Mr Gray handed over Lily to the Grade 9B class teacher, Mr Sipho Hlophe. He introduced Lily Parker to the class and asked her to sit next to Tiffany Spencer.Tiffany introduced herself smiling and asked, "Lily, why are you joining our school in the third term?"Lily's eyes became red and replied, "My parents passed away recently and my aunt, Avery Martins' mother, moved me here."Tiffany comforted her and said, "My condolences, Lily. I am sorry for your loss. Your cousin is very beautiful, and she is very intelligent."Lily scoffed and replied, "Avery is beautiful indeed, but she has a vicious heart and I hate her. After my parents' funeral, Aunt Elizabeth took me back with her to the Martins residence.However, Avery didn't welcome me into her house. Also, she refused to help me with my studies. I think it's because her family is a little richer than mine. Hence, she looked down on me."Tiffany was shocked when she heard Lily's words. She felt sorry for her new friend and said, "Forge
Her mother rushed to her and tried to kick her while she was down. Avery reacted quickly and managed to dodge her mother's attack. Everything happened so fast.Her mother lost her balance and fell on the broken casserole dish. The broken casserole shards pieced her hand ruthlessly. Blood started dripping on the floor. She felt an excruciating pain in her hand she nearly fainted.Her face was pale and screamed at Aiden, "What are you waiting for? Look at what she did to me. Beat her up until she stops breathing. Don't worry about your father. I will tell him that it was self-defense."Aiden felt like he was in a dream, his mind went blank. Avery kicked the dining table. Aiden and Lily fell down with their chairs.She walked to Lily who was sitting on the floor with a confused expression and slapped her hard across her face.Lily's face was burning, she looked at Avery viciously. She wanted to fight back but when she saw Avery's cold eyes, she decided against it. She was hoping that Aide
Mrs Martins looked at her son with tears in her eyes and replied, "I am sorry for deceiving you, my favourite son. Avery is your sister, and your father didn't threaten to divorce me.When we were at Principal Glen's office, Avery told him that her mother passed away when she was giving birth to her.She cursed me to die. I felt humiliated and embarrassed. Shouldn't I get back to her?Please believe me if I say I didn't know that Bridgette and your father had a father-daughter relationship. Please forgive me."Aiden felt like crying. His mother lied to him several times, but he forgave her. He looked at his mother and said, "Mom, you crossed the line this time and I will never forgive you for lying to me.If I could be given a chance to choose my mother, I would never choose you. You are vicious and evil. You wanted to kill my only sister because of the promises you made to your precious niece.I wish my father could divorce you and marry Bridgette. You are not worthy of being his wife
The Taylor family and the Moore family were at the Taylor Private Hospital having Valencia's baby shower. She was thirty-nine weeks pregnant, and her health had deteriorated so much due to her stomach cancer.Dr Smith suggested her staying in the hospital until she gave birth. The hospital living room was lavishly decorated with pink and white balloons and fresh flowers.The Taylor family wanted to invite their friends to the baby shower, but the Moore family was against it. They indicated that they didn't want people to pity them.Grandpa Taylor was fuming with rage when he heard the Moore family's reasoning. He wanted to invite his brothers and their families because they missed his precious grandson's wedding. They had not seen their granddaughter-in-law yet.Grandpa Taylor felt that Xavier and Valencia had a secret marriage. From the beginning, the Moore family had the final say in his precious grandson's marriage.In the end, it was only the two families. However, John told his be
On Sunday afternoon, Clayton went to the airport to fetch Mr Martins. He greeted him politely and took his suitcase. Mr Martins bade farewell to his senior management, then he followed Clayton.On their way home, Clayton gave Mr Martins a tablet and asked him to watch the surveillance footage. Mr Martins was dumbfounded he wasn't aware that there were surveillance cameras in her house.He was fuming with anger when he saw his eldest son tripping his daughter with his foot. A few seconds later, he laughed out loud and said, "You've trained my daughter well.It is clear to me that my wife wanted to kill my daughter and replace her with Lily. I am so disappointed in Aiden for believing his mother's lies. He chose Lily over his biological sister."When he thought about his daughter nearly being killed by his family, he became suffocated. They drove home in silence.When they arrived home, Mr Martins went straight to his daughter's room. He knocked on the door. Avery said, "Come in." Her e
August looked at her coldly and replied, "I will never forgive you for touching my bottom line. You are evil and heartless. You tried to kill your flesh and blood to accommodate your niece.Why don't you go to prison and stay together for a couple of years? Where do you get confidence from to bully my daughter?"Elizabeth was so scared she ran out of her husband's study room crying and went to her son's bedroom. She rushed into his room without even knocking. She paced up and down without uttering a word.Aiden was sitting on the sofa in deep thought. He raised his eyes and looked at his mother with questioning eyes. His mother wiped her tears and said, "Your father has pressed charges against us. We are going to jail for attempted murder."Aiden was dumbfounded. How was he going to survive in jail? How about his studies? He put his hands on his head. He felt like screaming. His mother had destroyed his life.At that moment, his phone started ringing. He looked at the caller ID and sai
