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3. Meet the Hawthorne Family - How They Met...

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 Both Kira and Bianca have now been introduced, but their stories are yet to intertwine. Until now... * Two weeks into her new job, Bianca had already exceeded the expectations of Viola's parents, Nancy and Michael. She was out-performing the other employees in her rank and put in more hours than they'd seen anyone do before for them. In almost no time, Bianca could officially call herself a professional and official editor. Meanwhile, Kira was still adjusting to being an assistant in the new office environment. She never had a job like this before, being self-employed as a writer. She didn't give up on her dream, and continued writing as and when she could, but balancing a full-time job whilst being a single mum to a young toddler was hard enough. In mid-August, Nancy and Michael threw an office party to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of their publishing firm, Benton's Publishing Agency. Everyone was invited, and both Bianca and Kira were dreading it. As the bosses

2. Meet the Hawthorne Family - Bianca

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 You've been introduced to Kira, now is time to meet Bianca. These two weren't always married, so let's go back to the start of Bianca's story, long before she met Kira...  Bianca Chadwick comes from a very upper-class, traditional family, who always expected a lot from her. Her parents, Christopher and Lucille, had struggled with having children throughout their marriage, so when Bianca was born, the two treasured her and spoilt her rotten. Although she appreciated why they were doing this, Bianca felt smothered by her parents and as though they would set unrealistic expectations for her. Everything she did just didn't feel like enough to satisfy them. Life felt hard enough through her childhood, and things didn't get better when she became a teenager. Her parents were always trying to set her up with their friends' rich sons, but Bianca couldn't force feelings that weren't there. She responded to her parents by saying she didn't want a relation

1. Meet the Hawthorne Family - Kira

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 So before we get into the challenge aspect, let's start with a bit of context and introduce our first Sim... Kira Hawthorne is a loving and warm lady who always dreamt of a large family. She married her high school sweetheart, David, at a young age and not long after, gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, Trey. Kira worked from home as a struggling author, while David was climbing on up in the business career. For a short time, everything seemed fine. That was until Kira decided to surprise David at work one lunch, but discovered David was having an affair with a co-worker. Distraught, Kira immediately left and waited for David to come home and explain himself. But he didn't. Not for a little while at least. About a week had passed before David came home to his family. He informed Kira that he felt rushed in their relationship, and he had never wanted a family, just a bit of fun. Kira was fuming. Why hadn't he told her this before they were married and had a baby?! She made