Reza shook her head as she stood up, stretching slightly before giving her light chestnut hair a good tousle. “Your father was rather stupid on not letting you run a business, Bells. I cannot understand why he refused to acknowledge your talent. Might as well get back to work. I’m going to go see who is off duty at the moment and see if I can’t get some of that training going. I will also spread the word around about what you want to do about building a trade network.”

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  “Thank you, Reza.” said Bella as the other woman left. Popping her shoulders to ease the tension there. Bella began pouring over the listen of inventory of what was on the ship and its value cross, referencing the ledgers and charts of sails that she had found in the captain’s quarters.