The Wife He Called A Nanny

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a reassuring nod, then stood up and walked to the front of the room, taking a position beside

ing a calm authority that was utterly false. "And I feel it's

for dramat

ow as 'Grace' is

faced, so utterly disconnected from reality, that my brain cou

anny. We hired her when Ben was a baby. Over the years, Ben grew attached to her, and..

es full of a love and adoratio

were together a long time ago. Life took us in different directions, but we r

owd, the hum of the lights, my own heartbeat

ye

f his debts so he could start again. I remembered nursing him through a brutal bout of pneumonia, sleeping on a cot in his hospital room for a week. I remembered the 36 hours of labo

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t called m

it shattered, and a fire I never knew I

were now nodding in understanding. Their fac

y. "Imagine having to deal with a nanny who lets

in. "They need to be careful. A woma

e finger. "It' s been... difficult," she said, her voice tr

d violently, his little face red with fever and frust

ow, that nanny really did a number

t advised Kori. "Kids need clear boundaries.

d, "Sometimes you just have to be firm. A good sp

ori looked at Jaxon, a flicker of uncertainty in her

last thread of my

too

the suddenly quiet room. I walked down the aisle, m

from my head and sl

drained from his face. Kori lo

e screen lit, the red

e, resonant and clear. It held none of the tearful h

commanded. "Who i