Chapter 26

Alexa

I was on time. I always am. But Derrick was in his office. Four weeks of working in this office and I have gotten here before him once. He was always there sitting at his desk or pacing his office and making some calculations. He was a ghost that haunts that place every time. I vaguely wondered if he had a secret room in there and spent his nights there. I sorted through his emails for any priority issues he had to reply to. None. I switched the browser to Zillow. Now that I had gotten my first pay cheque I was looking into making a downpayment on my own place. Oliva was great for accommodating us this long but Hen and I needed our privacy just as much as she does.

The real estate agents I've been talking to are not taking me seriously and the ones that did cannot offer a house that was close to Hen’s school. I didn't want to establish him in a new school and then uproot him and plant him in a strange school in such a short time. I also didn't want to be far so he could stay