wha

o deal with noise but I know Xander deserves an explanation f

without having to talk about it but he

itting on her bed in the da

om work?" I groan and fall back onto the soft

e Mr Thompson today without knowing

pson I knew is my new employer, I ran out of his house as fast as my legs could carry. I can feel my f

nder, "Will this won't affect your job? I know ho

hed college and has a life. She works as an executive assistant in a famous business company, a company

loyer who is one of the most handsome men and eligible bachelors, is actually Teddy, the love of your life who

frown when she looks at me accusingly. "You! How the fuck did you not kno

ed over the part of the handbook describing the children and m

der? I absolutely need this

h money to buy a music studio and launch my career a

idea. Maybe I should j

k," Xander says encouragingly. She shimmies clo

forever if you have to, and think of another wa

lowly lights up the room. In the silence that fol

***

d on the sleek glass door, the muffled sound of instrumen

alking through these doors, instr

mutter as I

memories of love, laughter and music. There was alw

d tell anyone who was interested enough to listen about my plan. St

rward and sure. Before my life took a dra

visited and the things he did there, but he was also very kind and soft,

having a boyfriend before, found myself

m, ignoring warnings against rushing into things, ignoring

as the first night I slept out. We laid under t

ance and fully surrendered myself to him, allowing

e last time I h

rom home in search of Theodore. I tracked him down to his house i

t, reality came c

in a strange city, alone and watching the man I

t was the e

odore Thompson's involvement in my life all those years ago was a mista

same mistake. I have to resign the nanny posit

termined I am. I won't let Theodore Th

e me,

en in dark suits get up from the bench

to come