After sunrise part 2

Craving difficulty

Monday December 25 2022,

Killian POV

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Esmee hold my hands and nervously bounces up and down on her feet.

We are waiting for her family to get out of the plane.

Anna stands on the other side of me, she is scrolling though her phone.

Esmee her friends left the country yesterday.

We all spent one day in Moskou before her friends went to the Netherlands, and the rest took a flight to our home.

'We sleep in your parents house right?' Esmee asks.

I look at her, 'Yes. I could never do it to my mother to leave. She is so excited that there are more members to the family. She has been shopping for presents for at least a month.'

Esmee exhales in worry, 'Thank your for reminding me to buy some as well Friday. I forgot the presents.'

I almost want to laugh, 'That is because gifts aren't on your mind. One of the reasons why I love you. You don't care about my money.'

She seems to think, 'Not true. I like what one can do with money. Not the money itself.'

She is joking. But there is some truth in her statement.

'Would you be happier if I was on your economic level?' I ask. Genuinely feeling curious.

She wraps her arm around my waist, pulling me closer, 'I don't know. Hard to say. Never really thought about it. It would make things easy. But I don't crave easy. I crave bloodboiling difficult. And you my sweet Killian are not easy.'

I snicker, 'You put shame upon the poet's, you know that right?'

She snorts, 'I was Oscar Wilde in my past life. Watch the tongue.'

I wrap my arm around her shoulder and rub her arm warm.

Yesterday was awful because, well, her friends were here. I don't like them all that much.

But today is going to be much better.

'You deserve to get some Christmas joy.' Esmee suddenly speaks up.

I look down at her, 'Why?' Am I not fun enough?'

She stands up her tiptoes and cups my face.

'You've barley left your private office on Friday. And yesterday you were glued to your laptop. You deserve a happy day without stress and worry.'

What she doesn't understand is that it is my purpose to work hard. So that she is happy. So she can get the best life that she wants. I am stressed, I am under a lot of pressure. She gets to be happy, I don't.

'Esmee. I worry so you don't have to worry. As long as you are happy and fulfilled then so am I. Okey?' I ask, kissing her forehead.

'Okey. If you say so.' She looks at me with her loving, brown eyes.

'Mom!' Anna screams, weaving her hands in the air.

Jeroen and Karla walk out of the jet. Dimitri stands at the bottom, taking their belongings.

Karla has this big smile on her face, and even Jeroen seems quite happy.

Karla is the first to reach us when she takes both her daughters in a hug.