After giving birth to my son, I had to immediately attend to the Kritz family business, in the absence of Krik many issues arouse. Such as tless business partners using this opportunity to ibalism our pany.
They broke dowioween us and many of our partners, and made offers to our employees which caused a mass loss of workers, they even dug up info from my past and use it to paint me as a money-grubbing harlot. This brought up lots of issues wheiating with nobles and other merts, they wouldn’t even give me the time of day.
Dealing with them wasn’t the only issue simply the day-to-day running of our business became an issue. Uanding the value of Skydust goods and finding the right prices caused issues for us, especially since we didn’t have Krik's naturally born charisma.
We also started to get many pints from the people of Skydust, the supplies they ordered weren’t delivered on time or the payback cycle of their goods was too long.
Then the upkeep of all the Zterytavis was another issue, they are quite gy wonderbeasts so when they noticed they haven’t gotten a visit from Krik retly they all started to act up and wouldn’t fly anywhere.
Up to this point, I had always thought I uood the true weight of Krik’s job, but I hadn’t in the least, he always kept up social iion with the people of Skydust to make sure he uands the value of their craft and when they needed supplies. The stant battle he waged against business rivals day in and day out and the upkeep he did with the Zterytavis, ae having all of that on his pte he still had a smile on his face.
The pressure of all the work was pletely crushing, to the point I thought I was going to die from stress, but the pests flying around me also noticed this.
Sitting down in my office, I say to the mert in front of me, “Tyler Anwunta, head of the Anwunta family a notorious group of backstabbing money grabbing twats, what do I owe the pleasure.”
“Oh, my dy the pleasure is all mine.”
As he sits down, I ask him, “Is there a certain reason for your visit?”
“It is just that I came to che you I have heard things have been ruff.”
“We’ll all those articles your pany have been spreading around definitely haven’t helped that. Also bribing my worker to go to you is quite an asshole move.”
“What vile nguage, but what else could I expect from someone born in the dirt.”
“Watch how you speak to me, paid nobility like yourself has nht to evehe the same air as me. Now my patience runs tin state your purpose.”
Letting out a sigh he says, “Women shouldn’t be so blunt, but what could I expect from you. The reason I am here is to give you an offer, marry me and pass on all of your husband's assets.”
Smming my hand against a table I say, “DON’T FUCK WITH ME YOU MISERABLE T!”
“Merts rule number 1 always keep a smile on your face, but I guess you ’t even do that.”
“DO I LOOK LIKE SOME SORT OF TO YOU?”
“Yes, you do, look at all that makeup you’re wearing to cover how exhausted you are, not only that but your clothes and hair are messy, and you have barely had the time to take care of them. No woman should have to gh that so I am you to marry me a me take care of all the annoying things.”
“You must be demented if you ever think I am going to agree to that.”
“Am I really? Take a look at the situation the Kritz family is in, no supporters, no trol, and all its money is evaporating at a ridiculous rate, if you let this go on your dear Kirk’s family will be dragged through the mud.”
“Don’t you dare use my husband’s name, I don’t want it ruined by you.”
“But my dy you’re the one who is ruining it, if Krik married a woman from a family that actually had power this whole situation wouldn’t be happening, but since he married you a woman who is so easy to discredit the fall of the Kritz family has been proceeding faster than expected. So, if you actually care about the legacy of the Kritz family you will accept my offer.”
Hearing this I calm down and stop for a moment, and truly begin to think over what he says.
“Oh, looks like you have calmed down, that’s a good trait someone who will soon be my wife will need.”
“Wife, huh.” Pig up my chair I smash it against, Tyler's skull and say, “Go fuck yourself, I only have one husband from now till the day I die.”
Getting up, Tyler says, “You dumb bitch, how dare you attack me, I swear to god that I will pay you back a hundredfold for this transgression.”
“Bring it on you bitch!”
Like a child Tyler storms out the door, and from the open door, Elliot and the head maid Sandra walk in.
“So, you two were listening in.”
“Please five us, but we were worried about what that man wanted.”
“Well then, you both are rather well informed ouation, we are about to be destroyed and the parasites are trying to salvage what they from us.”
Getting on their khey both say to me, “My dy we promise we will let no such thing happen.”
“It is probably too te now.”
“No, it isn’t.”
“My dy you have fought hard for Krik more than anyone since his passing.”
“So let us tell you this now.”
“No matter what we will help you.”
“No matter what others offer us, we will not leave.”
“We owe our lives to Krik and to you Dush.”
“And these words are the wills of all the servants and workers still with us.”
