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Aug 20, 2023 14:07:41 GMT -5
Post by Amber Louise Stephenson on Aug 20, 2023 14:07:41 GMT -5
Lou, why didn't you tell me you were coming over? My parents are here too. It might be quite lucky for you too and I'll explain why.
Madison did phone Amber after receiving her text that she was here. She'd turned up in a baby boom and there was an important woman who needed a live in nanny very quickly. She was also quite close to her due date so after explaining it was twins she was given a heads up that her holiday might be cut short very soon. Being between jobs Amber wasn't going to pass this up plus she was on a tropical island which encouraged healthy eating, had plenty of pretty girls and nightlife was plentiful. Though being a live in nanny might well restrict her social life. Plus Madison was suggesting this to her. Amber figured if her close friend was doing this it must be good. So she did this and that, explored a little, went to Maverick's and kissed a girl and had a week of holidays feeling recharged. One thing she was noticing was that people cycled everywhere or used an electric moped or scooter. Cars were still seen but not in the level of New York; even upstate. Perhaps she'd get the moped with baskets instead for day to day travelling around. Especially as there was tennis, dancing, gymnastic and track and field already here. Madison confirmed a public swimming pool was going to be built and there was already volleyball courts and beach volleyball set up. A sports lovers paradise but she was a bit rusty with her gymnastic. She could certainly do that here. Now came the text from Avery Ashford. Now was the time to talk business. Avery Ashford
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Aug 20, 2023 16:02:13 GMT -5
Post by Avery Ashford on Aug 20, 2023 16:02:13 GMT -5
Avery hoped this woman was, well she did not know what babies would need once they were out of the womb she only knew that she was not taking care of them so as long as the background didn't come back as an axe murderer once she talked to the woman and see what she looked like it would be mostly okay. She carefully made her way out. "Are you Amber?" she asked. She was still working on being nice but she did not know how to do that quite yet. "I"m Avery, please don't be an ax murderer, I don't have time for that today," she said as she put her hand out for a shake. Amber Louise Stephenson |
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Aug 20, 2023 16:30:48 GMT -5
Post by Amber Louise Stephenson on Aug 20, 2023 16:30:48 GMT -5
Amber shook the offered hand and cheerfully replied sounding a lot like Madison in terms of accent but quite energetic. They came from the same neighbourhood after all. "Hello Mrs Ashford. Yes I am Amber Stephenson. Madison told me about the little bundles of joy that will come into the world and that they'd need a nanny. I just happened to be here for a holiday when she texted me back sounding out possible candidates". She had a nice yellow sleeveless dress on with little heels along with a little backpack style purse. Also very cheerful and sounding excitable. "I promise you that I'm not an axe murderer. I've told the Friends of Humanity to go away in no uncertain terms plenty of times. They're messing with my people now as well as harassing people who they think are oddities back home. Typical right wing popularist behaviour" she added. Which showed she wasn't a shrinking violet; she was just as militant as her friend was but Madison hadn't seen the rise of this. She had. Avery Ashford |
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Aug 20, 2023 17:34:27 GMT -5
Post by Avery Ashford on Aug 20, 2023 17:34:27 GMT -5
"Look I'm just going to level with you. I will have two kids soon and I am a busy woman who I shall now say is running a damn empire. Look around at how great it is, all me by the way so I need some help. I can pay well whether it's money, snacks, food, sex? I do not know what you young people like but you will be helping me and as I am the great Avery Ashford, well you can attend all the higher class parties and such as well." She really just needed to shelf these kids off on someone. "I usually get home around six pm but I be at work at 6 am, so twelve hours is that still doable?" Amber Louise Stephenson |
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Aug 20, 2023 18:37:08 GMT -5
Post by Amber Louise Stephenson on Aug 20, 2023 18:37:08 GMT -5
