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Unfortunately, the apartment I used to live at was way too expensive for someone jobless. After the first month, I was able to convince the owner to return some of my deposit and let me be on my way. I could have tried harder to keep it, but the truth is, I knew I had Lisabell and that she would accept me. There was just no sense in taking care of all the bills that came with having a house, especially when I have my friend.
“You had better be done getting dressed, Julie!” Lisabell yells from her room.
I quickly get to my feet and pull on some blue jeans. I grab a cream-colored silk blouse and put it on. By the time I’m wearing my boots, Lisabell has reappeared.
“How do I look?” she asks.
She’s wearing a formal-looking flared blue dress that stops at her mid-thigh. It’s sleeveless so she has also pulled on a jean jacket to complete the look. I raise an eyebrow.
“Are we going to a wedding or something?” I question. “Thought this was a babysitting gig.”
She shakes her head while I quickly put on some eyeliner and lip gloss.
“Julie, I don’t think you should wear jeans.”
“Ha, try and stop me,” I challenge.
I turn back to her and she narrows her eyes like she’s about to argue. I raise my hand to stop her.
“Either you tell me exactly where we’re going and the reason I shouldn’t wear jeans, or we can leave right now.”
She rolls her eyes. “You’re a pain in my ass. I’m not telling you where we’re going. It’s a surprise,” she states.
“Alright, then. Let’s go.”
We pile in her red and black Jeep Wrangler. It’s Lisabell’s most prized possession and under normal circumstances should not be the type of car a babysitter should be driving. But Lisabell isn’t just any type of babysitter. She’s a babysitter for the rich. The top one percent of Virginia only hire babysitters and nannies from Lisabell’s company, and she’s one of the best nannies there.
Under normal circumstances, her job is pretty great. She only has to look after rich people’s kids, but for someone like me who isn’t the biggest fan of kids, that would probably be my worst nightmare.
“Are you even allowed to bring me along to work? Aren’t there a lot of protocols and security checks that you need to go through before a person is even allowed on these people’s property? Not to talk of looking after their kids?” I question.
Lisabell glances at me for a second.
“Chill out, Jules. All they need is your fingerprint, bloodwork, ID, and some other stuff, and then they’ll let us in.”
“Bloodwork? Are you serious?”
She laughs, “No, of course not. They just need to ID you. And I’ll vouch for you. Just stick beside me and there shouldn’t be any issues.”
I’m still not convinced. “There’s absolutely no reason why I should even be going with you.”
“There is. And it’s a surprise. You’ll know when we get there, I promise.”
Soon enough, we’re in the rich neighborhood of Richmond. Tall trees, mansions behind intimidating-looking gates. There’s an obvious display of wealth and it makes me feel a little small. I let out a breath as Julie turns and drives up to a tall black gate. It doesn’t open; instead we wait while a buff man dressed completely in black approaches us.
“Hey, Jack. How’s it going?” Lisabell questions with a grin.
Jack raises an eyebrow at me in the passenger seat. I give him an awkward wave and a smile.
“Who’s this?” Jack asks in deep voice. He has a hint of an accent I can’t place, but if I had to guess by his dark features and piercing brown eyes, Jack’s African or from the Middle East.
“This is my friend, Juliette Landers. I brought her along with me to help.”
His dark eyebrow goes even higher. “What help do you need with those two angels?”
Angels? Really?
“I know, but she’s going through a mid-life crisis and I just thought it would be good to get her out of the house, you know?”
