The phone lay on the side table.
Nina picked it and dialed her number.
"Good morning, Ms. Karen."
"Good morning, Mrs. Gilbert. My friend, Candice, told me you wanted to talk to me."
"That's correct," Nina sighed as she drew the curtains in her room. "I'm guessing she's already told you what I want."
"Yes ma'am!"
She sounded too excited for nothing and that irked Nina. She still wished it was Candice that could home-school her kids though. Not Karen.
"Fine. You'll start the job this evening. Is that okay with you?"
"Yes ma'am."
"And one more thing, try not being too harsh or strict to my kids. My kids are not used to that."
"Okay. As you say ma'am."
Karen sounded like those fake, sneaky women who just loved gossip. She sounded as fake as they came. But she didn't have a
