ADOPTED HEIR **Grams**
Isabella's P O V
Kendra comes back and sat down with Kendrick on the same sofa. And they both continued staring at me doubtfully.

I also continued staring at them. I'm glad Kendra is so happy to see me even tho she doesn't know that I'm her mother. I hope she doesn't hate me when she finds out.
I know tomorrow is their birthday, I'm planning on taking them out and explaining things to them tomorrow. Considering it's their day, they might easily forgive me for not raising them myself.
Kendrick is also staring at me in wonder. I love the looks on their faces so very much and I want to continue staring at them till the world comes to an end.
"You are so pretty, miss Isabella." Kendra suddenly blurted. I chuckled.
"You are more pretty than I am. Don't flatter me." I said shyly. Both Kendrick and Kendra laughed.
Kendra stood up and came to sit beside me then.

"Can I sit beside you? You are our Aunt anyways so I should be able to do that. I want to keep believing that you are real and that you are here." Kendra requested.
"Come on Kendra, don't embarrass yourself." Kendrick chipped in.
"No, I'm actually happy. You can sit beside me." I adjusted on the sofa for her to sit and she sat beside me.
"So, any boyfriends?" I asked and she shook her head.

"I don't have." She mouthed.
"Really? Why?" I questioned.
"I just don't need right now. Having boyfriends is not what I really want right now." She confessed.
"Then what to you want? Girls your age run wild over boys, follow guys around, drink a lot, even smoke." I said.
She shook her head again.
"No, I don't want to ever smoke. I can drink but I don't want to smoke. It does bad to our health, and beside, Kendrick here is a douchebag, he won't allow me follow guys to club. He is always over protective." Kendra explained.
"Really?"I lifted my eyes to stare at Kendrick who has been keeping quiet.
"I have to. We don't have parents. Yo! It could have been nice if we had known you earlier. We never knew granny had someone like you." Kendrick said.
"Yes," I agreed sadly.
"But I..." The door started opening.
"It might be granny," Kendra stood up immediately and hollered. She went to the door and helped open it and then Grams came in.
"Granny look at.." Kendra was about saying when I interrupted.
"Grams?" I called.
"Oh my goodness. Good Lord. Is that you, Bella?" Grams asked.
I stood up from the sofa and went to hug her tightly. Tears gathered up my eyes and rolled down.
"Grams, I really missed you." I said crying.
"Hey, don't cry in front of this kids. Come here," Grams said and led to sit down again.
She stared at me for a while, as if examining me.
"You have really changed." She revealed.
"Of course, Grams. You..you have also really gotten old. Why didn't you remain as young as you were before, Grams? Now guys won't ask you out again." I joked.
Grams laughed.
"Come on, Bella. I can't be young forever. You know that." She turned and looked at Kendra and Kendrick.
"Go speak with that man outside, I think he needs something." She said to them.
"Come, let's go talk in my room. I'm glad you have met them both." Grams said and led me into her room.
"I won't be really mistaking if I say your room is as old as you, Grams. Your aura, your smell is so so strong here. Aw, I miss you so much and I'm going to sleep on the same bed with you tonight." I said excitedly.
'Do whatever you want. I'm sure you've met those your stubborn kids. Your daughter won't let me rest at all. She's always inquiring about her parents, wanting to know this and that but I couldn't tell them a thing. It wasn't in my place to reveal anything to them." Grams explained.
"You must have gone through a lot. I'm so sorry about that. Tomorrow is their birthday, I plan on taking them out. I plan on telling them about the whole thing tomorrow and I pray it works out fine." I say.
"It will. So how have you been, child?" Grams inquired.
"I've been okay, Grams. But I've not been too okay without you and my babies. I cry and think about you guys all day wondering when Felicity is gonna allow me return back here. It wasn't easy at all." I sighed.
"I can imagine child. I can imagine, especially when you realized Felicity plans. How she took them away into private care center. I wasn't in support of it either but I couldn't do a thing. What she did was to help you but the disadvantage it caused you was more than the advantage. I felt really bad that I couldn't help you. I was even more scared to die then, how was I going to face your mother and father if I had died then. I'm very happy now that you have become someone of great importance in the community and now you have finally gotten to see your kids. You can also live with them if you want. It's wonderful." Grams expressed her feelings.
I moved closer to her and embraced her again.
"I love you so much, Grams. I prayed everyday for you to stay alive till I'm able to see you. You even took care of your grand daughter's kids. I don't know what I would have really done without you. You are the best parent, the best lady, woman, wife, Aunt, grandma, great grandma and daughter someone could ever ask for." I praised.
She laughed happily.
"I'm happy that I got to do what I didn't get to do for my daughter for you and my great grand kids. You and your kids are a blessing to me. God did a good things giving you all to me, I'm really greatful. Even if I die today, I will have any regrets." She said tearing up.
I held her tightly to myself.
"Oh Grams. Please don't say that, you aren't allowed to die now. You aren't allowed, I've.. I've not even appreciated you. I've not thanked you properly for everything. You aren't allowed to die on me, I'll be so mad at you if you die without my permission." I said equally tearing up.
"Oh my grand daughter. You don't need to thank me. I'm happy that you are happy today. You don't know..you don't know how I felt when you got pregnant and couldn't stop crying. I felt so so helpless, we couldn't even make the person that did that to you pay. I felt so so helpless. I asked the Lord why he gave me such a perfect grand daughter when I'm so not perfect, when I didn't have the power to make those people pay. That's why I gave you away immediately.
I wanted you to have a better life. I hoped in my heart that you'll come to understand and forgive me someday." Grams cried.
"Oh Grams. I never for once blamed anything on you. I never for once hated you for any reason. If not for anything, I am glad that you are my grandma. I'm glad God gave such a loving person to me. Tomorrow I'm also taking you out. You won't work or go to the market starting from tomorrow." I promised.
"No. No. Going to the market is what I enjoy doing most. Your mother usually send me a lot of money to take care of your kids. I don't go to the market because I don't have money to feed your children. Don't get it wrong, I love going to the market, there I can meet other women that are my age mate. I can chat with them to my heart content. Please don't stop me from going to the market, also don't say you want to demolish and rebuild this my old house."
I chuckled.
"You love this your old house so much, don't you?"
"Yes. This is the only thing that still reminds me of my late husband." Grams grimaced.
Anything about her late husband makes her so unhappy. When I was young, she always tried to hide her sadness but I could always catch on.
"Grams. I want to ask you a question I've been meaning to ask since I was 14. Why didn't you ever remarry when your husband died so early? You were still in your early 30s then. Why didn't you ever remarry with your beauty?" I asked.
"I couldn't bring myself to do it. I love Donald too much. I couldn't do it. Now I can see him and your mother again after such a long time. I believe he is looking down at me proudly. I believe he is happy at what his grand daughter has become."
I took my thumb to my cheek and dried the tears.
No one can ever replace Grams in my life. No one.
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