Not Just The BabySitter

Prologue

The phone rings, repeatedly before a woman picks it up. "Hello? Dimitrescu Wine and spirits. This is Rebecca, how may I help you?" She said, looking over her paperwork. "Okay, just wait a minute. I'll transfer you now." She says pressing a couple of buttons and then a pa com. Another woman sat in her office and had a plaque standee that said C.E.O. on her desk.

"Yes, Rebecca?" The woman says in her velvety voice. "I have your babysitter on line one she says it's important. Rebecca can hear her groan in annoyance from behind her CEO's shut door. She picks up the phone. "Hello, Lillian. What seems to be the issue?" She asks, her voice soft and elegant.

"Cassandra did what? What do you mean Daniela threw a book at you? I-wait what do you mean you can't find Bela?"

Rebecca walks in looking at her boss. Who's staring at her daughters in the picture frame on her desk. Rebecca looks worried as she watches her boss become flustered. " Wait, don't quit. Just wait until I get home. I'll sort them out. I promise just don-!"

The babysitter hung up. She stared at her phone in shock and hung it up. She sighed heavily running her hands through her hair, gently pulling on the curls as they sprang back into place. "Ms. Dimitrescu?" Rebecca asked her. "Please Rebecca you can call me Alcina." She says sighing standing up from her desk and over to her shelf. Alcina takes out a wine glass and her signature wine and pours a glass.

"Right Alcina....what happened this time?" She says watching Alcina take a gulp of her wine. " Cassandra put fang in the babysitter's hair. Daniela threw a book at her, and now has a black eye." Alcina said taking another gulp. "And Bela is off playing ninja in the house." She adds.

"Fang?" Rebecca repeats. "Cassandra's pet tarantula. " Alcina says regretting the purchase but it made her daughter happy. "How old is she?" She asked. "Cassandra is six. Out of all the pets she could have, she chose a spider." Alcina said finishing the last of her wine and putting it all away. " But I digress, my baby is happy and nothing could ever replace fang in her eyes." She chuckles. "Do you want me to call off the meeting you have today?" She asks wryly pushing up her glasses to the bridge of her nose. "Please. My children are just as important as running this company." Alcina sighs heavily. Rebecca gives a nod and closes the door.

" I, Alcina Dimitrescu. Run a multi-billion dollar winery. But I can't seem to hold down at least ONE babysitter. She says to herself. Alcina grabs her keys, and jacket, and locks her office door. She bids Rebecca a good night and goes home to her little demons.

Dimitrescu House. 6:00pm

Alcina unlocks the door with a heavy sigh. "At least the house isn't trashed." She told herself feeling a little hopeful about the situation."Mommy is home!" A little girl cried running towards the front door. Alcina heard little rapid footsteps approaching, quickly followed by two more sets of little feet. She sees her little girls run towards her, she kneels down and stretches her arms out wide to embrace them all.

"Hello, my little sweet batlings. Oh, how I've missed you." She says laughing and kissing each one on their foreheads lovingly. "We missed you too mommy!" They said in unison. Alcina rises with her three in her arms. She uses her heel to shut the door behind her. Alcina's heels clicked on the marble floor as she walked into the living room. She set her children down on the large sofa couch and sat herself down next to them.

"How was work mommy?" The raven-haired child said, their bright steel blue eyes. Alcina leaned back put on a brave face and smiled sweetly. "It was good until my little batlings became naughty."

She watches her three looking at each other and pouts in her direction. "No, no no. Girls this is the tenth one this month. Do you know how hard it is to find a babysitter to look after you three while mommy is at work?" She asks them. " But but mommy! She was so mean! She didn't read my favorite book!" Alcina's daughter whined to her. "Yeah, and then she didn't want to play hide and seek with Bela but she hid anyway!" Her little red-headed child chimed in. Her olive green eyes shimmered with adorable rage behind them.