The Sassy One by Susan Mallery

Author:Susan Mallery [Mallery, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9780743443951
Publisher: Pocket
Published: 2003-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Teen-zilla had returned, Sam thought on Monday morning. There had been nearly ten days during which he'd thought having a kid around wasn't such a bad thing. But he'd been wrong.

"She smells," Kelly hissed. "And she's weird-looking."

Sam stood in front of the bathroom mirror and tucked his tie under his shirt collar.

"She doesn't smell," he told his daughter, although he'd noticed some sort of decaying plant smell whenever he was around Doreen. As for her not looking normal, Sam thought she was fine. Okay, her glasses were a little thick, and there was something strange about her mouth, but he wasn't interested in her appearance, just her skills.

"She's been working with children for twenty years," he told Kelly as he looped around the narrow end of his tie. "She has a clean driving record, no tickets in three years, she's bonded and highly recommended. If you want to get to ballet class, she's your ride."

"I put up with her for all of last week. I gave her a chance. She's horrible. She doesn't talk at all. She has no sense of humor, and she never takes me anywhere but class and home. I asked about going to the movies or the mall, and she just said no."

Sam didn't like the sound of that. "You're allowed to go places after class," he said. "I never meant to keep you locked up." Not really. "I'll talk to her when I go downstairs. I'm sure once she understands that it's all right, you can start doing more fun things in the afternoon."

"I'd rather be alone than with her."

Kelly glared at him in the mirror. She was already dressed for her dance class, in a black leotard, tights, and a short skirt. Her feet were turned out in the classic "ballerina" position— heels together, toes pointing away from the body. It ma de his back hurt just to look at them.

"And I'm too old for a baby-sitter," she said, her voice low but filled with fury. "Just get me a driver and a car and I'll be fine. Any car. A Town Car, even. I don't need a limo."

He adjusted the tie one last time and reached for his jacket. "Good to know that you're so flexible, but I'm not getting you a car."

"You don't have to buy it, you could just rent it or something."

"No."

"I don't want Doreen around here. She's creepy."

"Then you're not going to ballet class, and you're going to spend the day in my office because I'm not leaving you home by yourself."

Kelly's green eyes practically spit fire. "I knew you were going to say that," she told him. "You're so difficult. You never think about what's right for me."

If only, he thought grimly. "I think about that all the time. Unfortunately our definitions are different. If Doreen is abusive in any way, then I'll not only fire her butt, I'll have her arrested. Until then, you're stuck, kid."

"Why can't Francesca take care of me? She's totally cool."

He thought so, too.

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