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."

I glanced at Zane. Ever since he saw Suzy, he had

asked, "Are you

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

was taken aback.

quick to explain, saying, "No matter what offers we made before, she didn't want to join us. But now, seeing

"Her company recently had a change in leadership. The new

prefers employees

flatter him but

ones being laid off are all employees who excel at their jobs but

en

couldn't believe it. "No

chuckled lightly. "There are plenty

to say, so I remained

After thinking it through,

Suzy's situation. He didn't hesitate to agree. "Got

up, Zane turned to me. "Do you know why I'm sure she won't choose any

my

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 spend with Penelope." en