Aurora had already set some ground rules with the nanny: absolutely no taking Elijah to deserted areas, period.

She was so swamped with stuff at the art studio most days, she couldn't really spend as much time with her son as she'd like. So, she figured the best thing she could do was try to head off any potentially dangerous situations before they even started.

"Okay, good! If you ever feel like it's too much to handle Elijah on your own, I can always hire a security guard to help out," Aurora offered.

"That won't be necessary right now. But if I do need help, I'll let you know," the nanny replied.

Aurora nodded, though her gaze drifted out the window to the big house across the street that was still under renovation.

She thought to herself that when the new neighbors finally moved in, she should probably be the first to go over and say hi.

After all, as the old saying goes, "Good fences make good neighbors." Aurora always believed it was important to have a good relationship with the folks next door.

...

it—she'd been stuck in bed for days! What she'd thought

face. "Felicity, maybe we should

out at dawn, signing whatever documents absolutely needed his attention

go to the

If you said the wrong thing, she'd get all teary-eyed, blinking up at you with

her gently into a hug, rubbing her back. "Okay, okay, we don't have to go. How about I get the doctor to come here, just to take some blood and run some tests?

want to get poked. Needles hurt..."

her forehead and giving her a light tap. "Don't be silly! Come on, just a quick pinch, and then I'll stop

thought for a

call the doctor. Not long after, Dorothy showed up,

feeling rough?" Dorothy asked the second

looking more exhausted than Felicity by now. There were dark

get the doctor in there pronto!" Dorothy said, ushering the doctor

rolled up her sleeves and prepared the supplies, Felicity piped up, "Ms.

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