I Hope You Will Never Regret

Aunt Rose couldn’t take it anymore; she slapped her and said, “Shut your foul mouth. Stop acting like a spoilt brat, your parents raise you well to respect your elders. What happened to sweet Lily? Do you think we are here to play games? Why don’t you use your brains?”

Lily looked at Aunt Rose with tears brimming in her eyes and asked, “If something bad has happened to my parents, why is Aunt Elizabeth not here with you to comfort me?”Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Aunt Rose calmed herself down and replied, “Your Aunt is not taking the news of her brother and her sister-in-law well. Also, your father chose your uncle as his next of kin. So, your aunt was upset about that.”

Tears streamed down Lily’s face. Did the Lord take her parents because of her words? Her chest became stuffy; she placed her hand on her chest. Aunt Rose became scared and asked, “What is wrong, Lily?”

Lily clutched her chest and replied, “I can’t breathe.” Then she fainted. Uncle August took her in his arms and ran out of the house, followed by the others. They rushed her to the hospital. She was quickly taken to the emergency room.

Two hours later, she was wheeled to the private ward. She was crying, she felt that her heart was torn apart. Aunt Rose held her hand and said, “Lily, I am sorry for your loss.

Lily cried and replied, “I am so sorry Dad and Mom. It’s all my fault; I pushed you to your grave. I wish I died with you too. Why am I still alive?” Aunt Rose held Lily in her arms. She held tears in her eyes because she wanted to be strong for Lily.

Later, Lily’s attending doctor came to Lily’s ward to check on her and said, “Miss Parker fainted because of a panic attack. Do you know what happened before she fainted?”

Mr Martins told the doctor that Lily’s parents were on the flight that collided mid-air with another flight.

Lily’s doctor was shocked to hear that and replied, “My deepest condolences to the Parker family. I would like to keep her overnight to monitor her.”

Lily was overwhelmed with grief. She was blaming herself for her parents’ death. Aunt Rose hugged her tightly, then she said, “August, please go back home, I will stay with Lily.”

August and others left the hospital with heavy hearts. He wished Elizabeth had been there to comfort her niece.

The following day, the Shelton family arrived with their family doctor. Clayton fetched them from the Richards Bay airport. Mia looked at him and asked, “Clayton, how is Lily receiving the news?”

Clayton replied, “Lily fainted when she heard the news of her parents’ passing. We rushed her to the hospital, and she will be discharged later today. Mr Martins asked me to send you to the hotel to rest.”

Mia said, “I am glad that she is not alone, Elizabeth is with her.” Clayton told her that Mrs Martins was still in denial, and she refused to come. Aunt Rose was keeping Lily company at the hospital.

The Shelton family couldn’t believe their ears. They thought Elizabeth would be the first person to come, since she was Lily’s aunt.

In the afternoon, Brad and Mia visit the Parker mansion. Brad was supporting his wife. Mia looked haggard and weak. At that moment, Clayton and Aunt Rose walked to the house with Lily. When she saw Aunt Mia, she rushed to her and cried.

Aunt Mia hugged her tightly crying and said, “I am so sorry for your loss, Lily.” Lily cried sorrowfully and replied, “I cursed them to die because of the stupid private jet, Aunt Mia.

I hope my parents will forgive me. Why am I still alive? I wish the Lord had taken me with them. Why did the Lord take both of them and make me an orphan?”

Aunt Mia wiped tears from her eyes and replied, “Lily, your parents loved you so much. It was your father’s prayer to leave this earth with your mother. He didn’t want to leave her behind.”

Brad shook August’s hand and asked, “What are the funeral arrangements?” August replied, “The Air SA representative promised that our loved ones would be transported to South Africa before the end of the week.

We will lay them to rest on Saturday. My brother-in-law indicated that he wanted to be buried immediately when he passed away.”

Brad nodded his head and said, “We have notified the Prince family and Black family about Cathy’s passing. They indicated that they would arrive on Thursday. Where is Elizabeth?”

August replied, “My wife refused to come because she doesn’t believe that her brother and her sister-in-law are no more.”

At the Martins mansion, Bridgette took Avery and Aiden to school. They were writing a mathematics paper at 2 pm. Mr Martins had notified Principal Glen about the passing of Avery’s uncle and aunt.

Avery arrived at the examination hall with puffy red eyes. Mr Gray approached her and said, “My condolences for your loss, Miss Martins. Why are you here?”

Avery had a faint smile on her face and replied, “Thank you, Mr Gray. I need something to take my mind away from what happened at home.”

At 3:30 she submitted her exam paper, and then she left. Aunt Bridgette was waiting for them outside the school gate. She smiled brightly when she saw Avery and asked, “How was the paper?” Avery smiled faintly and replied, “It was alright, Aunt Bridge.”

At that moment, she received a call from her boyfriend, “Hello Jordan, are you well?” Jordan sensed that there was something wrong with his girlfriend and asked, “Avery, what is wrong?”

Avery replied, “My uncle and aunt were coming back from Paris and their flight collided with another flight.”

Jordan was shocked to hear that Avery’s relatives were on that flight as well and said, “I am sorry for your loss, Avery. I wish I could just hug you and take the pain away from you.”

Avery wiped her tears and replied, “I wish you were here too, my love. Thank you for your call. I just finished my Mathematics exam paper. How are your exams going?” Jordan was surprised to hear that she went to write the exam.

He felt sad for his girlfriend and replied, “The exams are going well. I am writing my last exam tomorrow morning. Did you manage to study?”

Avery replied, “I studied Mathematics a long time ago and the paper was fair.” Jordan bade her goodbye. Then they hung up. Aunt Bridgette and Avery stayed in the car waiting for Aiden to finish writing.