Stephanie POV
It's about 2AM and I just arrived home, I was at Paul's mom's house till now, she invited me in and she told me he called her to know how everything was going and of course he told her about the eggs, I'm going to kill him, she was picking on me all night, how I adore that woman, the she brought some photobooks and videos of him on his childhood, and time flew by.
Right now, I'm getting ready for bed when I hear my phone ringing inside my purse, who's calling me at this time?
I roamed over my bag till I found my phone with an unknown number, weird…
"Hello?"
"Hello Stephanie? This is Paul" What the fuck? Why he's calling me at this time and how did he got my number… oh wait of course I know, it's on my profile.
"Hi… Is everything ok?"
"I hope I didn't wake you up" he looks like he's in a rush.
"You didn't, actually I was on your mom's house till now"
"Oh, that's nice, look Stephanie I'm sorry that I'm calling you at this time, but I need a big favor"
"Let's see what I can do for you"
"Can you come here now and keep an eye on Adam? I need to leave, I'll explain everything later, but please can you come?" Should I be worried or…
"Yes of course, I'll call an uber and I'm there in no time"
"Don't worry about the uber, this one is on me, I'll pay it for you, see you soon bye!" He didn't even give me the chance to answer, he hung up straight away.
Well I'm putting on the clothes I had, and my boots and I'm out of the house, which surprisingly the uber was already there, and what a car! He booked executive class for sure.
"Hello! Good night miss, would you like something to drink?" I don't see any resembles of this being a typical uber car.
"Hello, no thank you, I'm good"
"Of course, if you need anything just tell me" Then he started the car on and we are on our way.
The has a driver hat and a smoke suit, I have to ask him.
"I'm sorry Sir, but am I on the right car? Are you the one taking me to the hills?"
"Yes, I am miss"
"Are you a uber driver? This is too fancy for an uber driver trip" I'm confused.
"I'm not miss, I'm Mr.'s Levesque private driver"
"You are?" I didn't know he had one, I mean I didn't have to know it, then there's why he didn't want me to call an uber.
"Positive"
"I'm sorry all this questions, but now that I'm here I can present myself, I'm Stephanie, Mr. Levesque new housekeeper and nanny"
"Nice to meet you, I'm Arthur, I know Mr. Levesque want me to be quick so I hope you don't mind for me to speed up, unless you get car sick"
"You can, I'll be fine" And he wasn't joking on it, he stepped on the gas, and I had to brace myself on the door handle.
In 10 minutes, we arrived, 10! When a normal uber takes 30 minutes, how many tickets this guy got I wonder.
Suddenly the gate opened, he must have a remote, what am I going to expect.
"Miss, you can leave now" He said smiling.
"Thank you for the ride Arthur" He dropped me at the entry of the house
"Your welcome, nice to meet you" And I left the car, and I was already seeing Paul standing on the door.
"Arthur, I'll be back, just let me tell Stephanie what she needs to do" He said from the door, then motioned for me to enter and he closed the door behind us.
"Hello again Stephanie, so what happened is that my wife went out with some friends now she's more than drunk at the club, one of her friends called me saying she's vomiting and barely walks of how much she drank" He's so ashamed of this situation, his face tells me everything, and honestly I'm shocked, because if she's breastfeeding she can't drink or even pump, she can but it's wasted milk, or how she left them alone, at this age baby's need their mother more than ever.
"Okay… I don't know what to say about that… but if you want my opinion, it wasn't a smart choice of her doing that"
"No shit!" He talked louder and I jumped, I wasn't expecting him talking that loud, I can see he's mad as fuck.
"I'm sorry for scaring you, I'm not this monster daily, but this made me mad as you can imagine" He picked his jacket from the entry hanger.
"Get comfortable, be my guest, I need to pick up her from the club, and when I arrive I'll need to have some serious conversation with her, so you can sleep in our room today, so if Adam needs something you will be there for him, milk is on the fridge, bottles on the table all clean, the rest you know where it is"
"Yes of course, don't worry, just go save her" I took out my jacket and put it on the hanger.
"Thank you so much for doing this Stephanie, I can't thank you enough"
"No worries, see you" He smiled and left.
His wife is crazy, doesn't value what she has home, now that poor guy needs to handle her shit while he could be sleeping or be with his child, supporting him on something he would need.
I got upstairs and went to their room, all the noise I was hearing was his breath, that light snore of a baby, it's really cute. I dropped my backpack at the feet of the bed and laid down on the bed, it's really comfortable, but thinking about what has been made here makes me kind of grossed out.
I'm just going to close my eyes for a while.
Or not.
