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“I can do it. You still need to get ready to go to the gym,” I remind him.
He’s been doing his mobility exercises more the last few days and he promised to take it easy in the gym for right now and to focus on upper body so that he doesn’t aggravate or hurt that nerve more. I’m going to watch him like a hawk to make sure that he actually does that.
“It can wait.”
I roll my eyes at his stubbornness. A knock sounds on the front door and then Patrick is poking his head around the door.
“Hey,” I say with a smile as he steps inside.
“Hey, I just wanted to drop something off for Heath before I take Brennan to school. Is he around?”
“Right here,” Heath says and I smile at him evilly as I grab the towel from his hands.
He just sighs and shakes his head at my antics, but I can see him fighting a smile.
I head back into the kitchen to give them some privacy and get started on the last of the dishes. There are only two plates left and it takes me no time to dry and put away. Patrick and Heath are still talking by the front door, so I head down the hall to my bedroom.
Heath wants to head to the gym first thing this morning, so I grab my tennis shoes. I’m slipping them on when my phone starts to ring.
It takes me a second to realize what that sound is. No one ever really calls me, I hurry to answer it before it can kick over to voice mail.
“Hello?”
“Caitlin, it’s Meredith.”
I’m about to tell her that she has the wrong number when it dawns on me that it’s my boss.
“Hey, uh, it’s actually Corrine, not Caitlin.”
“Right, sorry,” she says distractedly and I frown.
I think I’m going to be Caitlin to her for a while and I mentally sigh.
“I was just calling to see how your job was going. We already have your next job lined up, so if you could leave a few days early, let me know.”
“I thought that I still had another week here at least,” I ask in a panic.
Time has been flying by. I completely forgot that Patrick had only hired me for two weeks. I was only meant to be here to get him settled in the new house. I guess sometime over the last few days, I forgot about that.
“You do, but if you’re not needed there, you are somewhere else.”
She has a tone to her voice that lets me know that it’s encouraged that I leave early.
“Right. I’ll let you know.”
“Great.”
The line goes dead a minute later and I sink down to the bed. I’m going to have to leave Heath soon. Like really soon.
My heart sinks and my stomach threatens to expel my breakfast as I think about never seeing him again.
Can I leave him? Can I stay? Does he even want me to stay?
I’m not sure that I can do this job long-term. Not if I’m going to be getting this attached to each client.
I never really wanted to be a home caregiver. It was just the first job to call me back and the benefits were too good to pass up.
Maybe it’s time for me to look for a new job, but where should I look? Would it be weird to try to find one here in Honey Peak?
