Bridgette smiled brightly at Mr Martins and said, "Uncle Martins, you don't have to stay here with us. Also, my mother is coming to keep us company. I promise to call Aunt Rose if something happens."
Uncle Martins was moved by Bridgette's words and replied, "Bridgette, I am so grateful that you are here. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for availing yourself to help us. Since your mother is coming, I will leave when she arrives."
Bridgette smiled and replied, "It's my pleasure, Uncle Martins. This is nothing, compared to what you have done for me and my family. I will be eternally grateful to the Lord for the Martins family."
Mr Martins was very busy, but he was reluctant to leave Bridgette alone with the baby. Since Bridgette didn't have any experience of being a nanny. He breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Mrs Evans would visit them.
He canceled all his scheduled meetings, but he couldn't move the meeting with the Department of Water representatives. He was told that the Minister of Water and Sanitation had flown from Pretoria to meet him.
Last week, the Martins Group invited the famous Inspector Langa. He was very strict and diligent in his work. He conducted the final inspection of the largest concrete gravity-arch hybrid dam which was built by the Martins Group.
The Martins Group employees were over the moon when Inspector Langa issued a certificate indicating that the dam met acceptable safety standards.
The Martins Group CEO, Mr Martins, and Construction Director, Mr Evans had an appointment with the Department of Water representatives to submit the completion certificate and the inspection report at 1 pm.
Elsewhere, Mrs Evans didn't want to visit baby Avery empty-handed. She waited until the shops opened. She heard from her friends that Sugar Lump had the most beautiful designer baby clothes.
She asked her bodyguard, Prince Sam, to accompany her. When the shop opened at 9 am, they were already there waiting. She quickly walked inside with Prince in tow.
She couldn't believe her eyes. The baby clothes were stunning; she wanted to buy the whole shop. She was grinning from ear to ear. She bought tiny skirts, tiny shirts, little dresses and tiny shoes. She bought different sizes of clothes.
When they left Sugar Lump, they were carrying a number of bags. They also went to the gift shop and bought foil balloons printed 'It's a Girl'.
She wanted to buy flowers for Mrs Martins, but she decided against it because she didn't know her favourite flowers. Prince Sam drove the car to the hospital.
When they arrived, he parked the car in the visitors' parking lot, and then they walked to the hospital.
Mrs Evans was over the moon, people who were with her in the lift thought she was coming to see her grandchild. The old lady who was standing next to her smiled and asked, "Is she your first grandchild?"
Mrs Evans smiled brightly and replied, "Yes, she is my first granddaughter. I can't wait to see her." The old lady congratulated her.
When the lift stopped at the tenth floor, Mrs Evans and her bodyguard walked out of the lift. They walked to Bridgette's ward; they greeted Clayton with a smile. Clayton recognized Mrs Evans at first glance, and then he allowed them to enter.
Mrs Evans greeted Mr Martins and congratulated him. Bridgette was overjoyed to see her mother. She was sitting on the bed feeding the baby her milk.
Mrs Evans looked tenderly at the baby and said, "Mr Martins, your daughter is so beautiful. I understand that you have so much work in the company.
Why don't you leave us with your daughter? I will help Bridgette to take care of baby Avery in these two days."
Mr Martins thanked her and said, "Bridgette, I will bring my son, Aiden, later to visit his baby sister."
Then he walked to the lift and pressed the 12th floor. He wanted to check on his wife if she was alright before he went to the company.
Before he knocked on the door, he heard his wife shouting. He entered his wife's private ward without knocking and said, "Enough."
His wife looked at him provocatively and said, "August, I don't want to see this woman in my house." Her husband looked at Aunt Rose and asked, "What happened, Aunt Rose?"
She wiped her tears and replied, "August, I wanted to go and check on Bridgette and baby Avery since she has never been a nanny before.
Your wife threatened me that should I help Bridgette with the baby she would fire me. Then she shouted at me, saying that I was ungrateful.
