22 Eva By the beginning of the fourth day of playing Nanny Mercer, I was exhausted, and yet strangely invigorated. I just felt good. Good about myself, about what I was doing for Pick and Julian, about how I was spending my days. Just plain good about everything. The fatigue was beginning to get to me, though. Today, I was going to sleep whenever the kids did. That’s all there was to it. Besides, I’d mostly caught up with all the housework, even though Pick kept insisting I didn’t have to do so much. I felt better being in a cleaner place, plus I wanted to help him out since he worked himself like a dog. And I had to admit, I loved all the appreciation I saw in his eyes every time he came home to a hot meal or freshly washed sheets. Oh, God. I sounded like June Cleaver. I’d always mad