“So please my dy stand and lead us.”
The words they both said are nice, but I am not na?ve enough to believe them or so I would think, but just like the foolish human I am, I always give in to my emotions, “Thank you both, I will also put my faith in you as well, up we have work to do.”
On that day all of us were pushed into a er, but due to that, our resolve grew a thousandfold. With a wave of passion and a few years, we were able to pull our pany out of the red aablish it as a giant.
Through my shared work with everyone, I started tain power over my situation and was finally able to rest, but the time I had to rest was brief sin issue I had been ign had started to rear its head at me.
“Mommy, may we py today?”
“Sorry Tusk, I have other busio attend to.”
“But I thought you were free today?”
“And who told you that?” Looking around. I stare directly at my son's butler Surgoth. Wheices my gaze, he adverts his eyes from mine. “I don’t know what aold you Tusk, but I have no time for you today.”
With tears in his eyes, tusk runs off and says, “I hate you, mommy.”
In respoo this, all I could do was walk away.
“My dy, please why won’t you talk to your son? Don’t you realize how harsh your words are on him?”
“I am no fool, I realize how harsh my as to Tusk are, but I simply ’t bring myself to be around him, the more he ages and grows the more he looks like Krik and that terrifies me.”
Moving to the corridor, I hear Surgoth say, “He has no father, please don’t deny him a mother as well.”
So I avoid Tusk whenever I , using whatever excuse I muster, the only times we ever talk are during meals, outside of that he never sees me. Due to my own foolishness, I made the act of living in my house a challehe only pce where I have any pieind anymore is with my work.
Though the more I worked the more I realized a horrible truth, that I am truthfully no match for Krik. I mao save the pany, but it is merely a shell of what it should be now, when Krik was in charge it grew year after year nonstop, but now we aren’t even as amazing as we were in our hay day not to eveion future growth.
The stant feeling of inferiority made work a horrible experience. Every time I did anything, in the bay head all I could hear was Krik would do this better, Krik would do this better.
And in the middle of all that the suffog feeling of being on Skydust returned, living in a try with all those creative impassioned people made my heart sink even more.
Whenever I had to talk to them at parties or meetings, I was remained how pathetic I am, how below them I am. The joy they expressed with every single breath they took was something that crushed me pletely.
Whether I was w or not I couldn’t have any freedom or happiness so all I could do was wallow in my despair.
“Mother look at this!”
“Why are you here Tusk, didn’t I tell you I am busy.”
“But I just wao show you.”
“GET OUT!”
With a desote expression, he drops what he was holding and runs out. Grabbing the sheet that fell off the ground, Surgoth pces it on my table and says, “Read it, madam.”
Pig it up I stare at this and say, “What the hell is this?”
“Your son used a few of the family assets to use for his small business.”
“Who the hell authorized such a thing!”
“Just read the page, Madam.”
Looking through I say, “He tripled the value. How?”
“He has seen how obsessed with your work you are, and to get some time with you he has been studying eron-stop like his life depended on it just to get your attention.”
“But this is ridiculous, in only 1 month.”
“You would be surprised the length a child will go for attention.”
Getting up from my seat I rushed out and gave Tusk a hug.
“Mommy, what’s wrong?”
With tears running down my eyes I say repeatedly, “I am so thankful you're alive, I truly am.”
Hugging me back Tusk says, “Mother I love you.”
Holding my son in my arms all I could do was cry and smile, I finally had what I wanted, something to perfect like all the rest on Skydust, my very owion my very own treasure.
“Tusk from today onwards we will see each other every day.”
“Really mommy!”
“Yes, I promise, because I will be pletely in charge of your education from this point on.”
From that day forward, I personally hired the best teachers that money could buy and traiusk harshly on, all things a young man will need, nguages, erce, philosophy, the arts, arithmetic, etiquette, and even bat. All things necessary to raise the perfect boy.
“TUSK, your posture is 5cm off get it right.”
“I am sorry mommy, but it is hard, especially in these clothes.”
“A nobleman such as yourself will have to wear these clothes when attending parties, so you have to get it right.”
“But mommy when will I get to py outside.”
“YOU HAVE NO TIME FOR THAT TUSK.” Walking up to him I grab him by the shoulders and say, “Do you not want mommy to be happy, do you hate me that much?”
“No, I want you to be happy, I love you, mommy.”
“I see the's go from the top. This is your 147 time get it right.”
“Yes, mommy.” Just like the perfegel my treasure is he got it right when given the right motivation, I am ing soon Krik I will finally reach the pce you and everyone on Skydust has reached.
