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Chapter 32. New chapter
After an afternoon of cleaning, Sarah and Jacob are exhausted. They are excited but exhausted. " Its 12am, we should go back for the last night in the nightmare place and get some rest. Tomorrow is a big day".
Indeed tomorrow was a big day.
Sarah woke up at 5am. They fed Alex and Andrea hurriedly and left by 7am to their new home.
They prepared all the prayer items and prayed with an open heart, Sarah's parents were present together with Nash and Nat. Sue kept saying how happy she was on their achievement but her eyes told differently.
She could never bear the thought of them achieving anything on their own. The others except Nash and Sarah were always relying on them.
Sarah refused to let this dampen her spirits. God has indeed blessed them. They have purely achieved their dreams on their own. They deserved happiness.
After intense prayer, they had lunch. Nash and Nat took Andrea and Alex to their place,while Sarah and Jacob went to t
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