Piper took Wyatt out of the stroller on the porch and entered the manor.
"I'm home." She said out loud, sensing it was time for a diaper change for her little man.
"In here." Paige's voice from the living room, said.
Piper entered the living room to find Paige sitting with a young blond woman.
"We're back, and someone needs a change." She said, holding Wyatt out at arm's length.
"I'll get it. Piper, this is Jenna, she's your first interview." Paige said, taking Wyatt from his mother and leaving the room.
"Hi Piper, this showed up in my room today with a note saying to give it to you." The young woman said, handing Piper an envelope.
On it, in Leo's handwriting was written 'open in private'. Her eyes misted up at seeing that.
"I'll go see if Paige needs a hand while you read that?" Jenna said, and started to leave the room.
"Top of the stairs is the nursery, she's probably in there." Piper said, turning back to the letter once she was gone.
She flipped the ancient looking envelope over and opened the seal. As soon as she did, a golden glow wafted out of the envelope, drifted in front of her and formed into Leo.
"Hello Piper. I'm glad to see that Jenna made it safely to you. I know you're looking for a nanny for Wyatt right now, and I'm highly recommending her. Not only is she a fairly powerful good witch, but I have it on great authority that she is going to be a white lighter once her time on Earth is done. She was in fact engaged to her whitelighter, a fellow named Alex, but he was killed with so many of the others when the Titans attacked. She just moved to San Francisco not long ago and is attending school part time to get a degree in education. She's great with kids, and I'm sure Wyatt will be very safe with her." He said, a smile on his face the entire time.
The tears that had threatened when she saw his handwriting spilled from her eyes now. Seeing him was almost too much for her, she missed him so much.
"I hope you and your sisters are doing well, and I wish I could be there to see Wyatt grow up, but I know I will meet him again one day when he comes into his full powers. In the meantime just remember I love you and that we will be reunited someday, I promise. Goodbye Piper." He said, and blowing her a kiss, faded from view.
Piper heard a slight noise behind her and turned to see Phoebe standing in the doorway.
"I thought I heard Leo's voice when I came in, so I came up as quietly as I could. I didn't mean to eavesdrop." She said, picking at a spot on the doorframe.
"It's ok Pheebs. I guess I don't need to interview any more nannies. This one comes recommended from on high, so I might as well offer her the job." Piper said, between sobs.
Phoebe crossed the distance them in a second, holding her older sister and comforting her. "Honey, I know how much you miss him, we all do, but he obviously has important work to do. We can't fault him for that." She said.
"I'm not mad at him or anything, I just want him to be here to watch Wyatt grow up. This just isn't fair. Why did they have to pick him to be the head of the Elders? Surely there was somebody older they could have chosen." Piper said, into Phoebe's shoulder.
"Remember, honey, age has nothing to do with it. Obviously they felt he was the best man for the job. Goodness knows he's faced enough stuff helping us all these years. I don't know about you, but I'm glad he's still watching out for us." Phoebe continued, grabbing a kleenex from a box on the end table, "Here, blow." She said, handing it to Piper.
Piper had just finished drying her eyes and nose when Paige and Jenna came back into the room with Wyatt.
"Well Jenna, it looks like you're hired. When can you.." Piper started, when a whirlwind formed in the middle of the room.
From the whirlwind emerged a male demon, fireball in hand. Jenna grabbed Wyatt from Paige, waved her hand, and the two of them vanished. The demon threw the fireball, knocking Phoebe over the back of the couch. He had formed another fireball and was about to throw it at Piper.
"Fireball!" Paige said, holding out her hand. The ball vanished from the demon's hand and appeared in Paiges. She threw it at him quickly, vanquishing him.
"Jenna, it's ok." Piper called out, while heading over to Phoebe with Paige.
A couple seconds later Jenna and Wyatt reappeared where they'd been standing.
"Coast is clear I take it?" She said, putting Wyatt into his nearby swing.
"Yes, good work. Now I know hiring you is not a bad idea." Piper said, helping Paige to lift Phoebe and put her onto the couch.
Phoebe had a nasty looking cut on her head and was unconscious. Paige sat down next to her, and putting her hand over Phoebe's head, healed both the laceration and the concussion she had.
"You're a whitelighter too?" Jenna asked, looking slightly confused.
"Yeah, I've had to do double duty since Leo left. They haven't had a chance to assign a new one to us yet." Paige said, helping Phoebe to sit up.
"Did we get him?" Phoebe asked, seemingly a little shaken.
"Yeah, honey, he's gone. Question is, who sent him?" Paige asked.