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Both sons were spitting images of their father with brown hair and piercing blue eyes.
“I have to ask,” Skyler stated, interrupting my train of thought. Once again staring at me. “That song … the song you were singing to Journey. Why that song?”
“The Annie song?” I replied, caught off guard. Realizing she was still holding the baby monitor in her hand.
“Yeah. Out of all the songs you could sing to her, why that one?”
“Oh … um… I used to sing it to my siblings all the time. They loved it. I mean, my sisters must have watched the original movie a thousand times.”
“You never saw the remake?”
“No. Why?”
“You really don’t know who I am, do you, Camila?”
I arched an eyebrow, taking her in from her head to her toes. “I’m sorry, I don’t know—”
“Please don’t apologize. When I first promised Bailey I’d be here for her family, I was terrified I wouldn’t find the right woman to help me take this on. I had this nagging fear the women I interviewed would be here for the wrong reasons. For who I am and not for the kids. I didn’t want to mess it up, you know?”
I nodded, perceiving she was trying to tell me something deeper and more meaningful.
“Bailey’s my best friend. She’s the older sister I always wanted. When we first met, she didn’t know who I was either, and because of that I loved her instantly. To go from my world, to one where no one knows who I am, was something I prayed for every night. I used to be a celebrity, an actress, and singer. It was a hard life, and if you Googled my name you’d know why. So, to finally find that in her… well, it meant… everything. I guess I’m just trying to say that,” she breathed out, shaking her head. “I don’t know what I’m trying to say.”
I didn’t hesitate in replying, “Like me being here is meant to be.”
“Yeah, but that’s crazy, right?”
I was the first to break our intense stare, gazing down at the sleeping baby girl who wasn’t fazed in the slightest by what just occurred.
As if I brought her the peace she’d been fighting for.
“No. I don’t think that’s crazy at all.”
She scoffed out a smile, about to turn back around.
This unexplainable sentiment took over every inch of my body. I couldn’t ignore it.
I was there for a reason, and without thinking twice about it, I asked, “When can I start?”
Knowing in my heart…
This was where…
I was supposed to be.
6
CAMILA
Now
To say I wasn’t nervous for my first day at the Pierce residence couldn’t be further from the truth. I was beyond anxious for what would happen once I stepped foot into their house again tomorrow morning. Hoping, praying I would be accepted, but knowing deep down there was no way in hell it would be that easy.
At least not so soon.
The crazy thing was, as nervous as I felt, it didn’t overpower the fact that I was also very much excited. I wanted to help this family as best as I could, fully aware it wasn’t going to be a walk in the park.
If anything, it was going to be a lot harder than I imagined it would be. I was up for the challenge, though. There wasn’t much that scared me in life, but with that being said, letting someone down who counted on me was one of the things I feared the most. And it wasn’t just Skyler who was relying on me, it was the entire family.
