The house feels full again. And maybe…so do I.

But living under the same roof has its challenges. Like catching her in the kitchen after midnight…barefoot, in tiny sleep shorts, eating ice cream straight from the tub. It shouldn’t mean anything. She’s a decade younger. She’s off-limits. I’m her boss. And yet, it’s all I can think about.

I was just looking for a nanny―not nightly cold showers and definitely not feelings. But the more we blur the lines, the harder it is to keep pretending. We say it’s temporary. No strings. Just one harmless arrangement. But what if she’s not just what my daughter needed…What if she’s exactly what I’ve been missing too?