A.N. I'm actually surprised that I managed to keep to a daily upload schedule. I'd thought it'd be harder to enforce.
Chapter 58 - A Big Step
Several days have passed since Ghira left to deal with Willow. Kali slowly hummed a soft lullaby while stroking her daughter's head lying on her lap.
Today she was playing babysitter. The two young girls who came with Ambassador Rory were lying on the bed nearby. The younger one - Metis - was hugging the other girl Velvet in a tight hold as if she were a body pillow.
Kali didn't mind being out of the loop on most occasions. But this... this was different. Her husband was an incredible man, and he was the leader of something incredible.
Definitely a better man than Tyrian was - and what was she thinking back then.
Regardless, his position marked him as a target of politics and racism. While she was in Mantle, her husband was fighting against the forces of Atlas thousands of feet above her. Every hour, she worried that she would receive a call only to find out that some riot or political trap happened involving her husband.
So, of course, she freaked out when her scroll started ringing like crazy. Hurridly picking it up so that the noise wouldn't wake the children, she answered the call.
"H-Hello?"
"We did it! Honey we did it!"
Ghira's words didn't register until a moment later. Tears started to roll down her eyes and she covered her mouth with her hands.
Jacques Schnee was no longer the CEO of the SDC. As of a few minutes ago, he was not even a Schnee anymore.
...actually, what the hell was his original name anyway?