All Chapters of Guilty pleasures : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

After an afternoon of cleaning, Sarah and Jacob are exhausted. They are excited but exhausted. " Its 12am, we should go back for the last night in the nightmare place and get some rest. Tomorrow is a big day".Indeed tomorrow was a big day.Sarah woke up at 5am. They fed Alex and Andrea hurriedly and left by 7am to their new home.They prepared all the prayer items and prayed with an open heart, Sarah's parents were present together with Nash and Nat. Sue kept saying how happy she was on their achievement but her eyes told differently. She could never bear the thought of them achieving anything on their own. The others except Nash and Sarah were always relying on them. Sarah refused to let this dampen her spirits. God has indeed blessed them. They have purely achieved their dreams on their own. They deserved happiness.After intense prayer, they had lunch. Nash and Nat took Andrea and Alex to their place,while Sarah and Jacob went to t

As the heat began to rise, each summers day hotter than the last, the White family enjoyed the peace and serenity. The spent most of their days outdoors. They frequently had guests over. Soon it would be their first Christmas in their new home. They were excited. Alex and Andrea asked" how is Santa doing to drop off our presents, we have no chimney? " Sarah laughed out loud" He is going to send it via post ".Their neighbours were extremely homely, humble people. Often the White family could be found splashing around in their pools. It was before Christmas and Emily invited Edith, Nat and Sarah for a Ladies night. The kids would be at Sarah's house with Jacob and Mark. Sarah decided to take wine to unwind, over the last year Emily has veen a total mess. She needed a ladies night nore than anyone did. MaybeEdith as well. But Sarah and Natalie were content with their lives. Sarah felt bad for Emily and decided to go to the ladies stay over. She wasn't

Sarah woke up at 8am, Jacob,Alex and Andrea were still fast asleep. She quickly cleaned up the house before locking up and jumping into her car.It was already 9h30 am and Sr G arranged to come over at 10h00 am sharp. Sarah calmly drove down the road to Ediths house which was 20 minutes away.She connected her bluetooth to her stereo and blasted the music.''Not trying indie,Not tryin' to be cool,Just tryin' in this, tell me are you to,Can you feel where the wind is,can you feel it through,All of the windows, inside this room,Coz I wana touch you baby,I wana feel you too,I wana feel the sunrise,your sins just me and you,''*Zeyn featuring Sia, Dusk til Dawn*Sarah sang as she drove literally 60kilometres per hour to Ediths' House. *Peep,Peep* She hooted like a crazy lady outside the gate since Edith took forever to come out,although she called before she left. Sarah looked at her dashboard the time on the screen read 9h50 am. 10 minutes to get back home she thought frantically. she

Christmas came and Christmas went. They awaited their test results. Was it going to be positive?Was it going to be negative? The days just dragged on as they waited. Still in quarantine. Still cleaning endlessly, social distancing and wearing masks all day, everyday. All they could do was cook, clean, eat and watch movies. Avoiding visitors. Making excuses. No one wanted to hear that you may have covid. There was stigma attached to it. The numbers of deaths were increasing. The number of people infected were rising. When ever the news came on it was depressing. Even facebook posts were centered around covid 19. Almost every post was a funeral notice, a keep me in prayer post or an educational message about how not to get covid 19.The world was suffering and so was Sarah White. Her symptoms had completely vanished after days of steaming and medication. Drinking ginger milk and cinnamon tea. But they people talked about the infected recovering only to die. So if t

The year started of in segregation. Everyone video called to wish each other. Emily and her husband with her kids booked out in a fancy hotel.Mr and Mrs Daniels were at home, with Chuck of course. How can we forget him? He was an important member of the Daniel's Family.Nash and Nat had pursponed their trip to hempshire due to covid. Edith and her girls were at their home. And Sarah,Jacob and their kids were at home.Having a new place , they thought would be awesome, having friends and family over,entertaining guests but it was not all sunshine and flowers.School would be starting soon and Sarah's phone beeped. It was Mrs Jones, Alex and Andrea's daycare teacher.''Hi.How are you? She sounded rather dull o the phone. ''I am good thank you, how are you?'' Sarah asked.''Not so good. We have been in contact with a positive person, we need to be tested. Once we are clear I will let you know but for now I will not be able to look after the kids''.Sarah was devestated.