Madison had told her about the woman she'd be helping out. Also about the highly driven person but now she was hearing about perks too and a three day working week. That confirmed what she'd been told already and she could so 6am to 6pm and still work on her gymnastics and social life here. "Avery if you can swing a nice apartment along with enough pay to live a full life here I will be more than happy to help you out. Starting right now if you want. I can do those times no problem but have you gotten any baby stuff in yet? Also do you know the genders yet? I can do the baby shopping for you no problem. I know what to look for by now. Everybody needs help especially with two little babies" Amber replied. Her needs were simple but being well paid was essential as her last daycare and nanny jobs were badly paid. Avery Ashford |
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Aug 21, 2023 8:36:07 GMT -5
Post by Avery Ashford on Aug 21, 2023 8:36:07 GMT -5
"I can get you an apartment. It should be nice and clean, weekly services come in to clean them and we have grocery delivery and packages we have a girl that does that too." Baby stuff? Gross, who needed it. "No there are two swings coming that their father paid for but that should not concern you." Names. "Okay so I have been going over names in my head for these brats, speaking of I do have children at an orphanage. You may see them around here from time to time feel free to visit the orphanage if you need or get bored. Back to these two killing my uterus. There names are Levi and Lyra Ashford." She took a second. "I have a personal financial advisor named Carter and a desk girl named Cami, you may or may not see them interacting with Levi and Lyra. This is okay, Ethan Ashford is my husband but he works a lot however if you see him with the children since he is there father that is okay too. There is also Mason, she is an AI with human functions. Do you have all that so far Amber?" Amber Louise Stephenson |
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Aug 21, 2023 10:38:26 GMT -5
Post by Amber Louise Stephenson on Aug 21, 2023 10:38:26 GMT -5
Amber was checking the points of in her head. Nice apartment with cleaning service. Sounds good Grocery delivery and package delivery girl. Good but she liked shopping herself. This would take getting used to. Baby stuff. Seemingly all in except for swings. All good so far. Next point was the names of the babies. Which meant a boy and a girl. They'd be great company for each other as they grew up. Also there could be orphans round in ARI and she could visit them too. Then lastly more people she would run into. Carter was the baby daddy according to Avery; that would make things interesting. Mason the AI and also Cami. People she would get to know eventually. She doubted Avery was kidding about Mason. "I got all that Mrs Ashford. I do have a question though. Where will the babies actually be looked after?" she posed. Avery Ashford |
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Aug 21, 2023 18:12:43 GMT -5
Post by Avery Ashford on Aug 21, 2023 18:12:43 GMT -5
She took a second and spoke. "Regretfully so I am going to have to let you in my house. It is home and they need familiarity with it I guess. Amber my house is my house, you can use what you need but do not have friends over. There will be days when they will come out into the office for an hour or something for bonding time but I will come get them for that, you are a worker not a servant after all." "It's not a hard job from what I have heard it is an exhausting job which does not make it easy but as a woman who works hard herself I will get you therapy if you need some in the end. What kind of normal person goes into this type of job is beyond me but it's your life." Amber Louise Stephenson |
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Aug 22, 2023 0:13:39 GMT -5
Post by Amber Louise Stephenson on Aug 22, 2023 0:13:39 GMT -5
Again more important information. No friends over at Avery's house and she had a feeling it might well be the kind of place that may not be baby friendly. If there was a nursery set up she'd try and keep the babies there as much as possible. Otherwise this sounded pretty routine. She could reply though as cheerfully said "looking after a child does take a lot out of you but I can deal with that. I was doing baby-sitting when I was a teenager and it became an income source going to college with Madison. She went another route to work her way through college but it gradually became a career for me". You could get a surprising amount of studying done while working and the fact she wasn't into boys helped too. She did know to keep her girlfriends time to after the work was over. Employers might look dimly on her being there when they came back from their night out. Avery Ashford |
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Aug 22, 2023 11:43:30 GMT -5
Post by Avery Ashford on Aug 22, 2023 11:43:30 GMT -5
