Gaia’s Roots: Chapter 3

We are now entering the realm of second generation heiress, Avoine who doesn’t care much for the grass roots farming of her father

Chris. She is more concerned with the big world of business and cold, hard cash. The garden will no longer flourish as it did when she was a child. And it’s likely that there will only be one more crop before the next season. Will it turn out for the best? Or will Avoine make

things worse? Time will tell.

Chapter 3: Getting Down to Business

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Well the house and the family money are now mine. I graduated from college Summa Cum Laude, as I expected I would. I married an

international businessman named Stephan Go and he and I have the same goal; to make as much money as possible. I told dad that now that I was in charge, there will be no more money spent on farming. The crop that’s growing now will be the last one, so I hope he enjoys it. The family money will be better spent on acquiring businesses with

the goal of being the Top Ranked in the city.

My brothers Kale and Ash both got married to their respective sweethearts, and moved out of our friend’s place to start their own

lives. I will probably update them as I add my entries to the family log because it will make mom happy.

My half siblings, Magnolia, Will, and Cypress also got married as per mom’s wish. So she’s happy as a clam now. Dad got his wish when the three of us graduated from college so I don’t have to

worry too much about them now.

Oh and I suppose I should also mention the other half siblings,

the results of dad’s affair with the Sim Self, also got married. Mom

may have forgiven dad for cheating on her with that woman but I am not so sure I should. Of

course we spent some time together in college with one another, it helped keep dad

happy and paid the bills there. Don’t expect a lot of pictures of

them in here, because honestly I never knew they even existed

until college, so it’s not like we all grew up together…

But affair children aside, I topped my career in Architecture and immediately took the opportunity that presented when a space for a CEO opened up in Business. Naturally, I topped that too. It was also

time for my parents to enter their golden years. Mom could retire and be with dad like she wanted to.

Dad and mom grew up well and I made sure that they had some decent clothing to wear once they grew up. I can’t have my parents

looking poor now can I? The family reputation is on the line, my reputation is on the line. Stephan is working his way up the Medical ladder and will soon become Pleasantview’s Chief of Staff. A very prestigious position worthy of the Gaia name if I do say so myself.

Our children will want for nothing once they arrive.

Speaking of children, I was still doing my duty as heiress even though it meant taking the time off work. Which wasn’t so nice, I was bored

out of my mind being stuck around the house.

Imagine my surprise when I had twins, a boy named Mason and a girl named Marge. This is Marge, my daughter. She has father’s eyes and

her daddy’s hair.

I decided that my son Mason will be my heir. He has a bright future in the world of business because his mother is so successful in it.

This was a nice shot of my parents with their grandson, it was definitely worthy of being added to the family journal.

Soon enough it was time for their birthdays. I wanted to give

my son the boost into toddlerhood while mom wanted to see Marge into it. I had no objections to that of course.

I hope my son takes after his mother and has the right instincts

for business.

Marge Gaia Scorpio

10/3/9/9/1

Mason Gaia Cancer

6/3/6/4/6

I wanted to teach Mason how to walk, while mom wanted to teach Marge to talk. Stephan was more contented to teach them a nursery rhyme rather than their practical skills which is odd since he is more

Family oriented than I am. He wants another child but I have said that two is enough. We don’t need another.

However, I think that mom is finding that little Marge is rather stubborn and does not want to repeat what she’s trying to be taught. I remember Cypress was like that so mom must know some tricks to

get them to learn.

Dad knows I don’t approve of his continued relationship with that woman, but he still goes out to see her. Is it wrong to want my father to stay with his own family? His legitimate family? Am I

being selfish? Sometimes it feels like I do have three kids, my dad doesn’t listen to me. He knows I don’t like her…

Or is it the fact that she seems ageless and is still the same as the day he met her? Is he really still after a younger woman even now? He is a man after all. But if Stephan ever thinks he’ll be chasing a

younger woman when he’s old he has another thing coming!

Kyle, my other half brother, still lives there with her. Why is he still living in his mother’s house as an adult? He’s not an heir or

anything…and last I heard he wasn’t married or even engaged to anyone.

Maybe dad just misses having a son around, I don’t know. And as much as he is aware of how much it bothers me, I doubt he’ll stop

seeing her or his kids with her any time soon.

Maybe I’m just jealous that Kyle has his own very successful pottery store, called Angelic Pottery, and I have yet to secure a land deal from the city for a business of my own. Last I read, his pottery store was a Rank 10 and pulling down a pretty tidy profit margin. I went in there one day, it is a pretty nice

store and he has a lot of beautiful work in there, pricey just as great art should be. I plan to buy stock in his company if and when he takes it public.

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To be continued…