She put a roof over my head, but now I am taking your side to bully her by condoning you to bring your mistress into her house. I told her that you are a man of integrity, and you will never do anything to betray her."
He looked at his wife and said, "Why are you fighting with Aunt Rose, Elizabeth?" She looked at her husband and sneered, "August, I told you several times that you are not blood related to Aunt Rose, but you are not listening to me.
Please don't insult my intelligence with stupid questions. I don't want to see your Aunt Rose in my house."
August's face darkened and said, "Elizabeth, you are not answering my question. Why are you fighting with Aunt Rose?" Elizabeth ignored him. She turned her back on him and faced the wall.
August turned to Aunt Rose and said, "Aunt Rose, please go to Bridgette's ward to see baby Avery. I will call you when I am leaving." Aunt Rose nodded her head and left.
Mr Martins sat on the chair beside his wife's bed and said, "Elizabeth, I love you with all my heart but the only thing I get from you is heartache and pain.
You know that Aunt Rose is my mother's younger sister, but you have never shown any respect towards her.
When I was growing up, Aunt Rose treated me as her son. She showered me with loads of love. If her son, Isaac, didn't die in a car accident with my parents, she wouldn't be in our house.
You even forced her to work for us even though you knew that she was the only relative I have.
Also, I told you about the relationship between me and the Evans family when we were dating, but today you are accusing me of cheating on you with Paul Evans' daughter.
Bridgette is like a daughter to me. She dropped everything to help our family, but you don't care because you hate our daughter. It is clear to me, Elizabeth, that you have never loved me."
Then he took his phone and dialed Aunt Rose's number. When it was connected, he told Aunt Rose that he was leaving.
He asked her to call one of the helpers to come to the hospital to accompany Elizabeth. He left his wife's ward without looking back. He had enough!
Aunt Rose called Butler Bruce to bring one of the helpers to the hospital to accompany Mrs Martins.
She didn't want to go back to Elizabeth's ward; she decided to stay in Bridgette's ward. The atmosphere in the ward was lively, they were chatting and laughing. Aunt Rose and Bridgette's mother, Suzie became friends.
She was holding the sleeping baby Avery in her arms, wishing that her sister and her brother-in-law were still alive to see their beautiful granddaughter. She was overwhelmed with joy; she had tears in her eyes.
The meeting with the Minister of Water and Sanitation lasted for two hours. Since Minister Cele took his time to meet him, Mr Martins decided to invite him and his delegates to dinner at His Mercy restaurant at 6 pm.Then he rushed to Aiden's school, Trinity Leadership Academy, to fetch him. It was one of the prestigious schools in Durban and it offered education from the Foundation phase to Grade 12.Aiden was overjoyed when he saw his father. He smiled brightly and raised his arms. His father took him in his arms, and then they went home to change his clothes.His father smiled broadly at him and said, "Aiden, your Mommy had a baby sister this morning. Do you want to see her?" Aiden's eyes lit up, he was grinning from ear to ear and said, "Yes Daddy."Paul Evans went to the hospital to accompany his lovely wife and his daughter. He was praying in his heart that his wife would not spend the night in the hospital because it would be the longest night of his life.They had never separa
August and Edwin went back to the living room chatting and laughing. Elizabeth was watching her favourite Telenovela, The Wife. August indicated that he was going to the baby's nursery to check on baby Avery.Edwin sat on the sofa, he looked at his sister and said, "Elizabeth, since you came back from the hospital, I haven't seen you holding or breastfeeding your daughter. What is going on?"Elizabeth lowered her eyes and replied, "I don't like children, big brother. I agreed to have one child, but August forced me to have a second child. I didn't want to give birth to her.He threatened me with a divorce." Her brother was dumbfounded when he heard his sister's words and asked, "Don't you think that you went overboard?"Elizabeth was so annoyed and replied, "This is my body and I have a right to decide what to do with my body. I felt disrespected when he forced me to carry the baby for ten months against my wishes."Her brother was so shocked and said, "According to my knowledge, my b
