The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 214

"Is this Penelope's mom?" I introduced myself. "My daughter is Penelope's classmate. No one came to pick her up after school, so we brought her to our home."

Suzy Lane quickly responded, "Where do you stay? Should I come to pick her up?"

"It's okay." I could tell she was concerned about Penelope. I continued, "Just tell me your address, and we'll drop her off."

"Okay."

...

After we dropped Penelope off at Suzy's house, the little girl was thrilled to see her mom. She hopped over to Suzy, exclaiming, "Mommy, I made plans with them! I'm going to their house tomorrow for playtime!" Suzy looked at me in surprise.

I explained, "Tomorrow's Saturday. We won't be working, so we can take care of the kids."

Suzy was relieved that she wasn't imposing. "Then, I'll bring her over tomorrow."

I quickly added, "You're busy with work. We can come pick her up."

After a long pause, Suzy finally said, "Thank you."

from Suzy's house, I glanced at Zane.

"Are you very close

at her job. She's someone our company has been trying to

was taken

us. But now, seeing her and Penelope's situation, I'm almost

"Her company recently had a change in leadership. The

prefers employees

flatter him

all employees who excel at their jobs but aren't good at sucking

en

couldn't believe

are plenty of

what to say,

to miss this opportunity. After thinking it through, he called Eric. "Make sure HR continues to

situation. He didn't hesitate to agree.

me. "Do you know why I'm sure she

shook my

great benefits. We don't work overtime and we have weekends off," Zane said, smiling. "If she joins us, she'll have plenty of time to