The Beverly Hills Kids BY JENN WEBSTER

Once upon a time, in a little place called Beverly Hills, California in the year 1981, there lived a successful perfume magnate who goes by the name of Doris Bach, a woman in her early 40s; she had been dabbling in fragrances ever since she was a child, and her incredibly talented creativity had led her to create the most fabulous fragrances that she had ever produced, many of whom have become best sellers.
Now Doris Bach is a very wealthy woman, and she has all of the luxury and comfort, such as a TV set (this was long before there were such things as DVD or streaming), a home computer, clothing, and even food for her to enjoy, but she goes out dining every now and then! Yes, Doris has had every luxury and comfort ever since she became a famous fragrance maker. However, Doris lacked one thing, but she just couldn’t quite put her finger on it…
One day, Doris was discussing with her PR manager from her fragrance company; the PR manager told Doris, “I am thinking about working with you to create brand-new air deodorants with your signature fragrances, and I would very much like for this to be a family product!” Doris shook her head and told her PR manager, “Listen, I am just not interested in doing a family product at all! My job is creating fragrances, and I intend to stay that way!”

Doris’ PR manager replied, “Well, I’m thinking that you are not that interested in such a thing, and that is because you do not have a family at all!” Doris then paused; she began to think that maybe she did not have a real, true family because her mother died when she was 10 years old, and she then became successful in the perfume business before her father passed away himself. Then Doris had another thought-Since the deaths of her parents, and that she has no siblings, Doris had become very lonely in her life.
So Doris began to have this thought when her PR manager spoke to her about making air deodorants for the family; just then, Doris Bach got an idea! She then told her PR manager, “Dear sir, I would very much like to make a deal with you…Tomorrow, you and I will go to the orphanage in inner Los Angeles, choose some children, and then keep them in the mansion for a week. During that week, a reporter will come and take pictures of me and the children. If this new air deodorant is successful, then I shall return the children back to the orphanage, and then I shall pay you about $5,000! How’s that?”
The PR manager agreed to this deal, and then he and Doris shook hands. Then Doris called the orphanage to arrange to pick up whatever children she could find.

Meanwhile, there were five children, three boys, and two girls, all of whom lived in the orphanage in inner Los Angeles: The three boys’ names were Tommy, Michael, and Joey, and the two girls’ names were Brittany and Annette; together, they have been living in the orphanage for goodness knows how long. Just then, the five children are visited by their caretaker, who informs them that Doris Bach, the perfume company's owner, will pick them all up and take them to her mansion in Beverly Hills! The kids were so excited by the news that they were going to a wealthy mansion and hoping to live like princes and princesses! Tommy told the group, “Wow, we are going to live in a mansion, guys! This will be sooo cool!” “Yeah, I know,” exclaimed Joey, “I know what it will be like living in a cool mansion with a cool rich woman taking us by her side!”
The very next day, Doris and her PR manager visited the orphanage and selected the three boys and two girls; by the way, the three boys are all aged 9 years old, while the two girls are all 8 years of age. Doris and her PR manager take them to her Beverly Hills mansion. Once inside the mansion, Tommy, Joey, Michael, Brittany, and Annette just could not believe their eyes! They are living in the life of the riches!

First, Doris and the children spent the early afternoon playing in the swimming pool; then, they had lunch of pizza and ice cream at Rodeo Drive before Doris took them shopping there for new clothes. When they got home, Doris and the kids had a little slumber party before they retired to bed.
As Doris retired to her own bed, she began thinking something different; yes, she became rich due to her talented creativity and had everything that she wanted, but then she finally found something that she had been lacking for so very long-Doris began to feel the love that she has now for these orphaned children. But suddenly, she has another thought-Doris had made a deal with her PR manager that if the air deodorant becomes successful, she would take the children back to the orphanage and pay him $5,000. But then Doris knew now that she could not ever take the children back to the orphanage, whether this new air deodorant became successful or not.
The next morning, the kids went downstairs to have breakfast that Doris and her housekeeper served; as the kids were enjoying their breakfast, she at first was about to announce something to the kids, but then Doris just could not have the heart to tell them the bad news that they would be taken back to the orphanage. So Doris just kept quiet, sat down, and ate with the children.

Later that afternoon, Doris’ PR manager came to the mansion to visit her; he then told her the bad news: “Well, Doris, I just cannot sugarcoat this, but I am afraid that the testing for this new air deodorant was a complete failure.” “That’s alright, sir,” replied Doris, “as a matter of fact, I have an announcement of my own to make. I have decided to keep the five children as my own and to have them stay in the mansion forever!”
Doris’ PR manager was shocked, as well as the five children when they heard about this! Then Doris told her PR manager, “I think that I have finally found something that I have been searching for for so very long…I have found true love in those five kids. Making perfume does not make you happy, and having all the money in the world certainly doesn’t make you happy, either! When I saw those five children without a family of their own, I thought deep in my heart that those children needed a mother’s care, and I thought that I would be the mother of those children and take them in for good, so that I could have the love for them that none of their families ever had!”
But the PR manager said to Doris, “But how can we arrange for that at the orphanage where they came from?” and Doris replied, “Oh, we’ll manage…We shall make arrangements with the orphanage, and then the children shall be mine to keep…forever!” Once the children heard about this, they ran downstairs and hugged Doris; she then hugged them back, knowing that a love like this one is truly forever. Doris then later canceled the deal with her PR manager, and then a few days later, the five children, Tommy, Michael, Joey, Jeanette, and Annette, were finally legally adopted by Doris and they all lived together at the mansion happily ever after…until school came along.
©2025 Jenn Webster