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
At 11:30 am, the reporters were standing outside the auditorium waiting for the award ceremony to start.Ben the reporter went to Principal Fritz and said, “Your school has taken this trophy for the past four years, are you confident that you will take it this year?”Principal Fritz looked at Ben the reporter coldly and replied, “How can I know since the results are not out yet? Also, I am not a soothsayer. I can’t predict the future. Can you please excuse me?” Then he walked in the opposite direction.The reporter, Ben, was so disappointed with Principal Fritz's words; he didn’t know what happened because yesterday morning he received a call from Principal Fritz. He asked Ben the reporter to interview him before the award ceremony.Then he walked to Principal Glen and said, “Do you think your school will win this competition this year, Principal Glen?”Principal Glen smiled brightly and replied, “I believe that the Lord is on our side this year and I don’t have a doubt in my mind tha
At 6 am, Mr Grey and Miss Carr led the learners to the hotel restaurant to eat breakfast. Around 6:45 am, they thanked Miss Booth; the hotel had prepared a takeaway lunch for them. Then they left the hotel to the KZN University.Bridgette drove Avery to the venue and said, “Baby, I will be outside your school gate waiting for you. Be calm during the exams and I have faith that you will ace the paper.”Avery kissed her and hugged her tightly, and then she joined her fellow learners. The learners from other schools were already waiting outside the auditorium.In the first round, there were five thousand learners who entered the Mathematics Olympiad Competition, but only three hundred learners qualified for the second round.Other schools went back after they received the results because no one from their schools qualified to go to the second round.Unbeknownst to Principal Glen, other school principals lodged a complaint against Trinity Leadership Academy. When Principal Fritz found out
Principal Glen and his teachers were standing near their buses waiting for their learners. Avery was talking on the phone. She told Aunt Bridgette that the exam was very easy.Aunt Bridgette was so happy for her and replied, “You are so intelligent my little Avery. Do you want me to come and fetch you now or are you going to ride a bus?”Avery told her that she would ride a bus with other learners. Then they hung up.At that time, the Manager of His Mercy restaurant, Mr Craig Hall, approached her smiling and said, “Good day Miss Martins, are you well? Mr Martins asked me to deliver the food to your teachers on your behalf.”Avery thanked him then they walked to where Principal Glen and the other teachers were standing.In the meantime, the learners were walking to their teachers smiling brightly. Before Principal Glen asked them about the paper, they told him that the exam question paper was easy.He was so happy; he couldn’t contain himself. Principal Glen smiled and said, “Let’s go
At the Martins residence, they were in the dining room eating breakfast. From that day, Aiden accused his sister of stealing his father from his mother. The atmosphere became awkward.Avery tried several times to talk sense to her brother to no avail. He told her that they were no longer related. His mother had told him to be tough towards his sister in order to protect his inheritance.Avery used to be a chatterbox, but lately, she had become quiet to avoid upsetting her brother. She wished that her uncle was back in South Africa. Maybe he would talk sense to her brother's thick skull.Her father tried to intervene, but Aiden felt that his father was taking his sister's side. He told his father that he would never forgive his sister as long as her nanny was still around.At school, Aiden asked Mr Jacobs to move him far from his sister. Mr Jacobs looked at Avery and asked, "Is it alright if I move you to the front row or do you prefer to be moved to another class, Miss Martins?"Avery
