Natalia took a deep breath as she looked around her kitchen.(https://www.pinterest.com/pin/855472891693968715/) She tapped her chin, deep in thought. The plans for her business were all splayed out on the counter, piles of messy papers wrapping around her computer and coffee cup. Natalia was finally walked over to the living room(https://www.pinterest.com/pin/855472891693968864/ and https://www.pinterest.com/pin/440860251009608076/) and ruffled her ten year old brother's head. Her brother, Brody, was sitting on a couch petting Honey, her Cocker Spaniel, and both were being unusually quiet. Juliet was reading a book on the other couch. Natalia sighed.
"Are you guys okay?" Juliet nodded, but didn't say anything. Brody simply kept petting Honey. Natalia suddenly had an idea. She ran back to the kitchen, then came back and presented each with a bowl of fruit drizzled with chocolate syrup. Both kids' eyes brightened as they accepted the bowls.
"Thanks Natalia!" Juliet said, breaking the silence. Natalia smiled warmly.
"No problem kiddo. Enjoy your treat you two." She said, then tossed a treat to Honey.
Natalia smiled again and left them to eat, walking back into the kitchen area. She sat back down on her seat and put her head in her hands, staring at her parents' will, then at her bills. She frowned. Now that she had full custody of her siblings, adding to the fact that the restaurant she had worked at had shut down, causing her to lose her job, life would provide to be more of a challenge. But she'd get through it, somehow.
She wondered how her friend Kenzie was doing. She hadn't seen her since she had visited after Kenzie's mom had passed.
(She's actually wearing this….https://www.pinterest.com/pin/530650768588298224/)
