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177 The Man Ai

377 The Man I Am

(Jayden)

The idea that some of the staff might like a change in dwirling in my mind.

Then a thought jumps into my head. With all the skills on offer at Gus's estate, it would make a great training facility.

And all that land surrounding it. Two thousand hectares, surely some of that can be set aside for staff needing land to build on. In fact, why can't the building and development of plots be a part of the training? "What if," I say, turning to Viktor, "Instead of just offering jobs, we gave them the chance to build something of their own? Something they can build on for themselves."

Viktor's eyebrows lift, a glint of interest in his eyes. "You mean.... to offer them a way to be self-sufficient?

"Yes, if they chose that. But I think the whole estate could become a training facility. That would employ the staff and generate an income to sustain the wages.

"That's very workable."

1 nod, feeling the idea solidify as I speak. "Yes, exactly. I'd love to give the staff an option. For those who might prefer it, some land to work, a place to build a future for themselves."

"Not just employees, but stakeholders in their own lives," Viktor says slowly, a small smile forming. 1 think it's brilliant.

"Awesome!" I'm pleased he can see the vision like me

"My father-he didn't want charity. He wanted a way to earn his own way, to provide for us without having to rely on someone else's handouts."

"I think a training facility gives us a lot of options too. People get real skills and qualifications."

it's not just an offer-it's a foundation for

own land, something they can call

shape however they want. Grow food, raise animals, build a small business that feeds back into the local economy. Sharing their skills,

needed, but they'd also have something to pass down, something they could rely on. They can pay it off if that's a better

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you're wise beyond your years.

I look over at him, unsure of which father he even means.

if I'd call either of them my father, Greg... he barely

me until recently. Even if he wanted me to be in his life, I wasn't. In the

doesn't say anything, letting me untangle the thoughts out loud. It's

from my life with her overreach and manipulations, there's no denying the

had a temper, but it wasn't physical with me... it was colder than that. But for Mother, well,

standing between

protected you,"

"As much as she could. But she never

got the cottage built for me... It makes me think of how different things

choosing his next carefully. "Maybe Gus intended for you to find your way to this point, to take it and make it your own. Sometimes the absence is the

scoff, not sure whether I agree or not. "Maybe. But it doesn't change the fact that he wasn't there. None of them were, really. Not how

silence stretch out, thinking of

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