The next day my family felt it was great to go visit all the place we did when I had first arrived. The beaches, the shops we got to visit again and everything was still here even after all these years. I hadn't ventured outside the city since I got married but had found a few hidden coves that I showed my family that had captured my attention over the years and had sent them some back as postcards. The new things my parents and I hadn't seen, we saw with my siblings. It was so normal to me to be surrounded by my family and to build new memories in place I started feeling trapped in. This is last time stepping in this country brought me so much emotions as I grew up away from my family for the past several years, it felt so different entering the country a lot calmer then when I left.
When I first entered the country my family had set everything up and arrange I lived on my own for four years independently so that they knew I could do it and too feel like an adult I took the bull by its horn faster then my parents anticipated. Since my sibling and I were all competitive that I studied like crazy to keep up with my family that I had encountered Adrian. I befriended a few people due tomorrow study sessions that were arranged and that is where I met Adrian. The classes were difficult at first as I didn't understand a lot of the material, then we were put in groups and that made it easier to ask questions, ask ideas, bounce questions back and forth. The work became a lot easier after a few weeks of revising the work, writing different ways to solve them and several ways on how it would result in the same.
Meeting Adrian a few times with our small study group that we started meeting by ourselves for a few months where decided to try dating and we hit off. The romance was hot and fast that I lost track of what my goal was as I had become so focused on him that before long a year had passed. The landscape were all the same within our small area, the buildings, the towns we drive through are small and all the same people not one person over unless a new birth is added to the population and the people we encountered that are neighbors, town folk, villagers that travel from township to township. All the same. It started to irk me slowly.
The encouragement it built as I stared at the beautiful view in front of us all as we gazed into the distance. I had moved here for school, built myself independently, found a man, fell in love, got married and now divorced all without really leaving the country. Yet here I stand with my family standing with me as I let it out, let all my hurt, my pain, my loss of my marriage, the final leg of my journey before I head home. Back to embrace my right, build myself back up and prepare for battle. All of us are now on board of our company and who knows what the future holds. I smiled as we all headed to the car and drove to the airport which is an hour away from us and our flight doesn't leave for at least six hours.
Our drive to the airport consisted of lots of pictures, lots of videos, lots of family pics, interesting things we saw before we made it to the airport with four and half hours left before our flight. Thankfully our check-in only took an hour, so the remaining time we were able to browse the duty free shop and all connecting stores. grabbing myself a neck pillow, a blanket and some shades. As did all my family as we all clipped our stuff to us sat comfortably in the waiting lounge before stepping into the plane. Again we sat with each other and there was no more space in our lane but goodness that we could all access the moving trolley to order drinks this time we didn't drink like we did on the way here we all played games that weren't to rowdy for the other passengers but since we were the only ones in our bunch of seats we played comfortably.
The flight attendants that came brought all of us a glass of drink to celebrate my freedom and welcoming me home finally after all these years away. Clinking our glasses the conversation around me flowed easily, while my sister challenged both my brothers opinions on certain projects as I sat staring out the window. The blank feeling has finally settled no more feeling ansty, no more panicking like I'm being chased, no more going back and I was okay with that. The crying sessions over severals weeks had drained all my emotions and I was glad to be moving on and getting to the end of this.
Over the next several weeks my days are gonna be long but Im ready I study my heart out during school. I learned every material I was given to understand the dynamics of our family business. All the branches we have, all the different product we make and all the different clients we cater to and their needs. The implications of any mistakes could cost quite a penny so I insured that all accounts were up to date, all overdue accounts were flagged and an email was distributed. The flow of communications is what keeps us all informed as every head of the departments were all under one umbrella in several different departments that are solely operate from our headquarters that we are located at.
All locations have twenty four hour surveillance so that we are able to access all the sights at a moments noticed. No one has authority to delete, copy, share or distribute as that is solely under my parents authority as they set it up as we were teen when we entered the workforce learning how every department works. Watching every inch of our building gave a satisfactory to no in house nonsense that could of been lead from the top, was also nipped in the bud that nothing was ever leaked.
Landing in our country I was silent from the airport to the house. All my family chatted as I sat in my thoughts watching the countryside move outside the window. The overwhelming feeling finally hit me as I leant against the window, heading home, thinking about my life as a whole. Now that I am on my own, feeling so uncertain with my direction in life now that I am newly divorced, back home in nearly ten years, that the one ambitious lady I had been in my early years of dating Adrian, seemed to have disappeared while with him. I forgot how my light was blinding to him that he started saying that whenever we were amongst his colleagues that's why he's the brains and im the pretty face, that my look was sharp as I cut him off before he continued his tirade and ending there with a challenging edge to my tone. He never liked me exerting anything over him but in times like these he was over stepping and he knew it. The quietness that followed behind me was deafening as I think back to the absorb way he thought it was going to be.
