Chapter 465

She looked up at him with those big, brown eyes and nodded. She led him from the kitchen out onto the back deck. There was a wicker loveseat that looked like it had seen better days overlooking an overgrown yard. She sat on the love seat and he joined her, cringing at the creak it made under his weight. “I think I’m going to have to end our contract early,” she said, taking a sip of the wine and closing her eyes. “That’s not what I wanted to talk about,” he said. She shrugged a shoulder. “Maybe not, but it needs to be discussed just the same. I need to stay with Mum for the next few days and even then I don’t know if I’m going to be able to leave her alone for too long.” “What will you do for money?” he asked. “I have some savings,” she replied, looking at the wine swirling in her glass. “I’ll see if I can get some work as a virtual assistant, something I can do from here.” He exhaled slowly. He wanted to solve all her problems. He wanted to tell her that he would pay for a carer, that