Great work Pampered. DD tends not to be my top genre here, but I always love your stories. I love your work here so far. Keep it up, and I can't wait to see what comes next!
By the way, you get kudos again for wrapping that little tidbit into something that Joomi is wrestling with because now her younger brother is in that position.
And the unspoken "punishment fitting the crime" component here was: "Hey, Shik, if my daughter including her adopted son in her work troubled you to the point that you were incapable of performing your duties, then I shall relieve you of those duties and give them to someone not so easily distracted."