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“Right. I could never ask you to do that.”
“Eimy, I was ready to keep her if you weren’t found. I can watch her for six weeks. She’ll be in daycare or here with a nanny during the day, just like she would be with you.”
“But one you’d find for her?”
“Right. We have to figure out a way for you to afford better childcare, and going with my dad might be it. Plus, you’re a finance person, and he’s always looking for someone to add to his team. And I have to tell you, the prettier, the better. I’ve been told no one has had a problem with him being inappropriate, but you should know.”
“That isn’t a problem for me, either,” Eimy replied. “The more flirtation, the better.”
We barked out laughter.
“Can I call him for you right now?”
“Really? I can’t believe this is happening.”
“Well, let’s see what he says. He might be like, ah, no way, she’ll miss her baby.”
“Call.”
I picked up my phone, and he answered first ring.
“You want to go to Taiwan?”
“No, not me. But remember the baby? Her mother wants to go. And get this, Randy, she’s a finance major.”
“Where’d she go to school?”
“He’s asking where you went to college.”
“Rutgers,” Eimy answered.
“Tell her to call me on FaceTime,” he said.
“Okay, will do.” I ended the call. “He wants you to call him on FaceTime. See? What did I say?”
Eimy spread out a blanket on the couch and laid the baby down. “What’s his number?”
I gave it to her, and she keyed it in, walking away from me.
“Can I go into the spare bedroom?”
“Go!”
I sat in my chair with my feet up on the coffee table, trying to hear the conversation. My father was laughing, teasing her already, and in ten minutes, she came out of the bedroom, glowing.
“I’m going to Taiwan. I need to make sure my passport is up to date and put my notice in to my employer. My head is spinning!”
I looked over at the baby. She was going to stay with me. I wasn’t sure why Eimy trusted me, a total stranger. But maybe since CPS did. “We need to find another childcare situation soon.”
“I agree.” She yawned and looked at her watch. “I’d better get downtown. It’s getting late.”
“I’ll drive you,” I said.
“You’ve got a car?”
“I do. I rarely drive it anymore.”
“I don’t know anyone with a car,” she said, frowning.