On Wednesday morning, Joy walked to the Restoration Group. She smiled brightly at the receptionist and said, "Good morning, my name is Joy Dube. I have an appointment with President Taylor."The receptionist smiled and replied, "President Taylor is in the meeting at the moment. I will take you to the lounge." Joy nodded her head and followed her.They took a lift to the top floor, then the receptionist showed her where to wait and she went back to the reception area.When Joy arrived at the lounge, there was the most handsome boy she had ever seen. She greeted him with a smile and introduced herself.She looked at the handsome young man and said, "Young man, you are so handsome. Are you here for an audition?"The young man smiled and replied, "Yes, I am here for an audition. The famous Director Stanley is looking for a male lead for his new movie. Are you here for an audition too?"Joy smiled brightly and said, "No, I am having a meeting with President Taylor. I was told that he was c
Mrs Martins wiped her tears and said, "Son, I am going back to my room. The fever has not gone yet. Please be careful of your sister.Should you continue being friendly with her, your father will give your inheritance to her. Do you understand, Son?"Aiden looked at his mother and nodded his head. Then his mother left his room smiling. Aiden was so angry; that he decided to confront his sister after dinner.Hope went to Mrs Martins' bedroom to inform her that dinner had been served. She looked at her and asked, "Madam, do you want me to bring your food here since you are not well?"Mrs Martins looked at Hope coldly, but she didn't utter a word. Hope turned and walked towards the door. Mrs Martins was furious when she saw Hope leaving and asked, "Who gave you permission to leave?"Hope didn't turn and said, "Madam, I thought you became mute after playing in the rain. Hence, I decided to leave you alone."Then she left Mrs Martins' bedroom laughing. Mrs Martins felt humiliated to be lau
At the Taylor Private Hospital, Mrs Martins' fever had subsided. When she opened her eyes, she saw the helper, Hope Elliot, sitting next to her bed. She looked at her and asked coldly, "Why are you here? Where is Lydia?"Hope looked at her and replied, "Mr Martins fired her this morning. Is there anything that you need me to help you with?"Mrs Martins was fuming and said, "Get out of my ward. I want to be alone." Hope looked at her and asked, "Madam, do you want me to bring food to you later?"Mrs Martins replied coldly, "Are you deaf, didn't you hear me saying I want to be alone? Get out of my ward now." Hope went out of the ward without uttering a word.She was happy that Mrs Martins chased her out of her ward. She was angry at her for treating a kind-hearted Aunt Rose with cruelty. She then took her phone and called Butler Bruce.When it was connected, she said, "Butler Bruce, please fetch me. Mrs Martins chased me out of her ward." Butler Bruce sent the family driver to fetch Hop
They went out of Dr Allen's consulting room, and then Mia took her phone and dialed her husband's number.When it was connected, she said, "Baby, please come to the hospital with Dad and Mom. There is something that I want to share with you."Her husband started to panic and asked, "What are you doing in the hospital, Honey? Are you sick?"Mia smiled and replied, "Please come and see for yourself." Her husband was so scared he quickly called his parents to join him at the hospital. His parents asked their driver to take them to the hospital. They arrived at the same time.They rushed to where Mia and Cathy were sitting. Brad was so scared, he hugged his wife tightly and asked, "What is wrong, Sweetheart?"Mia greeted her father-in-law and her mother-in-law with respect and said, "Dr Allen conducted a blood test, and he wants to discuss something with my family. Hence, I asked you to come to give me support."Then she asked them to follow her. Brad's parents didn't hate Mia, but they w
At the Shelton residence, Cathy was in her husband's arms. She was grinning from ear to ear. Her husband was whispering sweet nothing in her ears.She was thanking Mr Martins in her heart for giving her husband vacation leave. She felt loved and appreciated.She looked at her husband lovingly and said, "Hubby, you make me happy. I love you very much."Edwin looked at his wife with tenderness and replied, "I love you more, my beautiful wife. I thank the Lord for opening my eyes before it was too late."Cathy smiled sweetly at him and said, "Baby, I think Mia is pregnant. I decided to take her to the hospital for a check-up. I will tell her that I have missed my periods. I don't want to raise her hopes up if I am wrong."Her husband nodded his head and said, "I hope she is pregnant too, my love. Do you want to have another baby?"Cathy nodded her head and replied, "I want to have a son to accompany us when we are old."Edwin laughed out loud and said, "Do you think his wife will allow h