Nanny For The Soldier Bear by Meg Ripley

Author:Meg Ripley [Ripley, Meg]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-03T16:00:00+00:00

15

Jessie

I hopped into my car after the interview and picked up my phone to send a text to Nikki.

It went great!

She’d been anxious to hear about it, so I wasn’t surprised when she responded right away.

Awesome, I knew it would! You’ll have to tell me all about it when you get home. I’ll have a tub of chocolate peanut butter swirl ready for ya! xoxo

As soon as I arrived, I dropped my purse by the door and Nikki shoved a spoon into my hand. “So, what did he say?” she asked.

“He was so impressed by my education,” I answered, sliding the spoon through the crisp, cool ribbon of peanut butter. “And even by my experience as a nanny! He said it would really help.”

Nikki hugged me tightly. “See, I knew you could do it!”

“Thanks for helping me.” I smiled as I took a mouthful and exhaled through my nose, allowing the sweet and salty flavors to melt on my tongue. I’d almost packed up and gone back home after the whole Conner thing happened, but Nikki had convinced me to at least go on that one interview. I had nothing to lose and only a crappy job back home to gain. My pitiful paycheck from the diner looked pretty sad compared to what I’d been making as a nanny. Heck, I’d thought about possibly looking for another nannying job if the teaching position didn’t come through. As rough as it had been, I’d loved being there. I still missed Peyton and hoped that the transition hadn’t been too hard on her.

The next day, I received a call telling me that I’d been awarded the job and Nikki took me out for dinner to celebrate. After our Mexican meal, I was stuffed, so I decided to end the night on our couch watching a cheesy romantic comedy. While I was excited to have a new job, I couldn’t deny that I still felt upset about Conner and Peyton. I missed them badly. It had already been over a week since I’d left, and I didn’t think I’d be seeing them anytime soon. Maybe not ever.

I had almost two weeks to kill before my job would be starting. It was like torture to have that much idle time. Curiosity got the best of me one day, and I found myself driving past Conner’s house, just to see if I could catch a glimpse of them, but I saw no one. I wished I would run into them somewhere, but Conner didn’t go anywhere—except for work, anyway.

I busied myself by reading and cleaning everything there was to clean. I even thought about picking up a small job in the meantime, but what could I do for less than two weeks? I found myself taking long walks, but my mind would always drift to memories of Conner. Our night together. Where I went wrong. What I could have done to make it better. I still didn’t have any answers.

By the time the day finally came for me to start, I was ecstatic.

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