Watching my home come into view I realized that I had everything I could have ever want in life right on this property. I had always thought I was suffocated until I was removed from them and how far I drifted from them, that I realized I needed these crazy bunch and on my own I learnt know one will love you but your family. I loved Adrian with everything I had that I imported all of my ambitions into him, hoping that he would be able to rise first, while I raised by his side doing my own thing and here he was underestimating not only my abilities but my credentials too. The same credentials that we gained at the same university that we met at, I was beyond fuming but looking forward and keep moving will help ease all the hurt he bestowed. Arriving home I made a feeling straight to my floor, straight to my shower before I was in my bed sleeping.
Learning the ropes with my siblings had been what I was used too that I realized that at school it was structure differently and we needed to learn at the same pace. The set up was simple every morning we would have a roll through our weekly tasks that need more attention than others. What is progressing and will soon be finished and on the market. Striving everyday to keep up with my siblings and have appreciated them mending me back together and I know that they still refused to let me go anywhere by myself now as I am no longer trusted to return.
The strategies that were all put into place were to help us move forward and see what is needed, what the orders are looking like and what is expected this week alone. Working independently alone has always been what made us thrive and returning as a unit is what made our family proud. Staring ahead at the vest of my families wealth that this is what I was raised with. My family is rich and out of everyone I was the only one not expected to do anything. My parents had mapped everyone out until I was magically born that I was catered too from my entire family. My parents, their parents and then my siblings who I always complained what happens about partners and kids next thing they knew I tan off and got married and now I am back, sad, rejected and broken hearted.
The strength it has to build my first year back up. Entering the family business from where I left off that I didn't reach my siblings for several years before I could stand toe to toe with them. The vibrant person in front of them had finally managed to stand there without feeling inadequate and lesser then my worth as I watched my siblings do what they were made for. Speaking to all the important people who had come to enquire more about company and the designs we had introduced to the world. As I saw my brothers talk animatedly about the new generation we had just launched as I watched my sister wonder around as I remained sitting in my chair.
Staring around me I knew I was away from where they all were and I was okay with that as I watched my family do what they do best. I had been in my cubby for a few hours, when I took a deep breath before standing and heading for the door, it will be the first time in years we have all been in the same place at the same time. As I exited my little bubble as I stepped around the corner and entered the hustle and bustle of the place when all my siblings snapped there heads in my directions when I smiled shyly before walking deeper into the room when my sister met me half way that I blinked her self in front of me that I let my breath I was holding out as I gazed into her smiling eyes, "Hii Baby," she cooked as I smiled at her before straightening myself before turning to my brothers who had silenced the music as Logan held the mic "You are all here to witness greatness tonight," he spoke as the room erupted around me as I stared at my sister who held me against her with her head held high "The baby of our tribe has just returned and had to get up too speed so this has taken us all years to get here today." He spoke when all of them started nodding as I blushed "No one realises how we all dote on her collectively, as she is our families little treasure." He spoke when he made his way over to me "Introducing Serena Jade the youngest sibling," Logan introduced as all my brothers and my sister stood around me.
I rolled my eyes at them as they all beamed at me that I knew they were gonna be some girls headache. The crowd wasn't too over the top and some had started leaving by the time I had joined and now there wasn't much left as they were there close friends. When all the questions started coming where was I, what's the difference with me compared to them and I didn't dnt even say anything when my brothers took over and started diverting the questions as we all look a like and since I look Sitara we would look like twins almost.
The night was cool and not too ovewhelming with people in such spaces but we all had heaps of space to sit and chill. As I took in all three of my elder siblings, we all looked strikingly similar. Our hair colours were the same but our eye shades set us apart besides the mannerism we all have that makes us individually different. Watching how everyone interacted I noticed most just spoke to my siblings as if they were interesting, so i turned to look at them and realises they loved the attention. Smiling softly my sister looked up at me as I smiled at her, which in turn made her smile back. Yawning I gestured for us too leave when she nodded whispering to the others as we both stood to leave.
Arriving home my sister chatted animatedly all the way home that I fell asleep midway through her tirade when I was lifted from the car and placed in my bed in my room. I became a lot more tolerable of others that I started socializing more with my siblings amongst their friends, business partners and our employees.