Babysitting
Katie rubbed her eyes and pulled herself using the crib bars and looked around, she was hungry and called out for her mama.
"Ah mama mama!" Someone opened the door opened and it wasn't her mama or anyone else she knew. The mean one from last night was also there and he just glared at her.
"Well the princess is awake, I thought the cough syrup was supposed to knock her out!" The other one sighed and picked the bottle that she had thrown out the bed last night up.
"Well if she drinks it than yes, she would have been out for hours. However, it appears the toddler is smarter than you. I'll be surprised if we pull this off without you screwing it up." Katie looked back and forth between them and pouted, where's my mama! The one who picked up her bottle came over and picked Katie up out the crib.
"She needs changed, get me a diaper and a clean set of clothes for her. I'll give her the next bottle." The mean one glared and got the diaper and clothes and tossed them at the other man. The other man groaned and picked them up.
"Now really, I thought you liked children."
"When they don't belong to that uptight bitch." The other man sighed and changed her and put her in some clean clothes. "There all nice and clean." He seems nice…but I don't like him. Katie went to wiggle away and he just held her tighter.
"No need to fuss now. You want a bottle sweetie, I bet you're a hungry little baby." He took out the room and the mean one followed.
"When are you going to make the phone call?" asked the mean one.
"When the princess goes back down for her nap." I don't wanna take a nap, I just got up! Katie started to fuss in the man's arms and she tried to push herself away from him.
"Knock it off!" snapped the mean one and Katie started to cry, I want my mommy and daddy and the one who was holding her started to talk with quietly to the other one. He seemed very angry at the mean one.
"Stop upsetting her, you upset her, she cries. She starts crying and the neighbors are going to wonder why you have a crying baby and what do you they're going to do if they figure out you have a kidnapped baby in your apartment? Just chill out, I'll make the call in a minute and than we dump her until we get the money!" The mean one just glared and sighed.
"Alright!"
"Good." He sat Katie down on the counter and started mixing a bottle, but he put something that made the bottle change colors. "Now drink up." Katie took a sip and pushed it away. No it's icky, it tasted like something daddy gave her when she didn't feel good. "Sweetie, you're making things harder on yourself." He went to give her the bottle again and she pushed it away again. I DON'T WANT IT!
He glared at her and slammed the bottle down and the other man laughed.
"Stubborn little bitch isn't she, takes after her mother." The bottle man sighed and got out a little cup and Katie watched him pour something in it.
"I'm very sorry that I have to do this. Hold her will you?" The mean one picked her and sat her facing the bottle man. The bottle man came up to her and made her open her mouth and he poured the pink stuff in her mouth, she went to spit it out. But he made her sallow it by holding her mouth closed until she did. Icky. She started to cry again and the bottle man took her back.
"Oh shush…" He rubbed her back like daddy did and started to rock her and Katie started to feel sleepy again. No, I just got up…mommy! Katie fell asleep.
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"Wake her up!" Katie felt someone shaking her and she groaned. Someone put something in the crib with her and she heard someone talking through it.
"Hello!" Aunt Cat, it sounds like her
"Say hello princess!" said the mean one.
"Uh bah bah bah!" I want to go home, leave me alone. The men went away and Katie went back to sleep.
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Katie woke up again and looked around, she was in a new room a new place. It wasn't a crib, it was like the bed she had when she went to Nana's house. Nana…maybe Nana is here!
"Bah bah bah!" The door opened and a lady who looked like a Nana came into the room and smiled at her.
"About time you woke up sweet pea. It's almost lunch time, I bet your hungry," she came over to the bed and picked her up. Katie was nervous, she seemed nice but so did the other man at first.
"Mama mama!"
"It's alright your uncle is going to find her sweet pea." What! She's at home, I wanna go home. Katie started to fuss again and the lady gave her a hug, she smelled like her Nana and Katie couldn't help but quite down for her.
Poor little thing, I can't believe her mother would just dump her off on family like that, thought Hailie as she took the baby out to the kitchen for lunch.
