I Hope You Will Never Regret

At the Parker mansion, Lily was in her bedroom with her beloved aunt laughing. Aiden approached them and asked, “How do you think your parents felt in heaven when they saw you embarrassing someone, they loved the most?”

Lily looked at Aiden, but she didn’t utter a word. After Avery and others left the church, she felt guilty because her father really loved Avery. However, she had promised her aunt that she would chase Avery away. There was no turning back.

Aiden looked at his mother and said, “Mom, one day you will regret every bad thing you have done to Avery, but it will be too late to regret it. My uncle and aunt deserved a dignified burial, but you allowed Lily to settle your scores in that manner.

What was wrong with Grandpa Basil leading the funeral service? Do you know that Uncle Edwin personally asked Grandpa Basil to officiate his funeral before they left for Paris?

Why didn’t you ask Daddy the reasons for asking Grandpa Basil while we were still at home? Cousin, let’s hope that Avery will forgive you because if she doesn’t, I don’t know where you are going to stay.”

Lily looked at Aiden coldly and replied, “I didn’t know that it was my father’s wish to be buried by Pastor Basil. No one told me. What do you mean by saying ‘Where am I going to stay?’ I will stay with my beloved aunt, of course, in Avery’s bedroom.”

Aiden shook his head and said, “You are so naïve, Lily. Do you think you can stay at the Martins mansion without Avery’s permission? Avery is my father’s bottom line. If you make Avery angry, everyone at the Martins mansion becomes upset.

You didn’t only embarrass Avery, but you also embarrassed my father in front of the Martins Group management and his wife kept quiet. When you chased Avery away, didn’t you see that most people wanted to leave? Prince family and Aunt Sandy were so disappointed in you. They left straight from the cemetery without saying goodbye to you. What does that mean?”

Lily looked at Aiden, but she didn’t say anything. Aiden shook his head, then he went to the living room to look for his father.

His father was fuming with anger. How could his wife allow Lily to embarrass the most important person in his life, Pastor Basil?

His wife knew that Pastor Basil was like a father to him. He could tolerate Lily embarrassing Avery, but not Pastor Basil. He would never forgive her.

The helpers told Mr Martins that they didn’t want to stay behind because Mrs Martins was not treating them well. Mr Martins asked the Ebenezer hotel manager, Mr Turner, to arrange two helpers for the Parker mansion.

Then Mr Martins and others drove back to the Martins mansion on the same day without uttering a word to his wife. Elizabeth wanted to tell her husband that she would stay at her brother’s house for a week to pack their stuff.

She was shocked when the family driver told her that her husband had left an hour ago. Even her beloved son left without saying goodbye. She became scared. What if her husband divorced her?

On their way back, Aiden looked at his father and asked, “Daddy, why didn’t you fight for Avery when she was embarrassed by Lily?”

His father smiled and replied, “Avery knew beforehand that Lily would embarrass her. She then asked me not to interfere. She even won a bet against her Godmother regarding this matter.” Aiden was shocked to hear that.

When Mr Martins and others arrived home, they were greeted by quietness as if there was no living soul. Mr Martins went to Avery’s bedroom. The atmosphere was gloomy. Avery was sitting between Ethan and Logan; her eyes were red and puffy. It was clear that she was crying.

Deep down in Avery’s heart, she knew that her mother would use Lily to stop her from bidding her beloved uncle farewell. She thought she was mentally prepared that Lily would chase her away, but obviously, she wasn’t.

Her father hugged her tightly and said, “I’m so sorry, Sweetheart.” Avery smiled and asked, “What are you doing here, Daddy? I thought you would be back tomorrow.”

Her father looked at her with sadness in his eyes and replied, “We felt that we were not welcomed, and then we decided to leave. After you left, Lily embarrassed Grandpa Basil in front of the whole congregation. She then replaced him with Pastor Sidney.”

Avery was dumbfounded. How could her mother allow Lily to humiliate Grandpa like that? Grandpa Basil was the most important person to her father. She looked at her father and asked, “Are you alright, Daddy? How is Grandpa?”

Her father looked at her and replied, “We were sad because it was your uncle’s wish to be buried by Grandpa Basil. I felt so humiliated and embarrassed.

On Friday after you left, I told Lily that Grandpa Basil would be leading her parents’ funeral service, and she didn’t show any disagreement.

I was surprised when she told the congregation that she didn’t understand why Pastor Basil was on the program since her parents had their own pastor. It was as if I was forcing Grandpa on her throat.”

Avery hugged her father and said, “Don’t worry, Dad. Lily will reap what she sows. Even though she had an attitude towards me, I tolerated her because of her parents.

Uncle Edwin had showered me with love, and I wanted to repay his kindness by treating his daughter as my sister. I would have done anything for her.

Since she showed me that she didn’t care about me, I am no longer related to her. She embarrassed the Martins family, Aunt Bridge, and my Godmother because she was helping Aunt Elizabeth settle her score against me. I wonder what Aunt Elizabeth had promised her.”

Her father smiled and replied, “Aiden told me that his mother promised Lily that she would give her your bedroom. I think she will kick you out of the house. Also, I believe that she will adopt Lily as her daughter in order to replace you.”Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

Avery smiled brightly and replied, “I wish it was the following week already. I want to see her aunt kicking me out of my house. I don’t care. She can adopt her if she wants because both of them are nothing to me.”

Her father ruffled his daughter’s hair and said, “There is only one daughter in the Martins family. Her aunt had overestimated herself to think she could adopt her as the Martins family’s daughter. Why don’t we take your brothers to His Goodness Resort tomorrow morning just to relax?”

Avery was over the moon when she heard her father’s words. She needed to recharge her batteries if she wanted to face Lily and her aunt.