For god why would anyone want to willingly want to babysit kids. Avery took a second and blinked and then she spoke. "Well you are just what I need so thankful for your career choice." She would never do such a thing, what a travesty in the end. "So what other stuff are you into, I need to supply you with fun stuff to do so you stick around until my kids are like one at least hopefully." She blinked at the idea of boss/worker talks. Amber Louise Stephenson |
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Aug 22, 2023 17:00:10 GMT -5
Post by Amber Louise Stephenson on Aug 22, 2023 17:00:10 GMT -5
So Avery wanted to keep her around for a while at least. Up to a year or more by the sounds of it. You did need these kind of discussions so boundaries could be set but her most recent one back home had been about laying her off. The daycare had closed due to rising costs and less families willing to pay the increased fees. So that break led to this holiday and ultimately this job. “I love doing sports. Tennis and Gymnastics especially. Movies too. Also nightclubbing and diving” she replied then adding “cooking as well. Not so good with dating but I know food is still the way to a girls heart”. Quite a range of interests and she might get doing some of them more often than before now she was here. Avery Ashford |
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Aug 23, 2023 7:09:03 GMT -5
Post by Avery Ashford on Aug 23, 2023 7:09:03 GMT -5
Women in sports was such a travesty but to each their own. Avery nodded and listened. Clubbing? Oh great the girl better not be a damn messy drunk. "Dating is over rated, Marriage is over rated too," she said. "Love is stupid so when you are out there licking the girls or whatever girls do to girl just stick to lust, all for better involved." "Oh so around 2 pm daily, my children will need to be outside. They will be little so not like they will be able to do anything, there is a spot where I want them to go, come let me show you so you know exactly how to get there." She'd have to take her the long way but it was fine. Amber Louise Stephenson |
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Aug 23, 2023 8:42:57 GMT -5
Post by Amber Louise Stephenson on Aug 23, 2023 8:42:57 GMT -5
Amber had known people so wrapped up in other things they didn't know what life was like. It didn't sound like Avery really understood what happened when a girl found a girl they liked but it wasn't to bother her personally. She just found it a little funny instead. So she was fine with taking a girl home to her apartment and it being a one night stand but nothing else? She didn't laugh keeping the humour to herself. Then came the announcement about the babies having a 2pm routine outside. She nodded and did have a question to ask. "How long do they need to be outside for?" she posed getting to her feet ready to follow Avery. Avery Ashford |
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Aug 23, 2023 21:03:11 GMT -5
Post by Avery Ashford on Aug 23, 2023 21:03:11 GMT -5
She opened her desk drawer and pulled out a piece of paper that Carter had left for her. "Ten minutes," she said as she looked over the list. "God damn it, have you ever known one of those truly organized people? If so I am not one of those when it comes to anything that is not business but with these babies ten minutes will be good." She straightened herself up. "So like being young and everything, do you have goals or are you just living one day at a time and being all like this is good life is good," she said. "That's hard for me to concept." Amber Louise Stephenson |
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Aug 24, 2023 6:48:48 GMT -5
Post by Amber Louise Stephenson on Aug 24, 2023 6:48:48 GMT -5
You couldn't always tell with babies so Amber would bring them out at 2pm and see if ten minutes fresh air was going to be enough or not. A strict routine wasn't truly possible but you could have a loose routine with guidelines. She'd enough experience to know that. "I've found nobody is truly that organised. Even the people who try and micromanage their sandwiches" Amber replied with a smile. She hadn't met anybody like that anyway. Then came a question. "Oh I look at things from job to job rather than day to day. I was a college student and the harder financial circumstances back home meant I got paid off from my last day care post. Its how I got the holiday here so I know life isn't sunshine and rainbows. Its not the first time either but as long as I improve myself and my skills after every job I'm happy with life. Long term I'd like to run my own day care but that is years away". That was the masterplan wherever that plan would end up taking place. Avery Ashford |
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