In the blink of an eye, Mrs Martins and the others had been in police custody for a week. On Monday at 12 pm, Chief Smith asked the police officer to release Aiden and Lily. They were surprised to be released before appearing before court.When they walked outside the police custody, they saw the family driver waiting for them. They rushed to the car; they were so embarrassed because they were still wearing the same clothes, they were wearing the day they were arrested.On their way home, Lily was fuming about being detained for the whole week without evidence.She looked at Aiden and said, "Aiden, we have to sue the state for arresting us unlawfully without evidence. Why is my aunt not with us? Was she released earlier than us?Aiden looked at her expressionless and replied, "Lily, one day you will regret not choosing Aunt Mia as your guardian. Who told you that there is no evidence? It was not my father's intention to have us arrested.He wanted to teach us a lesson and to learn from
Chase Forbes was standing outside Valencia's ward waiting for his best friend, Xavier, to come out. He had sent a text message to Xavier asking him to meet him outside the ward.He decided against entering Valencia's ward because he didn't want to upset his best friend's wife. She looked down on her husband's friends and she was cold towards them.A few minutes later, Xavier walked out of the ward. He was wearing a custom-made gray suit. The two buttons of his shirt were unfastened exposing his beautiful collarbone. He was elegant and extremely handsome.He smiled brightly at his best friend, and they hugged each other and said, "I was having a Zoom meeting with my managers. What's up?"Chase looked at him with a smile and asked, "How is Valencia doing?" Xavier stopped smiling and replied, "I believe she will be better after she gives birth to our daughter because she will be able to take medication.Dr Smith indicated that there is a 40% chance of survival should she go for surgery. I
Two days before the Gala, Xavier and his wife were at the arrival terminal waiting for the Shelton family. A few minutes later, the Shelton family private jet landed at the King Shaka International Airport.When Logan saw his big sister, he quickened his pace, but when he saw the man beside her, his steps halted. He was intimidated by his brother-in-law's aura. He decided to wait for his parents.Ethan looked at his brother and asked, "Why are you stopping?" Logan smiled and replied, "I am waiting for you guys."Ethan raised his eyes to meet his brother-in-law's eyes and asked softly, "Why is my brother-in-law's aura so intimidating?" He felt pressured when he looked at him.Avery smiled brightly at them and said, "I am so happy that you are here." Then she hugged her Godmother tightly.Her Godfather kissed her on both cheeks, then her brothers hugged her tightly, grinning from ear to ear. Logan whispered, "Brother-in-law is intimidating." Avery giggled and ruffled his hair.Her Godpar
Sage nodded her head and replied, "Aunt Valeria told me that Avery colluded with other doctors and killed my mother.Why is she alive while my mother is dead? She will pay for every pain she has put me through. I don't have a mother today because of her."Chase was so shocked and said, "Sage, stop spouting nonsense. When your mother passed away, Avery was fifteen years old. Let me tell you the truth about your mother's death.Your grandmother wanted Valeria to marry your father, then she gave your mother medication which accelerated her death. It also causes you to have a brain tumour.The person you are supposed to hate is your maternal grandmother, not Avery. What happened to my sweet Sage? Why did you listen to the Moore family's lies? Don't you have brains?"Sage looked at Chase and replied, "You are lying to me. I don't want you as my doctor anymore. Let me tell you something, my paternal grandmother will never allow me to stay at the Moore mansion.Mark my word she will fetch me
Mr Moore felt humiliated and embarrassed by Dr Forbes' words. He went to the cashier to settle the medical bills. Two nurses wheeled Sage to the ward immediately afterward.Mr Moore went to his daughter's ward and said, "Our granddaughter has been admitted to the hospital; she has a fever." He then told his wife Sage's ward number and said, "Please go and keep our granddaughter company."Mrs Moore looked at her husband puzzled, and asked, "Why didn't you move her to the Taylor family's private ward?" Her husband became upset and replied, "You have no shame, Valery. Didn't the Taylor family sever ties with Sage?"Mrs Moore was fuming with anger, then she took her phone. She dialed Mrs Taylor's number and said, "Hello, Caroline. Sage has been admitted to the hospital because of a fever.Please move her to the Taylor family's private ward." She didn't give her time to respond. She immediately hung up the phone.When Xavier and his wife walked into the living room, they found their mother
