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She stood. “I’m going to bed. Thank you for spending the day with me, and for letting me get kittens. Now that I have them, I feel a little guilty that we didn’t rescue them.”
“Don’t. If you hadn’t taken them, they’d have ended up in a shelter somewhere most likely. You did rescue them.”
“Oh good!” They kissed once more outside their bedrooms, and Kyle sighed into her mouth.
“I hope this separate rooms thing doesn’t last too terribly long. I’m ready to share.”
She smiled. “Why don’t we plan on a week? Then we’ll know if we get along well and can handle being dead tired together.”
He nodded, smiling. “Any idea where I’m supposed to go in the morning?” he asked.
“Joe said to have you meet him in front of the stable at six.”
“Sounds perfect,” he said, kissing her one last time before disappearing inside his room.
Alexis went into hers and closed the door, after contemplating for a moment if she should leave the door open for the kittens. She finally decided that it would be better if she just closed it.
She spent a few minutes getting ready for bed before climbing between the sheets. It still felt odd sleeping in someone else’s bed at night, but it also made her feel a bit closer to her father. She hoped one day, she could understand him a bit better.
*****
Alexis woke to her alarm at five the following morning and rubbed her eyes. Food. She had to fix breakfast for Kyle, and he had to be outside by six. She walked down the hall and quickly made one of her favorite breakfast meals. Eggs over medium with hashbrowns and bacon. Surely everyone loved a breakfast like that.
Kyle was there just as she was flipping the first of the eggs onto a plate for him that had already had bacon and hashbrowns added. He took the plate, kissed her quickly, and walked to the table. “Orange juice or coffee?” she asked.
“Both.”
She nodded, using the Keurig for the coffee and getting the jug of juice from the fridge, pouring it into a small glass, and carrying it to the table. Then she fixed her own plate, and her own coffee, and joined him.
“I have my first interview at eight. Then one at ten, and one at two. Hopefully, by the end of the day, I’ll have a decision made, and we can move forward past this.”
“I’m just hoping this Joe person is planning on holding my hand through all of this and getting me ready to take over for him. I want to have the best beginning I can possibly have.”
“If you have questions, could you call Scott?”
Kyle nodded. “I could. I’d rather not, but I could. I shouldn’t say that. Scott is a nice guy. I just don’t like how prickly he gets when he’s tired.”
“I can understand that,” Alexis said. “Do you need more of anything?” He had just finished eating.
“No, that was good. Thank you. I’m going to put my plate in the sink and run some water over it, so it’ll be easier to deal with when you’re ready.”
“Thank you!” Alexis liked that he thought of her when he did things. It felt right.
He leaned down and kissed her before heading for the door. “I’ll be a little early, but I think that’s good on my first day.”
“Be careful!” she called after him. She was glad she had a little time before the first interview. She’d clean the kitchen and decide what to make for supper. She loved to use a crockpot, so she’d make sure to put everything in around noon.
Her first interview was with a woman who looked to be in her forties in New York. “I’ve been a housekeeper for an elderly gentleman here for many years. When he died last month, I knew I had to find a new position.”
Alexis ran down the list of questions she’d prepared and finished with, “Do you have a driver’s license? I would probably want to send you out for groceries.”
The woman shook her head. “I do not. I would be happy to do the shopping, but I would need someone to drive me.”
When Stephanie didn’t suggest getting her own license, Alexis jotted that down. Everything else about her was perfect, and it sounded like she was willing to do just about anything that needed done around the house. “Oh, I almost forgot! Are you allergic to cats?”
“I’m not. I enjoy cats a great deal.”
“Perfect. I’ll let you know either way. I plan to make my decision today.”
