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
The reception was lively; Sandy was dancing with her best friend Cathy. Her father and her brother, Luke, approached them. Her father reached out his hand beaming. Sandy took her father's hand, and they started dancing.Cathy was about to leave the stage when Luke took her hand. He smiled broadly and said, "Beautiful, may I have this dance please?"Cathy smiled at him and replied, "Luke, when are you going to introduce my sister-in-law to me?" Luke's smile faded and said, "Cathy, I haven't found someone who has touched my heart deeply yet." Then they started dancing.When Edwin came back from the bathroom, he looked around to locate his wife. He was so jealous when he saw his wife in Luke's arms.On their wedding day, Luke didn't hide that he had feelings for Cathy. He looked at him in his eyes and said, "If you ever make Cathy unhappy, I will snatch her away from you."Edwin laughed out loud because he never thought that that day would ever come. However, when he saw his beloved wife
Pastor Andrews looked at Edwin with confusion in his eyes and asked, "Mr Parker, I don't understand, why did you bring your wife here?"Edwin scratched his head and replied, "Pastor Andrews, at the wedding I thought I could be able to put my wife as my first priority but deep down in my heart my sister comes first.Elizabeth is the only family I have, and it is impossible for me to ignore her. My wife can leave me anytime but not my family. I am sorry I wasted your time, Pastor."Then he stood up, he was about to leave when he heard Pastor Andrews' words then he stopped."Son, your wife told me that she was raised by the Prince family. How would you feel if every time Luke calls her, she drops everything and rushes to him to repay them for raising her?"Edwin looked at Pastor Andrew and replied, "I will be very upset because they are not blood related. Also, Luke has feelings for my wife."Pastor Andrews laughed and said, "Did you tell your sister about the wedding trip? Is it a coinc
Aiden wished that he had listened to his late uncle when he warned him about his mother. He moved to his mother's mansion, but he didn't have money to buy food or to pay municipality rates.His mother was sitting with billions of rand in prison. The hatred towards his mother was deep. He was in that situation because of her.He had sent resumes to several companies, but they all turned him down. They cited that he was overqualified or too experienced.It was clear that they didn't hire him because they didn't want to offend the Martins Group and the Taylor Group.His life was so miserable that he wished that he were in prison. At least the prisoners had food.One day, Tiffany visited her mother-in-law, Mrs Bennet, in prison. She looked at her and said, "I would like to apologize for everything bad I have done to your family. Please find it in your heart to forgive me.I heard that Mrs Martins and Lily are in the same prison as you. They deceived me and caused you and your son to lose y
A week later, at the Taylor family mansion, Avery was in the nursery room with baby Axl nestled in her arms. She was looking at her son's cuteness with admiration.She was thanking the Lord for blessing her with her baby. She thanked Him for protecting them from the evil-hearted Elizabeth and her brother, Aiden.She was grateful to the Lord for the Taylor family, for the love they had deposited in her life. They were such an amazing, loving family. Finally, she thanked the Lord for blessing her with her father. He was such a good man.Avery didn't like to take her phone into the nursery room. She always left it with her husband or in their bedroom. Today was no exception. She spent time with her baby, praying over his life and blessing him.Her husband was in the study room with his Executive Secretary, Cole Knight. He was buried in a pile of documents.When Xavier was busy discussing company matters with his Executive Secretary, his wife's phone started ringing. He furrowed his beauti
The following day, Elizabeth hired a lawyer, Mr Saul Sharp. He was a middle-aged man and a good lawyer. He took this case to settle the scores against Mr Eric Duma.Unbeknownst to him, he was against the ruthless Taylor family. Later, when the prosecutor told him he would face the Taylor family legal team, his heart nearly stopped. It was career suicide. He was no match for Taylor's elite legal team.Mr Sharp went to the hospital to confront Miss Parker. He looked at his client, fuming with anger, and asked, "Why did you lie to me?" Elizabeth was taken aback and asked, "When did I ever lie to you, Mr Sharp?"A surge of anger rose in Mr Sharp's heart, and he asked, "Why didn't you tell me that it was the ruthless Taylor family who had pressed the charges?" Elizabeth was dumbfounded.She looked at her lawyer and explained, "I am truly sorry, Mr Sharp. It was not my intention to mislead you. I assumed that it was my ex-husband who pressed charges against me.Yesterday, after we discussed
Mr Martins immediately dialed his lawyer, Eric Duma's number. When it was connected he said, "Eric, please press charges against Aiden Martins.He falsely accused my daughter of murdering his mother's baby and of threatening my grandson's life."Eric was dumbfounded and replied, "I am currently at the police station. I will immediately press charges against Mr Martins.Please send me the address where the police could find him to arrest him, Sir." Then they hung up. Mr Martins sent Aiden's mansion address.Aiden was so scared he nearly peed on himself and said, "I am not lying, Dad. I have proof." When Aiden was talking to his mother he secretly recorded their conversation. He then sent the voice recording to his father.After his father had listened to the voice recording, he took his phone and dialed Dr Fowler's number. When it was connected he said, "Hello Dr Fowler, I need your help.My ex-wife is accusing my daughter of killing her child. Do you know when Elizabeth was pregnant?"