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Hailie had just come back from her walk with Remy and she let the old lab off his leash and went to pour herself a cup of coffee when she heard a knock at the door.
"Who is it?" Hailie called out.
"Hey Hal it's me." Hailie sat her mug down and let her neighbor in.
"Hey long time no see, how was the con?" Hailie smiled and went back to the kitchen to pour two cups of coffee.
"It was good, Remy placed second in show for his age group. You're up early this morning, did you miss an old lady that much?" He laughed and came into the kitchen and took the coffee from her.
"Your coffee is better than Starbucks Hal. But…I'm kind of in a bind and I could use your help. You used to be a nanny right?" Hailie gave him a look.
"For almost thirty years young man, I probably changed enough diapers to fill a landfill and I can probably still mix a baby formula in my sleep. But you already know my life story. What kind of bind are you in?" He sighed and his voice sounded heavy.
"My kid sister got hooked up with some loser, a real scum bag Hal. I think he has her hooked on something and she skipped town."
"Oh dear I'm sorry."
"Well here's my issue. Before she took off she dropped her baby girl off with me and I don't know the first thing about taking care of kids, especially babies. I need to find my sister before she does something retarded, but I can't take the baby with me she could get hurt and I don't wanna turn her over to the State. I mean you know what State care is like, it's horrible. I just…well do you think you could watch her for a few days? I have all her stuff like clothes and playpen and I could even slip you about a hundred bucks if you need it for her. I feel like an ass dumping this on you, but you're really the only person I would trust to look after her."
Hailie sighed; she couldn't believe parents these days. She had gotten used to parents leaving her with their children though; it was her job as a nanny. But most of the time it was because they simply didn't want to deal with them anymore.
"Oh honey of course I'll take her. Where is she?"
"She's sleeping next door." Hailie frowned.
"Are you sure…I mean she can't climb out of her crib can she?"
"I see the nanny in you is still strong. She was sound asleep when I left. She's about a year old, can't walk yet though."
"Teeth?" asked Hailie.
"Not that I've seen. I should only be gone about three or four days." Hailie smiled.
"Sure you trust me? Considering my condition you think I can watch a baby?"
"I trust you, wouldn't trust her with anyone else."
"Well help me start baby proofing the place," said Hailie and she went to start moving glass objects she had on a low shelf.
"Hailie I can't thank you enough."
"Let's just get the little one taken care of. Oh what's her name?"
"Nora."
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Daddy's oatmeal is better, but this will do, thought Katie taking another spoonful from the lady and she swallowed.
"Someone was a hungry little girl, would you like some juice sweetie? I have some apple juice." The lady got up and almost tripped on a chair.
"He forgot to put the chair back." Hailie moved the chair and poured some apple juice into a sippy cup. She took the cup back out to Nora and than she went into her bed room and got some ribbon she had for presents and than she went back into the kitchen and got an old collar of Remy's that had a bell on it and she took the bell off and tied it to the ribbon. Nora was tapping her cup on the tray of the high chair and Hailie smiled at her and she took the little hand in hers and tied the ribbon to her wrist tight enough so she couldn't untie it, but not tight enough to hurt her.
"Now I'll know where you are." The bell jingled wildly and Hailie let out a laugh. "Been a long time since I've had a baby to play with, almost ten years."
"Ah mama mama?"
"She's a very lucky lady to have such a sweetie."
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"How many nights sir?" asked the clerk.
"Three nights please." The clerk took the credit card and swiped it.
"Everything seems to be in order, here's your room key." He thanked the clerk and headed up to his room. He tossed his bag on the floor and fell into the bed.
The plan was for him to not be in the apartment for a few days so it would really look like he left so Hailie or his neighbors wouldn't suspect anything. He clicked on the TV to watch some old reruns of I Love Lucy. God his hand hurt a little, that fucking bitch had bit him last night, and she had also ruined his jacket by clawing at it. He almost felt bad about what happened with her, but not quite. She was just someone in the way of what he wanted. He did feel bad about dropping the baby on Hailie, he hoped that if this went bad nothing would happen to her.
After all, he thought, would the police really pin a kidnapping on a blind woman?
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