He started to cry, like CRY!
I got up and picked him up from the crib, and his instinct was searching for my boob to suck on.
"No baby boy, I don't have nothing for you, but I do have something better downstairs" I picked up his pacifier from the crib and gave to him so he could be quite a bit till I would have time to prepare his bottle, but it doesn't seem to work.
"You want me to sing? what about that?" while I was going downstairs with him, I was singing my favorite songs, at the same time rubbing his back, he seems to quiet down. Good job Stephanie.
"So, let's heat this up for" I took the milk from the fridge, put on the bottle and next on the microwave.
"You're such a beautiful boy, aren't you?" By the way the lights in the house are dim because I don't want him to get much light on his eyes.
Finally, his milk is ready, I stick out a finger and poured a bit of milk to see if it was the right temperature, and touché! I still got this after some years.
"Oh yes this is better isn't it?" He was drinking it like it wasn't tomorrow, I can hear the big gulps on his throat.
"Calm down little man, you're going to choke if you don't slowdown"
After some minutes he was all finished and I put the bottle on the counter so later when he's asleep I will come down and sterilize it.
I forgot to mention but I secretly let henry be near the baby, it's good for them both to get used to each other, dogs are the best baby protectors, I might talk with them about that later.
I put him laid on my chest so he could burp, and while I was doing it, I could hear noise on the front door, they're here, should I leave the kitchen or not? I mean I need to go upstairs to put him to sleep.
I'm going to risk it, I opened the kitchen door slowly, and my feet stopped from walking.
Paul was with her on his shoulder, and she was babbling some things I couldn't understand, I'm sure I can smell the vomit from here and it's not Adam.
Paul saw me with him on my chest and smiled.
"He's sleeping?" He whispered to me from the living room.
"No, i'm waiting for him to burp so I can lay him down" I told him back, and he nodded his head in approval.
"Paul let me go! I'm fine I can walk by myself!" And then she started to kick him till he gave out and put her on her feet.
"Fine! Do you really think you can walk?!" She gave one step and fell down, my eyes were bigger than a frog, she's so stoned, but in this very moment Adam burped.
"Wait here, I'll come to help you, he just burped, let me lie him down" He just nodded, his face his shit right now.
I got upstairs, and went to the room where I will stay, it's better here, she isn't in no condition to be somewhere but her bed.
I laid him down on the crib sideways so if he throws something up, he doesn't choke; I covered him and petted his soft head with that almost no furry light hairs.
What a crazy night this has been, my boss is a drunker, my other boss is the victim and I'm in the middle literally.
"So, let's take her upstairs to bed?" I asked him when I arrived down there.
"Yes, I'm not going even to put her under the shower, I'm sorry that you're handling my problems, this shouldn't be your business"
"Don't worry about it, I'm here to help, by the way I put Adam on my room, so she can have yours, it's better for her"
"Thank you, so one, two, three" And we got her up, he's on her right side and I'm on her left one.
"Stephanie? What are you doing here?" Wendy asked me, I could smell the mix of booze and puke.
"She's doing the job you should be doing, taking care of your son" Uhhh that one was harsh.
"Shut up! You don't know what being a mother is like" Neither she knows…
"I don't, but I do know what's to be like a father, at least he has someone to lean on"
"You were the one who wanted to have a baby, consider that a gift from me to you" Oh no… She didn't say that, we were half way on the corridor and Paul stopped.
"I'm dreaming, it only can be, what did you just said!?"
"She's drunk, she doesn't know what she's saying, cut her some slack here" I'm trying to break a fight here, one that didn't start yet.
"She knows what she's saying, believe me, when she's drunk, she tells everything that goes inside her, and for her unfortunately this moment was one" She was a bad person now, to say something like this to a husband and saying it was a gift!? Like something that she bought and gave to him.
"C'mon Paul don't get mad, what about we get hot in the sheets? And give me that pleasurably time you know how to give so well?" I'm done here, I'm just going to my room and lock myself down with the baby.
"Well I think I better go to the room, and check on Adam, I think you two have something to solve up" The worst part is done, the stairs. Now he can carry her to the room.
"Go of course, but wait for me, I'm just going to lie her down, I'm not going to do shit with her" He carried her and I just turned on my right to the room.
I sat down and took a deep breath, reconsidering if I should go further with this job, I don't mind, I just don't want this to be every time the same thing over and over, I'm just a baby nanny, not a grown-up woman nanny.
I heard his door close and he approached my room and closed the door behind him and sat next to me on bed.
"First of all, again I'm sorry to put you through this, second, please don't have second thoughts about leaving this job, I promise this is going to end tomorrow" Wait, wait, wait, end?