Elizabeth was plotting against Avery and her newborn baby. Since she couldn't do it herself, she would use Aiden to kill his sister's son.Unbeknownst to her, no one was allowed to enter Taylor's private wards without permission. Xavier's bodyguards were standing outside the lifts and the private ward, guarding young Mrs Taylor and Baby Axl.While Elizabeth was in deep thought, Aiden entered his mother's private ward smiling. He looked at his mother and said, "I am glad that your surgery was successful, Mom."Her mother's eyes lit up and said, "Thank you, Son, for saving my life. Where is Lily?" Aiden replied, "Lily is in police custody. Please don't be lenient to her, Mom. She deserves to pay for everything bad she has done to my family."His mother nodded her head and replied, "True. I will never let her go. I will make sure that she spends her whole life in prison."Aiden was satisfied with his mother's response and said, "Mom, you won't believe what Dad said to me. He asked me to t
Sage's eyes lit up when she saw her father. Xavier picked her up and kissed her on the cheek. He looked at her and asked, "How was school, baby?" Sage told her father that school was great.She smiled brightly and said, "Today, our class delivered a speech at the assembly in front of everyone. It was about 'Love'. I have learned that love is patient and unconditional.I felt it was a lie because my maternal grandmother and Aunt Valeria were never patient with me. They were so horrible. I nearly died in that mansion. Sometimes I still have nightmares at night."Her father felt heartache when he heard Sage's words. He ruffled his daughter's hair and replied, "I am glad they would never hurt you again, my dearest daughter.Sometimes I blame myself for allowing hatred and anger against the Moore family to cloud my judgment. I am still angry with your maternal grandfather for failing to do anything when they were starving you."Sage said in her maternal grandfather's defense, "Daddy, during
Xavier and Avery headed to the living room to talk to their elders. Their Grandpa was watching the news with their mother. Her mother-in-law's eyes lit up when she saw them.She smiled and asked, "Do you want anything to eat or drink?" Avery held her mother-in-law's arm and replied, "I am full, Mom. Thank you." Then she turned to her husband and asked, "Do you need anything, Honey?"Xavier shook his head, then they sat on the sofa. He looked at his grandfather and said, "Grandpa, I received a call from my father-in-law indicating that Aunt Elizabeth hurt her spinal cord when she fell from the first floor.He wanted to know if my wife would be able to help her without performing surgery. Avery indicated that she would be able to guide other doctors to perform the surgery while sitting in the gallery. What do you think, Grandpa?"Grandpa Taylor was still holding a grudge against Elizabeth for abandoning his precious granddaughter in love. He looked at his precious grandson and asked, "Wh
August hugged his beloved wife and replied, "I don't understand why Aiden is calling me instead of his mother. Didn't he disown me?" Then he took the phone from his wife's hand and switched it off. He hugged his lovely wife and fell asleep.Aiden tried several times to call his father, but it went straight to voicemail. He left the hospital and went home to sleep. He woke up at 7 am and took a quick shower. Then he went to the company to speak to his father.He entered his father's office without knocking and said, "Good morning, Dad. Lily pushed my mother, and she hurt her spinal cord badly. The attending doctor said….."His father was fuming with anger and roared, "Get out of my office." Aiden was taken aback and said, "But Dad..." His father interrupted him and replied, "I am not your father. Get out."Aiden had never seen his father so angry. He walked out of his father's office, but he didn't leave. He stood outside his father's office and waited for his father to calm down.Half
Seven months later……Aiden had not made peace with his parents and sister yet. At work, he was professional and distant.One morning when he woke up, he couldn't shake the feeling that something bad would happen.He took his phone and unblocked his mother's number. Then he went to work. He heaved a sigh of relief when he saw his father. Even though he was still angry with his father for failing to fight for their marriage, he still loved him.After work, he decided to go to the old Martins mansion to see his mother. He parked the car in the driveway. Then he knocked on the door.His mother was dumbfounded when she saw her estranged son standing at the door. His mother looked at him viciously and asked, "What are you doing here, Aiden?"Aiden smiled faintly, but the smile didn't reach his eyes and replied, "This is my home, Mom. Relax, I am not here to fight with your young lover." Then he walked past his mother and went to his bedroom to rest.Elizabeth was tossing and turning, she cou