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Chapter 1

Darren

That was the end of that

I leaned back in my office chair and tried to resist the impulse to snarl or at least vocalize my displeasure I waited five seconds and the moment was past It was done and now I had to deal with it Dammit

My nanny, Rosie McClung had just quit She’d been a nanny to my four year old son Bobby for the past year and a half, ever since my wife Jodie passed away in a car accident Bobby loved her and she had helped hione Rosie was randmotherly than motherly, mostly due to the fact that she was in her early sixties, but she was a great nanny and Bobby loved her She would pick hiot hoet home before he was in bed I succeeded only half the time

But she just told hter in Houston needed her help after having soery Houston… I hoped the weather was better there than it was in Columbus, Ohio where I lived It was the middle of winter February What a damn dreary, cold, bitter month I could hop on a plane any time I wanted and be in a warmer climate within six hours, but that was not life with a four year old who needed stability

Now I had to find another nanny Shit I needed this like I needed a hole in the head

My door knocked just then “Come in,” I said

Patrice, my secretary storot moved back to five,” she said

“What? Why?”

“Ken said so came up and he can’t meet until then”

“Well, tell hi My time is valuable, too”

“Really? You want to cancel that?”

“Yeah,” I said “I have to get home a little early today Bobby needs me”

“Nothing serious I hope,” she said

“My nanny just quit She needs ency or soet someone else asap”

“Well,for that type of work,” Patrice said

“Really? Is she experienced?”