Joshua's POV
"Come on Bella, you'll have to come to the shop with me today because Jana is halfway to Hawaii now." I tell her as she smiles and coos.
Jana, her nanny got married on Saturday and left for a 2 week honeymoon. We made arrangements for one of her friends to fill in but that friend meet a guy at the wedding and took off with him leaving me with no one for two weeks.
The shop is busy so I can't just take off for 2 weeks. So I take her pack n play and her favorite toys and formula and some goldfish and off we go.
I walk in and Emmett, one of 3 mechanics I have working for me, looks at me funny.
"Jana is gone and the backup ran off with a guy she met at the wedding. And we're too busy for me to not come in." I explain.
"Maybe Rosie can keep her. She just started summer break." He offers.
"Oh no, I'm sure she's looking forward to an actual break. Bella will be fine, she's a good baby." I tell him.
Rosalie is a teacher and I know she looks forward to the summer.
"Just let me ask her, I'll make sure she knows she doesn't have too. She loves babies though. Doesn't want any for a while because she says we're too young but she loves them." He tries to convince me.
I agree because I'm sure Bella would be happier in a house where she can crawl around rather than stuck in her pack n play all day.
He calls her and 30 minutes later she bounces in and picks Bella up. Bella smiles at her even though she's a complete stranger and I feel a little bit better. I trust Emmett but I don't really know Rosalie. I've come to trust Emmett so much in these last 6 months that he is the one person in this life that knows my story. I figured it would good to have someone in the know just in case anyone that shouldn't be here shows up.
I've adjusted pretty well to life as a single father to an infant. She was 9 months old yesterday. I send letters to Sam about once a week but since I can't really tell him much I just tell him I love him and miss him and he sends me pictures of his puppy. Alison felt bad for him and she finally gave in. She pays the teenage neighbor to take care of him on the days that no one is home all day. She also stays the nights with Sam when she works.
"Can I take her shopping Jeremy? Baby girl clothes are so cute!" She asks excitedly so I just laugh and tell her it's fine and offer her money that she doesn't take since it was her idea.
I show her how to use her car seat and tell her Jana has her on an eat and sleep when she feels like it schedule.
I kiss her good bye and Rosalie carries her out. I worry about her the whole day. Not that I don't always worry about her but Jana has been her nanny since she was 3 months old. She knows everything there is to know about her. I think she knows more about her than I do. And she's my daughter. I'm pretty sure she's not biologically mine though.
She looks a little bit like Renee but she looks a lot like Charlie. It doesn't matter though. She is mine. Just like Sam is my son, she is my daughter. I love her just as much as I love him. I would kill for her, just like I would kill for him.
Let Charlie come here. I will kill him.
Since we're busy the day goes by super quick and I follow Emmett to his house to pick up my little girl.
Rosalie is playing on the floor with her and she's wearing a frilly blue dress. She smiles and crawls to me when she sees me.
"Aww Rosie did you seriously turn Bella into Cinderella?" Emmett teases her.
I might not know a lot about girls but I do know who Cinderella is.
"Yes! Isn't she adorable?" Rosalie squeals and Bella squeals back at her.
Rosalie asks if I would like to stay for dinner and I agree so Emmett and I play with Bella while she is cooking.
"Did you have fun Cinderella?" Emmett asks her holding her above his head and she giggles then drools in his eye.
After dinner I'm packing her things up to go and Rosalie offers to keep her until Jana gets back.
"Thank you so much Rosalie, I pay Jana $300 a week. Is that enough?" I ask her so very thankful to her.
"Oh don't worry about paying me. It's not like she's a job. I had more fun today than I have had in I can't even remember." She tells me smiling and I pretend to agree figuring I'll either just give her the cash at the end of the week or add it to Emmett's paycheck.
Then I pick up my tiny princess and take her home.
