I will support your decision."Mrs Cope smiled and replied, "Principal Glen, it's been a while since I saw anyone so intelligent. Do you remember Xavier Taylor? We have another genius at our school. I have already assessed her until Grade 2.She passed with flying colours. Why don't we move her to Grade 1 after the second term school holidays?"Principal Glen smiled broadly when he thought about Xavier Taylor. His grandfather took him out of school and he arranged tutors for him. He was highly intelligent, and he was easy on the eye.He smiled and said, "I trust your judgement, Mrs Cope. I will cal
Principal Glen called the Mathematics HOD, Mr Denzel Gray, into his office and said, "Mr Gray, I will give you the opportunity to set up a Mathematics question paper for our learners to prepare them for the Mathematics Olympiad competition.For the last four years, we have been in second place and it hurts. I trust that you will bring glory to our school."Mr Gray was over the moon; he called all the mathematics teachers to the staff room and said, "It's been a while since our school won this competition.Let's set up the Mathematics paper to prepare our learners. I want each teacher to submit one problem before the end of business today." The teachers were very happy to be involved in preparing their learners.In the blink of an eye it was exam day, learners were very excited. Even those who were weak in Mathematics forwarded their names to be included in the selection.Their teachers didn't deny them. Three hundred learners chose to participate in the Mathematics examination.They w
Fortunately, Bridgette was near the school. She quickly drove to school and fetched her. She smiled brightly at Bridgette and said, "Aunt Bridge, the results are out and guess who got the perfect score?"Aunt Bridgette ruffled her hair and replied smiling, "My genius Avery got a perfect score." Avery smiled brightly and nodded her head.When they passed their favourite cake shop, Bridgette bought four chocolate cupcakes to celebrate Avery's achievement.She gave Avery one cupcake, and she ate one cupcake as well. Avery closed her eyes and took a bite. It was melting in her mouth.When they arrived home, her mother was in the living room watching her favourite Telenovela, The Wife. She walked to her with a cupcake in her hand and said, "Mommy, this is for you."Her mother looked at her with disdain in her eyes and replied, "Don't you ever call me your mother again." Then she shoved her so hard. She bumped into the corner of the table which was carrying a vase.The vase broke into piece
Edwin Parker was so upset; he was supposed to be on the flight to Johannesburg with his family, but he was driving to Durban to fetch his sister. He left his wife, Cathy, crying.She was a maid of honour and their daughter, Lily, was a flower girl. He promised his wife that they would take the first flight the following day.He didn't go straight to the Martins mansion, but he went to the hospital to visit his injured niece.When he arrived at the hospital, he called his brother-in-law and asked for the ward number. He went to the ward carrying cupcakes. His niece once told him that she liked cupcakes a lot.He greeted everyone and looked at the little girl who was lying on the bed. His heart became bitter. He looked at his brother-in-law and asked, "Brother-in-law, what happened?"Mr Martins indicated that he was at work when his wife injured their daughter. Then he looked at Bridgette.Bridgette looked at Mr Parker with eyes full of pain, then she told him about Mathematics results
When Mr Parker arrived at his mansion he was puzzled to see his house in darkness, as if there was no one living in the house. He punched the code, then he entered the house.He switched on the lights; the house was quiet. He walked to their bedroom but there was no one. He started to panic, then he saw a letter on their king-sized bed.He opened the letter, there were only three words: 'Goodbye My Husband'. He had a confused expression on his face. He couldn't understand the meaning of the words, so he took his phone and dialed his wife's number.The call was immediately connected. He smiled brightly when heard his lovely daughter's voice, "Hello Daddy, Mommy is fitting her dress with Aunty Sandy."Edwin Parker was so shocked to hear his daughter's words and replied, "Sweetheart, give the phone to your Mommy." He heard his daughter talking to his wife.Cathy smiled at her daughter and said, "Edwin, please take care of your sister and leave us alone. Bye." Then the phone went dead.Ed
