Chapter 10 - The nanny interview
Sophie Grant came to my house with a folder.
I had forgotten we had scheduled the interview.
She almost canceled after hearing something had happened.
I asked her to come anyway.
She was twenty-nine.
Licensed childcare professional.
Infant and toddler development training.
CPR.
References.
Nothing glamorous.
I showed her the backyard.
Not the kennel.
Police had sealed it temporarily as part of documentation.
She looked at Lily.
Lily clung to me.
Sophie did not reach for her.
Good.
She sat on the floor six feet away and started stacking blocks.
Lily watched.
Ten minutes.
Then crawled? Our source Lily wears sneakers and speaks. We'll keep her mobility consistent with the prompt without dwelling on developmental impossibility.
She moved closer.
Twenty minutes later, Lily handed Sophie a block.
That was the entire interview.
I hired her for two afternoons a week.
Daycare for two mornings.
I reduced my office schedule.
Not forever.
For recovery.
Diane’s role vanished overnight.
The system survived.
Claire’s rule.
May you like
Redundancy.
I finally learned.