A few minutes later, Valeria was wheeled to the private ward. Mr Moore looked at his wife and asked, "Valery, where did you get the money from? Do we have secrets between us?"Valery decided to lie and replied, "Valencia used to give me a monthly allowance when she was still alive. I hid this money for a rainy day." Her husband looked at her for a long time, but he decided not to pursue the matter.When Valeria woke up, she was surprised to see her parents sleeping beside her bed. She screamed when she saw that her legs and her arm were in a cast. Her parents woke up, and her mother asked, "How are you feeling, Sweetheart?"The nurse rushed to Valeria's private ward when she heard the scream. Valeria looked at her mother and asked, "How did I arrive here?" The nurse looked at her and replied, "The paramedics brought you here."Her mother asked, "We were told that you were involved in a car accident. Were you drunk?" Valeria shook her head and replied, "I wasn't drunk, Mom. After I rece
Valeria was so angry that she took her handbag and ran to the parking lot. Unbeknownst to her, Portia was waiting for her. She was sitting in the car playing games on her phone.As soon as she saw Valeria get in her car, Portia asked her brother to follow Valeria's car. Valeria didn't notice the car that was following her. Her heart was in a mess, and she was absent-minded.When they passed the area where there were no streetlights, Wayne overtook Valencia's car, then he stopped his car in front of her car. Valeria tried to swerve her car, but it was too late. She bumped into Wayne's car.Valeria was so scared that she sat in the car until someone knocked on her car's window. She lowered her car window and said, "I am so sorry. It wasn't my intention to bump into your car."Portia looked at her and said, "Get out of your car." Valeria took her phone from her handbag and tried to call her parents, but Portia grabbed her phone and said, "Are you deaf? I said get out of the car."Valeria'
When Sage saw that she couldn't move her father's heart, she looked at her Grandpa with pleading eyes and said, "I was wrong, Grandpa. Please forgive me. I want to change my last name to Taylor."Mrs Moore nodded her head and said, "I agree with your granddaughter, Mr Taylor. Please change her last name to Taylor. I made it clear to Caroline that I would never acknowledge Sage as my granddaughter. Therefore, you cannot force us to raise her."Mr Taylor was so disappointed in the Moore family and said, "It's impossible for Sage to change her last name to Taylor because it was her mother's wish for her to be raised as the Moore family child.Also, I don't believe that your daughter visited my son at work without your encouragement, Mrs Moore. Who told you that my son, Xavier, was born to marry your daughters?Are your daughters worthy of my son? I will never forgive your daughter for disrupting peace in my family. Who gave your daughter the confidence to bully the Taylor family? Are we e
The Moore couple's faces changed when they saw their daughter in the footage. They were more shocked when they saw their daughter ruthlessly slapping her niece. They didn't know that Valeria was so cruel.Mr Taylor senior looked at the Moore couple and asked, "Is this woman your daughter or not?"Mr Moore was so ashamed. He nodded his head and replied, "This is our daughter, Valeria. We were not aware that she had visited her niece. We apologize on her behalf for hurting my granddaughter."Mr Taylor senior sneered, "Where were you for the past five years? Did the Taylor family stop you from visiting your granddaughter?"Mr Moore was so ashamed and replied, "No. We decided to stay out of Sage's life because her mother lied to us."Mr Taylor senior looked at Mrs Moore and said, "You denied receiving a call from your daughter. However, in the footage, your daughter was talking with someone on the phone, and she called her 'Mom', weren't you?"Mrs Moore shook her head and replied, "I don't
Mrs Taylor wiped her tears, then she took her phone and called Mrs Moore. When it was connected; she said, "Valery, your daughter has assaulted my granddaughter.Please come to the Taylor mansion urgently. Should you fail to come; I will press assault charges against Valeria." She was so angry she didn't give Mrs Moore time to respond. Then she hung up.Mrs Moore was so scared of the Taylor family's wrath against her beloved daughter. Her son-in-law was ruthless. He put the Moore Group on its knees. She asked her husband to accompany her to the Taylor mansion.On their way to the Taylor residence, she called her daughter, Valeria, several times but the calls went straight to voicemail.At the Taylor mansion, Avery went to their bedroom and came back with the ointment. She gave it to her husband and said, "Honey, please apply this ointment to her face. It will help with the swelling."Xavier took the ointment and thanked his wife. Then she took Sage's medicine for pain and gave it to he
Xavier and the others were shocked when they heard Sage scream. He ran to her daughter's room. On the way, he made a silent prayer. He was praying for his beloved wife to be safe from his evil daughter.He walked to his wife and took her in his arms and asked, "What happened, my stunning wife?" Then he checked her from head to toe to see if she was injured. He breathed a sigh of relief when he found that she wasn't hurt.Sage nearly fainted with anger when she saw her beloved father ignoring her and hugging the evil woman. Avery looked at her husband with tears in her eyes and replied, "Sage is framing me. I didn't touch her."At that moment, Grandpa Taylor, her father-in-law, and her mother-in-law entered the room. They looked at Sage's swelling face, then Grandpa Taylor asked, "What happened, my granddaughter in love?"Avery looked at her grandfather-in-law and replied, "Grandpa, Sage is accusing me of killing her mother. Also, someone beat her up, but she is framing me.She said she