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A sleep would fix that, she told herself.
Naomi was determined to beat jet lag at its own game and stay awake for the entire day.
It was beyond exciting to be here and she wore her smile through baggage collection, though she felt it wane a touch at customs.
All the paperwork had been arranged but still she felt very nervous when she told them that, yes, she was here to work.
‘A nanny?’ the border security official checked, and took the folder containing all of Naomi’s paperwork and had a through read through of it. ‘For the Devereuxes?’
‘Yes, there’s a letter from Mr Ethan Devereux and if there are any problems...’
‘There’s no problem.’
Her passport was stamped and she was on her way.
The ground staff were lively and funny, blowing into their hands and telling her it was bitterly cold as she awaited her baggage.
‘You’ll need a coat, Miss,’ one said as she passed.
‘I’m getting one!’ Naomi called back. ‘I’m headed straight to the shops.’
She had, a few days previously, left her good coat on a train and had been about to buy one for her trip when it had dawned on her she was heading to the shopping capital of the world. Naomi had decided her first stop would be the city’s most famous department store.
For now she had to make do with a rather flimsy jacket and a thick scarf that she would put over her long dark hair before heading outside.
Naomi had a lot of luggage.
Well, two cases and her hand luggage.
It was, though, her entire world that she carried in those bags.
She lived wherever work took her. In between jobs she aimed to take a brief holiday, but Naomi didn’t have a home as such. She had shared a flat with Merida for a couple of years, which had been brilliant, but since then she had lived with the families she’d cared for. Generally, she arrived two weeks before the baby’s due date and stayed between six and eight weeks after the baby was born.
And she was tired of it.
Not so much her work, as exhausting as it was.
Naomi was just tired of living out of suitcases.
As she stepped into the arrivals lounge Naomi scanned the crowd for a glimpse of Merida, who was generally unmissable with her shock of red hair, although, given how cold it was, she may well be wearing a hat. Or, given that the baby was due on December the fourteenth, she may well have not made it to the airport. As she wheeled her trolley Merida saw a sign with her name on it held by an older man in a black suit.
‘I’m Naomi Hamilton,’ she said.
‘Guest of?’ the gentleman asked.
Clearly security was tight around the family, Naomi thought as her status was double checked. ‘Merida Devereux.’
‘Then come this way.’ He smiled. ‘Here, let me help you with that...’ He took over the trolley. ‘Where’s your coat?’
Naomi told him her plan to get one as they walked and it really was freezing outside.
‘Jump in,’ he told her when they reached the car. Naomi didn’t need to be asked twice and sat in the back, watching the world go by as her cases were loaded.
‘Are we headed to the house?’ Naomi asked as they drove off.
‘No.’ He gave her a smile in the rear-view mirror. ‘I’m to take you to the hospital. More than that, I don’t know.’
How exciting!