Her father smiled and replied, "I promise. Quickly tell Daddy, what is going on?" Avery looked at her father and said, "Daddy, there is someone I like. His name is Jordan Bennet."Her father thought he was mentally prepared, but he wasn't because Bridgette told him about this boy a year ago. He even investigated him. He looked at his daughter with sadness in his eyes and asked, "Do you trust this boy, Sweetheart?"Avery looked at her father and replied, "I love him, Daddy. He put a smile on my face. It is a pity that the human heart is a mystery, it's impossible to see the other person's intentions. Should he hurt me in the future, I will take it as a lesson for being naïve.I promise that I will never disappoint you, Daddy. Also, I will not get pregnant outside of wedlock. I will never give Aunt Elizabeth a chance to laugh at you for refusing her to abort me when I was a fetus.Daddy, Jordan, comes from a poor background. He told me that his father is working at the shoe factory, and
Avery smiled at her mother, but the smile didn't reach her eyes and said, "Mrs Martins, you don't have the authority to chase me away from my home. Do you own this house?If you do, please show me the Title Deeds. Aunt Elizabeth, please don't provoke me because I will ask my father to transfer this house to my name."Her mother started to panic. What would happen if her husband transferred the house to Avery? What would happen to her and her niece? She wanted to strangle Avery, but she restrained herself because Avery wasn't a pushover.Mrs Martins looked at Avery coldly, then she got off on the second floor. Avery got off at the third floor. Her father left the study room door open. She walked in with the food on the tray and put it on her father's desk.Avery smiled brightly and said, "I cook this food with love, Daddy. Enjoy." Her father smiled brightly and replied, "Thank you, my lovely daughter.Your food presentation makes my mouth salivating. The food looks delicious. I cannot w
Jordan didn't sleep a wink, he was tossing and turning. Early in the morning, he sent Avery a text message apologizing to her for ignoring her.He indicated that he was depressed because his best friend, Luca, had been hired at Martins Group, but he was sitting at home doing nothing.Avery looked at Jordan's text message, but she didn't read it. A few minutes later, Jordan called her. Avery didn't want to talk to him, she just ignored it.At that moment, Aunt Bridgette walked into the room and said, "Sweetheart, are you alright? Your phone is ringing." Avery smiled at her and replied, "I am alright, Aunt Bridge. I don't want to speak to Jordan.Sometimes I feel like I am in a one-sided relationship. He lied to me about the graduation tickets. He decided to invite me to the ceremony after I hired a luxury car for him.I feel like he approached me because I am coming from a wealthy family. He told me that he was not happy with me because I didn't invite him to my birthday banquet. He ind
When Avery arrived in the parking lot, Lily was waiting for her. She rushed at her with a raised hand. Aunt Bridge shielded Avery behind her like a hen protecting her chick and asked coldly, "What are you trying to do, Lily?"Lily was fuming with anger and sneered, "Avery, don't hide behind your nanny. I will never forgive you for stealing my guests."Avery was dumbfounded. She didn't even know about her birthday banquet until her father told her during their dance. She looked coldly at Lily, then she took Aunt Bridgette's hand and walked towards their car.Aunt Mia looked at Lily and asked, "What are you talking about, Lily? What do you mean by stealing your guests? Did you have a function today as well?"Lily looked at Aunt Mia with disdain in her eyes and replied, "Stop pretending, Aunt Mia. You know that Aunt Elizabeth was hosting my birthday banquet today and your Goddaughter stole my guests."Aunt Mia was dumbfounded when she heard Lily's words and asked, "Lily, if I am not mista
