#((it could easily be a sort of mandela effect; especially with the similar commercials you mentioned))

[theheadlessgroom]

@beatingheart-bride

"Now that's a good question," Dorian smiled as he leaned back in his seat-it was a question he had pondered a number of times, especially once the plan started to get underway. Although he planned to take quite a bit of money with him when they escaped New Orleans, so as to start them off on a good foot, he knew it wouldn't last forever, and he wanted to be a good provider to Elizabeth and their family, so it was a question he'd long sought to find an answer for.

"Well, as you know, my father has been a shipping magnate for many, many years," he replied, fingers laced together as he gave his answer. "He received the business from his father, who received it from his father, and so on and so forth. But to tell you the truth, even though my old man has tried to prime me to take it up someday, I've always found it dreadfully boring. No, if I'm going to go into business for myself, I don't want to sit behind a desk in a stuffy old office all day, it'd drive me mad. And so, once we make it to California, I...I would like to become a florist."

Although his parents politely tolerated Dorian's love of horticulture as a silly little hobby, he himself actually took it very seriously-much more seriously than any of his other studies they'd foisted upon him, and so, he'd love to parlay that into a business all his own, finding it a much more appealing career path than that of a shipping magnate. A job where he could be on his feet instead of stuck behind a desk, interacting with people, helping them with their own gardens, assembling bouquets for young couples, getting to work with plants all day as he often wished to do here at home-what wasn't to love about that?

"I'd especially like to specialize in roses," he explained with a small smile. "I...I hope to take some cuttings with us when we leave, from the roses Mrs. Pace planted here. I'm sorry that I won't be able to take them with us wholesale, but...at least a part of them will be able to live on in our new home."