I Hope You Will Never Regret

Bridgette was surprised to see Aunt Elizabeth and Uncle Edwin. She greeted them with a smile and said, “Uncle Parker, is your family well?” Edwin told her that his wife and daughter had visited their friends in Australia. Then Bridgette greeted Mr Martins who was already in the living room waiting for his daughter. Then Bridgette went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for Avery.

Uncle Edwin was so happy to see his niece. When he looked at his niece, he was reminded of his late mother. His eyes brimmed with tears; he hugged his stunning niece and asked, “How are you feeling, my beautiful niece?” Avery smiled sweetly at him and replied, “I am much better, Uncle Edwin. Thank you for asking. How are you, my handsome uncle?”

He told his niece that he was well. Avery didn’t even look at her mother. Edwin looked at his sister coldly and asked, “Elizabeth, don’t you want to say something to my niece?” Elizabeth looked at her brother aggrieved, and she shook her head. Why should she apologize to a child?

A few minutes later, Bridgette came back with a bowl of porridge, and then she started feeding Avery. After she finished eating, Mr Martins said smiling, “Brother-in-law, I am taking Avery to work with me. I hope I will see you later.”

When Aiden heard his father’s words, he became angry. He looked at his sister frowning and asked, “Avery, why are you ignoring our mother? Mommy hurt you by accident, but you are holding a grudge against her.”

Avery sneered, “Aiden, I didn’t hear you correctly. Are you saying your mother hurt me by accident? Explain this to me; after she pushed me so hard, the vase broke into pieces. Your mother took a broken piece and tried to stab me. Was it an accident as well?”

Aiden was shocked to hear that because his mother didn’t tell him the full story. He didn’t know what to say. Avery looked at his brother and said, “Three months ago, you broke your mother’s plate, but she beat me up with the broken plate and my head bled. Was it an accident as well?”

Aiden was reminded of the incident which happened three months ago. He asked the helper to cut fruit for him. He took the plate from the helper, when he was about to sit in Avery’s sofa he tripped.

The plate shattered into pieces. Their mother took the broken piece and smashed it on Avery’s head without asking what happened. When she was told what happened, she didn’t apologize to Avery. She said she deserved it.

Aiden was rendered speechless. He looked at his mother for help, but his mother looked elsewhere. It was clear that she was sowing discord between her children. Avery looked at her mother with icy cold eyes and said, “Aiden, your mother is evil and heartless. She doesn’t deserve to have children. I am just five years old, but your mother had slapped me several times just for looking at her.”

Mr Martins’ heart ached when he heard Avery’s words; he hugged his daughter and said, “Let’s go, Sweetheart.” They were about to leave, then Aiden looked at his father and asked, “Daddy, when are you taking me with you to work?” His father smiled and replied, “You can come with me to work anytime, Son. However, you have to ask for permission from your mother.”

Aiden couldn’t believe his ears. His father was biased. Avery didn’t ask for permission from their mother. He looked at his father and said, “Daddy, I think it’s unfair because Avery didn’t ask for permission, but you are taking her with you. Why is that, Daddy?”

His father looked at his son and replied, “Aiden, you are forgetful. During the school holidays, didn’t I ask you to accompany me to work? Please repeat your mother’s words to me.” Aiden looked down and replied, “Mommy told me that I am too young to be exposed into work-related matters. But I still feel it is unfair to allow Avery to go with you, Daddy.”

Before his father gave a response, Avery smiled sweetly at her brother and replied, “Big brother, you are really forgetful, and I told you that your mother is nothing to me. Is it possible that I was switched when my biological mother gave birth to me because I don’t look like my dad or your mother? Look at you Aiden, you took after our dad.”

Uncle Edwin looked at his niece and replied, “My niece, you took after my mother, your grandmother. Come and see her photo.” He took his mother’s photo from his wallet and gave it to Avery. The lady in the photo was beyond beautiful, she was gorgeous.

Avery flashed her uncle a bright smile and asked, “Wow Uncle Edwin, my grandmother was gorgeous. Do you mind if I take a picture of this photo?” Her uncle smiled broadly and replied, “You can have this photo, my beautiful niece. My mother was very beautiful and kind-hearted. I think you will be more beautiful than her.”

Avery thanked and hugged her uncle and said, “I was asking myself why Aiden’s mother wanted to stab me in the face. Now, I do understand the reason behind that. It was because I took after her mother. Uncle Edwin, I think your sister didn’t love your mother.”

Edwin looked at his sister with questioning eyes. Did something happen between his sister and his late mother? He planned to ask his sister after his brother-in-law and his niece left for work. He couldn’t shake the feeling that his beautiful niece was telling the truth because she was highly intelligent.

Mr Martins hugged his son and said to his wife, “Elizabeth, Aiden wants to visit the company as well. Is it alright to take him with us?” Elizabeth looked at her husband with disdain in her eyes and replied, “August, I made it quite clear that Aiden is still young. I don’t want him to be involved into work related matters yet. Leave my son alone.”

Aiden looked at his mother with pleading eyes, but his mother just ignored him. His father ruffled his hair, and then he hugged him tightly. He was helpless against his heartless wife.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

Bridgette smiled at Avery and said, “Baby, what are you going to eat at work? Give me five minutes to prepare something delicious for you.”

Since she didn’t want to delay Uncle Martins, he quickly went to the kitchen. She decided to make Chicken Mayo sandwich. She cut sandwich into quarters, then she put them in the lunch box. Fortunately, the lunch box had more compartments. She put grapes and strawberries.

After she packed the lunch box, she then took fruit juice from the fridge and biscuits from the pantry. Then she rushed to the living room and gave Avery the lunch box. Avery thanked Aunt Bridge and hugged her tightly.

Mr Martins looked at his daughter lovingly he then took his daughter’s hand and left the house. His personal bodyguard, Clayton, was waiting for them in the driveway. He greeted his boss and the young lady with respect and opened the car doors for them. Then he drove to the company.