Freya spent a lot of her time with Kiyoko. She was grieving, she needed more than just Isao to remind her that everything will be okay. Despite being a new mum, she was pushing herself.
Something Sekani scolded her about frequently. She was in the clear with the doctor, but he didn't want her falling back into the routine of breaking her body and pushing it to its limits.
To ensure that she didn't push herself, he asked Vada to accompany her every time she went over to the Misakis. He'd be left with Angelina taking care of the four newborns and occasionally Alora and Isao too.
"I think Sir Waynworth is right, you're pushing yourself way too hard madam." Vada was coming out of her shell the more she spent time with them.
"Oh I know. But can you imagine it? This woman lost her husband. It feels like she lost him twice, and I feel so devasted for her." Freya answered her taking long strides between the snow that came back over night.
Vada was doing her best to keep up, she wasn't coddled by any means growing up but Freya was tougher. She was also a bit taller, so Vada had to almost run to match up with her fast walking speed.
"You're still so young Vada, why did you choose to work as a maid?" Experience tales at empire
"I couldn't finish school, I had siblings I needed to take care of. That's why I quit, to find a job that could accept a dropout like me, to ensure my siblings succeeded where I had failed."
Freya could feel the sadness and hurt in her voice. She didn't want to ask further but she thought knowing her well would be better. She wasn't like Angelina and Wilfred, those two were already old. She on the other hand had great potential to turn her life around.
"What happened to your siblings?"
She chuckled, "abandoned me once they got better jobs. It's funny what money can do to people. I'm surprised you and Sir Waynworth are very humble. I've worked for many cruel people."
Freya didn't realised she had stopped on her tracks hearing such a sad story. She couldn't imagine the betrayal she must've felt, the hurt and maybe the regret too.
"She's so territorial, it's insane." She commented plumping herself on the couch.
Freya smiled. It would be a while before she had a daughter as old as Vada. She tried to imagine what will Alora be like then, she was already a sassy little princess.
"Sorry to have made you wait, I'm ready." She smiled nervously. "I couldn't decide what to wear, ended up resorting to this black dress."
"Madam, it's too cold." Annie came in with a tray and scones.
"I'll wear a winter coat, don't you worry about me. Let's drink and eat, then we can go." Kiyoko took a seat.
"If you're ready, don't worry about little old me, you can be on your way."
"We aren't going to let your hard work go to waste Annie. Join us for this, the officials can wait fifteen minutes." She could be hard headed sometimes.
Annie did as she was told. It was awkward at first but she learned to relax after a while.
Kiyoko is overjoyed his son became friends with Kiro thereby bringing her a friend in Freya. She didn't know what she would've done the last couple of days without her.
Today was the hardest yet, it was the day when she had to go register Jin as dead. Part of her was still very much in denial, finding the love of your life in this world wasn't easy.
When you did, you could only hope to grow old and grey together but her time with Jin was cut very short. They hadn't even reached their 40s yet when he was abruptly yanked from their lives coming back a year later as nothing but a corpse.
'I'll take care of our kids darling, rest easy.' She promised.