grayson's empire

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ele's pov

emely-mae is officially 18 weeks old. i'm back to work, but as i requested a different location, different people. i don't really like it here. the vibe is off. someone jumped out the window the other day and i saw it happening. pretty traumatic. emely comes to work with me. i don't have anyone else to take care of her. i don't want anyone else to take care of her not until she's older to tell me if she does or doesn't like them. 

being here, it's hard. my day to day job is being bored. they never have anything to do here. i'm taking a sabbatical. a paid sabbatical. which means i can do whatever i want with my normal salary. i can take up to 2 years to be with my daughter. see her grow. today's the day i leave. i have to step by the other location to pick some of my essentials up. i place Emely-Mae in the carrier. and walk out. no one even greets anyone here. it's sad. i've been starting to lose my interest in this job. i wanna travel the world. i wanna visit my sister. jayme-may. she ran away when she was 10. i was only 7. she moved in with our grandparents in the netherlands. i miss them. i should book a flight to amsterdam as soon as i get home. 

"hello dear. oh is that the little darling?" lydia squeels running over. i smile and nod. "this is emely-mae. my little golden nugget." i tell her with a smile. "oh she's so precious" she says and emely giggles as a response. "i think she agrees. do you wanna hold her?" lydia nods excited as some others run over. i hand emely to lydia. "you go do what you need to do. i'll be at my desk with her" i smile and thank her. rushing into my old office. finding both grayson and selina in there. both visibly frustrated. "oh. hi" i state with a smile. rushing over to my desk and opening the drawer with my key. taking out my meds. "have a nice day guys" i say walking out. i leave the door open like it was before. i hear it close and someone clearing their throat. "what brings you here?" i turn around. "i'm on a sabbatical. for the coming... year and a half. so i need my meds with me. how are you Mr Arlow?" he looks at me confused "i'm good, why are you on a sabbatical?"  i smile and point to lydia. "my sabbatical request has been approved, so i'm going to amsterdam actually" his eyes widen as his whole exterior becomes tense. "a-amsterdam? as in.. in the netherlands?" i nod. "yup. going to visit my older sister and grandparents. show emely-mae her roots" i tell him before heading over to lydia to take my child over. "hi mommies baby. oh hello my smiley little worm" i say as she just giggles. 

"yall, it's great seeing you, but i gotta get going. she needs to sleep and i need to pack" i say and get into the private elevator. just one. last. time. 

am i going to the netherlands to forget about my feelings regarding  grayson? possibly so. but i am so excited to reunite with my sister. 

when i get on my plane emely is fast asleep in the first class seat next to me. in her maxi-cosi ofcourse. she's been drooling like crazily and apparently that can mean her first tooth is coming through. she's getting so big. it's insane. when we land i see 2 figures run up to me. of which i only recognize one. my sister. i feel my body break. little does my sister know the hell i've been through. i've not spoken to her since last week. "eleanor" she says bursting out in tears engluving me in a hug. "hi jayme-may. meet your niece. emely-mae" i whisper. she finally looks at my arm. where emely is resting in the maxi-cosi. "e-emely-mae?" i nod. "had to give her a little bit of you" i whisper. "isa this is amber. my girlfriend" she tells me. "it's so nice to meet you amber. thank you, my sister is glowing" i tell her. we get my luggage and head to my grandparents. "oma(grandma in dutch) opa (grandpa in dutch) (dutch)i brought a surprise" jayme exclaims walking in. "oh what did you bring darling?" in walk in after her. holding emely-mae. "hi oma. hi opa" i whisper feeling tears brim my eyes. 

"oh darling. you're so big. oh sit down you must be tired" i sit down after hugging them both and lean back on the couch. feeling quite exhausted. "so how have you been. how have your parents been treating you?" i shrug my shoulders as i feel my emotions rising, i wanna break down. hand emely-mae to someone else and cry for hours on end. it's been hell around my parents and i don't want to cry around emely-mae