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When I arrived at my new home in southeast Shreveport, Louisiana, I almost fell over in shock. Thora hadn’t just “jumped ahead” like she’d told me, but it wasdone.
The house was completely renovated with a huge addition I didn’t think I’d ever need. Every inch of it was to my taste and perfect without that over the top feel that would make me freak I could hurt imported tiles or whatever.
My new six-hundred-acre farm had over a hundred acres of fully functioning, completely set up, and ready to harvest greenhouses with all I needed. I had ten acres of solar panels with a note that they’d be back to put in more.
I had water collection under them and filtration already going. The entire setup was like Sia’supdatedand better secure everything.
I looked up and let out a slow breath. “I’m sorry I’ve been such a grumpy bitch for all the delays. I thank you, Gaia—for Thora and all she has brought into my life and being so generous with me, all of us. I will do better and prove your faith in me is well placed.”
And that was before I saw I had the vehicles I needed,includingher “jam van” she kept teasing me about getting.
Tears filled my eyes as I went over to my “brewhouse” keeping the term like Sia since I would be brewing up a lot but not potions or medicinal products. Everything was there that I needed or had evenwanted. Thora had also upgraded it all as well.
“That damn woman is so ready for all of us to take the world by storm and make all the money possible to help people,” I rasped, rubbing my hand over my heart.
When I had stayed with Sia to help with a situation a few years ago, I’d been so,sojealous of what she’d had and her setup, everyone supporting her because she was gifted and special.
Not all of us could be blessed with totem magic like Briony or be the strongest potions witch in centuries like Sia. Granted, they were older than me, but I’d worked hard too.
I’d been so angry and jealous that Thora kept extending our deal, pushing back my dream so she could harness my gifts to help. It wasn’t that I wouldn’t have done it, it just hurt to see what I’d been working for getting further away.
Now I would take it all back. I would work extra hard to deserve this and reflect on my resentment that I hadn’t mattered as much as others.
Because clearly that wasn’t the case, and Thora had put afortunewhere her mouth was to invest like this in me. And she really did think ofeverythingfrom mounds of coveralls for employees and having a washer and dryer in the brewhouse all the way to carts, trolleys, and lifts for the greenhouses.
It was like she took every wish list I’d had, all of what Sia had,andevery possible list ever and bought it all.
She even had three barrels of pickles in the huge walk-in fridge made with my recipes so they were ready to go soon. Un-fucking-real.
There was a note that she added one extra greenhouse of loofah to help Sia, and if I would harvest them and have themsent to Sia, the upgrades and extras she splurged on were more than worth it. Wow, yeah, I could handle that.
Were we all going to have an extra loofah greenhouse for Sia? She was going to be crushed under the weight of loofahs if we weren’t careful.
And yes, I knew how light they were. Well, when dried. This said just to harvest them and send them over. I wouldn’t have to get all involved. Nice.
I decided to jump right in. My belongings were coming in a few days and it wasn’t all that much really. I’d finally started ordering stuff besides everything I’d have to get eventually to furnish that huge house.
So I wasn’t going to have much downtime settling in. I knew a lot of the machines and flow given I’d worked with Sia’s and everything I’d always been looking into, but I could play with the rest while the kettles cooked.
Heading to the first greenhouse, I let out a huge squeal as I danced around that Ihadgreenhouses and land and everything I’d dreamed of. I put all that excitement in what I was making, but eventually I settled down enough to cook up other things.
It was back the next morning though so yeah, I might have a lot of energy to keep going for a while. It definitely fueled my first week handling it by myself and getting comfortable with it all before I even tried to add in others. I’d have to—and soon—but yeah, I wanted to do it right.
My first big step was my booth at the Bossier City farmers market, and I was so excited I barely slept the night before.
This was it. This was my time to shine and not just learn and work behind the scenes but spread my wings and soar. I didn’t want to become like Tallulah or Meave or even Sia… I just wanted to be me.
“Can I give you a hand?” a guy asked from behind me.
“Ah yes, thank you,” I said, turning and smiling at the attractive guy. His accent was killer, and I once again mentally sighed that it worked out I landed somewhere with hot accents.
They were so nice on my ears.
“It’s what we do for the newbies,” he chuckled, giving me a wink.
