Just a few days left before starting at the Treaty and Law Departnt on March 1st, although Sienna Thornton moved back to Simon Forrester’s apartnt, she promised Auntie King she would co to care for linda Linton, so she would only arrive on the last day of February. Therefore, during those days, Sienna stayed at linda’s place during the day to accompany her and only returned to the apartnt when Jenna Raines finished work in the evening.
After returning for a few days, Sienna ran into Jenna a few tis. Compared to her aggressive deanor at the hospital last ti, Jenna was back to her usual sweet self this ti. Sienna guessed that Jenna was either afraid of being kicked out or because linda was taken away and she no longer had the chance to get money from linda, so she had to bow to reality.
Actually, Sienna could guess that most of the thirty thousand yuan she gave linda as pocket money each month was swindled away by Jenna. linda loved her youngest daughter, and as the youngest daughter was the one accompanying her now, plus Jenna was cunning and sweet-talking, it was inevitable that if there was any money with linda, it would be coaxed away.
In the past, Sienna earned a lot, so she didn’t mind. Seeing Jenna taking good care of linda, she turned a blind eye to Jenna’s swindling money from linda. But now that Sienna went to work at the Treaty and Law Departnt, her inco wasn’t as much as when she was a lawyer, so she explained the current situation to linda, planning to reduce linda’s pocket money from thirty thousand yuan to ten thousand yuan a month.
linda was a reasonable person. Upon hearing that Sienna currently had to pay for her own caregiving fees, living expenses, and mortgage, which altogether far exceeded Sienna’s salary, she understood the difficulties her eldest daughter faced and insisted on not even keeping the ten thousand yuan pocket money per month.
The elderly lady didn’t know that Sienna had saved so money and also didn’t know Simon’s earning capability, therefore she worried a lot over this matter.
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On the last day of February, Jenna had the day off, and Sienna was waiting for Auntie King at her apartnt in the morning.
Two and a half years ago, Auntie King had cared for Sienna for three weeks at Simon’s place, so she was quite familiar with it. Hence, Sienna arranged to et her directly at the apartnt to discuss matters before taking her to linda’s place.
A little past ten o’clock, Auntie King arrived. At the sight of Sienna opening the door, she imdiately praised sweetly, "Oh, Lawyer Thornton! It’s been two years! You look even more beautiful!"
Sienna smiled and quickly invited her in.
Once inside, Auntie King familiarly opened the shoe cabinet to take out slippers. Seeing a pair of n’s cotton slippers neatly placed in front of the shoe cabinet, she glanced around the house and cheerfully asked, "Did Mr. Forrester go to work?"
Sienna nodded, "He left for the office at eight thirty." Saying this, she invited Auntie King to make herself comfortable while she went to the bar to pour two glasses of juice.
However, Auntie King didn’t directly sit in the living room; instead, she went around looking at everything familiarly. Seeing that the guest room where she used to sleep was still the sa, she stood at the door reminiscing, "Ah, Mr. Forrester’s place is still my favorite. You and Mr. Forrester are very good people, and you treat caregivers well. If not for what happened back then, I would have wanted to work in your household for the rest of my life."
Sienna carried the juice to the living room, "Auntie, co have a seat."
"Sure thing!" Auntie King moved from the guest room to the living room and sat down, then asked, "Have you and Mr. Forrester gotten married?"
"Hmm?" Sienna found it amusing, as she hadn’t actually ntioned her and Simon Forrester’s relationship to Auntie King, yet wasn’t surprised that she almost guessed it right.
Auntie King took a sip of juice with an expression that said nothing could escape her attentive eyes, "Back when you had just been discharged from the hospital with a fracture, living in your own apartnt, and making a fuss every night with Mr. Forrester, I thought Mr. Forrester was your husband at that ti."
Sienna shook her head, "I don’t quite get it."
"Then I found out that Mr. Forrester wasn’t married to you, and I thought, Mr. Forrester must like you a lot! If he didn’t like you, since he’s not your husband, how could he put up with you making such a fuss?! I have worked as a caregiver for more than thirty years and have seen so many people. I’m definitely not wrong! So when you asked to co directly to Mr. Forrester’s place to discuss things that day, I thought you must be Mrs. Forrester by now!"
Auntie King was as talkative as ever, speaking in a lively manner, complete with gestures, and she talked with great enthusiasm. This gave Sienna a ti-travel feeling, as if it was still two and a half years ago when she was staying at Simon’s place because of her injured leg.
Sienna found it amusing yet exasperating, "I and Mr. Forrester haven’t married yet, but it’s soon."
"See, I was right!" Auntie King was extrely pleased, "Congratulations, Lawyer Thornton! Mr. Forrester is a good man!"
Sienna nodded, took a sip of juice, and from the drawer under the coffee table, she pulled out two labor agreents and a pen, getting straight to the point without beating around the bush, "Auntie, as we discussed on the phone the other day, I want you to take care of my mother this ti. Just like when you were taking care of , 24-hour care, apart from responding to my mother’s requests, you’ll need to cook three als a day, help with my mother’s laundry, all that."
Auntie King asked, "What’s your mother’s physical condition now?"
"She had heart surgery a month ago, so she’s still pretty weak and should stay in bed as much as possible until May."
"Can she get out of bed and walk?"
"She can, but she needs soone to support her."
Auntie King understood and asked, "What about the household chores, who will do them?"
"I’ve already arranged for a part-ti worker; they’ll co every morning from eight to eleven to clean for three hours. You can take this ti to go to the nearby market for grocery shopping or buy other daily necessities. Keep a record of the money spent on groceries, and I will settle it with you once a week."
Sienna’s arrangents were quite comprehensive. Auntie King was full of admiration and sighed, "Your mother is really fortunate! Having a filial daughter like you! If my daughter and son were half as sensible as you are, I wouldn’t have to work so hard as a caregiver! I married young, both my kids are almost thirty. My daughter is at ho taking care of her child, and my son only has a bachelor’s degree, he couldn’t find a high-level or low-level job, and for the past two years, he hasn’t gone to work at all, counting on to send money back for his als every month! Ah..."
Auntie King poured out her grievances like she was venting, talking to Sienna nonstop for an hour.
Indeed, every family has its own difficulties, and Sienna felt a bit saddened listening to this. She knew Auntie King didn’t have anyone else to confide in, which is why she was saying all this to her, so she didn’t interrupt.
She knew Auntie King was a genuinely nice person and had always treated her well, which is why she persuaded Auntie King, who had been working as a caregiver for another family for over a year, to co back to help her this ti.
And Auntie King had actually missed Sienna and Simon over these two years, knowing they were good people, so when Sienna called, Auntie King didn’t even ask about the pay and imdiately agreed to quit her job elsewhere and co over after February.
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