It Was Always You by Christina Tetreault

Author:Christina Tetreault [Tetreault, Christina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Christina Tetreault

Adam watched Reagan play with the fabric book that was one of the toys he’d tossed in the diaper bag this morning. The toys and the sun shelter were things he’d thought to grab at the last minute. His parenting skills might impress Evie, but he often still felt clueless. It was an emotion a lot of new parents felt, according to the books he’d read over the past few weeks. On a positive note, though, Reagan appeared happy, and according to her pediatrician, she was healthy and developing as she should.

“When do you think she’ll start walking?” His cousin had warned him a walking Reagan would escort in a whole level of chaos. And after seeing the changes now that she was crawling, he could only imagine.

“Most babies start walking without help around eleven or twelve months. But I think Reagan’s going to be an early walker. Michael, the Jordans’ youngest son, started at nine months. But Liv, the first baby I cared for, didn’t walk until she was sixteen months.”

“How many families have you worked for?”

“A total of four, but two of them were short-term placements. I was with the Jordans the longest. If the Pythons hadn’t traded Chase, I’d still be working for them.”

It had initially disappointed him when he read the Pythons, his favorite football team, traded Chase Jordan. Adam thought he was a far better player than Maurice Wright, who’d taken over the position. Now he was glad the team traded him to New England. If they hadn’t, she’d still be working for them, and Claudia would’ve sent him someone else when he called.

It hadn’t seemed appropriate before, but now he saw no reason he couldn’t ask. “How did you end up working as a nanny? You loved being in an elementary school when you did your student teaching.”

“A combination of bad luck and a suggestion from a friend,” Evie said as she pulled her hair into a messy bun.

She’d be cooler with it off her neck, but he wanted to pull the hair tie out and run his fingers through it. Maybe later, when they got home, he’d do that; for now, he’d behave and keep his hands to himself.

“Most schools operate according to the last one in, first one out policy when they need to lay people off. At the time, I was working at a private school, and it needed to cut four elementary teachers because their middle school enrollment exploded, and they needed to hire teachers who were certified to teach at that level. I was the newest teacher there, so I was one of the unlucky ones. And unfortunately they waited until July to tell me. By then schools don’t have many teacher openings.”

“That su—” He needed to be more careful. Reagan wasn’t talking now, but when she started, he didn’t want her picking up anything inappropriate because he couldn’t watch his language. She’d learn enough inappropriate words from her peers when she started school. “— stinks.”

“That’s one word to describe it.

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