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Lena smashed her phone against the wall and just watched as the screen cracked.She was a possessed woman and the incoming messages weren’t helping.
Today marked six months since her ex wife, Elise Jaccques, had asked for a divorce, leaving her and their children. It’s not that Lena didn’t want the divorce, she did, she wanted to be free of the blonde materialistic woman, but she had always put the happiness of her girls above everything else. It seems it was too much to expect the same from Elise. They had two girls, Luna is eight years old and Livia is only five.
In those six months her life was a living hell, all of it had been turned upside down. She knew, with all her being why… She knew she was no longer able to connect with her daughters and to be honest, all the confusion following the divorce didn’t leave much time for her to even try. Along with the fact that the girls seem to hate every single nanny Lena has tried to hire, driving them to quit.m
Sometimes she feels like she’s in one of those Lindsay Lohan movies but then reality comes crashing down and she feels sorry for herself.
Hence the broken phone, she had tried to text Elise, their common friend Jack had told her that Elise was going back to her country France. Then on a tour of Europe for her art exhibit, she is an artist who paints and sculpts. Lena had difficulties accepting that, after all the bull shit she had to swallow from Elise to keep their family together. The woman would just wake up one day and leave for Europe, as if she didn’t have two daughters that would miss her.
It seemed that none of that mattered now. Lena would just have to “suck it up and take care of the girls for once.” as the woman had said in her text.
She doesn’t regret breaking her phone after reading that.
Pressing the phone on her desk she called for her secretary, “Jess.”
“Mrs Luthor” Jess was a good assistant “Do you need anything?”
“Please get Samantha Arias on the line.” She didn’t know her friend’s number by heart but Jess had it in Lena’s contacts file or something “Also send someone from the tech department up to collect and fix my phone, it’s broken.”
“Yes, Mrs Luthor” She waited a few seconds for Jess to pass the call “Samantha Arias on line two”
“Thank you, Jess” Lena sighed as she pressed line two on the phone, hearing the call ring as soon as she did.
“Hello” Sam sounded concerned, she had seen the caller ID from Lcorp and not Lena’s personal number. That could mean she was in trouble “Lena?”
“Sam” Lena said “No need to be alarm, just had a problem with my iphone.”
“Thank God!” She heard a laugh “I thought something was wrong.”
“Actuality, there is.” Lena bit her lip, she wasn’t a woman that liked to ask for favors “I was wondering if you would be able to pick the girls up from school today? I just don’t trust Veronica to take them straight home, she would stop at some store with them and they are currently grounded.” Veronica was one of her oldest friends and Luna’s godmother but Samantha was her most trusted friend and Liv’s godmother.
“Of course I’ll get them” Sam agreed quickly “Did they scare off another nanny?”
“Yes” Lena let out a tired sigh “I don’t know what to do anymore about Luna. I just don’t have the answers.”
“She’ll understand someday.” Samantha calmly assured her “I’m sure of that.”
“I hope so.” Lena wasn’t that confident “Thank you Sam, now I just have to find another nanny agency”
“Lena…” Sam hesitated “I may be able to help with that. I know someone, my friend’s sister has experience with children.”
“Is she trustworthy?” Lena narrowed her eyes as she thought, the good thing about hiring from an agency is that everyone went through a very rigorous examination, background check, drug screen and psychological evaluation, could a stranger have the same qualifications?
“Yes” Sam promised and Lena decided to trust her, what else could she do?
“Do you want her number?” Sam asked.
“What is her full name?” Lena asked quickly, grabbing a piece of paper and a pen. She's going to send that to her law department and ask for a quick background check.
"Kara Danvers"
"Ok" Lena wrote it down “Tell her to come to my office tomorrow at two pm and tell her not to be late.”
“Yes ma’am” Sam laughed “I’m going to go pick the girls now. Do you want me to stay with them until you get home?”
“Yes. You’re my savior, Samantha Arias” Lena said with a hints of smile in her voice “Thank you”
Sam put down her phone and looked at her lunch companion. Kara was looking at her like she was crazy, completely surprised by the conversation she just overheard.
“Sam, have you lost your mind?” She murmured in the middle of the restaurant they were in “Experience with children? Writing a thesis is hardly considered experience.”
“Kara, five minutes ago you were complaining that you needed a job, that you’ve finished university but didn’t know if you wanted to pursue a career in line with your masters.”
"But a nanny?” She was in shock “I am a child psychologist not a supernanny”
“Your degree makes you even more perfect” She shrugged “Plus Lena pays very well and to be honest Kara, I think you’re a good fit for those girls.” She sighed “They’ve been through a lot and a little Danvers normal wouldn’t hurt.”
"The kids need me? That’s what you’re going with?” Kara asked with doubt in her voice. She didn’t have a good feeling about lying.
"Not just the kids.” Sam laughed and Kara just looked at her annoyed, now she was doing it on purpose.
Kara didn’t know if she should thank her or leave but what else could she do? She had no choice, she needed a job.
Like Sam said, maybe it would be good or maybe it would be bad. She would only know if she tried.
“I’m going to the interview.” Kara sighed defeated “But I won’t promise anything else.”
“Perfect” Sam smiled and stole one of her potatoes.
“Hey!” Kara complained “Eat your own food.”
“I’m saving it for Alex” Sam shrugged and Kara laughed. Yes, Sam’s crush on her sister was a little pathetic and cute. If Alex wasn’t so into Maggie she would’ve said something to Alex by now.
“She’s still at the hospital.” Kara said. Alex is a resident at the National City Hospital and it left her with a crazy schedule, sometimes she missed dinner or lunch. Kara had learned not to wait for her to eat or she would starve.
“I can’t wait long.” Sam sighed “I have to go pick the girls at school.”
“So The kids go to school in the morning then.” Kara asserted to herself, Sam agreed. They kept on talking about everything while waiting for Alex.
Kara was going to give it a shot, who knows? Maybe it would be good for her and besides what harm could two little girls do?