I Hope You Will Never Regret

Early on Sunday morning, Avery received a call from her best friend, Gabriella Stone. “Happy birthday my beautiful baby sister, may the good Lord guide you and protect you always. I love you pretty much.” Avery was so touched and replied, “Thank you so much, big sister. I miss you, when are you coming back?” Gabriella and her mother left before Christmas to visit her grandmother at Eshowe.

Gabriella smiled and said, “We are coming back tomorrow, and I can’t wait to see you. Tell me about young Mr Taylor. Is he handsome?” Avery giggled and replied, “Oh my, I haven’t seen anyone so handsome. Young Mr Taylor’s handsomeness is at another level. I just sent you his photo. Feast your eyes.” Then they hung up.

At that moment, someone knocked on her door. She put on her gown, then she opened her door. She smiled brightly when she saw Aunt Bridgette and Grandma Rose outside her door. She asked them to come inside. Aunt Bridgette hugged her tightly and said, “Happy birthday, Sweetheart.” Avery smiled brightly and thanked her.

Grandma Rose looked at her granddaughter and said, “Happy birthday my dearest granddaughter.” Then she hugged her tightly. Avery smiled and replied, “Thank you, Grandma.” A few minutes later, they left Avery’s room. Avery walked to the bathroom to take a shower.

After Avery dressed, she went to her father’s room to greet him. Her father was outside his room talking to Mr Shelton. Her father smiled brightly and said, “Happy birthday, Sweetheart. May the Lord be kind to you. Did you sleep well? Have you eaten?” Avery smiled sweetly at her father and replied, “Thank you, Daddy. I slept very well. I haven’t eaten yet, Daddy.” Then she hugged her father tightly.

Mr Shelton smiled broadly and said, “Happy birthday, my Goddaughter, may the Lord bless you with wisdom. Since you haven’t eaten yet, please join us.” Then they went together to the restaurant to eat. Her Godmother, Mia and her younger brothers were already at the restaurant eating.

A few minutes later, Grandma Rose and Aunt Bridgette joined them. Mr Martins indicated that they would have Avery’s birthday lunch at 1 pm. Mr Martins had asked Ebenezer, senior chef, to prepare a birthday cake for his daughter. He also asked the senior chef to prepare a buffet for his guests.

After breakfast, Mia and Bridgette decorated the private room lavishly. Mia looked at Bridgette and said, “Miss Evans, please come to Australia to visit us. We will have a banquet to welcome my Goddaughter into the family.” Bridgette smiled and replied, “Mrs Shelton, please call me by my name.

I will discuss this matter with Uncle Martins, then I will come back to you. Avery has not been outside South Africa before, and I think it will be great. Are you going back to Australia tonight, Mrs Shelton?” Mia shook her head and replied, “We are going back tomorrow evening.”

At 12:00 pm, the Parker family arrived at the Ebenezer hotel. They wanted to come early to spend time with everyone, but Lily was throwing tantrums. She told her parents that she didn’t want to see Avery. Her mother begged her for a long time until she agreed to come.

When they arrived, Lily walked to her aunt’s side and sat down. She had a long face as if someone owed her millions of rand. Aunt Mia looked at her smiling and asked, “Sweetheart, why are you not greeting us?” Lily looked at her, but she didn’t utter a word. The smile on Aunt Mia’s face froze. What happened to her sweet Lily? Cathy looked at her daughter and shook her head.

Half an hour later, Mr Martins asked everyone to follow him to the private room. There was a long table decorated with fresh flowers. The waiters brought food and the chef brought the birthday cake. Mr Martins asked Aunt Rose to lead them in prayer.

Afterwards, he looked at his daughter and said, “Happy birthday my precious daughter. May the Lord bless you with good health and may He add more happiness to your life. You told me that you wanted to go to Paris to see the Eiffel Tower, so I decided to buy you a private jet as a gift.” Everyone was shocked. Avery walked to her father and hugged her tightly and said, “Thank you, Daddy.”

Aunt Bridgette smiled sweetly at her and gave her a beautiful painting. Grandma Rose gave her a diamond necklace with matching earrings. Uncle Edwin gave her a cheque of twenty thousand rand. Aiden took a red velvet box from his jacket pocket and said, “Happy birthday my stunning baby sister. I bought you something small, I hope you will like it.”Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

Avery took the gift from her brother and thanked him. Aiden was so nervous; he thought his sister would embarrass him in front of everyone. He heaved a sigh of relief when she took his gift. His mother looked at him with cold eyes, but she didn’t say anything. Brad and his wife, Mia, looked at Elizabeth with questioning eyes. They were waiting for her to give her daughter a gift.

Brad stood up and said, “My beautiful Goddaughter, if we knew that today was your birthday, we would have prepared more gifts. We came early in South Africa because a friend of mine asked me to buy his office building. The property is located in the heart of Ballito.

My dearest Goddaughter, we have agreed as a family to give you the title deed of the office building. The Shelton family loves you and thank you for putting a smile on my wife.” Lily was so jealous, she felt suffocated. She thought the Shelton family came early because of her, but it was because of a business deal. That property was supposed to be hers. Why was Avery good at stealing people’s hearts?

Then the Shelton family stood up and walked to Avery and hugged her. Avery was shocked; she didn’t expect anything from the Shelton family. She looked at her father for help. Her father smiled and said, “I would like to thank the Shelton family on behalf of my daughter for such a big gift.” Avery took the document with both hands and thanked them.

Mrs Martins walked to her brother and said, “Big brother, I have prepared a 16th Anniversary gift for you and my sister-in-law. The flight tickets and hotel accommodation are already arranged.” Everyone looked at Elizabeth as if she was a clown. She forgot about her daughter’s birthday, but she remembered her brother’s anniversary, which would take place in June.