Rowena’s POV"Your background check is spotless, Miss Rowena, but you lack formal childcare experience," the head housekeeper, Mrs. Gable, said. She handed my papers back across the desk.I adjusted my thick-rimmed glasses. "I learn fast, ma'am.""We need more than a fast learner," she sighed. "We need a miracle.""I can be a miracle," I answered quickly.It had been exactly seven days since I walked out of the club. I spent every waking minute erasing my tracks. I moved out of the old cheap apartment. I bought a burner phone. I scrubbed off every trace of heavy stage makeup. I desperately needed a job to survive without the club's money. Today, I traded my crimson silk for a modest, high-collared black dress."The child is difficult," Mrs. Gable warned me. "She chased away six nannies in three months.""Why did they leave?" I asked."She refused to speak to them," Mrs. Gable explained. "She throws their toys away. She locks them out of her room.""I can handle difficult," I promised.
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