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A New Family
Previously in chapter thirty four: It was the same woman that he had wanted to name the baby after if it was a girl. But she wasn't worried, because even if her husband would stoop so low, the woman in question wouldn't. She was a very ethical and moral lady who was as intelligent as she was beautiful. Kyoya had no one he could confide in, but to know that his late wife felt that way about Haruhi made his heart soar. Surely his late wife would be ok with his choice of replacement since she chose to take her own life and remove herself from the child's life.
Chapter Thirty Five
Kyoya looked up at the window in his home office to find that the sun was setting. He had spent the whole day in his office doing nothing more than reading his late wife's letters to her sister. As he walked out of the room, he was met by maids taking boxes down the stairs. "What's this?" he asked the lead maid.
"Sir, you had not given directions on what to do to the mistress's room, so I took the initiative to box all of her personal belongings. I was moving the boxes to storage closet down on the first floor until you decide what to do with them. But sir, I don't know if you want to keep these and go through them or not. It appears to be Mitsumi-sama's diaries, all 3 years of your marriage's worth."
Kyoya would have feared reading them before having read her letters earlier that day. Now, however, he was encouraged. He would read them for information to build his case as well as for items that he could one day show his daughter to help her understand who her mother was. As much as he wanted Haruhi to step in and be the princess's mother, she wasn't the woman who gave birth to the little girl. Kyoya would save information and a detailed profile of the woman who carried the princess into this world. He had the box of books carried into his office and set on the floor next to his desk.
After checking on his daughter and eating dinner, Kyoya returned to his office to read the legacy that his wife left in the way of her diaries. It was hours later before he once again raised his head from the books. Her diaries only confirmed what she had written in the letters to her sister. They gave better detail and reinforced his believe that his late wife did not question his relationship with Fujioka Haruhi. She did, in one of the many diaries, claim that she was glad that Haruhi accepted her as Kyoya's wife because if not her life would have been even more difficult.
He grabbed a late night snack and returned to reading. The next time he lifted his head from the books, the sun was peeking out over the edge of the garden that his office window looked out upon. It was going to be a very long day. He closed the last of the diaries and stood to check on the baby before trying to get a nap of an hour or two before tackling yet another day of dealing with his father's business as well as his own. He printed out detailed instructions for Haruhi to draw up revisions in his will, made corrections in some documents that would be needed in order to set up a daycare at his company headquarters, and then lastly, verify that the princess had everything she would need to enroll is said daycare. He figured that would be enough to keep Haruhi busy for a few hours while he attempted to catch up on his sleep. Before he finally called in quits and crawled into bed, he checked on his daughter one last time. She would have plenty of information in her own mother's handwriting that explained who she was. It would give his daughter a good clear word picture of her mother.
The limo picked up Haruhi, as expected, for a fairly quiet ride. Once she arrived she received the instructions for her to act on until her temporary boss woke up. It was a fairly simply list which proved only to take an extended time because of having to retype everything in the will. For what ever reason, Kyoya's previous personal lawyer had not kept a soft-copy of his will for easy modifications. Haruhi was relegated to typing the 73 page will by hand. She made sure to keep a soft-copy encrypted on disk to place in his vault for easier modification next time.
Haruhi took a break for lunch and spent some time with the baby. She had no plans for waking Kyoya, so after she completed the work he left on his list, she went back into the baby's room to spend time with her. The day was half over as she sat in the rocker while chit-chatting with the princess on her lap. "It feels weird because before your mommy passed away, I would bring you new clothes every single week. I haven't bought you anything new since then, except when we went shopping with your daddy. It doesn't feel real knowing that your mommy is no longer around. I know that she didn't like me much, but at least she still let me spend time with you. She seemed to like the clothes that I would buy you too. Maybe I should go pick out a few new outfits for you when I get off work today. I wonder if that will make it feel real. I know that you don't have a clue what I am talking about, but I still feel weird about all of it. That's also why I have to tell your daddy to go slow when he wants to push things between us." The little girl cooed happily back at Haruhi as they chatted. Haruhi was so engrossed in her little chat with the child that she didn't even hear the baby's father come to stand in the doorway.
"You could go shopping if you want to, but it's not necessary. We could go together, you know. But if you don't want to, then I could let you go early if you want. I assume that you have completed the list of tasks that I left for you, right?"
"That is correct. I finished the task list, took a lunch break, and came in here to keep the princess company. I forgot about the baby monitors. I hope that I didn't wake you up."
"No, I didn't have the monitor on so that I could get some sleep. I was up until sunrise this morning doing some research. I knew I could count on you to get things done for me, as usual."
"I see. So is there anything else you need me to do today?"
"Nope, that's why I said that if you wanted to take off early, you could. I have to admit that I would rather monopolize your time myself, but I haven't any legal needs that would keep you. At least not right now. By the way, I did send the second months fees to your firm so that you can work for me for another month at least."