Chapter 3: Growing Pains
Time sure flies. Before they knew it, their little boy went from a toddler much too quick!
He definitely got his mother’s hair color. Not sure whose eyes he takes after, but his skin tone is actually in between.
Devin is quite the precocious child. He’s pretty ambitious, so doing homework is pretty instinctual and easy. He most definitely took after his mother, though. He enjoys pranks and to be evil in general.
It's already apparent that young Devin is a smart kid
However, he can get a bit out of hand, at times. Even his evilly inclined mama can get angry at him at times…
Mama and Papa scold their wayward child
Felicia's birthday! Her hair is gray… but somehow, she thinks it works. Makes her more distinguished. After all, the Emperor of Evil needs to be distinguished, right? There is no talk of retiring in her near future… or at all in fact.
Even with the building tension because of their professions, Rudolph and Felicia continue to enjoy a happy marriage.
Life was good, life was very good. Finally, after all her hard work, her ambition was realized. Felicia had fulfilled her wish of becoming the Emperor of Evil! She was the most powerful force in Riverview now! (Everyone knew it was the crime syndicate that controlled everything, even if no one wanted to admit it, of course.)
She's done it! After a lot of hard work, deception, double-dealing, and betrayal, Felicia is now the Emperor of Evil, the leader of the crime syndicate.
But an adage that Felicia had believed all her life came back to haunt her: Just when you think that things are going your way, the Watcher sees fit to throw a wrench into the works. Rudolph entered adult-hood. He had been steadily rising in his own career and as he did so, it was becoming more apparent that the current status quo could not continue.
It's Rudolph's birthday! Hm… it appears this has brought on a Midlife Crisis and has made him really think about things…
One day, after he came home, he took his wife’s hand in his and looked her in the eye.
Then, he told her he loved her with all his heart… BUT, something had to change. He wanted her to give up her life of crime so that they could be happy.
Perhaps, if he had found a different way to word it, or hadn’t specifically asked her to give up the dream she had held for so very long, and worked so very hard to achieve, it wouldn’t have come to what it did. But as soon as he said it, Felicia’s heart seemed to break. When Felicia is upset, her Hot-headed nature leads to some very rash decisions. When she erupted at him, he only grew angry and some very heated exchanges followed. Felicia filed for divorce and then kicked Rudolph out, promising he would never see his son again, not while she lived.
Felicia mourns her loss in the only way she knows how; by hardening her heart and refusing to ever love again. Aside from her criminal empire, she will focus her attention on her son, who is now a teenager. She will mold him into her perfect successor and he will keep the Empire running for generations to come…
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Author's Note: I didn't actually intend for this to happen. Since Felicia became Emperor of Evil, she had these moments where she glowed red... Well, Rudolph was trying to interact with her and something happened where IMMEDIATELY their relationship meter went all the way to red and I tried to have them make up, but it just made it worse. It was actually quite sad... As stated in my comment, I am all caught up to where I had stopped playing. I would like to play some today, but my game is not cooperating. Hoping to get some feedback on what the problem is from the technical help section, so hopefully, I'll be able to play soon then get another update for you folks.
