#sim: latika hollowbreast

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Luckily, Jojo does return and she found the dye that Latika needed for her dress. It took a lot of patience not to berate her, but Jojo was an adult and it wasn't her fault that Latika was worried.

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"Does Auntie's engagement mean that she is going to leave, Mommy?" Saanvi asks. Latika holds her daughter's hand in hers: "She'll be right on the other side of the road if she does, sweetness."

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Still, she feels outside of herself so often. Forgets things she should remember. The fire breaks out after she forgets the pie in the oven, went to tend to the children and came back with it roaring. She must get through.

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Minnie does not know enough to know her father is gone but she cries and cries anyway. Latika smiles, she has to. There is no way out but through. No way out but through.

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Meanwhile, Latika is wondering where her sister is. She isn't worried, per-se, however she can't help but think of Lloyd, even though she knows that probably isn't what happened.

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Latika has to deal with yet another fire. She is able to put it out with Jojo's help.

It makes her realize how thankful she is for her sister's presence. There were many questions when Jojo first arrived at her doorstep, but ultimately, she can't help but be glad that she is here. Even if their parents are no doubt worried sick. Jojo says not to worry, she is obviously sending letters as though she is simply in Paris. Latika doesn't quite know how that will ease the situation, but she is inclined not to ask too many questions.

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With the help, Latika takes the savings Lloyd had (dug up what he had buried) and starts up a feed and general store.

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Amongst all of this, the children grow. The season moves forward.

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Henriqueta comes, Aoife comes, and even Biiwihitche comes. They help in shifts, come for Saanvi's birthdays. Biiwihitche braids her hair in the same way Lloyd taught Latika to do.

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Henriqueta, I write this letter under duress, I am afraid. After asking so much of you and your husband, your family, I am sad to say I need another. Lloyd has died. A carriage accident. I do not think the trader who caused it reached you. I don't see why he would. I wonder if I might borrow your nurse, if you can spare her. The children are mine alone to tend to now, as well as the farm, the crops, and the horse. I must think of how to make a living for myself here now, without him. To do so, I need time. Time to think and plan and perhaps write to my family. I would not sacrifice what we have built together, and for that I must plan accordingly.

Dearest Latika, Do not ever let the thought cross your head that you were an imposition. This land is not ours and the life we make out of it we do so through the help of others. This is not a weakness. It our strength. I am riding to you with Aoife and do not dare refuse us! Do not go out at night, Latika. Not even for the crops. There are wolves out, and I have seen them. I will not let you and your homestead fall to them.

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Dearest Lloyd, Don't think I have forgiven you! Leaving me and the children all alone just because of some silly thing like money! Your presence is so much more valuable, Lloyd. I hope your time in that horrible cage is making you realize that. The girls and Osden are doing well. They are such a handful! The harvest went well and I've sold some of our stock. I have been thinking, since you are so worried, that we could open a grocery. Now that the Saanvi is a little older, I think it would be good to establish something for the children, if they take to it. I await your return, I think about it every night I lay in our bed alone and cold. You can begin to make it up to me then, I think. Your loving wife, Latika

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With Lloyd serving out his sentence, Latika has to take over everything even more so than when he was here but busy with printing his bills. She harvests the last of the oranges for the season and runs their little business, all around raising three children. She doesn't let herself stop because if she does, everything will catch up with her and she doesn't think she could keep on going.

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Latika doesn't know what to think about Lloyd's plan. It makes her stomach screw up and she can't help but think about how because of this silly idea, everything is now falling to her! Still, she loves him and knows his heart is in a good place, even if she thinks he isn't using his brain much...

She manages to harvest the grain and mill both a commercial amount and their own stock for the winter.

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Winter brings two new arrivals to the Hollowbreast family! Minnie and Osden Hollowbreast join little Saanvi in the nursery.

Latika feels more confident during this pregnancy, and is so happy that it has gone smoothly. Lloyd, however, starts worrying about supporting his new family. He had always wanted to be on the side of the law, even if it wasn't always on his side. Still, now that he has a family of his own he can't help but thinking that was just a childish fantasy...

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As leaves start to fall, Latika finds out she is expecting again. The thought does frighten her, but Saanvi is such a delight and despite her fears her previous pregnancy went so well. Ontop of that, the harvest was good, allowing them to begin to provide hay and wheat to the settlement of Alicel!

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