On Saturday morning, the sun was bright, and the sky was clear. It was a beautiful day to go to the beach. Bridgette was standing on the balcony thanking the Lord for blessing her and her loved ones with the gift of life.She was so grateful to the Lord for His mercies upon her life. The Lord had been faithful to her, and He had answered most of her prayers.At 8 am, Bridgette called her mother and said, "Good morning, Mommy, are you well?" Her mother was overjoyed to hear her voice and replied, "Good morning, Sweetheart, we are well. Thank you. How are you doing?Our granddaughter made us proud. Your father and I are really happy for her. What time are we meeting?"Bridgette smiled and replied, "We are well; thank you. Avery made us proud indeed. Mommy, we will meet you at His Own Image Boutique at 10 am. The weather is beautiful; I want to take her to the beach as well."Her mother became excited and replied, "It's been a while since I took a stroll on the beach. We will join you as
At that moment, Mr Martins walked to the living room and said, “Elizabeth, please show me the divorce papers you told your son that I gave them to you to sign.”Elizabeth looked at her husband with tears in her eyes, but she didn’t utter a word. Then he looked at Aiden with cold eyes and asked, “Why don’t you ask your beloved mother to show you the divorce papers?”It dawned on Aiden that his mother was lying to him and asked, “Mommy, were you lying to me?”His mother looked at him and replied, “Aiden, you misunderstood Mommy. I didn’t say that your father gave me the divorce papers, but I said he asked for a divorce.”Aiden looked at his mother in a new light and replied, “Mommy, are you using me to fight with my sister?”Mrs Martins looked at him with sorrow and replied, “I am sorry my dearest son, I didn’t know that after I told you about my divorce you would confront your father.You told me that you would go to your sister’s room to apologize. I was surprised when you told me tha
A few minutes later, Uncle Martins called Bridgette and said, "Hello Bridgette, I received a call from Aunt Rose. She told me that she missed her grandchild a lot. Why don't you spend time with your mother and Aunt Rose for a few days?"Bridgette was over the moon, she missed her mother so much and replied, "That will be great, Uncle Martins. I missed my mother's food so much." Then they hung up.Bridgette was beaming with joy and told her mother the good news. Her mother was overjoyed and said, "Let's buy sets of clothes for you and my grandchild."They bought a set of clothes for Bridgette, and then they went to Sugar Lump to buy clothes for Avery. Mrs Evans also bought toiletries for her daughter and her God-granddaughter.Mrs Evans called her husband, Paul, and said, "Hubby, please come back home early today. I have a surprise for you."Paul was grinning from ear to ear and said, "My beautiful wife, tell me quickly don't keep me in suspense."Suzie giggled and replied, "My love, I
On Sunday morning, the Evans family went to church to thank the Lord for His faithfulness in their lives. Pastor Basil was over the moon when he saw Avery and said, "Congratulations my beautiful granddaughter.My heart swelled with pride when I saw you taking the first spot in the Mathematics Olympiad Competition." Avery smiled brightly and replied, "Thank you, Grandpa, I think I took after my intelligent Grandpa."Grandpa Basil was grinning from ear to ear when he heard Avery's words and said, "You have a silver tongue, my dearest Avery.Someone whispered to my ear that you will come to church today and I have prepared a gift for you." He took a velvet box from his suit jacket and handed it to Avery.Avery smiled brightly at her grandfather and opened an exquisite velvet box. Sitting on the velvet box was a platinum wedding band. Avery looked at Grandpa Basil with a confused expression.Grandpa Basil replied smiling, "My dearest Avery, this is your future husband's wedding band. Pleas
A few days later, after the Collins family heard the news of Mia's pregnancy, they went to Australia. Mia's mother and her mother-in-law were fussing over her. They treated her as a treasure.Mr Shelton Senior had asked his wife several times to go back to their home to no avail. She stated that she didn't want to leave her precious daughter-in-law with the helpers.What if something happened to her grandchildren? She was taking care of her daughter-in-law herself.In the blink of an eye, the Parker family had been in Australia for almost a month and they were reluctant to go back, especially Edwin; he was scared of his sister, Elizabeth. His sister wanted to destroy his family.Brad had offered to open the company for him in Australia to manage but he turned him down. He loved his country and his sister. He was praying that his evil sister didn't harm anyone in his absence.The time had arrived for the Parker family and the Collins family to go back home to South Africa. Mia hugged h
August looked at his wife with a hint of mockery in his eyes and asked, "How does it feel to be ignored by your beloved brother?" Elizabeth looked at her husband with eyes full of hatred, but she didn't utter a word.Edwin walked to the living room with his wife and his daughter laughing. Elizabeth felt that they were mocking her, she couldn't breathe. She felt suffocated.At that moment, the helpers informed them that food was being served. They washed their hands, and then they walked to the dining room. Butler Bruce was standing beside Mr Martins.Edwin looked at him and asked, "Butler Bruce, where is Aunt Rose?" Butler Bruce looked at Mrs Martins with disdain in his eyes and replied, "Mr Parker, please ask your sister."Edwin raised his eyes slightly at his sister, but Elizabeth ignored him. She started putting food on her plate. Edwin's face darkened and asked, "What happened, Elizabeth?"The atmosphere in the dining room became awkward. August decided to intervene and said, "Bro
Edwin didn't even look at her; he turned to his brother-in-law and said, "Please hand the divorce papers to Elizabeth. I don't want to leave you with this trash. She doesn't deserve you."August looked at his brother-in-law and replied, "I promised my daughter that I would not divorce Elizabeth yet. Elizabeth told Aiden that I wanted to divorce her because of Bridgette. I don't want to tarnish Bridgette's reputation."Edwin looked at his sister coldly and said, "You are so smart, you even managed to deceive your son. I am going to teach you a lesson.I am no longer going to Australia. I want you to feel the pain of knowing that I am just two hours' drive away, but you will never see or speak to me."Elizabeth's heart was in pain, it was as if someone was stabbing her heart. She looked at her brother with sorrow in her eyes, but she didn't utter a word. She didn't believe that her only brother would ignore her forever.Edwin went to the garden; he asked his daughter and his nephew to c
The sun was scorching hot, but the woman was washing clothes outside using the concrete washing basin. Sweat was streaming down her face.Her neighbour, Becky Sparrow, approached her smiling and said, “Tess, did you hear that Abigail’s son bought her a nice house in the suburbs?”Tess Bennet looked at her friend with jealousy written on her face and replied, “Becky, some people are lucky. I don’t like Abigail; she is full of herself because her son is a doctor.Don’t worry my friend; I heard that the municipality rates in the suburbs are very high. She will not have money to buy food and come back to the slums.”Becky was disappointed in her friend and replied, “Tess, we have to be happy for others. If the Lord opens the doors for them, maybe He will remember us and bless us too. Our children are doing well in school.I believe one day they will become great men and buy us beautiful houses in the suburbs as well. I have faith that my life will not stay like this forever.” Unbeknownst
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