added along with their life insurance policies, and the girls had a sizeable inheritance. It had been divided and placed into separate trust accounts for each girl with their grandmother as the trustee. Ari had the money, so she made the decision and moved to New York. From there she met Julie and now she had finally done what she went there to do.
She still missed her sisters. They all still talked on the phone, sometimes together in a conference call or separate. All of the girls, except for Calli, had graduated and moved to the United States. Calli was the youngest and still in school. She seemed content to stay in Ireland and had voiced that she wanted to live in the glen for the time being.
Erin had become a marine biologist and lived in Florida. She had actually just landed her dream job working for SeaWorld. Her sisters teased her all the time about working for Shamu, but she loved it and was happy. She was acknowledged as one of the leading biologists and was always being recruited by different labs. However, she always refused, saying her joy came from actually working with the animals and being outdoors.
Kira was a geologist and worked as a visiting professor at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She traveled all over the world, going on digs and doing studies, sometimes for the University or for companies that she contracted out to. She had even published several books on the subject and known the world over.
Sheela was what they called 'the crazy one'. She was twenty-three now and had graduated college a year ago. Even though she had a degree in chemistry, she had met a boy who had shown her a different world. He had been in Ireland shooting a movie and was one of the assistants to the lead stuntman. Sheela had become obsessed with the profession. Now, she was currently working in Wimington, North Carolina, which was fast becoming known as 'Little Hollywood', on a movie set with several well-known actors.
She was brought out of her thoughts by a sound behind her. She heard heavy footsteps behind her and began to get nervous. She reminded herself mentally there were millions of people in the city who had places to go as well. She kept her head down and continued to her building, which was just up ahead. When she heard more noises from behind her, she glanced back and saw no one. She frowned, there had been someone behind her, she was sure of it. She shrugged and went into her building, nodding at the night doorman.
Ari let herself into her loft and kicked off her shoes. She sat down on her couch and stared off into space. Julie had told her she needed to meet a man. That was a laugh. It wasn't as if she hadn't dated in the last few years, she had even had a steady boyfriend for a while. Eric had been an up and coming lawyer based in Manhattan. They had met in a coffee shop, the barista had mixed up their orders and they had ended up drinking it together.
They had been a happy couple for a while and had even talked about moving in together at one time. Ari had realized as they were looking for a place that Eric had been changing for a while. He had begun to be more controlling, trying to influence what she wore and how she did her hair. He had even gone so far as to tell her to leave Julie's, that she should be preparing to be a housewife and mother.
It all came to a head when they were looking at a condo and Eric had told her he was upset that she was going home for Christmas instead of going to his family estate to meet his parents. It hit Ari square in the chest that day and she had walked out of the condo, leaving Eric behind. He had called and left messages. It was over and he finally got the picture. She was never going to let anyone dictate her life to her.
No, finding love just didn't seem to be in the cards for her. She just wanted to have her family, her friends and have her career do well. She also had her kindle, which kept her warm at night. She loved to read. Mostly she read erotic