Chapter 129

“You see Brittany. I never give up until I get what I want. If one way doesn't work out you try another”.

“Let me tell you a little story”. Evelyn whispered, she held Brittany's hands leading her to a seat.

“I and Sonia used to be best of friends”.

“Who is Sonia? Brittany questioned with furrowed eyebrows. Sonia used to be the lady of this house. She is the children's mother”.

“Oh”! Brittany exclaimed she now understood what she was saying. She used to hear stories of Sonia especially from the little time she spent with her father Leonard. This behaviour of her father will sometimes make her wonder if her father never loved Sonia as Evelyn claimed.

“We did everything together and never kept anything from each other. She came from a reputable family while on the other hand I was the daughter of a useless gambler who gambled my life away. I ran away from home and lived as an orphan from that day on”.

“But what I am trying to highlight is that I met Leonard first, we fell in love”. She