Avery smiled and asked, "Didn't you tell me that you are not interested in dating?" However, she took her friend's hand and walked towards Siyabonga, and said, "Big brother, let me introduce the most important person in my life.This is my best friend, Gabriella Stone. Gabriella, this is my elder brother Siyabonga Cele."Siyabonga kissed Gabriella on both cheeks and said, "Nice to meet you, Miss Stone. I heard a lot about you from my sister."Gabriella smiled shyly at Siyabonga and replied, "Pleasure is mine, handsome Mr Cele." Gabriella was smitten. Avery looked at her friend and shook her head.The atmosphere was lively. The DJ was playing soft music. The Shelton brothers were sitting beside him with a glass of Mango juice in their hands.Aunt Caroline hugged Avery and said, "Happy birthday, Sweetheart. When I saw you on the television during the Grade 12 awards, my heart swelled with pride. Can I just steal you from the Martins family?" She loved Avery a lot.Avery giggled and repli
The following morning, Lily approached Uncle August in his study room and said, "I am sorry, uncle, I have to return the Penthouse keys, I don't want to leave my aunt alone here."Uncle August smiled and replied, "Lily, I was not trying to chase you out of the Martins mansion." It was clear that his wife had persuaded Lily to return the Penthouse keys. He took the set of keys and put them in his drawer.Aunt Elizabeth told Lily that she would invite the Prince family and the Black family to her birthday banquet, which would be on the 13th at His Grace Hotel.She told her that she had booked the 10th private room for her birthday banquet. Lily was over the moon.During breakfast, Mr Martins looked at Bridgette and said, "Bridgette, thank you so much for everything. I will never forget what you have done for me.I am eternally grateful to you for giving me a helping hand." Then he gave her the set of keys.Bridgette was overjoyed. She hugged Avery tightly and said, "Thank you, Uncle Augu
At the Martins residence, in the early hours of the morning, Aiden went to his father's study room and knocked on the door. His father looked at his watch, it was 4 am. He walked to the door and opened it.Aiden smiled brightly and said, "Daddy, please accompany me to the garage to buy a newspaper." Aiden was fully dressed; it was clear that he hadn't slept. His father put a robe on top of his pajamas, and he took his car keys.They walked to the lift and pressed the ground floor button. They drove to the garage in their Audi Q7 which was parked in the driveway. It was not far from their house.When they arrived at the garage, they saw parents and their children with newspapers in their hands. It was clear that they were looking for their children's names. Some parents had tears of joy because their children had made it.Some parents were gloomy because they didn't find their children's names in the newspaper. Aiden quickly walked to the garage with his father behind him. He forgot to
Avery and Aunt Bridgette celebrated the Festive Season together, and they exchanged lots of presents. Avery brought lots of gifts from Australia. She bought gifts for her loved ones except for Aunt Elizabeth and Lily.Aiden bought her a bracelet as a peace offering. Avery told him that she forgave him, but she was scared to treat him as her brother because he was easily influenced by his mother. Then Avery gave him elegant gold cufflinks.Avery received a call from Siyabonga asking her to meet him at His Mercy restaurant. Avery asked Aunt Bridgette to drop her at His Mercy restaurant. She smiled brightly when she saw her elder brother.They hugged each other, and then they sat down. Later, Avery gave him two gift bags and said, "This gift is for your cousin and the other one is for you."Siyabonga smiled broadly and thanked her. He opened his gift bag. Sitting in the gift bag was an engraved Rolex watch. Siyabonga hugged her and said, "Thank you so much, my baby sister. I love my gift
Afterward, Mrs Shelton took them to a luxurious restaurant, His Awesomeness, which was under the Shelton Group. They were welcomed by the restaurant manager, and he ushered them to their private room.Mrs Shelton smiled and said, "I have already ordered a few dishes. Please don't be shy to add more dishes should you see something you like." Avery smiled at her Godmother and nodded her head.A few minutes later, the waitresses filled the table with various mouth-watering dishes. Mrs Shelton looked at Avery and Gabriella and said, "I have ordered the kangaroo dish as well, please have a taste."Avery looked at the dishes; most of them were her favourite dishes. She smiled at her Godmother and thanked her. Also, there were spicy dishes which were Gabriella's favourite dishes.During their meal, her Godmother looked at her and said, "Sweetheart, I need a favour. Our Hand model, Sylvia, is seriously injured, and she won't be able to work until the cast is removed.She had a scheduled photo