Blessing in Disguise by Danielle Steel

Author:Danielle Steel
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2019-05-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Jack showed up for his first day of work as promptly as he had for the interview. He had gotten up at five A.M. to get things ready for his sister, prepare food for her and leave it in the refrigerator. He’d showered, shaved, and dressed carefully, and helped her to the couch where she liked to spend the day, dozing and watching television. Her condition had worsened dramatically in the last year, which was why he had moved back from Washington. She could get around the apartment with the walker, and he took her out in a wheelchair on weekends.

“Play nice at school,” Sandy admonished him gently as she looked him over. She was forty-nine years old, had two children, and was divorced. Her son had moved to Sweden after college and was married there, and her daughter had married a somewhat difficult commercial fisherman in Alaska. She didn’t want to live with either of them and be a burden. She couldn’t afford a nurse. And Jack had seen clearly how hard it was for her to manage. With great regret, he had given up the job in Washington and moved in with her.

Living together reminded them both of their childhood in Seattle. Things hadn’t turned out the way they’d planned for either of them. Her husband had left her when her kids were very young, and she’d been struggling ever since, and lived on disability payments now. And Jack’s romance with his high school sweetheart evaporated when his promising career ended in an instant, and several dead-end relationships had left him childless and unmarried at forty-six. But he felt it had worked out for the best since it left him able to take care of his sister, and he had always found good jobs he liked, which also allowed him to help her financially. He didn’t like to think about what would happen when her condition worsened, which it would inevitably. She was starting to talk about moving to a nursing home, so she didn’t become too big a burden on him. She was thrilled for him about the new job, and grateful to him for living with her.

“You look very handsome. I hope this woman knows how lucky she is to have you. You could probably run her business blindfolded,” she said with total faith in him, which wasn’t entirely unjustified. He had done well at every job he’d had, and had become essential to all his employers. He had a wonderful way about him and was a caring person. Sandy knew just how lucky she was to have him with her and the sacrifices he made.

“Hardly. I don’t know a damn thing about art,” he confessed nervously. “I’d better do some boning up. Maybe we should go to a museum this weekend, so I can tell the difference between a Picasso and a Rembrandt. I read about her online, and she has some major league clients, and some very big-deal art.”

“You’ll do fine. You’ve never had a job where they didn’t love you.

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