Danielle Harris (19) is mother to her daughter Finley (1). She works as a secretary at a lawfirm in Newyork. Fallon Jones (25) is the boss of said lawfirm. She couldn't care less about her workers until she meets a certain secretary's child.
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"What do you mean you can't babysit?" I shout down the phone. "I'm sorry mrs Harris-" The babysitter steph starts to say. "Its miss..and its fine..ill just..have to figure something else out." I say before hanging up.
Things have been tougher in the last 9 months. When my daughter Finley was 3 months old her father was killed. He was into the drug dealing buisness and was killed since he didn't pay up. We married when we were 17 since we thought it was true love. I got pregnant a few months after.
I pick up finley and I pass her an apple slice. We get in my car and I drive to work. I tried calling in sick but I didnt have a valid excuse. No one at work knows I have a baby. I've only worked there for 5ish months and the boss doesn't really pay attention to anyone.
I manage to sneak Finley into my office and I sit her under my desk with a packet of chocolate buttons. My buzzer goes off to signal im needed in the bosses office. "Stay here fin..ill be back in 2 seconds" I say as i get up.
I walk into the bosses office after knocking on the door. I stare at the woman as she looks at her laptop screen. She has a glass of red wine in her hand which she takes a sip of every few seconds. Her black hair is pushes back behind one ear and she has a black suit on.
"I need you to do some files for me..oh and-" She stops talking and her eyes trail down to the space next to me. "Whos child is that?" She says. My heart stops. I look down at finley whos stood next to me chomping on her chocolate. She looks up at me with a grin on her face and puts her arms up "up mama".
I sigh and pick her up. "You have a daughter?...and why is she here?" Ms Jones asks. "I'm so sorry Ms Jones.. I.. couldn't get a babysitter and our usual one couldn't watch her..a..and I had no other choice but to bring her with me" I say as I avoid eye contact.
"How old is she?...You look too young to have a child" she says as she puts her wine down. My face reddens as I get more embarrassed "I.. im 19 ma'am..I had her just before I turned 18..shes 1..t..this won't happen again I promise..".
Finley starts wriggling in my arms for me to put her down. I do as she wants and before I manage to grab her hand she sprints for Ms Jones desk. I watch as my daughter takes her chocolate covered hands and puts then on my bosses knee as she tries to climb up onto her.
"No finley-..." I say as I rush over. By the time I've got over ms Jones has helped my baby onto her lap and is feeding her chocolate buttons. I look down at the chocolate hand that fin left on her knee and I sigh. "Its fine..ill watch her whilst you work.." I stare in shock as she says this.
"Are you sure ma'am?" I ask her. I walk over to finley and I try to pick her up off Ms Jones. I move away quickly when she starts screaming and wraps her little arms around Ms Jones neck. "I think she already chose.. Call me in if she needs anything" I say before walking out.
__________ Fallon
After an hour of finley being sat with me she falls asleep. I lay her on the sofa in my office and I put my blazer over her. I smile when she smiles in her sleep.
Why didn't I know my secretary had a kid? I look her up in the system and I find her file.
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Thats all it says about her? Why did we even hire her with so little information? It was probably because she did well in school. I sigh and I close the tab on the computer.
Danielle is a beautiful girl. She always dresses professionally and she caught my eye when she first arrived. I could stare at her face for the rest of my life and I wouldn't care about anything else. And her voice. You can tell when she's tired because of her voice being raspy and her eyes drooping.
The door opens and im pulled out of my thoughts. My face lightens up when I spot a tired Danielle infront of my desk. She looks over to finley then back at me "I just..came to get her..". I point to a chair on the other side of my desk and she sits down.
"Wheres her father?" I ask. She looks down at her hands and I notice them shaking a bit. "He..uh..works from early in the morning..I would have got my sister to have her but she was out with her boyfriend of the week.." she says. I look at her and nod slowly.
I watch as she says goodnight then picks finley up. They leave the building and I watch them drive off out the window. Shes hiding something and I want to know what..
