Shirley Jump - Winning The Nanny's Heart

“Okay. Just checking. I was afraid you might have climbed out the window and run off, especially since Charity quit.”

That made her laugh. “Nope, I haven’t left. Not yet.”

“That’s good.”

She paused, sensing Sam lingering outside the door. A moment later, she heard the fading sound of footsteps as he headed back down the hall. She finished rinsing and drying her hands, then emerged from the bathroom. In the kitchen, Sam was bent down, Libby standing before him, with one of the pictures she had painted that day in her hands. Libby’s face held a hushed hesitancy.

Katie’s chest squeezed. In a split second, she was eight years old again, standing in front of her mother with a test she’d brought home from school. Her first A in math class, decorated with a giant smiley face sticker. She’d wanted her mother to be as proud as Mrs. Walker had been, wanted to hear those same words you did it, kiddo.

“This is awesome, Libby Bear,” Sam said to his daughter, taking the picture and pointing at the center. “I love the rainbow. And the flower.”

Libby frowned. “I thought the flower was kinda messy.”

Sam cupped his daughter’s cheek. “It’s not messy. It’s perfect.”

Katie waited for that echoing grin of pride to appear on Libby’s face, for her to acknowledge she’d heard the words she wanted to. The you did it, kiddo.

Instead, Libby shook her head and stepped back. “It’s not! It’s messy!”

She yanked the picture out of her father’s hand and dashed out of the kitchen. The screen door closed behind her with a hard slap. Sam watched her go, then let out a long sigh and slowly straightened.

He turned and saw Katie. “Sorry about that. Sometimes Libby is...” He shrugged. “I don’t know. I honestly don’t know.”

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