After two days, the 4 came back to F city and began their normal working activities. Penny chatted the lady whose name she came to know as Julie. Julie sent her designs and they discussed about it. Jerry showed Julie the particular space Penny wanted to use and set up a design for her and set to work immediately Penny approved of the design.
John began creating a nice order app for his dad. He was super excited while doing it and Henry provided for him whatever he needed. He also met with some designers who began working immediately in his own empty space.
Bryn with the help of Patty began designing how their shop will look like and the products they will use. Bryn went ahead browsing about products and also posted vacancy posts for 2 hair dressers and 3 make-up artists. She also improvised a space for manicure and pedicure.
Alexis set to work with a friend of his and arranged his studio. He brought a carpenter and set up some things. Him and his friend painted the building and they had fun taking pictures with each other as they worked happily.
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Henry sat with Jenny in the parlour. They were both watching a TV documentary. "I like the way Jerry is exercising the children," Jenny said to Henry.
"Yes, the children are enthusiastic about it. I was thinking John would have a problem coming close to his father but he was very excited," he commented.
Jenny smiled, "I spoke to him about that before they set for B city. I came to realize that he felt for his late mother. He felt his mother could have been alive if his father had not messed up," she was telling Henry who put off the TV to listen to Jenny, "I sat together with him and he cried out to me. He told me that although it's been a long time, he feels the pains his father had almost inflicted on us and he feels guilty anytime we talk about how to help Jerry when he comes out of prison. I let him know that Juanita chose her own path. She chose to die instead of braving up and thus lost out on a handsome child like him. I told him also that his mother was also not a saint. I am also not a saint, there are times when we made mistakes but we braved up and accepted our shame and benefited from it. We learnt from our mistakes and tried not to repeat it. His father is also human, yes Jerry caused people to lose their lives but I believe he is a changed man. I gave him examples of other ex-convicts who were very bad. Worst crimes committed by them but yet, humanity forgave them and gave them second chances. Thier family relations let go of the grudge and they became one and at peace with each other," she paused and looked at Henry's face, "I encouraged him to look on the positive side. Juanita is someone who Jerry had been close to. The only woman I know he kept his faithfulness to. I watch him at times quietly, when he takes out his phone and the regrets in his eyes are too obvious. It hurts him too a lot. He feels guilty also but he was glad a baby was kept for him. Yes, you might not be your mother. You are a total different being but you have her genes flowing in you. He will appreciate it, if you come close to him and let go of all the things he has done. As I know, he has never hurt you. He didn't kill your mother. We he hurt, we love him and wish the best for him and I want you too, to love your father that same way. When you call your father, "dad" he will feel way too comfortable to call you, "son" and you will see the natural flow from his mouth. I encourage him and he hugged me and told me, "you are the best mom"," she sighed, "I so much love John, he is like a child from me. I also told him not to be sad that I didn't let him work in my company but in yours. He said, there's no problem and will learn the family business well," she told Henry who held Jenny by the waist.
"That's my brilliant wife," he muttered and Jenny laughed, "thank you."
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After 3 months, the mall was ready and invites were given to people around B city on the official opening day. Jenny and Henry came to support them and also planned to buy some things. They ordered some few things through the app John designed. The mall had a total 27 employees. Jerry felt fulfilled when he saw the large crowd of people who gathered outside to begin shopping. He felt proud when he saw his son dedicate his time in teaching the delivery men how to function and deliver. He was very grateful Jenny had saved his life. She might not know he was aware but he thought he was going to die and leave this world. A life in prison sentence was suddenly announced and later in prison, he had asked why he was saved from death, he was told Jenny paid a lot to save his life. He was very grateful and had a change of heart. He promised to be good and useful as he approached old age.