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Julia walked in to the rather large rooertips The rooe bed with the beautiful as placed against the wall and across from doors that led out to the porch Two more sets of doors she assumed led to a bathroom and a closet There was a serator, and a small microwave

"I hope this meets your expectations"

"Oh, this is more than I expected Really" Julia placed the covered plate on the table and her purse on the bed and faced Richard "Actually, I didn’t have many expectations I was told that I would be provided withquarters and that was it This is h"

Richard inclined his head "On the table you will find a card with phone nu the home Tomorroill show you which car you can use"

She really kind of hoped it wasn’t a Mercedes, because she seriously didn’t need to be behind the wheel of one of those cars

"You will find our number on the card--Livie and me," he clarified "Once dinner is served and cleaned up, no staff is here Not during the night If you need anything, Ms Hughes Anything No ht Please do not hesitate to call"

"Oh" She shtly weird offer "Thank you"

He nodded once more, reminded her of the ti the door behind him

"Okay," she said out loud and then spun around "I’ this"

Puckering her lips, she looked around the rooazines by the bed It was like so periods of downti her phone out fro near the bed, she set to charging her phone There was a missed call from her mom She’d text her later

She toed off her flats and walked over to the doors The first set was the closet, and yup, her clothes were hung up and others were placed in a wide dresser

She did find her stash of nursing scrubs neatly folded in the bottom two drawers There was no real dress code, but when you were cleaning patients and helping the street clothes

The second set of doors led to the kind of bathroo in a million years An oversized claw-foot tub Separate shower stall with rain shower and body jets

Body jets

Oh yeah, she was going to live in this bathroom

And she couldn’t wait to make that shower her best friend after she finished up with Madeline this evening

Knowing she had a fewback to Madeline’s rooe her curiosity and unlocked the doors that led outside The tacky warmth was so unexpected it nearly bowled her over It had been several hours since she was last outside, but da to stick to skin as the rich, earthy scent that re past a set of wicker chairs and a table, she went to the vine-covered wrought-iron railing and stared out over the grounds

Julia’s

This was the first ti what lay beyond the back of the house A large garden crowded the right side of the ho She realized she’d found the source of the vines Julia could see where they started, soarden

The patio led into a pathway that headed straight for an in-ground pool that literally was the size she iined Olympic divers practiced in

And there was more

Off the side of the pool was a sand volleyball court Behind that was a basketball court There were several s the landscape Off in the distance, she could see what appeared to be a tall cement wall andand a runway?

"Is that a plane?" she said out loud

Holy shit, that was a plane