The Nanny

Chapter 4

Summer turned into fall.

Fall to winter.

And me and Ethan were still going out and I still had my job looking after Max and life was going great.

 I stumbled across the library one day looking for a picture book for Max and found old year books which I assumed were Mr. Johnson’s, so when Max was looking at the pictures in a Little Critter book I was looking at them. Some were from a small school in Calgary and then there was one that was auburn with gold print that caught my eye.

This looks like one I have?

I picked up the book and started flipping through it and saw a pictures upon pictures of when I was in high school and I looked on the back inside cover and saw a note written on it

Dear, Michael

I can’t believe we’re graduating this year and together 

I thought I wasn’t going to make it, but with that late night “studying” in your basement I managed to pull through in the end.

I really just wanna say thank you and that I love you more than I love Kraft Dinner and Ketchup cause you know I really love my K.D. and my Ketchup, YUM...

Anyways never ever change, stay my Peter Pan forever

and I’ll be your Wendy <3

Love forever and always,

Lilly

Then pictures of prom fall out

 I remembered that dress, it was so pretty, I think I still have it. I was going to give it to my first daughter, but now I have to get another for the other since I have two. Maybe I can call up Cathy and ask her if she still has hers, when the time comes I’ll get back in touch with her but I can’t face her, I felt so embarrassed when I found out I was pregnant that I refused to leave the house and return her calls, she must hate me now, and my parents too. All I did was leave them a pathetic note saying that I was moving in with Jessica and never coming back, my little brother is probably all grown up now with a family of his own too.

Then I wondered why Mr. Johnson had my prom pictures and a copy of my yearbook unless...

 YES IT MUST BE HIM, it has to be...

As I was trying to figure out, Max screamed and I threw the book into a drawer.

“Daddy your home!” he ran to Mr. Johnson and jumped up into his arms.

“Yeah buddy I’m home, Hello Miss Eliot.”

“Hi” I couldn’t look him in the eyes after what I had just found out.

“Why don’t you go find that book with all the fairy tales in it, I’m sure Miss Eliot would love to here some?” 

“Ok Daddy.” Max said jumping down and running out the door.

“ Miss Eliot I’ve meaning to talk to you about something...” he started walking up to me sat down next to me on the hard wooden bench “Miss Eliot, you have a great connection with my son and he talks about you all the time, he really looks up to you... and I never actually been around enough to see him grow up, it seems like only yesterday he was just a baby, but now he’s 5 and I’ve missed all of it, and I’d just like to say ... thank you, thank you for being there for him like I never am, just thank you.” He says 

“I’m just glad I can help...” I start as he gets up “And I have to ask you something too...” I say reaching for the yearbook “Who is this girl?”

“Oh, that’s my high school girlfriend, Lilly, she was the most beautiful woman I’d ever seen, she was my friend when I knew nobody and stuck with me when my dad got sick, and she would always come over with grease all over her jeans and hands when she was working on her old cars, she was just so much different than all the other girls in a good way, she was perfect.”

“And what happened?”

“ Um she left and never came back after I went to school, I never saw her again, sometimes I think about her, think what would of happened if I married her like I’d planed to after I was done of summer school, but I never got to ask her, she was already gone... I’m sorry Miss Eliot for piling this on you, I just feel that I can trust you more than anyone right now, you seem so familiar to me ... I know that sounds silly...” he put his hand behind his neck rubbing it embarrassed

“No its not silly at all, Mr Johnson I ...”

“Please call me Michael.”

“Michael, I..” how could I tell him that I was her that I was his Wendy? I guess I better not tell him for his sake and for his new family.

“Um I’m taking my daughters out shopping tomorrow, do you need anything that I could get you?”

“Um maybe some more beer or wine or something, but here treat yourself to something nice as well.” he smiled and gave me a check, got up, and walked out of the room.

 I got up to go to my room, but noticed something white on the bench . I picked it up, it was a envelope with my name on it. I opened it carefully, the paper inside  was yellowed and crinkled. This is what was on it...

Dear Lilly,

Where do I start? Um well I came back from summer school and you where gone. Where are you!? I went everywhere looking for you, mom said you ran off with some football player. Is this true? Better not be Carter!!! I hate that dick, but anyways I just need to say I miss you and I need you, but I guess my Wendy finally flew with out her Peter Pan :}( 

Forever and always yours,

Michael 

I can’t believe this, oh my gosh, this just confirmed everything,!