"End? How so?"
"Me and her, I won't forgive her EVER, for what she said, I mean, it's so wrong to ask to have children after 5 years of marriage and 2 of dating? What have I done wrong?" 7 years of each other?! Damn! And he's going to throw it all away… but I understand his side, I don't think she isn't any good for him after this, and I don't want to know what she put this poor guy through all this time.
"I'm just 21 don't forget, but on my point of view, of someone who's much younger and thinks of future, if I was in your place, I would definitely want to have children and marry of course, what's the best proof of love than a baby? No matter how many gifts you receive in life, a baby is just that little bean that you created and makes part of you" He's mesmerized by my words, I feel like a guru.
"I agree 100% with you, and that was my goal, to show how much love I have for her, at the point of marrying and have children, it was always my dream having children, I'm head over heels over him? Yes, I am, because it's something I always wanted to have, but never though that for her was a favor that she was making me, you know… this broke my heart completely" I'm just standing here watching him hopeless, trying to comfort him with some positive words.
"You have the right to be head over hills for him, don't let anyone to take that from you, I guess we truly know people too late sometimes, it's the way it is, and we need to face it, even if it hurts"
"How did you become so mature like that for your age?"
"Sometimes age doesn't matter, but the experience you live along the years, I've been on my own since 16, left everything behind, my parents and my brother, to go after a dream, and I still believe I can reach it, with time"
"Wow… may I ask what's your dream?" I think he's calming down.
"Yes, I want to be a lawyer, I studied law on college, I work since 16 to pay my school, now I need money to open my own business, that's why I wanted this job, I knew it was well paid, and with some years of work and a lot of savings I will do it hopefully, it sounds like I just want the money but it's not like that, I do like to do this job"
"I understood don't worry, I think you should follow it yes… we should be happy whenever we can, I thought I had everything, now I'm sure I don't, and you know what's more fucked up? Everyone warned me about this relationship"
"You know, when you love someone you never see what the others outside see, that's what love does to you"
"How do you know how all of these things?" Right now, I'm just talking more about me than him, I don't know if he's trying to feel better with my miserable stories, so his life can seem less sad.
"Well I was victim of violence domestic at 19, I had a boyfriend that used to do violence against me both psychological and physical, all my friends wanted to report him to the cops and tried to turn my head around to be against him, which was the correct to do, but I never saw it as a bad thing because he would do that and say that it was because he loved me, makes no sense now, but I was in love and I would accept it"
"Holy shit… that's fucked up"
"Yep, then one day when I really had to be hospitalized because of how serious the injuries were, he was arrested and I had to receive psychological treatment, and today here I am, like nothing had happened, life just moves on, if you think about the past it will be an intruder in your future"
"You don't know how inspiring that is, I think we both are blind in that aspect"
"Yes, we are, but I'm not anymore, I'm good by myself, it's hard to trust someone after what happened, but then again, I don't lose hope, I believe in the destiny and when it has to happen, it will happen "
"It's totally understandable" This conversation turned out deeper than expected.
And there it is, Adam is crying.
"Let's give him some attention" Paul said starting to get up, but I stopped him.
"I'll take care of him, go and have some sleep, you need it, don't worry about me, losing nights it's not a problem"
"You're sure? I don't mind taking care of him from here" But I do saw on his face that he really wanted to go to sleep, so I took Adam from the crib and started to slowly rub his back.
"More than sure, go and try to keep things out of your mind, tomorrow is another day" This time I let him get up, and he went to kiss Adam's head.
"Goodnight my prince, I love you, and I'll never let you go" This is breaking my heart.
He walked to the door and paused.
"I own you, big!" I smiled.
"Or not, have a good night"
"You too" Ha said and went away.
Meanwhile Adam calmed down, and I decided I would let him sleep with me on the bed, so I put pillows on the other side of the bed so he wouldn't fall, my precious baby, I laid down with him near my chest, so he could find comfort, I used to do this with my cousins and they loved it, it calms them down, I know he's sensing this situation.
Paul POV
My night was so shitty, I don't want to face her but I have to.
I looked at the clock, and it's 10AM, and there's no noise around, around this time this time or even earlier Adam would be crying already.
I got up, and I was just with some shorts on, I slept on one of the guest room, getting near her it was a big no yesterday, I just want to take my breakfast and get done with this all.
I left the room and I saw Stephanie standing up on her pajamas, leaving the bathroom, I smiled to her and her eyes grew and she covered them as soon as she saw me, so I decided to play with her.
"Good morning, Stephanie, how did you sleep?"
