Cordelia huffed for the millionth time as the client she had just taken on continued to talk. She figured the man would take the hint that he had been speaking for too long. He didn't. Her coworker, Nan, glanced over at her with a 'Is this guy serious?' look and Cordelia just shrugged.

The man was around her age. He was already starting to bald and Cordelia noticed that he seemed to have a problem brushing his teeth if his breath was anything to go on. She'd stopped getting within a foot of him when he was talking for fear of being knocked out.

She checked her phone to see the time and sighed, "Mr. Sanders?" The man paused and looked over to her, "I'm extremely sorry about this but I have prior engagements that I need to be at," He nodded and stood as she did. She heard Nan sigh in relief and definitely felt the same way, "If you'll just follow me out, I can let you know what time would be best for you to drop back by tomorrow."

oooOOooOOooo

Cordelia parked in the driveway before getting out and shutting her car door. She made her way to the door and knocked before opening it, "Mother?" She could hear faint laughter from upstairs and made her way up there and gently pushed the bathroom door open.

"Mommy!" Fiona looked from her granddaughter who was sat in the bathtub to her daughter who was in the door way. Cordelia smiled down at her baby and kneeled on the floor next to her mother.

"I'm so sorry," Her mother just shook her head before pulling the drain.

"It's not a problem, Delia. She's my granddaughter after all. And she's a delight to watch," Cordelia nodded and grabbed a towel. She held it open and wrapped it around her daughter before picking her up.

"Hi, mommy."

"Hi, Anna. Were you good for Grams?" The girl nodded and laid her head down on her mother's shoulder, "Someone's sleepy."

"Who?" Cordelia giggled as she grabbed the pajamas her mother had set in the bathroom for her.

"You," The girl laughed and assisted her mother in dressing her, "Are you ready to go, bugaloo?" She nodded and held her arms up when she was dressed in her little green pajamas. Cordelia picked her up and made her way downstairs where her mother was waiting, "Thank you so much, mother."

"Nothing to thank me for, Delia. I'll pick her up from your place tomorrow. I have to meet Myrtle to help her pick something out," Cordelia nodded and kissed her mother on the cheek before carrying her daughter out to her car. She opened the back door and situated Joanna in her car seat before getting in the driver's seat and leaving.

oooOOooOOooo

Cordelia had gotten up that morning, transferred her daughter to her mother, and rushed to work. It was now nearing time to go once again and Mr. Sanders was once again talking on and on. Cordelia felt like it would be rude to interrupt him twice in a row and hoped he would be finished soon.

About half an hour later, he finally took a breath and stood. Cordelia breathed out a sigh of relief and shook his hand before he left, "Is he a talker or what?" Cordelia nodded as she looked over at Nan.

"I know. I'm going to have to hire a baby sitter if this case ends up taking as long as I think it's going to. I can't expect my mother to watch her like this all the time," Nan nodded and Cordelia finally packed everything into her bag.

"I know someone, if you actually want a baby sitter," Cordelia looked up in question, "Well, I don't know her personally, but my cousin just moved and their baby sitter was amazing. I can get you her number or something?" Cordelia was looking at her phone and sighed.

"Would you?"

oooOOooOOooo

Cordelia had finally sat down after getting home and getting her daughter in the bed. She was on her couch having a much needed glass of wine when her phone beeped.

Nan: Here's her number. Her name's Misty.

Cordelia nodded and decided to call the woman the next morning. She got up and put her glass in the sink before making her way upstairs to the bathroom.

oooOOooOOooo

Cordelia took a moment to herself that morning as she finally got a small lull in her paperwork. She pulled her phone out and clicked on the number before putting it to her ear.

"Hello?" Was whispered into the phone.

"Umm. Is this Misty?" She heard papers shifting.

"Yes. Who's this?" Cordelia smirked at the continued whisper as she heard more shifting on the phone.

"This is Cordelia Goode. I was given your number by a friend of mine who said you might be able to baby sit for me?" She heard a door open and shut.

"Sorry, I was in the library," Cordelia nodded and noticed a slight twang that she figured the woman still hadn't fully grown out of, "You need a baby sitter?"

"I do. Just for the evenings really. My mother keeps her during the day."

"Yeah. I could do that," Cordelia nodded, "Do you want to meet for lunch or something?" They made plans to meet up for lunch later that day before Cordelia got back to work.

oooOOooOOooo

Cordelia entered the café they had chosen five minutes late and looked around. 'I guess I should have asked what she looked like.' She saw a woman stand and make her way to her.

"Mrs. Goode?" Cordelia nodded and held her hand out to the girl.

"Miss. And you can call me Cordelia," Misty nodded and Cordelia followed her back to the table she had been sat at, "How old are you?" The girl looked up and Cordelia blushed, "Sorry. It's just, you don't look very old."

"It's fine. I'm not very old," Cordelia nodded, "I'm twenty one," Cordelia nodded again and looked up when the waitress approached them to take their drink orders, "Just water," Cordelia ordered the same thing before looking back to the girl.

"How'd you know who I was?" Misty snorted and Cordelia looked at her funnily.

"Sorry. You're just the only woman who has entered this restaurant in the last fifteen minutes that didn't look like a student," Cordelia took a moment to look around and finally realized that she must be in one of the campus hang outs.

"Oh," Misty nodded and they placed their orders before she looked back to Misty, "So you're a student?" The girl nodded to her, "What are you studying?"

"Animal science and biology to be a vet," Cordelia nodded.

"Why do you baby sit?" Misty took a drink of her water before answering.

"I love kids. I always have. I used to volunteer in community things with the kids and I was a camp counselor quite a few times at a few different camps. I like to work with kids who don't have anyone else. Like kids in the system. I volunteer a lot with them," Cordelia nodded and looked up when the woman placed two salads down in front of them.

"I see," Misty nodded unsurely and took a bite of her salad.

"Can I ask you a question?" Cordelia nodded, "How old's your daughter?" Cordelia swallowed before answering.

"She's three. And she's a handful," Misty nodded.

"Most are at that age," Cordelia grinned softly. They made their way through the lunch and Cordelia insisted on paying for it.

"Would you be willing to come by and do a sort of test run with her?" Misty nodded, "Would tomorrow work for you? I'm only off on the weekends," Misty nodded again and stood to walk towards the door with the woman, "I'll see you tomorrow then."