The Nanny

The Walk

Nothing was worse than watching someone you love unhappy.

It hurt me not to be able to fix this instantly for her, as it was I was already doing everything in my power to help.

It had been four days since Mark and his awful wife, Layla, had been here threatening legal action and there had yet to be any follow through but I wasn't stupid enough to think this was over.

As for Aria, she wouldn't let Jamie out of her sight. It was like she was scared that if she left his side for a moment he would vanish. That even applied when he was asleep which meant all four of us, Darcy, Jamie, Aria and I, snuggled tightly into my bed because as much as Aria wanted Jamie in her sight I wanted her in mine.

And at night when she thought everyone was asleep, I would hear her cry. That really broke my heart because I knew how scared she was and there was nothing more I could do besides prepare for the storm coming our way.

"How is she?" My mum asked as she walked through the door grabbing my attention away from my deep thoughts about how I could fix this.

All I could do was sigh as I ran my hand over my face.

I hated this.

Honestly, I wanted nothing more than to hunt Mark down and beat some sense into him.

There was no one in the world that would love Jamie more than Aria. No better place for him then with a mother that sacrificed her entire life for him. A woman that had so much love to give she managed to shower her son with it and still have some left to share with my own daughter. A woman that was much better than Mark or his snobbish wife.

It killed me to see Aria in so much agony from her biggest fear coming to life and if I could make Mark feel even a bit of that agony in the physical sense then I was all for it.

"She hasn't let Jamie out of her sight. It's like she's scared if her eyes aren't on him he'll disappear." I finally managed to say as I glanced up the stairs where I knew Aria was with the children.

"Can you blame her?" Mum said as she rubbed my back, clearly she could see that this was taking a toll on me as well. But I knew she could also greatly relate to Aria in this moment. It was one of those mother things they shared.

"How is the whole media circus?"

That was quite another thing adding stress into our lives.

Although things had settles a bit, speculations had begun to circle from the brief spat the pap's saw when Mark and Layla had made an appearance on my doorstep.

I couldn't be bothered at the moment to worry about that but I aware that PR had spun some story to it.

I looked at my mother with tired eyes and raised eyebrows and just sighed shaking my head.

"Oh Harry." She pulled me into a hug letting me relax into her arms as I let the heave weight that had been resting on my shoulder drop for a split second.

I was just so... scared.

"I have waited so long to find someone like Aria." I nuzzled my face into my mother's neck and squeezed my eyes tight. "She's still here but at the same time she's so far away. If she loses Jamie... I don't think..."

Mum silenced me with a kiss to my forehead. It reminded me of when I was young and she would kiss me to soothe me when I was afraid.

I suppose that is exactly the case now too.

When she pulled away from me she smiled that always reassuring mother smile that she had perfected long ago. "Aria is a wonderful mother and with your help she isn't going to loss that beautiful baby boy. You just need to have faith that everything will work out."