Why are you standing" said Juliette, with hair pin between her lips.
In the pier glass, looking down, Sophia could watch careful her fingers working over a cascade of white silk. Looking up, she saw her own unkempt, curly black hair and her shoulders rising in unfamiliar nakedness over an intricately tucked and pleated frill.
Juliette`s daughter sighed. "I don`t know how you do it, mum".
"Baking is recreation for me, I don`t mind baking a cake to celebrate your completion of high school, I knew beforehand that you will make me proud-how many children can survive the hardship and still make their parents proud?"
Tears of affections flowed down Sophia`s eyes. They were opalescent and wide set, like her daughter`s, like James, she was erect and dignified. But where she was a talkative, he was silent. His handsome face with its even, symmetrical features was somber, a somber, passionate face. Mysterious body structure. Sophia was still contemplating whether she has falling in love again cause all she could think of was her passed relationship.
"It was in the moment of desire that she remembered that she was heartbroken when James left her".
He had ended the relationship by sending her a text, she thought "that was the end of her life". She wondered what might have gone wrong that cause, the always talked to each other every day and all of a sudden he want to break up..
When did it begun to change? Or had it really changed? After all we promised ourselves forever,Does that mean forever Doesn`t last, as she stared at the roof top. I will just believe that there is forever.
little did Sophia know that her life was about to take new turn.
"I heard grandma is coming to this house today yet everyone is tensed as if it is a tax collector, she laughed. I don`t intend any of you to laugh over my joke she voiced out to the hearing of her mother"
staring at her daughter she said "try to be in your Good behavior today cause I don`t want anything to go wrong, "yes mum" as she murmur and angrily left the sitting room.
I can`t stand all this pressure again, I told them the last time I visited my grandma she told me that she will make my life miserable, yet everyone calls her the great mother.
why? because she single handedly raise Ten boys and six girls without a maid anyway am not doubting the story but I know there is more to it, some say she started giving birth at the age of 19, while some say she kipnapped the children from different mothers and killed their mothers so she wouldn`t have any issue in the future, actually under the moonlight truth are been revealed .
I forgot to introduce my father, Jason I don`t like him because he is a child of my number one enemy, well he is the fifth son of grandma Addison he was known to be smart and hardworking yet he never missed each year to celebrate his mother birthday I normally witness the preparation.
My Dad usually kill different animals before he travel to the Addison Mansion to see Grandma Addison. Did I mention that my grandma beauty surpass any other, sometimes I wonder how my Dad could marry my mum.
One of the maid enter the sitting room breathing heavily as she shouted....
"She here as everyone was running around inside the big mansion to find something to do so she won`t call them lazy, Sophia! Sophia!! Yes mother hurry up and come down stairs with your siblings your grandma has arrived immediately my five siblings (Nicholas, Maxwell, Anna, Clara and Mila) two boys and three girls hurriedly rushed out of their rooms with this joyful expression written all over there face, Sophia what are you waiting for let go as the dragged my hands down the stair I could only wonder what or how she will react when she sees me.
Ava my personal maid had prepared a bouquet of flower she wanted me to present to her along with my siblings. All the family member gathered at the entrance to welcome her immediately her convoyed arrived and my Dad stepped down to welcome her into the promise mansion as my dad named it.
I could see smile of disappointment on her face as she walked closed to us my grandchildren are not looking healthy she said as she turned to my mother what have you mother been feeding you as she gently collected the flowers from each of my siblings, when it got to my own turn she looked at me and said Tim bring my briefcase inside the car as she passed me and entered inside the house.
Everywhere was looking so radiant as if we were excepting a king actually we received a queen.
Everyone entered inside to the dining room to have lunch with her cause whenever she goes immediately she arrives in a place she must eat in other to know if she will stay for long or she will have to employ new chef.
while I was still outside I felt invisible to my family nobody recognized that am in pains nobody could even look for me, Am the third child among my six siblings, still my mum has time for everyone except me.
"Sophia dear" Ava called out, why are you here,let go inside and join everyone on the dining room, At that moment she felt as if she was only recognized by just one person in this world, can you bring my food to my room secretly I don`t want my grandma or parents to be aware.
From were she was sitting, Grandma Addison could see her grandchildren playing on the dinning table while Nicholas the first son sitting quietly and studying everyone, taking charge. At six years he was the neighborhood representative for national spelling bees. Such a delightful, demanding person he was, as she smiled.
Jason were is Sophia your daughter" is she too big to join us on the dinning table, "Grandma Addison Ms Sophia is having her bath she be down in a minute" said Ava.
She stared at her dangerously as if she was about to devour her. Anna go and check up on your sister, "yes mum" said Anna.
Do you mean to tell me that your kids don`t know your name, they know my name the just prefer to call me mother instead of Juliette.
From now hence forth the shall address you as Juliette till am gone I don`t want to hear mother from any one`s mouth. everyone was silent and couldn`t imagine how the would address their mother by her name, but no one said a world even Jason was shocked but he didn`t utter a word against his mother.