"Good morning Mr. Levesque, I slept good and you?" She asked still with her eyes covered.
"Like shit honestly, can I ask something?"
"Of course!"
"Why did you covered your eyes and why you're calling me Mr.?" I chuckled.
"Because you're semi undressed and because you're my boss"
"Well cut that off because you can call me Paul, my name, and you don't need to cover your eyes, I walk around like this a lot so you will see me frequently this way, if you're not comfortable I can wear something" Her innocence set's something on my cells. Weird.
"I'm ok with it, I'm not just used to it, but I can be, I learn fast" She uncovered her eyes and actually looked at me.
"See? Isn't it better like that? Or am I that ugly?" I saw her looking me head to toe, and getting with her cheeks redder than a tomato.
"I'm not sure if I should have an answer to that" There she is again… being innocent.
"I'm joking with you, if you get used to me being playful would be great because I am a lot, even if yesterday it didn't seemed but that was another situation, and that said I will need to take care of it" But of course not before of knowing if my baby is alright.
"How's my baby? Did he give you a hard time?"
"Well I figured out a way of putting through sleep faster by singing, I have his approval to go to the voice" Oh look's who's funny as well.
"He's a good judge believe me, I will meet him after my conversation with Wendy, if that's ok"
"He's your baby so of course" She chuckled.
"I'm relieved I have your approval; I was afraid of you saying no" She laughed really hard now.
"What did I get into" and she chook her head.
"Don't worry, you're in for good things" And I passed by her to my room so I could talk to Wendy.
Opening the door, she was all spread out naked sleeping like a rock, I don't know how she did it but I didn't undressed her yesterday, and in other occasions this would turn me on, but in this one, knowing what she said to me and done yesterday I have everything but lust for this woman.
I reached the bed and shook her.
"Wendy wake up, we need to talk" And nothing.
"Wendy get up!" I shook her faster and talked louder. And still nothing, but she will wake up the old way.
I went to the bathroom, turned the cold water on, and I filled up an empty vase that was there.
I went back on to the bedroom and I threw it on her. And how it worked! She jumped like crazy.
"What the fuck!" She said looking up to see me there standing.
"Though you'd never wake up" I said to her coldly.
"If you wanted some, you just had to wake me up filling me up, it would be a better awaking" She said really mad but at the same time spreading all out in bed.
"Do you think I'm with the face of wanting to get some?" She must be nuts if she doesn't see that I'm pissed.
"Well no, but we could change that…" She started to rub her pussy with her left hand and I really don't want to see anymore.
"Stop! No, we can't, I want to talk to you, so please stop"
"After, c'mon let's get down with business" she's pissing me off more than yesterday, her childish behavior.
"No, It's not after, it's now!" I yelled and that's where she fully woke up.
"Calm down…"
"I don't calm down; can't you see that everything isn't fine? Do you have the notion of what happened yesterday?"
"Yes, I got carried away on drinking and partying but I missed those lady nights, but it won't happen so soon, so I'm sorry" She got up, and wanted to hug me and I backed away.
"No, don't get close to me, you're filthy, you don't know what you've got me through yesterday, I know you don't remember shit, so that's why I'm here to tell you, some of your friends called me saying you couldn't even walk, so what did I had to do? Had to pick you up from the club" She was looking me normalized like it was the most natural thing ever.
"So? It's supposed to spouses to back each other's backs when they need"
"So!? I'll tell you, so, I was alone with Adam, and I had to pick you up, now tell me if I didn't have a problem, luckily we hired Stephanie not even 24 hours before and I called her for her to see him for me, now tell me if that's something that she would have to do it, if you had stayed home, where you never shouldn't ever leave"
"You could leave him alone for minutes, you didn't have to bother her"
"Are you out of your mind?! Leaving a 3 months child alone?!" I backed away even more away from her, she's not the person I used to know.
"It's not like we spend times here that he doesn't cry and he's sleeping"
"You can shut up right now, before I do something I shouldn't, again!"
"Fuck Paul! Stop with that!" She said throwing her arms in the air.
"With that what?! You don't think I'm right?!" The booze might still be on her system because she can't be serious, I refuse to accept her like this.
"With the baby fever! Have you seen, this past 3 months you haven't do nothing but pay more attention to the baby than me? Only talk about him, it's Adam this, Adam that, my baby boy this, my baby boy that, like stop for a second! Yes, we had a baby, I understand that, it came out of me, but there's life outside too"
"Are you jealous of your own child? Seriously? I can tell you why you're like that, because you don't love him like I do! If you would love him, you were different, I don't have a baby fever, I'm just a proud dad, like any parent who loved their children is"
"And what If I don't like him as much? You're the one who wanted this child so bad!"
