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."

Suzy's house, I glanced at Zane. Ever since he saw Suzy, he had seemed a

"Are you

capable at her job. She's

was taken

saying, "No matter what offers we made before, she didn't want to join us. But now, seeing her and Penelope's situation, I'm almost sure she'll be working with us."

"Her company recently had a change in leadership. The new boss is planning on

prefers employees who

him

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

en

couldn't believe it. "No

chuckled lightly. "There are plenty of bosses like

know what to say,

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

aware of Suzy's situation. He

you know

shook my head.

company offers great benefits. We don't work overtime and we have weekends off," Zane said,