Jessica laughed as she spread jam on her toast.“I’m going to take this upstairs.I’ll bring down the dishes.”
Lucie rolled her eyes.“Dear, that’s why we have Addy.”
Jessica bit her lip to keep from laughing.“I’ll do better.”
Lucie snorted and mumbled under her breath.
“What did you say?”Jessica asked.
“Nothing.”
Jessica had to bite her tongue until she got to the second floor to chuckle.She stopped abruptly when she realized she’d not be able to see Lucie or Addy again, and her chipper mood faded.They’d been more of a family for her than her real one.
Those people she wanted with her, but Gideon might already have a cook and maid.She’d ask him when she called him in a bit.
Jessica picked up the house phone and called down to the kitchen.
“Yes, miss,” Addy said.
“Is my father or sister here?”
“Not your father, miss.He’s golfing all day, and your sister is leaving shortly on a shopping trip and will be gone the rest of the day.Is there anything I can do for you?”
“Yes, I’ll explain everything to you and Lucie later, but I need some boxes and tape brought to my room, and I don’t want my family seeing them.”
“I can wait until Miss Bambi leaves.”
Jessica smiled.“Perfect.I’ll see you in a little bit.”
She picked up the phone Gideon had sent her and called him.
“Hello, mate,” Gideon said.
She almost snorted.“Good morning.I have a few questions I’d like to ask you.”
“You can ask me anything.”
“Do you have a cook and maid?”
“No.I’ve thought about it, but I’m not home a lot, and I have a few high school girls come in every two weeks to clean the areas I live in.I usually take my meals at one of the restaurants, or someone will drop off food, too.”
“I have two people on staff here that I’d like to bring with me.”
“Okay.Are they willing to leave?”
“I’m not sure yet.I wanted to ask you before I said anything,” she said.
“This will be your house, too, mate, so you can do whatever you want to it.”
“I’d like to start a garden right away.”
“You could dig a humongous hole for all I care.I only go out to the swimming pool...”
“You have a swimming pool?”
“Yes.It’s in a solarium.I think you’ll love it.Plants surround it, so it always reminds me of a jungle.We also have a hot tub that’s by the pool but hidden from sight.”
She heard the tone of his voice deepen, telling her where his thoughts were going.“I’d like to see it.”