"If you didn't want to have one, why didn't you tell me?" I ran out of strength to yell, this is the worse thing, she's confirming again today, what she said to me while she was drunk is true.
"Because you were telling me all the time how you wanted a child and it's been 7 years and still, we didn't have any, so I was like, fine! Let's do it!
"You're a horrible person, they really were right! You suck!"
"They who? Your suburb friends and family? They are the ones that suck!" Not even bothering to hide that either.
"Get out of my house! Yes, my house! The one I paid for and one more thing… Adam stays, and don't you even dare wanting to go to court, you'll be so screwed at the point of not even seeing him, which is a nice idea, I don't trust him with you a bit!"
"Whatever you want, but the court… you bet your ass I'll go! He's my son too, even if I don't like him as you do! I can have some money from it!" This bitch.
I walked close to her and pointed a finger at her, one inch from her face.
"Don't. You. Dare. To use my son as a money pot for your benefit, you're going to regret this so much, you don't know what's going to come out for you, I'll be waiting for the notification from your lawyer, now get all of your shit on suitcases, and bail out" I stormed out from my room and knocked on Stephanie's , I need some shoulder to cry right now, I'm a man I know , but even man have limits.
She opened the door, and the only thing that I did was hugging her and backing her up to the bed till she sat down and I cried on her shoulder.
"Hum… Paul?" She's confused as she should be.
"I'm*sniff* sorry, I just need a *sniff* shoulder to cry"
"Sure… I'm here to help in anything you need" I feel better that she's giving me time to deal with this.
After 1 hour I heard the suitcases going downstairs, that means she left already, and I finally let go of Stephanie.
The room was silent, then she broke the silence.
"Sooo, I guess it's over?"
"After her saying she didn't want a child, that I should have left him alone to pick her drunk ass up yesterday and she wants to go to court to get money from me using the baby, I think it sums up my fight with her, and the divorce" She couldn't believe.
"She's crazy let me tell you, I mean she's not my boss anymore so I can express myself, but there's not a human thing to do, what have you got yourself into these 7 years… damn"
"You can say it, I'm not strong enough to handle this thing" She got up and picked up a sleeping Adam.
"Here. Hold him for as long as you want, you need it" She handed me him, and I looked at that angel face sleeping peacefully, he reminds me of me so much, he doesn't look like Wendy at all and I'm happy for that, very much so!
"There's no better way of calming me down yes"
"See? I know how to do things" She chuckled.
"Yes, you do" And now the thoughts hit me! I'm going to be alone with him from now on, no help, no nothing. What am I going to do to my life?
"Or not… I can see you panicking, what's the matter?"
"I'm going to be a single parent, no help, no milk for him, when I'll be away there's no one to take care of him, what am I going to do?!" I got up pacing back and forth slowly because of him but still didn't stopped me from panicking.
"First I'm here, can help you with everything you need as I said, second, we can buy formula for him to drink"
"Yes, you're in the days I'm out, which they're a lot sometimes, then I need help the days I'm home because I can't manage everything alone"
"Then I'll be here as well, Paul I wasn't joking when I said I'm available whenever you wanted" I'm just going to ask something crazy but it's the best right now for both, for me to have help permanently and for her not going all back in for every day.
"Stephanie… what would you say if I asked you to move in with me? I mean… you would be always here as I needed, and you would save a lot on uber rides, you would still have your day off's, but this would be your permanent house, you have your room here…"
"Let me sit down and take everything in" She sat looking at me, man I'm nervous.
"I can look for someone else if you don't want to stay here besides your work deal, the one we done to you, but I was asking you, because I trust you, you've been nothing but a great person" I tried to explain deeper so she could think better.
"I… Paul I understand your side, and I would stay here gladly, but I have my apartment, my life, I know it's not far from here but still…"
"Please Stephanie, at least think about it…" Something about her gets into me, maybe her way of being, and her innocence, damn her innocence…
"Okay… I'll sleep on it and let me know when you want an answer" At least she's going to think about it, but I feel like I'm doing pression on her.
"By after tomorrow? Because after that I'm going to start to work already" She nodded.
"Sure, you'll have the answer these days" She got up and stick her arms out.
"You can give me him, you need to have a good day of sleep"
"No, I'll keep him this time, I'll handle everything" She looked me not believing.
"You sure?"
"Yes, if I need help, I promise to ask you for help" She's going to start her day here already so I have her close.
"That's better, see you around" She picked her necessaire and went outside to the bathroom.
I need to call my mom; she's going to be thrilled about this news…